Bowling Best Figures Match - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match in 1980s in FC+LA+T20s - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
DS de Silva	50.0	5	162	9	3.24	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
JR Ratnayeke	31.0	6	108	8	3.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
FS Ahangama	51.0	13	124	8	2.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
RJ Ratnayake	65.2	17	149	8	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
VB John	47.0	8	159	8	3.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RJ Ratnayake	54.4	7	189	8	3.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
JR Ratnayeke	34.4	11	66	7	1.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
AK Kuruppuarachchi	25.2	3	85	7	3.35	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
DS de Silva	64.0	11	201	7	3.14	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
ALF de Mel	43.0	2	201	7	4.67	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
VB John	33.2	11	98	6	2.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
ALF de Mel	32.0	7	118	6	3.68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
ALF de Mel	25.0	1	137	6	5.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
SHU Karnain	8.0	1	26	5	3.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1984	ODI # 257
ALF de Mel	12.0	4	32	5	2.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
ALF de Mel	12.0	1	39	5	3.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Leeds	16 Jun 1983	ODI # 211
GF Labrooy	10.0	-	57	5	5.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Vadodara	15 Jan 1987	ODI # 417
JR Ratnayeke	42.0	19	59	5	1.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
ALF de Mel	30.1	6	103	5	3.41	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
FS Ahangama	50.3	13	109	5	2.15	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
VB John	45.0	12	115	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
FS Ahangama	32.0	6	115	5	3.59	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
S Jeganathan	52.5	14	120	5	2.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	05 Nov 1982	First-class
RJ Ratnayake	39.0	5	127	5	3.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
ALF de Mel	53.0	12	127	5	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
ALF de Mel	58.0	11	148	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
GF Labrooy	55.1	9	202	5	3.66	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
A Ranatunga	6.0	1	14	4	2.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407
JR Ratnayeke	8.0	1	23	4	2.87	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Nov 1988	ODI # 533
ALF de Mel	8.4	1	34	4	3.92	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Feb 1982	ODI # 145
RJ Ratnayake	10.0	3	37	4	3.70	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1985	ODI # 291
GF Labrooy	10.0	1	39	4	3.90	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	14 Jan 1988	ODI # 493
KN Amalean	9.0	1	46	4	5.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	06 Apr 1986	ODI # 379
KIW Wijegunawardene	9.0	-	49	4	5.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Dhaka	29 Oct 1988	ODI # 530
AP Gurusinha	18.3	4	68	4	3.67	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
KN Amalean	22.2	1	97	4	4.34	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
GRA de Silva	47.0	18	98	4	2.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
VB John	39.1	12	98	4	2.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	6	98	4	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
ALF de Mel	37.0	10	110	4	2.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
RJ Ratnayake	38.0	8	113	4	2.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	05 Nov 1982	First-class
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	3.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
DS de Silva	50.0	8	128	4	2.56	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	3.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
GF Labrooy	49.0	7	143	4	2.91	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
ALF de Mel	40.0	6	144	4	3.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DS de Silva	35.0	3	145	4	4.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	12 Nov 1982	First-class
CPH Ramanayake	54.0	5	182	4	3.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
ALF de Mel	51.2	5	224	4	4.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
JR Ratnayeke	3.1	-	12	3	3.78	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407
VB John	10.0	3	22	3	2.20	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	31 Oct 1982	List A
A Ranatunga	8.0	1	23	3	2.87	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1984	ODI # 257
RL Dias	4.0	-	25	3	6.25	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1985	ODI # 291
CPH Ramanayake	6.0	-	25	3	4.16	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Moratuwa	08 Mar 1986	ODI # 367
VB John	10.0	4	28	3	2.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	02 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
VB John	10.0	1	29	3	2.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Melbourne	23 Feb 1985	ODI # 310
RJ Ratnayake	10.0	-	30	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	02 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
JR Ratnayeke	9.0	1	32	3	3.55	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	30 Mar 1986	ODI # 374
JR Ratnayeke	9.0	1	33	3	3.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hobart	12 Jan 1988	ODI # 492
JR Ratnayeke	6.0	-	34	3	5.66	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	03 Nov 1985	ODI # 338
CPH Ramanayake	10.0	-	35	3	3.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Sydney	19 Jan 1988	ODI # 496
JR Ratnayeke	10.0	1	35	3	3.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	22 Oct 1989	ODI # 580
GF Labrooy	8.0	1	36	3	4.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dhaka	27 Oct 1988	ODI # 528
A Ranatunga	10.0	-	38	3	3.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	06 Apr 1984	ODI # 259
EAR de Silva	8.0	-	38	3	4.75	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	31 Mar 1988	ODI # 516
GF Labrooy	10.0	1	38	3	3.80	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Margao	25 Oct 1989	ODI # 585
VB John	9.0	2	39	3	4.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	03 Nov 1984	ODI # 274
RJ Ratnayake	8.5	1	40	3	4.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Melbourne	23 Feb 1985	ODI # 310
SD Anurasiri	10.0	-	40	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	13 Apr 1986	ODI # 383
ALF de Mel	10.0	-	40	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	13 Apr 1986	ODI # 383
GF Labrooy	10.0	-	40	3	4.00	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 1988	ODI # 521
GRA de Silva	8.0	-	41	3	5.12	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	31 Mar 1982	ODI # 151
JR Ratnayeke	10.0	1	41	3	4.10	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1987	ODI # 464
A Ranatunga	10.0	2	41	3	4.10	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1989	ODI # 596
A Ranatunga	9.0	-	49	3	5.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	01 Apr 1984	ODI # 258
ALF de Mel	16.2	5	50	3	3.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
RJ Ratnayake	8.0	-	51	3	6.37	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Gujranwala	23 Oct 1985	ODI # 336
RJ Ratnayake	23.0	2	57	3	2.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
PA de Silva	10.0	-	58	3	5.80	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	02 Jan 1988	ODI # 484
KN Amalean	18.2	1	59	3	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
JR Ratnayeke	9.0	-	59	3	6.55	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Sharjah	03 Dec 1986	ODI # 405
S Jeganathan	42.0	12	74	3	1.76	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	12 Nov 1982	First-class
VB John	28.0	-	89	3	3.17	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	05 Nov 1982	First-class
DS de Silva	42.5	16	92	3	2.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JR Ratnayeke	31.0	9	93	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
VB John	37.0	8	99	3	2.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
MAR Samarasekera	32.0	5	104	3	3.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
ALF de Mel	28.0	3	120	3	4.28	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	28.0	3	121	3	4.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	9	128	3	3.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
RJ Ratnayake	49.0	7	185	3	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
DS de Silva	57.0	5	191	3	3.35	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
ALF de Mel	4.0	-	9	2	2.25	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	30 Apr 1983	ODI # 196
DS de Silva	12.0	5	11	2	0.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
ALF de Mel	8.5	-	14	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	14 Feb 1982	ODI # 146
KN Amalean	9.0	2	15	2	1.66	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	02 Apr 1986	ODI # 377
RJ Ratnayake	6.0	1	16	2	2.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407

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