Bowling Best Figures Match IN Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match in 1990s in FC+LA+T20s IN Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	71.5	31	117	12	1.62	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
SD Anurasiri	42.5	18	69	11	1.61	W. Prov (SL)	v S. Province	Galle	22 Jun 1990	First-class
SD Anurasiri	82.0	31	119	11	1.45	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Kandy	08 Feb 1991	First-class
Waqar Younis	32.0	5	119	11	3.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
RA Pick	27.2	4	84	10	3.07	England A	v	Matara	29 Jan 1991	First-class
MRCN Bandaratilleke	62.0	22	83	9	1.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
BN Schultz	36.0	12	106	9	2.94	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
Saqlain Mushtaq	107.2	23	226	9	2.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	74.2	14	227	9	3.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
Wasim Akram	35.0	8	73	8	2.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
PK Wijetunge	55.0	16	99	8	1.80	C. Province	v	Kurunegala	22 Jun 1990	First-class
RA Pick	45.0	9	136	8	3.02	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Colombo (SSC)	15 Feb 1991	First-class
CPH Ramanayake	53.1	7	157	8	2.95	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
A Kumble	62.1	17	172	8	2.76	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
HDPK Dharmasena	76.2	15	183	8	2.39	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
KPJ Warnaweera	65.1	15	188	8	2.88	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
KJ Silva	33.4	21	35	7	1.03	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
N Boje	24.5	10	47	7	1.89	SA Under-24s	v SL Under-24s	Kurunegala	17 Aug 1995	First-class
M Muralidaran	44.3	13	61	7	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
DW Fleming	25.3	6	65	7	2.54	Australians	v SL Board XI	Colombo (CCC)	17 Sep 1999	First-class
SA Muller	19.5	2	88	7	4.43	Australians	v SL Board XI	Colombo (CCC)	17 Sep 1999	First-class
M Muralidaran	41.4	11	90	7	2.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
JSI Wijemanne	37.5	7	110	7	2.90	-	v S. Province	Galle	15 Jun 1990	First-class
CR Miller	33.3	8	110	7	3.28	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
DL Vettori	58.0	17	116	7	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
CR Miller	49.0	15	127	7	2.59	Australians	v SL Board XI	Colombo (PSS)	03 Sep 1999	First-class
M Muralidaran	51.1	9	128	7	2.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Muralidaran	61.0	14	134	7	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
PJ Wiseman	66.5	21	143	7	2.13	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
M Muralidaran	52.1	9	156	7	2.99	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
GRJ Matthews	58.0	13	169	7	2.91	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
M Muralidaran	83.0	22	195	7	2.34	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
ST Jayasuriya	9.5	-	29	6	2.94	Sri Lanka	v England	Moratuwa	20 Mar 1993	ODI # 818
WPUJC Vaas	31.0	9	58	6	1.87	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
KJ Silva	36.1	11	65	6	1.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
SM Faumi	26.4	2	83	6	3.11	-	v England A	Matara	29 Jan 1991	First-class
CJ McDermott	39.0	11	85	6	2.17	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
HDPK Dharmasena	30.1	4	88	6	2.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Prabhakar	33.5	9	92	6	2.71	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
N Ranatunga	27.5	4	94	6	3.37	C. Province	v W. Prov (SL)	Colombo (SSC)	15 Jun 1990	First-class
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
WPUJC Vaas	43.0	14	100	6	2.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
RSA Palliyaguruge	32.2	5	103	6	3.18	-	v England A	Matara	29 Jan 1991	First-class
KR Pushpakumara	31.0	2	105	6	3.38	SL Board XI	v Australians	Colombo (CCC)	17 Sep 1999	First-class
HH Streak	40.0	11	112	6	2.80	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
PJ Newport	49.0	14	127	6	2.59	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Kandy	08 Feb 1991	First-class
Akram Raza	35.0	10	129	6	3.68	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
KPJ Warnaweera	48.0	7	132	6	2.75	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
CL Cairns	34.4	1	137	6	3.95	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
AA Donald	50.0	10	142	6	2.84	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
M Muralidaran	70.0	19	152	6	2.17	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
BN Schultz	51.2	14	157	6	3.05	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
DL Vettori	75.0	31	157	6	2.09	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
CPH Ramanayake	57.0	14	164	6	2.87	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
HMRKB Herath	56.0	12	168	6	3.00	SL Board XI	v Australians	Colombo (PSS)	03 Sep 1999	First-class
Mushtaq Ahmed	73.1	11	217	6	2.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
BR Jurangpathy	6.2	-	20	5	3.15	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Kurunegala	04 Feb 1991	List A
RGCE Wijesuriya	10.0	1	21	5	2.10	Colts CC	v Antonians SC	Colombo (RPS)	13 Jan 1993	List A
ST Jayasuriya	9.0	-	28	5	3.11	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Aug 1999	ODI # 1485
Saqlain Mushtaq	9.3	1	38	5	4.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jul 1997	ODI # 1217
WKM Benjamin	26.0	13	51	5	1.96	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
BN Schultz	36.5	9	63	5	1.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
KPJ Warnaweera	32.0	9	66	5	2.06	S. Province	v C. Province	Kandy	29 Jun 1990	First-class
SK Warne	22.5	7	70	5	3.06	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Muralidaran	38.0	10	71	5	1.86	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
UC Hathurusingha	31.5	6	81	5	2.54	-	v S. Province	Galle	15 Jun 1990	First-class
FS Ahangama	29.5	9	81	5	2.71	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Colombo (SSC)	15 Feb 1991	First-class
FS Ahangama	38.0	15	81	5	2.13	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Colombo (PSS)	01 Mar 1991	First-class
CC Lewis	39.0	6	87	5	2.23	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
RP Snell	31.0	7	89	5	2.87	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
GD McGrath	34.0	9	93	5	2.73	Australians	v SL Board XI	Colombo (PSS)	03 Sep 1999	First-class
MRCN Bandaratilleke	37.0	9	100	5	2.70	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
JH Kallis	45.0	12	101	5	2.24	SA Under-24s	v SL Under-24s	Colombo (PSS)	10 Aug 1995	First-class
Wasim Akram	40.2	16	102	5	2.52	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
CPH Ramanayake	25.0	3	103	5	4.12	S. Province	v W. Prov (SL)	Galle	22 Jun 1990	First-class
M Muralidaran	50.1	11	103	5	2.05	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
PA Strang	34.3	3	106	5	3.07	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
DK Liyanage	33.0	3	110	5	3.33	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
SK Warne	35.1	8	111	5	3.15	Australians	v SL Board XI	Colombo (PSS)	03 Sep 1999	First-class
PK Wijetunge	47.0	13	116	5	2.46	C. Province	v W. Prov (SL)	Colombo (SSC)	15 Jun 1990	First-class
MC Ilott	56.0	19	122	5	2.17	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Colombo (SSC)	15 Feb 1991	First-class
RK Illingworth	81.2	37	129	5	1.58	England A	v Sri Lanka A	Kandy	08 Feb 1991	First-class
MB Owens	36.0	8	137	5	3.80	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
UC Hathurusingha	49.0	12	145	5	2.95	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
M Muralidaran	69.5	19	145	5	2.07	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
SD Anurasiri	47.0	5	149	5	3.17	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
KSC de Silva	43.2	7	158	5	3.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
KPJ Warnaweera	59.0	6	171	5	2.89	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
M Muralidaran	61.0	15	173	5	2.83	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
A Kumble	78.2	19	203	5	2.59	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
Saqlain Mushtaq	87.5	16	286	5	3.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
CPH Ramanayake	8.1	-	17	4	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	04 Sep 1993	ODI # 838
BKV Prasad	5.0	1	17	4	3.40	India	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 1997	ODI # 1219
ST Jayasuriya	5.4	-	18	4	3.17	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	01 Jul 1998	ODI # 1341
GJAF Aponso	10.0	4	19	4	1.90	Sebast CAC	v Moors	Colombo (RPS)	19 Jan 1993	List A
JN Gillespie	9.0	1	26	4	2.88	Australia	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 1999	ODI # 1489
AA Donald	22.0	11	28	4	1.27	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
CDC Edirimanne	9.0	2	29	4	3.22	Sri Lanka A	v England A	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1991	List A
UDU Chandana	7.4	-	31	4	4.04	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jan 1998	ODI # 1282

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