Highest totals in 1980s in FC+LA+T20s - Sri Lanka
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 491/7d | 166.0 | 2.95 | 1 | v England | Lord's | draw | 23 Aug 1984 | Test # 994 | |
| 479 | 200.3 | 2.38 | 1 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | draw | 16 Oct 1985 | Test # 1026 | |
| 454 | 155.0 | 2.92 | 1 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | draw | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | |
| 420 | 138.0 | 3.04 | 1 | v India | Kanpur | draw | 17 Dec 1986 | Test # 1061 | |
| 418 | 166.3 | 2.51 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | draw | 8 Dec 1989 | Test # 1131 | |
| 397/9d | 173.5 | 2.28 | 1 | v New Zealand | Colombo (CCC) | draw | 16 Apr 1987 | Test # 1074 | |
| 394 | 96.3 | 4.08 | 3 | v India | Chennai | draw | 17 Sep 1982 | Test # 934 | |
| 385 | 156.3 | 2.46 | 1 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | won | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 348 | 141.4 | 2.45 | 4 | v Australia | Hobart | lost | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 | |
| 347 | 144.4 | 2.39 | 2 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
| 346 | 92.5 | 3.72 | 1 | v India | Chennai | draw | 17 Sep 1982 | Test # 934 | |
| 344 | 112.4 | 3.05 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | lost | 5 Mar 1982 | Test # 923 | |
| 335 | 100.4 | 3.32 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | draw | 5 Nov 1982 | First-class | |
| 331 | 109.3 | 3.02 | 3 | v England | Lord's | lost | 25 Aug 1988 | Test # 1103 | |
| 323/3 | 108.0 | 2.99 | 3 | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | draw | 22 Mar 1986 | Test # 1043 | |
| 307/7 | 102.0 | 3.00 | 4 | v India | Kandy | draw | 14 Sep 1985 | Test # 1025 | |
| 294/7d | 80.0 | 3.67 | 3 | v England | Lord's | draw | 23 Aug 1984 | Test # 994 | |
| 289/7 | 40.0 | 7.22 | 2 | v India | Wankhede | lost | 17 Jan 1987 | ODI # 419 | |
| 289/9d | 127.0 | 2.27 | 3 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
| 288/9 | 60.0 | 4.80 | 2 | v Pakistan | Swansea | lost | 9 Jun 1983 | ODI # 198 | |
| 286 | 58.0 | 4.93 | 2 | v England | Taunton | lost | 11 Jun 1983 | ODI # 201 | |
| 281 | 108.5 | 2.58 | 1 | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | draw | 22 Mar 1986 | Test # 1043 | |
| 277/8 | 50.0 | 5.54 | 1 | v India | Delhi | lost | 15 Sep 1982 | ODI # 157 | |
| 273 | 95.3 | 2.85 | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (CCC) | won | 14 Mar 1986 | Test # 1041 | |
| 271/6 | 45.0 | 6.02 | 1 | v India | Dhaka | won | 29 Oct 1988 | ODI # 530 | |
| 271 | 72.5 | 3.72 | 2 | v Australia | Kandy | lost | 22 Apr 1983 | Test # 955 | |
| 256 | 82.0 | 3.12 | 1 | v New Zealand | Colombo (CCC) | lost | 24 Mar 1984 | Test # 985 | |
| 252 | 49.2 | 5.10 | 2 | v Pakistan | Hyderabad (Sind) | lost | 8 Oct 1987 | ODI # 451 | |
| 244/8 | 50.0 | 4.88 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | lost | 24 Mar 1989 | ODI # 565 | |
| 242/7 | 55.0 | 4.40 | 1 | v England | The Oval | lost | 4 Sep 1988 | ODI # 521 | |
| 241/6 | 45.0 | 5.35 | 1 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | lost | 25 Aug 1985 | ODI # 332 | |
| 241 | 49.5 | 4.83 | 1 | v New Zealand | Adelaide | lost | 9 Jan 1988 | ODI # 490 | |
| 240/6 | 50.0 | 4.80 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | lost | 23 Jan 1985 | ODI # 294 | |
| 240 | 76.3 | 3.13 | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | lost | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
| 240 | 100.5 | 2.38 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | lost | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
| 239/7 | 49.0 | 4.87 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | lost | 8 Jan 1985 | ODI # 283 | |
| 233/8 | 50.0 | 4.66 | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | lost | 26 Sep 1982 | ODI # 159 | |
| 230/6 | 49.2 | 4.66 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | won | 19 Jan 1985 | ODI # 291 | |
| 230 | 80.2 | 2.86 | 3 | v Pakistan | Karachi | lost | 7 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 | |
| 228/7 | 38.0 | 6.00 | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | lost | 25 Oct 1985 | ODI # 337 | |
| 227/4 | 33.0 | 6.87 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | won | 29 Mar 1982 | ODI # 150 | |
| 227/6 | 50.0 | 4.54 | 2 | v West Indies | W.A.C.A | lost | 2 Feb 1985 | ODI # 300 | |
| 224 | 58.3 | 3.82 | 2 | v Pakistan | Leeds | lost | 16 Jun 1983 | ODI # 211 | |
| 223/7 | 45.3 | 4.90 | 2 | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | won | 31 Dec 1989 | ODI # 598 | |
| 221 | 49.4 | 4.44 | 2 | v India | Ahmedabad | lost | 22 Oct 1989 | ODI # 580 | |
| 221 | 77.2 | 2.85 | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | lost | 12 Nov 1982 | First-class | |
| 218 | 38.3 | 5.66 | 1 | v Pakistan | Karachi | lost | 31 Mar 1982 | ODI # 151 | |
| 218/7 | 50.0 | 4.36 | 1 | v England | Pune | lost | 30 Oct 1987 | ODI # 472 | |
| 218 | 81.5 | 2.66 | 1 | v England | Colombo (PSS) | lost | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
| 216 | 83.4 | 2.58 | 2 | v Australia | Hobart | lost | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 | |
| 215/7 | 45.0 | 4.77 | 1 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | won | 14 Feb 1982 | ODI # 146 | |
| 215 | 79.5 | 2.69 | 2 | v New Zealand | Kandy | lost | 9 Mar 1984 | Test # 980 | |
| 214/9 | 45.0 | 4.75 | 1 | v India | Sharjah | lost | 27 Nov 1986 | ODI # 401 | |
| 213/6 | 43.2 | 4.91 | 2 | v Australia | Colombo (PSS) | won | 16 Apr 1983 | ODI # 194 | |
| 213 | 49.2 | 4.31 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lucknow | lost | 27 Oct 1989 | ODI # 588 | |
| 211/8 | 50.0 | 4.22 | 2 | v West Indies | Kanpur | lost | 21 Oct 1987 | ODI # 464 | |
| 209/7 | 40.0 | 5.22 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gujranwala | lost | 23 Oct 1985 | ODI # 336 | |
| 208/6 | 44.0 | 4.72 | 1 | v India | Delhi | lost | 13 Jan 1987 | ODI # 416 | |
| 208/8 | 50.0 | 4.16 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | lost | 10 Jan 1988 | ODI # 491 | |
| 207 | 48.4 | 4.25 | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | lost | 23 Mar 1989 | ODI # 564 | |
| 206/8 | 45.0 | 4.57 | 2 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | lost | 13 Feb 1982 | ODI # 145 | |
| 206/9 | 50.0 | 4.12 | 2 | v New Zealand | Sharjah | lost | 31 Mar 1988 | ODI # 516 | |
| 206/3d | 53.0 | 3.88 | 3 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | won | 6 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 | |
| 206 | 56.1 | 3.66 | 1 | v New Zealand | Bristol | lost | 13 Jun 1983 | ODI # 206 | |
| 205 | 44.5 | 4.57 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | lost | 14 Jan 1988 | ODI # 493 | |
| 205/9 | 50.0 | 4.10 | 1 | v India | Sharjah | lost | 13 Apr 1986 | ODI # 383 | |
| 205 | 65.2 | 3.13 | 3 | v Australia | Kandy | lost | 22 Apr 1983 | Test # 955 | |
| 204/6 | 50.0 | 4.08 | 1 | v West Indies | Adelaide | lost | 26 Jan 1985 | ODI # 296 | |
| 204 | 59.1 | 3.44 | 1 | v India | Nagpur | lost | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
| 203/9 | 48.0 | 4.22 | 1 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | lost | 30 Dec 1989 | ODI # 597 | |
| 202/5 | 50.0 | 4.04 | 2 | v West Indies | Sydney | lost | 17 Jan 1985 | ODI # 290 | |
| 201 | 49.2 | 4.07 | 2 | v India | Sharjah | lost | 25 Mar 1988 | ODI # 512 | |
| 200/6 | 46.3 | 4.30 | 2 | v New Zealand | Hobart | won | 12 Jan 1988 | ODI # 492 | |
| 200 | 62.3 | 3.20 | 3 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | lost | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 | |
| 198 | 47.2 | 4.18 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | lost | 26 Dec 1989 | ODI # 596 | |
| 198 | 63.3 | 3.11 | 2 | v India | Kandy | draw | 14 Sep 1985 | Test # 1025 | |
| 197/7 | 45.5 | 4.29 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | won | 30 Oct 1982 | List A | |
| 197/7 | 50.0 | 3.94 | 1 | v West Indies | Hobart | lost | 10 Jan 1985 | ODI # 284 | |
| 195/5 | 38.5 | 5.02 | 2 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | won | 27 Oct 1988 | ODI # 528 | |
| 195/5 | 42.2 | 4.60 | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | won | 6 Apr 1986 | ODI # 379 | |
| 195/8 | 46.0 | 4.23 | 1 | v India | Kanpur | won | 24 Dec 1986 | ODI # 407 | |
| 194 | 47.1 | 4.11 | 2 | v Australia | Margao | lost | 25 Oct 1989 | ODI # 585 | |
| 194 | 65.5 | 2.94 | 1 | v England | Lord's | lost | 25 Aug 1988 | Test # 1103 | |
| 194 | 82.3 | 2.35 | 2 | v Australia | W.A.C.A | lost | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1092 | |
| 193 | 48.3 | 3.97 | 1 | v England | Delhi | lost | 15 Oct 1989 | ODI # 571 | |
| 191/8 | 46.0 | 4.15 | 2 | v India | Amritsar | lost | 12 Sep 1982 | ODI # 156 | |
| 191 | 76.1 | 2.50 | 2 | v India | Cuttack | lost | 4 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
| 190/5 | 43.3 | 4.36 | 2 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | won | 6 Apr 1984 | ODI # 259 | |
| 188/6 | 50.0 | 3.76 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | lost | 20 Mar 1983 | ODI # 190 | |
| 188/9 | 50.0 | 3.76 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | lost | 19 Jan 1988 | ODI # 496 | |
| 184/8 | 50.0 | 3.68 | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | lost | 25 Oct 1987 | ODI # 467 | |
| 184/7 | 52.5 | 3.48 | 2 | v New Zealand | Derby | won | 18 Jun 1983 | ODI # 214 | |
| 180/6 | 47.1 | 3.81 | 2 | v West Indies | Rajkot | won | 19 Oct 1989 | ODI # 576 | |
| 180 | 48.1 | 3.73 | 2 | v West Indies | Brisbane | lost | 12 Jan 1985 | ODI # 286 | |
| 176 | 43.2 | 4.06 | 1 | v India | Dhaka | lost | 4 Nov 1988 | ODI # 534 | |
| 175 | 81.5 | 2.13 | 3 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | lost | 4 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 | |
| 175 | 83.5 | 2.08 | 3 | v England | Colombo (PSS) | lost | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
| 174/6 | 39.4 | 4.38 | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (PSS) | won | 3 Nov 1984 | ODI # 274 | |
| 174 | 48.2 | 3.60 | 1 | v New Zealand | Sydney | lost | 5 Jan 1988 | ODI # 486 | |
| 174 | 90.5 | 1.91 | 1 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 |
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