Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets Held in Sri Lanka for ODIs

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2011	109	105	5889	981.3	60	3793	154	5/23	24.62	3.86	38.24	3	2
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2019	92	88	4115	685.5	38	3588	127	6/38	28.25	5.23	32.40	2	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2009	128	109	4543	757.1	17	3369	119	6/29	28.31	4.44	38.17	5	2
UDU Chandana (SL)	1994-2007	60	55	2599	433.1	8	1910	82	5/61	23.29	4.40	31.69	4	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2008	77	77	3444	574.0	70	2229	81	8/19	27.51	3.88	42.51	1	1
NLTC Perera (SL)	2010-2020	65	57	2049	341.3	15	1934	76	6/44	25.44	5.66	26.96	3	2
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2017-2026	36	36	1647	274.3	19	1391	71	7/19	19.59	5.06	23.19	4	1
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2003-2017	62	59	2625	437.3	42	2049	69	4/34	29.69	4.68	38.04	3	0
BAW Mendis (SL)	2008-2015	42	40	2023	337.1	20	1615	67	4/10	24.10	4.78	30.19	3	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2023	102	76	2620	436.4	22	1994	60	6/20	33.23	4.56	43.66	1	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	2002-2016	124	81	2575	429.1	10	2041	59	4/4	34.59	4.75	43.64	3	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1994-2004	55	51	2703	450.3	18	1904	55	3/40	34.61	4.22	49.14	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2011	37	35	1637	272.5	21	1175	54	6/27	21.75	4.30	30.31	1	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2010	36	35	1934	322.2	10	1280	49	5/56	26.12	3.97	39.46	0	1
A Dananjaya (SL)	2012-2024	25	24	1267	211.1	2	1126	48	6/29	23.45	5.33	26.39	2	2
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2012	37	37	1941	323.3	34	1496	47	4/21	31.82	4.62	41.29	2	0
MF Maharoof (SL)	2004-2010	33	32	1513	252.1	25	1100	46	5/42	23.91	4.36	32.89	1	1
A Nehra (IND)	2001-2010	28	28	1390	231.4	9	1109	43	6/59	25.79	4.78	32.32	2	1
M Theekshana (SL)	2021-2025	34	33	1572	262.0	11	1160	42	4/31	27.61	4.42	37.42	3	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1992-1998	33	32	1548	258.0	9	1077	39	4/36	27.61	4.17	39.69	2	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2004-2014	37	34	1574	262.2	9	1173	39	3/25	30.07	4.47	40.35	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-2014	31	28	1373	228.5	9	979	38	5/16	25.76	4.27	36.13	1	2
DN Wellalage (SL)	2022-2026	25	25	1143	190.3	3	889	37	5/27	24.02	4.66	30.89	1	2
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2012	22	21	1057	176.1	7	863	35	5/61	24.65	4.89	30.20	0	1
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2026	18	17	832	138.4	4	686	34	6/33	20.17	4.94	24.47	1	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2011	31	30	1212	202.0	15	853	32	3/36	26.65	4.22	37.87	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1999-2005	30	30	1363	227.1	29	973	32	5/26	30.40	4.28	42.59	1	1
A Kumble (IND)	1993-2005	35	33	1710	285.0	13	1311	32	4/33	40.96	4.60	53.43	1	0
PVD Chameera (SL)	2015-2025	27	27	1094	182.2	6	1033	31	4/63	33.32	5.66	35.29	1	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2001-2013	23	23	933	155.3	14	736	30	4/41	24.53	4.73	31.10	1	0
AM Fernando (SL)	2017-2026	20	20	762	127.0	4	736	28	4/35	26.28	5.79	27.21	1	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	68	36	1276	212.4	9	917	28	3/23	32.75	4.31	45.57	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1992-2000	35	35	1422	237.0	14	1020	28	3/28	36.42	4.30	50.78	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2011-2018	19	18	719	119.5	4	644	27	4/30	23.85	5.37	26.62	1	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2026	42	36	1308	218.0	0	1016	27	3/39	37.62	4.66	48.44	0	0
P Kumar (IND)	2008-2010	15	15	746	124.2	15	585	25	3/34	23.40	4.70	29.84	0	0
T Thushara (SL)	2008-2009	15	15	706	117.4	5	588	25	5/47	23.52	4.99	28.24	0	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-2011	21	19	1020	170.0	14	624	25	4/14	24.96	3.67	40.80	1	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2012	39	32	1113	185.3	4	892	25	4/6	35.68	4.80	44.52	1	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	1994-1999	21	21	893	148.5	4	762	24	4/17	31.75	5.11	37.20	1	0
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2015	24	18	798	133.0	9	503	23	4/41	21.86	3.78	34.69	1	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-2002	14	13	663	110.3	15	356	22	4/19	16.18	3.22	30.13	2	0
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2002-2012	13	13	666	111.0	10	451	22	3/19	20.50	4.06	30.27	0	0
SMSM Senanayake (SL)	2012-2015	16	14	657	109.3	5	504	22	3/33	22.90	4.60	29.86	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2001-2010	40	23	832	138.4	2	656	22	3/31	29.81	4.73	37.81	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2002	12	12	605	100.5	11	440	21	5/37	20.95	4.36	28.80	0	1
I Sharma (IND)	2009-2010	12	12	559	93.1	6	515	21	4/57	24.52	5.52	26.61	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2002-2011	16	16	853	142.1	13	563	21	3/30	26.80	3.96	40.61	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2002-2011	12	12	539	89.5	5	422	20	4/15	21.10	4.69	26.95	2	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	18	18	831	138.3	19	536	20	4/34	26.80	3.87	41.55	1	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1993-2009	44	26	736	122.4	1	630	20	3/21	31.50	5.13	36.80	0	0
N Pradeep (SL)	2012-2022	19	18	815	135.5	6	740	20	3/51	37.00	5.44	40.75	0	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2017-2023	9	8	362	60.2	7	240	19	5/27	12.63	3.97	19.05	1	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2004	12	12	564	94.0	10	329	19	4/26	17.31	3.50	29.68	1	0
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2001-2010	16	16	684	114.0	16	493	19	3/32	25.94	4.32	36.00	0	0
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2012	15	14	660	110.0	9	499	19	3/24	26.26	4.53	34.73	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2000-2015	27	24	943	157.1	5	621	19	4/19	32.68	3.95	49.63	1	0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2024	12	11	577	96.1	5	379	18	5/25	21.05	3.94	32.05	1	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2014-2018	11	10	462	77.0	1	462	18	6/47	25.66	6.00	25.66	0	1
KIC Asalanka (SL)	2021-2026	48	26	629	104.5	4	492	18	4/18	27.33	4.69	34.94	1	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2001-2012	16	16	739	123.1	12	497	18	3/12	27.61	4.03	41.05	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1986-1994	13	13	566	94.2	5	411	17	4/17	24.17	4.35	33.29	1	0
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2004-2013	12	11	600	100.0	4	454	17	5/62	26.70	4.54	35.29	0	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2010-2012	8	8	345	57.3	7	288	16	4/49	18.00	5.00	21.56	1	0
Taskin Ahmed (BAN)	2017-2025	7	7	377	62.5	4	332	16	4/47	20.75	5.28	23.56	2	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2002	11	11	530	88.2	6	383	16	3/29	23.93	4.33	33.12	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2004	13	13	679	113.1	10	441	16	3/43	27.56	3.89	42.43	0	0
KS Lokuarachchi (SL)	2003-2007	14	14	654	109.0	4	461	16	3/47	28.81	4.22	40.87	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1992-2003	20	17	798	133.0	7	584	16	3/23	36.50	4.39	49.87	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1983-1986	13	13	548	91.2	3	400	15	3/32	26.66	4.37	36.53	0	0
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2016-2021	15	14	601	100.1	0	731	15	4/52	48.73	7.29	40.06	1	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1986-1986	7	6	284	47.2	3	192	14	3/15	13.71	4.05	20.28	0	0
R Ngarava (ZIM)	2022-2024	6	6	286	47.4	6	234	14	5/32	16.71	4.90	20.42	0	1
T Shamsi (SA)	2018-2021	6	6	337	56.1	0	273	14	5/49	19.50	4.86	24.07	1	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2020-2024	6	6	282	47.0	0	274	14	4/65	19.57	5.82	20.14	1	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	1998-2006	8	7	318	53.0	1	293	14	4/53	20.92	5.52	22.71	1	0
Pramod Madushan (SL)	2022-2026	8	8	270	45.0	1	308	14	4/75	22.00	6.84	19.28	1	0
C Karunaratne (SL)	2021-2022	14	13	384	64.0	3	353	14	3/47	25.21	5.51	27.42	0	0
S Prasanna (SL)	2011-2017	10	10	492	82.0	5	380	14	3/32	27.14	4.63	35.14	0	0
PP Ojha (IND)	2008-2012	12	11	516	86.0	4	394	14	4/38	28.14	4.58	36.85	1	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1998-2006	47	23	573	95.3	3	411	14	2/12	29.35	4.30	40.92	0	0
CAK Rajitha (SL)	2018-2023	13	13	540	90.0	2	472	14	3/31	33.71	5.24	38.57	0	0
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2017-2023	12	12	453	75.3	1	481	14	2/26	34.35	6.37	32.35	0	0
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	2017-2025	10	10	475	79.1	1	490	14	3/50	35.00	6.18	33.92	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-2002	13	13	602	100.2	6	502	14	3/51	35.85	5.00	43.00	0	0
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2023-2023	6	6	316	52.4	4	264	13	4/35	20.30	5.01	24.30	1	0
AU Rashid (ENG)	2018-2026	8	7	342	57.0	0	278	13	4/36	21.38	4.87	26.30	1	0
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2023-2024	8	7	308	51.2	7	279	13	6/21	21.46	5.43	23.69	0	1
R McLaren (SA)	2013-2014	7	7	356	59.2	1	297	13	4/48	22.84	5.00	27.38	1	0
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2014	12	11	516	86.0	1	387	13	3/56	29.76	4.50	39.69	0	0
RR Singh (IND)	1997-1999	17	16	522	87.0	3	404	13	3/13	31.07	4.64	40.15	0	0
MD Shanaka (SL)	2016-2024	36	21	441	73.3	0	432	13	3/27	33.23	5.87	33.92	0	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2009-2023	15	12	565	94.1	3	438	13	3/40	33.69	4.65	43.46	0	0
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2007-2007	5	5	289	48.1	7	166	12	3/19	13.83	3.44	24.08	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1993-1994	7	6	262	43.4	2	191	12	3/34	15.91	4.37	21.83	0	0
MA Starc (AUS)	2016-2016	5	5	293	48.5	2	218	12	3/32	18.16	4.46	24.41	0	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2011-2011	7	7	354	59.0	3	241	12	6/31	20.08	4.08	29.50	0	1
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2010	9	8	372	62.0	5	262	12	3/21	21.83	4.22	31.00	0	0
HH Pandya (IND)	2017-2023	12	11	370	61.4	3	316	12	3/3	26.33	5.12	30.83	0	0
MDK Perera (SL)	2007-2017	9	7	396	66.0	2	356	12	3/48	29.66	5.39	33.00	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]