Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings for Sri Lanka in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	3	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
HMRKB Herath	33.1	3	127	9	3.82	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	3	19	8	2.37	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	08 Dec 2001	ODI # 1776
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	2.81	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
HMRKB Herath	23.0	6	63	8	2.73	Sri Lanka	4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	2.33	Sri Lanka	4	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	3.55	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
PW Hasaranga	5.5	1	19	7	3.25	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Jan 2024	ODI # 4720
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	30	7	3.00	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000	ODI # 1650
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	2.28	Sri Lanka	4	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
NGRP Jayasuriya	23.0	10	52	7	2.26	Sri Lanka	2	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
HMRKB Herath	18.1	3	64	7	3.52	Sri Lanka	4	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	2.84	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	2.40	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
HMRKB Herath	36.0	9	89	7	2.47	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2013	Test # 2082
M Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	2.19	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
M Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7	2.07	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	2.58	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
KR Pushpakumara	35.4	7	116	7	3.25	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
WPUJC Vaas	32.2	5	120	7	3.71	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
L Embuldeniya	42.0	6	137	7	3.26	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
M Muralidaran	59.3	14	155	7	2.60	Sri Lanka	1	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
HMRKB Herath	52.0	11	157	7	3.01	Sri Lanka	3	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
BAW Mendis	4.0	2	8	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012	T20I # 263
BAW Mendis	8.0	1	13	6	1.62	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Karachi	06 Jul 2008	ODI # 2735
MF Maharoof	9.0	2	14	6	1.55	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Brabourne	14 Oct 2006	ODI # 2428
BAW Mendis	4.0	1	16	6	4.00	Sri Lanka	2	v Australia	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011	T20I # 203
M Muralidaran	10.4	4	18	6	1.68	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
AD Mathews	6.0	-	20	6	3.33	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2009	ODI # 2887
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
PW Hasaranga	8.0	1	24	6	3.00	Sri Lanka	2	v U.A.E.	Bulawayo	19 Jun 2023	ODI # 4587
WPUJC Vaas	9.1	2	25	6	2.72	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14 Feb 2003	ODI # 1950
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
CRD Fernando	8.0	-	27	6	3.37	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Colombo (RPS)	13 Oct 2007	ODI # 2630
M Muralidaran	14.5	6	28	6	1.88	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
ST Jayasuriya	9.5	-	29	6	2.94	Sri Lanka	1	v England	Moratuwa	20 Mar 1993	ODI # 818
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
BAW Mendis	9.0	-	29	6	3.22	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	28 Nov 2008	ODI # 2784
A Dananjaya	9.0	-	29	6	3.22	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2018	ODI # 4031
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	2.28	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
JDF Vandersay	10.0	-	33	6	3.30	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	04 Aug 2024	ODI # 4753
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	1.71	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
SL Malinga	7.4	-	38	6	4.95	Sri Lanka	1	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	01 Mar 2011	ODI # 3113
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	3.90	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
NGRP Jayasuriya	18.0	6	42	6	2.33	Sri Lanka	2	v New Zealand	Galle	26 Sep 2024	Test # 2551
HMRKB Herath	18.0	3	43	6	2.38	Sri Lanka	3	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
HMRKB Herath	21.4	4	43	6	1.98	Sri Lanka	4	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
NLTC Perera	10.0	-	44	6	4.40	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Pallekele	09 Jun 2012	ODI # 3273
M Muralidaran	24.2	10	45	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
HMRKB Herath	30.2	11	48	6	1.58	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
M Muralidaran	22.0	8	49	6	2.22	Sri Lanka	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
AM Fernando	17.3	5	51	6	2.91	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	23 May 2022	Test # 2463
M Muralidaran	19.5	6	54	6	2.72	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
M Muralidaran	21.0	5	54	6	2.57	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
A Dananjaya	10.0	-	54	6	5.40	Sri Lanka	2	v India	Pallekele	24 Aug 2017	ODI # 3906
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	1.57	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
M Muralidaran	21.3	5	59	6	2.74	Sri Lanka	1	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
HMRKB Herath	20.2	5	59	6	2.90	Sri Lanka	4	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
NGRP Jayasuriya	16.0	2	59	6	3.68	Sri Lanka	3	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
GP Wickramasinghe	21.2	6	60	6	2.81	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	3.35	Sri Lanka	1	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
HMRKB Herath	33.0	9	68	6	2.06	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
MDK Perera	23.0	5	70	6	3.04	Sri Lanka	4	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
RTM Mendis	34.2	8	70	6	2.03	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
M Muralidaran	27.1	4	71	6	2.61	Sri Lanka	4	v Pakistan	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	2.97	Sri Lanka	1	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
WPUJC Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	2.62	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
HMRKB Herath	19.0	5	74	6	3.89	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
M Muralidaran	35.5	16	81	6	2.26	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
HMRKB Herath	38.1	11	81	6	2.12	Sri Lanka	2	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
RJ Ratnayake	41.0	10	85	6	2.07	Sri Lanka	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
M Muralidaran	25.0	2	86	6	3.44	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	9	87	6	2.17	Sri Lanka	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
M Muralidaran	41.0	8	87	6	2.12	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	6	2.54	Sri Lanka	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
P Jayawickrama	32.0	7	92	6	2.87	Sri Lanka	2	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
HMRKB Herath	38.0	9	97	6	2.55	Sri Lanka	4	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
HMRKB Herath	32.5	5	98	6	2.98	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
HDPK Dharmasena	45.2	13	99	6	2.18	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
BAW Mendis	29.5	3	99	6	3.31	Sri Lanka	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
GP Wickramasinghe	29.1	7	103	6	3.53	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
HMRKB Herath	49.0	10	103	6	2.10	Sri Lanka	1	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	12	108	6	2.70	Sri Lanka	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	4.95	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
A Dananjaya	25.0	-	115	6	4.60	Sri Lanka	3	v England	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
BAW Mendis	28.0	1	117	6	4.17	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
NGRP Jayasuriya	36.0	3	118	6	3.27	Sri Lanka	1	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	1	122	6	4.88	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
M Muralidaran	53.4	11	126	6	2.34	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
M Muralidaran	64.0	11	131	6	2.04	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
N Pradeep	31.0	2	132	6	4.25	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
HMRKB Herath	53.0	9	133	6	2.50	Sri Lanka	2	v England	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
HMRKB Herath	39.1	5	133	6	3.39	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
BAW Mendis	59.0	6	169	6	2.86	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Galle	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
KN Peiris	33.4	4	170	6	5.04	Sri Lanka	3	v New Zealand	Galle	26 Sep 2024	Test # 2551
UDU Chandana	47.5	7	179	6	3.74	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450

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