Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings for Sri Lanka in Tests

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
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
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
M Muralidaran	10.4	4	18	6	1.68	Sri Lanka	3	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	2.00	Sri Lanka	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	14.5	6	28	6	1.88	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	2.28	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	1.71	Sri Lanka	3	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
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
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
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
M Muralidaran	9.4	4	13	5	1.34	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
M Muralidaran	7.3	3	15	5	2.00	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
DNT Zoysa	9.5	2	20	5	2.03	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
A Dananjaya	5.0	1	24	5	4.80	Sri Lanka	4	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	1.62	Sri Lanka	4	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
WPUJC Vaas	18.3	6	31	5	1.67	Sri Lanka	1	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	1.60	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	1.43	Sri Lanka	2	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
ST Jayasuriya	14.1	4	34	5	2.40	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
L Embuldeniya	20.1	6	35	5	1.73	Sri Lanka	4	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	1.50	Sri Lanka	3	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	2.17	Sri Lanka	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
M Muralidaran	19.4	6	39	5	1.98	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
M Muralidaran	16.4	4	39	5	2.34	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	0.88	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
KR Pushpakumara	12.4	1	41	5	3.23	Sri Lanka	1	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	8	42	5	2.00	Sri Lanka	2	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982

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