Who is Sri Lanka's best?

One of the game's great entertainers, Aravinda de Silva was a strokemaker of the highest class. He had the bit of genius in him that allowed him to hit good balls to the boundary, which made it hard for opposing captains to plan against it. Best remembered for his century in the 1996 World Cup final, de Silva also has 20 Test hundreds, with nine away from home.

Matches 93 Innings 159 Runs 6361 Average 42.97 100s/50s 20/22

Regarded as the best fast bowler produced by Sri Lanka in the post-Test era, Chaminda Vaas carried the country's pace attack for years. He had an indipper and a well-disguised offcutter in his arsenal, to which he later added reverse-swing, which made him a consistent wicket-taker even on dead pitches. With 355 wickets, Vaas is Sri Lanka's second-highest wicket-taker after Muttiah Muralitharan - with whom he combined for in many Test wins. Vaas also scored over 3000 Test runs.

Matches 111 Innings 194 Wickets 355 Average 29.58 5/10 12/2

Having started off his career as a wicketkeeper-batsman, Sangakkara went on to become one of the greatest batsman of his generation. He is Sri Lanka's highest run-getter, and has the highest average among the 11 in the 10,000-run club - next-best Jacques Kallis is nearly two-and-a-half runs behind. An impressive batsman when he kept, Sangakkara's run-making prowess took off after he gave up the gloves. Sri Lanka's middle-order rarely looked more solid than when he was batting with Mahela Jayawardene - the pair added 6554 Test runs together.

Matches 132 Innings 229 Runs 12,305 Average 58.04 100s/50s 38/52

One of the most elegant batsmen in the modern era, Jayawardene was also highly successful, being the first Sri Lankan to reach 10,000 Test runs. His array of strokes and balance at the crease made him attractive to watch, and he often batted long, finishing with 34 hundreds. He has Sri Lanka's highest Test score, 374, and along with Sangakkara shares the world-record Test and first-class partnership of 624. He is Sri Lanka's most-capped player, and also captained them to 18 Test wins.

Matches 149 Innings 252 Runs 11,814 Average 49.84 100s/50s 34/50

Sri Lanka's greatest matchwinner. The first wrist-spinning offspinner in the history of the game, Muralitharan's super-flexible hand made him especially potent and guaranteed him turn on any surface. Despite the controversy that surrounded his bowling action, Murali etched his name in the record books as the leading wicket-taker in Tests. Many of his numbers are unlikely to ever be matched: 800 Test wickets, 67 five-fors, 22 ten-fors.

Matches 133 Innings 230 Wickets 800 Average 22.72 5/10 67/22