Bowling Best Figures Innings IN Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches IN Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	2.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
DL Vettori	33.0	10	64	6	1.93	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	2.97	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
HDPK Dharmasena	45.2	13	99	6	2.18	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	1.62	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
Wasim Akram	18.0	4	43	5	2.38	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
BN Schultz	20.0	8	48	5	2.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
SK Warne	16.0	4	52	5	3.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
CL Cairns	17.4	1	62	5	3.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
BN Schultz	36.5	9	63	5	1.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
AA Donald	28.0	5	69	5	2.46	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
M Muralidaran	38.0	10	71	5	1.86	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
CPH Ramanayake	31.0	3	82	5	2.64	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
PJ Wiseman	46.5	17	82	5	1.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
Waqar Younis	18.0	1	85	5	4.72	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
KSC de Silva	24.2	5	85	5	3.49	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
A Kumble	24.0	3	87	5	3.62	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.2	10	89	5	2.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	38.2	9	90	5	2.34	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
M Muralidaran	39.0	8	104	5	2.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
PA Strang	34.3	3	106	5	3.07	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	1.78	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	1.31	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
Wasim Akram	14.2	4	32	4	2.23	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	40	4	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
WKM Benjamin	20.0	8	46	4	2.30	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
M Muralidaran	15.5	4	47	4	2.96	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
MRCN Bandaratilleke	17.0	3	52	4	3.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
CJ McDermott	20.0	4	53	4	2.65	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
WPUJC Vaas	23.4	5	54	4	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
DK Liyanage	16.0	3	56	4	3.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
BN Schultz	16.0	4	58	4	3.62	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	7	60	4	2.22	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
CR Miller	20.3	6	62	4	3.02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Muralidaran	25.1	4	63	4	2.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	1.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
AIC Dodemaide	23.5	9	65	4	2.72	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
UC Hathurusingha	22.0	5	66	4	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
CC Lewis	31.0	5	66	4	2.12	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
PA Strang	38.0	11	66	4	1.73	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
WPUJC Vaas	22.0	3	73	4	3.31	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
BN Schultz	31.2	12	75	4	2.39	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
HDPK Dharmasena	28.5	7	75	4	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
GRJ Matthews	20.0	2	76	4	3.80	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
PA Strang	19.5	2	77	4	3.88	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
DS Mohanty	20.4	5	78	4	3.77	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
DK Liyanage	26.5	6	82	4	3.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
HH Streak	25.0	6	84	4	3.36	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
DL Vettori	26.0	4	88	4	3.38	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
CJ McDermott	31.0	6	89	4	2.87	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
KPJ Warnaweera	40.1	11	90	4	2.24	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
HMRKB Herath	34.3	6	97	4	2.81	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	4	98	4	3.92	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	2.06	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
MB Owens	30.0	7	101	4	3.36	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
Saqlain Mushtaq	45.0	12	115	4	2.55	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Muralidaran	45.0	12	118	4	2.62	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
SD Anurasiri	35.0	3	127	4	3.62	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
M Muralidaran	40.0	6	134	4	3.35	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
A Kumble	54.1	10	134	4	2.47	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
M Muralidaran	47.1	12	136	4	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
Saqlain Mushtaq	63.0	13	137	4	2.17	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	36.0	5	137	4	3.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
KR Pushpakumara	26.0	3	145	4	5.57	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
SK Warne	5.1	3	11	3	2.12	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
CEL Ambrose	12.2	5	14	3	1.13	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
DW Fleming	5.5	0	14	3	2.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	7	15	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Muralidaran	12.1	3	22	3	1.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
SK Warne	25.0	11	29	3	1.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
Wasim Akram	17.0	4	30	3	1.76	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
PA de Silva	18.5	7	30	3	1.59	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
RP Snell	12.0	4	32	3	2.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
Mushtaq Ahmed	7.3	1	34	3	4.53	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
DNT Zoysa	13.0	2	38	3	2.92	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
PA de Silva	13.0	1	39	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
M Prabhakar	15.5	5	43	3	2.71	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
WPUJC Vaas	16.0	2	43	3	2.68	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	3	45	3	2.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
Akram Raza	19.0	7	46	3	2.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
CR Miller	13.0	2	48	3	3.69	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
M Prabhakar	18.0	4	49	3	2.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
CPH Ramanayake	20.0	4	51	3	2.55	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
HH Streak	20.0	6	54	3	2.70	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
DL Vettori	24.0	8	56	3	2.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
Mushtaq Ahmed	14.0	2	57	3	4.07	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
RK Chauhan	26.0	7	59	3	2.26	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
CL Cairns	15.0	0	59	3	3.93	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
KPJ Warnaweera	28.0	5	63	3	2.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]