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Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka. [12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match. [13]
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
South African fast bowler Shaun Pollock is the most economical with 3.67 runs per over, whereas Lee has the best strike rate of 29.4 balls per wicket. [2] Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas' eight wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001 remains the only occasion where a bowler has taken eight wickets in an ODI. [8]
Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of Sri Lanka Cricket lists, an article with a collection of ... List of Sri Lankan Test cricket records;
Sri Lanka: 16,128: 413: 1989–2011 5 551 Mike Gatting England: 14,476: 175: 1975–1998 Sachin Tendulkar India: 21,999: 201: 1989–2013 7 546 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka: 15,421: 24: 1995–2016 8 536 John Emburey England: 3,865: 647: 1975–2000 9 528 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka: 19,456-1997–2017 10 525 Kim Barnett England: 15,564: 113 ...
His record for most gold medals in a single South Asian Games event was unbeaten until 2016 when Matthew Abeysinghe broke the record by winning seven golds in India. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Bolling was honoured in 1988 by being awarded the Deshabandu , which is the third-highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. [ 13 ]
Due to an injury to de Alwis in 1984, Silva toured England with Sri Lanka aiming to cement his spot in the side. In the Lord's Test he opened the batting and made an unbeaten 102 in the second innings. He was rewarded by being included in their next Test series, against India. After taking 9 catches in the first Test he took another 8 in the ...
Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born 11 January 1971) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1996 and 2000. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Burgher Recreation Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. [1]