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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]
Dharmasena was the 59th Sri Lankan cricketer to receive a Test cap (Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club 1993). Kumar Dharmasena has the record for playing the most number of ODI innings before being dismissed for a duck (72 innings).
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.
Known as "Master Blaster", Sanath Jayasuriya holds several records for Sri Lanka in One Day International cricket. One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top four Associate members. [1]
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 ...
Kulasekara took 3 for 15 runs, and Sri Lanka finally won the match by 157 runs. [44] During a 2014 ICC World Twenty20 match against the Netherlands, Kulasekara set a record for the most economical bowling spell in a T20I or T20 world-cup match (0.00).
Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof holds the record for the best bowling figures: 6 wickets for 14 runs – also his career best figures – against the West Indies in the 2006 tournament. [12] [13] Australia's Josh Hazlewood is the most recent player to take a fifer. His figures of 6 wickets for 52 runs came against New Zealand in 2017.
He made his Test debut on 8 July 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia. [26] On his debut, he took a five-wicket haul, with figures of 6/118. [27] In the second innings of the match, he took another five-wicket haul, [28] to finish with the best bowling figures for a Sri Lanka player on debut and fourth best overall, with 12 for 177. [29]