Bowling Best Figures Match - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
DS de Silva	50.0	5	162	9	3.24	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
JR Ratnayeke	31.0	6	108	8	3.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
FS Ahangama	51.0	13	124	8	2.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
RJ Ratnayake	65.2	17	149	8	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
VB John	47.0	8	159	8	3.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RJ Ratnayake	54.4	7	189	8	3.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
JR Ratnayeke	34.4	11	66	7	1.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
AK Kuruppuarachchi	25.2	3	85	7	3.35	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
DS de Silva	64.0	11	201	7	3.14	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
ALF de Mel	43.0	2	201	7	4.67	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
VB John	33.2	11	98	6	2.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
ALF de Mel	32.0	7	118	6	3.68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
ALF de Mel	25.0	1	137	6	5.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
JR Ratnayeke	42.0	19	59	5	1.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
ALF de Mel	30.1	6	103	5	3.41	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
FS Ahangama	50.3	13	109	5	2.15	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
VB John	45.0	12	115	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
FS Ahangama	32.0	6	115	5	3.59	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
RJ Ratnayake	39.0	5	127	5	3.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
ALF de Mel	53.0	12	127	5	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
ALF de Mel	58.0	11	148	5	2.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
GF Labrooy	55.1	9	202	5	3.66	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
AP Gurusinha	18.3	4	68	4	3.67	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
KN Amalean	22.2	1	97	4	4.34	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
GRA de Silva	47.0	18	98	4	2.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
VB John	39.1	12	98	4	2.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	6	98	4	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
ALF de Mel	37.0	10	110	4	2.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	3.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
DS de Silva	50.0	8	128	4	2.56	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	3.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
GF Labrooy	49.0	7	143	4	2.91	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
ALF de Mel	40.0	6	144	4	3.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
CPH Ramanayake	54.0	5	182	4	3.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
ALF de Mel	51.2	5	224	4	4.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
ALF de Mel	16.2	5	50	3	3.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
RJ Ratnayake	23.0	2	57	3	2.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
KN Amalean	18.2	1	59	3	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
DS de Silva	42.5	16	92	3	2.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JR Ratnayeke	31.0	9	93	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
VB John	37.0	8	99	3	2.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
MAR Samarasekera	32.0	5	104	3	3.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
ALF de Mel	28.0	3	120	3	4.28	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	28.0	3	121	3	4.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	9	128	3	3.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
RJ Ratnayake	49.0	7	185	3	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
DS de Silva	57.0	5	191	3	3.35	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
A Ranatunga	14.4	7	20	2	1.36	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
SMS Kaluperuma	10.0	3	24	2	2.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
AP Gurusinha	1.5	0	25	2	13.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
DS de Silva	15.0	6	31	2	2.06	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
A Ranatunga	13.0	3	31	2	2.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
A Ranatunga	22.0	8	40	2	1.81	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
VB John	12.0	2	45	2	3.75	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
PA de Silva	18.0	1	65	2	3.61	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
GRA de Silva	43.0	14	66	2	1.53	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DS de Silva	33.3	16	70	2	2.08	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
AMJG Amerasinghe	30.0	4	73	2	2.43	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
RJ Ratnayake	19.0	2	81	2	4.26	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
DS de Silva	45.0	16	85	2	1.88	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
CPH Ramanayake	27.2	3	86	2	3.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
RJ Ratnayake	32.0	4	93	2	2.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
DS de Silva	42.0	4	95	2	2.26	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
RJ Ratnayake	24.0	2	101	2	4.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
GF Labrooy	36.0	5	108	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
JR Ratnayeke	37.0	6	111	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
ALF de Mel	23.0	3	113	2	4.91	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
JR Ratnayeke	39.0	4	123	2	3.15	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
RJ Ratnayake	31.0	8	125	2	4.03	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
RJ Ratnayake	35.0	4	139	2	3.97	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
GF Labrooy	41.0	6	161	2	3.92	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
ALF de Mel	39.3	7	163	2	4.12	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
AP Gurusinha	6.0	0	20	1	3.33	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
KPJ Warnaweera	8.3	2	26	1	3.05	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
A Ranatunga	11.0	5	26	1	2.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
A Ranatunga	9.0	1	27	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
A Ranatunga	14.3	6	30	1	2.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
EAR de Silva	18.0	7	37	1	2.05	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
AN Ranasinghe	12.0	1	40	1	3.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
DS de Silva	22.5	10	41	1	1.79	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
RJ Ratnayake	15.0	4	45	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
PA de Silva	15.0	2	45	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
JR Ratnayeke	22.1	7	56	1	2.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
A Ranatunga	24.0	9	62	1	2.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
AK Kuruppuarachchi	20.0	3	64	1	3.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
SD Anurasiri	36.0	13	67	1	1.86	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
JR Ratnayeke	21.4	8	69	1	3.18	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
BR Jurangpathy	21.0	3	69	1	3.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
A Ranatunga	19.0	2	72	1	3.78	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	3	72	1	3.42	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
AMJG Amerasinghe	20.0	5	77	1	3.85	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RGCE Wijesuriya	25.4	7	77	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
RJ Ratnayake	32.0	7	79	1	2.46	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
ALF de Mel	27.0	3	91	1	3.37	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
EAR de Silva	38.0	5	91	1	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
EAR de Silva	30.0	8	93	1	3.10	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
RJ Ratnayake	30.0	5	98	1	3.26	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]