| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1981/82 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 1981/82 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1981/82 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1981/82 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Match | 1982/83 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 1982/83 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 1982/83 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1982/83 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1982/83 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1982/83 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1983/84 | New Zealand | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1983/84 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1984 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 1984 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1985 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1985/86 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1985/86 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1985/86 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985/86 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1986/87 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 1986/87 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1987 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1987 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 1987/88 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Match | 1987/88 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1988 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 1988 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 1989/90 | Australia | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 1989/90 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Match | 1990/91 | India | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 1990/91 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 1990/91 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1990/91 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1991 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 1991 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1991/92 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1991/92 | Pakistan | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1992 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1992/93 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 1992/93 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1993 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 1993 | - | |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 1993/94 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1993/94 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1993/94 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 1993/94 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1994 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1994 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 1994/95 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe | 1994/95 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1994/95 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 1994/95 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1995/96 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1995/96 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 1995/96 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 1995/96 | - | |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 1996 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 1996/97 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 1996/97 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1996/97 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996/97 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 1997 | West Indies | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of West Indies | 1997 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1997 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 1997/98 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 1997/98 | - | |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 1997/98 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997/98 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 1997/98 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 1997/98 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1998 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 1998 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1998/99 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1998/99 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 1998/99 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Bangladesh | 1998/99 | - | |
| Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 1998/99 | Pakistan | |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1999 | - | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1999 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe | 1999/00 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 1999/00 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 1999/00 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 1999/00 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2000 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2000 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2000/01 | South Africa | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2000/01 | - | |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2000/01 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000/01 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2001 | - | |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 2001/02 | - | |
| Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2002 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 2002 | - | |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2002 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2002 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2002/03 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2002/03 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2003 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of West Indies | 2003 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2003 | West Indies | 1-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2003/04 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2003/04 | - | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe | 2004 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series | 2004 | Australia | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 2004 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2004 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 2004/05 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2004/05 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2004/05 | New Zealand | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 2004/05 | - | |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2005 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2005 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 2005/06 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2005/06 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2005/06 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2005/06 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2005/06 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005/06 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2006 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England | 2006 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2006 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2006 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2006/07 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 2006/07 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2007 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2007/08 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 2007/08 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007/08 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2007/08 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2007/08 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of West Indies | 2007/08 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2008 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2008/09 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2008/09 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2008/09 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan | 2008/09 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2009 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2009 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 2009/10 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2009/10 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2010 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2010/11 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010/11 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England and Scotland | 2011 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2011 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2011 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2011 | - | |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2011/12 | Pakistan | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates | 2011/12 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of United Arab Emirates | 2011/12 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2011/12 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2011/12 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2011/12 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2011/12 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2012 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2012/13 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 2012/13 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2012/13 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2012/13 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates | 2013/14 | - | |
| Pakistan tour of United Arab Emirates | 2013/14 | - | |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2013/14 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2013/14 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2013/14 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland | 2014 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | South Africa | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2014 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2014 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand | 2014/15 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2014/15 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2015 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | Pakistan | 2-1 (3) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2015 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | India | 2-1 (3) |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka) | 2015/16 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2015/16 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2015/16 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 2015/16 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series | 2016 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland | 2016 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2016 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2016 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2016/17 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe | 2016/17 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2016/17 | South Africa | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2016/17 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2016/17 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2016/17 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2017 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 2017 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2017 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2017 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of United Arab Emirates | 2017/18 | - | |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) | 2017/18 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan | 2017/18 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2017/18 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 2017/18 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2017/18 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2017/18 | - | |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies) | 2018 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Sri Lanka tour of West Indies | 2018 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2018 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018/19 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2018/19 | - | |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 2018/19 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2018/19 | New Zealand | 1-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia) | 2018/19 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | 2018/19 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2018/19 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2018/19 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2019 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2019 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan [Dec 2019] | 2019/20 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series | 2019/20 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe | 2019/20 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series | 2019/20 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of South Africa | 2020/21 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series | 2020/21 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2020/21 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2020/21 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series | 2020/21 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of West Indies | 2020/21 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2021 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021/22 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2021/22 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2021/22 | India | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | 2021/22 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2022 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2022 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2022 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2022 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series | 2022/23 | New Zealand | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand | 2022/23 | - | |
| Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Ireland tour of Sri Lanka | 2023 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2023 | - | |
| Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2023/24 | - | |
| Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh | 2023/24 | - | |