Bowling Best Figures Match - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
M Muralidaran	66.4	26	115	13	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
M Muralidaran	35.5	11	82	12	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
M Muralidaran	80.4	14	225	12	2.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	61.0	20	132	11	2.16	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
M Muralidaran	68.3	17	161	11	2.35	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
M Muralidaran	85.1	21	170	11	1.99	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
M Muralidaran	81.0	26	196	11	2.41	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
M Muralidaran	77.3	14	212	11	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
M Muralidaran	25.3	4	83	10	3.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
M Muralidaran	44.4	12	98	10	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
M Muralidaran	45.1	10	111	10	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
M Muralidaran	37.2	5	115	10	3.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
M Muralidaran	46.2	12	118	10	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
M Muralidaran	59.3	21	135	10	2.26	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
M Muralidaran	66.1	14	148	10	2.23	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
M Muralidaran	82.2	17	172	10	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
M Muralidaran	70.0	17	190	10	2.71	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
BAW Mendis	55.2	5	209	10	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
UDU Chandana	44.4	3	210	10	4.70	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
M Muralidaran	24.4	5	60	9	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
ST Jayasuriya	47.0	15	74	9	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	74.3	33	91	9	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	43.4	15	102	9	2.33	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
M Muralidaran	71.0	26	140	9	1.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
M Muralidaran	51.5	14	141	9	2.72	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
SL Malinga	58.4	9	210	9	3.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
M Muralidaran	65.3	12	221	9	3.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
KMDN Kulasekara	28.4	9	58	8	2.02	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
DNT Zoysa	26.5	8	73	8	2.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
M Muralidaran	33.3	11	82	8	2.44	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
M Muralidaran	62.0	25	88	8	1.41	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	51.2	18	90	8	1.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
ST Jayasuriya	59.0	20	94	8	1.59	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
WPUJC Vaas	47.2	14	109	8	2.30	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
M Muralidaran	96.0	46	124	8	1.29	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
M Muralidaran	59.0	17	127	8	2.15	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
BAW Mendis	45.5	8	132	8	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
BAW Mendis	62.0	11	137	8	2.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
M Muralidaran	84.5	28	138	8	1.62	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
M Muralidaran	73.0	28	139	8	1.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
M Muralidaran	64.0	15	168	8	2.62	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
M Muralidaran	75.0	21	172	8	2.29	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
M Muralidaran	72.0	15	196	8	2.72	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
HMRKB Herath	82.0	20	209	8	2.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
M Muralidaran	66.1	11	216	8	3.26	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
M Muralidaran	76.4	13	218	8	2.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	11	39	7	1.56	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
WPUJC Vaas	34.4	13	50	7	1.44	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
WPUJC Vaas	32.3	10	82	7	2.52	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
M Muralidaran	50.0	16	92	7	1.84	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
CRD Fernando	21.0	2	95	7	4.52	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
M Muralidaran	48.0	12	99	7	2.06	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
M Muralidaran	67.0	30	103	7	1.53	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
BAW Mendis	43.0	9	128	7	2.97	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
SL Malinga	34.0	5	130	7	3.82	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
HMRKB Herath	59.3	16	132	7	2.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
M Muralidaran	43.5	9	141	7	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Bogra	08 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
M Muralidaran	97.0	28	145	7	1.49	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
M Muralidaran	69.0	14	161	7	2.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
TT Samaraweera	23.4	4	67	6	2.83	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
CRD Fernando	42.0	13	77	6	1.83	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
WPUJC Vaas	41.0	11	78	6	1.90	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
WPUJC Vaas	30.5	6	84	6	2.72	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
SL Malinga	29.1	6	92	6	3.15	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
WPUJC Vaas	35.0	10	95	6	2.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	12	108	6	2.70	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
WPUJC Vaas	48.0	14	115	6	2.39	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
CRD Fernando	37.0	8	117	6	3.16	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
T Thushara	37.0	5	118	6	3.18	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
M Muralidaran	59.4	17	135	6	2.26	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
WPUJC Vaas	53.2	11	136	6	2.55	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
M Muralidaran	50.1	9	137	6	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
CRD Fernando	39.0	0	140	6	3.58	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
CRD Fernando	36.0	4	142	6	3.94	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
CRD Fernando	44.0	4	146	6	3.31	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
WPUJC Vaas	39.5	5	147	6	3.69	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
DNT Zoysa	49.0	14	156	6	3.18	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
M Muralidaran	54.0	4	156	6	2.88	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
M Muralidaran	53.5	8	171	6	3.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
M Muralidaran	74.2	14	174	6	2.34	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
T Thushara	48.4	4	204	6	4.19	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
M Muralidaran	57.0	9	218	6	3.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
M Muralidaran	85.0	12	224	6	2.63	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
ST Jayasuriya	23.1	7	56	5	2.41	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
HMRKB Herath	27.3	7	67	5	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
M Muralidaran	28.4	8	75	5	2.61	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
CRD Fernando	28.0	8	75	5	2.67	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Bogra	08 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
CRD Fernando	23.0	3	76	5	3.30	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
WPUJC Vaas	37.3	14	79	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
WPUJC Vaas	30.0	7	82	5	2.73	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
M Muralidaran	29.4	7	85	5	2.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
WPUJC Vaas	37.0	14	94	5	2.54	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
M Muralidaran	33.2	7	98	5	2.94	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
KMDN Kulasekara	36.0	7	102	5	2.83	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
KR Pushpakumara	36.5	7	103	5	2.79	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489

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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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]