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| Rank | Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | M Muralidaran | 40.0 | 19 | 51 | 9 | 1.27 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 04 Jan 2002 | Test # 1583 |
🥇 1 | M Muralidaran | 54.2 | 27 | 65 | 9 | 1.19 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 |
🥇 1 | HMRKB Herath | 33.1 | 3 | 127 | 9 | 3.82 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Aug 2014 | Test # 2136 |
4 | M Muralidaran | 16.2 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 2.81 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v West Indies | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 | Test # 1757 |
4 | HMRKB Herath | 23.0 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 2.73 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 06 Nov 2016 | Test # 2231 |
4 | M Muralidaran | 30.0 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 2.33 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v England | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 | Test # 1804 |
4 | JR Ratnayeke | 23.2 | 5 | 83 | 8 | 3.55 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 |
4 | M Muralidaran | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 8 | 2.54 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1559 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 31.4 | 15 | 46 | 7 | 1.45 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Galle | 02 Dec 2003 | Test # 1670 |
9 | HMRKB Herath | 21.0 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 2.28 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 | Test # 2176 |
9 | NGRP Jayasuriya | 23.0 | 10 | 52 | 7 | 2.26 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Ireland | Galle | 16 Apr 2023 | Test # 2502 |
9 | HMRKB Herath | 18.1 | 3 | 64 | 7 | 3.52 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Aug 2016 | Test # 2217 |
9 | WPUJC Vaas | 25.0 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 2.84 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 | Test # 1572 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 35.0 | 5 | 84 | 7 | 2.40 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 | Test # 1504 |
9 | HMRKB Herath | 36.0 | 9 | 89 | 7 | 2.47 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (RPS) | 16 Mar 2013 | Test # 2082 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 42.5 | 13 | 94 | 7 | 2.19 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 | Test # 1394 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 46.5 | 12 | 97 | 7 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 2006 | Test # 1812 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 38.4 | 8 | 100 | 7 | 2.58 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 |
9 | KR Pushpakumara | 35.4 | 7 | 116 | 7 | 3.25 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 26 Oct 1994 | Test # 1272 |
9 | WPUJC Vaas | 32.2 | 5 | 120 | 7 | 3.71 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Nov 2001 | Test # 1572 |
9 | L Embuldeniya | 42.0 | 6 | 137 | 7 | 3.26 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 | Test # 2405 |
9 | M Muralidaran | 59.3 | 14 | 155 | 7 | 2.60 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 |
9 | HMRKB Herath | 52.0 | 11 | 157 | 7 | 3.01 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Sep 2011 | Test # 2008 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 10.4 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1.68 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Sep 2005 | Test # 1764 |
24 | WPUJC Vaas | 15.0 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 1.46 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 | Test # 1757 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 13.0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 23 Jul 2008 | Test # 1882 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 14.5 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 1.88 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Bangladesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 | Test # 1839 |
24 | WPUJC Vaas | 18.0 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1.61 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 | Test # 1710 |
24 | MDK Perera | 14.0 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 2.28 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 21.0 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 1.71 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Jul 2005 | Test # 1755 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 10.0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 3.90 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 |
24 | NGRP Jayasuriya | 18.0 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 2.33 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Galle | 26 Sep 2024 | Test # 2551 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 18.0 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 2.38 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 | Test # 2059 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 21.4 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 1.98 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2275 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 24.2 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 1.84 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 06 May 2004 | Test # 1698 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 30.2 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 1.58 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Pakistan | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 | Test # 2133 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 22.0 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 2.22 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 26 Dec 2008 | Test # 1903 |
24 | AM Fernando | 17.3 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 2.91 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 23 May 2022 | Test # 2463 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 19.5 | 6 | 54 | 6 | 2.72 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 28 Feb 2006 | Test # 1784 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 21.0 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 2.57 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Bangladesh | Kandy | 11 Jul 2007 | Test # 1839 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 35.0 | 14 | 55 | 6 | 1.57 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Kandy | 01 Dec 2007 | Test # 1851 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 21.3 | 5 | 59 | 6 | 2.74 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 | Test # 1685 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 20.2 | 5 | 59 | 6 | 2.90 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Bangladesh | Galle | 07 Mar 2017 | Test # 2252 |
24 | NGRP Jayasuriya | 16.0 | 2 | 59 | 6 | 3.68 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Galle | 08 Jul 2022 | Test # 2471 |
24 | GP Wickramasinghe | 21.2 | 6 | 60 | 6 | 2.81 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 18 Nov 1999 | Test # 1470 |
24 | RJ Ratnayake | 19.4 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 3.35 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Hobart | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 33.0 | 9 | 68 | 6 | 2.06 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | Galle | 14 Oct 2015 | Test # 2181 |
24 | MDK Perera | 23.0 | 5 | 70 | 6 | 3.04 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Australia | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 | Test # 2213 |
24 | RTM Mendis | 34.2 | 8 | 70 | 6 | 2.03 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | Galle | 29 Nov 2021 | Test # 2437 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 27.1 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 2.61 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 | Test # 1487 |
24 | HDPK Dharmasena | 24.1 | 4 | 72 | 6 | 2.97 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 |
24 | WPUJC Vaas | 27.5 | 6 | 73 | 6 | 2.62 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 | Test # 1537 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 19.0 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 3.89 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 | Test # 2038 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 35.5 | 16 | 81 | 6 | 2.26 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v West Indies | Kandy | 21 Nov 2001 | Test # 1570 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 38.1 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 2.12 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Aug 2016 | Test # 2217 |
24 | RJ Ratnayake | 41.0 | 10 | 85 | 6 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 25.0 | 2 | 86 | 6 | 3.44 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 25 May 2006 | Test # 1803 |
24 | WPUJC Vaas | 40.0 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 2.17 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 | Test # 1293 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 41.0 | 8 | 87 | 6 | 2.12 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 | Test # 1504 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 2.54 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1822 |
24 | P Jayawickrama | 32.0 | 7 | 92 | 6 | 2.87 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 29 Apr 2021 | Test # 2419 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 38.0 | 9 | 97 | 6 | 2.55 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 | Test # 2038 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 53.0 | 19 | 98 | 6 | 1.84 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 19 Apr 1997 | Test # 1366 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 32.5 | 5 | 98 | 6 | 2.98 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 | Test # 2313 |
24 | HDPK Dharmasena | 45.2 | 13 | 99 | 6 | 2.18 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 09 Aug 1994 | Test # 1265 |
24 | BAW Mendis | 29.5 | 3 | 99 | 6 | 3.31 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 04 Feb 2014 | Test # 2117 |
24 | GP Wickramasinghe | 29.1 | 7 | 103 | 6 | 3.53 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 04 Mar 1999 | Test # 1447 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 49.0 | 10 | 103 | 6 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 | Test # 2063 |
24 | WPUJC Vaas | 40.0 | 12 | 108 | 6 | 2.70 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 11 Apr 2005 | Test # 1748 |
24 | ALF de Mel | 22.0 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 4.95 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 07 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 |
24 | A Dananjaya | 25.0 | - | 115 | 6 | 4.60 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v England | Pallekele | 14 Nov 2018 | Test # 2326 |
24 | BAW Mendis | 28.0 | 1 | 117 | 6 | 4.17 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 |
24 | NGRP Jayasuriya | 36.0 | 3 | 118 | 6 | 3.27 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Galle | 08 Jul 2022 | Test # 2471 |
24 | CBRLS Kumara | 25.0 | 1 | 122 | 6 | 4.88 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 53.4 | 11 | 126 | 6 | 2.34 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Galle | 13 Nov 2001 | Test # 1567 |
24 | M Muralidaran | 64.0 | 11 | 131 | 6 | 2.04 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 |
24 | N Pradeep | 31.0 | 2 | 132 | 6 | 4.25 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 | Test # 2265 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 53.0 | 9 | 133 | 6 | 2.50 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v England | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Apr 2012 | Test # 2039 |
24 | HMRKB Herath | 39.1 | 5 | 133 | 6 | 3.39 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2263 |
24 | BAW Mendis | 59.0 | 6 | 169 | 6 | 2.86 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 | Test # 1977 |
24 | KN Peiris | 33.4 | 4 | 170 | 6 | 5.04 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 26 Sep 2024 | Test # 2551 |
24 | UDU Chandana | 47.5 | 7 | 179 | 6 | 3.74 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 12 Mar 1999 | Test # 1450 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 9.4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1.34 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 2001 | Test # 1561 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 7.3 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 25 Jun 2007 | Test # 1837 |
83 | DNT Zoysa | 9.5 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2.03 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 06 May 2004 | Test # 1698 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 29.0 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 0.79 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 | Test # 1394 |
83 | A Dananjaya | 5.0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 08 Feb 2018 | Test # 2296 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 18.3 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1.62 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 10 Jun 1998 | Test # 1418 |
83 | WPUJC Vaas | 18.3 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 1.67 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 20.3 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 1.60 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 23.4 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 1.43 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | St John's | 13 Jun 1997 | Test # 1369 |
83 | ST Jayasuriya | 14.1 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 2.40 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 | Test # 1710 |
83 | L Embuldeniya | 20.1 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 1.73 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v West Indies | Galle | 29 Nov 2021 | Test # 2437 |
83 | MRCN Bandaratilleke | 24.0 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 |
83 | JR Ratnayeke | 17.0 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 2.17 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Pakistan | Colombo (CCC) | 14 Mar 1986 | Test # 1041 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 19.4 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 1.98 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (PSS) | 21 Jul 2002 | Test # 1609 |
83 | M Muralidaran | 16.4 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 2.34 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 |
83 | HMRKB Herath | 45.0 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 0.88 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2014 | Test # 2131 |
83 | KR Pushpakumara | 12.4 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 3.23 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Kingstown | 20 Jun 1997 | Test # 1371 |
83 | JR Ratnayeke | 21.0 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 |
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