Sri Lanka Cricket Team – Test matches Cricket Records
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Most catches in a series
| Rank | Player | Player | Mat | Inns | Ct | Dismissed | Max | Ct/Inn | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1.666 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 |
🥈 2 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1.8 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 |
🥈 2 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 |
4 | RS Mahanama | RS Mahanama (SL) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2.666 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1996/97 |
4 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22 |
4 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004 |
4 | RS Mahanama | RS Mahanama (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 |
4 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93 |
4 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1.333 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 |
4 | ST Jayasuriya | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1.333 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 |
4 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1.333 | Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies), 2018 |
12 | MS Atapattu | MS Atapattu (SL) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 |
12 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 |
12 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 |
12 | AD Mathews | AD Mathews (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16 |
12 | AD Mathews | AD Mathews (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018 |
12 | TT Samaraweera | TT Samaraweera (SL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.75 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 |
12 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.4 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006 |
12 | RS Mahanama | RS Mahanama (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1.4 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96 |
12 | NT Paranavitana | NT Paranavitana (SL) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1.4 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011 |
12 | RP Arnold | RP Arnold (SL) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.166 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 |
12 | RP Arnold | RP Arnold (SL) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1.166 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 |
12 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1.166 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
24 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2019 |
24 | Y Goonasekera | Y Goonasekera (SL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1982/83 |
24 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia), 2018/19 |
24 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies), 2018 |
24 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2024 |
24 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 |
24 | HDRL Thirimanne | HDRL Thirimanne (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21 |
24 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 |
24 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.2 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12 |
24 | SMS Kaluperuma | SMS Kaluperuma (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1.2 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84 |
24 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.2 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 |
24 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1.2 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 |
24 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 |
24 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 |
24 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 |
24 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016 |
24 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001 |
24 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
24 | GP Wickramasinghe | GP Wickramasinghe (SL) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 |
43 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2023/24 |
43 | ST Jayasuriya | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.25 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2004/05 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.25 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 |
43 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19 |
43 | M Muralidaran | M Muralidaran (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004 |
43 | WU Tharanga | WU Tharanga (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.25 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06 |
43 | HDRL Thirimanne | HDRL Thirimanne (SL) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.25 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia), 2012/13 |
43 | RS Madugalle | RS Madugalle (SL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1981/82 |
43 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 |
43 | RP Arnold | RP Arnold (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 |
43 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 |
43 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 |
43 | M Muralidaran | M Muralidaran (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 |
43 | SM Warnapura | SM Warnapura (SL) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.833 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 |
64 | FDM Karunaratne | FDM Karunaratne (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2017 |
64 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002 |
64 | WU Tharanga | WU Tharanga (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
64 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 |
64 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.333 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997 |
64 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.333 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2018/19 |
64 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.333 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2022 |
64 | A Ranatunga | A Ranatunga (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.333 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97 |
64 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.333 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 |
64 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 |
64 | RP Arnold | RP Arnold (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01 |
64 | DM de Silva | DM de Silva (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016/17 |
64 | PA de Silva | PA de Silva (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 |
64 | PA de Silva | PA de Silva (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1997/98 |
64 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00 |
64 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2009/10 |
64 | BOP Fernando | BOP Fernando (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22 |
64 | KNM Fernando | KNM Fernando (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2023/24 |
64 | AP Gurusinha | AP Gurusinha (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1991/92 |
64 | AP Gurusinha | AP Gurusinha (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95 |
64 | ST Jayasuriya | ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006 |
64 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 |
64 | DPMD Jayawardene | DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010/11 |
64 | RS Mahanama | RS Mahanama (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1997/98 |
64 | AD Mathews | AD Mathews (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 |
64 | AD Mathews | AD Mathews (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 |
64 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2017/18 |
64 | BKG Mendis | BKG Mendis (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2017/18 |
64 | P Nissanka | P Nissanka (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2024 |
64 | P Nissanka | P Nissanka (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2024 |
64 | A Ranatunga | A Ranatunga (SL) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 |
64 | TT Samaraweera | TT Samaraweera (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004 |
64 | KC Sangakkara | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 |
64 | HP Tillakaratne | HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95 |
64 | WPUJC Vaas | WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 |
64 | KDK Vithanage | KDK Vithanage (SL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16 |
64 | TM Dilshan | TM Dilshan (SL) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006 |
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All figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper, except for matches played which is the career figure