Sri Lanka Cricket Team

Cricket World Cup Winner and Runner-up

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 1996 (Winner)

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2007 (Runner-up)

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2011 (Runner-up)

T20 World Cup Winner and Runner-up

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2014 (Winner)

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2009 (Runner-up)

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2012 (Runner-up)

ICC Champions Trophy Winner and Runner-up

ICC Champions Trophy 2002 (Winner)

Test matches

Team records

• Highest team total: 952/6 dec. v. India at RPS, Colombo in 1997
• Lowest team total: 71 v. Pakistan at Asgiriya in 1994
• Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, 952/6

Individual records

• Most matches: 149 Tests – Mahela Jayawardene
• Longest-serving captain: 56 Tests –  Arjuna Ranatunga

Batting records

• Most runs: 12,400 – Kumar Sangakara
• Best average: 57.40 – Kumar Sangakara
• Highest individual score: 374 – Mahela Jayawardene v. South Africa at SSC, Colombo in 2006
• Highest partnership: 624 – Kumar Sangakara and Mahela Jayawardene v. South Africa at SSC, Colombo in 2006
• Most centuries: 38 – Kumar Sangakara

Bowling records

• Most wickets: 800 – Muttiah Muralitharan
• Best average: 22.67 – Muttiah Muralitharan
• Best figures in an innings: 9/51 – Muttiah Muralitharan v. Zimbabwe at Asgiriya in 2002
• Best figures in a match: 16/220 – Muttiah Muralitharan v. England at The Oval in 1998
• Best strike rate: 51.5 – Lasith Malinga
• Best economy rate: 2.33 – Don Anurasiri

Fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 205 –Mahela Jayawardene
• Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: 156 – Prasanna Jayawardene
• Most dismissals in an innings: 6 – Amal Silva v. India at SSC, Colombo in 1985 and Dinesh Chandimall v. Pakistan at PSS, Colombo in 2015
• Most dismissals in a match: 9 –Amal Silva v. India at SSC, Colombo & PSS, Colombo in 1985 and Prasanna Jayawardene v. Pakistan at Dubai in 2014                                                                           

One Day Internationals

ODI team records

• Highest team total: 443/9 (50 overs) v. Netherlands at VRA Cricket Ground in 2006
• Lowest team total: 43 (20.1 overs) v. South Africa at Boland Park in 2012

ODI individual records

• Most matches: 443 – Mahela Jayawardene
• Longest-serving captain: 193 matches – Arjuna Ranatunga

ODI batting records

• Most runs: 14,234 – Kumar Sangakara
• Best average: 44.12 – Pathum Nissanka
• Best strike rate: 112.59 – Thisara Perera
• Highest individual score: 210* – Pathum Nissanka v. Afghanistan  at Pallekele Internatinal Cricket Stadium in 2024
• Highest partnership: 286* – Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga v. England  at Headingely in 2006
• Most centuries: 28 – Sanath Jayasuriya
• Most Sixes: 268 – Sanath Jayasuriya

ODI bowling records

• Most wickets: 534 – Muttiah Muralitharan
• Best average: 21.87 –Ajantha Mendis
• Best figures in an innings: 8/19 – Chaminda Vaas v. Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC) in 2001
• Best strike rate: 27.3 – Ajantha Mendis
• Best economy rate: 3.93 – Muttiah Muralitharan

ODI fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 212 –  Mahela Jayawardene
• Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: 473 – Kumar Sangakara
• Most dismissals in a match: 5 – Guy de Alwis  v. Australia at Colombo (PSS) in 1983; Hashan Tillakaratne v. Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium  in 1990; Romesh Kaluwitharana v. Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in 1995; Kumar Sangakara v. Netherlands at Colombo (RPS) in 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I team records

• Highest team total: 260/6 v. Kenya at Johannesburg in 2007
• Lowest team total: 79 v. India at Visakhapatnam in 2016

T20I individual records

• Most matches: 97 – Dasun Shanaka
• Longest-serving captain: 48 matches – Dasun Shanaka

T20I batting records

• Most runs: 1,889 – Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Best average: 31.77 – Mahela Jayawardene
• Best strike rate: 147.67 – Thisara Perera
• Highest individual score: 104* – Tillakaratne Dilshan v. Australia at Pallekele in 2011
• Highest partnership: 166 – Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakara v. West Indies at Kensington Oval in 2010
• Most centuries: 1 –Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene
• Most Sixes: 74 – Kusal Mendis

T20I bowling records

• Most wickets: 107 –  Lasith Malinga
• Best average: 14.42 – Ajantha Mendis
• Best bowling: 6/8 – Ajantha Mendis v. Zimbabwe at Hambantota in 2012
• Best strike rate: 13.4 – Ajantha Mendis
• Best economy rate: 6.45 –Ajantha Mendis

T20I fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 37 – Dasun Shanaka
• Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: 45 – Kumar Sangakara
• Most dismissals in an innings: 4 – Dinesh Chandimal v. South Africa at Johannesburg in 2017