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List of Sri Lanka Test cricketers

This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers.

A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days.

The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

List of Test cricketers

Statistics are correct as of 15 May 2022.[1][2][3]

Sri Lankan Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding
Cap Name Career Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ca St
1 Ashantha de Mel 1982–1986 17 28 5 326 34 14.17 3518 92 2180 59 6/109 36.95 9 –
2 Somachandra de Silva 1982–1984 12 22 3 406 61 21.37 3031 108 1347 37 5/59 36.41 5 –
3 Ajit de Silva 1982 4 7 2 41 14 8.20 962 41 385 7 2/38 55.00 0 –
4 Roy Dias 1982–1987 20 36 1 1285 109 36.71 24 0 17 0 – – 6 –
5 Mahes Goonatilleke 1982 5 10 2 177 56 22.13 – – – – – – 10 3
6 Lalith Kaluperuma 1982 2 4 1 12 11* 4.00 162 4 93 0 – – 2 –
7 Ranjan Madugalle 1982–1988 21 39 4 1029 103 29.40 84 2 38 0 – – 9 –
8 Duleep Mendis 1982–1988 24 43 1 1329 124 31.64 – – – – – – 9 –
9 Arjuna Ranatunga 1982–2000 93 155 12 5105 135* 35.70 2373 114 1040 16 2/17 65.00 47 –
10 Bandula Warnapura 1982 4 8 0 96 38 12.00 90 4 46 0 – – 2 –
11 Sidath Wettimuny 1982–1987 23 43 1 1221 190 29.07 24 0 37 0 – – 10 –
12 Ravi Ratnayeke 1982–1989 22 38 6 807 93 25.22 3833 118 1972 56 8/83 35.21 1 –
13 Anura Ranasinghe 1982 2 4 0 88 77 22.00 114 1 69 1 1/23 69.00 0 –
14 Rohan Jayasekera 1982 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 – – – – – – 0 –
15 Roger Wijesuriya 1982–1985 4 7 2 22 8 4.40 586 23 294 1 1/68 294.00 1 –
16 Guy de Alwis 1983–1988 11 19 0 152 28 8.00 – – – – – – 21 2
17 Susil Fernando 1983–1984 5 10 0 112 46 11.20 – – – – – – 0 –
18 Yohan Goonasekera 1983 2 4 0 48 23 12.00 – – – – – – 6 –
19 Sridharan Jeganathan 1983 2 4 0 19 8 4.75 30 2 12 0 – – 0 –
20 Vinothen John 1983–1984 6 10 5 53 27* 10.60 1281 53 614 28 5/60 21.93 2 –
21 Rumesh Ratnayake 1983–1992 23 36 6 433 56 14.43 4961 136 2563 73 6/66 35.11 9 –
22 Mithra Wettimuny 1983 2 4 0 28 17 7.00 – – – – – – 2 –
23 Amal Silva 1983–1988 9 16 2 353 111 25.21 – – – – – – 33 1
24 Roshan Guneratne 1983 1 2 2 0 0* – 102 1 84 0 – – 0 –
25 Jayantha Amerasinghe 1984 2 4 1 54 34 18.00 300 9 150 3 2/73 50.00 3 –
26 Sanath Kaluperuma 1984–1988 4 8 0 88 23 11.00 240 8 124 2 2/17 62.00 6 –
27 Aravinda de Silva 1984–2002 93 159 11 6361 267 42.98 2595 77 1208 29 3/30 41.66 43 –
28 Saliya Ahangama 1985 3 3 1 11 11 5.50 801 32 348 18 5/52 19.33 1 –
29 Asoka de Silva 1985–1991 10 16 4 185 50 15.42 2328 87 1032 8 2/67 129.00 4 –
30 Sanjeewa Weerasinghe 1985 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 114 8 36 0 – – 0 –
31 Roshan Jurangpathy 1985–1986 2 4 0 1 1 0.25 150 3 93 1 1/69 93.00 2 –
32 Asanka Gurusinha 1985–1996 41 70 7 2452 143 38.92 1408 47 681 20 2/7 34.05 33 –
33 Jayananda Warnaweera 1986–1994 10 12 3 39 20 4.33 2333 90 1021 32 4/25 31.91 0 –
34 Don Anurasiri 1986–1998 18 22 5 91 24 5.35 3973 152 1548 41 4/71 37.76 4 –
35 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi 1986–1987 2 2 2 0 0* – 272 6 149 8 5/44 18.63 0 –
36 Roshan Mahanama 1986–1998 52 89 1 2576 225 29.27 36 0 30 0 – – 56 –
37 Kaushik Amalean 1986–1988 2 3 2 9 7* 9.00 244 2 156 7 4/97 22.29 1 –
38 Graeme Labrooy 1986–1991 9 14 3 158 70* 14.36 2158 58 1194 27 5/133 44.22 3 -
39 Brendon Kuruppu 1987–1991 4 7 1 320 201* 53.33 – – – – – – 1 –
40 Champaka Ramanayake 1988–1993 18 24 9 143 34* 9.53 3654 109 1880 44 5/82 42.73 6 –
41 Ranjith Madurasinghe 1988–1992 3 6 1 24 11 4.80 396 12 172 3 3/60 57.33 0 –
42 Athula Samarasekera 1988–1991 4 7 0 118 57 16.86 192 5 104 3 2/38 34.67 3 –
43 Dammika Ranatunga 1989 2 3 0 87 45 29.00 – – – – – – 0 –
44 Gamini Wickremasinghe 1989–1992 3 3 1 17 13* 8.50 – – – – – – 9 1
45 Hashan Tillakaratne 1989–2004 83 131 25 4545 204* 42.88 76 4 25 0 – – 122 2
46 Marvan Atapattu 1990–2007 90 156 15 5502 249 39.02 48 0 24 1 1/9 24.00 58 –
47 Charith Senanayake 1991 3 5 0 97 64 19.40 – – – – – – 2 –
48 Chandika Hathurusingha 1991–1999 26 44 1 1274 83 29.63 1962 99 789 17 4/66 46.41 7 –
49 Sanath Jayasuriya 1991–2007 110 188 14 6973 340 40.07 8188 323 3366 98 5/34 34.34 78 –
50 Kapila Wijegunawardene 1991–1992 2 4 1 14 6* 4.67 364 16 147 7 4/51 21.00 0 –
51 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 1991–2001 40 64 5 555 51 9.41 7260 248 3559 85 6/60 41.87 18 –
52 Romesh Kaluwitharana 1992–2004 49 78 4 1933 132* 26.12 – – – – – – 93 26
53 Dulip Liyanage 1992–2001 9 9 0 69 23 7.67 1355 47 666 17 4/56 39.18 0 –
54 Muttiah Muralitharan1 1992–2010 132 162 56 1259 67 11.87 43715 1786 18023 795 9/51 22.67 70 –
55 Ashley de Silva 1993 3 3 0 10 9 3.33 – – – – – – 4 1
56 Ruwan Kalpage 1993–1999 11 18 2 294 63 18.38 1576 49 774 12 2/27 64.50 10 –
57 Pubudu Dassanayake 1993–1994 11 17 2 196 36 13.07 – – – – – – 19 5
58 Piyal Wijetunge 1993 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 312 5 118 2 1/58 59.00 0 –
59 Kumar Dharmasena 1993–2004 31 51 7 868 62* 19.73 6939 265 2920 69 6/72 42.32 14 –
60 Dulip Samaraweera 1993–1995 7 14 0 211 42 15.07 – – – – – – 5 –
61 Ravindra Pushpakumara 1994–2001 23 31 12 166 44 8.74 3792 98 2242 58 7/116 38.66 10 –
62 Chaminda Vaas 1994–2009 111 162 35 3089 100* 24.32 23438 895 10501 355 7/71 29.58 31 –
63 Sanjeeva Ranatunga 1994–1997 9 17 1 531 118 33.19 – – – – – – 2 –
64 Chamara Dunusinghe 1995 5 10 0 160 91 16.00 – – – – – – 13 2
65 Jayantha Silva 1995–1998 7 4 1 6 6* 2.00 1533 72 647 20 4/16 32.35 1 –
66 Nuwan Zoysa 1997–2004 30 40 6 288 28* 8.47 4422 160 2157 64 5/20 33.70 4 –
67 Sajeewa de Silva 1997–1999 8 12 5 65 27 9.29 1585 42 889 16 5/85 55.56 5 –
68 Russel Arnold 1997–2004 44 69 4 1821 123 28.02 1334 45 598 11 3/76 54.36 51 –
69 Mahela Jayawardene 1997–2014 149 252 15 11814 374 49.84 589 20 310 6 2/32 51.66 205 –
70 Lanka de Silva 1997 3 4 2 36 20* 18.00 – – – – – – 1 –
71 Malinga Bandara 1998–2006 8 11 3 124 43 15.50 1152 29 633 16 3/84 39.56 4 –
72 Niroshan Bandaratilleke 1998–2001 7 9 1 93 25 11.63 1722 83 698 23 5/36 30.35 0 –
73 Suresh Perera 1998–2001 3 4 1 77 43* 25.67 408 12 180 1 1/104 180.00 1 –
74 Ruchira Perera 1999–2002 8 9 6 33 11* 11.00 1130 31 661 17 3/40 38.88 2 –
75 Eric Upashantha 1999–2002 2 3 0 10 6 3.33 306 5 200 4 2/41 50.00 0 –
76 Avishka Gunawardene 1999–2005 6 11 0 181 43 16.45 – – – – – – 2 –
77 Upul Chandana 1999–2005 16 24 1 616 92 26.78 2685 64 1535 37 6/179 41.49 7 –
78 Rangana Herath 1999–2018 93 144 28 1699 80* 14.64 25993 814 12157 433 9/127 28.07 24 –
79 Tillakaratne Dilshan 1999–2013 87 145 11 5492 193 40.98 3385 83 1711 39 4/10 43.87 88 –
80 Indika de Saram 1999–2000 4 5 0 117 39 23.40 – – – – – – 1 –
81 Indika Gallage 1999 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 150 5 77 0 – – 0 –
82 Dilhara Fernando 2000–2012 40 47 17 249 39* 8.30 6181 143 3784 100 5/42 37.84 10 –
83 Prasanna Jayawardene 2000–2015 58 83 11 2124 154* 29.50 – – – – – – 124 32
84 Kumar Sangakkara 2000–2015 134 233 17 12400 319 57.40 84 0 49 0 – – 182 20
85 Dinuka Hettiarachchi 2001 1 2 1 0 0* 0.00 162 7 41 2 2/36 20.50 0 –
86 Thilan Samaraweera 2001–2013 81 132 20 5462 231 48.76 1327 36 689 15 4/49 45.93 45 –
87 Michael Vandort 2001–2008 20 33 2 1144 140 36.90 – – – – – – 6 –
88 Charitha Buddhika 2001–2002 9 8 3 132 45 26.40 1270 31 792 18 4/27 44.00 4 –
89 Sujeewa de Silva 2002–2007 3 2 1 10 5* 10.00 432 18 209 11 4/35 19.00 1 –
90 Chamila Gamage 2002 2 3 0 42 40 14.00 288 10 158 5 2/33 31.60 1 –
91 Jehan Mubarak 2002–2015 13 23 1 385 49 17.50 103 2 66 0 – – 15 –
92 Naveed Nawaz 2002 1 2 1 99 78* 99.00 – – – – – – 0 –
93 Hasantha Fernando 2002 2 4 0 38 24 9.50 234 7 108 4 3/63 27.00 1 –
94 Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2003–2004 4 5 1 94 28* 23.50 594 20 295 5 2/47 59.00 1 –
95 Prabath Nissanka 2003 4 5 2 18 12* 6.00 587 21 366 10 5/64 36.60 0 –
96 Thilan Thushara 2003–2010 10 14 3 94 15* 8.54 1668 35 1040 28 5/83 37.14 3 –
97 Dinusha Fernando 2003 2 3 1 56 51* 28.00 126 2 107 1 1/29 107.00 0 –
98 Farveez Maharoof 2004–2011 22 34 4 556 72 18.53 2940 107 1631 25 4/52 65.24 7 –
99 Lasith Malinga 2004–2010 30 37 13 275 64 11.45 5209 112 3349 101 5/50 33.15 7 –
100 Nuwan Kulasekara 2005–2014 21 28 1 391 64 14.48 3567 120 1794 48 4/21 37.37 8 –
101 Shantha Kalavitigoda 2005 1 2 0 8 7 4.00 – – – – – – 2 –
102 Gayan Wijekoon 2005 2 3 0 38 14 12.67 114 4 66 2 2/49 33.00 0 –
103 Upul Tharanga 2005–2017 31 58 3 1754 165 31.89 – – – – – – 24 –
104 Chamara Kapugedera 2006–2009 8 15 3 418 96 34.83 12 0 9 0 – – 6 –
105 Chamara Silva 2006–2008 11 17 1 537 152* 33.56 102 2 65 1 1/57 65.00 7 –
106 Malinda Warnapura 2007–2009 14 24 1 821 120 35.69 54 0 40 0 – – 14 –
107 Chanaka Welegedara 2007–2014 21 30 6 218 48 9.08 3799 114 2273 55 5/52 41.32 5 –
108 Ishara Amerasinghe 2008 1 2 2 0 0* – 150 1 105 1 1/62 105.00 0 –
109 Ajantha Mendis 2008–2014 19 19 6 213 78 16.38 4730 118 2434 70 6/99 34.77 2 –
110 Dhammika Prasad 2008–2015 25 39 2 476 47 12.86 4327 96 2698 75 5/50 35.97 6 –
111 Tharanga Paranavitana 2009–2012 32 60 5 1792 111 32.58 102 0 86 1 1/26 86.00 27 –
112 Angelo Mathews 2009–2022 95 169 23 6432 200* 44.05 3930 159 1766 33 4/44 53.51 70 –
113 Suraj Randiv 2010–2012 12 17 1 147 39 9.18 3146 70 1613 43 5/82 37.51 1 –
114 Suranga Lakmal 2010–2022 70 109 25 934 42 11.11 12443 439 6232 171 5/54 36.44 22 –
115 Thisara Perera 2011–2012 6 10 0 203 75 20.30 954 20 653 11 4/63 59.36 1 –
116 Lahiru Thirimanne 2011–2022 44 85 6 2088 155* 26.43 84 1 51 0 – – 36 –
117 Seekkuge Prasanna 2011 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 138 3 80 0 – – 0 –
118 Shaminda Eranga 2011–2016 19 26 11 193 45* 12.86 3891 125 2138 57 4/49 37.50 5 –
119 Nuwan Pradeep 2011–2017 28 50 17 132 17* 4.00 5077 130 3003 70 6/132 42.90 5 –
120 Kaushal Silva 2011–2018 39 74 0 2099 139 28.36 – – – – – – 34 1
121 Kosala Kulasekara 2011 1 2 0 22 15 11.00 168 7 80 1 1/65 80.00 0 –
122 Dinesh Chandimal 2011–2022 65 117 10 4217 164 39.41 – – – – – – 79 10
123 Dimuth Karunaratne 2012–2022 77 147 5 5620 244 39.57 284 4 191 2 1/12 95.50 55 –
124 Kithuruwan Vithanage 2013–2015 10 16 2 370 103* 26.42 174 1 133 1 1/73 133.00 10 –
125 Sachithra Senanayake 2013–2014 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 138 2 96 0 – – 1 –
126 Dilruwan Perera 2014–2021 43 77 8 1303 95 18.88 10805 239 5780 161 6/32 35.90 19 –
127 Niroshan Dickwella 2014–2022 48 84 6 2529 96 32.42 – – – – – – 116 24
128 Tharindu Kaushal 2014–2015 7 12 2 106 18 10.60 1658 22 1105 25 5/42 44.20 3 –
129 Dushmantha Chameera 2015–2021 12 20 2 101 22 5.61 1950 28 1295 32 5/47 40.46 4 –
130 Kusal Perera 2015–2021 22 41 3 1177 153* 30.97 – – – – – – 19 8
131 Milinda Siriwardana 2015–2016 5 9 0 298 68 33.11 413 6 257 11 3/25 23.36 3 –
132 Kusal Mendis 2015–2022 49 93 4 3078 196 34.58 126 1 110 1 1/10 110.00 71 –
133 Udara Jayasundera 2015 2 4 0 30 26 7.50 42 0 45 0 – – 2 –
134 Dasun Shanaka 2016–2021 6 12 2 140 66* 14.00 762 19 431 13 3/46 33.15 4 –
135 Dhananjaya de Silva 2016–2022 41 72 6 2517 173 38.13 2841 57 1623 29 3/25 55.96 49 –
136 Lakshan Sandakan 2016–2018 11 17 6 117 25 10.63 2063 37 1276 37 5/132 34.48 6 –
137 Vishwa Fernando 2016–2022 17 24 11 68 38 5.23 2616 54 1604 43 5/101 37.30 3 –
138 Asela Gunaratne 2016–2017 6 10 2 455 116 56.87 156 1 114 3 2/28 38.00 6 –
139 Lahiru Kumara 2016–2022 24 32 15 56 10 3.29 4265 98 2694 70 6/122 38.48 5 –
140 Danushka Gunathilaka 2017–2018 8 6 0 299 61 18.68 198 3 111 1 1/16 111.00 6 –
141 Malinda Pushpakumara 2017–2018 4 8 2 102 42* 17.00 860 14 520 14 3/28 37.14 2 –
142 Lahiru Gamage 2017–2018 5 8 4 6 3 1.50 1112 39 573 10 2/38 57.30 0 –
143 Sadeera Samarawickrama 2017 4 8 0 125 38 15.62 – – – – – – 4 –
144 Roshen Silva 2017–2019 12 23 3 702 109 35.10 – – – – – – 2 –
145 Akila Dananjaya 2018 6 10 2 135 43* 16.87 1385 33 819 33 6/115 24.81 1 –
146 Kasun Rajitha 2018–2020 9 12 2 35 12 3.50 1415 44 779 25 3/20 31.16 4 –
147 Mahela Udawatte 2018 2 4 0 23 19 5.75 – – – – – – 2 –
148 Chamika Karunaratne 2019 1 2 0 22 22 11.00 156 1 148 1 1/130 148.00 1 –
149 Lasith Embuldeniya 2019–2022 16 23 1 183 40 8.31 4473 132 2434 70 7/137 34.77 2 –
150 Oshada Fernando 2019–2022 14 24 3 726 102 34.57 18 0 19 0 – – 12 –
151 Wanindu Hasaranga 2020–2021 4 7 0 196 59 28.00 674 8 403 4 4/171 100.75 2 –
152 Minod Bhanuka 2021–2021 1 2 0 6 5 3.00 – – – – – – 0 –
153 Asitha Fernando 2021–2022 4 6 3 4 4 1.33 282 9 156 4 2/44 39.00 0 –
154 Ramesh Mendis 2021–2022 5 7 0 100 33 14.28 1154 30 560 26 6/70 21.53 1 –
155 Pathum Nissanka 2021–2022 7 12 1 494 103 44.90 – – – – – – 2 –
156 Praveen Jayawickrama 2021–2022 4 5 5 12 8* – 1014 41 487 25 6/92 19.48 1 –
157 Charith Asalanka 2021–2022 3 6 0 88 29 14.66 25 0 16 0 – – 1 –

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References

  1. ↑ List of Sri Lanka Test Cricketers
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka – Test Batting Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka – Test Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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