List of Sri Lanka One Day International cricket records

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Known as "Master Blaster", Sanath Jayasuriya holds several records for Sri Lanka in One Day International cricket

One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top four Associate members.[1] Unlike Test matches, ODIs consist of one inning per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – although in the past this has been 55 or 60 overs.[2] ODI cricket is List-A cricket, so statistics and records set in ODI matches also count toward List-A records. The earliest match recognized as an ODI was played between England and Australia in January 1971;[3] since when there have been over 4,000 ODIs played by 28 teams. This is a list of Sri Lanka Cricket team's One Day International records. It is based on the List of One Day International cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Sri Lankan cricket team. Sri Lanka played its first ever ODI in 1975.


ESPNCricinfo can also be used to see Sri Lanka's ODI records, and also their team records.[1]

Key[]

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Sri Lanka only, and are correct as of July 2020.

Key
Symbol Meaning
dagger Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket
double-dagger Even took place during a Cricket World Cup
* Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
♠ One Day International cricket record
Date Starting date of the match
Innings Number of innings played
Matches Number of matches played
Opposition The team Sri Lanka was playing against
Period The time period when the player was active in ODI cricket
Player The player involved in the record
Venue One Day International cricket ground where the match was played

Team records[]

Overall Record[]

Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win %
861 390 429 5 37 45.29
'Last Updated: 18 July 2021[4]

Team wins, losses, draws and ties[]

As of July 2021, Sri Lanka has played 861 ODI matches resulting in 390 victories, 429 defeats, 5 ties and 38 no results.[4]

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No Result % Won First Last
Full Members
 Afghanistan 4 3 1 0 0 75.00 2014 2019
 Australia 97 32 61 0 4 34.40 1975 2019
 Bangladesh 51 40 9 0 2 81.63 1986 2021
 England 78 36 38 1 3 48.66 1982 2021
 India 162 57 93 1 11 38.07 1979 2021
 Ireland 4 4 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2016
 New Zealand 99 41 49 1 8 45.60 1979 2019
 Pakistan 155 58 92 1 4 38.74 1975 2019
 South Africa 77 31 44 1 1 41.44 1992 2019
 West Indies 63 29 31 0 3 48.33 1975 2021
 Zimbabwe 57 44 11 0 2 80 1992 2018
Associate Members
 Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 100 2007 2007
 Canada 2 2 0 0 0 100 2003 2011
 Kenya 6 5 1 0 0 83.33 1996 2011
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 100 2002 2006
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 100 2011 2019
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 0 100 2004 2008
Total 864 391 430 5 38 47.63 1975 2021
Statistics are correct as of  Sri Lanka v  India at R. Premadasa Stadium, 3rd ODI, July 23, 2021.[5]
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First bilateral ODI series wins[]

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
 Australia 1982 2010
 Bangladesh 2002 2005
 England 1993 2006
 India 1993 -
 Ireland YTP 2014
 Netherlands 2006
 New Zealand 1993 2001
 Pakistan 2009 1995
 Scotland YTP 2019
 South Africa 2004 -
 West Indies 2010 1995
 Zimbabwe 1998 1994
Last updated: 1 July 2020[6]

First ODI match wins[]

Opponent Home Away / Neutral
Venue Year Venue Year
 Afghanistan YTP YTP Mirpur 2014
 Australia Colombo (PSS) 1983 Melbourne 1985
 Bangladesh Kandy 1986 Dhaka 1988
 Bermuda YTP YTP Port of Spain 2007 double-dagger
 Canada Hambantota 2011 double-dagger Paarl 2003 double-dagger
 England Colombo (SSC) 1982 Faisalabad 1996 double-dagger
 India Colombo (PSS) 1985 Manchester 1979 double-dagger
 Ireland YTP YTP St. George's 2007 double-dagger
 Kenya Nairobi 1996 Kandy 1996 double-dagger
 Netherlands Colombo (RPS) 2002 Amstelveen 2006
 New Zealand Moratuwa 1984 Derby 1983 double-dagger
 Pakistan Colombo (SSC) 1986 Lahore 1982
 South Africa Colombo (RPS) 1993 Wellington 1992 double-dagger
 Scotland YTP YTP Edinburgh 2011
 United Arab Emirates Dambulla 2004 Lahore 2008
 West Indies Colombo (RPS) 1993 Rajkot 1989
 Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 1996 double-dagger New Plymouth 1992 double-dagger
Last updated: 1 July 2020[7]

Winning every match in a series[]

In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. First such event occurred when West Indies toured England in 1976. Sri Lanka have recorded 20 such series victories.[8]

Opposition Matches Host Season
 Zimbabwe 3  Sri Lanka 1997/98
 Pakistan 3  Pakistan 1999/00
 England 3  Sri Lanka 2000/01
 Bangladesh 3  Sri Lanka 2002
 Zimbabwe 5  Zimbabwe 2004
 South Africa 5  Sri Lanka 2004
 Bangladesh 3  Sri Lanka 2005
 England 5  England 2006
 Bangladesh 3  Sri Lanka 2007
 Zimbabwe 5  Zimbabwe 2008/09
 Bangladesh 3  Bangladesh 2013/14
 West Indies 3  Sri Lanka 2015/16
 Bangladesh 3  Sri Lanka 2019
 West Indies 3  Sri Lanka 2019/20
Last updated: 1 July 2020[8]

Losing every match in a series[]

Sri Lanka have also suffered such whitewash 12 times.

Opposition Matches Host Season
 India 3  India 1982/83
 New Zealand 3  New Zealand 1982/83
 Pakistan 4  Pakistan 1985/86
 New Zealand 3  New Zealand 1990/91
 India 5  India 2014/15
 South Africa 5  South Africa 2016/17
 India 5  Sri Lanka 2017
 Pakistan 5  United Arab Emirates 2017/18
 New Zealand 3  New Zealand 2018/19
 South Africa 5  South Africa 2018/19
 West Indies 3  West Indies 2020/21
Last updated: 14 March 2021[8]

Team scoring records[]

Most runs in an innings[]

The highest innings total scored in ODIs came in the match between England and Australia in June 2018. Playing in the third ODI at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the hosts posted a total of 481/6.[9] The first ODI against the Netherlands in July 2006 saw Sri Lanka set their highest innings total of 443/9.[10]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1 443/9  Netherlands VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 4 July 2006 Scorecard
2 411/8  India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India 15 December 2009 Scorecard
3 398/5  Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 March 1996 double-dagger Scorecard
4 377/8  Ireland Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 18 June 2016 Scorecard
5 368/4  Pakistan Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 26 July 2015 Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[11]

Fewest runs in an innings[]

The lowest innings total scored in ODIs has been scored twice. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 35 by Sri Lanka during the third ODI in Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004 and USA were dismissed for same score by Nepal in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020.[12][13] The lowest score in ODI history for Sri Lanka is 43 scored against South Africa in the Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa in 2012.[14]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1 43  South Africa Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 11 January 2012 Scorecard
2 55  West Indies Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 3 December 1986 Scorecard
3 67  England Old Trafford, Manchester, England 28 May 2014 Scorecard
4 78  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 17 April 2002 Scorecard
5 86  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 7 June 1975 double-dagger Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[15]

Most runs conceded an innings[]

The first ODI of the 2009 ODI Series against India saw Sri Lanka concede their highest innings total of 414/7.[16]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1 414/7  India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India 15 December 2009 Scorecard
2 404/5 Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 13 November 2014 Scorecard
3 392/4 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 13 December 2017 Scorecard
4 384/6  South Africa Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 10 February 2017 Scorecard
5 376/9  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 8 March 2015 double-dagger Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[17]

Fewest runs conceded in an innings[]

The lowest score conceded by Sri Lanka for a full inning is 35 by Zimbabwe during the third ODI in Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004[18][12]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1 35  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 25 April 2004 Scorecard
2 36  Canada Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 19 February 2003 double-dagger Scorecard
3 38  Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001 Scorecard
4 54  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 29 October 2000 Scorecard
5 67  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 22 November 2008 Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[18]

Most runs aggregate in a match[]

The highest match aggregate scored in ODIs came in the match between South Africa and Australia in the fifth ODI of March 2006 series at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg when South Africa scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/4.[19] The first ODI of the 2009 ODI Series against India in | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot saw a total of 825 runs being scored.[16]

Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date Scorecard
1 825/15  India (414/7) v  Sri Lanka (411/8) Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India 15 December 2009 Scorecard
2 697/17  New Zealand (371/7) v  Sri Lanka (326) Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand 3 January 2019 Scorecard
3 694/15  South Africa (367/5) v  Sri Lanka (327) Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 7 February 2017 Scorecard
4 691/19  Sri Lanka (443/9) v  Netherlands (248) VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 4 July 2006 Scorecard
5 688/18  Australia (376/9) v  Sri Lanka (312) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 8 March 2015 double-dagger Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[20]

Fewest runs aggregate in a match[]

The lowest match aggregate in ODIs is 71 when USA were dismissed for 35 by Nepal in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020.[13] The lowest match aggregate in ODI history for Sri Lanka is 73 scored during the 2003 Cricket World Cup against Canada.[21]

Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date Scorecard
1 73/11  Canada (36) v  Sri Lanka (37/1) Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 19 February 2003 double-dagger Scorecard
2 75/11  Zimbabwe (35) v  Sri Lanka (40/1) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 25 April 2004 Scorecard
3 78/11  Zimbabwe (38) v  Sri Lanka (40/1) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001 Scorecard
4 135/11  Zimbabwe (67) v  Sri Lanka (68/1) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 22 November 2008 Scorecard
5 140/10  Sri Lanka (67) v  England (73/0) Old Trafford, Manchester, England 28 May 2014 Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[22]

Result records[]

An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[23]

Greatest win margins (by runs)[]

The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was New Zealand's victory over Ireland by 290 runs in the only ODI of the 2008 England tour. The largest victory recorded by Sri Lanka was during the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy in Sharjah by 245 runs against India.[24]

Rank Margin Target Opposition Venue Date
1 245 Runs 300  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 29 October 2000
2 243 Runs 322  Bermuda Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 15 March 2007 double-dagger
3 234 Runs 310  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 24 January 2009
4 219 Runs 352  England Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 23 October 2018
5 210 Runs 333  Canada Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 20 February 2011 double-dagger
Last updated: 1 July 2020[25]

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)[]

The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest victory recorded by Sri Lanka is during the Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka in 2001 when they won by 9 wickets with 274 balls remaining.[26]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 274 9 wickets  Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001
2 272  Canada Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 19 February 2003 double-dagger
3 244  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 25 April 2004
4 240 8 wickets  Ireland National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada 18 April 2007 double-dagger
5 229 10 wickets  Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 25 January 2018
Last updated: 1 July 2020[25]

Greatest win margins (by wickets)[]

A total of 55 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with West Indies winning by such margins a record 10 times.[27] Sri Lanka have won an ODI match by this margin on six occasions.[25]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 10 wickets  England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 27 March 2001
 Bangladesh City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 14 February 2003 double-dagger
 England Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 18 November 2003
 Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 23 July 2004
 England 26 March 2011 double-dagger
 Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 25 January 2018
Last updated: 3 December 2017[25]

Highest successful run chases[]

South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/9.[28] Sri Lanka's highest innings total while chasing is 324/2 in a successful run chase against England at Headingley, Leeds during the Sri Lank's ODI whitewash of England in 2006.[29]

Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date
1 324/2 322  England Headingley, Leeds, England 1 July 2006
2 322/3  India The Oval, London, England 8 June 2017
3 314/8 313  South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 22 January 2012
4 313/7  Zimbabwe Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand 23 February 1992 double-dagger
5 313/6  West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 8 June 2003
Last updated: 1 July 2020[29]

Narrowest win margins (by runs)[]

The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 31 ODI's with Australia winning such games a record 6 times.[30] Sri Lanka has achieved any victory by 1 run on two occasions.[31]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 run  Australia Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 22 February 2004
 West Indies Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 23 November 2016
3 2 runs  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 17 August 1997
 England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda 4 April 2007 double-dagger
5 3 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 February 1982
 New Zealand Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand 8 February 2001
 South Africa Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 8 August 2018
Last updated: 1 July 2020[31]

Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)[]

The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Sri Lanka has yet to achieved a victory by this margin.[32]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 3 wickets  South Africa Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 2 March 1992 double-dagger
4 wickets  India Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar, India 20 February 1994
2 wickets  South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 22 January 2012
4 2 4 wickets  Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan 17 January 1992
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 3 October 1995
3 wickets  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 16 January 1996
1 wicket  England Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 23 January 1999
2 wickets  Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 18 June 2012
2 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 December 2013
2 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 27 December 2013
6 wickets  England Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 7 December 2014
Last updated: 1 July 2020[31]

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)[]

The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled 55 such ODIs. Both West Indies and New Zealand have recorded such victory on eight occasions. Sri Lanka has won the match by a margin of one wicket on four occasions.[33]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 wicket  England Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 23 January 1999
 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 3 November 2010
 West Indies Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1 November 2015
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 22 February 2020
5 2 wickets  Australia Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13 April 1983
 South Africa Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 1 October 1996
 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 28 November 2008
 Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 16 January 2009
 South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 22 January 2012
 Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 18 June 2012
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 December 2013
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 27 December 2013
 India Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh 28 February 2014
 Pakistan Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 15 July 2015
Last updated: 1 July 2020[31]

Greatest loss margins (by runs)[]

Sri Lanka's biggest defeat by runs was against Sri Lanka in the Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa in early 2012 at Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa.[34]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 258 Runs  South Africa Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 11 January 2012
2 232 Runs  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 28 January 1985
3 217 Runs  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 17 April 2002
4 193 Runs  West Indies 3 December 1986
5 192 Runs  Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 14 June 1975 double-dagger
Last updated: 1 July 2020[34]

Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)[]

The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest defeat suffered by Sri Lanka was against New Zealand in New Zealand during the Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand in late 20515 when they lost by 10 wickets with 250 balls remaining.[26]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 250 10 wickets  New Zealand AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand 28 December 2015
2 236 9 wickets  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 7 June 1975 double-dagger
3 227 10 wickets  England 28 May 2014
4 215 9 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England 20 June 1983 double-dagger
5 203 10 wickets  New Zealand SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, England 1 June 2019
Last updated: 1 July 2020[34]

Greatest loss margins (by wickets)[]

Sri Lanka have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on six occasions with most recent being during the 2019 Cricket World Cup game against New Zealand.

Rank Margins Opposition Most recent venue Date
1 10 wickets  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 8 April 1984
 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 6 July 2011
Old Trafford, Manchester, England 28 May 2014
 New Zealand Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand 28 December 2015
 England Edgbaston, Birmingham, England 24 June 2016
 New Zealand SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, England 1 June 2019 double-dagger
Last updated: 1 July 2020[34]

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)[]

The narrowest loss of Sri Lanka in terms of runs is by 1 runs suffered once.[35]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 run  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 25 July 1993
2 2 runs  New Zealand Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 18 April 1994
 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 5 November 1994
4 4 runs  New Zealand Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand 8 February 2001
 India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India 15 December 2009
Last updated: 1 July 2020[35]

Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)[]

The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Sri Lanka has suffered loss by this margin three times.[32]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 0 1 wicket  New Zealand Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown, New Zealand 31 December 2006
 West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 10 April 2008
4 wickets  New Zealand Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 12 November 2013
4 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 9 January 1988
 Pakistan Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 23 August 2014
Last updated: 1 July 2020[35]

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)[]

Sri Lanka has suffered defeat by 1 wicket on five occasions.[35]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 wicket  New Zealand Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown, NZ 31 December 2006
 South Africa Providence Stadium, Providence, West Indies 28 March 2007 double-dagger
 West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 10 April 2008
 New Zealand SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, ENG 9 June 2013
 India Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 11 July 2013
Last updated: 1 July 2020[35]

Tied matches[]

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[23] There have been 37 ties in ODIs history with Sri Lanka involved in five such games.[4]

Opposition Venue Date
 New Zealand Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 11 November 1996
 Pakistan 15 October 1999
 South Africa Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa 3 March 2003 double-dagger
 India Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 14 February 2012
 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 21 June 2016
Last updated: 3 December 2017[35]

Individual records[]

Batting records[]

Most career runs[]

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[36] India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in ODIs with 18,426. Second is Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 14,234 ahead of Ricky Ponting from Australia in third with 13,704.[37]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Period
1 13,975 Kumar Sangakkara 397 373 2000-2015
2 13,364 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 429 1989-2011
3 12,381 Mahela Jayawardene 443 413 1998-2015
4 10,290 Tillakaratne Dilshan 330 303 1999-2016
5 9,284 Aravinda de Silva 308 296 1984-2003
Last updated: 1 July 2020[38]

Fastest runs getter[]

Runs Batsman Match Innings Record Date Reference
1000 Roy Dias 29 27 17 January 1985 [39]
2000 Upul Tharanga 67 63 8 February 2008 [40]
3000 97 93 9 June 2010 [41]
4000 124 119 16 August 2011 [42]
5000 Marvan Atapattu 154 152 11 July 2002 [43]
6000 182 180 14 February 2003 double-dagger [44]
7000 218 213 25 August 2004 [45]
8000 245 239 22 January 2006 [46]
9000 Kumar Sangakkara 288 270 18 March 2011 double-dagger [47]
10000 Tillakaratne Dilshan 319 293 26 July 2015 [48]
11000 Kumar Sangakkara 340 318 28 March 2013 [49]
12000 359 336 20 December 2013 [50]
13000 386 363 3 December 2014 [51]
14000 402 378 8 March 2015 double-dagger [52]

Most runs in each batting position[]

Batting position Batsman Innings Runs Average Career Span Ref
Opener Sanath Jayasuriya 379 12674 34.81 1989&-2011 [53]
Number 3 Kumar Sangakkara 234 9611 44.70 2000-2015 [54]
Number 4 Aravinda de Silva 197 6870 39.25 1984-2003 [55]
Number 5 Arjuna Ranatunga 153 4675 ♠ 38.63 1982-1999 [56]
Number 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan 87 2046 28.81 2009-2019 [57]
Number 7 Thisara Perera 53 1003 20.46 2009-2021 [58]
Number 8 Chaminda Vaas 102 1061 15.37 1994-2008 [59]
Number 9 68 552 13.14 [60]
Number 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 69 337 7.83 1993-2011 [61]
Number 11 58 170 ♠ 5.66 [62]
Last updated: 14 March 2021. Qualification: Batted 20 Innings at the position

Most runs against each team[]

Opposition Runs Batsman Average Innings Career Span Ref
 Afghanistan 128 Kusal Perera 42.66 3 2014–2019 [63]
 Australia 1,675 Kumar Sangakkara 42.94 43 2002–2015 [64]
 Bangladesh 1,206 Kumar Sangakkara 48.24 28 2002–2015 [65]
 Bermuda 85 Mahela Jayawardene 85.00 1 2007–2007 [66]
 Canada 100 Mahela Jayawardene 100.00 1 2003–2011 [67]
 England 1,625 Kumar Sangakkara 47.79 41 2001–2015 [68]
 India 2,899 Sanath Jayasuriya 36.23 85 1990–2009 [69]
 Ireland 167 Kusal Perera 55.66 3 2014–2016 [70]
 Kenya 251 Aravinda de Silva 62.75 4 1996–2003 [71]
 Netherlands 193 Sanath Jayasuriya 96.50 2 2002–2006 [72]
 New Zealand 1,568 Kumar Sangakkara 40.20 45 2001–2015 [73]
 Pakistan 2,517 Sanath Jayasuriya 32.68 79 1989–2009 [74]
 South Africa 1,789 Kumar Sangakkara 45.87 43 2000–2015 [75]
 Scotland 137 Dimuth Karunaratne 68.50 2 2011–2019 [76]
 United Arab Emirates 87 Mahela Jayawardene 43.50 2 2004–2008 [77]
 West Indies 922 Sanath Jayasuriya 32.92 30 1993–2007 [78]
 Zimbabwe 906 Marvan Atapattu 45.30 25 1996–2006 [79]
Last updated: 23 May 2021

Highest individual score[]

See also: List of highest individual scores in ODIs

The fourth ODI of the Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2014 saw Rohit Sharma score the highest Individual score. Sanath Jayasuriya holds the Sri Lankan record when he scored 189 against India in the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy in Sharjah.[80]

Rank Runs Player Opposition Venue Date
1 189 Sanath Jayasuriya  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 29 October 2000
2 174* Upul Tharanga Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 2 July 2013
3 169 Kumar Sangakkara  South Africa Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 20 July 2013
4 161* Tillakaratne Dilshan  Bangladesh Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 26 February 2015 double-dagger
5 160  India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India 15 December 2009
160* Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 28 February 2012
Last updated: 1 July 2020[81]

Highest individual score – progression of record[]

Runs Player Opponent Venue Season
21 Somachandra de Silva  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 1975 double-dagger
53* Sunil Wettimuny  Australia The Oval, London, England
59 Anura Tennekoon  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 1979 double-dagger
67 Sunil Wettimuny  India Old Trafford, Manchester, England
86* Sidath Wettimuny  England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1981-82
102 Roy Dias  India Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, India 1982
121 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
140 Sanath Jayasuriya  New Zealand Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1994-95
145 Aravinda de Silva  Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 1995-96 double-dagger
151* Sanath Jayasuriya  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 1997
189 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2000-2001
Last updated: 1 July 2020[81]

Highest individual score against each team[]

Opposition Batsman Runs Venue Date Ref
 Afghanistan Mahela Jayawardene 100 University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand 22 February 2015 double-dagger [82]
 Australia Sanath Jayasuriya 122 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 9 January 2003 [83]
 Bangladesh Tillakaratne Dilshan 161* Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 26 February 2015 double-dagger [84]
 Bermuda Mahela Jayawardene 85 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 15 March 2007 double-dagger [85]
 Canada 100 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 20 February 2011 double-dagger [86]
 England Sanath Jayasuriya 152 Headingley, Leeds, England 1 July 2006 [87]
 India 189 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 29 October 2000 [88]
 Ireland Kusal Perera dagger 135 Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 18 June 2016 [89]
 Kenya Aravinda de Silva 145 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 March 1996 double-dagger [90]
 Netherlands Sanath Jayasuriya 157 VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 4 July 2006 [91]
 New Zealand 140 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa 8 December 1994 [92]
Thisara Perera Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand 5 January 2019
 Pakistan Tillakaratne Dilshan 137* Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 24 January 2009 [93]
 South Africa Kumar Sangakkara 169 Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 20 July 2013 double-dagger [94]
 Scotland 124 Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 11 March 2015 [95]
 United Arab Emirates Avishka Gunawardene 73 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 17 July 2004 [96]
 West Indies 132 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 4 October 2000 [97]
 Zimbabwe Tillakaratne Dilshan 144 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 10 March 2011 double-dagger [98]
Last updated: 1 March 2021.

Highest career average[]

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[99]

Rank Average Player Innings Runs Not out Period
1 41.96 Kumar Sangakkara 373 13,975 40 2000-2015
2 41.67 Angelo Mathews dagger 188 5,835 48 2008-2021
3 39.27 Tillakaratne Dilshan 303 10,290 41 1999-2016
4 37.57 Marvan Atapattu 259 8,529 32 1990-2007
5 36.19 Danushka Gunathilaka 43 1,520 1 2015-2021
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 29 May 2021[100]

Highest Average in each batting position[]

Batting position Batsman Innings Runs Average Career Span Ref
Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan 176 7367 46.04 1999-2016 [101]
Number 3 Kumar Sangakkara 234 9611 44.70 2000-2015 [102]
Number 4 Arjuna Ranatunga 36 1272 42.40 1982-1999 [103]
Number 5 Angelo Mathews dagger 87 3116 51.08 2009-2021 [104]
Number 6 Russel Arnold 59 1703 44.81 1997-2007 [105]
Number 7 Angelo Mathews dagger 21 532 33.25 2009-2021 [106]
Number 8 Kumar Dharmasena 42 719 29.95 1994-2004 [107]
Number 9 Nuwan Kulasekara 45 448 16.00 2003-2017 [108]
Number 10 Ajantha Mendis 20 119 14.87 2008-2015 [109]
Number 11 Dilhara Fernando 34 108 7.71 2001-2012 [110]
Last updated: 1 July 2020. Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position

Most half-centuries[]

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in ODIs with 96. He is followed by the Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara on 93, South Africa's Jacques Kallis on 86 and India's Rahul Dravid and Sri Lanka's Inzamam-ul-Haq on 83.[111]

Rank Half centuries Player Innings Runs Period
1 93 Kumar Sangakkara 373 13,975 2000-2015
2 75 Mahela Jayawardene 413 12,381 1998-2015
3 68 Sanath Jayasuriya 429 13,364 1989-2011
4 64 Aravinda de Silva 296 9,284 1984-2003
5 59 Marvan Atapattu 259 8,529 1990-2007
Last updated: 1 July 2020[112]

Most centuries[]

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in ODIs with 49. Sanath Jayasuriya has the most centuries for Sri Lanka.[113]

Rank Centuries Player Innings Runs Period
1 28 Sanath Jayasuriya 429 13,364 1989-2011
2 25 Kumar Sangakkara 373 13,975 2000-2015
3 22 Tillakaratne Dilshan 303 10,290 1999-2016
4 18 Mahela Jayawardene 413 12,381 1998-2015
5 15 Upul Tharanga 222 6,941 2005-2019
Last updated: 1 July 2020[114]

Most Sixes[]

Rank Sixes Player Innings Runs Period
1 268 Sanath Jayasuriya 429 13,364 1989-2011
2 102 Aravinda de Silva 296 9,284 1984-2003
3 89 Angelo Mathews dagger 188 5,835 2008-2020
4 86 Kumar Sangakkara 373 13,975 2000-2015
5 84 Thisara Perera 133 2,338 2009-2020
Last updated: 14 March 2021[115]

Most Fours[]

Rank Fours Player Innings Runs Period
1 1493 Sanath Jayasuriya 429 13,364 1989-2011
2 1349 Kumar Sangakkara 373 13,975 2000-2015
3 1111 Tillakaratne Dilshan 303 10,290 1999-2016
4 1098 Mahela Jayawardene 413 12,381 1998-2015
5 796 Upul Tharanga 222 6,941 2005-2019
Last updated: 1 July 2020[116]

Highest strike rates[]

Andre Russell of West Indies holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 500 balls faced qualification, with 130.22.[117] Thisara Perera is the Sri Lankan with the highest strike rate.

Rank Strike Rate Player Runs Balls Faced Period
1 112.08 Thisara Perera 2338 2086 2009-2021
2 101.71 Wanindu Hasaranga dagger 534 525 2017-2021
3 98.28 Milinda Siriwardana 516 525 2015-2019
4 96.52 Dasun Shanaka dagger 666 690 2016-2021
5 94.23 Avishka Fernando dagger 752 798 2016-2021
Qualification= 500 balls faced. Last updated: 20 July 2021[118]

Highest strike rates in an inning[]

James Franklin of New Zealand's strike rate of 387.50 during his 31* off 8 balls against Canada during 2011 Cricket World Cup is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Kusal Perera holds the top position for a Sri Lanka player in this list.[119]

Rank Strike Rate Player Runs Balls Faced Opposition Venue Date
1 311.11 Kusal Mendis dagger 28 9  Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 27 January 2018
2 300.00 Farveez Maharoof 27* MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 25 February 2006
3 272.00 Kusal Perera dagger 68 25  Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 15 July 2015
4 271.43 Sanath Jayasuriya 76 28 Singapore Cricket Club Ground, Singapore, Singapore 7 April 1996
5 260.00 Ashan Priyanjan 39* 15 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 23 August 2014
Last updated: 1 July 2020[120]

Most runs in a calendar year[]

Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998. Sangakkara scored 1333 runs in 2006, the most for a Sri Lankan batsmen in a year.[121]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Year
1 1333 Kumar Sangakkara 36 33 2006
2 1260 Mahela Jayawardene 34 31 2001
3 1256 Kumar Sangakkara 28 28 2014
4 1244 Angelo Mathews dagger 32 31
5 1212 Aravinda de Silva 28 27 1997
Last updated: 1 July 2020[122]

Most runs in a series[]

The 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup in Australia saw Greg Chappell set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 685 runs. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar with 673 runs scored in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Mahela Jayawardene has scored the most runs in a series for a Sri Lanka batsmen, when he scored 548 runs in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[123]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Series
1 548 Mahela Jayawardene 11 11 2007 Cricket World Cup
2 541 Kumar Sangakkara 7 7 2015 Cricket World Cup
3 513 Tillakaratne Dilshan 11 11 2011-12 Commonwealth Bank Series
4 500 9 9 2011 Cricket World Cup
5 469 Kumar Sangakkara 11 11 2005-06 VB Series
Last updated: 1 July 2020[124]

Most ducks[]

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[125] Sanath Jayasuriya has scored the equal highest number of ducks in ODIs with 34 such knocks.[126]

Rank Ducks Player Matches Innings Period
1 34 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 429 1989-2011
2 28 Mahela Jayawardene 443 413 1998-2015
3 26 Lasith Malinga 226 119 2004-2019
4 25 Chaminda Vaas 321 219 1994-2008
5 24 Romesh Kaluwitharana 189 181 1990-2004
Muttiah Muralitharan 343 161 1993-2011
Last updated: 1 July 2020[127]

Bowling records[]

Most career wickets[]

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Murli Holds several bowling records for Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan widely acknowledged as one of the greatest bowlers of all time is the highest wicket-taker in ODIs.[128]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Innings Runs Period
1 534 Muttiah Muralitharan♠ 343 334 12,066 1993-2011
2 399 Chaminda Vaas 321 319 10,955 1994-2008
3 338 Lasith Malinga 226 220 9,760 2004-2019
4 320 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 365 11,737 1989-2011
5 199 Nuwan Kulasekara 184 181 6,751 2003-2017
Last updated: 1 July 2020[129]

Fastest wicket taker[]

Wickets Bowler Match Record Date Reference
50 Ajantha Mendis 19 ♠ 12 January 2009 [130]
100 63 26 July 2013 [131]
150 84 1 November 2015 [132]
200 Lasith Malinga 127 4 August 2012 [133]
250 163 25 February 2014 [134]
300 Muttiah Muralitharan 202 13 January 2003 [135]
350 229 29 February 2004 [136]
400 263 24 January 2006 [137]
450 295 ♠ 18 April 2007 double-dagger [138]
500 324 ♠ 24 January 2009 [139]
Last updated: 1 July 2020

Most career wickets against each team[]

Opposition Wickets Player Matches Innings Runs Period Ref
 Afghanistan 10 Thisara Perera 4 4 157 2014–2019 [140]
 Australia 48 Muttiah Muralitharan 37 36 1,529 1995–2011 [141]
Lasith Malinga 28 27 1220 2007–2019
 Bangladesh 31 Muttiah Muralitharan 17 17 534 1995–2010 [142]
 Bermuda 4 Farveez Maharoof 1 1 23 2007–2007 [143]
 Canada Prabath Nissanka 12 2003–2003 [144]
 England 48 Lasith Malinga 30 30 1,284 2006–2019 [145]
 India 74 Muttiah Muralitharan 63 59 2,352 1993–2011 [146]
 Ireland 7 Suranga Lakmal 2 2 67 2014–2016 [147]
 Kenya 14 Muttiah Muralitharan 6 6 137 1996–2011 [148]
 Netherlands 7 Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 2 85 2006–2006 [149]
Dilhara Fernando 3 3 110 2002–2006
 New Zealand 74 Muttiah Muralitharan 41 40 1,328 1994–2011 [150]
 Pakistan 96 65 63 2,424 1993–2011 [151]
 South Africa 49 32 32 1,144 1993–2009 [152]
 Scotland 7 Lasith Malinga 2 2 59 2011–2015 [153]
 United Arab Emirates 5 Ajantha Mendis 1 1 22 2008–2008 [154]
 West Indies 34 Muttiah Muralitharan 27 27 956 1993–2011 [155]
 Zimbabwe 59 31 30 866 [156]
Last updated: 1 July 2020

Best figures in an innings[]

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[157] Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 8/19 against Zimbabwe in December 2001 at Colombo (SSC).

Rank Figures Player Opposition Venue Date
1 8/19 Chaminda Vaas  Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001
2 7/30 Muttiah Muralitharan  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 27 October 2000
3 6/13 Ajantha Mendis National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 6 July 2008
4 6/14 Farveez Maharoof  West Indies Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India 14 October 2006
5 6/20 Angelo Mathews  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 September 2009
Last updated: 1 July 2020[158]

Best figures in an innings – progression of record[]

Figures Player Opposition Venue Date
1/33 Somachandra de Silva  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 1975 double-dagger
2/60  Australia The Oval, London, England
3/42 Bandula Warnapura  Pakistan Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
3/29 Somachandra de Silva  India Old Trafford, Manchester, England 1979 double-dagger
4/34 Ashantha de Mel  England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1981-82
5/39  Pakistan Headingley, Leeds, England 1983 double-dagger
5/32  New Zealand Racecourse Ground, Derby, England
5/26 Uvais Karnain  New Zealand Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 1983-84
6/29 Sanath Jayasuriya  England Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 1992-93
7/30 Muttiah Muralitharan  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2000-01
8/19 Chaminda Vaas  Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2001-02
Last updated: 1 July 2020[158]

Best Bowling Figure against each opponent[]

Opposition Figures Player Venue Date Ref
 Afghanistan 5/55 Thisara Perera Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 17 September 2008 [159]
 Australia 5/22 Nuwan Kulasekara Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia 18 January 2013 [160]
 Bangladesh 6/25 Chaminda Vaas City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 14 February 2003 double-dagger [161]
 Bermuda 4/23 Farveez Maharoof Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 15 March 2007 double-dagger [162]
 Canada 4/12 Prabath Nissanka Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 19 February 2003 double-dagger [163]
 England 6/27 Dilhara Fernando Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13 October 2007 [164]
 India 7/30 Muttiah Muralitharan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 27 October 2000 [165]
 Ireland 5/43 Dasun Shanaka Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 16 June 2016 [166]
 Kenya 6/38 Lasith Malinga Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1 March 2011 double-dagger [167]
 Netherlands 4/15 Muttiah Muralitharan 16 September 2002 [168]
 New Zealand 5/9 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 4 April 2002 [169]
 Pakistan 6/44 Thisara Perera Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 9 June 2012 [170]
 South Africa 6/29 Akila Dananjaya Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 August 2018 [171]
 Scotland 5/30 Lasith Malinga The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland 13 July 2011 [172]
 United Arab Emirates 5/22 Ajantha Mendis Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 26 June 2008 [173]
 West Indies 6/14 Farveez Maharoof Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India 14 October 2006 [174]
 Zimbabwe 8/19 Chaminda Vaas Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001 [175]
Last updated: 20 March 2021.[158]

Best career average[]

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken. Afghanistan's Rashid Khan holds the record for the best career average in ODIs with 18.54. Joel Garner, West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams, is second behind Rashid with an overall career average of 18.84 runs per wicket. Ajantha Mendis is the highest ranked Sri Lankan when the qualification of 2000 balls bowled is followed.[176]

Rank Average Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 21.87 Ajantha Mendis 152 4,154 3,324 2008-2015
2 23.07 Muttiah Muralitharan 523 18,433 12,066 1993-2011
3 27.46 Chaminda Vaas 399 15,721 10,955 1994-2008
4 28.07 Farveez Maharoof 135 4,640 3,789 2004-2016
5 28.88 Lasith Malinga 338 10,936 9,760 2004-2019
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 1 July 2020[177]

Best career economy rate[]

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[125] West Indies' Joel Garner, holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, with a rate of 3.93 runs per over conceded over his 343-match ODI career, is the highest Sri Lankan on the list.[178]

Rank Economy rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 3.93 Muttiah Muralitharan 523 12,066 18,433 1993-2011
2 4.18 Chaminda Vaas 399 10,955 15,721 1994-2008
Don Anurasiri 32 1,464 2,100 1986-1994
4 4.28 Kumar Dharmasena 138 4,998 7,009 1994-2004
5 4.29 Champaka Ramanayake 68 2,049 2,864 1986-1995
Vinothen John 34 1,655 2,311 1982-1987
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 1 July 2020[179]

Best career strike rate[]

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[125] The top bowler with the best ODI career strike rate is South Africa's Lungi Ngidi with strike rate of 23.2 balls per wicket. Ajantha Mendis is the highest ranked Sri Lankan in this list.[180]

Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 27.3 Ajantha Mendis 152 3,324 4,154 2008-2015
2 32.3 Lasith Malinga 338 9,760 10,936 2004-2019
3 33.7 Thisara Perera 175 5,740 5,900 2009-2021
4 34.3 Farveez Maharoof 135 3,789 4,640 2004-2016
5 35.2 Dilhara Fernando 183 5,612 6,447 2001-2012
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 14 March 2021[181]

Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings[]

Pakistan's Waqar Younis has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among all the bowlers with Muralitharan second.[182]

Rank Four-wicket hauls Player Matches Balls Wickets Period
1 25 Muttiah Muralitharan 343 18,433 523 1993-2011
2 19 Lasith Malinga 226 10,936 338 2004-2019
3 13 Chaminda Vaas 321 15,721 399 1994-2008
4 12 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 14,748 320 1989-2011
5 10 Ajantha Mendis 87 4,154 152 2008-2015
Last updated: 1 July 2020[183]

Most five-wicket hauls in a match[]

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[184] As in the four (&over) list, top two positions are held by Waqar Younis and Muralitharan .[185]

Rank Five-wicket hauls Player Matches Balls Wickets Period
1 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 343 18,433 523 1993-2011
2 8 Lasith Malinga 226 10,936 338 2004-2019
3 4 Chaminda Vaas 321 15,721 399 1994-2008
Sanath Jayasuriya 441 14,748 320 1989-2011
Thisara Perera 164 5,828 172 2009-2020
Last updated: 1 July 2020[186]

Best economy rates in an inning[]

The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 30 balls are delivered by the player, is West Indies player Phil Simmons economy of 0.30 during his spell of 3 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs against Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1991-92 Australian Tri-Series. Thilan Thushara holds the Sri Lankan record during his spell in New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009 at Colombo (RPS).[187]

Rank Economy Player Overs Runs Wickets Opposition Venue Date
1 0.83 Thilan Thushara 6 5 1  New Zealand Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 September 2009
2 0.90 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 9 0  West Indies Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 4 October 2000
Farveez Maharoof 3 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 2 August 2005
Muttiah Muralitharan 5  New Zealand Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 9 April 2002
5 0.92 Somachandra de Silva 12 11 2 Racecourse Ground, Derby, England 18 June 1983 double-dagger
Qualification: 30 balls bowled. Last updated: 1 July 2020[188]

Best strike rates in an inning[]

The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is shared by Sunil Dhaniram of Canada, Paul Collingwood of England and Virender Sehwag of Sri Lanka when they achieved a striekk rate of 4.2 balls pr wicket. Tillakaratne Dilshan during his spell of 4/4 achieved the best strike rate for a Sri Lankan bowler.[189]

Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Opposition Venue Date
1 4.5 Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 4 18  Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka 10 March 2011
2 6.0 Sanath Jayasuriya 19 24 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India 15 November 1993
Chaminda Vaas 8 48 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 December 2001
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 14 24  Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 25 July 2007
Muttiah Muralitharan  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 20 November 2008
Angelo Mathews 6 20 36  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 September 2009
Last updated: 1 July 2020[190]

Worst figures in an innings[]

The worst figures in an ODI came in the 5th One Day International between South Africa at home to Australia in 2006. Australia's Mick Lewis returned figures of 0/113 from his 10 overs in the second innings of the match.[191][192] The worst figures by a Sri Lankan is 0/106 that came off the bowling of Nuwan Pradeep in the Sri Lanka's tour of India in December 2017 at Mohali.[193]

Rank Figures Player Overs Opposition Venue Date
1 0/106 Nuwan Pradeep 10  India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 13 December 2017
2 0/99 Muttiah Muralitharan  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 12 February 2006
3 0/93 Suranga Lakmal  New Zealand University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand 23 January 2015
4 0/88 Nuwan Pradeep  Australia The Oval, London, England 15 June 2019 double-dagger
5 0/85 Lasith Malinga  South Africa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 12 July 2014
Last updated: 1 July 2020[193]

Most runs conceded in a match[]

Mick Lewis also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in an ODI during the aforementioned match. Pradeep holds the most runs conceded distinction for Sri Lanka.[194]

Rank Figures Player Overs Opposition Venue Date
1 0/106 Nuwan Pradeep 10  India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 13 December 2017
2 0/99 Muttiah Muralitharan  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 12 February 2006
3 1/97 Ashantha de Mel  West Indies National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 13 October 1987 double-dagger
4 1/96 Lasith Malinga 7.4  India Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 28 February 2012
5 3/94 Sanath Jayasuriya 10  Pakistan Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya 4 October 1996
Last updated:1 July 2020[195]

Most wickets in a calendar year[]

Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 69 wickets in 1997 in 36 ODIs. Muralitharan with 56 wickets in 2001 is the leading Sri Lankan on this list.[196]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Year
1 56 Muttiah Muralitharan 33 2001
2 48 Ajantha Mendis 18 2008
Lasith Malinga 24 2011
4 47 32 2012
5 46 Muttiah Muralitharan 24 2003
Last updated: 1 July 2020[197]

Most wickets in a series[]

1998–99 Carlton and United Series involving Australia, England and Sri Lanka and the 2019 Cricket World Cup saw the records set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in an ODI series when Australian pacemen Glenn McGrath and Mitchell Starc achieved a total of 27 wickets during the series, respectively. Chaminda Vaas in the 2003 Cricket World Cup and Muttiah Muralitharan at 2007 Cricket World Cup are the leading Sri Lankans with 23 wickets taken in a series.[198]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Series
1 23 Chaminda Vaas 10 2003 Cricket World Cup
Muttiah Muralitharan 2007 Cricket World Cup
3 18 Lasith Malinga 8
11 2011-12 Commonwealth Bank Series
5 17 Ashantha de Mel 6 1983 Cricket World Cup
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 2003 Cricket World Cup
Ajantha Mendis 5 2008 Asia Cup
Last updated: 1 July 2020[199]

Hat-trick[]

Lasith Malinga is the only cricketer to have taken three ODI hat-tricks.

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Sri Lanka holds the record Most hat-tricks By team, By Player Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In ODIs history there have been just 49 hat-tricks.

No. Bowler Against Dismissals Venue Date Ref.
1 Chaminda Vaas  Zimbabwe

• Stuart Carlisle (c Suresh Perera)
• Craig Wishart (lbw)
• Tatenda Taibu (lbw)

Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 8 December 2001 [200]
2 Chaminda Vaas  Bangladesh

• Hannan Sarkar (b)
• Mohammad Ashraful (c and b)
• Ehsanul Haque (c Mahela Jayawardene)

South Africa Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg 14 February 2003 double-dagger [201]
3 Lasith Malinga  South Africa

• Shaun Pollock (b)
• Andrew Hall (c Upul Tharanga)
• Jacques Kallis (c daggerKumar Sangakkara)
• Makhaya Ntini (b)

 Guyana Providence Stadium, Georgetown 28 March 2007 double-dagger [202]
4 Farveez Maharoof  India

• Ravindra Jadeja (lbw)
• Praveen Kumar (b)
• Zaheer Khan (c daggerKumar Sangakkara)

 Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla 22 June 2010 [203]
5 Lasith Malinga  Kenya

• Tanmay Mishra (lbw)
• Peter Ongondo (b)
• Shem Ngoche (b)

 Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 1 March 2011 double-dagger [204]
6  Australia

• Mitchell Johnson (b)
• John Hastings (lbw)
• Xavier Doherty (b)

 22 August 2011 [205]
7 Thisara Perera  Pakistan

• Younis Khan (c daggerKumar Sangakkara)
• Shahid Afridi (c Dinesh Chandimal)
• Sarfraz Ahmed (c Mahela Jayawardene)

 16 June 2012 [206]
8 Wanindu Hasaranga  Zimbabwe

• Malcolm Waller (b)
• Donald Tiripano (lbw)
• Tendai Chatara (b)

 Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium, Galle 2 July 2017 [207]
9 Shehan Madushanka  Bangladesh

• Mashrafe Mortaza (c Kusal Mendis)
• Rubel Hossain (b)
• Mahmudullah (c Upul Tharanga)

Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur 27 January 2018 D [208]

Wicket-keeping records[]

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[209]

Most career dismissals[]

Sangakkara Leading one-day wicket-keepers by dismissals

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[210][211] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[212] Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara holds the record in taking most dismissals in ODIs as a designated wicket-keeper.[213]

Rank Dismissals Player Matches Innings Period
1 473 ♠ Kumar Sangakkara 397 346 2000-2015
2 206 Romesh Kaluwitharana 189 185 1992-2004
3 50 Niroshan Dickwella dagger 53 49 2016-2021
4 45 Hashan Tillakaratne 200 52 1986-1999
5 39 Dinesh Chandimal dagger 149 43 2010-2021
Last updated: 29 May 2021[214]

Most career catches[]

Sangakkara is third in taking most catches in ODIs as a designated wicket-keeper.[215]

Rank Catches Player Matches Innings Period
1 377 Kumar Sangakkara 397 346 2000-2015
2 131 Romesh Kaluwitharana 189 185 1992-2004
3 41 Niroshan Dickwella dagger 53 49 2016-2021
4 38 Hashan Tillakaratne 200 52 1986-1999
5 31 Dinesh Chandimal dagger 149 43 2010-2021
Last updated: 29 May 2021[216]

Most career stumpings[]

Moin Khan is fourth in making stumpings in ODIs as a designated wicket-keeper.[217]

Rank Stumpings Player Matches Innings Period
1 96 Kumar Sangakkara 397 346 2000-2015
2 75 Romesh Kaluwitharana 189 185 1992-2004
3 9 Niroshan Dickwella dagger 53 49 2016-2021
4 8 Brendon Kuruppu 54 31 1983-1990
Dinesh Chandimal dagger 149 43 2010-2021
Last updated: 29 May 2021[218]

Most dismissals in an innings[]

Ten wicket-keepers on 15 occasions have taken six dismissals in a single innings in an ODI. Adam Gilchrist of Australia alone has done it six times.[219]

The feat of taking 5 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 49 wicket-keepers on 87 occasions including 4 Sri Lankans.[220]

Rank Dismissals Player Opposition Venue Date
1 5 Guy de Alwis  Australia Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13 April 1983
Hashan Tillakaratne  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 20 December 1990
Romesh Kaluwitharana 11 April 1995
Kumar Sangakkara  Netherlands Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 September 2002
5 4 Brendon Kuruppu  Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 November 1988
Romesh Kaluwitharana  Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 3 September 1996
 New Zealand Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India 20 May 1997
 India Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1 June 2000
Kumar Sangakkara  South Africa Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 July 2000
 New Zealand Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa 10 February 2003 double-dagger
 Australia Axxess DSL St. Georges, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 18 March 2003 double-dagger
 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 27 April 2004
 South Africa Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 25 August 2004
WACA, Perth, Australia 31 January 2006
 Bangladesh Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 7 October 2006
 England Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 1 October 2007
Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13 October 2007
 Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 16 January 2009
 India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 September 2009
 Bangladesh Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 18 June 2010
 India 22 August 2010
 Canada Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 20 February 2011
 England Old Trafford, Manchester, England 9 July 2011
 Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka 9 June 2012
 India Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 24 July 2012
Kusal Perera dagger  Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 13 January 2013
Kumar Sangakkara  England Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka 13 December 2014
Dinesh Chandimal dagger  Ireland Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 16 June 2016
Niroshan Dickwella dagger  South Africa Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 6 March 2019
Kusal Perera dagger  England Headingley, Leeds, England 21 June 2019 double-dagger
Last updated: 1 July 2020[221]

Most dismissals in a series[]

Gilchrist also holds the ODIs record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He made 27 dismissals during the 1998-99 Carlton & United Series. Sri Lankai record is held by Moin Khan when he made 19 dimissials during the 1999-00 Carlton & United Series.[222]

Rank Dismissals Player Matches Innings Series
1 17 Kumar Sangakkara 10 10 2003 Cricket World Cup
2 15 6 6 2006 ICC Champions Trophy
11 11 2007 Cricket World Cup
4 14 9 8 2011 Cricket World Cup
7 7 England in Sri Lanka in 2014-15
Last updated: 1 July 2020[223]

Fielding records[]

Most career catches[]

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[a] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[225][226]

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene holds the record for the most catches in ODIs by a non-wicket-keeper with 218, followed by Ricky Ponting of Australia on 160.[227]

Rank Catches Player Matches Period
1 218 Mahela Jayawardene♠ 443 1998-2015
2 128 Muttiah Muralitharan 343 1993-2011
3 123 Sanath Jayasuriya 441 1989-2011
4 120 Tillakaratne Dilshan 327 1999-2016
5 109 Roshan Mahanama 213 1986-1999
Last updated: 1 July 2020[228]

Most catches in an innings[]

South Africa's Jonty Rhodes is the only fielder to have taken five catches in an innings.[229]

The feat of taking 4 catches in an innings has been achieved by 42 fielders on 44 occasions.[230]

Rank Dismissals Player Opposition Venue Date
1 3 Roshan Mahanama  Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 27 October 1988
Aravinda de Silva  England Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, India 15 October 1989
Roshan Mahanama  South Africa Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 September 1993
 Zimbabwe Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 8 April 1997
Ruwan Kalpage  Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 July 1997
Muttiah Muralitharan  India Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, India 28 December 1997
Ravindra Pushpakumara  Pakistan De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa 7 April 1998
Arjuna Ranatunga  India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1 July 1998
Marvan Atapattu  South Africa Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 30 October 1998
 India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 9 November 1998
Sanath Jayasuriya  Pakistan 15 October 1999
Upul Chandana  Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 12 December 1999
Mahela Jayawardene Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 25 October 2000
 Pakistan National Cricket Stadium, Tangier, Morocco 17 August 2002
Hashan Tillakaratne  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 9 January 2003
Kumar Sangakkara  Pakistan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 18 May 2003
Dilhara Fernando  Netherlands VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 4 July 2006
Chamara Silva  New Zealand National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada 12 April 2007 double-dagger
Malinga Bandara  Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 20 May 2007
Mahela Jayawardene  Bangladesh National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 30 June 2008
Nuwan Kulasekara  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 February 2009
Tillakaratne Dilshan  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 2 March 2012
Angelo Mathews dagger  South Africa Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 31 July 2013
Sachithra Senanayake  Bangladesh Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 20 February 2014
Tillakaratne Dilshan  England Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 1 March 2015 double-dagger
Upul Tharanga  Zimbabwe Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 21 January 2018
Kusal Mendis dagger  West Indies Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka 1 March 2020
Last updated: 1 July 2020[231]

Most catches in a series[]

The 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was won by England for the first time,[232] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in an ODI series. Englishman batsman and captain of the England Test team Joe Root took 13 catches in the series as well as scored 556 runs.[233] Mahela Jayawardene holds the Sri Lankan record with 8 catches taken in a series on two occasions, the 2002-03 VB Series and the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[234]

Rank Catches Player Matches Innings Series
1 8 Mahela Jayawardene 8 8 2002-03 VB Series
9 2011 Cricket World Cup
3 7 Roshan Mahanama 8 8 1987-88 Benson & Hedges World Series
5 5 1996–97 Singer Akai Cup
Kumar Sangakkara 4 4 2003 Bank Alfalah Cup
Mahela Jayawardene 8 8 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series
5 5 India in Sri Lanka in 2008
Upul Tharanga 2017–18 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series
Last updated: 1 July 2020[235]

All-round Records[]

1000 runs and 100 wickets[]

A total of 64 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their ODI career.[236]

Rank Player Average Difference Period Matches Runs Bat Avg Wickets Bowl Avg
1 Angelo Mathews 8.32 2008-2020 218 5835 41.67 120 33.35
2 Sanath Jayasuriya -4.16 1989-2011 441 13364 32.51 320 36.67
3 Aravinda de Silva -4.50 1984-2003 308 9284 34.9 106 39.4
4 Tillakaratne Dilshan -5.80 1999-2016 330 10290 39.27 106 45.07
5 Farveez Maharoof -8.54 2004-2016 109 1113 19.52 135 28.06
6 Thisara Perera -12.81 2009-2021 166 2338 19.98 175 32.80
7 Kumar Dharmasena -13.58 1994-2004 141 1222 22.62 138 36.21
8 Chaminda Vaas -13.72 1994-2008 321 2018 13.72 399 27.45
9 Upul Chandana -14.59 1994-2007 147 1627 17.3 151 31.9
10 Nuwan Kulasekara -18.49 2003-2017 184 1327 15.43 199 33.92
Last updated: 14 March 2021[237]

250 runs and 5 wickets in a series[]

A total of 50 players on 103 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 5 wickets in a series.[238]

Player Matches Runs Wickets Series
Aravinda de Silva 8 279 7 1987-88 Benson & Hedges World Series
Sanath Jayasuriya 5 306 5 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup
7 359 8 2002-03 VB Series
Aravinda de Silva 10 267 9 2003 Cricket World Cup
Sanath Jayasuriya 321 10
5 322 5 Sri Lanka in England in 2006
11 467 7 2007 Cricket World Cup
Tillakaratne Dilshan 9 500 8 2011 Cricket World Cup
5 273 6 South Africa in Sri Lanka in 2013
7 357 12 England in Sri Lanka in 2014-15
395 5 2015 Cricket World Cup
Last updated: 1 July 2020[239]

Other records[]

Most career matches[]

India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODI matches played with 463, with former captains Mahela Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya being second and third having represented Sri Lanka on 443 and 441 occasions, respectively. Shahid Afridi is the most experienced Sri Lanka players having represented the team on 393 occasions.[240]

Rank Matches Player Period
1 443 Mahela Jayawardene 1998-2015
2 441 Sanath Jayasuriya 1989-2011
3 397 Kumar Sangakkara 2000-2015
4 343 Muttiah Muralitharan 1993-2011
5 330 Tillakaratne Dilshan 1999-2016
Last updated: 1 July 2020[241]

Most consecutive career matches[]

Tendulkar also holds the record for the most consecutive ODI matches played with 185. He broke Richie Richardson's long standing record of 132 matches.[242]

Rank Matches Player Period
1 122 Mahela Jayawardene 2005-2009
2 119 1999-2003
3 115 Russel Arnold 1999-2003
4 96 Sanath Jayasuriya 1993-1997
Aravinda de Silva 1994-1998
Last updated: 3 June 2018[242]

Most matches as captain[]

See also: List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains
Arjuna has captained Sri Lanka In 193 ODI matches the Most By Any Player[243]

Ricky Ponting, who led the Australian cricket team from 2002 to 2012, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in ODIs with 230 (including 1 as captain of ICC World XI team).

Rank Player Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win % Period
1 Arjuna Ranatunga 193 89 95 1 8 48.38 1988-1999
2 Mahela Jayawardene 126 68 49 58.05 2004-2013
3 Sanath Jayasuriya 118 66 47 2 3 58.26 1998-2003
4 Angelo Mathews 106 49 51 1 5 49.01 2012-2018
5 Marvan Atapattu 63 35 27 0 1 56.45 2001-2006
Last updated: 1 July 2020[244]

Youngest players on Debut[]

The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days. Making his debut for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 30 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[245] The youngest Sri Lankan to play ODIs was Sudath Pasqual who at the age of 17 years and 237 days debuted in the 1979 Cricket World Cup against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.[246]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 17 years and 237 days Sudath Pasqual  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 9 June 1979 double-dagger
2 18 years and 75 days Arjuna Ranatunga  England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 February 1982
3 18 years and 148 days Avishka Fernando  Australia Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 31 August 2016
4 18 years and 2166 days Aravinda de Silva  New Zealand Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 31 March 1984
5 18 years and 212 days Ravindra Pushpakumara  India Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India 18 February 1994
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[246][247]

Oldest players on Debut[]

The Netherlands batsmen Nolan Clarke is the oldest player to appear in an ODI match. Playing in the 1996 Cricket World Cup against New Zealand in 1996 at Reliance Stadium in Vadodara, Sri Lanka he was aged 47 years and 240 days. Michael Tissera is the oldest Sri Lankan ODI debutant when he played against West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester, England during the 1975 Cricket World Cup.[248]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 36 years and 350 days Michael Tissera  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 7 June 1975 double-dagger
2 34 years and 117 days Sajeewa Weerakoon  Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 June 2012
3 32 years and 361 days Somachandra de Silva  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, England 7 June 1975 double-dagger
4 31 years and 264 days Mithra Wettimuny  New Zealand Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand 2 March 1983
5 31 years and 252 days Sridharan Jeganathan Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 20 March 1983
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[248][249]

Oldest players[]

The Netherlands batsmen Nolan Clarke is the oldest player to appear in an ODI match. Playing in the 1996 Cricket World Cup against South Africa in 1996 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan he was aged 47 years and 257 days.[250]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 42 years and 261 days Somachandra de Silva  West Indies Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 27 February 1985
2 41 years and 363 days Sanath Jayasuriya  England The Oval, London, England 28 June 2011
3 39 years and 319 days Tillakaratne Dilshan  Australia Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 28 August 2016
4 38 years and 350 days Muttiah Muralitharan  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 2 April 2011 double-dagger
5 37 years and 295 days Mahela Jayawardene  South Africa Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 18 March 2015 double-dagger
Last updated: 23 May 2021[250][251]

Partnership records[]

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket[]

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

Wicket Runs First batsman Second batsman Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1st Wicket 286 Sanath Jayasuriya Upul Tharanga  England Headingley, Leeds, England 1 July 2006 Scorecard
2nd Wicket 212* Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 1 March 2015 double-dagger Scorecard
3rd Wicket 239 Avishka Fernando Kusal Mendis  West Indies Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 26 February 2020 Scorecard
4th Wicket 171* Arjuna Ranatunga Roshan Mahanama Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 1 November 1997 Scorecard
5th Wicket 166 Russel Arnold Sanath Jayasuriya  India Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 29 October 2000 Scorecard
6th Wicket 177 Dasun Shanaka Shehan Jayasuriya  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 30 September 2019 Scorecard
7th Wicket 126* Mahela Jayawardene Upul Chandana  India Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 3 August 2005 Scorecard
8th Wicket 91 Dulip Liyanage Kumar Dharmasena  West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 6 June 1997 Scorecard
9th Wicket 132 ♠ Angelo Mathews Lasith Malinga  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 3 November 2010 Scorecard
10th Wicket 58 Isuru Udana Kasun Rajitha  South Africa Axxess DSL St. Georges, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 13 March 2019 Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[252]

Highest partnerships by runs[]

The highest ODI partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the West Indian pairing of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels who put together a second wicket partnership of 372 runs during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe in February 2015. This broke the record of 331 runs set by Indian pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1999[253]

Wicket Runs First batsman Second batsman Opposition Venue Date Scorecard
1st Wicket 286 Sanath Jayasuriya Upul Tharanga  England Headingley, Leeds, England 1 July 2006 Scorecard
282 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Zimbabwe Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 10 March 2011 double-dagger Scorecard
3rd Wicket 239 Avishka Fernando Kusal Mendis  West Indies Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 26 February 2020 Scorecard
1st Wicket 237 Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 9 January 2003 Scorecard
231* Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga  England Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 26 March 2011 double-dagger Scorecard
Last updated: 1 July 2020[254]

Umpiring records[]

Most matches umpired[]

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Rudi Koertzen of South Africa holds the record for the most ODI matches umpired with 209. The current active Aleem Dar is currently at 208 matches. They are followed by New Zealand's Billy Bowden who officiated in 200 matches. Asoka de Silva is the most experienced Sri Lankan umpire having officiated in 122 matches.[255]

Rank Matches Umpire Period
1 122 Asoka de Silva 1999-2012
2 107 Kumar Dharmasena 2009-2021
3 79 Ruchira Palliyaguruge 2011-2020
4 56 K. T. Francis 1982-1999
5 52 Tyron Wijewardene 1999-2013
Last updated: 20 July 2021[255]

See also[]

  • List of One Day International cricket records
  • List of batsmen who have scored over 10,000 One Day International cricket runs
  • List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks
  • List of Test cricket records
  • List of List A cricket records
  • List of Cricket World Cup records

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