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

Statistics are correct as of 24 August 2008.

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 - -
4 Roy Dias 1982-1987 20 36 1 1285 109 36.71 24 - 17 - - - 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 - - - 2 -
7 Ranjan Madugalle 1982-1988 21 39 4 1029 103 29.40 84 2 38 - - - 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 - 96 38 12.00 90 4 46 - - - 2 -
11 Sidath Wettimuny 1982-1987 23 43 1 1221 190 29.07 24 - 37 - - - 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 - 88 77 22.00 114 1 69 1 1/23 69.00 - -
14 Rohan Jayasekera 1982 1 2 - 2 2 1.00 - - - - - - - -
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 - 152 28 8.00 - - - - - - 21 2
17 Susil Fernando 1983-1984 5 10 - 112 46 11.20 - - - - - - - -
18 Yohan Goonasekera 1983 2 4 - 48 23 12.00 - - - - - - 6 -
19 Sridharan Jeganathan 1983 2 4 - 19 8 4.75 30 2 12 - - - - -
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 - 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 - - - - -
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 - 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 - 3 3 3.00 114 8 36 - - - - -
31 Roshan Jurangpathy 1985-1986 2 4 - 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 - -
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 - -
36 Roshan Mahanama 1986-1998 52 89 1 2576 225 29.27 36 - 30 - - - 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 - -
42 Athula Samarasekara 1988-1991 4 7 - 118 57 16.86 192 5 104 3 2/38 34.67 3 -
43 Dammika Ranatunga 1989 2 3 - 87 45 29.00 - - - - - - - -
44 Gamina 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 - - - 122 2
46 Marvan Atapattu 1990-2007 90 156 15 5502 249 39.02 48 - 24 1 1/9 24.00 58 -
47 Charith Senanayake 1991 3 5 - 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 - -
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 - 69 23 7.67 1355 47 666 17 4/56 39.18 - -
54 Muttiah Muralitharan 1992- 1331 152 52 1154 67 11.54 40676 1709 16447 800 9/51 21.90 69 -
55 Ashley de Silva 1993 3 3 - 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 - 10 10 5.00 312 5 118 2 1/58 59.00 - -
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 - 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 Sanjeeva Ranatunga 1994-1997 9 17 1 531 118 33.19 - - - - - - 2 -
63 Chaminda Vaas 1994- 107 156 32 2998 100* 24.17 22664 856 10201 348 7/71 29.31 30 -
64 Chamara Dunusinghe 1995 5 10 - 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- 98 160 12 7757 374 52.41 470 17 232 4 2/32 58.00 136 -
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 - -
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 - 10 6 3.33 306 5 200 4 2/41 50.00 - -
76 Avishka Gunawardene 1999-2005 6 11 - 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- 13 17 3 136 33* 9.71 2677 93 1303 35 4/38 37.22 2 -
79 Indika de Saram 1999-2000 4 5 - 117 39 23.40 - - - - - - 1 -
80 Tillakaratne Dilshan 1999- 48 75 9 2533 168 38.37 654 26 308 7 2/4 44.00 52 -
81 Indika Gallage 1999 1 1 - 3 3 3.00 150 5 77 - - - - -
82 Dilhara Fernando 2000-2007 30 38 12 184 36* 7.07 4700 119 2848 84 5/42 33.90 10 -
83 Prasanna Jayawardene 2000- 21 25 2 616 120* 26.78 - - - - - - 41 15
84 Kumar Sangakkara 2000- 76 125 9 6356 287 54.79 6 - 4 - - - 153 20
85 Dinuka Hettiarachchi 2001 1 2 1 0 0* 0.00 162 7 41 2 2/36 20.50 - -
86 Thilan Samaraweera 2001- 45 68 10 2552 142 44.00 1291 36 679 14 4/49 48.50 33 -
87 Michael Vandort 2001- 19 31 2 1094 140 37.72 - - - - - - 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 - 42 40 14.00 288 10 158 5 2/33 31.60 1 -
91 Jehan Mubarak 2002-2007 10 17 1 254 48 15.87 84 2 50 - - - 13 -
92 Naveed Nawaz 2002 1 2 1 99 78* 99.00 - - - - - - - -
93 Hasantha Fernando 2002 2 4 - 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 - -
96 Thilan Thushara 2003- 3 6 - 49 14 8.16 461 9 309 8 3/59 38.62 1 -
97 Dinusha Fernando 2003 2 3 1 56 51* 28.00 126 2 107 1 1/29 107.00 - -
98 Farveez Maharoof 2004-2007 20 31 4 538 72 19.92 2628 99 1458 24 4/52 60.75 6 -
99 Lasith Malinga 2004-2007 28 34 13 192 42* 9.14 4777 106 3076 91 5/68 33.80 7 -
100 Nuwan Kulasekara 2005- 6 9 1 121 64 15.12 810 26 440 5 2/45 88.00 2 -
101 Shantha Kalavitigoda 2005 1 2 - 8 7 4.00 - - - - - - 2 -
102 Gayan Wijekoon 2005 2 3 - 38 14 12.67 114 4 66 2 2/49 33.00 - -
103 Upul Tharanga 2005-2007 15 26 1 713 165 28.52 - - - - - - 11 -
104 Chamara Kapugedera 2006 6 11 1 221 63 22.10 - - - - - - 3 -
105 Chamara Silva 2006- 11 17 1 537 152* 33.56 102 2 65 1 1/57 65.00 7 -
106 Malinda Warnapura 2007- 7 11 1 542 120 54.20 - - - - - - 11 -
107 Chanaka Welegedara 2007 1 - - - - - 132 2 76 4 2/17 19.00 1 -
108 Ishara Amerasinghe 2008- 1 2 2 0 0* - 150 1 105 1 1/62 105.00 - -
109 Ajantha Mendis 2008- 3 3 - 19 17 6.33 979 24 478 26 6/117 18.38 1 -
110 Dammika Prasad 2008- 1 1 - 36 36 36.00 168 - 142 5 3/82 28.40 - -
111 Tharanga Paranavitana 2009 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
112 Angelo Mathews 2009 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
113 Suraj Randiv 2010 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
114 Suranga Lakmal 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
115 Thisara Perera 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
116 Lahiru Thirimanne 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
117 Seekkuge Prasanna 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
118 Shaminda Eranga 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
119 Nuwan Pradeep 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
120 Kaushal Silva 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
121 Kosala Kulasekara 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
122 Dinesh Chandimal 2011 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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