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List of Sri Lanka Test cricket records

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Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka.

Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.[1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[2][3] Sri Lanka obtained Full Member status of the ICC in 1981, becoming the eighth nation eligible to play Test cricket.[4] The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India.[5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation.[6] Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, which was established against India in 1997.[7] The highest partnership in Test cricket was also established by two Sri Lankan batsmen; Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.[8] Sri Lankan players also hold the highest partnership scores for the second and third wickets.[9]

Top order batsman and former captain Kumar Sangakkara holds several Sri Lankan batting records as he has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. He is also the record holder for the highest number of centuries as well as the highest number of half-centuries. The 374 made by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan cricketer, surpassing the previous best of 340 by Sanath Jayasuriya, which was established in 1997.[10] It is also the fourth-highest individual score in Test cricket. Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara [319] are the only Sri Lankan players who have scored triple centuries.[11]

Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka.[12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match.[13] Muralitharan also holds the records for the best bowling average, best figures in an innings, best figures in a match, and best figures in a series. He missed an opportunity to capture all ten wickets in an innings in 2002 against Zimbabwe, when Chaminda Vaas took the last wicket after Muralitharan had taken the previous nine.[14] The Sri Lankan team won an ODI series against Australia in Australia in 2010. However, they are yet to register a Test match win and an ODI series win against India in India, as of 2017.

Sri Lanka holds a unique record of having the most Test wickets by both a right arm and left arm bowler:: Muralitharan with 800 wickets and Rangana Herath with 433 wickets.

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  2. ^ Williamson, Martin (18 May 2007). "International Cricket Council: A brief history..." ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. ^ "ICC Classification of Official Cricket" (PDF). International Cricket Council. 1 October 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Member profile: Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Team Records – Sri Lanka – List of Test matches". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Team Records – Sri Lanka – Overall figures for Test matches". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Test matches – Team records – Highest innings totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  8. ^ Francis, Krishan (30 July 2006). "Jayawardene's record-breakers". The Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Test matches – Team records – Highest partnerships by wicket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Jayawardene, Sangakkara in record partnership". The Hindu. 30 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – High scores". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  12. ^ "Murali 'best bowler ever'". BBC Sport. 13 December 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  13. ^ "Muttiah Muralitharan equals world ODI wicket record". The Telegraph. London. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  14. ^ Austin, Charlie (5 January 2002). "Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
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