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Sri Lanka Test Stats

Sri Lanka Tests game by game, and how the opposition did in each

Updated 23 August 2026, after the India game

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Stat	Avg	23 Aug 26 H Drew		15 Aug 26 H Lost165 runs		25 Jun 25 H Woninns		17 Jun 25 H Drew		6 Feb 25 H Lost9 wkts		29 Jan 25 H Lostinns		26 Sep 24 H Woninns		18 Sep 24 H Won63 runs		2 Feb 24 H Won10 wkts		24 Jul 23 H Lostinns		16 Jul 23 H Lost4 wkts		24 Apr 23 H Woninns		16 Apr 23 H Woninns		24 Jul 22 H Won246 runs		16 Jul 22 H Lost4 wkts		8 Jul 22 H Woninns		29 Jun 22 H Lost10 wkts		29 Nov 21 H Won164 runs		21 Nov 21 H Won187 runs		29 Apr 21 H Won209 runs		21 Apr 21 H Drew		22 Jan 21 H Lost6 wkts		14 Jan 21 H Lost7 wkts		22 Aug 19 H Lostinns		14 Aug 19 H Won6 wkts		23 Nov 18 H Lost42 runs		14 Nov 18 H Lost57 runs		6 Nov 18 H Lost211 runs		20 Jul 18 H Won199 runs		12 Jul 18 H Won278 runs
Stat	Avg	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Runs	301274	290503	429	283462	206193	458247	-133	485495	72285	257414	23175	165654	247	60288	-360	305340	309211	439198	56296	166576	188	312461	279133	704492	-202	591143	-168	378231	360261	222218	337344	554364	-151	212321	11310	204253	345132	386230	191160	493251	194227	648541	-100	381344	126164	135421	35976	244431	122	267249	268285	233329	284230	336290	243346	203342	250322	338124	275290	287126	19073
Wickets	8.78.9	910	-9	1010	1010	1010	10	1010	64	1010	110	610	-10	105	10	1010	1010	109	100	510	-10	1010	610	103	10	106	10	1010	108	1010	610	1010	10	1010	010	1010	109	1010	104	107	109	78	2	1010	410	1010	310	610	-10	1010	104	1010	1010	1010	1010	1010	610	1010	105	1010	1010
Run rate	3.443.49	3.23.6	2.8	3.64.0	2.74.0	3.93.1	-3.0	3.73.2	2.33.3	2.63.9	3.44.3	3.24.3	4.5	3.72.2	-4.4	3.33.7	3.32.9	4.03.2	7.62.6	3.44.3	2.8	3.33.8	3.44.1	4.73.4	-2.6	4.52.7	-3.1	3.72.6	3.93.4	3.42.4	3.42.7	3.13.3	-3.7	3.64.5	5.015.0	3.32.4	2.82.4	2.92.7	4.72.0	3.13.0	4.63.2	3.63.1	-3.0	2.73.0	3.53.8	2.93.6	2.63.1	2.73.8	1.7	2.93.0	3.12.7	3.63.5	3.33.3	3.33.8	3.34.3	3.03.5	2.93.5	3.23.6	3.43.3	3.72.3	3.32.5
Sixes	2.72.9	55	8	45	14	41	-2	42	14	23	20	26	4	82	-11	08	02	52	11	18	3	43	42	167	-5	11	-0	83	14	24	42	50	-1	13	11	31	50	14	20	11	42	12	-3	31	11	12	10	27	1	42	22	03	20	17	05	05	47	01	22	10	22
Fours	30.025.7	3052	30	2545	2019	4928	-11	5344	920	2537	1910	1954	33	526	-37	3326	2919	4925	731	2456	24	3949	3517	6559	-23	6618	-22	3717	3630	2719	3119	4939	-16	2130	111	2026	2112	3825	1715	5234	1726	7155	-10	3936	1512	1033	333	2836	15	2717	2117	2831	2611	2624	1728	2036	1817	4112	3129	2511	184
Catches	4.65.5	58	-6	78	87	75	5	76	22	36	18	56	-5	73	5	45	26	55	60	36	-5	410	48	72	6	43	6	36	65	47	33	23	2	59	05	36	64	87	53	46	57	63	1	78	27	77	18	56	-7	56	82	56	75	55	15	66	44	78	43	47	54

Each figure is Sri Lanka's, the opposition's under it. Wickets are the wickets Sri Lanka took. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd, against the opposition's same innings.

Sri Lanka Test Game by Game

Runs, the last 30 Tests, newest on the left

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23 Aug 26

H Drew

15 Aug 26

H Lost165 runs

25 Jun 25

H Woninns

17 Jun 25

H Drew

6 Feb 25

H Lost9 wkts

29 Jan 25

H Lostinns

26 Sep 24

H Woninns

18 Sep 24

H Won63 runs

2 Feb 24

H Won10 wkts

24 Jul 23

H Lostinns

16 Jul 23

H Lost4 wkts

24 Apr 23

H Woninns

16 Apr 23

H Woninns

24 Jul 22

H Won246 runs

16 Jul 22

H Lost4 wkts

8 Jul 22

H Woninns

29 Jun 22

H Lost10 wkts

29 Nov 21

H Won164 runs

21 Nov 21

H Won187 runs

29 Apr 21

H Won209 runs

21 Apr 21

H Drew

22 Jan 21

H Lost6 wkts

14 Jan 21

H Lost7 wkts

22 Aug 19

H Lostinns

14 Aug 19

H Won6 wkts

23 Nov 18

H Lost42 runs

14 Nov 18

H Lost57 runs

6 Nov 18

H Lost211 runs

20 Jul 18

H Won199 runs

12 Jul 18

H Won278 runs

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Sri Lanka Test Results

The last 30 Tests, newest first: 14 won

Opponent	Result	SL	Opp	Wkts
India (H)WTC, 23 Aug	Ddrawn	290 & 429/9	503/9	9
India (H)WTC, 15 Aug	Lby 165 runs	283 & 206	462 & 193	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 25 Jun 2025	Wby an innings and 78 runs	458	247 & 133	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 17 Jun 2025	Ddrawn	485 & 72/4	495 & 285/6	16
Australia (H)WTC, 6 Feb 2025	Lby 9 wickets	257 & 231	414 & 75/1	11
Australia (H)WTC, 29 Jan 2025	Lby an innings and 242 runs	165 & 247	654/6	6
New Zealand (H)WTC, 26 Sep 2024	Wby an innings and 154 runs	602/5	88 & 360	20
New Zealand (H)WTC, 18 Sep 2024	Wby 63 runs	305 & 309	340 & 211	20
Afghanistan (H)TEST, 2 Feb 2024	Wby 10 wickets	439/9 & 56/0	198 & 296	20
Pakistan (H)WTC, 24 Jul 2023	Lby an innings and 222 runs	166 & 188	576/5	5
Pakistan (H)WTC, 16 Jul 2023	Lby 4 wickets	312 & 279	461 & 133/6	16
Ireland (H)TEST, 24 Apr 2023	Wby an innings and 10 runs	704/3	492 & 202	20
Ireland (H)TEST, 16 Apr 2023	Wby an innings and 280 runs	591/6	143 & 168	20
Pakistan (H)WTC, 24 Jul 2022	Wby 246 runs	378 & 360/8	231 & 261	20
Pakistan (H)WTC, 16 Jul 2022	Lby 4 wickets	222 & 337	218 & 344/6	16
Australia (H)WTC, 8 Jul 2022	Wby an innings and 39 runs	554	364 & 151	20
Australia (H)WTC, 29 Jun 2022	Lby 10 wickets	212 & 113	321 & 10/0	10
West Indies (H)WTC, 29 Nov 2021	Wby 164 runs	204 & 345/9	253 & 132	20
West Indies (H)WTC, 21 Nov 2021	Wby 187 runs	386 & 191/4	230 & 160	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 29 Apr 2021	Wby 209 runs	493/7 & 194/9	251 & 227	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 21 Apr 2021	Ddrawn	648/8	541/7 & 100/2	9
England (H)WTC, 22 Jan 2021	Lby 6 wickets	381 & 126	344 & 164/4	14
England (H)WTC, 14 Jan 2021	Lby 7 wickets	135 & 359	421 & 76/3	13
New Zealand (H)WTC, 22 Aug 2019	Lby an innings and 65 runs	244 & 122	431/6	6
New Zealand (H)WTC, 14 Aug 2019	Wby 6 wickets	267 & 268/4	249 & 285	20
England (H)TEST, 23 Nov 2018	Lby 42 runs	233 & 284	329 & 230	20
England (H)TEST, 14 Nov 2018	Lby 57 runs	336 & 243	290 & 346	20
England (H)TEST, 6 Nov 2018	Lby 211 runs	203 & 250	342 & 322/6	16
South Africa (H)TEST, 20 Jul 2018	Wby 199 runs	338 & 275/5	124 & 290	20
South Africa (H)TEST, 12 Jul 2018	Wby 278 runs	287 & 190	126 & 73	20

Sri Lanka Test Splits

The last 30 Tests: home and away, batting first or chasing, the toss, competition, opponent, ground and year, and runs a game (first innings)

Venue	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Home	30	14-13	47%	353	338

Innings	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Batting first	17	9-8	53%	324	292
Batting second	13	5-5	38%	390	397

Toss	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Won the toss	18	10-8	56%	331	287
Lost the toss	12	4-5	33%	386	414

Competition	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
ICC World Test Championship	22	9-10	41%	339	368
Test Series	8	5-3	63%	391	256

Opponent	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
England	5	0-5	0%	258	345
New Zealand	4	3-1	75%	355	277
Bangladesh	4	2-0	50%	521	384
Australia	4	1-3	25%	297	438
Pakistan	4	1-3	25%	270	372
Ireland	2	2-0	100%	648	318
West Indies	2	2-0	100%	295	242
South Africa	2	2-0	100%	313	125
India	2	0-1	0%	287	483
Afghanistan	1	1-0	100%	439	198

Ground	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Galle International Stadium, Galle	19	9-9	47%	345	338
Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	6	3-2	50%	321	330
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Kandy	3	1-1	33%	492	361
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1	1-0	100%	378	231
P Sara Oval, Colombo	1	0-1	0%	244	431

Year	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
2026	2	0-1	0%	287	483
2025	4	1-2	25%	341	453
2024	3	3-0	100%	449	209
2023	4	2-2	50%	443	418
2022	4	2-2	50%	342	284
2021	6	3-2	50%	375	340
2019	2	1-1	50%	256	340
2018	5	2-3	40%	279	242

Test Sides

International sides with 8+ Tests in the last two years, by win rate

Side	P	Win %	Runs	Opp
1South Africa	14	86%	277	238
2New Zealand	12	67%	319	232
3Australia	21	67%	218	231
4England	20	50%	321	263
5Bangladesh	16	44%	291	242
6India	17	41%	300	252
7West Indies	18	28%	259	275
8Zimbabwe	13	23%	237	388
9Pakistan	13	23%	224	252
10Sri Lanka	10	10%	296	392

Sri Lanka Test Questions

What is Sri Lanka's average Test first-innings score?

Sri Lanka's first innings have averaged 353 runs over their last 30 Tests, their opponents' 338. Their highest was 704 against Ireland on 24 Apr 2023, their lowest 135 against England.

What is Sri Lanka's Test record?

Sri Lanka have won 14 and lost 13 with 3 drawn or tied of their last 30 Tests.

Do Sri Lanka do better batting first or chasing in Tests?

Batting first, Sri Lanka have won 9 of 17 and averaged 324. Batting second they have won 5 of 13, averaging 390.

Who has scored the most Test runs for Sri Lanka recently?

Over Sri Lanka's last 30 Tests: Dimuth Karunaratne (2518 runs in 24), Angelo Mathews (1691 runs in 27), Dhananjaya de Silva (1630 runs in 27).

Who has taken the most Test wickets for Sri Lanka recently?

Over Sri Lanka's last 30 Tests: Prabath Jayasuriya (105 wickets in 16), Ramesh Mendis (70 wickets in 14), Dilruwan Perera (47 wickets in 8).

When do Sri Lanka play their next Test?

Sri Lanka play Pakistan away in the ICC World Test Championship on Tue 17 Nov, 05:00 (UK time).

Last gameDrewv India (H)

FormWLDLDLast 5 Tests

Win %47%Last 30

Sri Lanka Test Profile

Per Test over the last two years, ranked among 10 sides

10th10%Win %

4th2961st inns

10th392Opp 1st

9th13.6Wickets

4th6.0Sixes

5th54.8Fours

10th8.3Catches

Pakistan v Sri Lanka Runs

Last 10 Tests each, per game

Per game	SL	PAK
Scored	317	257
Conceded	445	333
Match	761	590

Over 325.5 SL runs

Hit in 4 of SL's last 10

Over 750.5 match runs No price yet

Hit in 5 of SL's last 10

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Sri Lanka Next 3 Tests

Each opponent's last five, and the preview

Opponent	Form	Preview
Pakistan (A)Tue 17 Nov, 05:00	LWLLL	Preview
New Zealand (A)Wed 3 Feb, 22:00	WWLWW	Preview
New Zealand (A)Thu 11 Feb, 22:00	WWLWW	Preview

Sri Lanka Leaders

The last 30 Tests

D. KarunaratneBatter, 24 batted 2518105 avg 2

A. MathewsAll-rounder, 27 batted 169162.6 avg 3

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 batted 163060.4 avg 4

D. ChandimalKeeper, 21 batted 153172.9 avg 5

K. MendisKeeper, 23 batted 148664.6 avg

P. JayasuriyaBowler, 16 bowled 1056.6 avg 2

R. MendisBatter, 14 bowled 705.0 avg 3

D. PereraAll-rounder, 8 bowled 475.9 avg 4

A. FernandoBowler, 15 bowled 392.6 avg 5

L. EmbuldeniyaBowler, 7 bowled 344.9 avg

D. KarunaratneBatter, 24 played 2618109 a game 2

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 played 250092.6 a game 3

P. JayasuriyaBowler, 16 played 2241140 a game 4

K. MendisKeeper, 23 played 193684.2 a game 5

R. MendisBatter, 14 played 1877134 a game

Performance points: a run each, 20 a wicket, 10 a catch and 25 a stumping.

D. KarunaratneBatter, 24 played 4066169 a game 2

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 played 3578133 a game 3

K. MendisKeeper, 23 played 2850124 a game 4

A. MathewsAll-rounder, 27 played 2847105 a game 5

P. JayasuriyaBowler, 16 played 2797175 a game

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K. MendisKeeper, 23 batted 241.04 avg 2

A. MathewsAll-rounder, 27 batted 200.74 avg 3

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 batted 180.67 avg 4

D. ChandimalKeeper, 21 batted 140.67 avg 5

K. MendisAll-rounder, 9 batted 121.33 avg

D. KarunaratneBatter, 24 batted 26010.8 avg 2

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 batted 1907.0 avg 3

K. MendisKeeper, 23 batted 1627.0 avg 4

A. MathewsAll-rounder, 27 batted 1505.6 avg 5

D. ChandimalKeeper, 21 batted 1497.1 avg

D. de SilvaAll-rounder, 27 played 542.0 avg 2

N. DickwellaKeeper, 17 played 342.0 avg 3

K. MendisKeeper, 23 played 331.43 avg 4

A. MathewsAll-rounder, 27 played 150.56 avg 5

L. ThirimanneBatter, 6 played 122.0 avg

S. SamarawickramaKeeper, 4 batted 79.6230 balls 2

N. DickwellaKeeper, 17 batted 65.11,219 balls 3

K. MendisKeeper, 23 batted 64.32,311 balls 4

K. MendisAll-rounder, 9 batted 61.61,103 balls 5

K. PereraBatter, 4 batted 61.2206 balls

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