Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
PHKD Mendis	2022-2024	3	5	1	428	164	107.00	685	62.48	2	2	0	43	11
MN Nawaz	2002-2002	1	2	1	99	78*	99.00	192	51.56	0	1	0	11	0
KC Sangakkara	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	22882	54.19	38	52	11	1491	51
DAS Gunaratne	2016-2017	6	10	2	455	116	56.87	861	52.84	1	3	1	50	1
DSBP Kuruppu	1987-1991	4	7	1	320	201*	53.33	829	38.60	1	0	0	41	0
DPMD Jayawardene	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	22959	51.45	34	50	15	1387	61
TT Samaraweera	2001-2013	81	132	20	5462	231	48.76	11641	46.92	14	30	11	633	7
AD Mathews	2009-2024	109	193	26	7608	200*	45.55	15638	48.65	16	41	5	782	86
LD Chandimal	2011-2024	79	142	15	5479	206*	43.14	10977	49.91	15	26	6	566	42
PA de Silva	1984-2002	93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	11249+	51.04	20	22	7	737+	48
HP Tillakaratne	1989-2004	83	131	25	4545	204*	42.87	11152+	40.26	11	20	9	540	1
KNM Fernando	2023-2024	8	14	1	547	205	42.07	971	56.33	1	2	0	67	4
FDM Karunaratne	2012-2024	91	174	7	6899	244	41.31	13337	51.72	16	37	12	730	12
TM Dilshan	1999-2013	87	145	11	5492	193	40.98	8379	65.54	16	23	14	677	24
DM de Silva	2016-2024	54	96	8	3582	173	40.70	6195	57.82	12	14	8	426	33
ST Jayasuriya	1991-2007	110	188	14	6973	340	40.07	10698	65.18	14	31	15	910	59
MS Atapattu	1990-2007	90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	12384+	44.42	16	17	22	685	4
AP Gurusinha	1985-1996	41	70	7	2452	143	38.92	5802+	36.59	7	8	3	234+	11
P Nissanka	2021-2022	9	15	1	537	103	38.35	1226	43.80	1	5	0	50	1
MG Vandort	2001-2008	20	33	2	1144	140	36.90	2421	47.25	4	4	3	132	6
RL Dias	1982-1987	20	36	1	1285	109	36.71	1256+	52.94	3	8	2	95+	1
BKG Mendis	2015-2024	63	118	4	4112	245	36.07	7213	57.00	9	18	12	498	42
A Ranatunga	1982-2000	93	155	12	5105	135*	35.69	8672+	49.96	4	38	12	534+	40
SM Warnapura	2007-2009	14	24	1	821	120	35.69	1412	58.14	2	7	5	98	2
ARS Silva	2017-2019	12	23	3	702	109	35.10	1712	41.00	1	5	2	59	3
CK Kapugedera	2006-2009	8	15	3	418	96	34.83	786	53.18	0	4	1	48	7
LPC Silva	2006-2008	11	17	1	537	152*	33.56	854	62.88	1	2	3	68	1
S Ranatunga	1994-1997	9	17	1	531	118	33.18	1626	32.65	2	2	1	56	0
TAM Siriwardana	2015-2016	5	9	0	298	68	33.11	454	65.63	0	2	1	32	11
BOP Fernando	2019-2023	21	37	4	1091	102	33.06	2204	49.50	1	7	2	124	11
NT Paranavitana	2009-2012	32	60	5	1792	111	32.58	4274	41.92	2	11	9	206	5
WU Tharanga	2005-2017	31	58	3	1754	165	31.89	3212	54.60	3	8	6	239	9
LRD Mendis	1982-1988	24	43	1	1329	124	31.64	991+	61.04	4	8	2	78+	11
N Dickwella	2014-2023	54	96	7	2757	96	30.97	4148	66.46	0	22	4	304	11
MDKJ Perera	2015-2021	22	41	3	1177	153*	30.97	1629	72.25	2	7	5	151	12
UC Hathurusingha	1991-1999	26	44	1	1274	83	29.62	3573	35.65	0	8	2	154	0
HAPW Jayawardene	2000-2015	58	83	11	2124	154*	29.50	4361	48.70	4	5	9	223	15
RS Madugalle	1982-1988	21	39	4	1029	103	29.40	1869+	38.89	1	7	4	93+	2
RS Mahanama	1986-1998	52	89	1	2576	225	29.27	5917+	41.64	4	11	7	293+	2
S Wettimuny	1982-1987	23	43	1	1221	190	29.07	2010+	40.74	2	6	5	114+	0
D Ranatunga	1989-1989	2	3	0	87	45	29.00	250	34.80	0	0	0	4	0
JK Silva	2011-2018	39	74	0	2099	139	28.36	5212	40.27	3	12	6	238	2
RP Arnold	1997-2004	44	69	4	1821	123	28.01	4084	44.58	3	10	7	222	3
KADM Fernando	2003-2003	2	3	1	56	51*	28.00	129	43.41	0	1	0	8	0
PW Hasaranga	2020-2021	4	7	0	196	59	28.00	227	86.34	0	1	0	29	1
UDU Chandana	1999-2005	16	24	1	616	92	26.78	1217	50.61	0	2	0	77	6
HDRL Thirimanne	2011-2022	44	85	6	2088	155*	26.43	5294	39.44	3	10	11	207	3
KDK Vithanage	2013-2015	10	16	2	370	103*	26.42	484	76.44	1	1	1	44	9
TCB Fernando	2001-2002	9	8	3	132	45	26.40	332	39.75	0	0	1	15	0
RS Kaluwitharana	1992-2004	49	78	4	1933	132*	26.12	3203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6
ASA Perera	1998-2001	3	4	1	77	43*	25.66	148	52.02	0	0	0	12	1
JR Ratnayeke	1982-1989	22	38	6	807	93	25.21	1074+	39.66	0	5	5	70+	1
SAR Silva	1983-1988	9	16	2	353	111	25.21	339+	39.82	2	0	1	17+	0
WPUJC Vaas	1994-2009	111	162	35	3089	100*	24.32	7033	43.92	1	13	12	376	16
S Samarawickrama	2017-2024	9	14	1	308	104*	23.69	407	75.67	1	0	3	40	2
KS Lokuarachchi	2003-2004	4	5	1	94	28*	23.50	162	58.02	0	0	0	14	1
SI de Saram	1999-2000	4	5	0	117	39	23.40	284	41.19	0	0	0	15	0
HM Goonatilleke	1982-1982	5	10	2	177	56	22.12	399+	42.60	0	1	1	21+	0
AN Ranasinghe	1982-1982	2	4	0	88	77	22.00	51+	21.56	0	1	1	1+	0
DS de Silva	1982-1984	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	912+	34.10	0	2	3	25+	0
NLTC Perera	2011-2012	6	10	0	203	75	20.30	278	73.02	0	1	0	21	4
HDPK Dharmasena	1993-2004	31	51	7	868	62*	19.72	2665	32.57	0	3	4	91	2
M Theekshana	2022-2022	2	3	0	59	38	19.66	149	39.59	0	0	0	6	1
CP Senanayake	1991-1991	3	5	0	97	64	19.40	134	72.38	0	1	1	14	0
RTM Mendis	2021-2023	14	20	1	365	45*	19.21	762	47.90	0	0	2	37	2
MDK Perera	2014-2021	43	77	8	1303	95	18.88	2779	46.88	0	7	14	158	23
MD Gunathilaka	2017-2018	8	16	0	299	61	18.68	597	50.08	0	2	0	32	3
MF Maharoof	2004-2011	22	34	4	556	72	18.53	1404	39.60	0	3	1	67	3
RS Kalpage	1993-1999	11	18	2	294	63	18.37	708	41.52	0	2	0	35	4
AMJG Amerasinghe	1984-1984	2	4	1	54	34	18.00	84	64.28	0	0	0	8	0
SKL de Silva	1997-1997	3	4	2	36	20*	18.00	153	23.52	0	0	1	3	0
J Mubarak	2002-2015	13	23	1	385	49	17.50	885	43.50	0	0	5	50	3
PM Pushpakumara	2017-2018	4	8	2	102	42*	17.00	224	45.53	0	0	0	15	2
A Dananjaya	2018-2019	6	10	2	135	43*	16.87	254	53.14	0	0	3	14	0
MAR Samarasekera	1988-1991	4	7	0	118	57	16.85	209+	47.84	0	1	1	14+	1
DA Gunawardene	1999-2005	6	11	0	181	43	16.45	323	56.03	0	0	1	33	0
BAW Mendis	2008-2014	19	19	6	213	78	16.38	455	46.81	0	1	2	25	1
CI Dunusinghe	1995-1995	5	10	0	160	91	16.00	452	35.39	0	1	3	15	1
HMCM Bandara	1998-2006	8	11	3	124	43	15.50	240	51.66	0	0	2	14	2
EAR de Silva	1985-1991	10	16	4	185	50	15.41	508+	22.24	0	1	3	8+	0
DP Samaraweera	1993-1995	7	14	0	211	42	15.07	805	26.21	0	0	1	18	0
KIC Asalanka	2021-2022	3	6	0	88	29	14.66	171	51.46	0	0	0	11	3
HMRKB Herath	1999-2018	93	144	28	1699	80*	14.64	3405	49.89	0	3	23	201	6
DN Wellalage	2022-2022	1	2	0	29	18	14.50	47	61.70	0	0	0	3	0
KMDN Kulasekara	2005-2014	21	28	1	391	64	14.48	930	42.04	0	1	4	47	8
RJ Ratnayake	1983-1992	23	36	6	433	56	14.43	456+	55.70	0	2	5	31+	10
GF Labrooy	1986-1991	9	14	3	158	70*	14.36	280+	54.64	0	1	3	23+	2
ALF de Mel	1982-1986	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	387+	40.82	0	0	5	17+	3
MKGCP Lakshitha	2002-2002	2	3	0	42	40	14.00	50	84.00	0	0	1	8	0
MD Shanaka	2016-2021	6	12	2	140	66*	14.00	276	50.72	0	1	2	9	7
PB Dassanayake	1993-1994	11	17	2	196	36	13.06	560	35.00	0	0	3	21	0
RMS Eranga	2011-2016	19	26	11	193	45*	12.86	469	41.15	0	0	4	26	0
KTGD Prasad	2008-2015	25	39	2	476	47	12.86	888	53.60	0	0	8	53	8
G Wijekoon	2005-2005	2	3	0	38	14	12.66	93	40.86	0	0	0	4	0
B Warnapura	1982-1982	4	8	0	96	38	12.00	313+	27.47	0	0	1	11+	0
Y Goonasekera	1983-1983	2	4	0	48	23	12.00	145	33.10	0	0	0	3	0
P Jayawickrama	2021-2022	5	6	5	12	8*	12.00	32	37.50	0	0	1	1	0
M Muralidaran	1992-2010	132	162	56	1259	67	11.87	1787	70.45	0	1	32	146	29
MRCN Bandaratilleke	1998-2001	7	9	1	93	25	11.62	252	36.90	0	0	1	8	0
SL Malinga	2004-2010	30	37	13	275	64	11.45	619	44.42	0	1	9	36	6

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]