Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	0	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	0	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	11	17	0	0.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
A Ranatunga	16.0	5	18	0	1.12	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
VB John	21.0	11	26	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
EAR de Silva	15.0	6	20	0	1.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
GRA de Silva	19.0	4	28	0	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
EAR de Silva	12.0	5	18	0	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
GRA de Silva	24.0	10	38	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
A Ranatunga	18.0	7	29	2	1.61	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
DS de Silva	19.0	10	31	0	1.63	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
JR Ratnayeke	17.4	8	29	2	1.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
GRA de Silva	30.0	12	52	2	1.73	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
CDUS Weerasinghe	16.0	7	28	0	1.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
FS Ahangama	27.3	10	49	3	1.78	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
DS de Silva	22.5	10	41	1	1.79	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
SD Anurasiri	36.0	13	67	1	1.86	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
A Ranatunga	23.0	10	43	0	1.86	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
DS de Silva	45.0	16	85	2	1.88	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
DS de Silva	27.5	11	54	3	1.94	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	8	42	5	2.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
ALF de Mel	31.0	8	63	2	2.03	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
EAR de Silva	18.0	7	37	1	2.05	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
A Ranatunga	14.3	6	30	1	2.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
RJ Ratnayake	41.0	10	85	6	2.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
RJ Ratnayake	23.2	6	49	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
GRA de Silva	35.0	5	74	0	2.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
FS Ahangama	24.0	7	52	5	2.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	2.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
DS de Silva	42.0	4	95	2	2.26	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
JR Ratnayeke	22.0	5	50	0	2.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
ALF de Mel	28.0	8	64	5	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
RGCE Wijesuriya	44.0	13	102	0	2.31	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
A Ranatunga	11.0	5	26	1	2.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
VB John	25.2	9	60	5	2.36	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
DS de Silva	29.0	6	69	1	2.37	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
EAR de Silva	38.0	5	91	1	2.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
AMJG Amerasinghe	30.0	4	73	2	2.43	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
ALF de Mel	16.0	6	39	3	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	6	98	4	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
RJ Ratnayake	32.0	7	79	1	2.46	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
RJ Ratnayake	23.0	2	57	3	2.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
SMS Kaluperuma	10.0	2	25	0	2.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
VB John	39.1	12	98	4	2.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
ALF de Mel	13.1	4	33	1	2.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DS de Silva	15.0	5	38	0	2.53	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
MAWR Madurasinghe	16.0	4	41	0	2.56	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
JR Ratnayeke	14.0	3	36	0	2.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
JR Ratnayeke	15.0	2	39	1	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
JR Ratnayeke	10.0	1	26	0	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
FS Ahangama	23.0	3	60	2	2.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
RJ Ratnayake	24.2	7	64	2	2.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
FS Ahangama	27.0	6	72	3	2.66	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
VB John	37.0	8	99	3	2.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
DS de Silva	38.0	8	102	4	2.68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DS de Silva	14.3	6	39	2	2.68	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
GRA de Silva	17.0	6	46	2	2.70	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	2.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
DS de Silva	44.0	7	122	1	2.77	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
ALF de Mel	30.0	3	84	0	2.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
DS de Silva	21.0	2	59	3	2.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
EAR de Silva	40.0	6	114	0	2.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
EAR de Silva	39.0	8	112	1	2.87	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
GF Labrooy	24.0	4	69	0	2.87	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
CPH Ramanayake	28.0	3	81	2	2.89	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
RJ Ratnayake	32.0	4	93	2	2.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
ALF de Mel	22.0	4	64	3	2.90	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
VB John	29.1	7	86	5	2.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	2.96	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
ALF de Mel	37.0	10	110	4	2.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
GF Labrooy	40.0	7	119	4	2.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
JR Ratnayeke	37.0	6	111	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
GF Labrooy	36.0	5	108	2	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
JR Ratnayeke	31.0	9	93	3	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
MAR Samarasekera	22.0	5	66	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
RJ Ratnayake	15.0	4	45	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
PA de Silva	15.0	2	45	1	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
RJ Ratnayake	25.1	5	76	4	3.01	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
ALF de Mel	16.2	5	50	3	3.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
JR Ratnayeke	16.0	6	49	1	3.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
RJ Ratnayake	15.0	0	46	1	3.06	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	3.09	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RGCE Wijesuriya	22.0	5	68	1	3.09	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
AP Gurusinha	10.0	3	31	2	3.10	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
CPH Ramanayake	27.2	3	86	2	3.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
ALF de Mel	23.0	4	73	2	3.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
JR Ratnayeke	28.0	4	89	0	3.17	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
A Ranatunga	16.0	4	51	1	3.18	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	9	128	3	3.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
AK Kuruppuarachchi	20.0	3	64	1	3.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
JR Ratnayeke	15.0	2	48	1	3.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
RJ Ratnayake	15.0	2	48	2	3.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
GF Labrooy	19.0	3	61	1	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
KN Amalean	18.2	1	59	3	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
DS de Silva	32.0	3	103	4	3.21	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
RJ Ratnayake	30.0	5	98	1	3.26	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	3.27	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
FS Ahangama	18.0	3	59	3	3.27	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
BR Jurangpathy	21.0	3	69	1	3.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
DS de Silva	39.0	4	129	1	3.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]