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HMRKB Herath created a new world record with his 28 wickets in the just concluded three test series against Australia. His 28 wickets in the series represent the most wickets captured by a left arm spin bowler in a three test series. He went past C Blythe of England who had captured 26 wickets against South Africa in 1907 series in England. C Blythe and HMRKB Herath are the only two bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 25 plus wicket in a three test series. HMRKB Herath emulated C Blythe after 109 years of test cricket.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	Venue	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	C Blythe	Eng	SAF	1907	Eng	3	6	603	270	26	3	1
2	HMRKB Herath	Srl	Aus	2016	Srl	3	6	870	357	28	3	1

 

Sri Lanka won the three test match series against Australia Three-Nil to provide the 37^th occasion of a team winning a three test match series three-nil. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Mat	Oppn	Series
1	Eng	3	Aus	The Ashes (Aus in Eng), 1886
2	Eng	3	SAF	Eng in SAF Test Series, 1895/96
3	Eng	3	SAF	SAF in Eng Test Series, 1912
4	Eng	3	Win	Win in Eng Test Series, 1928
5	Eng	3	NZl	Eng in NZl Test Series, 1962/63
6	Eng	3	NZl	NZl in Eng Test Series, 1965
7	Eng	3	Ind	Ind in Eng Test Series, 1967
8	Aus	3	Pak	Pak in Aus Test Series, 1972/73
9	Eng	3	Ind	Ind in Eng Test Series, 1974
10	Eng	3	NZl	NZl in Eng Test Series, 1978
11	Aus	3	Eng	Eng in Aus Test Series, 1979/80
12	Pak	3	Aus	Aus in Pak Test Series, 1982/83
13	Pak	3	NZl	NZl in Pak Test Series, 1990/91
14	Ind	3	Eng	Eng in Ind Test Series, 1992/93
15	Ind	3	Srl	Srl in Ind Test Series, 1993/94
16	Aus	3	Srl	Srl in Aus Test Series, 1995/96
17	Pak	3	Win	Win in Pak Test Series, 1997/98
18	Aus	3	Pak	Pak in Aus Test Series, 1999/00
19	Aus	3	Ind	Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Ind in Aus), 1999/00
20	Aus	3	NZl	Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus in NZl), 1999/00
21	Srl	3	Win	Win in Srl Test Series, 2001/02
22	Aus	3	SAF	SAF in Aus Test Series, 2001/02
23	Srl	3	Zim	Zim in Srl Test Series, 2001/02
24	Aus	3	Pak	Aus Pak Test Series (in Srl/UAE), 2002/03
25	Pak	3	Ban	Ban in Pak Test Series, 2003
26	Aus	3	Srl	Aus in Srl Test Series, 2003/04
27	Eng	3	NZl	NZl in Eng Test Series, 2004
28	Aus	3	Pak	Pak in Aus Test Series, 2004/05
29	Aus	3	Win	The Frank Worrell Trophy (Win in Aus), 2005/06
30	Aus	3	SAF	Aus in SAF Test Series, 2005/06
31	Srl	3	Ban	Ban in Srl Test Series, 2007
32	Aus	3	Pak	Pak in Aus Test Series, 2009/10
33	Pak	3	Eng	Pak Eng Test Series (in UAE), 2011/12
34	Aus	3	Srl	Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Srl in Aus), 2012/13
35	SAF	3	Pak	Pak in SAF Test Series, 2012/13
36	Ban	3	Zim	Zim in Ban Test Series, 2014/15
37	Srl	3	Aus	Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016

Sri Lanka’s three-nil series victory against Australia provides the third occasion of Sri Lanka winning a three test series three-nil. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Mat	Oppn	Series
1	Srl	3	Win	Win in Srl Test Series, 2001/02
2	Srl	3	Zim	Zim in Srl Test Series, 2001/02
3	Srl	3	Ban	Ban in Srl Test Series, 2007
4	Srl	3	Aus	Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016

Only three teams – England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – has won a three test series three-nil against Australia. England won the three test Ashes series in 1886 and nearly a century later Pakistan was victorious three-nil in 1982-83 and now 33 years later Sri Lanka has handed over a similar defeat to Australia. The relevant details are furnished below’

No	Team	Mat	Oppn	Series
1	Eng	3	Aus	The Ashes (Aus in Eng), 1886
1	Pak	3	Aus	Aus in Pak Test Series, 1982/83
3	Srl	3	Aus	Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Aus in Srl), 2016

 

HMRKB Herath became the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture fifty plus wickets as a spinner who shared the new ball. At the end of the just concluded Col-SSC test against Australia his tally of wickets under the captioned category of statistics read 56. Australian captain SPD Smith became his 50^th victim. Other bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets are – H Trumble {93}, R Peel {88}, C Blythe {74}, R Ashwin {09}, GE Palmer {62}. The following table lists the performance of these six bowlers. HMRKB Herath became the first Sri Lankan bowler to accomplish such a feat

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	R Ashwin	Ind	15	19	2543	1216	70	7/66	12/098	17.37	9	3
5	GE Palmer	Aus	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	13	16	2296	0952	56	7/48	13/145	17.00	6	2

HMRKB Herath became the third left arm spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets as a left arm spin bowler who shared the new ball. Other are R Peel {88} and C Blythe {74}

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	R Peel	Eng	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
2	C Blythe	Eng	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	13	16	2296	0952	56	7/48	13/145	17.00	6	2

 

HMRKB Herath’s 13 for 145 in the just concluded Col-SSC test against Australia is his sixth ten wicket haul is test. He emulated DL Underwood who has also captured ten wicket haul on six occasions as a left arm spin bowler in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out the performance of these two left arm spinners

HMRKB HERATH
No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	57.0	14	171	12	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012
2	48.0	8	108	11	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012
3	64.3	15	157	12	v Bangladesh	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
4	55.2	5	184	14	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
5	55.0	14	147	10	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015
6	56.2	14	145	13	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
DL UNDERWOOD
No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	60.3	34	70	11	v New Zealand	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
2	64.3	27	101	12	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969
3	44.1	14	97	12	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971
4	52.0	22	82	10	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972
5	48.5	25	71	13	v Pakistan	Lord’s	08 Aug 1974
6	55.0	8	215	11	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975

 

HMRKB Herath’s 6 for 81 in the first innings of the just concluded test against was his 25^th five wicket haul and his second innings effort of 7 for 64 was his 26^th five wicket haul. He has now earned the unique distinction of becoming the only left arm spinner in the annals of test cricket to have 25 or more five wicket hauls. All his 26 such hauls are listed below in the chronological order

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	35.0	5	99	5	5	3	v Pakistan	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009
2	46.0	6	157	5	3	3	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2009
3	48.0	9	139	5	4	4	v New Zealand	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
4	33.0	2	121	5	3	1	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
5	23.0	3	79	5	3	3	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011
6	52.0	11	157	7	4	3	v Australia	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
7	30.3	7	79	5	5	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011
8	19.0	5	74	6	3	2	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012
9	38.0	9	97	6	3	4	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012
10	53.0	9	133	6	3	2	v England	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
11	30.0	5	65	5	4	1	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012
12	18.0	3	43	6	3	3	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012
13	49.0	10	103	6	4	1	v New Zealand	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
14	21.5	2	95	5	6	3	v Australia	Hobart	14 Dec 2012
15	28.3	6	68	5	5	1	v Bangladesh	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
16	36.0	9	89	7	3	3	v Bangladesh	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
17	38.1	8	125	5	1	2	v Pakistan	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
18	45.0	30	40	5	1	4	v South Africa	Col-SSC	24 Jul 2014
19	30.2	11	48	6	1	3	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014
20	33.1	3	127	9	3	2	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
21	22.1	2	57	5	3	4	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
22	21.0	6	48	7	2	4	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015
23	33.0	9	68	6	3	2	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015
24	33.3	16	54	5	2	4	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016
25	38.1	11	81	6	3	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
26	18.1	3	64	7	1	4	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

 

HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka with his six for 81 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing Col-SSC test took his tally of wickets against Australia to 59. He now has the record for most wickets by a Sri Lankan bowler against Australia. He went past M Muralitharan’s aggregate of 54 wickets which was the hither to record by a Sri Lankan bowler against Australia. HMRKB Herath and M Muralitharan are the only two Sri Lankan bowlers to have captured 50 plus wickets against Australia. The following table shows the performance of these two bowlers against Australia. M Muralitharan’s one test performance representing ICC Eleven against Australia is excluded. He had returned with match figures of 54.0-8-157-5 in this test

SERIES WISE FIGURES OF HMRKB HERATH AGAINST AUSTRALIA
Series	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1999	2	2	069.3	16	195	6	32.50	0	0
2003/04	1	2	047.2	6	167	4	41.75	0	0
2011	2	4	126.0	22	368	16	23.00	2	0
2012/13	3	5	134.4	16	407	12	33.91	1	0
2016	3	5	126.5	38	293	21	13.95	2	0
Total	13	18	504.2	98	1430	59	24.23	5	0
SERIES WISE FIGURES OF MURALITHARAN AGAINST AUSTRALIA
Series	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1992	2	4	073.1	12	225	4	56.25	0	0
1995/96	2	2	092.0	10	348	3	116.00	0	0
1999	3	4	141.1	24	349	15	23.26	1	0
2003/04	3	6	209.1	37	649	28	23.17	4	1
2007/08	2	3	116.0	09	400	4	100.00	0	0
Total	12	20	631.3	92	1971	54	36.50	5	1

HMRKB Herath’s six for 81 in this test represent his fifth five wicket haul against Australia. He now shares the record for most five wicket hauls by a Sri Lankan bowler against Australia with M Muralitharan. The five wicket hauls by these two bowlers are furnished below. HMRKB Herath and M Muralitharan are the only two Sri Lankan bowlers who have five five wicket hauls against Australia

HMRKB HERATH’S FIVE WICKET HAULS AGAINST AUSTRALIA
No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	23.0	3	79	5	3	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011
2	52.0	11	157	7	3	v Australia	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
3	21.5	2	95	5	3	v Australia	Hobart	14 Dec 2012
4	33.3	16	54	5	4	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016
5	38.1	11	81	6	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
M MURALITHARAN’S FIVE WICKET HAULS AGAINST AUSTRALIA
No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	38.0	10	71	5	2	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999
2	21.3	5	59	6	1	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004
3	56.0	9	153	5	3	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004
4	50.3	8	173	5	3	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
5	37.1	6	123	5	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004

 

HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka was retired not out {hurt} when he had scored 33 against Australia in the ongoing test at Col-SSC to provide the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman retired not out {hurt} in a test innings. HMRKB Herath’s 33 not out represents the highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman who was retired not out {hurt} in a test innings. Previous best was 27 not out by KC Sangakkara – also against Australia – at Melbourned in Dec 2012. KC Sangakkara and HMRKB Herath are the two Sri Lankan batsman who have retired not out {hurt} against Australia in a test innings. All the six such occasions are listed below

HMRKB Herath’s retired not out {hurt} in the Col-SSC test against Australia provides the 18^th occasion of a batsman retired not out hurt against Australia in a test innings. GC Smith of South Africa is the only batsman to have retired not out {hurt} against Australia on two occasions. The eighteen such occasions are listed below

Sri Lankan batsman retired not out {hurt} in a test innings
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HP Tillakaratne	1*	1	Srl	Win	St John’s	13 Jun 1997
2	SKL de Silva	20*	2	Srl	Ind	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
3	MS Atapattu	10*	2	Srl	Eng	Manchester	13 Jun 2002
4	MS Atapattu	2*	2	Srl	NZl	Kandy	03 May 2003
5	KC Sangakkara	27*	3	Srl	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012
6	HMRKB Herath	33*	1	Srl	Aus	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016
Batsmen retired not out {hurt} in a test innings against Australia
No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RE Foster	49*	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904
2	H Sutcliffe	58*	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930
3	LEG Ames	33*	2	Eng	Aus	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
4	L Hutton	122*	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	28 Feb 1947
5	JL Hendriks	4*	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
6	Talat Ali	7*	1	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972
7	SM Patil	65*	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1981
8	AC Hudson	64*	2	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993
9	S Ramesh	26*	4	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
10	N Hussain	9*	3	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001
11	Abdul Razzaq	4*	3	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002
12	AJ Tudor	3*	3	Eng	Aus	Perth	29 Nov 2002
13	R Dravid	11*	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
14	GC Smith	30*	2	SAF	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
15	GC Smith	2*	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	06 Mar 2009
16	KC Sangakkara	27*	3	Srl	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012
17	Zulfiqar Babar	7*	1	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
18	HMRKB Herath	33*	1	Srl	Aus	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016

 

 

SE Marsh and SPD Smith of Australia added 246 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing test at Col-SSC against Sri Lanka to provide the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DM Jones, SR Waugh	6	260*	3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
2	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	228	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
3	DS Lehmann, DR Martyn	4	206	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
4	AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn	3	200	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
5	SM Katich, JL Langer	6	218	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
6	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	255	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
7	MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey	4	245	1	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
8	MEK Hussey, SE Marsh	4	258	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
9	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	2	246	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

SE Marsh and SPD Smith of Australia added 246 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing test at Col-SSC against Sri Lanka to provide the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Sri Lanka in a test innings for the second wicket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	2	246	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	KC Wessels, GN Yallop	2	170	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983
3	PJ Hughes, DA Warner	2	130	2	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	03 Jan 2013
4	PA Jaques, RT Ponting	2	114	1	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
5	DC Boon, MJ Slater	2	102	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995

SE Marsh and SPD Smith of Australia added 246 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing test at Col-SSC against Sri Lanka to provide the record partnership by Australian batsmen for the second wicket against Sri Lanka in a test innings The previous best was 170 runs partnership between KC Wessels and GN Yallop at Kandy in Apr 1983. Both the partnerships are furnished below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	2	246	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	KC Wessels, GN Yallop	2	170	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983

 

SE Marsh of Australia scored 130 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC to provide the 13^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Wessels	141	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983
2	MA Taylor	164	3	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989
3	MA Taylor	108	3	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
4	MJ Slater	219	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
5	ML Hayden	130	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004
6	JL Langer	166	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
7	JL Langer	162	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
8	ML Hayden	117	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
9	ML Hayden	132	3	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
10	PA Jaques	100	1	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
11	PA Jaques	150	1	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
12	PJ Hughes	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
13	SE Marsh	130	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

SE Marsh became the third Australian opening batsman scoring a century against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC. Others are – JL Langer – 166 in Mar 2004 and PJ Hughes – 126 in Sep 2011

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JL Langer	166	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
2	PJ Hughes	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
3	SE Marsh	130	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

 

LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka scored 132 in the going test at Col-SSC to provide the 24^th occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SAR Silva	102*	3	v England	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
2	SAR Silva	111	1	v India	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
3	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	v New Zealand	Col-CCC	16 Apr 1987
4	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
5	HP Tillakaratne	116	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994
6	RS Kaluwitharana	103	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
7	RS Kaluwitharana	100	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
8	KC Sangakkara	105*	2	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001
9	KC Sangakkara	140	2	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001
10	KC Sangakkara	128	1	v Zimbabwe	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
11	KC Sangakkara	230	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002
12	KC Sangakkara	138	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Oct 2004
13	KC Sangakkara	157*	3	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
14	KC Sangakkara	185	3	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	26 Mar 2006
15	HAPW Jayawardene	120*	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
16	HAPW Jayawardene	154*	2	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
17	HAPW Jayawardene	112	1	v England	Cardiff	26 May 2011
18	HAPW Jayawardene	120	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
19	LD Chandimal	116*	1	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
20	LD Chandimal	102	2	v Bangladesh	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
21	LD Chandimal	100*	3	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
22	LD Chandimal	162*	3	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015
23	LD Chandimal	126	3	v England	Ch-le-St	27 May 2016
24	LD Chandimal	132	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

LD Chandimal’s 132 represent his sixth test century. He became the second Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman to score six or more test centuries after KC Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has scored seven test hundreds. The performance of these two wicket keeper batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	105*	2	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001
2	KC Sangakkara	140	2	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001
3	KC Sangakkara	128	1	v Zimbabwe	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
4	KC Sangakkara	230	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002
5	KC Sangakkara	138	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Oct 2004
6	KC Sangakkara	157*	3	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
7	KC Sangakkara	185	3	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	26 Mar 2006
1	LD Chandimal	116*	1	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
2	LD Chandimal	102	2	v Bangladesh	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
3	LD Chandimal	100*	3	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
4	LD Chandimal	162*	3	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015
5	LD Chandimal	126	3	v England	Ch-le-St	27 May 2016
6	LD Chandimal	132	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

LD Chandimal became the second Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman to score a century against Australia. RS Kaluwitharan had scored 132 not out at Col-SSC in Aug 1992. LD Chandimal emulated RS Kaluwitharan after 24 years to score a century against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
2	LD Chandimal	132	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016

Colombo-SSC has witnessed five test centuries by Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsmen. All the five centuries are listed below, KC Sangkkara has scored two centuries at Col-SSC – 128 vs Zimbabwe in Dec 2001 and 185 vs Pakistan in Mar 2006.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
2	KC Sangakkara	128	1	v Zimbabwe	Col-SSC	27 Dec 2001
3	KC Sangakkara	185	3	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	26 Mar 2006
4	HAPW Jayawardene	120*	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
5	LD Chandimal	132	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016