Sri Lankan bowler’s four wicket hauls in one day games in losing cause
SL Malinga’s 4 for 23 against Bangladesh at Dubai-DSC on 15.09.18 was in a losing cause to provide the 34th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler’s four or more wicket hauls going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | ALF de Mel | 8.4 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 1 | Eng | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Feb 1982 |
| 2 | ALF de Mel | 12.0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 1 | Pak | Leeds | 16 Jun 1983 |
| 3 | GF Labrooy | 10.0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Vadodara | 15 Jan 1987 |
| 4 | GF Labrooy | 10.0 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 1 | Aus | Melbourne | 14 Jan 1988 |
| 5 | UC Hathurusingha | 8.0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 1 | Win | Berri | 13 Mar 1992 |
| 6 | ST Jayasuriya | 10.0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 1 | SAF | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Sep 1993 |
| 7 | HDPK Dharmasena | 10.0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 1 | SAF | Port Elizabeth | 21 Dec 1994 |
| 8 | WPUJC Vaas | 9.0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | NZl | Sharjah | 07 Nov 1996 |
| 9 | WPUJC Vaas | 9.2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | NZl | Wellington | 27 Mar 1997 |
| 10 | ST Jayasuriya | 10.0 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 1 | Win | Port of Spain | 06 Jun 1997 |
| 11 | PA de Silva | 7.5 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 1 | Pak | Paarl | 09 Apr 1998 |
| 12 | GP Wickramasinghe | 10.0 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 1 | Pak | Jamshedpur | 19 Mar 1999 |
| 13 | ST Jayasuriya | 9.0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Galle | 22 Aug 1999 |
| 14 | M Muralitharan | 10.0 | 3 | 09 | 5 | 1 | NZl | Sharjah | 09 Apr 2002 |
| 15 | CRD Fernando | 10.0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 1 | Eng | Perth | 20 Dec 2002 |
| 16 | M Muralitharan | 10.0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2003 |
| 17 | M Muralitharan | 10.0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 1 | Ken | Nairobi (Gym) | 24 Feb 2003 |
| 18 | WPUJC Vaas | 10.0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 1 | NZl | Wellington | 06 Jan 2006 |
| 19 | WPUJC Vaas | 10.0 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | 12 Feb 2006 |
| 20 | SL Malinga | 9.0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 1 | SAF | Ahmedabad | 24 Oct 2006 |
| 21 | SL Malinga | 9.2 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 2 | SAF | Providence | 28 Mar 2007 |
| 22 | SL Malinga | 9.4 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 1 | Aus | Perth | 15 Feb 2008 |
| 23 | T Thushara | 8.4 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Colombo (RPS) | 27 Aug 2008 |
| 24 | S Randiv | 10.0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 1 | Eng | Manchester | 09 Jul 2011 |
| 25 | SL Malinga | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 1 | SAF | Paarl | 11 Jan 2012 |
| 26 | SL Malinga | 10.0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 2 | NZl | Cardiff | 09 Jun 2013 |
| 27 | HMRKB Herath | 10.0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | Ind | Port of Spain | 11 Jul 2013 |
| 28 | KMDN Kulasekara | 5.0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 2 | NZl | Hambantota | 12 Nov 2013 |
| 39 | BAW Mendis | 9.4 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 2 | Ind | Ranchi | 16 Nov 2014 |
| 30 | A Dananjaya | 10.0 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 2 | Zim | Hambantota | 10 Jul 2017 |
| 31 | A Dananjaya | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 2 | Ind | Pallekele | 24 Aug 2017 |
| 32 | PLS Gamage | 10.0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 1 | Pak | Abu Dhabi | 16 Oct 2017 |
| 33 | NLTC Perera | 10.0 | 0 | 75 | 4 | 1 | SAF | Pallekele | 05 Aug 2018 |
| 34 | SL Malinga | 10.0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | Ban | Dubai (DSC) | 15 Sep 2018 |