Sri Lankan batsmen scoring a fifty on test debut
RRMP Rathnayake of Sri Lanka scored 72 against England at Manchester in the just concluded test to provide the 25th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RS Madugalle | 65 | 1 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 2 | A Ranatunga | 54 | 1 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 3 | RL Dias | 77 | 3 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 4 | DSBP Kuruppu | 201* | 1 | v New Zealand | Col-CCC | 16 Apr 1987 |
| 5 | MAR Samarasekera | 57 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 25 Aug 1988 |
| 6 | UC Hathurusingha | 81 | 4 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 22 Feb 1991 |
| 7 | RS Kaluwitharana | 132* | 2 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 17 Aug 1992 |
| 8 | CI Dunusinghe | 91 | 3 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 |
| 9 | DPMD Jayawardene | 66 | 2 | v India | Col-RPS | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 10 | TT Samaraweera | 103* | 2 | v India | Col-SSC | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 11 | MN Nawaz | 78* | 3 | v Bangladesh | Col-SSC | 28 Jul 2002 |
| 12 | LD Chandimal | 58 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 13 | LD Chandimal | 54 | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 14 | FDM Karunaratne | 60* | 4 | v New Zealand | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 15 | KDK Vithanage | 59 | 3 | v Bangladesh | Galle | 08 Mar 2013 |
| 16 | MDK Perera | 95 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 16 Jan 2014 |
| 17 | N Dickwella | 72 | 1 | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 24 Jul 2014 |
| 18 | MDKJ Perera | 55 | 2 | v India | Col-SSC | 28 Aug 2015 |
| 19 | MDKJ Perera | 70 | 4 | v India | Col-SSC | 28 Aug 2015 |
| 20 | DAS Gunaratne | 54 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 |
| 21 | ARS Silva | 74* | 4 | v India | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 22 | PW Hasaranga | 59 | 3 | v South Africa | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |
| 23 | P Nissanka | 103 | 3 | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |
| 24 | PHKD Mendis | 61 | 2 | v Australia | Galle | 08 Jul 2022 |
| 25 | RMMP Rathnayake | 72 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 21 Aug 2024 |
It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty on test debut against. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RS Madugalle | 65 | 1 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 2 | A Ranatunga | 54 | 1 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 3 | RL Dias | 77 | 3 | v England | Col-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 4 | MAR Samarasekera | 57 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 25 Aug 1988 |
| 5 | RMMP Rathnayake | 72 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 21 Aug 2024 |