Sri Lankan batsmen’s twin fifties in tests in winning cause
P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the 34th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RL Dias | 95 | 60* | v India | Col-PSS | 06 Sep 1985 |
| 2 | A Ranatunga | 52 | 87* | v Zimbabwe | Col-SSC | 14 Jan 1998 |
| 3 | MS Atapattu | 50 | 100* | v Zimbabwe | Galle | 12 Jan 2002 |
| 4 | MG Vandort | 61 | 140 | v Bangladesh | Col-SSC | 28 Jul 2002 |
| 5 | KC Sangakkara | 232 | 64 | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 11 Aug 2004 |
| 6 | WU Tharanga | 165 | 71* | v Bangladesh | Bogra | 08 Mar 2006 |
| 7 | LPC Silva | 61 | 152* | v New Zealand | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 8 | KC Sangakkara | 92 | 152 | v England | Kandy | 01 Dec 2007 |
| 9 | SM Warnapura | 120 | 62 | v West Indies | Providence | 22 Mar 2008 |
| 10 | TT Samaraweera | 90 | 62 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 26 Dec 2008 |
| 11 | TM Dilshan | 162 | 143 | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 03 Jan 2009 |
| 12 | CK Kapugedera | 96 | 59* | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 03 Jan 2009 |
| 13 | TM Dilshan | 92 | 123* | v New | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 |
| 14 | DPMD Jayawardene | 92 | 96 | v New Zealand | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 15 | KC Sangakkara | 50 | 109 | v New Zealand | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 16 | LD Chandimal | 58 | 54 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 17 | TM Dilshan | 101 | 56 | v Pakistan | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |
| 18 | KC Sangakkara | 139 | 55 | v Bangladesh | Col-RPS | 16 Mar 2013 |
| 19 | JK Silva | 95 | 58 | v Pakistan | Dub-DICS | 08 Jan 2014 |
| 20 | KC Sangakkara | 79 | 55 | v England | Leeds | 20 Jun 2014 |
| 21 | LD Chandimal | 59 | 162* | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 22 | DM de Silva | 129 | 65* | v Australia | Col-SSC | 13 Aug 2016 |
| 23 | FDM Karunaratne | 56 | 110 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 |
| 24 | ARS Silva | 56 | 70* | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 08 Feb 2018 |
| 25 | FDM Karunaratne | 158* | 60 | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 |
| 26 | MD Gunathilaka | 57 | 61 | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 27 | FDM Karunaratne | 53 | 85 | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 28 | MDKJ Perera | 51 | 153* | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Feb 2019 |
| 29 | FDM Karunaratne | 118 | 66 | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 29 Apr 2021 |
| 30 | FDM Karunaratne | 147 | 83 | v West Indies | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 |
| 31 | P Nissanka | 73 | 66 | v West Indies | Galle | 29 Nov 2021 |
| 32 | DM de Silva | 102 | 108 | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 22 Mar 2024 |
| 33 | PHKD Mendis | 102 | 164 | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 22 Mar 2024 |
| 34 | P Nissanka | 64 | 127* | v England | The Oval | 06 Sep 2024 |
P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored 64 and 127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against England in a winning cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KC Sangakkara | 92 | 152 | v England | Kandy | 01 Dec 2007 |
| 2 | KC Sangakkara | 79 | 55 | v England | Leeds | 20 Jun 2014 |
| 3 | P Nissanka | 64 | 127* | v England | The Oval | 06 Sep 2024 |