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