This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
Statistics are correct as of 8 August 2006.
| Sri Lankan Test cricketers | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap | Name | Career | Mat | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | Balls | Mdn | Runs | Wkt | Best | Avg | Ca | St |
| 1 | Ashantha De Mel | 1982-1986 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 326 | 34 | 14.17 | 3518 | 92 | 2180 | 59 | 6/109 | 36.95 | 9 | - |
| 2 | Somachandra de Silva | 1982-1984 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 406 | 61 | 21.37 | 3031 | 108 | 1347 | 37 | 5/59 | 36.41 | 5 | - |
| 3 | Ajit de Silva | 1982 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 8.20 | 962 | 41 | 385 | 7 | 2/38 | 55.00 | - | - |
| 4 | Roy Dias | 1982-1987 | 20 | 36 | 1 | 1285 | 109 | 36.71 | 24 | - | 17 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 5 | Mahes Goonatilleke | 1982 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 177 | 56 | 22.13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | Lalith Kaluperuma | 1982 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11* | 4.00 | 162 | 4 | 93 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 7 | Ranjan Madugalle | 1982-1988 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 1029 | 103 | 29.40 | 84 | 2 | 38 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 8 | Duleep Mendis | 1982-1988 | 24 | 43 | 1 | 1329 | 124 | 31.64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 9 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 1982-2000 | 93 | 155 | 12 | 5105 | 135* | 35.70 | 2373 | 114 | 1040 | 16 | 2/17 | 65.00 | 47 | - |
| 10 | Bandula Warnapura | 1982 | 4 | 8 | - | 96 | 38 | 12.00 | 90 | 4 | 46 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 11 | Sidath Wettimuny | 1982-1987 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 1221 | 190 | 29.07 | 24 | - | 37 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 12 | Ravi Ratnayeke | 1982-1989 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 807 | 93 | 25.22 | 3833 | 118 | 1972 | 56 | 8/83 | 35.21 | 1 | - |
| 13 | Anura Ranasinghe | 1982 | 2 | 4 | - | 88 | 77 | 22.00 | 114 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1/23 | 69.00 | - | - |
| 14 | Rohan Jayasekera | 1982 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Roger Wijesuriya | 1982-1985 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4.40 | 586 | 23 | 294 | 1 | 1/68 | 294.00 | 1 | - |
| 16 | Guy de Alwis | 1983-1988 | 11 | 19 | - | 152 | 28 | 8.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 2 |
| 17 | Susil Fernando | 1983-1984 | 5 | 10 | - | 112 | 46 | 11.20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Yohan Goonasekera | 1983 | 2 | 4 | - | 48 | 23 | 12.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 19 | Sridharan Jeganathan | 1983 | 2 | 4 | - | 19 | 8 | 4.75 | 30 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Vinothen John | 1983-1984 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 27* | 10.60 | 1281 | 53 | 614 | 28 | 5/60 | 21.93 | 2 | - |
| 21 | Rumesh Ratnayake | 1983-1992 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 433 | 56 | 14.43 | 4961 | 136 | 2563 | 73 | 6/66 | 35.11 | 9 | - |
| 22 | Mithra Wettimuny | 1983 | 2 | 4 | - | 28 | 17 | 7.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 23 | Amal Silva | 1983-1988 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 353 | 111 | 25.21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 1 |
| 24 | Roshan Guneratne | 1983 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0* | - | 102 | 1 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | Jayantha Amerasinghe | 1984 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 34 | 18.00 | 300 | 9 | 150 | 3 | 2/73 | 50.00 | 3 | - |
| 26 | Sanath Kaluperuma | 1984-1988 | 4 | 8 | - | 88 | 23 | 11.00 | 240 | 8 | 124 | 2 | 2/17 | 62.00 | 6 | - |
| 27 | Aravinda de Silva | 1984-2002 | 93 | 159 | 11 | 6361 | 267 | 42.98 | 2595 | 77 | 1208 | 29 | 3/30 | 41.66 | 43 | - |
| 28 | Saliya Ahangama | 1985 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5.50 | 801 | 32 | 348 | 18 | 5/52 | 19.33 | 1 | - |
| 29 | Asoka de Silva | 1985-1991 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 185 | 50 | 15.42 | 2328 | 87 | 1032 | 8 | 2/67 | 129.00 | 4 | - |
| 30 | Sanjeewa Weerasinghe | 1985 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 114 | 8 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Roshan Jurangpathy | 1985-1986 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 150 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 1/69 | 93.00 | 2 | - |
| 32 | Asanka Gurusinha | 1985-1996 | 41 | 70 | 7 | 2452 | 143 | 38.92 | 1408 | 47 | 681 | 20 | 2/7 | 34.05 | 33 | - |
| 33 | Jayananda Warnaweera | 1986-1994 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 4.33 | 2333 | 90 | 1021 | 32 | 4/25 | 31.91 | - | - |
| 34 | Don Anurasiri | 1986-1998 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 91 | 24 | 5.35 | 3973 | 152 | 1548 | 41 | 4/71 | 37.76 | 4 | - |
| 35 | Kosala Kuruppuarachchi | 1986-1987 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0* | - | 272 | 6 | 149 | 8 | 5/44 | 18.63 | - | - |
| 36 | Roshan Mahanama | 1986-1998 | 52 | 89 | 1 | 2576 | 225 | 29.27 | 36 | - | 30 | - | - | - | 56 | - |
| 37 | Kaushik Amalean | 1986-1988 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7* | 9.00 | 244 | 2 | 156 | 7 | 4/97 | 22.29 | 1 | - |
| 38 | Graeme Labrooy | 1986-1991 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 158 | 70* | 14.36 | 2158 | 58 | 1194 | 27 | 5/133 | 44.22 | 3 | - |
| 39 | Brendon Kuruppu | 1987-1991 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 320 | 201* | 53.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 40 | Champaka Ramanayake | 1988-1993 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 143 | 34* | 9.53 | 3654 | 109 | 1880 | 44 | 5/82 | 42.73 | 6 | - |
| 41 | Ranjith Madurasinghe | 1988-1992 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4.80 | 396 | 12 | 172 | 3 | 3/60 | 57.33 | - | - |
| 42 | Athula Samarasekara | 1988-1991 | 4 | 7 | - | 118 | 57 | 16.86 | 192 | 5 | 104 | 3 | 2/38 | 34.67 | 3 | - |
| 43 | Dammika Ranatunga | 1989 | 2 | 3 | - | 87 | 45 | 29.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | Gamina Wickremasinghe | 1989-1992 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13* | 8.50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 |
| 45 | Hashan Tillakaratne | 1989-2004 | 83 | 131 | 25 | 4545 | 204* | 42.88 | 76 | 4 | 25 | - | - | - | 122 | 2 |
| 46 | Marvan Atapattu | 1990-2005 | 88 | 152 | 15 | 5330 | 249 | 38.91 | 48 | - | 24 | 1 | 1/9 | 24.00 | 57 | - |
| 47 | Charith Senanayake | 1991 | 3 | 5 | - | 97 | 64 | 19.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 48 | Chandika Hathurusingha | 1991-1999 | 26 | 44 | 1 | 1274 | 83 | 29.63 | 1962 | 99 | 789 | 17 | 4/66 | 46.41 | 7 | - |
| 49 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 1991-2006 | 105 | 178 | 14 | 6745 | 340 | 41.12 | 7966 | 313 | 3271 | 96 | 5/34 | 34.07 | 78 | - |
| 50 | Kapila Wijegunawardene | 1991-1992 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6* | 4.67 | 364 | 16 | 147 | 7 | 4/51 | 21.00 | - | - |
| 51 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 1991-2001 | 40 | 64 | 5 | 555 | 51 | 9.41 | 7260 | 248 | 3559 | 85 | 6/60 | 41.87 | 18 | - |
| 52 | Romesh Kaluwitharana | 1992-2004 | 49 | 78 | 4 | 1933 | 132* | 26.12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 26 |
| 53 | Dulip Liyanage | 1992-2001 | 9 | 9 | - | 69 | 23 | 7.67 | 1355 | 47 | 666 | 17 | 4/56 | 39.18 | - | - |
| 54 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 1992-2006 | 1071 | 138 | 49 | 1093 | 67 | 12.28 | 35815 | 1554 | 14275 | 652 | 9/51 | 21.89 | 57 | - |
| 55 | Ashley de Silva | 1993 | 3 | 3 | - | 10 | 9 | 3.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Ruwan Kalpage | 1993-1999 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 294 | 63 | 18.38 | 1576 | 49 | 774 | 12 | 2/27 | 64.50 | 10 | - |
| 57 | Pubudu Dassanayake | 1993-1994 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 196 | 36 | 13.07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 5 |
| 58 | Piyal Wijetunge | 1993 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 10 | 5.00 | 312 | 5 | 118 | 2 | 1/58 | 59.00 | - | - |
| 59 | Kumar Dharmasena | 1993-2004 | 31 | 51 | 7 | 868 | 62* | 19.73 | 6939 | 265 | 2920 | 69 | 6/72 | 42.32 | 14 | - |
| 60 | Dulip Samaraweera | 1993-1995 | 7 | 14 | - | 211 | 42 | 15.07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 61 | Ravindra Pushpakumara | 1994-2001 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 166 | 44 | 8.74 | 3792 | 98 | 2242 | 58 | 7/116 | 38.66 | 10 | - |
| 62 | Sanjeeva Ranatunga | 1994-1997 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 531 | 118 | 33.19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 63 | Chaminda Vaas | 1994-2006 | 94 | 136 | 26 | 2503 | 74* | 22.75 | 20374 | 777 | 9062 | 307 | 7/71 | 29.51 | 28 | - |
| 64 | Chamara Dunusinghe | 1995 | 5 | 10 | - | 160 | 91 | 16.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 2 |
| 65 | Jayantha Silva | 1995-1998 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6* | 2.00 | 1533 | 72 | 647 | 20 | 4/16 | 32.35 | 1 | - |
| 66 | Nuwan Zoysa | 1997-2004 | 30 | 40 | 6 | 288 | 28* | 8.47 | 4422 | 160 | 2157 | 64 | 5/20 | 33.70 | 4 | - |
| 67 | Sajeewa de Silva | 1997-1999 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 65 | 27 | 9.29 | 1585 | 42 | 889 | 16 | 5/85 | 55.56 | 5 | - |
| 68 | Russel Arnold | 1997-2004 | 44 | 69 | 4 | 1821 | 123 | 28.02 | 1334 | 45 | 598 | 11 | 3/76 | 54.36 | 51 | - |
| 69 | Mahela Jayawardene | 1997-2006 | 83 | 136 | 10 | 6250 | 374 | 49.60 | 458 | 16 | 228 | 4 | 2/32 | 57.00 | 111 | - |
| 70 | Lanka de Silva | 1997 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 20* | 18.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 71 | Malinga Bandara | 1998-2006 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 124 | 43 | 15.50 | 1152 | 29 | 633 | 16 | 3/84 | 39.56 | 4 | - |
| 72 | Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 1998-2001 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 93 | 25 | 11.63 | 1722 | 83 | 698 | 23 | 5/36 | 30.35 | - | - |
| 73 | Suresh Perera | 1998-2001 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 43* | 25.67 | 408 | 12 | 180 | 1 | 1/104 | 180.00 | 1 | - |
| 74 | Ruchira Perera | 1999-2002 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 11* | 11.00 | 1130 | 31 | 661 | 17 | 3/40 | 38.88 | 2 | - |
| 75 | Eric Upashantha | 1999-2002 | 2 | 3 | - | 10 | 6 | 3.33 | 306 | 5 | 200 | 4 | 2/41 | 50.00 | - | - |
| 76 | Avishka Gunawardene | 1999-2005 | 6 | 11 | - | 181 | 43 | 16.45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 77 | Upul Chandana | 1999-2005 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 616 | 92 | 26.78 | 2685 | 64 | 1535 | 37 | 6/179 | 41.49 | 7 | - |
| 78 | Rangana Herath | 1999-2005 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 123 | 33* | 8.79 | 2395 | 80 | 1204 | 35 | 4/38 | 34.40 | 2 | - |
| 79 | Indika de Saram | 1999-2000 | 4 | 5 | - | 117 | 39 | 23.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 80 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1999-2006 | 39 | 63 | 7 | 2056 | 168 | 36.71 | 528 | 20 | 271 | 6 | 2/4 | 45.16 | 44 | - |
| 81 | Indika Gallage | 1999 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 150 | 5 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 82 | Dilhara Fernando | 2000-2006 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 124 | 16 | 5.90 | 3596 | 95 | 2201 | 69 | 5/42 | 31.89 | 8 | - |
| 83 | Prasanna Jayawardene | 2000-2006 | 7 | 5 | - | 81 | 42 | 16.20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 3 |
| 84 | Kumar Sangakkara | 2000-2006 | 62 | 103 | 5 | 4796 | 287 | 48.93 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 142 | 20 |
| 85 | Dinuka Hettiarachchi | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 162 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 2/36 | 20.50 | - | - |
| 86 | Thilan Samaraweera | 2001-2006 | 39 | 58 | 8 | 2089 | 142 | 41.78 | 1285 | 36 | 671 | 14 | 4/49 | 47.93 | 30 | - |
| 87 | Michael Vandort | 2001-2006 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 461 | 140 | 51.22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 88 | Charitha Buddhika | 2001-2002 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 132 | 45 | 26.40 | 1270 | 31 | 792 | 18 | 4/27 | 44.00 | 4 | - |
| 89 | Sujeewa de Silva | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5* | 10.00 | 288 | 11 | 146 | 7 | 4/35 | 20.86 | - | - |
| 90 | Chamila Gamage | 2002 | 2 | 3 | - | 42 | 40 | 14.00 | 288 | 10 | 158 | 5 | 2/33 | 31.60 | 1 | - |
| 91 | Jehan Mubarak | 2002-2005 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 236 | 48 | 18.15 | 78 | 2 | 42 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 92 | Naveed Nawaz | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 78* | 99.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 93 | Hasantha Fernando | 2002 | 2 | 4 | - | 38 | 24 | 9.50 | 234 | 7 | 108 | 4 | 3/63 | 27.00 | 1 | - |
| 94 | Kaushal Lokuarachchi | 2003-2004 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 28* | 23.50 | 594 | 20 | 295 | 5 | 2/47 | 59.00 | 1 | - |
| 95 | Prabath Nissanka | 2003 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12* | 6.00 | 587 | 21 | 366 | 10 | 5/64 | 36.60 | - | - |
| 96 | Thilan Thushara | 2003 | 1 | 2 | - | 24 | 13 | 12.00 | 90 | 1 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 97 | Dinusha Fernando | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 51* | 28.00 | 126 | 2 | 107 | 1 | 1/29 | 107.00 | - | - |
| 98 | Farveez Maharoof | 2004-2006 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 449 | 72 | 23.63 | 1944 | 72 | 1095 | 20 | 4/52 | 54.75 | 5 | - |
| 99 | Lasith Malinga | 2004-2006 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 125 | 26 | 8.92 | 3165 | 72 | 2034 | 62 | 5/80 | 32.80 | 7 | - |
| 100 | Nuwan Kulasekara | 2005-2006 | 4 | 7 | - | 115 | 64 | 16.42 | 612 | 20 | 302 | 4 | 2/45 | 75.50 | 1 | - |
| 101 | Shantha Kalavitigoda | 2005 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 7 | 4.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 102 | Gayan Wijekoon | 2005 | 2 | 3 | - | 38 | 14 | 12.67 | 114 | 4 | 66 | 2 | 2/49 | 33.00 | - | - |
| 103 | Upul Tharanga | 2005-2006 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 591 | 165 | 32.83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 104 | Chamara Kapugedera | 2006 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 151 | 63 | 25.16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
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