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Career averages
	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
overall	1994-2009	111	194	3906.2	895	10501	355	7/71	14/191	29.58	2.68	66.0	12	2	Profile

Series averages
Series	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10	Start Date	Winner
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994
	1	1	22.0	2	80	0	-	-	-	3.63	-	0	0	26 Aug 1994	Pakistan
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1994/95
	3	3	125.3	37	235	10	4/74	4/74	23.50	1.87	75.3	0	0	11 Oct 1994	drawn
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95
	2	4	85.4	22	177	16	6/87	10/90	11.06	2.06	32.1	3	1	11 Mar 1995	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96
	3	5	96.0	18	254	13	5/99	5/99	19.53	2.64	44.3	1	0	8 Sep 1995	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 1995/96
	3	5	137.4	33	371	9	3/44	6/150	41.22	2.69	91.7	0	0	8 Dec 1995	Australia
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996
	2	4	70.3	16	172	6	4/73	4/107	28.66	2.43	70.5	0	0	11 Sep 1996	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1996/97
	2	3	62.4	10	210	6	4/144	4/144	35.00	3.35	62.6	0	0	7 Mar 1997	New Zealand
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97
	2	3	75.0	20	175	7	4/60	6/100	25.00	2.33	64.2	0	0	19 Apr 1997	drawn
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
	2	3	67.0	12	191	4	2/69	3/111	47.75	2.85	100.5	0	0	2 Aug 1997	drawn
Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 1997/98
	3	4	98.5	19	292	4	2/80	2/80	73.00	2.95	148.2	0	0	19 Nov 1997	drawn
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98
	2	3	53.0	9	136	4	2/35	2/35	34.00	2.56	79.5	0	0	7 Jan 1998	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98
	1	2	32.0	5	116	4	2/41	4/116	29.00	3.62	48.0	0	0	19 Mar 1998	South Africa
Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 1998/99
	2	3	81.0	12	267	1	1/108	1/166	267.00	3.29	486.0	0	0	24 Feb 1999	Pakistan
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999
	3	4	63.4	17	143	10	4/54	6/58	14.30	2.24	38.2	0	0	9 Sep 1999	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00
	3	6	154.4	37	347	14	4/56	7/104	24.78	2.24	66.2	0	0	18 Nov 1999	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00
	3	6	146.0	29	408	13	3/69	5/113	31.38	2.79	67.3	0	0	26 Feb 2000	Sri Lanka
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
	3	3	71.0	17	154	0	-	-	-	2.16	-	0	0	14 Jun 2000	Pakistan
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
	3	6	87.0	30	169	6	4/85	4/107	28.16	1.94	87.0	0	0	20 Jul 2000	drawn
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01
	2	3	67.0	8	218	1	1/109	1/109	218.00	3.25	402.0	0	0	26 Dec 2000	South Africa
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
	3	6	110.5	30	244	16	6/73	6/78	15.25	2.20	41.5	1	0	22 Feb 2001	England
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001
	3	6	130.4	40	312	9	4/65	4/107	34.66	2.38	87.1	0	0	14 Aug 2001	Sri Lanka
Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 2001/02
	2	4	69.5	9	265	9	4/85	6/147	29.44	3.79	46.5	0	0	6 Sep 2001	Sri Lanka
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
	3	6	140.2	32	401	26	7/71	14/191	15.42	2.85	32.3	2	1	13 Nov 2001	Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
	3	6	106.5	30	285	8	2/17	3/93	35.62	2.66	80.1	0	0	27 Dec 2001	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002
	3	5	145.1	23	434	4	2/121	2/129	108.50	2.98	217.7	0	0	16 May 2002	England
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03
	2	3	63.3	11	188	6	3/79	3/79	31.33	2.96	63.5	0	0	8 Nov 2002	South Africa
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
	2	4	73.3	24	179	6	3/31	5/79	29.83	2.43	73.5	0	0	25 Apr 2003	drawn
Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2003
	2	3	66.0	11	203	4	2/54	3/87	50.75	3.07	99.0	0	0	20 Jun 2003	West Indies
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
	3	6	103.2	24	273	13	4/77	6/136	21.00	2.64	47.6	0	0	2 Dec 2003	Sri Lanka
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
	3	6	130.2	22	377	11	3/93	5/117	34.27	2.89	71.0	0	0	8 Mar 2004	Australia
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004
	2	4	64.0	22	157	6	3/41	5/94	26.16	2.45	64.0	0	0	6 May 2004	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004
	2	4	72.3	15	236	7	5/31	7/82	33.71	3.25	62.1	1	0	1 Jul 2004	Australia
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004
	2	4	60.0	24	109	9	6/29	7/39	12.11	1.81	40.0	1	0	4 Aug 2004	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2004/05
	2	4	89.0	14	267	7	3/106	5/151	38.14	3.00	76.2	0	0	20 Oct 2004	drawn
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2004/05
	2	3	90.0	21	271	8	6/108	6/108	33.87	3.01	67.5	1	0	4 Apr 2005	New Zealand
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
	2	3	49.4	19	72	13	6/22	7/50	5.53	1.44	22.9	1	0	13 Jul 2005	Sri Lanka
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
	2	4	39.0	6	123	4	3/36	3/67	30.75	3.15	58.5	0	0	12 Sep 2005	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2005/06
	2	3	64.0	23	162	7	4/20	4/20	23.14	2.53	54.8	0	0	2 Dec 2005	India
Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006
	3	5	94.0	16	265	5	2/71	2/99	53.00	2.81	112.8	0	0	11 May 2006	drawn
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006
	1	2	37.0	8	124	1	1/71	1/124	124.00	3.35	222.0	0	0	4 Aug 2006	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07
	2	4	52.0	9	154	6	3/49	5/82	25.66	2.96	52.0	0	0	7 Dec 2006	drawn
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
	2	4	44.2	15	105	6	4/55	4/61	17.50	2.36	44.3	0	0	25 Jun 2007	Sri Lanka
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka in Australia), 2007/08
	1	1	28.0	6	102	1	1/102	1/102	102.00	3.64	168.0	0	0	8 Nov 2007	Australia
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
	3	6	111.0	25	321	11	4/28	5/132	29.18	2.89	60.5	0	0	1 Dec 2007	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08
	2	4	87.2	17	237	12	5/61	8/109	19.75	2.71	43.6	1	0	22 Mar 2008	drawn
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
	3	6	59.0	7	220	5	2/32	4/106	44.00	3.72	70.8	0	0	23 Jul 2008	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09
	2	4	54.0	17	144	6	2/21	3/37	24.00	2.66	54.0	0	0	26 Dec 2008	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2008/09
	1	1	36.0	10	66	0	-	-	-	1.83	-	0	0	21 Feb 2009	drawn
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
	1	2	39.0	12	90	1	1/43	1/90	90.00	2.30	234.0	0	0	20 Jul 2009	Sri Lanka