| Balls |
| 405 | AP Gurusinha | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare | 1994/95 |
| 352 | S Ranatunga | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | 1994/95 |
| 345 | TT Samaraweera | Sri Lanka v England | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 2003/04 |
| 330 | AP Gurusinha | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1994/95 |
| 322 | S Ranatunga | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare | 1994/95 |
| 303 | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v England | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 2000/01 |
| 294 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | 1995/96 |
| 294 | MG Vandort | Sri Lanka v England | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 2006 |
| 281 | LD Chandimal | Sri Lanka v Australia | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 2016 |
| 274 | AD Mathews | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | 2022 |
| 273 | LD Chandimal | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 2017/18 |
| 272 | RS Madugalle | Sri Lanka v India | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 1985 |
| 272 | AD Mathews | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club, Harare | 2019/20 |
| 269 | AP Gurusinha | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | 1985/86 |
| 267 | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v England | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 2007/08 |
| 265 | AP Gurusinha | Sri Lanka v Australia | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 1992 |
| 265 | TT Samaraweera | Sri Lanka v South Africa | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 2011/12 |
| 265 | LD Chandimal | Sri Lanka v India | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | 2017/18 |
| 264 | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v South Africa | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | 2000 |
| 263 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | 1999/00 |
| 261 | JK Silva | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 2015 |
| 256 | AD Mathews | Sri Lanka v Australia | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 2011 |
| 255 | FDM Karunaratne | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 2014/15 |
| 254 | RS Mahanama | Sri Lanka v India | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | 1993 |
| 253 | DSBP Kuruppu | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | 1986/87 |
| 252 | SAR Silva | Sri Lanka v England | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1984 |
| 251 | JK Silva | Sri Lanka v Australia | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 2016 |
| 248 | AD Mathews | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2018/19 |
| 247 | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v Australia | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 1989/90 |
| 247 | FDM Karunaratne | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele | 2020/21 |
