First-class Bowling in Sri Lanka for 1996 (Ordered by Wickets)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 633 | 27 | 195 | 14 | 5-33 | 13.92 | 1 | 0 |
| KJ Silva (SL) | 419 | 32 | 100 | 13 | 4-16 | 7.69 | 0 | 0 |
| PA Strang (Zim) | 453 | 14 | 185 | 9 | 5-106 | 20.55 | 1 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 423 | 16 | 172 | 6 | 4-73 | 28.66 | 0 | 0 |
| HH Streak (Zim) | 120 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 3-54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BC Strang (Zim) | 120 | 6 | 63 | 3 | 3-63 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 66 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2-16 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| HDPK Dharmasena (SL) | 138 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 1-19 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KR Pushpakumara (SL) | 114 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 1-24 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HK Olonga (Zim) | 280 | 9 | 155 | 2 | 2-57 | 77.50 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Whittall (Zim) | 173 | 5 | 91 | 1 | 1-48 | 91.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AP Gurusinha (SL) | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| PA de Silva (SL) | 54 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| CN Evans (Zim) | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| GW Flower (Zim) | 36 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| AR Whittall (Zim) | 264 | 10 | 115 | 0 |
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