Notes
--> RP Arnold made his debut in Test matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 61
--> Saqlain Mushtaq (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> ST Jayasuriya (2) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> MS Atapattu (2) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (2) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 10
--> RP Arnold made his debut for Sri Lanka in first-class matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Moin Khan made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut in Sri Lanka in first-class matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Saleem Elahi made his debut in Sri Lanka in first-class matches
--> Saleem Elahi made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Shahid Nazir made his debut in Sri Lanka in first-class matches
--> Shahid Nazir made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Mohammad Zahid made his debut in Sri Lanka in first-class matches
--> Mohammad Zahid made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> DNT Zoysa made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DNT Zoysa in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 4-75)
--> Saqlain Mushtaq achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Sri Lanka first innings --> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Shahid Nazir in the Pakistan first innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> M Muralitharan reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed Asif Mujtaba, his 4th wicket in the Pakistan first innings
