<P> Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level . A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Sri Lanka obtained Full Member status of the ICC in 1981, becoming the eighth nation eligible to play Test cricket . The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982 against England, and recorded their first victory in a match against India on 6 September 1985 . Since then, they have played nearly 200 matches, against every other Test - playing nation . Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, which was established against India in 1997 . The highest partnership in Test cricket was also established by two Sri Lankan batsmen; Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara . Sri Lankan players also hold the highest partnership scores for the second and third wickets . </P> <P> Top order batsman and former captain Jayawardene holds several Sri Lankan batting records . He has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket, and is the record holder for the highest number of centuries as well as the highest number of half - centuries . The 374 Jayawardene made against South Africa in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan cricketer, surpassing the previous best of 340 by Sanath Jayasuriya, which was established in 1997 . It is also the fourth - highest individual score in Test cricket . Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara (319) are the only Sri Lankan players who have scored triple centuries . </P> <P> Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka . He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most number of five wickets per innings, as well as the most number of ten wickets per match . Muralitharan also holds the records for the best bowling average, best figures in an innings, best figures in a match, and best figures in a series . He missed an opportunity to capture all ten wickets in an innings in 2002 against Zimbabwe, when Chaminda Vaas took the last wicket after Muralitharan had taken the previous nine . The Sri Lankan team won an ODI series against Australia in Australia in 2010 . However, they are yet to register a Test match win and an ODI series win against India in India, as of 2017 . </P>

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