Notes
--> PR Sleep (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 23
--> RS Mahanama (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 41
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in Test Matches
--> D Ranatunga (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 40
--> JR Ratnayeke (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19
--> EAR de Silva (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 22
--> EAR de Silva (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 45
--> RJ Ratnayake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 6-85)
--> GF Labrooy reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed SR Waugh, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> GD Campbell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed EAR de Silva in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 2-41)