<img title="Muttiah Muralitharan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/feb/murali17feb.jpg" alt="Muttiah Muralitharan" /> Muttiah Muralitharan. Pic/ AFP
On this day in 1982, Sri Lanka finally entered the world of cricket when they officially became a Test playing nation. Today, we give you some trivia, records and accomplishments by Sri Lanka in the longest format of the game.
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<li>Sri Lanka have the record of the highest score in Tests with 952/6 (decl) against India. The record is still unbeaten after almost 19 years. </li>
<li>Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama posted the highest partnership in Test with 576 on board. It was later broken 9 years later, by their own teammates Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene when they scored 624 runs. </li>
<li>Sidath Wettimuny became the first Sri Lankan cricketer in history to score a Test century when he scored 157 during their match against Pakistan in 1981-82. Sidath scored 71 runs in the first innings.&nbsp; </li>
<li>Sri Lanka won their first ever Test match in 1985 by defeating India by 149 runs in Colombo.&nbsp; </li>
<li>Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene are the most successful captains with both winning 18 of the 38 Tests captained. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Muttiah Muralitharan is the overall highest wicket taker with 800 wickets. </li>
<li>Muralitharan also has the best bowling figures in an innings by a Lankan with 9/51 vs Zimbabwe. </li>
<li>Muralitharan has also take the most fifers in an innings by a Sri Lankan with 67. </li>
<li>Kumar Sangakkara is the SL's leading run scorer and fifth overall run scorer with 12, 400 runs.</li>
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<img title="Kumar Sangakkara" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/feb/sanga17feb.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" />&nbsp;Kumar Sangakkara. Pic/ AFP
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<li>Kumar Sangakkara is also the fastest Sri Lankan and third overall to 10,000 runs. </li>
<li>Sangakkara has hit the most Test hundreds by an SL cricketer and fourth overall with 38 tons. </li>
<li>Sangakkara also has the highest average by an SL batsman with 57.40. </li>
<li>The highest individual score by a Sri Lankan is by Mahela Jayawardene who scored 374 vs South Africa. </li>
<li>Muralitharan is the fastest Sri Lankan to claim 100 wickets. </li>
<li>Roy Dias is the fastest Sri Lankan to reach 1,000 runs. </li>
<li>Bandula Warnapura was the appointed the first ever Sri Lankan Test captain.</li>
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 <img title="Bandula" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/feb/bandula17feb.jpg" alt="Bandula" /> Bandula Warnapura. pic/ Midday archives&nbsp;
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<li>Jayawardene has taken the most dismissals by a Sri Lankan with 156.</li>
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