| 
Date | 
Test | 
Venue | 
Opp. | 
1st Inns | 
2nd Inns | 
Batting | 
Ct | 
Result | 
 | 
07/03/97 | 
1 | 
Dunedin | 
NZ | 
40-6-112-1 | 
dnb | 
0 & 16* | 
1 | 
Lost | 
 | 
14/03/97 | 
2 | 
Hamilton | 
NZ | 
18-3-47-3 | 
22.4-7-53-3 | 
14 & 13 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
19/04/97 | 
1 | 
Colombo | 
Pak | 
10-0-55-0 | 
dnb | 
0 & dnb | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 | 
27/03/98 | 
2 | 
Centurion | 
SA | 
12-2-29-1 | 
2-0-11-0 | 
0 & 14 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
09/09/99 | 
1 | 
Kandy | 
Aus | 
13-2-38-3 | 
10-3-28-0 | 
7 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
22/09/99 | 
2 | 
Galle | 
Aus | 
6-1-9-0 | 
dnb | 
1 & dnb | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 | 
30/09/99 | 
3 | 
Colombo | 
Aus | 
10-4-23-0 | 
dnb | 
dnb & dnb | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 | 
26/11/99 | 
2 | 
Harare | 
Zim | 
13-4-22-3 | 
11-2-24-1 | 
5 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
26/02/00 | 
1 | 
Rawalpindi | 
Pak | 
13-2-37-0 | 
26-8-64-3 | 
26 & 13 | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
14/06/00 | 
1 | 
Colombo | 
Pak | 
19-4-30-2 | 
13-1-38-2 | 
17 & 13 | 
1 | 
Lost | 
 | 
28/06/00 | 
3 | 
Kandy | 
Pak | 
dnb | 
dnb | 
dnb & dnb | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 | 
20/07/00 | 
1 | 
Galle | 
SA | 
4-1-12-0 | 
5-2-11-0 | 
10 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
30/07/00 | 
2 | 
Kandy | 
SA | 
6-2-16-1 | 
5-0-17-1 | 
3 & 2* | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
26/12/00 | 
1 | 
Durban | 
SA | 
20-3-62-0 | 
5-0-21-0 | 
3 & dnb | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 | 
02/01/01 | 
2 | 
Cape Town | 
SA | 
26-6-80-0 | 
dnb | 
10 & 0 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
20/01/01 | 
3 | 
Centurion | 
SA | 
22-8-76-4 | 
dnb | 
1 & 2 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
07/03/01 | 
2 | 
Kandy | 
Eng | 
10-2-35-0 | 
2-0-16-0 | 
0 & 0 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
21/11/01 | 
2 | 
Kandy | 
WI | 
13-3-34-2 | 
8-4-13-0 | 
23 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
29/11/01 | 
3 | 
Colombo | 
WI | 
20-4-55-1 | 
11-1-45-1 | 
10 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
27/12/01 | 
1 | 
Colombo | 
Zim | 
14-6-24-2 | 
15-4-34-2 | 
dnb & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
04/01/02 | 
2 | 
Kandy | 
Zim | 
15-2-44-0 | 
10-1-30-0 | 
4 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
06/03/02 | 
1 | 
Lahore | 
Pak | 
9-2-29-0 | 
21-3-54-2 | 
0 & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
16/05/02 | 
1 | 
Lord's | 
Eng | 
19-3-82-2 | 
34-6-84-1 | 
28 & dnb | 
1 | 
Draw | 
 | 
30/05/02 | 
2 | 
Birmingham | 
Eng | 
24-3-93-3 | 
dnb | 
0 & 1* | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
16/03/04 | 
2 | 
Kandy | 
Aus | 
16-3-54-4 | 
33-11-102-2 | 
4 & 0 | 
1 | 
Lost | 
 | 
24/03/04 | 
3 | 
Colombo | 
Aus | 
3.3-1-23-0 | 
12-0-54-0 | 
3 & 1 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
06/05/04 | 
1 | 
Harare | 
Zim | 
17-6-53-3 | 
9.5-2-20-5 | 
28* & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
14/05/04 | 
2 | 
Bulawayo | 
Zim | 
14-0-50-1 | 
13-4-27-2 | 
dnb & dnb | 
0 | 
Won | 
 | 
01/07/04 | 
1 | 
Darwin | 
Aus | 
13-4-24-0 | 
16-3-57-1 | 
12 & 1 | 
0 | 
Lost | 
 | 
09/07/04 | 
2 | 
Cairns | 
Aus | 
19-5-72-0 | 
14-6-34-2 | 
0* & 3* | 
0 | 
Draw | 
 
Summary of all matches
| M | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | W | BB | Ave | 5w | Ct | 
| 30 | 288 | 28* | 8.47 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5-20 | 33.70 | 1 | 4 | 
 
(Nuwan is pictured above during the 1st Test against England at Lord's in May 2002.)