Bowling in Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1996/97
| Averages in TEST : | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | By : | Team |
| Averages in Two Day : | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | By : | Team |
| Sr. No | Name | Age | Skill | Team | Mats | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wl | 5wl | S. Rate | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waqar Younis | 52 years | RAFM | Pakistanis | 1 | 69 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3-30 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 2.61 |
| 2 | Upul Chandana | 52 years | RALB | Sri Lanka Board XI | 1 | 66 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0-31 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | 2.82 |
| 3 | Shahid Nazir | 46 years | RAFM | 3 | 72 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 2-40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 3.33 | |
| 4 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 47 years | RAOB | Pakistanis | 3 | 186 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 5-89 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | 2.71 |
| 5 | Sanjeeva Ranatunga | 55 years | RAOB | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 6 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 55 years | SLAO | 2 | 0-15 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 7 | Saleem Malik | 61 years | RALB | 3 | 84 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 2-62 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 42.00 | 4.43 | |
| 8 | Saleem Elahi | 47 years | RAOB | 3 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 9 | Sajeewa de Silva | 53 years | LAFM | 1 | 5-85 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 10 | Ruwan Kalpage | 54 years | RAOB | 3 | 102 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0-42 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | 4.65 | |
| 11 | Russel Arnold | 51 years | RAOB | 3 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3-7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 1.00 | |
| 12 | Romesh Kaluwitharana | 54 years | 2 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||||
| 13 | Ravindra Pushpakumara | 49 years | RAFM | Sri Lanka Board XI | 1 | 78 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 2-56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 | 4.31 |
| 14 | Ramiz Raja | 62 years | RALB | 3 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 15 | Pubudu Dassanayake | 54 years | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||||
| 16 | Nuwan Zoysa | 46 years | LAFM | 1 | 0-55 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 17 | Naveed Nawaz | 51 years | RALB | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 18 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 52 years | RAOB | 1 | 6-98 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 19 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 54 years | RALB | 3 | 3-94 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 20 | Moin Khan | 53 years | RAOB | 3 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- |
