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 | Jayantha Silva | 51 years | SLAO | 2 | 132 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 2-71 | 68.00 | 0 | 0 | 132.00 | 3.09 | |
| 2 | Dulip Liyanage | 52 years | RAFM | Sri Lanka Board XI | 1 | 78 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 1-39 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 78.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 | Saleem Malik | 61 years | RALB | 3 | 84 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 2-62 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 42.00 | 4.43 | |
| 4 | Ravindra Pushpakumara | 49 years | RAFM | Sri Lanka Board XI | 1 | 78 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 2-56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 | 4.31 |
| 5 | Mohammad Zahid | 48 years | RAFM | Pakistanis | 3 | 72 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 3-65 | 21.67 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 5.42 |
| 6 | Shahid Nazir | 46 years | RAFM | Pakistanis | 3 | 72 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 2-40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 3.33 |
| 7 | Waqar Younis | 52 years | RAFM | Pakistanis | 1 | 69 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3-30 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 2.61 |
| 8 | Russel Arnold | 51 years | RAOB | Sri Lanka Board XI | 3 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3-7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Ijaz Ahmed | 56 years | LAMF | 2 | 0-18 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 10 | Dulip Samaraweera | 52 years | RAOB | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 11 | Sanjeeva Ranatunga | 55 years | RAOB | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 12 | Arjuna Ranatunga | 60 years | RAMF | 2 | 0-5 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 13 | Herbert Carpenter | 155 years | RAOB | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 14 | Romesh Kaluwitharana | 54 years | 2 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||||
| 15 | Nuwan Zoysa | 46 years | LAFM | 1 | 0-55 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 16 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 52 years | RAOB | 1 | 6-98 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 17 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 55 years | SLAO | 2 | 0-15 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 18 | Ramiz Raja | 62 years | RALB | 3 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | |||||||
| 19 | Sajeewa de Silva | 53 years | LAFM | 1 | 5-85 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- | ||||||
| 20 | Abdul Razzaq | 44 years | RAMF | 1 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- |
