| 87.87 (29/33) | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 79.31 (46/58) | GP Thorpe | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 65.30 (32/49) | GP Thorpe | England v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 64.89 (61/94) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 61.21 (101/165) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 61.01 (36/59) | TM Dilshan | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 53.19 (25/47) | C White | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 51.63 (95/184) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 48.38 (45/93) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 46.71 (71/152) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 46.40 (58/125) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 43.62 (106/243) | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 43.37 (36/83) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 42.74 (109/255) | N Hussain | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 42.32 (113/267) | GP Thorpe | England v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 42.30 (33/78) | RDB Croft | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 40.90 (45/110) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 39.39 (65/165) | RP Arnold | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 38.56 (59/153) | GP Thorpe | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 37.50 (201/536) | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 35.05 (122/348) | ME Trescothick | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 34.51 (39/113) | C White | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 33.96 (54/159) | AJ Stewart | England v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 33.72 (57/169) | ME Trescothick | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 29.83 (54/181) | HDPK Dharmasena | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, 07/03/2001 [1532] |
| 28.33 (34/120) | AJ Stewart | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 27.94 (38/136) | PA de Silva | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
| 25.78 (33/128) | MA Atherton | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 21.67 (44/203) | MA Atherton | England v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 22/02/2001 [1530] |
| 19.40 (26/134) | MP Vaughan | England v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 15/03/2001 [1537] |
