First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Malinga Bandara
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1996-97 | (Sri Lanka) | 418 | 9 | 280 | 8 | 3-57 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | (Sri Lanka) | 177 | 1 | 118 | 2 | 1-5 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | (Sri Lanka) | 390 | 9 | 243 | 3 | 3-100 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | (Sri Lanka) | 851 | 23 | 452 | 25 | 7-44 | 18.08 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | (England) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 1999-00 | (Sri Lanka) | 1519 | 49 | 722 | 31 | 6-41 | 23.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | (Sri Lanka) | 1936 | 74 | 926 | 47 | 5-58 | 19.70 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | (Sri Lanka) | 72 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1-16 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | (Sri Lanka) | 779 | 17 | 469 | 11 | 3-32 | 42.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | (Sri Lanka) | 463 | 14 | 236 | 3 | 1-25 | 78.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | (Sri Lanka) | 785 | 25 | 398 | 19 | 4-12 | 20.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | (Sri Lanka) | 1798 | 50 | 868 | 38 | 8-49 | 22.84 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | (England) | 2116 | 69 | 1087 | 45 | 5-45 | 24.15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | (Sri Lanka) | 378 | 12 | 229 | 1 | 1-66 | 229.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | (Bangladesh) | 336 | 7 | 176 | 7 | 2-32 | 25.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | (India) | 672 | 17 | 357 | 11 | 3-84 | 32.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | (England) | 144 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 2-25 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | (Sri Lanka) | 524 | 17 | 266 | 14 | 4-49 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | (West Indies) | 201 | 3 | 120 | 5 | 4-100 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | (Australia) | 156 | 0 | 123 | 3 | 2-89 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | (Sri Lanka) | 1630 | 48 | 778 | 35 | 6-47 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | (South Africa) | 354 | 6 | 187 | 4 | 3-96 | 46.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | (Sri Lanka) | 2149 | 63 | 1048 | 43 | 5-105 | 24.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | (Sri Lanka) | 1880 | 49 | 1029 | 55 | 7-74 | 18.70 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | (England) | 1264 | 31 | 745 | 18 | 4-42 | 41.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | (Sri Lanka) | 1116 | 21 | 753 | 19 | 5-79 | 39.63 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | (Sri Lanka) | 1085 | 25 | 640 | 25 | 7-56 | 25.60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | (Sri Lanka) | 1424 | 27 | 912 | 38 | 7-70 | 24.00 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | (Sri Lanka) | 1089 | 27 | 697 | 31 | 6-57 | 22.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | (Sri Lanka) | 865 | 25 | 553 | 26 | 6-70 | 21.26 | 2 | 0 |