Bowling averages
Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10 Ct St
FS Ahangama 1985-1985 3 6 133.3 32 348 18 5/52 8/124 19.33 2.60 44.5 1 0 1 0
KN Amalean 1986-1988 2 2 40.4 2 156 7 4/97 4/97 22.28 3.83 34.8 0 0 1 0
AMJG Amerasinghe 1984-1984 2 3 50.0 9 150 3 2/73 2/73 50.00 3.00 100.0 0 0 3 0
MKDI Amerasinghe 2008-2008 1 2 25.0 1 105 1 1/62 1/105 105.00 4.20 150.0 0 0 0 0
SD Anurasiri 1986-1998 18 27 662.1 152 1548 41 4/71 5/149 37.75 2.33 96.9 0 0 4 0
RP Arnold 1997-2004 44 28 222.2 45 598 11 3/76 3/76 54.36 2.68 121.2 0 0 51 0
KIC Asalanka 2021-2022 3 2 4.1 0 16 0 - - - 3.84 - 0 0 1 0
MS Atapattu 1990-2007 90 5 8.0 0 24 1 1/9 1/9 24.00 3.00 48.0 0 0 58 0
HMCM Bandara 1998-2006 8 14 192.0 29 633 16 3/84 5/153 39.56 3.29 72.0 0 0 4 0
MRCN Bandaratilleke 1998-2001 7 14 287.0 83 698 23 5/36 9/83 30.34 2.43 74.8 1 0 0 0
M Bhanuka 2021-2021 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
PVD Chameera 2015-2021 12 21 337.0 28 1321 32 5/47 9/115 41.28 3.91 63.1 1 0 5 0
UDU Chandana 1999-2005 16 29 447.3 64 1535 37 6/179 10/210 41.48 3.43 72.5 3 1 7 0
LD Chandimal 2011-2023 72 - - - - - - - - - - - - 82 10
A Dananjaya 2018-2019 6 12 230.5 33 819 33 6/115 8/44 24.81 3.54 41.9 4 0 1 0
PB Dassanayake 1993-1994 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 5
RG de Alwis 1983-1988 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 2
ALF de Mel 1982-1986 17 27 586.2 92 2180 59 6/109 7/201 36.94 3.71 59.6 3 0 9 0
SI de Saram 1999-2000 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0
DM de Silva 2016-2023 47 69 556.3 65 1879 34 3/25 5/51 55.26 3.37 98.2 0 0 56 0
AM de Silva 1993-1993 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 1
DS de Silva 1982-1984 12 19 505.1 108 1347 37 5/59 9/162 36.40 2.66 81.9 1 0 5 0
EAR de Silva 1985-1991 10 15 388.0 87 1032 8 2/67 2/124 129.00 2.65 291.0 0 0 4 0
GRA de Silva 1982-1982 4 7 160.2 41 385 7 2/38 4/98 55.00 2.40 137.4 0 0 0 0
KSC de Silva 1997-1999 8 14 264.1 42 889 16 5/85 5/158 55.56 3.36 99.0 1 0 5 0
PA de Silva 1984-2002 93 58 432.3 77 1208 29 3/30 3/34 41.65 2.79 89.4 0 0 43 0
PWH de Silva 2020-2021 4 7 112.2 8 403 4 4/171 4/171 100.75 3.58 168.5 0 0 2 0
SKL de Silva 1997-1997 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0
WRS de Silva 2002-2007 3 6 72.0 18 209 11 4/35 4/63 19.00 2.90 39.2 0 0 1 0
HDPK Dharmasena 1993-2004 31 53 1156.3 265 2920 69 6/72 8/183 42.31 2.52 100.5 3 0 14 0
RL Dias 1982-1987 20 1 4.0 0 17 0 - - - 4.25 - 0 0 6 0
N Dickwella 2014-2023 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - 134 27
TM Dilshan 1999-2013 87 76 564.1 83 1711 39 4/10 4/10 43.87 3.03 86.7 0 0 88 0
CI Dunusinghe 1995-1995 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 2
L Embuldeniya 2019-2022 17 28 807.3 141 2611 71 7/137 10/210 36.77 3.23 68.2 5 1 2 0
RMS Eranga 2011-2016 19 35 648.3 125 2138 57 4/49 6/226 37.50 3.29 68.2 0 0 5 0
AM Fernando 2021-2023 9 13 225.5 40 749 27 6/51 10/144 27.74 3.31 50.1 1 1 2 0
N Pradeep 2011-2017 28 53 846.1 130 3003 70 6/132 7/180 42.90 3.54 72.5 1 0 5 0
BOP Fernando 2019-2023 21 3 3.0 0 19 0 - - - 6.33 - 0 0 14 0
CRD Fernando 2000-2012 40 68 1030.1 143 3784 100 5/42 7/95 37.84 3.67 61.8 3 0 10 0
ERNS Fernando 1983-1984 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
KADM Fernando 2003-2003 2 4 21.0 2 107 1 1/29 1/50 107.00 5.09 126.0 0 0 0 0
KHRK Fernando 2002-2002 2 2 39.0 7 108 4 3/63 3/63 27.00 2.76 58.5 0 0 1 0
KNM Fernando 2023-2023 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
MVT Fernando 2016-2022 17 27 444.0 54 1646 43 5/101 8/133 38.27 3.70 61.9 1 0 3 0
TCB Fernando 2001-2002 9 17 211.4 31 792 18 4/27 4/40 44.00 3.74 70.5 0 0 4 0
IS Gallage 1999-1999 1 2 25.0 5 77 0 - - - 3.08 - 0 0 0 0
PLS Gamage 2017-2018 5 9 185.2 39 573 10 2/38 3/67 57.30 3.09 111.2 0 0 0 0
Y Goonasekera 1983-1983 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 0
HM Goonatilleke 1982-1982 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 3
DAS Gunaratne 2016-2017 6 6 26.0 1 114 3 2/28 2/28 38.00 4.38 52.0 0 0 6 0
MD Gunathilaka 2017-2018 8 6 33.0 3 111 1 1/16 1/57 111.00 3.36 198.0 0 0 6 0
DA Gunawardene 1999-2005 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
RPW Guneratne 1983-1983 1 1 17.0 1 84 0 - - - 4.94 - 0 0 0 0
AP Gurusinha 1985-1996 41 39 234.4 47 681 20 2/7 4/68 34.05 2.90 70.4 0 0 33 0
UC Hathurusingha 1991-1999 26 32 327.0 99 789 17 4/66 5/145 46.41 2.41 115.4 0 0 7 0
HMRKB Herath 1999-2018 93 170 4332.1 814 12157 433 9/127 14/184 28.07 2.80 60.0 34 9 24 0
D Hettiarachchi 2001-2001 1 2 27.0 7 41 2 2/36 2/41 20.50 1.51 81.0 0 0 0 0
RSA Jayasekera 1982-1982 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
MDUS Jayasundera 2015-2015 2 2 7.0 0 45 0 - - - 6.42 - 0 0 2 0
NGRP Jayasuriya 2022-2023 5 9 266.2 43 815 33 6/59 12/177 24.69 3.06 48.4 4 1 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 1991-2007 110 140 1364.4 323 3366 98 5/34 9/74 34.34 2.46 83.5 2 0 78 0
DPMD Jayawardene 1997-2014 149 22 98.1 20 310 6 2/32 2/32 51.66 3.15 98.1 0 0 205 0
HAPW Jayawardene 2000-2015 58 - - - - - - - - - - - - 124 32
P Jayawickrama 2021-2022 5 10 220.0 50 642 25 6/92 11/178 25.68 2.91 52.8 2 1 2 0
S Jeganathan 1983-1983 2 1 5.0 2 12 0 - - - 2.40 - 0 0 0 0
VB John 1983-1984 6 9 213.3 53 614 28 5/60 8/159 21.92 2.87 45.7 2 0 2 0
BR Jurangpathy 1985-1986 2 2 25.0 3 93 1 1/69 1/69 93.00 3.72 150.0 0 0 2 0
S Kalavitigoda 2005-2005 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
RS Kalpage 1993-1999 11 16 262.4 49 774 12 2/27 4/167 64.50 2.94 131.3 0 0 10 0
S Randiv 2010-2012 12 21 524.2 70 1613 43 5/82 9/162 37.51 3.07 73.1 1 0 1 0
LWS Kaluperuma 1982-1982 2 3 27.0 4 93 0 - - - 3.44 - 0 0 2 0
SMS Kaluperuma 1984-1988 4 6 40.0 8 124 2 2/17 2/24 62.00 3.10 120.0 0 0 6 0
RS Kaluwitharana 1992-2004 49 - - - - - - - - - - - - 93 26
CK Kapugedera 2006-2009 8 1 2.0 0 9 0 - - - 4.50 - 0 0 6 0
C Karunaratne 2019-2019 1 2 26.0 1 148 1 1/130 1/148 148.00 5.69 156.0 0 0 1 0
FDM Karunaratne 2012-2023 84 14 51.2 5 199 2 1/12 1/12 99.50 3.87 154.0 0 0 56 0
PHT Kaushal 2014-2015 7 14 276.2 22 1105 25 5/42 8/181 44.20 3.99 66.3 2 0 3 0
CKB Kulasekara 2011-2011 1 2 28.0 7 80 1 1/65 1/80 80.00 2.85 168.0 0 0 0 0
KMDN Kulasekara 2005-2014 21 38 594.3 120 1794 48 4/21 8/58 37.37 3.01 74.3 0 0 8 0
CBRLS Kumara 2016-2023 26 42 775.5 107 2995 74 6/122 7/135 40.47 3.86 62.9 1 0 6 0
DSBP Kuruppu 1987-1991 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0
AK Kuruppuarachchi 1986-1987 2 3 45.2 6 149 8 5/44 7/85 18.62 3.28 34.0 1 0 0 0
GF Labrooy 1986-1991 9 15 359.4 58 1194 27 5/133 7/90 44.22 3.31 79.9 1 0 3 0
RAS Lakmal 2010-2022 70 122 2073.5 439 6232 171 5/47 7/80 36.44 3.00 72.7 4 0 22 0
MKGCP Lakshitha 2002-2002 2 4 48.0 10 158 5 2/33 3/81 31.60 3.29 57.6 0 0 1 0
DK Liyanage 1992-2001 9 15 225.5 47 666 17 4/56 5/110 39.17 2.94 79.7 0 0 0 0
KS Lokuarachchi 2003-2004 4 6 99.0 20 295 5 2/47 2/78 59.00 2.97 118.8 0 0 1 0
RS Madugalle 1982-1988 21 5 14.0 2 38 0 - - - 2.71 - 0 0 9 0
MAWR Madurasinghe 1988-1992 3 4 66.0 12 172 3 3/60 3/60 57.33 2.60 132.0 0 0 0 0
RS Mahanama 1986-1998 52 2 6.0 0 30 0 - - - 5.00 - 0 0 56 0
MF Maharoof 2004-2011 22 35 490.0 107 1631 25 4/52 5/122 65.24 3.32 117.6 0 0 7 0
SL Malinga 2004-2010 30 59 868.1 112 3349 101 5/50 9/210 33.15 3.85 51.5 3 0 7 0
AD Mathews 2009-2023 102 84 658.0 159 1784 33 4/44 4/60 54.06 2.71 119.6 0 0 70 0
BAW Mendis 2008-2014 19 31 788.2 118 2434 70 6/99 10/209 34.77 3.08 67.5 4 1 2 0
BKG Mendis 2015-2023 56 9 22.0 1 118 1 1/10 1/18 118.00 5.36 132.0 0 0 80 0
LRD Mendis 1982-1988 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 0
PHKD Mendis 2022-2022 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
RTM Mendis 2021-2022 10 19 440.1 60 1306 46 6/70 11/136 28.39 2.96 57.4 3 1 2 0
J Mubarak 2002-2015 13 6 17.1 2 66 0 - - - 3.84 - 0 0 15 0
M Muralidaran 1992-2010 132 228 7285.5 1786 18023 795 9/51 16/220 22.67 2.47 54.9 67 22 70 0
MN Nawaz 2002-2002 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
P Nissanka 2021-2022 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0
RAP Nissanka 2003-2003 4 7 97.5 21 366 10 5/64 5/128 36.60 3.74 58.7 1 0 0 0
NT Paranavitana 2009-2012 32 6 17.0 0 86 1 1/26 1/26 86.00 5.05 102.0 0 0 27 0
ASA Perera 1998-2001 3 5 68.0 12 180 1 1/104 1/126 180.00 2.64 408.0 0 0 1 0
MDK Perera 2014-2021 43 78 1800.5 239 5780 161 6/32 10/78 35.90 3.20 67.1 8 2 19 0
MDKJ Perera 2015-2021 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 8
NLTC Perera 2011-2012 6 8 159.0 20 653 11 4/63 4/151 59.36 4.10 86.7 0 0 1 0
PDRL Perera 1999-2002 8 14 188.2 31 661 17 3/40 5/138 38.88 3.50 66.4 0 0 2 0
KTGD Prasad 2008-2015 25 44 721.1 96 2698 75 5/50 8/169 35.97 3.74 57.6 1 0 6 0
S Prasanna 2011-2011 1 1 23.0 3 80 0 - - - 3.47 - 0 0 0 0
KR Pushpakumara 1994-2001 23 38 632.0 98 2242 58 7/116 7/116 38.65 3.54 65.3 4 0 10 0
PM Pushpakumara 2017-2018 4 6 143.2 14 520 14 3/28 5/92 37.14 3.62 61.4 0 0 2 0
CAK Rajitha 2018-2023 15 25 430.2 92 1379 44 5/64 7/104 31.34 3.20 58.6 1 0 7 0
CPH Ramanayake 1988-1993 18 29 609.0 109 1880 44 5/82 8/157 42.72 3.08 83.0 1 0 6 0
AN Ranasinghe 1982-1982 2 3 19.0 1 69 1 1/23 1/40 69.00 3.63 114.0 0 0 0 0
A Ranatunga 1982-2000 93 56 395.3 114 1040 16 2/17 2/20 65.00 2.62 148.3 0 0 47 0
D Ranatunga 1989-1989 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
S Ranatunga 1994-1997 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
RJ Ratnayake 1983-1992 23 35 826.5 136 2563 73 6/66 9/125 35.10 3.09 67.9 5 0 9 0
JR Ratnayeke 1982-1989 22 31 638.5 118 1972 56 8/83 8/108 35.21 3.08 68.4 4 0 1 0
MAR Samarasekera 1988-1991 4 2 32.0 5 104 3 2/38 3/104 34.66 3.25 64.0 0 0 3 0
DP Samaraweera 1993-1995 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 0
TT Samaraweera 2001-2013 81 35 221.1 36 689 15 4/49 6/67 45.93 3.11 88.4 0 0 45 0
S Samarawickrama 2017-2017 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 0
PADLR Sandakan 2016-2018 11 20 343.5 37 1276 37 5/95 7/107 34.48 3.71 55.7 2 0 6 0
KC Sangakkara 2000-2015 134 4 14.0 0 49 0 - - - 3.50 - 0 0 182 20
CP Senanayake 1991-1991 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
SMSM Senanayake 2013-2014 1 2 23.0 2 96 0 - - - 4.17 - 0 0 1 0
MD Shanaka 2016-2021 6 8 127.0 19 431 13 3/46 5/112 33.15 3.39 58.6 0 0 4 0
ARS Silva 2017-2019 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
JK Silva 2011-2018 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - 34 1
KJ Silva 1995-1998 7 11 255.3 72 647 20 4/16 7/35 32.35 2.53 76.6 0 0 1 0
LPC Silva 2006-2008 11 3 17.0 2 65 1 1/57 1/57 65.00 3.82 102.0 0 0 7 0
SAR Silva 1983-1988 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 1
TAM Siriwardana 2015-2016 5 9 68.5 6 257 11 3/25 5/51 23.36 3.73 37.5 0 0 3 0
WU Tharanga 2005-2017 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 0
M Theekshana 2022-2022 2 4 60.5 10 188 5 2/28 3/76 37.60 3.09 73.0 0 0 1 0
HDRL Thirimanne 2011-2022 44 5 14.0 1 51 0 - - - 3.64 - 0 0 36 0
T Thushara 2003-2010 10 18 278.0 35 1040 28 5/83 6/118 37.14 3.74 59.5 1 0 3 0
HP Tillakaratne 1989-2004 83 10 12.4 4 25 0 - - - 1.97 - 0 0 122 2
ML Udawatte 2018-2018 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
KEA Upashantha 1999-2002 2 3 51.0 5 200 4 2/41 3/135 50.00 3.92 76.5 0 0 0 0
WPUJC Vaas 1994-2009 111 194 3906.2 895 10501 355 7/71 14/191 29.58 2.68 66.0 12 2 31 0
JDF Vandersay 2022-2022 1 1 10.0 0 68 2 2/68 2/68 34.00 6.80 30.0 0 0 1 0
MG Vandort 2001-2008 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 0
KDK Vithanage 2013-2015 10 5 29.0 1 133 1 1/73 1/73 133.00 4.58 174.0 0 0 10 0
B Warnapura 1982-1982 4 4 15.0 4 46 0 - - - 3.06 - 0 0 2 0
SM Warnapura 2007-2009 14 1 9.0 0 40 0 - - - 4.44 - 0 0 14 0
KPJ Warnaweera 1986-1994 10 15 388.5 90 1021 32 4/25 8/188 31.90 2.62 72.9 0 0 0 0
CDUS Weerasinghe 1985-1985 1 2 19.0 8 36 0 - - - 1.89 - 0 0 0 0
UWMBCA Welegedara 2007-2014 21 35 633.1 114 2273 55 5/52 6/106 41.32 3.58 69.0 2 0 5 0
DN Wellalage 2022-2022 1 2 13.0 1 35 0 - - - 2.69 - 0 0 2 0
MD Wettimuny 1983-1983 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0
S Wettimuny 1982-1987 23 2 4.0 0 37 0 - - - 9.25 - 0 0 10 0
GP Wickramasinghe 1991-2001 40 63 1210.0 248 3559 85 6/60 6/80 41.87 2.94 85.4 3 0 18 0
AGD Wickremasinghe 1989-1992 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 1
KIW Wijegunawardene 1991-1992 2 4 60.4 16 147 7 4/51 7/98 21.00 2.42 52.0 0 0 0 0
G Wijekoon 2005-2005 2 3 19.0 4 66 2 2/49 2/49 33.00 3.47 57.0 0 0 0 0
RGCE Wijesuriya 1982-1985 4 5 97.4 23 294 1 1/68 1/77 294.00 3.01 586.0 0 0 1 0
PK Wijetunge 1993-1993 1 2 52.0 5 118 2 1/58 2/118 59.00 2.26 156.0 0 0 0 0
DNT Zoysa 1997-2004 30 51 737.0 160 2157 64 5/20 8/73 33.70 2.92 69.0 1 0 4 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test, Mar 17-20, 2023 [Test # 2500]
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 1st Test, Mar 9-13, 2023 [Test # 2498]
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 24-28, 2022 [Test # 2473]