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Chanaka Welegedara stats

Data through 14 August 2014Last updated 14 August 2014

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 18 December 2007 to 14 August 2014. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Chanaka Welegedara played 21 Tests, 10 ODIs, 2 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2007 and 2014. With the ball, the best return was 55 wickets in Tests at an average of 41.33 and an economy rate of 3.59.

International matches

Tests 21 · ODIs 10 · T20Is 2

International wickets

3 five-wicket hauls

Best bowling

5/52

Test

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2007–2014 · 33

BattingBowling

Chanaka Welegedara batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Test	21	30	6	218	48	9.08	423	51.5	4	30	4
ODI	10	3	2	4	2*	4.00	9	44.4	0	0	0
T20I	2	1	1	2	2*	–	3	66.7	0	0	0

Runs per year

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Chanaka Welegedara: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2007	0
2009	22
2010	11
2011	118
2012	46
2014	27

Year-by-year batting (8 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2009	ODI	2	3	–	60.0	2
2009	Test	4	19	6.33	45.2	8
2010	ODI	1	1	1.00	25.0	1
2010	T20I	1	2	–	66.7	2
2010	Test	2	8	8.00	100.0	4
2011	Test	15	118	8.43	48.0	48
2012	Test	7	46	9.20	48.4	19
2014	Test	2	27	27.00	84.4	27

Chanaka Welegedara bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	35	3,799	2,273	55	5/52	6/106	41.33	3.59	69.1	4	2	114
ODI	9	457	433	15	5/66	–	28.87	5.68	30.5	1	1	5
T20I	2	36	61	1	1/21	–	61.00	10.17	36.0	0	0	0

Wickets per year

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Chanaka Welegedara: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2007	4
2009	11
2010	13
2011	34
2012	8
2014	1

Year-by-year bowling (9 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2007	Test	2	4	19.00	3.45	2/17
2009	ODI	3	5	30.20	5.59	2/35
2009	Test	4	6	66.17	4.01	4/87
2010	ODI	6	10	28.20	5.74	5/66
2010	T20I	2	1	61.00	10.17	1/21
2010	Test	4	2	117.00	5.26	1/43
2011	Test	17	34	30.26	3.17	5/52
2012	Test	6	8	56.25	3.89	3/89
2014	Test	2	1	87.00	3.22	1/22

Chanaka Welegedara against each team

vs India vs Australia vs Pakistan vs England

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Pakistan	Test	7	98	16.33	48.5	48
England	Test	4	45	11.25	42.9	19
South Africa	Test	6	40	8.00	137.9	14
India	Test	6	27	6.75	54.0	8
Australia	Test	7	8	1.60	21.6	4
India	ODI	3	4	4.00	44.4	2

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	8	14	40.57	3.75	3/75
Pakistan	Test	8	12	30.17	2.64	5/87
England	Test	7	12	35.33	3.93	4/122
South Africa	Test	4	9	32.00	3.11	5/52
India	Test	8	8	78.88	4.40	4/87
India	ODI	7	13	27.92	6.03	5/66

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2	52	26.00	48
Galle International Stadium	4	37	12.33	19
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	3	28	14.00	27
Zayed Cricket Stadium	2	19	9.50	11
Newlands	2	14	14.00	14
SuperSport Park	2	14	7.00	10
Kingsmead	2	12	6.00	10
Green Park	2	11	5.50	7
Brabourne Stadium	2	8	8.00	8
P Sara Oval	2	8	8.00	4

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Galle International Stadium	8	10	34.80	3.95
Shere Bangla National Stadium	4	8	26.12	6.21
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2	6	17.67	2.39
Bellerive Oval	2	6	36.50	4.56
Kingsmead	2	5	17.00	2.60
Narendra Modi Stadium	2	5	32.60	3.79
Lord's	2	5	34.40	4.53
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	4	5	50.00	3.47
Zayed Cricket Stadium	2	3	29.67	2.54
SuperSport Park	1	3	32.00	3.10

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	18	0	11.00
T20	Middle	–	–	–	–	6	0	2.00
T20	Death	2	3	66.7	0	12	1	13.00
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	234	7	6.08
ODI	Middle	–	–	–	–	166	4	4.63
ODI	Death	4	9	44.4	1	57	4	7.16

How Chanaka Welegedara was dismissed

Caught11 (44%)
Bowled4 (16%)
Lbw3 (12%)
Caught and bowled3 (12%)
Run out2 (8%)
Stumped2 (8%)

How Chanaka Welegedara took wickets

Caught45
Bowled17
Lbw9

Last 20 innings

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Chanaka Welegedara: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
8 Sep 2011	2
16 Sep 2011	1
18 Oct 2011	11
18 Oct 2011	8
26 Oct 2011	48
26 Oct 2011	4
3 Nov 2011	0
15 Dec 2011	4
15 Dec 2011	10
26 Dec 2011	2
26 Dec 2011	10
3 Jan 2012	0
3 Jan 2012	14
26 Mar 2012	19
26 Mar 2012	13
14 Dec 2012	0
14 Dec 2012	0
26 Dec 2012	0
14 Aug 2014	27
14 Aug 2014	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
14 Aug 2014	Test	Pakistan	0	2	run out	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
14 Aug 2014	Test	Pakistan	27*	30	not out	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
26 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	0	2	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	0*	4	not out	Bellerive Oval
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	0	3	caught	Bellerive Oval
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	13	53	caught	Galle International Stadium
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	19	26	bowled	Galle International Stadium
3 Jan 2012	Test	South Africa	14	6	bowled	Newlands
3 Jan 2012	Test	South Africa	0*	1	not out	Newlands
26 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	10	7	caught	Kingsmead
26 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	2	4	caught	Kingsmead
15 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	10	8	caught and bowled	SuperSport Park
15 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	4	3	bowled	SuperSport Park
3 Nov 2011	Test	Pakistan	0	3	bowled	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	4	4	lbw	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	48	127	stumped	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
18 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	8	11	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
18 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	11	25	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
16 Sep 2011	Test	Australia	1	8	run out	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
8 Sep 2011	Test	Australia	2	8	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
14 Aug 2014	Test	Pakistan	1/22	9	4	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
14 Aug 2014	Test	Pakistan	0/65	18	2	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
26 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	0/38	14.4	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	3/89	22	3	Bellerive Oval
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	3/130	26	1	Bellerive Oval
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	0/40	13	2	Galle International Stadium
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	1/46	11	2	Galle International Stadium
3 Jan 2012	Test	South Africa	1/107	29	7	Newlands
26 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	0/33	16	5	Kingsmead
26 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	5/52	16.4	3	Kingsmead
15 Dec 2011	Test	South Africa	3/96	31	4	SuperSport Park
3 Nov 2011	Test	Pakistan	1/19	9	3	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
3 Nov 2011	Test	Pakistan	5/87	35.2	10	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	0/1	2	1	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	2/79	29	7	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
18 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	1/9	5	2	Zayed Cricket Stadium
18 Oct 2011	Test	Pakistan	2/80	30	5	Zayed Cricket Stadium
16 Sep 2011	Test	Australia	1/88	24	3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
16 Sep 2011	Test	Australia	3/75	21	6	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
8 Sep 2011	Test	Australia	1/74	23	3	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Chanaka Welegedara taken in Tests?

55 wickets in 35 innings at an average of 41.33, economy 3.59, best figures 5/52.

How many wickets has Chanaka Welegedara taken in ODIs?

15 wickets in 9 innings at an average of 28.87, economy 5.68, best figures 5/66.

How many runs has Chanaka Welegedara scored in Tests?

218 runs in 30 innings (21 matches) at an average of 9.08 and a strike rate of 51.5, in the data from 2007 to 2014.

How many runs has Chanaka Welegedara scored in ODIs?

4 runs in 3 innings (10 matches) at an average of 4.00 and a strike rate of 44.4, in the data from 2009 to 2010.

How many runs has Chanaka Welegedara scored in T20Is?

2 runs in 1 innings (2 matches) at an average of – and a strike rate of 66.7, in the data from 2010 to 2010.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.