Home
Players
Thilan Samaraweera

Sri Lanka · Men's cricket

Thilan Samaraweera stats

Data through 3 January 2013Last updated 3 January 2013

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 18 December 2003 to 3 January 2013. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Thilan Samaraweera played 52 Tests, 37 ODIs for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2003 and 2013. In Tests Thilan Samaraweera scored 3,890 runs in 89 innings (average 51.18, strike rate 48.8), including 11 hundreds and 19 fifties. Against South Africa in Tests, Thilan Samaraweera averaged 67.80 over 6 innings.

International matches

Tests 52 · ODIs 37

International runs

4,559

13 hundreds

Best batting average (Test)

51.18

89 innings

Highest score

231

Test

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2003–2013 · 89

BattingBowling

Thilan Samaraweera batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	52	89	13	3,890	231	51.18	7,978	48.8	11	19	8	469	6
ODI	37	30	10	669	105*	33.45	890	75.2	2	0	3	62	0

Runs per year

Show as table

Thilan Samaraweera: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2003	142
2004	51
2005	318
2006	164
2007	33
2008	430
2009	1,487
2010	753
2011	615
2012	554
2013	12

Year-by-year batting (15 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2003	Test	1	142	142.00	34.8	142	1	0
2004	Test	2	51	51.00	32.5	36	0	0
2005	ODI	1	6	6.00	24.0	6	0	0
2005	Test	6	312	52.00	48.8	138	1	2
2006	Test	8	164	20.50	39.1	65	0	2
2007	Test	2	33	16.50	35.5	20	0	0
2008	Test	8	430	71.67	55.8	127	2	2
2009	ODI	11	253	28.11	73.8	104	1	0
2009	Test	20	1234	72.59	58.3	231	4	4
2010	ODI	10	296	49.33	80.9	105	1	0
2010	Test	8	457	114.25	51.6	137	1	4
2011	ODI	8	114	28.50	73.1	34	0	0
2011	Test	14	501	41.75	46.8	102	1	2
2012	Test	18	554	32.59	39.9	115	1	3
2013	Test	2	12	6.00	40.0	12	0	0

Thilan Samaraweera bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	5	66	29	1	1/7	1/7	29.00	2.64	66.0	0	0	1
ODI	3	30	33	1	1/4	–	33.00	6.60	30.0	0	0	0

Wickets per year

Show as table

Thilan Samaraweera: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2003	0
2004	0
2005	0
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	2
2012	0
2013	0

Year-by-year bowling (6 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2003	Test	1	0	–	2.75	0/11
2007	Test	1	0	–	8.00	0/8
2010	ODI	2	0	–	9.67	0/12
2011	ODI	1	1	4.00	2.00	1/4
2011	Test	2	1	8.00	1.60	1/7
2012	Test	1	0	–	2.00	0/2

Thilan Samaraweera against each team

vs India vs Pakistan vs England vs Australia vs New Zealand

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Pakistan	Test	16	813	58.07	55.0	231	2	3
India	Test	16	706	64.18	50.9	137	2	5
New Zealand	Test	9	537	59.67	53.3	159	2	2
England	Test	15	518	39.85	40.4	142	1	3
Bangladesh	Test	6	390	65.00	48.5	138	1	3
South Africa	Test	6	339	67.80	46.4	115	2	0
West Indies	Test	7	338	67.60	57.9	125	1	3
Australia	Test	14	249	19.15	35.2	49	0	0
India	ODI	11	228	28.50	78.6	105	1	0
New Zealand	ODI	5	185	61.67	81.9	104	1	0
Pakistan	ODI	6	68	13.60	55.7	38	0	0

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	10	606	75.75	143
P Sara Oval	9	569	81.29	138
Galle International Stadium	18	567	37.80	159
R Premadasa Stadium	7	322	64.40	104
National Stadium, Karachi	2	255	255.00	231
Gaddafi Stadium	1	214	214.00	214
Shere Bangla National Stadium	4	173	86.50	105
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	5	151	37.75	73
Kingsmead	2	145	72.50	102
Queen's Park Oval	2	131	65.50	125

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	1	1	4.00	2.00
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2	1	9.00	1.80

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
ODI	Powerplay	46	88	52.3	1	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	414	617	67.1	14	24	1	4.00
ODI	Death	209	185	113.0	5	6	0	17.00

How Thilan Samaraweera was dismissed

Caught50 (52%)
Lbw16 (17%)
Bowled13 (14%)
Run out10 (10%)
Stumped6 (6%)
Caught and bowled1 (1%)

How Thilan Samaraweera took wickets

Caught1
Stumped1

Last 20 innings

Show as table

Thilan Samaraweera: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
3 Jan 2012	11
3 Jan 2012	115
26 Mar 2012	20
26 Mar 2012	36
3 Apr 2012	54
3 Apr 2012	47
22 Jun 2012	6
22 Jun 2012	15
30 Jun 2012	0
8 Jul 2012	73
8 Jul 2012	10
17 Nov 2012	17
25 Nov 2012	76
25 Nov 2012	7
14 Dec 2012	7
14 Dec 2012	49
26 Dec 2012	10
26 Dec 2012	1
3 Jan 2013	12
3 Jan 2013	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
3 Jan 2013	Test	Australia	0	3	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2013	Test	Australia	12	27	lbw	Sydney Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	1	8	lbw	Melbourne Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	10	38	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	49	140	lbw	Bellerive Oval
14 Dec 2012	Test	Australia	7	20	caught	Bellerive Oval
25 Nov 2012	Test	New Zealand	7	37	run out	P Sara Oval
25 Nov 2012	Test	New Zealand	76	167	caught	P Sara Oval
17 Nov 2012	Test	New Zealand	17	29	lbw	Galle International Stadium
8 Jul 2012	Test	Pakistan	10	20	bowled	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
8 Jul 2012	Test	Pakistan	73	160	lbw	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
30 Jun 2012	Test	Pakistan	0	18	lbw	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
22 Jun 2012	Test	Pakistan	15	26	caught	Galle International Stadium
22 Jun 2012	Test	Pakistan	6	27	stumped	Galle International Stadium
3 Apr 2012	Test	England	47	139	bowled	P Sara Oval
3 Apr 2012	Test	England	54	129	lbw	P Sara Oval
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	36	74	stumped	Galle International Stadium
26 Mar 2012	Test	England	20	82	run out	Galle International Stadium
3 Jan 2012	Test	South Africa	115*	215	not out	Newlands
3 Jan 2012	Test	South Africa	11	61	caught	Newlands

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Thilan Samaraweera faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Thilan Samaraweera scored in Tests?

3,890 runs in 89 innings (52 matches) at an average of 51.18 and a strike rate of 48.8, in the data from 2003 to 2013.

How many runs has Thilan Samaraweera scored in ODIs?

669 runs in 30 innings (37 matches) at an average of 33.45 and a strike rate of 75.2, in the data from 2005 to 2011.

What is Thilan Samaraweera's highest score?

231 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Thilan Samaraweera scored?

13 hundreds in the data: 11 in Tests, 2 in ODIs.

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