PLAYER CAREER

Arjuna Ranatunga

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Sri Lanka1982–2000

362Internationals

12,561Career runs

8Centuries

95Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 93
Innings: 155
Runs: 5,105
Average: 35.69
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 135*
Not outs: 12
100s: 4
50s: 38
Ducks: 12
4s: —
6s: 40
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 93
Innings: 56
Balls: 2,373
Maidens: 114
Runs conceded: 1,040
Wickets: 16
Average: 65.00
Economy: 2.62
Strike rate: 148.31
Best innings: 2/17
Best match: 2/20
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 93
Innings: 148
Catches: 47
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 47
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 47
Dismissals / inns: 0.317
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 269
Innings: 255
Runs: 7,456
Average: 35.84
Strike rate: 77.90
Highest score: 131*
Not outs: 47
100s: 4
50s: 49
Ducks: 18
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 9,571

Bowling

Matches: 269
Innings: 135
Balls: 4,710
Maidens: 21
Runs conceded: 3,757
Wickets: 79
Average: 47.55
Economy: 4.78
Strike rate: 59.62
Best innings: 4/14
Best match: 4/14
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 269
Innings: 268
Catches: 63
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 63
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 63
Dismissals / inns: 0.235
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

361 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2000-08-06	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2000-07-30	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	South Africa won by 7 runs
2000-07-20	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by inns & 15 runs
2000-06-28	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2000-06-21	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 163 runs
2000-06-14	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
2000-02-26	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
1999-09-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1999-09-22	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1999-09-09	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
1999-05-26	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 157 runs
1999-05-22	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets

Sri Lanka

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 19 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2000	7	12	410	88	41.00	50.12	0	4	57	1	818	2	0	N/A	6.50	N/A
1999	4	5	100	66	33.33	57.14	0	1	10	1	175	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	8	13	515	87	42.91	46.27	0	5	66	4	1,113	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	11	19	528	86	29.33	45.36	0	4	61	4	1,164	6	2	42.50	2.56	99.50
1996	2	2	81	75	40.50	57.44	0	1	7	0	141	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	7	14	510	90	39.23	51.25	0	5	62	3	995	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	8	14	348	62	26.76	52.17	0	1	42	5	667	5	0	N/A	2.34	N/A
1993	8	13	511	131	42.58	57.48	1	3	65	5	889	5	0	N/A	2.00	N/A
1992	6	8	278	127	34.75	52.65	1	1	30	3	528	4	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
1991	5	7	160	55	26.66	37.91	0	1	17	1	422	4	3	39.00	2.84	82.33
1990	1	2	43	42	21.50	—	0	0	—	0	—	1	0	N/A	0.80	N/A
1989	2	3	84	38	28.00	40.57	0	0	6	0	207	2	0	N/A	3.89	N/A
1988	2	4	183	78	45.75	43.05	0	2	22	0	425	3	2	19.00	1.67	68.00
1987	2	3	47	30	15.66	—	0	0	—	1	—	2	0	N/A	1.77	N/A
1986	5	8	432	135	61.71	—	1	4	—	6	—	5	2	80.00	3.36	142.50
1985	6	10	354	111	39.33	—	1	1	—	2	—	9	2	97.50	2.74	213.00
1984	4	8	255	84	31.87	51.30	0	3	31	2	497	6	4	22.25	1.71	78.00
1983	1	2	122	90	61.00	66.30	0	1	18	1	184	1	1	72.00	3.78	114.00
1982	4	8	144	54	18.00	—	0	1	—	1	—	1	0	N/A	12.00	N/A

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 18 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1999	18	18	370	76	21.76	68.77	0	1	27	1	538	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	22	22	796	102	44.22	75.37	1	6	59	8	1,056	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	25	25	815	131	42.89	78.44	1	7	75	8	1,039	3	0	N/A	5.27	N/A
1996	22	21	507	52	29.82	73.37	0	1	42	3	691	7	2	61.00	6.10	60.00
1995	17	16	452	102	32.28	81.00	1	2	26	3	558	8	4	36.50	3.74	58.50
1994	21	21	840	101	49.41	86.24	1	6	59	3	974	9	3	83.33	4.23	118.00
1993	22	22	572	83	30.10	79.66	0	4	31	8	718	12	6	47.00	5.03	56.00
1992	12	11	360	88	45.00	80.71	0	2	30	4	446	8	3	57.66	5.08	68.00
1991	4	4	152	50	38.00	72.72	0	1	10	0	209	4	3	38.66	4.46	52.00
1990	15	15	565	85	56.50	80.36	0	5	—	—	703	12	1	358.00	4.53	474.00
1989	10	10	237	71	26.33	61.24	0	2	—	—	387	9	7	40.71	4.59	53.14
1988	15	15	340	67	24.28	74.07	0	1	—	—	459	14	9	55.22	4.87	68.00
1987	9	9	342	86	48.85	78.08	0	3	—	—	438	6	4	53.25	5.75	55.50
1986	11	11	324	74	36.00	76.95	0	2	—	—	421	10	11	20.00	3.85	31.09
1985	13	13	283	64	28.30	88.43	0	2	—	—	320	12	5	58.40	5.59	62.60
1984	7	7	138	50	23.00	66.34	0	1	7	2	208	6	12	17.66	4.18	25.33
1983	10	8	145	55	20.71	80.55	0	1	14	2	180	10	5	77.60	5.23	89.00
1982	4	4	68	42	34.00	78.16	0	0	—	0	87	3	1	104.00	5.77	108.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1982-02-14
First available scorecard
ODI v England · Colombo (SSC)
1985-08-30
First century in this archive · 111 runs
Test v India · Colombo (SSC)
1986-03-22
Highest recorded innings · 135* runs
Test v Pakistan · Colombo (PSS)
1986-12-24
Best recorded bowling · 4/14
ODI v India · Kanpur
2000-08-06
Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Colombo (SSC)