PLAYER CAREER

Suresh Perera

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1998–2001

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	3	4	4	4	1998-08-27	2001-08-22
ODI	18	13	13	13	1998-06-19	2001-12-11

23Internationals

272Career runs

0Centuries

14Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 4
Runs: 77
Average: 25.66
Strike rate: 52.02
Highest score: 43*
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 12
6s: 1
Balls faced: 148

Bowling

Matches: 3
Innings: 5
Balls: 408
Maidens: 12
Runs conceded: 180
Wickets: 1
Average: 180.00
Economy: 2.64
Strike rate: 408.00
Best innings: 1/104
Best match: 1/126
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 3
Innings: 6
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.166
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 20
Innings: 13
Runs: 195
Average: 17.72
Strike rate: 75.87
Highest score: 56*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: 15
6s: 3
Balls faced: 257

Bowling

Matches: 20
Innings: 18
Balls: 579
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 522
Wickets: 13
Average: 40.15
Economy: 5.40
Strike rate: 44.53
Best innings: 2/25
Best match: 2/25
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 20
Innings: 20
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
Best innings: 2 (2ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2001-12-11	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 49 runs
2001-12-08	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
2001-08-22	India v Sri Lanka	Test	India won by 7 wickets
2001-08-14	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
2001-08-05	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
2001-08-01	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 46 runs
2001-07-31	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
2001-07-28	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
2001-07-25	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
2001-07-22	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 6 runs
2001-07-18	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
1999-10-15	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Match tied

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

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199843 runs
200134 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19981 wickets
20010 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
2001	2	3	34	18	11.33	47.88	0	0	6	0	71	3	0	N/A	3.17	N/A
1998	1	1	43	43	N/A	55.84	0	0	6	1	77	2	1	126.00	2.47	306.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199817 runs
199936 runs
2001142 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19988 wickets
19992 wickets
20013 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	7	7	142	56	23.66	80.68	1	11	2	176	7	3	44.66	5.58	48.00
1999	5	4	36	26	9.00	66.66	0	2	1	54	5	2	78.50	5.81	81.00
1998	6	2	17	17	17.00	62.96	0	2	0	27	6	8	28.87	5.07	34.12

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1998-06-19
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Colombo (RPS)
1998-07-01
Best recorded bowling · 2/25
ODI v India · Colombo (SSC)
2001-07-25
Highest recorded innings · 56* runs
ODI v New Zealand · Colombo (RPS)
2001-12-11
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Colombo (RPS)