CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Nuwan Zoysa
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
NZ
125Internationals
631Career runs
0Centuries
172Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 30
- Innings
- 40
- Runs
- 288
- Average
- 8.47
- Strike rate
- 41.43
- Highest score
- 28*
- Not outs
- 6
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 9
- 4s
- 31
- 6s
- 5
- Balls faced
- 695
Bowling
- Matches
- 30
- Innings
- 51
- Balls
- 4,422
- Maidens
- 160
- Runs conceded
- 2,157
- Wickets
- 64
- Average
- 33.70
- Economy
- 2.92
- Strike rate
- 69.09
- Best innings
- 5/20
- Best match
- 8/73
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 30
- Innings
- 51
- Catches
- 4
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 4
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 4
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.078
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 95
- Innings
- 47
- Runs
- 343
- Average
- 13.19
- Strike rate
- 95.81
- Highest score
- 47*
- Not outs
- 21
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 5
- 4s
- 29
- 6s
- 7
- Balls faced
- 358
Bowling
- Matches
- 95
- Innings
- 93
- Balls
- 4,259
- Maidens
- 61
- Runs conceded
- 3,213
- Wickets
- 108
- Average
- 29.75
- Economy
- 4.52
- Strike rate
- 39.43
- Best innings
- 5/26
- Best match
- 5/26
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 95
- Innings
- 94
- Catches
- 13
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 13
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 13
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.138
- 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
129 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-02-08 | India v Sri Lanka | ODI | No result |
| 2005-11-12 | Sri Lanka v India | ODI | India won by 5 wickets |
| 2005-11-09 | Sri Lanka v India | ODI | India won by 7 wickets |
| 2005-11-06 | India v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets |
| 2005-11-03 | Sri Lanka v India | ODI | India won by 4 wickets |
| 2005-10-28 | Sri Lanka v India | ODI | India won by 8 wickets |
| 2005-08-06 | West Indies v Sri Lanka | ODI | West Indies won by 33 runs |
| 2005-01-02 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ODI | Result not recorded |
| 2004-12-29 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ODI | Result not recorded |
| 2004-10-16 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 119 runs |
| 2004-10-14 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 6 wickets |
| 2004-10-11 | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | ODI | No result |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 28 | 8.66 | 32.29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 161 | 12 | 20 | 28.50 | 3.16 | 54.10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 8.25 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 8 | 52.00 | 3.15 | 99.00 |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 23 | 5.75 | 45.54 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 101 | 10 | 12 | 34.33 | 2.92 | 70.50 |
| 2000 | 5 | 8 | 87 | 26 | 12.42 | 39.01 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 10 | 9 | 34.22 | 2.65 | 77.33 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4.33 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 20.57 | 2.28 | 54.00 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7.00 | 32.55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 | 2.85 | 84.00 |
| 1997 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 10.75 | 57.33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 4 | 7 | 38.14 | 2.94 | 77.71 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3.66 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 41.40 | 6.46 | 38.40 |
| 2004 | 20 | 9 | 81 | 47 | 27.00 | 94.18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 28 | 22.03 | 3.97 | 33.25 |
| 2002 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 19 | 7.83 | 111.90 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 34.07 | 5.65 | 36.15 |
| 2001 | 21 | 11 | 117 | 32 | 29.25 | 108.33 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 108 | 21 | 20 | 34.80 | 4.73 | 44.10 |
| 2000 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 8.00 | 104.34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 28.47 | 4.42 | 38.60 |
| 1999 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 6.60 | 106.45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 46.57 | 3.86 | 72.28 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6.00 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 27.20 | 4.53 | 36.00 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24.40 | 4.51 | 32.40 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Dunedin
- Highest recorded innings · 47* runs
ODI v Australia · Colombo (SSC)
- Best recorded bowling · 5/20
Test v Zimbabwe · Harare
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Reliance Stadium