PLAYER CAREER

Somachandra De Silva

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1975–1985

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	12	22	20	20	1982-02-17	1984-08-23
ODI	41	29	29	28	1975-06-07	1985-02-27

53Internationals

777Career runs

0Centuries

69Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 12
Innings: 22
Runs: 406
Average: 21.36
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 61
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 12
Innings: 19
Balls: 3,031
Maidens: 108
Runs conceded: 1,347
Wickets: 37
Average: 36.40
Economy: 2.66
Strike rate: 81.91
Best innings: 5/59
Best match: 9/162
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 12
Innings: 19
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.263
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 41
Innings: 29
Runs: 371
Average: 19.52
Strike rate: 53.69
Highest score: 37*
Not outs: 10
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 691

Bowling

Matches: 41
Innings: 40
Balls: 2,076
Maidens: 22
Runs conceded: 1,557
Wickets: 32
Average: 48.65
Economy: 4.50
Strike rate: 64.87
Best innings: 3/29
Best match: 3/29
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 41
Innings: 41
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.121
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1985-02-27	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-02-23	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 51 runs
1985-01-28	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 232 runs
1985-01-26	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-23	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 3 wickets
1985-01-19	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1985-01-17	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 65 runs
1985-01-12	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 90 runs
1985-01-10	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-08	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1984-11-04	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-11-03	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	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

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

1982213 runs
1983151 runs
198442 runs

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

198223 wickets
19834 wickets
198410 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1984	4	6	42	17	8.40	25.14	0	3	167	6	10	37.80	2.21	102.30
1983	3	6	151	61	25.16	34.79	2	13	434	4	4	48.50	2.37	122.75
1982	5	10	213	49	26.62	—	0	—	—	9	23	33.69	3.06	65.95

ODI

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

197547 runs
19797 runs
198231 runs
1983172 runs
198461 runs
198553 runs

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

19754 wickets
19793 wickets
19826 wickets
19838 wickets
19845 wickets
19856 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1985	10	4	53	24	26.50	44.53	2	0	119	9	6	60.66	4.85	75.00
1984	7	5	61	18	30.50	55.96	4	0	109	7	5	42.80	4.11	62.40
1983	12	11	172	37	21.50	64.90	10	0	265	12	8	57.00	4.10	83.25
1982	7	5	31	9	7.75	54.38	—	—	57	7	6	49.66	5.32	56.00
1979	2	2	7	6	7.00	25.00	0	0	28	2	3	23.66	3.55	40.00
1975	3	2	47	26	23.50	41.59	6	0	113	3	4	38.50	4.81	48.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1975-06-07
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Manchester
1982-03-14
Best recorded bowling · 5/59
Test v Pakistan · Faisalabad
1983-03-11
Highest recorded innings · 61 runs
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
1985-02-27
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Melbourne