PLAYER CAREER

Asoka de Silva

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1985–1992

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	10	16	8	11	1985-08-30	1991-03-01
ODI	28	20	20	20	1986-12-24	1992-09-05

38Internationals

323Career runs

0Centuries

25Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 10
Innings: 16
Runs: 185
Average: 15.41
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 50
Not outs: 4
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 3
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 10
Innings: 15
Balls: 2,328
Maidens: 87
Runs conceded: 1,032
Wickets: 8
Average: 129.00
Economy: 2.65
Strike rate: 291.00
Best innings: 2/67
Best match: 2/124
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 10
Innings: 16
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 4
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 4
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 28
Innings: 20
Runs: 138
Average: 9.85
Strike rate: 57.26
Highest score: 19*
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 4
6s: 1
Balls faced: 241

Bowling

Matches: 28
Innings: 28
Balls: 1,374
Maidens: 8
Runs conceded: 967
Wickets: 17
Average: 56.88
Economy: 4.22
Strike rate: 80.82
Best innings: 3/38
Best match: 3/38
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 28
Innings: 28
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.214
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1992-09-05	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
1991-03-01	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1991-02-22	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1991-02-06	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 107 runs
1991-01-31	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1991-01-28	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 41 runs
1991-01-26	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1990-05-02	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 114 runs
1990-04-29	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 90 runs
1990-04-25	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
1990-02-18	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1990-02-17	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 27 runs

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

19851 runs
198651 runs
198720 runs
198974 runs
199139 runs

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

19850 wickets
19862 wickets
19870 wickets
19892 wickets
19914 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 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
1991	3	5	39	26	9.75	20.85	0	4	187	5	4	98.25	2.65	222.00
1989	2	3	74	50	24.66	23.05	1	4	321	4	2	113.00	2.93	231.00
1987	1	2	20	19	10.00	—	0	—	—	1	0	N/A	2.85	N/A
1986	3	5	51	21	17.00	—	0	—	—	3	2	130.50	2.71	288.00
1985	1	1	1	1	N/A	—	0	0	—	2	0	N/A	1.40	N/A

ODI

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

198838 runs
198942 runs
199021 runs
199137 runs

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

19860 wickets
19870 wickets
19884 wickets
19895 wickets
19904 wickets
19913 wickets
19921 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 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
1992	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	1	47.00	4.70	60.00
1991	3	3	37	16	18.50	60.65	1	0	61	3	3	40.33	4.03	60.00
1990	8	6	21	9	4.20	43.75	0	1	48	8	4	83.25	4.89	102.00
1989	8	6	42	19	21.00	72.41	2	0	58	8	5	51.80	3.75	82.80
1988	6	5	38	15	7.60	51.35	1	0	74	6	4	45.00	3.82	70.50
1987	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	4.66	N/A
1986	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	6.50	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1985-08-30
First available scorecard
Test v India · Colombo (SSC)
1988-03-31
Best recorded bowling · 3/38
ODI v New Zealand · Sharjah
1989-12-16
Highest recorded innings · 50 runs
Test v Australia · Hobart
1992-09-05
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Colombo (RPS)