PLAYER CAREER

Ajit de Silva

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1975–1982

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	4	7	5	6	1982-02-17	1982-09-17
ODI	6	4	4	3	1975-06-14	1982-09-15

10Internationals

50Career runs

0Centuries

16Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 4
Innings: 7
Runs: 41
Average: 8.20
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 14
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 4
Innings: 7
Balls: 962
Maidens: 41
Runs conceded: 385
Wickets: 7
Average: 55.00
Economy: 2.40
Strike rate: 137.42
Best innings: 2/38
Best match: 4/98
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 4
Innings: 8
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 6
Innings: 4
Runs: 9
Average: 4.50
Strike rate: 27.27
Highest score: 6*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 33

Bowling

Matches: 6
Innings: 6
Balls: 305
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 262
Wickets: 9
Average: 29.11
Economy: 5.15
Strike rate: 33.88
Best innings: 3/41
Best match: 3/41
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 6
Innings: 6
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.333
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1982-09-17	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1982-09-15	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1982-03-31	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
1982-03-14	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1982-03-05	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Pakistan won by 204 runs
1982-02-17	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 7 wickets
1982-02-14	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 3 runs
1982-02-13	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 5 runs
1979-06-09	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
1975-06-14	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 192 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

198241 runs

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

19827 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 1 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
1982	4	7	41	14	8.20	—	0	0	—	1	—	7	7	55.00	2.40	137.42

ODI

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

19750 runs
19792 runs
19827 runs

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

19750 wickets
19791 wickets
19828 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 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
1982	4	2	7	6	7.00	70.00	—	—	10	4	8	22.12	5.56	23.87
1979	1	1	2	2	N/A	18.18	0	0	11	1	1	39.00	3.25	72.00
1975	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	12	1	0	N/A	6.57	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1975-06-14
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Nottingham
1982-03-31
Best recorded bowling · 3/41
ODI v Pakistan · Karachi
1982-09-17
Highest recorded innings · 14 runs
Test v India · Chennai
1982-09-17
Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Chennai