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Malinga Bandara
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
MB
43Internationals
296Career runs
0Centuries
56Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 11
- Runs
- 124
- Average
- 15.50
- Strike rate
- 51.66
- Highest score
- 43
- Not outs
- 3
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- 14
- 6s
- 2
- Balls faced
- 240
Bowling
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 14
- Balls
- 1,152
- Maidens
- 29
- Runs conceded
- 633
- Wickets
- 16
- Average
- 39.56
- Economy
- 3.29
- Strike rate
- 72.00
- Best innings
- 3/84
- Best match
- 5/153
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 15
- Catches
- 4
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 4
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 4
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.266
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 31
- Innings
- 17
- Runs
- 160
- Average
- 12.30
- Strike rate
- 71.42
- Highest score
- 31
- Not outs
- 4
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- 8
- 6s
- 5
- Balls faced
- 224
Bowling
- Matches
- 31
- Innings
- 28
- Balls
- 1,470
- Maidens
- 3
- Runs conceded
- 1,232
- Wickets
- 36
- Average
- 34.22
- Economy
- 5.02
- Strike rate
- 40.83
- Best innings
- 4/31
- Best match
- 4/31
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 31
- Innings
- 30
- Catches
- 9
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 9
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 9
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.300
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
T20I
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 3
- Runs
- 12
- Average
- 6.00
- Strike rate
- 80.00
- Highest score
- 7
- Not outs
- 1
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 15
Bowling
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Balls
- 84
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 96
- Wickets
- 4
- Average
- 24.00
- Economy
- 6.85
- Strike rate
- 21.00
- Best innings
- 3/32
- Best match
- 3/32
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Catches
- 1
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 1
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 1
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.250
- 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
46 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-08 | Bangladesh v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets |
| 2009-09-04 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | T20I | New Zealand won by 22 runs |
| 2009-09-02 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | T20I | New Zealand won by 3 runs |
| 2009-08-09 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | ODI | Pakistan won by 132 runs |
| 2009-08-07 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | ODI | Pakistan won by 146 runs |
| 2009-02-10 | Sri Lanka v India | T20I | India won by 3 wickets |
| 2007-07-23 | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets |
| 2007-07-20 | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 70 runs |
| 2007-05-20 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 98 runs |
| 2007-05-18 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 5 wickets |
| 2007-04-16 | Australia v Sri Lanka | ODI | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 2007-02-17 | India v Sri Lanka | ODI | India won by 7 wickets |
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 · 3 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 43 | 21.00 | 53.84 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 156 | 7 | 7 | 36.85 | 3.26 | 67.71 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 13.33 | 52.63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 9 | 32.88 | 3.21 | 61.33 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 3.76 | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.40 | N/A |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 31 | 15.50 | 64.58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 41.50 | 5.18 | 48.00 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 17 | 11.00 | 65.67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 8 | 11 | 36.54 | 5.53 | 39.63 |
| 2006 | 17 | 7 | 72 | 28 | 14.40 | 73.46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 98 | 15 | 20 | 30.65 | 4.85 | 37.90 |
T20I
Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11.00 | 84.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 19.00 | 7.60 | 15.00 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.00 | N/A |
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 · Colombo (RPS)
- Best recorded bowling · 4/31
ODI v South Africa · Bellerive Oval
- Highest recorded innings · 43 runs
Test v Pakistan · Asgiriya Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v Bangladesh · Shere Bangla National Stadium