PLAYER CAREER

Rangana Herath

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1999–2018

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	93	144	144	144	1999-09-22	2018-11-06
ODI	68	30	30	30	2004-04-27	2015-03-01
T20I	16	6	6	6	2011-08-06	2016-03-28

181Internationals

1,847Career runs

0Centuries

525Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 93
Innings: 144
Runs: 1,699
Average: 14.64
Strike rate: 49.89
Highest score: 80*
Not outs: 28
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 23
4s: 201
6s: 6
Balls faced: 3,405

Bowling

Matches: 93
Innings: 170
Balls: 25,993
Maidens: 814
Runs conceded: 12,157
Wickets: 433
Average: 28.07
Economy: 2.80
Strike rate: 60.03
Best innings: 9/127
Best match: 14/184
4 wickets: 20
5 wickets: 34
10 wickets: 9

Fielding

Matches: 93
Innings: 172
Catches: 24
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 24
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 24
Dismissals / inns: 0.139
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 71
Innings: 30
Runs: 140
Average: 9.33
Strike rate: 64.51
Highest score: 17*
Not outs: 15
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 3
4s: 10
6s: 2
Balls faced: 217

Bowling

Matches: 71
Innings: 67
Balls: 3,242
Maidens: 18
Runs conceded: 2,362
Wickets: 74
Average: 31.91
Economy: 4.37
Strike rate: 43.81
Best innings: 4/20
Best match: 4/20
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 71
Innings: 69
Catches: 14
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 14
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 14
Dismissals / inns: 0.202
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 17
Innings: 6
Runs: 8
Average: 2.66
Strike rate: 66.66
Highest score: 3
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 12

Bowling

Matches: 17
Innings: 17
Balls: 365
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 373
Wickets: 18
Average: 20.72
Economy: 6.13
Strike rate: 20.27
Best innings: 5/3
Best match: 5/3
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 17
Innings: 17
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2018-11-06	England v Sri Lanka	Test	England won by 211 runs
2018-07-20	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Test	Sri Lanka won by 199 runs
2018-07-12	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Test	Sri Lanka won by 278 runs
2018-06-06	West Indies v Sri Lanka	Test	West Indies won by 226 runs
2018-02-08	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Test	Sri Lanka won by 215 runs
2018-01-31	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2017-11-24	Sri Lanka v India	Test	India won by an innings and 239 runs
2017-11-16	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2017-10-06	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Test	Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
2017-09-28	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Test	Sri Lanka won by 21 runs
2017-08-03	India v Sri Lanka	Test	India won by an innings and 53 runs
2017-07-26	India v Sri Lanka	Test	India won by 304 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

19993 runs
20000 runs
200466 runs
200554 runs
200814 runs
200970 runs
2010104 runs
2011294 runs
201284 runs
201318 runs
2014144 runs
2015198 runs
2016293 runs
2017271 runs
201886 runs

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

19996 wickets
20000 wickets
200418 wickets
200511 wickets
20081 wickets
200934 wickets
20108 wickets
201141 wickets
201260 wickets
201325 wickets
201456 wickets
201537 wickets
201657 wickets
201752 wickets
201827 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 15 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2018	6	10	86	35	9.55	42.57	0	7	0	202	12	27	28.62	2.89	59.40
2017	11	19	271	67	18.06	50.09	1	31	0	541	19	52	27.53	3.07	53.67
2016	9	16	293	61	19.53	54.86	1	40	0	534	17	57	18.92	2.61	43.40
2015	10	18	198	49	14.14	48.05	0	25	1	412	19	37	35.59	2.97	71.67
2014	9	14	144	48	13.09	50.00	0	22	0	288	18	56	27.17	2.72	59.91
2013	4	4	18	10	4.50	33.96	0	1	0	53	8	25	24.20	2.57	56.28
2012	10	16	84	14	7.00	39.25	0	9	0	214	18	60	23.61	2.63	53.73
2011	10	18	294	36	22.61	61.63	0	29	4	477	17	41	29.07	2.53	68.80
2010	3	2	104	80	N/A	81.88	1	12	1	127	5	8	31.50	2.73	69.00
2009	7	9	70	20	8.75	39.10	0	7	0	179	12	34	33.82	3.12	64.94
2008	2	2	14	13	14.00	127.27	0	3	0	11	4	1	214.00	2.51	510.00
2005	5	6	54	24	10.80	40.60	0	6	0	133	10	11	30.36	3.15	57.72
2004	4	7	66	33	11.00	31.73	0	9	0	208	8	18	31.11	2.98	62.61
2000	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	3	1	0	N/A	3.19	N/A
1999	2	1	3	3	3.00	13.04	0	0	0	23	2	6	32.50	2.80	69.50

ODI

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

20040 runs
20102 runs
201115 runs
201239 runs
201367 runs
20143 runs
201514 runs

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

20045 wickets
20104 wickets
20115 wickets
201214 wickets
201326 wickets
201413 wickets
20157 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
2015	7	3	14	13	7.00	56.00	2	0	25	7	7	39.42	4.32	54.71
2014	9	3	3	2	3.00	25.00	0	0	12	9	13	26.53	5.04	31.53
2013	17	10	67	17	11.16	65.68	7	0	102	16	26	19.57	4.07	28.80
2012	22	9	39	17	13.00	82.97	1	2	47	22	14	53.50	4.38	73.28
2011	6	3	15	9	7.50	55.55	0	0	27	6	5	53.60	4.75	67.60
2010	2	1	2	2	2.00	66.66	0	0	3	2	4	16.50	3.88	25.50
2004	5	1	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	0	1	5	5	29.80	3.82	46.80

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20111 runs
20120 runs
20141 runs
20166 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20112 wickets
20124 wickets
20146 wickets
20164 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2016	7	3	6	3	2.00	60.00	10	7	4	44.25	6.47	41.00
2014	3	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	1	3	6	8.83	4.60	11.50
2012	4	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	4	4	19.75	7.18	16.50
2011	2	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	1	2	2	21.00	6.00	21.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1999-09-22
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Galle
2009-07-12
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · P Sara Oval
2010-07-18
Highest recorded innings · 80* runs
Test v India · Galle International Stadium
2014-08-14
Best recorded bowling · 9/127
Test v Pakistan · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
2018-11-06
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Galle International Stadium