PLAYER CAREER

Sajeewa de Silva

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

Player portrait unavailable

Men

Sri Lanka1996–2000

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	8	12	12	12	1997-03-14	1999-03-12
ODI	36	19	19	19	1996-10-01	2000-06-05

46Internationals

104Career runs

0Centuries

68Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 8
Innings: 12
Runs: 65
Average: 9.28
Strike rate: 36.51
Highest score: 27
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 9
6s: 1
Balls faced: 178

Bowling

Matches: 8
Innings: 14
Balls: 1,585
Maidens: 42
Runs conceded: 889
Wickets: 16
Average: 55.56
Economy: 3.36
Strike rate: 99.06
Best innings: 5/85
Best match: 5/158
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 8
Innings: 14
Catches: 5
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 5
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 5
Dismissals / inns: 0.357
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 38
Innings: 19
Runs: 39
Average: 6.50
Strike rate: 42.39
Highest score: 13*
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 3
6s: 1
Balls faced: 92

Bowling

Matches: 38
Innings: 37
Balls: 1,619
Maidens: 10
Runs conceded: 1,323
Wickets: 52
Average: 25.44
Economy: 4.90
Strike rate: 31.13
Best innings: 3/18
Best match: 3/18
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 38
Innings: 37
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.324
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2000-06-05	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
1999-12-19	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
1999-12-15	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 98 runs
1999-12-12	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 13 runs
1999-12-11	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	No result
1999-03-12	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 175 runs
1999-03-04	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1998-04-09	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 110 runs
1998-01-26	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1997-12-28	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1997-12-25	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1997-12-22	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 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

199719 runs
199946 runs

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

199713 wickets
19993 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 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
1999	2	3	46	27	15.33	66.66	0	0	8	1	69	3	3	84.33	3.68	137.33
1997	6	9	19	6	4.75	17.43	0	0	1	0	109	11	13	48.92	3.25	90.23

ODI

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

19968 runs
199727 runs
19980 runs
19993 runs
20001 runs

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

199610 wickets
199735 wickets
19981 wickets
19992 wickets
20002 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 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
2000	1	1	1	1	N/A	11.11	0	0	9	1	2	17.00	5.66	18.00
1999	4	3	3	2	N/A	20.00	0	0	15	4	2	47.50	4.87	58.50
1998	2	1	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	0	4	2	1	80.00	6.66	72.00
1997	23	8	27	13	6.75	71.05	2	1	38	23	35	24.94	4.97	30.05
1996	6	6	8	4	4.00	30.76	1	0	26	6	10	21.40	4.36	29.40

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1996-10-01
First available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Nairobi (Club)
1997-04-26
Best recorded bowling · 5/85
Test v Pakistan · Colombo (SSC)
1999-03-12
Highest recorded innings · 27 runs
Test v Pakistan · Dhaka
2000-06-05
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Dhaka