CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Athula Samarasekera
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
AS
43Internationals
962Career runs
0Centuries
3Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 7
- Runs
- 118
- Average
- 16.85
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 57
- Not outs
- 0
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 1
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 2
- Balls
- 192
- Maidens
- 5
- Runs conceded
- 104
- Wickets
- 3
- Average
- 34.66
- Economy
- 3.25
- Strike rate
- 64.00
- Best innings
- 2/38
- Best match
- 3/104
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 6
- Catches
- 3
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 3
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 3
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.500
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 39
- Innings
- 39
- Runs
- 844
- Average
- 22.81
- Strike rate
- 69.92
- Highest score
- 76
- Not outs
- 2
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 4
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- 1,207
Bowling
- Matches
- 39
- Innings
- 11
- Balls
- 338
- Maidens
- 3
- Runs conceded
- 291
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- 5.16
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 39
- Innings
- 39
- Catches
- 5
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 5
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 5
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.128
- 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
43 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-04-18 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ODI | New Zealand won by 2 runs |
| 1994-04-14 | Australia v Sri Lanka | ODI | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 1992-03-15 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 4 wickets |
| 1992-03-13 | Sri Lanka v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 91 runs |
| 1992-03-09 | England v Sri Lanka | ODI | England won by 106 runs |
| 1992-03-07 | Australia v Sri Lanka | ODI | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 1992-02-25 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ODI | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| 1992-02-23 | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets |
| 1992-01-19 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 117 runs |
| 1992-01-17 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets |
| 1992-01-15 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ODI | Pakistan won by 59 runs |
| 1991-12-12 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Test | Match drawn |
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 · 4 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 12.50 | 53.19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 54.54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1988 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 57 | 28.50 | 44.18 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 34.66 | 3.25 | 64.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 14.00 | 54.90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1992 | 9 | 9 | 351 | 76 | 39.00 | 85.60 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 410 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | 9 | 9 | 116 | 29 | 12.88 | 58.88 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | 9 | 9 | 178 | 60 | 22.25 | 62.23 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 286 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 6.14 | N/A |
| 1988 | 7 | 7 | 161 | 66 | 26.83 | 67.93 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 237 | 6 | 0 | N/A | 5.09 | N/A |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 9.50 | N/A |
| 1983 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 4.34 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Swansea
- Best recorded bowling · 2/38
Test v England · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 76 runs
ODI v Pakistan · Multan
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Sharjah