CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Rumesh Ratnayake
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
RR
93Internationals
1,045Career runs
0Centuries
149Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 23
- Innings
- 36
- Runs
- 433
- Average
- 14.43
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 56
- Not outs
- 6
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 2
- Ducks
- 5
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 10
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 23
- Innings
- 35
- Balls
- 4,961
- Maidens
- 136
- Runs conceded
- 2,563
- Wickets
- 73
- Average
- 35.10
- Economy
- 3.09
- Strike rate
- 67.95
- Best innings
- 6/66
- Best match
- 9/125
- 4 wickets
- 3
- 5 wickets
- 5
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 23
- Innings
- 36
- Catches
- 9
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 9
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 9
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.250
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 55
- Runs
- 612
- Average
- 16.54
- Strike rate
- 86.80
- Highest score
- 33*
- Not outs
- 18
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- 705
Bowling
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 70
- Balls
- 3,575
- Maidens
- 35
- Runs conceded
- 2,712
- Wickets
- 76
- Average
- 35.68
- Economy
- 4.55
- Strike rate
- 47.03
- Best innings
- 5/32
- Best match
- 5/32
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 70
- Innings
- 70
- Catches
- 11
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 11
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 11
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.157
- 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
93 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-12-01 | Sri Lanka v West Indies | ODI | No result |
| 1993-11-25 | Sri Lanka v West Indies | ODI | West Indies won by 7 wickets |
| 1993-11-19 | South Africa v Sri Lanka | ODI | South Africa won by 78 runs |
| 1993-11-15 | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | ODI | Sri Lanka won by 55 runs |
| 1992-01-02 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Test | Pakistan won by 3 wickets |
| 1991-12-20 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-12-12 | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-08-22 | England v Sri Lanka | Test | England won by 137 runs |
| 1991-03-01 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-02-22 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Test | Match drawn |
| 1991-02-06 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ODI | New Zealand won by 107 runs |
| 1991-01-31 | New Zealand 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 · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9.00 | 56.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 83.00 | 3.68 | 135.00 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7 | 147 | 52 | 24.50 | 84.48 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 174 | 10 | 20 | 35.95 | 2.79 | 77.10 |
| 1990 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 20.00 | 2.74 | 43.66 |
| 1989 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 23.62 | 3.45 | 41.00 |
| 1987 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 13.66 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 88.50 | 2.85 | 186.00 |
| 1986 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 32 | 22.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 39.20 | 3.37 | 69.60 |
| 1985 | 6 | 8 | 111 | 56 | 18.50 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 11 | 26 | 28.23 | 3.08 | 54.88 |
| 1984 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9.00 | 34.61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 45.00 | 3.00 | 90.00 |
| 1983 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 30 | 9.66 | 37.17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 4 | 7 | 51.42 | 3.67 | 84.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 32 | 55.00 | 171.87 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 21.00 | 3.23 | 39.00 |
| 1991 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 14.66 | 91.66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 39.50 | 4.32 | 54.75 |
| 1990 | 14 | 12 | 168 | 33 | 16.80 | 91.30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 184 | 14 | 19 | 28.84 | 4.38 | 39.42 |
| 1989 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 10.00 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 134.00 | 4.64 | 173.00 |
| 1987 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 28 | 15.20 | 84.44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 90 | 7 | 6 | 55.66 | 5.61 | 59.50 |
| 1986 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 14.00 | 112.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 34.00 | 3.84 | 53.00 |
| 1985 | 19 | 13 | 145 | 26 | 16.11 | 81.46 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 178 | 19 | 22 | 35.00 | 4.98 | 42.09 |
| 1983 | 12 | 8 | 70 | 20 | 14.00 | 60.86 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 115 | 12 | 15 | 31.73 | 4.15 | 45.86 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | N/A | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.42 | 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 India · Bengaluru
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Colombo (SSC)
- Highest recorded innings · 56 runs
Test v Pakistan · Faisalabad
- Best recorded bowling · 6/66
Test v Australia · Hobart
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Colombo (PSS)