PLAYER CAREER

Russel Arnold

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1997–2007

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	44	69	69	69	1997-04-19	2004-07-01
ODI	157	151	151	151	1997-11-06	2007-04-28
T20I	1	1	1	1	2006-06-15	2006-06-15

225Internationals

5,778Career runs

4Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 44
Innings: 69
Runs: 1,821
Average: 28.01
Strike rate: 44.58
Highest score: 123
Not outs: 4
100s: 3
50s: 10
Ducks: 7
4s: 222
6s: 3
Balls faced: 4,084

Bowling

Matches: 44
Innings: 28
Balls: 1,334
Maidens: 45
Runs conceded: 598
Wickets: 11
Average: 54.36
Economy: 2.68
Strike rate: 121.27
Best innings: 3/76
Best match: 3/76
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 44
Innings: 77
Catches: 51
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 51
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 51
Dismissals / inns: 0.662
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 180
Innings: 155
Runs: 3,950
Average: 35.26
Strike rate: 72.57
Highest score: 103
Not outs: 43
100s: 1
50s: 28
Ducks: 7
4s: 284
6s: 21
Balls faced: 5,443

Bowling

Matches: 180
Innings: 84
Balls: 2,157
Maidens: 8
Runs conceded: 1,739
Wickets: 40
Average: 43.47
Economy: 4.83
Strike rate: 53.92
Best innings: 3/47
Best match: 3/47
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 180
Innings: 179
Catches: 48
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 48
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 48
Dismissals / inns: 0.268
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
Runs: 7
Average: 7.00
Strike rate: 100.00
Highest score: 7
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 0
6s: 0
Balls faced: 7

Bowling

Matches: 1
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 1
Innings: 1
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2007-04-28	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 53 runs
2007-04-24	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 81 runs
2007-04-18	Ireland v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
2007-04-16	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
2007-04-12	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
2007-04-04	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
2007-04-01	West Indies v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 113 runs
2007-03-28	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 1 wickets
2007-03-23	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
2007-03-21	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 198 runs
2007-02-17	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
2007-02-14	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 5 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

1997138 runs
1999497 runs
2000383 runs
2001374 runs
2002412 runs
200417 runs

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

19970 wickets
19996 wickets
20001 wickets
20014 wickets
20020 wickets
20040 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 6 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
2004	1	2	17	11	8.50	44.73	0	0	2	0	38	1	0	N/A	9.00	N/A
2002	9	13	412	109	31.69	52.28	1	3	53	0	788	2	0	N/A	1.33	N/A
2001	12	18	374	71	22.00	46.22	0	3	50	0	809	6	4	36.75	3.17	69.50
2000	10	17	383	99	22.52	42.18	0	1	42	1	908	8	1	138.00	2.98	277.00
1999	9	13	497	123	49.70	45.34	2	2	63	1	1,096	8	6	43.50	2.44	106.83
1997	3	6	138	50	23.00	31.01	0	1	12	1	445	3	0	N/A	2.38	N/A

ODI

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

199711 runs
19983 runs
1999505 runs
2000530 runs
2001851 runs
2002731 runs
2003132 runs
2004101 runs
2005380 runs
2006404 runs
2007211 runs

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

19970 wickets
19998 wickets
20003 wickets
200115 wickets
20026 wickets
20033 wickets
20042 wickets
20050 wickets
20060 wickets
20073 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

ODI 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
2007	11	11	211	66	35.16	76.17	0	2	15	1	277	4	3	18.66	4.60	24.33
2006	18	18	404	76	33.66	79.21	0	3	23	1	510	2	0	N/A	7.25	N/A
2005	14	13	380	68	34.54	75.54	0	3	34	2	503	5	0	N/A	5.89	N/A
2004	7	6	101	51	25.25	54.89	0	1	8	1	184	4	2	24.50	4.90	30.00
2003	13	13	132	35	11.00	48.00	0	0	4	1	275	7	3	53.66	5.64	57.00
2002	27	27	731	62	36.55	66.94	0	5	55	3	1,092	11	6	42.66	5.64	45.33
2001	32	29	851	91	40.52	77.85	0	8	57	3	1,093	25	15	34.80	4.44	47.00
2000	19	18	530	59	44.16	81.66	0	4	47	5	649	12	3	90.33	4.39	123.33
1999	14	14	505	103	45.90	72.76	1	2	36	4	694	12	8	38.00	4.70	48.50
1998	1	1	3	3	3.00	14.28	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	1	1	11	11	11.00	52.38	0	0	2	0	21	1	0	N/A	6.00	N/A

T20I

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

20067 runs

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

T20I 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
2006	1	1	7	7	7.00	100.00	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1997-04-19
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Colombo (RPS)
1999-03-04
Highest recorded innings · 123 runs
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
2003-02-10
Best recorded bowling · 3/47
ODI v New Zealand · Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
2007-04-28
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown