PLAYER CAREER

Ruwan Kalpage

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1992–1999

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	11	18	18	18	1993-07-27	1999-03-04
ODI	84	69	69	69	1992-01-10	1999-03-30

97Internationals

1,138Career runs

0Centuries

85Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 11
Innings: 18
Runs: 294
Average: 18.37
Strike rate: 41.52
Highest score: 63
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 0
4s: 35
6s: 4
Balls faced: 708

Bowling

Matches: 11
Innings: 16
Balls: 1,576
Maidens: 49
Runs conceded: 774
Wickets: 12
Average: 64.50
Economy: 2.94
Strike rate: 131.33
Best innings: 2/27
Best match: 4/167
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 11
Innings: 16
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.625
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 86
Innings: 69
Runs: 844
Average: 20.58
Strike rate: 63.93
Highest score: 51
Not outs: 28
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 2
4s: 29
6s: 4
Balls faced: 1,320

Bowling

Matches: 86
Innings: 81
Balls: 3,960
Maidens: 20
Runs conceded: 2,975
Wickets: 73
Average: 40.75
Economy: 4.50
Strike rate: 54.24
Best innings: 4/36
Best match: 4/36
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 86
Innings: 86
Catches: 33
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 33
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 33
Dismissals / inns: 0.383
Best innings: 3 (3ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1999-03-30	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 51 runs
1999-03-27	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 12 runs
1999-03-22	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 80 runs
1999-03-19	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 9 runs
1999-03-04	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1998-05-27	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	New Zealand won by 167 runs
1998-01-26	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1997-08-23	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1997-07-26	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1997-07-22	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 103 runs
1997-07-18	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
1997-07-14	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 15 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

199387 runs
1994178 runs
19975 runs
199822 runs
19992 runs

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

19936 wickets
19940 wickets
19970 wickets
19982 wickets
19994 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 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
1999	1	1	2	2	N/A	8.00	0	0	0	25	2	4	41.75	4.53	55.25
1998	1	2	22	16	11.00	56.41	0	4	0	39	2	2	50.00	3.33	90.00
1997	1	1	5	5	5.00	16.12	0	1	0	31	2	0	N/A	2.37	N/A
1994	5	9	178	63	19.77	46.23	2	22	4	385	5	0	N/A	2.85	N/A
1993	3	5	87	42	21.75	38.15	0	8	0	228	5	6	33.66	2.46	81.83

ODI

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

199290 runs
1993228 runs
1994325 runs
199596 runs
199611 runs
199723 runs
199837 runs
199934 runs

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

199214 wickets
199321 wickets
199424 wickets
19956 wickets
19962 wickets
19973 wickets
19981 wickets
19992 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1999	4	4	34	16	11.33	80.95	0	0	1	42	4	2	97.50	5.73	102.00
1998	1	1	37	37	37.00	78.72	0	1	0	47	1	1	34.00	3.40	60.00
1997	6	3	23	15	7.66	60.52	0	0	0	38	6	3	66.00	4.95	80.00
1996	3	3	11	9	3.66	50.00	0	1	0	22	3	2	44.50	5.56	48.00
1995	10	8	96	35	19.20	58.18	0	1	0	165	9	6	55.83	5.03	66.50
1994	23	21	325	51	25.00	63.10	1	12	3	515	22	24	33.58	4.15	48.50
1993	23	18	228	41	28.50	63.86	0	11	0	357	22	21	37.52	4.36	51.57
1992	14	11	90	14	18.00	67.16	0	3	0	134	14	14	37.85	4.45	51.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1992-01-10
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Sargodha
1994-01-26
Highest recorded innings · 63 runs
Test v India · Bengaluru
1994-08-06
Best recorded bowling · 4/36
ODI v Pakistan · Colombo (RPS)
1999-03-30
Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Pune