PLAYER CAREER

Lanka de Silva

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka1997–1997

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	2	4	4	4	1997-11-19	1997-12-03
ODI	6	6	6	6	1997-07-18	1997-11-08

14Internationals

197Career runs

0Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 4
Runs: 36
Average: 18.00
Strike rate: 23.52
Highest score: 20*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 3
6s: 0
Balls faced: 153

Bowling

Matches: 3
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: 3
Innings: 4
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 1
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 11
Innings: 6
Runs: 161
Average: 53.66
Strike rate: 83.41
Highest score: 57
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 0
4s: 16
6s: 0
Balls faced: 193

Bowling

Matches: 11
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: 11
Innings: 11
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 6
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 9
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 1.363
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1997-12-03	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1997-11-26	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1997-11-19	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1997-11-08	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 4 wickets
1997-11-06	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 66 runs
1997-11-05	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1997-11-01	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1997-08-24	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
1997-08-23	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1997-08-20	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1997-08-17	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
1997-07-26	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 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

199736 runs

Exact yearly figures · 1 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
1997	2	4	36	20	18.00	23.52	0	0	3	0	153	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

ODI

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

1997161 runs

Exact yearly figures · 1 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
1997	6	6	161	57	53.66	83.41	0	2	16	0	193	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.

1997-07-18
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Colombo (RPS)
1997-11-06
Highest recorded innings · 57 runs
ODI v South Africa · Lahore
1997-12-03
Latest available scorecard
Test v India · Wankhede