PLAYER CAREER

Lasith Malinga

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka2004–2020

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	30	37	37	37	2004-07-01	2010-08-03
ODI	214	115	115	115	2004-07-23	2019-07-26
T20I	80	33	33	33	2006-06-15	2020-03-06

340Internationals

978Career runs

0Centuries

546Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 30
Innings: 37
Runs: 275
Average: 11.45
Strike rate: 44.42
Highest score: 64
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 9
4s: 36
6s: 6
Balls faced: 619

Bowling

Matches: 30
Innings: 59
Balls: 5,209
Maidens: 112
Runs conceded: 3,349
Wickets: 101
Average: 33.15
Economy: 3.85
Strike rate: 51.57
Best innings: 5/50
Best match: 9/210
4 wickets: 7
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 30
Innings: 59
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.118
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 226
Innings: 119
Runs: 567
Average: 6.83
Strike rate: 74.50
Highest score: 56
Not outs: 36
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 26
4s: 45
6s: 21
Balls faced: 761

Bowling

Matches: 226
Innings: 220
Balls: 10,936
Maidens: 103
Runs conceded: 9,760
Wickets: 338
Average: 28.87
Economy: 5.35
Strike rate: 32.35
Best innings: 6/38
Best match: 6/38
4 wickets: 11
5 wickets: 8
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 226
Innings: 220
Catches: 31
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 31
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 31
Dismissals / inns: 0.140
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 84
Innings: 33
Runs: 136
Average: 6.47
Strike rate: 84.47
Highest score: 27
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 8
4s: 9
6s: 5
Balls faced: 161

Bowling

Matches: 84
Innings: 83
Balls: 1,799
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 2,225
Wickets: 107
Average: 20.79
Economy: 7.42
Strike rate: 16.81
Best innings: 5/6
Best match: 5/6
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 84
Innings: 83
Catches: 21
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 21
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 21
Dismissals / inns: 0.253
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2020-03-06	Sri Lanka v West Indies	T20I	West Indies won by 7 wickets
2020-03-04	Sri Lanka v West Indies	T20I	West Indies won by 25 runs
2020-01-10	India v Sri Lanka	T20I	India won by 78 runs
2020-01-07	India v Sri Lanka	T20I	India won by 7 wickets
2020-01-05	India v Sri Lanka	T20I	No result
2019-11-01	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Australia won by 7 wickets
2019-10-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Australia won by 9 wickets
2019-10-27	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Australia won by 134 runs
2019-09-06	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	T20I	Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
2019-09-03	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
2019-09-01	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
2019-07-26	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 91 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

20047 runs
20059 runs
2006116 runs
200760 runs
201083 runs

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

200415 wickets
200526 wickets
200630 wickets
200720 wickets
201010 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
2010	2	3	83	64	27.66	71.55	1	12	2	116	4	10	27.30	3.79	43.20
2007	7	6	60	42	15.00	46.15	0	7	3	130	14	20	41.70	3.95	63.25
2006	10	15	116	26	10.54	39.18	0	15	1	296	20	30	33.26	3.75	53.16
2005	7	7	9	5	4.50	28.12	0	2	0	32	13	26	31.23	3.79	49.34
2004	4	6	7	6	1.75	15.55	0	0	0	45	8	15	28.80	4.09	42.20

ODI

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

20041 runs
20051 runs
200634 runs
200729 runs
200819 runs
200932 runs
201086 runs
201160 runs
201269 runs
201353 runs
201418 runs
201532 runs
201721 runs
201810 runs
201961 runs

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

20043 wickets
20050 wickets
200630 wickets
200730 wickets
200812 wickets
200911 wickets
201018 wickets
201137 wickets
201247 wickets
201339 wickets
201429 wickets
201518 wickets
201710 wickets
201810 wickets
201927 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 15 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
2019	16	13	61	17	5.54	64.89	0	6	1	94	16	27	30.77	5.92	31.18
2018	6	4	10	4	10.00	76.92	0	1	0	13	6	10	22.40	5.09	26.40
2017	13	6	21	9	5.25	65.62	0	0	1	32	13	10	62.30	6.00	62.30
2015	13	8	32	17	6.40	80.00	0	2	1	40	13	18	37.61	6.02	37.44
2014	17	8	18	10	3.00	42.85	0	1	1	42	17	29	26.48	5.87	27.06
2013	28	16	53	19	4.81	79.10	0	7	1	67	28	39	30.15	5.39	33.56
2012	31	14	69	19	6.90	81.17	0	5	4	85	31	47	32.08	5.67	33.93
2011	21	12	60	26	6.00	109.09	0	5	4	55	21	37	23.13	4.89	28.35
2010	10	5	86	56	17.20	93.47	1	9	3	92	10	18	20.50	4.24	29.00
2009	11	6	32	15	6.40	80.00	0	2	2	40	11	11	55.45	6.21	53.54
2008	8	4	19	12	4.75	29.23	0	1	0	65	8	12	30.66	5.20	35.33
2007	19	9	29	11	5.80	67.44	0	1	1	43	19	30	24.46	4.81	30.46
2006	17	8	34	15	8.50	62.96	0	3	0	54	17	30	21.93	4.54	28.96
2005	1	1	1	1	N/A	16.66	0	0	0	6	1	0	N/A	7.33	N/A
2004	3	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	0	0	0	1	3	3	40.00	5.00	48.00

T20I

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

200640 runs
200713 runs
20097 runs
20103 runs
20111 runs
20125 runs
20130 runs
20140 runs
20152 runs
20172 runs
20185 runs
201950 runs
20208 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20060 wickets
20075 wickets
200917 wickets
201011 wickets
20113 wickets
201210 wickets
20138 wickets
201410 wickets
20156 wickets
201712 wickets
20182 wickets
201914 wickets
20201 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2020	4	3	8	8	2.66	100.00	0	1	8	4	1	164.00	10.93	90.00
2019	10	8	50	13	12.50	96.15	6	1	52	10	14	17.92	6.43	16.71
2018	1	1	5	5	5.00	71.42	0	0	7	1	2	15.00	7.50	12.00
2017	6	3	2	1	1.00	28.57	0	0	7	6	12	16.50	8.25	12.00
2015	4	1	2	2	2.00	50.00	0	0	4	4	6	20.16	7.56	16.00
2014	8	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	8	10	18.70	6.71	16.70
2013	8	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	8	8	27.25	7.03	23.25
2012	9	2	5	5	2.50	33.33	0	0	15	9	10	25.00	7.93	18.90
2011	2	1	1	1	1.00	50.00	0	0	2	2	3	15.66	6.26	15.00
2010	9	3	3	2	1.50	23.07	0	0	13	9	11	20.72	7.27	17.09
2009	13	5	7	4	N/A	100.00	0	0	7	13	17	21.17	7.71	16.47
2007	4	2	13	12	13.00	108.33	0	1	12	4	5	17.40	7.79	13.40
2006	2	2	40	27	20.00	129.03	3	2	31	2	0	N/A	6.66	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2004-07-01
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Darwin
2005-04-04
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v New Zealand · Napier
2010-07-18
Highest recorded innings · 64 runs
Test v India · Galle International Stadium
2019-09-06
Best recorded bowling · 5/6
T20I v New Zealand · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
2020-03-06
Latest available scorecard
T20I v West Indies · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium