CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Thilan Samaraweera
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
TS
134Internationals
6,324Career runs
16Centuries
26Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 81
- Innings
- 132
- Runs
- 5,462
- Average
- 48.76
- Strike rate
- 46.92
- Highest score
- 231
- Not outs
- 20
- 100s
- 14
- 50s
- 30
- Ducks
- 11
- 4s
- 633
- 6s
- 7
- Balls faced
- 11,641
Bowling
- Matches
- 81
- Innings
- 35
- Balls
- 1,327
- Maidens
- 36
- Runs conceded
- 689
- Wickets
- 15
- Average
- 45.93
- Economy
- 3.11
- Strike rate
- 88.46
- Best innings
- 4/49
- Best match
- 6/67
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 81
- Innings
- 145
- Catches
- 45
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 45
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 45
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.310
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 42
- Runs
- 862
- Average
- 27.80
- Strike rate
- 69.29
- Highest score
- 105*
- Not outs
- 11
- 100s
- 2
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- 76
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 1,244
Bowling
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 17
- Balls
- 702
- Maidens
- 2
- Runs conceded
- 542
- Wickets
- 11
- Average
- 49.27
- Economy
- 4.63
- Strike rate
- 63.81
- Best innings
- 3/34
- Best match
- 3/34
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 51
- Catches
- 17
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 17
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 17
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.333
- 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
132 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-03 | Australia v Sri Lanka | Test | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| 2012-12-26 | Australia v Sri Lanka | Test | Australia won by an innings and 201 runs |
| 2012-12-14 | Australia v Sri Lanka | Test | Australia won by 137 runs |
| 2012-11-25 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Test | New Zealand won by 167 runs |
| 2012-11-17 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Test | Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets |
| 2012-07-08 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 2012-06-30 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 2012-06-22 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Test | Sri Lanka won by 209 runs |
| 2012-04-03 | Sri Lanka v England | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
| 2012-03-26 | Sri Lanka v England | Test | Sri Lanka won by 75 runs |
| 2012-01-03 | South Africa v Sri Lanka | Test | South Africa won by 10 wickets |
| 2011-12-26 | South Africa v Sri Lanka | Test | Sri Lanka won by 208 runs |
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 · 13 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | 10 | 18 | 554 | 115 | 32.58 | 39.85 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 1,390 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 2011 | 7 | 14 | 501 | 102 | 41.75 | 46.82 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 1,070 | 2 | 1 | 8.00 | 1.60 | 30.00 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 | 457 | 137 | 114.25 | 51.58 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 886 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | 11 | 20 | 1,234 | 231 | 72.58 | 58.34 | 4 | 4 | 170 | 4 | 2,115 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 | 582 | 127 | 72.75 | 56.66 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 16.50 | 35.48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 | 232 | 65 | 23.20 | 41.87 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 554 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 9 | 14 | 535 | 138 | 41.15 | 49.17 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 1,088 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 | 516 | 100 | 34.40 | 36.21 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 1,425 | 8 | 3 | 85.33 | 3.34 | 153.00 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 | 225 | 142 | 45.00 | 34.77 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 647 | 4 | 0 | N/A | 4.56 | N/A |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 76 | 39.75 | 36.63 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 434 | 6 | 6 | 23.50 | 2.83 | 49.66 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | 422 | 123 | 140.66 | 47.84 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 882 | 12 | 5 | 39.00 | 2.74 | 85.20 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | 96 | 34 | 24.00 | 65.75 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 11 | 10 | 296 | 105 | 49.33 | 80.87 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 366 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 9.66 | N/A |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | 253 | 104 | 28.11 | 73.76 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 343 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 12.00 | 43.63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 109 | 33 | 21.80 | 69.87 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 156 | 6 | 3 | 60.33 | 4.41 | 82.00 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27.00 | 38.57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 63.00 | 4.20 | 90.00 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23.50 | 5.22 | 27.00 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 12.00 | 40.44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 85.50 | 4.50 | 114.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v India · Sharjah
- First century in this archive · 103 runs
Test v India · Colombo (SSC)
- Best recorded bowling · 4/49
Test v Bangladesh · Colombo (SSC)
- Highest recorded innings · 231 runs
Test v Pakistan · National Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground