Harbhajan Singh Test record against Sri Lanka
1999-02-24 – 2015-08-12 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 16 Test matches against Sri Lanka with recorded batting or bowling figures: 23 batting innings and 26 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 23 | 256 | 20 | 12.80 | 63.52 |
| Bowling | 26 | 2,108 | 53 | 39.77 | 75.20 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.17 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,986.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 403.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 200179 runs
- 200559 runs
- 200865 runs
- 200928 runs
- 201010 runs
- 201515 runs
- 19993 wickets
- 20014 wickets
- 200514 wickets
- 200816 wickets
- 200913 wickets
- 20102 wickets
- 20151 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 7.50 | 39.47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 90.00 | 3.60 | 150.00 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3.33 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 152.00 | 3.46 | 263.50 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 9.33 | 39.43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 13 | 41.00 | 3.36 | 73.07 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 26 | 10.83 | 67.70 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 5 | 16 | 28.12 | 2.96 | 57.00 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 40 | 59.00 | 69.41 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 85 | 5 | 14 | 22.28 | 3.02 | 44.21 |
| 2001 | 3 | 5 | 79 | 44 | 15.80 | 89.77 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 88 | 4 | 4 | 73.00 | 2.97 | 147.00 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 42.33 | 3.17 | 80.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 7 | 87 | 21.75 | 55.76 | 10 | 27 | 31.29 |
| Away | 10 | 16 | 169 | 10.56 | 68.42 | 16 | 26 | 48.57 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 44 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Asgiriya Stadium
- Best recorded bowling · 7/62
Test v Sri Lanka · Narendra Modi Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Galle International Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-12 | Galle International Stadium | 4 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| 2015-08-12 | Galle International Stadium | 3 | - | - | 1 | 73 |
| 2015-08-12 | Galle International Stadium | 2 | 14 | 31 | - | - |
| 2015-08-12 | Galle International Stadium | 1 | - | - | 0 | 17 |
| 2010-07-26 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | - | - | 1 | 35 |
| 2010-07-26 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 2010-07-26 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | - | - | 1 | 147 |
| 2010-07-18 | Galle International Stadium | 4 | - | - | 0 | 24 |
| 2010-07-18 | Galle International Stadium | 3 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 2010-07-18 | Galle International Stadium | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | - |
| 2010-07-18 | Galle International Stadium | 1 | - | - | 0 | 98 |
| 2009-12-02 | Brabourne Stadium | 3 | - | - | 2 | 80 |
| 2009-12-02 | Brabourne Stadium | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 2009-12-02 | Brabourne Stadium | 1 | - | - | 4 | 112 |
| 2009-11-24 | Green Park | 3 | - | - | 3 | 98 |
| 2009-11-24 | Green Park | 2 | - | - | 2 | 54 |
| 2009-11-24 | Green Park | 1 | 5 | 14 | - | - |
| 2009-11-16 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 2 | - | - | 2 | 189 |
| 2009-11-16 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 1 | 22 | 54 | - | - |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 4 | - | - | 1 | 44 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.