pitch report

pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

Every format side by side. Gold marks the highest value on each line.

by format
TestODIT20I
Matches22122
Avg 1st innings30620097
Avg 2nd innings34014999
Avg 3rd innings247––
Avg 4th innings191––
Highest total541251124
Lowest all out6211572
Bat first wins74–
Chasing wins1062
Drawn4––
Wickets to pace50%50% spin68%32% spin62%38% spin
VerdictChaseChaseChase

The pace and spin shares are of the 535 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 310 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
33%19%48%
ODI
40%60%
T20I
100%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at

Win rate in each format, ordered by matches played here.

TeamTestODIT20I
Sri LankaFORTRESS43%9–8 · 21 M67%8–2 · 12 Mnot played
India40%2–2 · 5 M0%0–1 · 2 Mnot played
Pakistan20%1–3 · 5 M100%1–0 · 1 Mnot played
New Zealand67%2–0 · 3 M33%1–2 · 3 Mnot played
Bangladesh25%1–3 · 4 M0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Australia100%1–0 · 1 M0%0–4 · 4 Mnot played
South Africa0%0–1 · 2 Mnot playednot played
England100%2–0 · 2 Mnot playednot played
West Indies0%0–1 · 1 M0%0–0 · 1 Mnot played
Hong Kongnot playednot played100%1–0 · 1 M
Irelandnot playednot played100%1–0 · 1 M
Afghanistannot playednot played0%0–1 · 1 M
Nepalnot playednot played0%0–1 · 1 M

Recent matches at

TestSri Lanka v New Zealand2019New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
TestSri Lanka v Bangladesh2017Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
TestSri Lanka v West Indies2015Sri Lanka won by 72 runs
TestSri Lanka v India2015India won by 278 runs
TestSri Lanka v Pakistan2015Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
T20IHong Kong v Nepal2014Hong Kong won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
TestSri Lanka v New Zealand2012New Zealand won by 167 runs
TestSri Lanka v England2012England won by 8 wickets
TestSri Lanka v India2010India won by 5 wickets
T20IAfghanistan v Ireland2010Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
TestSri Lanka v Pakistan2009Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
TestSri Lanka v India2008Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Records at

Every board, by format, across every international played here.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Thilan Samaraweera6 mat · avg 75.50604
  2. 5Mahela Jayawardene10 mat · avg 42.29592
  3. 6Sanath Jayasuriya7 mat · avg 48.22434
  4. 7Arjuna Ranatunga6 mat · avg 43.00387
  5. 8Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 60.00360
  6. 9Dimuth Karunaratne5 mat · avg 35.70357
  7. 10Tillakaratne Dilshan8 mat · avg 29.58355
  8. 11Stephen Fleming1 mat · avg 343.00343
  9. 12Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 40.71285
  10. 13Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 53.00265
  11. 14VVS Laxman2 mat · avg 122.50245
  12. 15Ross Taylor2 mat · avg 79.67239
ODI
  1. 4Mark Taylor2 mat · avg 67.50135
  2. 5Sidath Wettimuny4 mat · avg 31.75127
  3. 6Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 57.00114
  4. 7Dilip Vengsarkar2 mat · avg 52.50105
  5. 8Graham Yallop2 mat · avg 49.0098
  6. 9Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 32.6798
  7. 10Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 45.5091
  8. 11Brian Lara1 mat · avg 89.0089
  9. 12Roy Dias6 mat · avg 13.3380
  10. 13Sunil Gavaskar2 mat · avg 75.0075
  11. 14Ravi Shastri2 mat · avg 35.0070
  12. 15Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 65.0065
T20I
  1. 4Nawroz Mangal1 mat · avg 27.0027
  2. 5Shafiqullah1 mat · avg 23.0023
  3. 6Aizaz Khan1 mat · avg 21.0021
  4. 7Anas Khan1 mat · avg 21.0021
  5. 8Niall O'Brien1 mat · avg 18.0018
  6. 9Paul Stirling1 mat · avg 17.0017
  7. 10Gary Wilson1 mat · avg 16.0016
  8. 11Samiullah Shenwari1 mat · avg 14.0014
  9. 12Mohammad Shahzad1 mat · avg 10.0010
  10. 13Tanwir Afzal1 mat · avg 9.009
  11. 14Irfan Ahmed1 mat · avg 8.008
  12. 15John Mooney1 mat · avg 8.008

Most wickets

Test
  1. 4Dilhara Fernando3 mat · avg 15.6715
  2. 5Tim Southee2 mat · avg 14.1414
  3. 6Ajantha Mendis3 mat · avg 31.6913
  4. 7Suraj Randiv3 mat · avg 32.0013
  5. 8Kumar Dharmasena3 mat · avg 34.1513
  6. 9Trent Boult2 mat · avg 13.9212
  7. 10Lasith Malinga4 mat · avg 39.8312
  8. 11Nuwan Kulasekara2 mat · avg 16.4511
  9. 12Shane Warne1 mat · avg 17.0911
  10. 13Amit Mishra2 mat · avg 23.5511
  11. 14Ashantha de Mel3 mat · avg 29.1811
  12. 15Chaminda Vaas5 mat · avg 41.6010
ODI
  1. 4Ruwan Kalpage4 mat · avg 27.506
  2. 5Ravi Ratnayeke5 mat · avg 29.336
  3. 6Ashantha de Mel6 mat · avg 32.006
  4. 7Don Anurasiri4 mat · avg 26.205
  5. 8Rumesh Ratnayake5 mat · avg 38.605
  6. 9Dilhara Fernando1 mat · avg 6.004
  7. 10Ewen Chatfield2 mat · avg 12.254
  8. 11Tom Hogan2 mat · avg 22.254
  9. 12Somachandra De Silva4 mat · avg 44.003
  10. 13Lance Cairns2 mat · avg 17.003
  11. 14Kapil Dev2 mat · avg 15.333
  12. 15Jeremy Coney2 mat · avg 13.333
T20I
  1. 4Nadeem Ahmed1 mat · avg 5.502
  2. 5Sagar Pun1 mat · avg 5.502
  3. 6Karim Sadiq1 mat · avg 8.502
  4. 7Shakti Gauchan1 mat · avg 5.002
  5. 8Tanwir Afzal1 mat · avg 4.002
  6. 9Aizaz Khan1 mat · avg 2.002
  7. 10George Dockrell1 mat · avg 5.502
  8. 11Haseeb Amjad1 mat · avg 20.001
  9. 12Paras Khadka1 mat · avg 3.001
  10. 13Amrit Bhattarai1 mat · avg 12.001
  11. 14Hamid Hassan1 mat · avg 14.001
  12. 15Sompal Kami1 mat · avg 17.001

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Fawad Alam1 mat · avg 92.00168
  2. 5Tillakaratne Dilshan8 mat · avg 29.58168
  3. 6Tom Latham1 mat · avg 154.00154
  4. 7Kevin Pietersen1 mat · avg 193.00151
  5. 8Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 40.71151
  6. 9Sanath Jayasuriya7 mat · avg 48.22145
  7. 10Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 60.00144
  8. 11Ross Taylor2 mat · avg 79.67142
  9. 12Ricky Ponting1 mat · avg 74.00141
  10. 13Dinesh Chandimal4 mat · avg 29.57138
  11. 14Thilan Samaraweera6 mat · avg 75.50138
  12. 15Saeed Anwar1 mat · avg 115.00136
ODI
  1. 4Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 57.0084
  2. 5Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 45.5068
  3. 6Chamara Silva1 mat · avg 65.0065
  4. 7Arjuna Ranatunga11 mat · avg 36.0059
  5. 8Graham Yallop2 mat · avg 49.0059
  6. 9Jeff Crowe2 mat · avg 62.0057
  7. 10Upul Tharanga1 mat · avg 57.0057
  8. 11Sidath Wettimuny4 mat · avg 31.7556
  9. 12Dilip Vengsarkar2 mat · avg 52.5055
  10. 13Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 65.0054
  11. 14Blair Hartland1 mat · avg 54.0054
  12. 15Tom Moody1 mat · avg 54.0054
T20I
  1. 4Nawroz Mangal1 mat · avg 27.0027
  2. 5Shafiqullah1 mat · avg 23.0023
  3. 6Aizaz Khan1 mat · avg 21.0021
  4. 7Anas Khan1 mat · avg 21.0021
  5. 8Niall O'Brien1 mat · avg 18.0018
  6. 9Paul Stirling1 mat · avg 17.0017
  7. 10Gary Wilson1 mat · avg 16.0016
  8. 11Samiullah Shenwari1 mat · avg 14.0014
  9. 12Mohammad Shahzad1 mat · avg 10.0010
  10. 13Tanwir Afzal1 mat · avg 9.009
  11. 14Irfan Ahmed1 mat · avg 8.008
  12. 15John Mooney1 mat · avg 8.008

Most hundreds

Test
  1. 4Mahela Jayawardene10 mat · avg 42.292
  2. 5Kane Williamson2 mat · avg 57.671
  3. 6Virender Sehwag2 mat · avg 41.001
  4. 7Tom Latham1 mat · avg 154.001
  5. 8Ricky Ponting1 mat · avg 74.001
  6. 9Dhananjaya de Silva2 mat · avg 36.001
  7. 10Azhar Ali1 mat · avg 71.501
  8. 11Ajinkya Rahane1 mat · avg 65.001
  9. 12Fawad Alam1 mat · avg 92.001
  10. 13Ramiz Raja1 mat · avg 122.001
  11. 14Amal Silva1 mat · avg 61.001
  12. 15Vinod Kambli1 mat · avg 120.001
ODI
  1. 1Aravinda de Silva9 mat · avg 39.711
T20I
Not recorded

Most fifties

Test
  1. 4Thilan Samaraweera6 mat · avg 75.503
  2. 5Sanath Jayasuriya7 mat · avg 48.223
  3. 6Arjuna Ranatunga6 mat · avg 43.003
  4. 7Malinda Warnapura3 mat · avg 52.253
  5. 8Roy Dias2 mat · avg 77.333
  6. 9Younis Khan3 mat · avg 39.503
  7. 10Mushfiqur Rahim2 mat · avg 54.332
  8. 11Kaushal Silva3 mat · avg 32.802
  9. 12Duleep Mendis3 mat · avg 41.502
  10. 13Sachin Tendulkar3 mat · avg 37.202
  11. 14Chaminda Vaas5 mat · avg 42.802
  12. 15VVS Laxman2 mat · avg 122.502
ODI
  1. 4Upul Tharanga1 mat · avg 57.001
  2. 5Graeme Wood2 mat · avg 29.501
  3. 6Jeff Crowe2 mat · avg 62.001
  4. 7Chamara Silva1 mat · avg 65.001
  5. 8Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 65.001
  6. 9Brian Lara1 mat · avg 89.001
  7. 10Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 32.671
  8. 11Tom Moody1 mat · avg 54.001
  9. 12Graham Yallop2 mat · avg 49.001
  10. 13Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 57.001
  11. 14Sidath Wettimuny4 mat · avg 31.751
  12. 15Mark Taylor2 mat · avg 67.501
T20I
Not recorded

Most sixes

Test
  1. 4Kumar Sangakkara12 mat · avg 47.635
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga6 mat · avg 43.005
  3. 6Colin de Grandhomme1 mat · avg 83.005
  4. 7Milinda Siriwardana1 mat · avg 55.004
  5. 8Mahela Jayawardene10 mat · avg 42.294
  6. 9Tim Southee2 mat · avg 47.003
  7. 10Rohit Sharma1 mat · avg 56.503
  8. 11Nuwan Kulasekara2 mat · avg 11.672
  9. 12Kithuruwan Vithanage1 mat · avg 18.502
  10. 13Vinod Kambli1 mat · avg 120.002
  11. 14Dilruwan Perera3 mat · avg 14.002
  12. 15Mosaddek Hossain1 mat · avg 44.002
ODI
  1. 4Abdur Razzak1 mat · avg 28.003
  2. 5Farhad Reza1 mat · avg 28.003
  3. 6Lance Cairns2 mat · avg 44.003
  4. 7Wasim Akram1 mat · avg 24.002
  5. 8Keith Arthurton1 mat · avg 37.002
  6. 9Dion Nash1 mat · avg 40.002
  7. 10Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 32.672
  8. 11Mark Waugh2 mat · avg 27.501
  9. 12Jeff Crowe2 mat · avg 62.001
  10. 13Zulqarnain1 mat · avg 11.001
  11. 14Chamara Silva1 mat · avg 65.001
  12. 15Jeremy Coney2 mat · avg 18.501

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Thilan Samaraweera6 mat · avg 75.5060
  2. 5Mahela Jayawardene10 mat · avg 42.2958
  3. 6Sanath Jayasuriya7 mat · avg 48.2256
  4. 7Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 60.0052
  5. 8Tillakaratne Dilshan8 mat · avg 29.5839
  6. 9Arjuna Ranatunga6 mat · avg 43.0034
  7. 10Chaminda Vaas5 mat · avg 42.8034
  8. 11Stephen Fleming1 mat · avg 343.0033
  9. 12Dimuth Karunaratne5 mat · avg 35.7033
  10. 13Younis Khan3 mat · avg 39.5031
  11. 14Virender Sehwag2 mat · avg 41.0030
  12. 15Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 40.7129
ODI
  1. 4Mark Taylor2 mat · avg 67.5010
  2. 5Graham Yallop2 mat · avg 49.0010
  3. 6Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 32.679
  4. 7Arjuna Ranatunga11 mat · avg 36.008
  5. 8Dilip Vengsarkar2 mat · avg 52.508
  6. 9Brian Lara1 mat · avg 89.008
  7. 10Chamara Silva1 mat · avg 65.008
  8. 11Upul Tharanga1 mat · avg 57.007
  9. 12Tom Moody1 mat · avg 54.006
  10. 13Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 65.006
  11. 14Shahriar Nafees1 mat · avg 33.006
  12. 15Sunil Gavaskar2 mat · avg 75.006
T20I
  1. 4Shafiqullah1 mat · avg 23.003
  2. 5Niall O'Brien1 mat · avg 18.003
  3. 6Raees Ahmadzai1 mat · avg 33.002
  4. 7Anas Khan1 mat · avg 21.002
  5. 8Gary Wilson1 mat · avg 16.002
  6. 9Mohammad Shahzad1 mat · avg 10.002
  7. 10Aizaz Khan1 mat · avg 21.001
  8. 11Paul Stirling1 mat · avg 17.001
  9. 12John Mooney1 mat · avg 8.001
  10. 13Waqas Barkat1 mat · avg 4.001

Most not outs

Test
  1. 4Lasith Malinga4 mat · avg 14.002
  2. 5Dhammika Prasad5 mat · avg 21.672
  3. 6Talha Jubair1 mat · avg 5.002
  4. 7Lakshan Sandakan1 mat · avg 5.002
  5. 8Lahiru Kumara1 mat · avg 5.002
  6. 9Tim Southee2 mat · avg 47.002
  7. 10Chetan Sharma1 mat · avg 4.002
  8. 11Muttiah Muralitharan9 mat · avg 7.572
  9. 12VVS Laxman2 mat · avg 122.502
  10. 13Mahes Goonatilleke1 mat · avg 24.002
  11. 14Stephen Fleming1 mat · avg 343.002
  12. 15Enamul Haque jnr1 mat · avg 3.002
ODI
  1. 4Sunil Gavaskar2 mat · avg 75.002
  2. 5Ravi Ratnayeke5 mat · avg 55.002
  3. 6Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 57.002
  4. 7Ruwan Kalpage4 mat · avg 20.002
  5. 8Stephen Boock2 mat · avg 8.001
  6. 9Roger Binny2 mat · avg 8.001
  7. 10Zulqarnain1 mat · avg 11.001
  8. 11Roger Woolley2 mat · avg 19.001
  9. 12Grant Bradburn1 mat · avg 11.001
  10. 13Carl Hooper1 mat · avg 13.001
  11. 14Farveez Maharoof1 mat · avg 16.001
  12. 15Ian Smith2 mat · avg 18.001

Most balls faced

Test
  1. 4Thilan Samaraweera6 mat · avg 75.501,252
  2. 5Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 60.00974
  3. 6Aravinda de Silva6 mat · avg 68.80962
  4. 7Dimuth Karunaratne5 mat · avg 35.70783
  5. 8Stephen Fleming1 mat · avg 343.00710
  6. 9Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 53.00698
  7. 10Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 40.71617
  8. 11Sanath Jayasuriya7 mat · avg 48.22615
  9. 12Arjuna Ranatunga6 mat · avg 43.00552
  10. 13Tillakaratne Dilshan8 mat · avg 29.58499
  11. 14Dinesh Chandimal4 mat · avg 29.57486
  12. 15Prasanna Jayawardene7 mat · avg 18.09486
ODI
  1. 4Mark Taylor2 mat · avg 67.50192
  2. 5Ranjan Madugalle6 mat · avg 27.60177
  3. 6Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 57.00168
  4. 7Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 32.67156
  5. 8Susil Fernando2 mat · avg 32.50134
  6. 9Graham Yallop2 mat · avg 49.00133
  7. 10Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 45.50128
  8. 11Brian Lara1 mat · avg 89.00118
  9. 12Greg Chappell2 mat · avg 65.00114
  10. 13Blair Hartland1 mat · avg 54.00108
  11. 14Graeme Wood2 mat · avg 29.50107
  12. 15Roy Dias6 mat · avg 13.33105
T20I
  1. 4William Porterfield1 mat · avg 46.0030
  2. 5Paul Stirling1 mat · avg 17.0029
  3. 6Anas Khan1 mat · avg 21.0028
  4. 7Nawroz Mangal1 mat · avg 27.0025
  5. 8Shakti Gauchan1 mat · avg 5.0025
  6. 9Irfan Ahmed1 mat · avg 8.0020
  7. 10Shafiqullah1 mat · avg 23.0016
  8. 11Gary Wilson1 mat · avg 16.0016
  9. 12Naresh Budayair1 mat · avg 5.0015
  10. 13Gyanendra Malla1 mat · avg 5.0015
  11. 14Niall O'Brien1 mat · avg 18.0013
  12. 15Tanwir Afzal1 mat · avg 9.0012

Best bowling figures

Test
  1. 4John Emburey1 mat · avg 14.676/33
  2. 5Yasir Shah1 mat · avg 18.886/96
  3. 6Kumar Dharmasena3 mat · avg 34.156/99
  4. 7Rangana Herath8 mat · avg 24.836/103
  5. 8Graeme Swann1 mat · avg 18.106/106
  6. 9Shoaib Akhtar1 mat · avg 9.005/21
  7. 10Derek Underwood1 mat · avg 11.885/28
  8. 11Tharindu Kaushal2 mat · avg 38.565/42
  9. 12Ravichandran Ashwin1 mat · avg 16.865/42
  10. 13Wasim Akram2 mat · avg 18.605/43
  11. 14Rumesh Ratnayake1 mat · avg 13.895/49
  12. 15Ajantha Mendis3 mat · avg 31.695/56
ODI
  1. 4Abdul Qadir1 mat · avg 8.003/24
  2. 5Tom Hogan2 mat · avg 22.253/27
  3. 6Bruce Yardley1 mat · avg 9.333/28
  4. 7Ravi Ratnayeke5 mat · avg 29.333/32
  5. 8Sanath Jayasuriya4 mat · avg 19.713/33
  6. 9Zakir Khan1 mat · avg 11.333/34
  7. 10Vinothen John6 mat · avg 21.783/39
  8. 11Arjuna Ranatunga11 mat · avg 28.003/49
  9. 12Chetan Sharma2 mat · avg 30.002/11
  10. 13Ewen Chatfield2 mat · avg 12.252/13
  11. 14Lance Cairns2 mat · avg 17.002/14
  12. 15Jeremy Coney2 mat · avg 13.332/16
T20I
  1. 4Tanwir Afzal1 mat · avg 4.002/8
  2. 5Shakti Gauchan1 mat · avg 5.002/10
  3. 6George Dockrell1 mat · avg 5.502/11
  4. 7Sagar Pun1 mat · avg 5.502/11
  5. 8Nadeem Ahmed1 mat · avg 5.502/11
  6. 9Karim Sadiq1 mat · avg 8.502/17
  7. 10Irfan Ahmed1 mat · avg 12.002/24
  8. 11Paras Khadka1 mat · avg 3.001/3
  9. 12Amrit Bhattarai1 mat · avg 12.001/12
  10. 13Hamid Hassan1 mat · avg 14.001/14
  11. 14Sompal Kami1 mat · avg 17.001/17
  12. 15Mohammad Nabi1 mat · avg 19.001/19

Five-wicket hauls

Test
  1. 4John Emburey1 mat · avg 14.671
  2. 5Kraigg Brathwaite1 mat · avg 4.831
  3. 6Ravichandran Ashwin1 mat · avg 16.861
  4. 7Yasir Shah1 mat · avg 18.881
  5. 8Derek Underwood1 mat · avg 11.881
  6. 9Shoaib Akhtar1 mat · avg 9.001
  7. 10Tharindu Kaushal2 mat · avg 38.561
  8. 11Rumesh Ratnayake1 mat · avg 13.891
  9. 12Wasim Akram2 mat · avg 18.601
  10. 13Graeme Swann1 mat · avg 18.101
  11. 14Shane Warne1 mat · avg 17.091
  12. 15Kumar Dharmasena3 mat · avg 34.151
ODI
Not recorded
T20I
Not recorded

Four-wicket hauls

Test
  1. 4Nuwan Kulasekara2 mat · avg 16.452
  2. 5Saqlain Mushtaq1 mat · avg 22.752
  3. 6Syed Rasel1 mat · avg 32.251
  4. 7Ravi Ratnayeke1 mat · avg 29.001
  5. 8Umar Gul1 mat · avg 20.251
  6. 9Nicky Boje1 mat · avg 36.401
  7. 10Saeed Ajmal1 mat · avg 28.601
  8. 11Makhaya Ntini1 mat · avg 19.401
  9. 12Shahadat Hossain2 mat · avg 31.501
  10. 13Shakib Al Hasan1 mat · avg 25.671
  11. 14Jomel Warrican1 mat · avg 21.501
  12. 15Imran Niazi1 mat · avg 20.831
ODI
  1. 1Dilhara Fernando1 mat · avg 6.001
T20I
  1. 1Trent Johnston1 mat · avg 5.501