pitch report

pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

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

by format
TestODIT20I
Matches45–
Avg 1st innings287154–
Avg 2nd innings268149–
Avg 3rd innings202––
Avg 4th innings251––
Highest total337231–
Lowest all out19094–
Bat first wins–1–
Chasing wins–4–
Drawn4––
Wickets to pace63%37% spin82%18% spin–
Verdict–Chase–

The pace and spin shares are of the 144 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 19 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
100%
ODI
20%80%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at

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

TeamTestODIT20I
Sri Lanka0%0–0 · 4 M75%3–1 · 4 Mnot played
New Zealand0%0–0 · 1 M50%1–1 · 2 Mnot played
West Indies0%0–0 · 1 Mnot playednot played
Australia0%0–0 · 1 Mnot playednot played
South Africa0%0–0 · 1 Mnot playednot played
Englandnot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Bangladeshnot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Pakistannot played100%1–0 · 1 Mnot played
Indianot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played

Recent matches at

TestSri Lanka v West Indies1993Match drawn
TestSri Lanka v South Africa1993Match drawn
ODISri Lanka v India1993Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
ODISri Lanka v England1993Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)
TestSri Lanka v New Zealand1992Match drawn
TestSri Lanka v Australia1992Match drawn
ODIBangladesh v Pakistan1986Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
ODISri Lanka v New Zealand1984New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
ODISri Lanka v New Zealand1984Sri Lanka won by 41 runs

Records at

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

Most runs

Test
Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.60
283#2 · runs
MOST RUNSRoshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
295#1 · runs
Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40
257#3 · runs
  1. 4Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.25217
  2. 5Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.00184
  3. 6Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.00158
  4. 7Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.50153
  5. 8Ian Healy1 mat · avg 60.00120
  6. 9Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.00109
  7. 10Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 24.0096
  8. 11Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.0094
  9. 12Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 40.5081
  10. 13Daryll Cullinan1 mat · avg 39.5079
  11. 14Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 34.5069
  12. 15Kepler Wessels1 mat · avg 31.5063
ODI
Roshan Mahanama3 mat · avg 60.50
121#2 · runs
MOST RUNSAravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
128#1 · runs
Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.50
87#3 · runs
  1. 4Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.0085
  2. 5Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.0078
  3. 6Mudassar Nazar2 mat · avg 76.0076
  4. 7Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.0061
  5. 8Javed Miandad2 mat · avg 22.5045
  6. 9Chandika Hathurusingha2 mat · avg 22.5045
  7. 10Mohsin Khan2 mat · avg 22.0044
  8. 11Shaheedur Rahman1 mat · avg 37.0037
  9. 12Graeme Hick1 mat · avg 36.0036
  10. 13John Reid1 mat · avg 34.0034
  11. 14Somachandra De Silva2 mat · avg 31.0031
  12. 15Robin Smith1 mat · avg 31.0031
T20I
Not recorded

Most wickets

Test
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 25.73
11#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSChampaka Ramanayake2 mat · avg 21.91
11#1 · wkts
Dulip Liyanage2 mat · avg 26.67
9#3 · wkts
  1. 4Don Anurasiri3 mat · avg 30.009
  2. 5Allan Donald1 mat · avg 23.676
  3. 6Brett Schultz1 mat · avg 26.176
  4. 7Winston Benjamin1 mat · avg 10.205
  5. 8Tony Dodemaide1 mat · avg 16.254
  6. 9Craig McDermott1 mat · avg 22.254
  7. 10Chandika Hathurusingha3 mat · avg 27.504
  8. 11Pramodya Wickramasinghe2 mat · avg 38.004
  9. 12Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 58.333
  10. 13Jayananda Warnaweera1 mat · avg 25.673
  11. 14Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 23.673
  12. 15Sir Curtly Ambrose1 mat · avg 9.003
ODI
Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 5.20
5#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSSanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 8.38
8#1 · wkts
Champaka Ramanayake3 mat · avg 17.40
5#3 · wkts
  1. 4Wasim Akram2 mat · avg 4.754
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 12.004
  3. 6Pramodya Wickramasinghe2 mat · avg 19.254
  4. 7Derek Stirling2 mat · avg 21.003
  5. 8Ewen Chatfield2 mat · avg 15.003
  6. 9Ashantha de Mel2 mat · avg 17.003
  7. 10Manoj Prabhakar1 mat · avg 12.673
  8. 11Abdul Qadir2 mat · avg 5.003
  9. 12Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 13.003
  10. 13Imran Niazi2 mat · avg 5.502
  11. 14Jahangir Shah1 mat · avg 11.502
  12. 15Ian Salisbury1 mat · avg 18.002
T20I
Not recorded

Highest score

Test
Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40
131#2
HIGHESTRoshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
153#1
Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.00
106#3
  1. 4Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.00105
  2. 5Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.00101
  3. 6Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.5096
  4. 7Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.2592
  5. 8Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.0090
  6. 9Ian Healy1 mat · avg 60.0071
  7. 10Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.6068
  8. 11Carl Hooper1 mat · avg 62.0062
  9. 12Chris Harris1 mat · avg 56.0056
  10. 13Blair Hartland1 mat · avg 27.5052
  11. 14Sir Richie Richardson1 mat · avg 51.0051
  12. 15Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 34.5048
ODI
Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.00
85#2
HIGHESTRoshan Mahanama3 mat · avg 60.50
92#1
Aravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
75#3
  1. 4Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.0052
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.5050
  3. 6Mudassar Nazar2 mat · avg 76.0047
  4. 7Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.0043
  5. 8Shaheedur Rahman1 mat · avg 37.0037
  6. 9Graeme Hick1 mat · avg 36.0036
  7. 10John Reid1 mat · avg 34.0034
  8. 11Chandika Hathurusingha2 mat · avg 22.5033
  9. 12Robin Smith1 mat · avg 31.0031
  10. 13Javed Miandad2 mat · avg 22.5030
  11. 14Mohsin Khan2 mat · avg 22.0028
  12. 15Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 28.0028
T20I
Not recorded

Most hundreds

Test
Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40
1#2 · 100s
MOST 100sRoshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
1#1 · 100s
Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.00
1#3 · 100s
  1. 4Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.001
  2. 5Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.001
ODI
Not recorded
T20I
Not recorded

Most fifties

Test
Roshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
2#2 · 50s
MOST 50sAravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.60
4#1 · 50s
Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.25
2#3 · 50s
  1. 4Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.502
  2. 5Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.001
  3. 6Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.001
  4. 7Ian Healy1 mat · avg 60.001
  5. 8Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.001
  6. 9Carl Hooper1 mat · avg 62.001
  7. 10Chris Harris1 mat · avg 56.001
  8. 11Blair Hartland1 mat · avg 27.501
  9. 12Sir Richie Richardson1 mat · avg 51.001
ODI
Roshan Mahanama3 mat · avg 60.50
1#2 · 50s
MOST 50sAravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
1#1 · 50s
Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.50
1#3 · 50s
  1. 4Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.001
  2. 5Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most sixes

Test
Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.00
4#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESAravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.60
5#1 · sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40
2#3 · sixes
  1. 4Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.501
  2. 5Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.001
  3. 6Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 24.001
  4. 7Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.001
  5. 8Daryll Cullinan1 mat · avg 39.501
  6. 9Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 34.501
  7. 10Sir Curtly Ambrose1 mat · avg 7.001
ODI
Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.00
2#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESAravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
4#1 · sixes
Vijay Yadav1 mat · avg 27.00
2#3 · sixes
  1. 4Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.001
  2. 5Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.001
  3. 6Robin Smith1 mat · avg 31.001
  4. 7Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 28.001
  5. 8Neil Fairbrother1 mat · avg 21.001
  6. 9Jeff Crowe2 mat · avg 16.001
  7. 10Ashantha de Mel2 mat · avg 15.001
  8. 11Ranjan Madugalle2 mat · avg 5.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most fours

Test
Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40
31#2 · fours
MOST FOURSRoshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
35#1 · fours
Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.60
27#3 · fours
  1. 4Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.2527
  2. 5Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.0026
  3. 6Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.0022
  4. 7Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.0014
  5. 8Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 24.0011
  6. 9Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.0010
  7. 10Ian Healy1 mat · avg 60.0010
  8. 11Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.509
  9. 12Daryll Cullinan1 mat · avg 39.509
  10. 13Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 34.509
  11. 14Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 40.508
  12. 15Blair Hartland1 mat · avg 27.505
ODI
Aravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
9#2 · fours
MOST FOURSRoshan Mahanama3 mat · avg 60.50
13#1 · fours
Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.00
8#3 · fours
  1. 4Chandika Hathurusingha2 mat · avg 22.507
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.506
  3. 6Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.006
  4. 7Graeme Hick1 mat · avg 36.006
  5. 8Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.005
  6. 9Mudassar Nazar2 mat · avg 76.004
  7. 10Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 28.003
  8. 11Robin Smith1 mat · avg 31.003
  9. 12John Reid1 mat · avg 34.003
  10. 13Chris Lewis1 mat · avg 8.002
  11. 14Manoj Prabhakar1 mat · avg 17.002
  12. 15Somachandra De Silva2 mat · avg 31.002
T20I
Not recorded

Most not outs

Test
Champaka Ramanayake2 mat · avg 25.00
2#2 · n.o.
MOST N.O.Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.25
2#1 · n.o.
Tony Dodemaide1 mat · avg 15.00
2#3 · n.o.
  1. 4Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 3.002
  2. 5Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.601
  3. 6Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.001
  4. 7Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 40.501
  5. 8Chris Harris1 mat · avg 56.001
  6. 9Justin Vaughan1 mat · avg 17.001
  7. 10Gamini Wickremasinghe1 mat · avg 13.001
  8. 11Sir Curtly Ambrose1 mat · avg 7.001
  9. 12Clive Eksteen1 mat · avg 5.001
ODI
Qasim Umar1 mat · avg 3.00
1#2 · n.o.
MOST N.O.Aravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
1#1 · n.o.
Champaka Ramanayake3 mat · avg 4.00
1#3 · n.o.
  1. 4Anil Kumble1 mat · avg 4.001
  2. 5Zakir Khan2 mat · avg 5.001
  3. 6Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 5.001
  4. 7Javagal Srinath1 mat · avg 5.001
  5. 8Ian Salisbury1 mat · avg 2.001
  6. 9Derek Stirling2 mat · avg 13.001
  7. 10Ravi Ratnayeke2 mat · avg 19.001
  8. 11Somachandra De Silva2 mat · avg 31.001
  9. 12Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.001
  10. 13Mudassar Nazar2 mat · avg 76.001
  11. 14Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.001
  12. 15Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.501
T20I
Not recorded

Most balls faced

Test
Hashan Tillakaratne4 mat · avg 54.25
508#2 · balls
MOST BALLSRoshan Mahanama4 mat · avg 49.17
666#1 · balls
Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 56.60
463#3 · balls
  1. 4Arjuna Ranatunga4 mat · avg 51.40448
  2. 5Greg Matthews1 mat · avg 76.50337
  3. 6Allan Border1 mat · avg 92.00309
  4. 7Asanka Gurusinha3 mat · avg 24.00290
  5. 8Ken Rutherford1 mat · avg 79.00289
  6. 9Andrew Hudson1 mat · avg 47.00286
  7. 10John Wright1 mat · avg 26.50281
  8. 11Ian Healy1 mat · avg 60.00257
  9. 12Jonty Rhodes1 mat · avg 109.00238
  10. 13Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 40.50211
  11. 14Kepler Wessels1 mat · avg 31.50203
  12. 15Chris Harris1 mat · avg 56.00202
ODI
Mudassar Nazar2 mat · avg 76.00
163#2 · balls
MOST BALLSRoshan Mahanama3 mat · avg 60.50
191#1 · balls
Aravinda de Silva5 mat · avg 42.67
151#3 · balls
  1. 4Asanka Gurusinha2 mat · avg 78.00119
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 43.50116
  3. 6Mohammad Azharuddin1 mat · avg 85.00103
  4. 7John Reid1 mat · avg 34.0094
  5. 8Javed Miandad2 mat · avg 22.5077
  6. 9Mohsin Khan2 mat · avg 22.0073
  7. 10Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 61.0070
  8. 11Sidath Wettimuny2 mat · avg 4.5063
  9. 12Shaheedur Rahman1 mat · avg 37.0060
  10. 13Chandika Hathurusingha2 mat · avg 22.5059
  11. 14Amal Silva1 mat · avg 9.0050
  12. 15Robin Smith1 mat · avg 31.0048
T20I
Not recorded

Best bowling figures

Test
Champaka Ramanayake2 mat · avg 21.91
5/82#2
BEST FIGURESAllan Donald1 mat · avg 23.67
5/69#1
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 25.73
5/104#3
  1. 4Winston Benjamin1 mat · avg 10.204/46
  2. 5Dulip Liyanage2 mat · avg 26.674/56
  3. 6Tony Dodemaide1 mat · avg 16.254/65
  4. 7Brett Schultz1 mat · avg 26.174/75
  5. 8Craig McDermott1 mat · avg 22.254/89
  6. 9Sir Curtly Ambrose1 mat · avg 9.003/14
  7. 10Pat Symcox1 mat · avg 58.333/75
  8. 11Don Anurasiri3 mat · avg 30.003/77
  9. 12Ruwan Kalpage2 mat · avg 23.672/27
  10. 13Aravinda de Silva4 mat · avg 23.002/35
  11. 14Jayananda Warnaweera1 mat · avg 25.672/46
  12. 15Pramodya Wickramasinghe2 mat · avg 38.002/58
ODI
Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 5.20
5/26#2
BEST FIGURESSanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 8.38
6/29#1
Wasim Akram2 mat · avg 4.75
4/19#3
  1. 4Abdul Qadir2 mat · avg 5.003/15
  2. 5Arjuna Ranatunga5 mat · avg 12.003/23
  3. 6Champaka Ramanayake3 mat · avg 17.403/25
  4. 7Manoj Prabhakar1 mat · avg 12.673/38
  5. 8Pramodya Wickramasinghe2 mat · avg 19.253/54
  6. 9Imran Niazi2 mat · avg 5.502/11
  7. 10Martin Crowe2 mat · avg 13.002/20
  8. 11Jahangir Shah1 mat · avg 11.502/23
  9. 12Ashantha de Mel2 mat · avg 17.002/26
  10. 13Ewen Chatfield2 mat · avg 15.002/29
  11. 14Derek Stirling2 mat · avg 21.002/29
  12. 15Ian Salisbury1 mat · avg 18.002/36
T20I
Not recorded

Five-wicket hauls

Test
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 25.73
1#2 · 5w
MOST 5wChampaka Ramanayake2 mat · avg 21.91
1#1 · 5w
Allan Donald1 mat · avg 23.67
1#3 · 5w
ODI
  1. 1Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 8.381
  2. 2Shaul Karnain1 mat · avg 5.201
T20I
Not recorded

Four-wicket hauls

Test
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 25.73
1#2 · 4w
MOST 4wDulip Liyanage2 mat · avg 26.67
2#1 · 4w
Brett Schultz1 mat · avg 26.17
1#3 · 4w
  1. 4Winston Benjamin1 mat · avg 10.201
  2. 5Tony Dodemaide1 mat · avg 16.251
  3. 6Craig McDermott1 mat · avg 22.251
ODI
  1. 1Wasim Akram2 mat · avg 4.751
T20I
Not recorded