Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in numbers

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, has staged 26 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between Sri Lanka and Canada in 2011, and the most recent international here was in 2023.

Of the 26 ODIs played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, sides batting first have won 10 and chasing sides 13; 3 produced no result. Decided ODIs have split close to evenly between the side batting first and the side batting second. Sri Lanka have played 23 of those ODIs and won 11, lost 9 and tied or had no result in 3, a win rate of 48%. The most frequent visitors have been Pakistan (6) and Afghanistan (5). The average first-innings total was 246 in the 2010s (20 ODIs) and 259 in the 2020s (6 ODIs). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 20 ODIs. Kumar Sangakkara has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 721 in 13 innings with 1 hundred, and Thisara Perera has taken the most wickets, 18 in 10 ODIs. The highest total is Sri Lanka's 368 for 4 in 2015; the lowest completed innings Kenya's 112 in 2011; the highest individual score Rahmanullah Gurbaz's 151 against Pakistan in 2023; the best bowling Shahid Afridi's 5 for 16 in 2011. The widest margin by runs was Sri Lanka's 210-run win over Canada in 2011. The closest finish: Pakistan won by 1 wicket (2023).

ODIs at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

26 ODIs, 2011 to 2023. The first was Sri Lanka v Canada on 20 February 2011: Sri Lanka won by 210 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Closest finishes

• Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining) (2023)

Most recent matches

• Afghanistan v Pakistan (ODI, 24 August 2023): Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining)
• Pakistan v Afghanistan (ODI, 22 August 2023): Pakistan won by 142 runs
• Afghanistan v Sri Lanka (ODI, 7 June 2023): Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 204 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v Afghanistan (ODI, 4 June 2023): Sri Lanka won by 132 runs
• Sri Lanka v Afghanistan (ODI, 2 June 2023): Afghanistan won by 6 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v West Indies (ODI, 26 February 2020): Sri Lanka won by 161 runs
• Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (ODI, 10 July 2017): Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets (with 71 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (ODI, 8 July 2017): Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) (D/L method)
• Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka (ODI, 6 July 2017): Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v Pakistan (ODI, 26 July 2015): Sri Lanka won by 165 runs