Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in numbers

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, has staged 9 Tests and 45 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2010, and the most recent international here was in 2025.

Of the 9 Tests played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, 4 were drawn (44%), 4 won by the side batting first and 1 by the side batting second. Sri Lanka have played 9 of those Tests and won 2, lost 3 and drawn or tied 4, a win rate of 22%. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7 Tests. Dimuth Karunaratne has made more Test runs here than anyone, 713 in 11 innings with 3 hundreds, and Rangana Herath has taken the most wickets, 20 in 3 Tests. The highest total is Sri Lanka's 648 for 8 in 2021; the lowest completed innings Sri Lanka's 117 in 2016; the highest individual score Dimuth Karunaratne's 244 against Bangladesh in 2021; the best bowling Praveen Jayawickrama's 6 for 92 in 2021. The heaviest defeat was Sri Lanka's, by an innings and 171 runs against India in 2017.

Of the 45 ODIs played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, sides batting first have won 17 and chasing sides 25; 3 produced no result. Only 40% of decided ODIs have gone to the side batting first; chasing has been the stronger hand here. Sri Lanka have played 41 of those ODIs and won 23, lost 16 and tied or had no result in 2, a win rate of 56%. The most frequent visitors have been Afghanistan (6) and Pakistan (6). The average first-innings total was 246 in the 2010s (24 ODIs) and 251 in the 2020s (21 ODIs). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 24 ODIs. Tillakaratne Dilshan has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 939 in 15 innings with 5 hundreds, and Lasith Malinga has taken the most wickets, 24 in 16 ODIs. The highest total is Sri Lanka's 381 for 3 in 2024; the lowest completed innings Zimbabwe's 70 in 2022; the highest individual score Pathum Nissanka's 210 not out against Afghanistan in 2024; the best bowling Mitchell Johnson's 6 for 31 in 2011. The widest margin by runs was Sri Lanka's 184-run win over Zimbabwe in 2022.

Tests at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

9 Tests, 2010 to 2021. The first was West Indies v Sri Lanka on 1 December 2010: match drawn.

First-innings totals by decade

ODIs at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

45 ODIs, 2011 to 2025. The first was New Zealand v Pakistan on 8 March 2011: New Zealand won by 110 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (ODI, 8 July 2025): Sri Lanka won by 99 runs
• New Zealand v Sri Lanka (ODI, 19 November 2024): No result
• New Zealand v Sri Lanka (ODI, 17 November 2024): Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
• Sri Lanka v West Indies (ODI, 26 October 2024): West Indies won by 8 wickets
• West Indies v Sri Lanka (ODI, 23 October 2024): Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
• West Indies v Sri Lanka (ODI, 20 October 2024): Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
• Afghanistan v Sri Lanka (ODI, 14 February 2024): Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v Afghanistan (ODI, 11 February 2024): Sri Lanka won by 155 runs
• Sri Lanka v Afghanistan (ODI, 9 February 2024): Sri Lanka won by 42 runs
• Nepal v India (ODI, 4 September 2023): India won by 10 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) (DLS method)