Akila Dananjaya

Sri Lanka · SPIN · 2012 to 2024 · on scorecards: A Dananjaya

BATTING

Matches: 42
Innings: 32
Runs: 323
Average: 12.42
Strike rate: 71.61
High score: 50*
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 59
Average: 30.66
Economy: 5.13
Strike rate: 35.8
Best figures: 6/29
4w / 5w: 2 / 2
Catches / Stumpings: 14 / 0
Run-outs effected: 1

CAREER IN BRIEF

Akila Dananjaya played 42 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2012 to 2024. The first came against New Zealand at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, and the last against India at R Premadasa Stadium in 2024.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 51 wickets at 29.5 in 36 ODIs. The best bowling is 6 for 29 against South Africa at R Premadasa Stadium in 2018. In all: 2 five-wicket hauls.

With the ball: 48 wickets at 23.5 at home and 7 wickets at 52.1 away. The most wickets came against South Africa: 18 wickets at 30.3 in 11 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 11 ODIs and 20 wickets at 24.9. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 13 of the ODIs Akila Dananjaya played and lost 26.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 42 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
50*	72	Pakistan	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2017	Lost
37	42	South Africa	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2018	Lost
32*	26	England	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2018	Lost
18*	11	England	R Premadasa Stadium	2018	Won
18	37	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2017	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
6/29	9	South Africa	R Premadasa Stadium	2018	Won
6/54	10	India	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2017	Lost
4/19	6.1	England	R Premadasa Stadium	2018	Won
4/47	10	Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	2017	Lost
3/44	10	India	R Premadasa Stadium	2021	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
South Africa	11	73	8.11	0/0	18	30.28
India	10	75	10.71	0/0	15	30.53
Bangladesh	5	31	10.33	0/0	6	25.50
England	5	57	57.00	0/0	9	19.22
Pakistan	4	70	23.33	0/1	2	83.50
Zimbabwe	4	15	7.50	0/0	5	44.00
Afghanistan	2	2	2.00	0/0	4	23.25
New Zealand	1	0	–	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	25	193	13.79	0/0	48	23.46
Away	10	50	7.14	0/0	7	52.14
Neutral	7	80	16.00	0/1	4	79.50

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	36	283	12.86	0/1	51	29.53
2020s	6	40	10.00	0/0	8	37.88

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
R Premadasa Stadium	11	78	11.14	0/0	20	24.85
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	7	88	22.00	0/0	15	21.13
Shere Bangla National Stadium	5	39	13.00	0/0	3	60.67
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	4	20	10.00	0/0	8	25.50
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	3	4	1.33	0/0	2	63.00
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	2	7	7.00	0/0	4	11.75

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v New Zealand, 2012 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
Latest in the archive: v India, 2024 at R Premadasa Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 4 October 1993
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Balls faced (career): 451
Ducks: 3
Four-wicket hauls: 2
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 58.3
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 86.7
Balls per dismissal against pace: 15.3
Balls per dismissal against spin: 37.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 438 balls faced in that period.

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