Dhananjaya de Silva
77Sri Lanka · AR · 2016 to 2026 · on scorecards: DM de Silva
BATTING
- Matches
- 93
- Innings
- 85
- Runs
- 1924
- Average
- 25.65
- Strike rate
- 77.92
- High score
- 93
- 100s / 50s
- 0 / 10
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 48
- Average
- 41.89
- Economy
- 5.09
- Strike rate
- 49.3
- Best figures
- 3/32
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 42 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 6
CAREER IN BRIEF
Dhananjaya de Silva played 93 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2016 to 2026. The first came against Ireland at The Village, with a score of 3, and the last against England at R Premadasa Stadium in 2026.
The most productive decade was the 2020s: 1,110 runs at 25.8 in 51 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 93 from 111 balls against Netherlands at Queens Sports Club in 2023, in a match Sri Lanka won. The best bowling is 3 for 32 against England at Headingley in 2019.
In all: 10 fifties. At home the average was 25.9 across 42 ODIs; away it was 26.6 across 25 ODIs. The most runs came against South Africa: 395 runs at 23.2 in 17 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 21 ODIs and 411 runs at 21.6. The scorecards record 3 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 41 of the ODIs Dhananjaya de Silva played and lost 48.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 93 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 111 | Netherlands | Queens Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 91 | 91 | England | Kennington Oval | 2021 | Lost |
| 84 | 66 | South Africa | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 2018 | Lost |
| 78* | 75 | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2016 | Won |
| 76 | 87 | Australia | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 2016 | Lost |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/32 | 8 | England | Headingley | 2019 | Won |
| 3/39 | 10 | Afghanistan | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 3/41 | 10 | South Africa | St George's Park | 2019 | Lost |
| 3/45 | 10 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium | 2021 | Lost |
| 2/12 | 1.4 | Afghanistan | Gaddafi Stadium | 2023 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 17 | 395 | 23.24 | 0/1 | 9 | 48.89 |
| England | 12 | 258 | 32.25 | 0/1 | 9 | 26.00 |
| Australia | 11 | 280 | 28.00 | 0/2 | 10 | 26.40 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 152 | 21.71 | 0/1 | 7 | 34.00 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 134 | 19.14 | 0/1 | 8 | 35.13 |
| India | 8 | 169 | 24.14 | 0/0 | 4 | 45.00 |
| West Indies | 6 | 148 | 29.60 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 78 | 78.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 3 | 127 | 42.33 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Pakistan | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Ireland | 2 | 45 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Scotland | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 25.00 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 42 | 908 | 25.94 | 0/5 | 27 | 37.63 |
| Away | 25 | 531 | 26.55 | 0/3 | 14 | 35.71 |
| Neutral | 26 | 485 | 24.25 | 0/2 | 7 | 70.71 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42 | 814 | 25.44 | 0/4 | 22 | 40.86 |
| 2020s | 51 | 1,110 | 25.81 | 0/6 | 26 | 42.77 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Premadasa Stadium | 21 | 411 | 21.63 | 0/1 | 14 | 38.64 |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 12 | 263 | 23.91 | 0/2 | 8 | 39.38 |
| Queens Sports Club | 9 | 221 | 44.20 | 0/2 | 1 | 122.00 |
| Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 4 | 124 | 62.00 | 0/1 | 2 | 30.50 |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 4 | 92 | 46.00 | 0/1 | 3 | 27.67 |
| Harare Sports Club | 3 | 85 | 42.50 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Ireland, 2016 at The Village
- Latest in the archive: v England, 2026 at R Premadasa Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 6 September 1991
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 2,469
- Ducks
- 4
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 6th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 83.4
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 72.8
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 106.6
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 30.8
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 37.4
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 2,265 balls faced in that period.
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