Eric Upashantha

Sri Lanka · PACE · 1995 to 2001 · on scorecards: KEA Upashantha

BATTING

Matches: 12
Innings: 8
Runs: 49
Average: 7
Strike rate: 56.97
High score: 15
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 12
Average: 40.08
Economy: 5.11
Strike rate: 47
Best figures: 4/37
4w / 5w: 1 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 2 / 0
Run-outs effected: 0

CAREER IN BRIEF

Eric Upashantha played 12 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 1995 to 2001. The first came against Pakistan at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, and the last against New Zealand at Wellington Regional Stadium in 2001.

The most productive decade was the 1990s: 7 wickets at 49.1 in 8 ODIs. The best bowling is 4 for 37 against New Zealand at McLean Park in 2001. The most wickets came against India: 2 wickets at 86.5 in 3 ODIs.

Sri Lanka won 9 of the ODIs Eric Upashantha played and lost 3.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 12 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
15	10	India	Nehru Stadium	1999	Lost
11	25	England	Lord's	1999	Lost
8*	13	West Indies	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	1996	Won
5	17	India	County Ground	1999	Lost
4	7	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium	2001	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/37	8	New Zealand	McLean Park	2001	Won
2/24	8	West Indies	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1995	Won
2/52	10	India	Nehru Stadium	1999	Lost
1/29	9	Pakistan	Galle International Stadium	2000	Won
1/31	6	West Indies	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	1996	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
India	3	20	10.00	0/0	2	86.50
Pakistan	3	2	2.00	0/0	2	52.50
New Zealand	2	5	2.50	0/0	4	16.75
West Indies	2	11	11.00	0/0	3	18.33
England	1	11	11.00	0/0	0	–
Zimbabwe	1	0	–	0/0	1	43.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	1	0	–	0/0	1	29.00
Away	5	31	7.75	0/0	6	32.17
Neutral	6	18	6.00	0/0	5	51.80

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1990s	8	44	8.80	0/0	7	49.14
2000s	4	5	2.50	0/0	5	27.40

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2	3	3.00	0/0	2	32.50
Nehru Stadium	1	15	15.00	0/0	2	26.00
Lord's	1	11	11.00	0/0	0	–
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	1	8	–	0/0	1	31.00
County Ground	1	5	5.00	0/0	0	–
Wellington Regional Stadium	1	4	4.00	0/0	0	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Pakistan, 1995 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Latest in the archive: v New Zealand, 2001 at Wellington Regional Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 10 June 1972
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 86
Ducks: 0
Four-wicket hauls: 1

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