Chamara Silva

Sri Lanka · BAT · 1999 to 2011 · on scorecards: LPC Silva

BATTING

Matches: 75
Innings: 62
Runs: 1587
Average: 28.85
Strike rate: 70.4
High score: 107*
100s / 50s: 1 / 13

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 1
Average: 33
Economy: 4.71
Strike rate: 42
Best figures: 1/21
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 20 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Chamara Silva played 75 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 1999 to 2011. The first came against Australia at R Premadasa Stadium, with a score of 55, and the last against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in 2011.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 1,239 runs at 31.8 in 48 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 107 not out from 107 balls against India at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in 2007, in a defeat. In all: 1 hundred, 13 fifties.

At home the average was 32.9 across 25 ODIs; away it was 30.3 across 19 ODIs. The most runs came against Australia: 307 runs at 27.9 in 15 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 13 ODIs and 365 runs at 40.6. Sri Lanka won 38 of the ODIs Chamara Silva played and lost 32.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 75 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
107*	107	India	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	2007	Lost
73	109	England	R Premadasa Stadium	2007	Won
67	101	England	R Premadasa Stadium	2007	Lost
67	96	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	2008	Lost
65	76	Bangladesh	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	2007	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
1/21	4	Bangladesh	Gaddafi Stadium	2008	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
India	16	304	30.40	1/2	0	–
Australia	15	307	27.91	0/3	0	–
Pakistan	9	267	29.67	0/2	0	–
England	8	216	30.86	0/2	0	–
New Zealand	8	136	22.67	0/0	0	–
Bangladesh	6	181	45.25	0/2	1	21.00
West Indies	6	102	20.40	0/1	0	–
Zimbabwe	2	4	4.00	0/0	0	–
Bermuda	1	55	–	0/1	0	–
Ireland	1	0	–	0/0	0	–
Kenya	1	0	–	0/0	0	–
South Africa	1	9	9.00	0/0	0	–
United Arab Emirates	1	6	6.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	25	559	32.88	0/6	0	–
Away	19	394	30.31	1/1	0	–
Neutral	31	634	25.36	0/6	1	21.00

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1990s	7	85	17.00	0/1	0	–
2000s	48	1,239	31.77	1/10	1	21.00
2010s	20	263	23.91	0/2	0	–

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Bowl avg
R Premadasa Stadium	13	365	40.56	0/5	–
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	8	111	27.75	0/0	–
Queen's Park Oval	5	235	78.33	0/4	–
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	5	35	8.75	0/0	–
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	4	133	33.25	0/1	–
National Stadium	4	101	25.25	0/1	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Australia, 1999 at R Premadasa Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2011 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 14 December 1979
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Balls faced (career): 2,254
Ducks: 6
Four-wicket hauls: 0
Most common batting position: 5th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 55.6
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 64.6
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 102.9
Balls per dismissal against pace: 45.4
Balls per dismissal against spin: 41.4

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 1,747 balls faced in that period.

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