Suranga Lakmal

Sri Lanka · PACE · 2009 to 2021 · on scorecards: RAS Lakmal

BATTING

Matches: 86
Innings: 48
Runs: 244
Average: 9.38
Strike rate: 60.39
High score: 26
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 109
Average: 32.42
Economy: 5.46
Strike rate: 35.6
Best figures: 4/13
4w / 5w: 3 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 20 / 0
Run-outs effected: 1

CAREER IN BRIEF

Suranga Lakmal played 86 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2009 to 2021. The first came against India at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, and the last against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in 2021.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 105 wickets at 32.1 in 82 ODIs. The best bowling is 4 for 13 against India at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in 2017. With the ball: 27 wickets at 23.9 at home and 49 wickets at 31.0 away.

The most wickets came against England: 19 wickets at 28.2 in 13 ODIs. Shere Bangla National Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 15 ODIs and 16 wickets at 41.5. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 36 of the ODIs Suranga Lakmal played and lost 45.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 86 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
26	34	Pakistan	Sophia Gardens	2017	Lost
23*	30	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2017	Lost
20*	28	South Africa	SuperSport Park	2017	Lost
20	25	Bangladesh	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2018	Lost
15*	13	Afghanistan	Sophia Gardens	2019	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/13	10	India	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	2017	Won
4/30	8	England	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2014	Won
4/38	10	Ireland	The Village	2016	Won
3/15	5	West Indies	R Premadasa Stadium	2015	Won
3/21	7	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2018	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Pakistan	14	61	15.25	0/0	18	32.83
England	13	25	12.50	0/0	19	28.21
Bangladesh	12	33	5.50	0/0	17	26.53
South Africa	12	54	9.00	0/0	15	33.33
India	11	13	6.50	0/0	9	56.78
West Indies	6	1	1.00	0/0	12	22.83
New Zealand	5	25	6.25	0/0	2	119.00
Zimbabwe	5	5	–	0/0	4	37.25
Afghanistan	3	15	–	0/0	4	23.25
Australia	2	0	0.00	0/0	0	–
Ireland	2	0	–	0/0	7	9.57
Scotland	1	12	–	0/0	2	27.50

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	19	36	6.00	0/0	27	23.85
Away	38	95	8.64	0/0	49	31.02
Neutral	29	113	12.56	0/0	33	41.52

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	3	0	–	0/0	2	56.00
2010s	82	244	9.38	0/0	105	32.06
2020s	1	0	–	0/0	2	28.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Shere Bangla National Stadium	15	8	2.00	0/0	16	41.50
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	6	12	6.00	0/0	9	27.11
R Premadasa Stadium	6	2	–	0/0	11	16.82
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	5	20	5.00	0/0	5	28.40
Kennington Oval	5	4	4.00	0/0	5	51.40
Sophia Gardens	4	58	19.33	0/0	2	84.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v India, 2009 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
Latest in the archive: v West Indies, 2021 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 10 March 1987
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 404
Ducks: 9
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 11th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 55.0
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 60.9
Balls per dismissal against pace: 16.4

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 390 balls faced in that period.

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