Sadeera Samarawickrama
81Sri Lanka · BAT · 2017 to 2025 · on scorecards: S Samarawickrama
BATTING
- Matches
- 55
- Innings
- 50
- Runs
- 1456
- Average
- 32.35
- Strike rate
- 90.6
- High score
- 108
- 100s / 50s
- 1 / 8
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- -
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 10 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 3
CAREER IN BRIEF
Sadeera Samarawickrama played 55 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2017 to 2025. The first came against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, with a score of 0, and the last against Pakistan at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2025.
The most productive decade was the 2020s: 1,318 runs at 34.7 in 48 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 108 from 89 balls against Pakistan at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in 2023, in a defeat. In all: 1 hundred, 8 fifties.
At home the average was 30.1 across 25 ODIs; away it was 23.7 across 12 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against Pakistan: 291 runs at 36.4 in 8 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 11 ODIs and 293 runs at 29.3. The scorecards record 2 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 31 of the ODIs Sadeera Samarawickrama played and lost 21.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 55 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 89 | Pakistan | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | 2023 | Lost |
| 93 | 72 | Bangladesh | R Premadasa Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 91* | 107 | Netherlands | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium | 2023 | Won |
| 82 | 86 | Ireland | Queens Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
| 73 | 64 | United Arab Emirates | Queens Sports Club | 2023 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 8 | 291 | 36.38 | 1/0 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 188 | 37.60 | 0/1 |
| India | 7 | 81 | 11.57 | 0/0 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 0/2 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 125 | 31.25 | 0/0 |
| England | 4 | 155 | 51.67 | 0/2 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 14 | 4.67 | 0/0 |
| West Indies | 4 | 73 | 36.50 | 0/0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 111 | 55.50 | 0/1 |
| Australia | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0/0 |
| Ireland | 1 | 82 | 82.00 | 0/1 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0/0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0/0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 73 | 73.00 | 0/1 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 25 | 601 | 30.05 | 0/4 |
| Away | 12 | 261 | 23.73 | 0/0 |
| Neutral | 18 | 594 | 42.43 | 1/4 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0/1 |
| 2020s | 48 | 1,318 | 34.68 | 1/7 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Premadasa Stadium | 11 | 293 | 29.30 | 0/2 |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 11 | 259 | 32.38 | 0/2 |
| Queens Sports Club | 6 | 182 | 45.50 | 0/2 |
| Harare Sports Club | 4 | 102 | 34.00 | 0/0 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 3 | 129 | 43.00 | 0/0 |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0/0 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Pakistan, 2017 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2025 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 30 August 1995
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Balls faced (career)
- 1,607
- Ducks
- 5
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 4th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 87.4
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 86.2
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 131.5
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 34.0
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 38.5
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 1,411 balls faced in that period.
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