How many Test runs has Ashantha de Mel scored?

Ashantha de Mel has 326 runs in 28 Test innings from 17 matches at an average of 14.17. Highest score: 34.

What is Ashantha de Mel's Test batting average?

Ashantha de Mel's Test batting average is 14.17, from 326 runs and 28 innings.

How many Test wickets has Ashantha de Mel taken?

Ashantha de Mel has taken 59 wickets in Test from 17 matches at a bowling average of 36.94. Best innings: 6/109.

How many ODI runs has Ashantha de Mel scored?

Ashantha de Mel has 466 runs in 41 ODI innings from 57 matches at an average of 14.56 and a strike rate of 78.31. Highest score: 36.

What is Ashantha de Mel's ODI batting average?

Ashantha de Mel's ODI batting average is 14.56, from 466 runs and 41 innings.

How many ODI wickets has Ashantha de Mel taken?

Ashantha de Mel has taken 59 wickets in ODI from 57 matches at a bowling average of 37.91. Best innings: 5/32.

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Ashantha de Mel

All-rounder · 1982 to 1987 · 74 internationals

Sri Lanka

Test17 matches ODI57 matches

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74Internationals

792Runs

0Hundreds

118Wickets

22Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	0	0	5	-	3
ODI	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	0	0	6	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	7/201	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3	0
ODI	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	17	27	9	0	9	0.333	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	57	57	13	0	13	0.228	2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Ashantha de Mel: Test and ODI stats

Test

17 matches · 1982-1986

59wickets

Matches: 17
Average: 36.94
Economy: 3.71
Strike rate: 59.62
Best innings: 6/109
Five-fors: 3

326 runs · batting average 14.17

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ODI

57 matches · 1982-1987

59wickets

Matches: 57
Average: 37.91
Economy: 4.90
Strike rate: 46.35
Best innings: 5/32
Five-fors: 2

466 runs · batting average 14.56

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	28	28	27	27	1982-02-17	1986-12-17	Complete
ODI	41	41	57	57	1982-02-13	1987-10-30	Complete

Questions fans ask about Ashantha de Mel

How many Test runs has Ashantha de Mel scored?: Ashantha de Mel has 326 runs in 28 Test innings from 17 matches at an average of 14.17. Highest score: 34.
What is Ashantha de Mel's Test batting average?: Ashantha de Mel's Test batting average is 14.17, from 326 runs and 28 innings.
How many Test wickets has Ashantha de Mel taken?: Ashantha de Mel has taken 59 wickets in Test from 17 matches at a bowling average of 36.94. Best innings: 6/109.
How many ODI runs has Ashantha de Mel scored?: Ashantha de Mel has 466 runs in 41 ODI innings from 57 matches at an average of 14.56 and a strike rate of 78.31. Highest score: 36.
What is Ashantha de Mel's ODI batting average?: Ashantha de Mel's ODI batting average is 14.56, from 466 runs and 41 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Ashantha de Mel taken?: Ashantha de Mel has taken 59 wickets in ODI from 57 matches at a bowling average of 37.91. Best innings: 5/32.

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74 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1987-10-30	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 8 wickets
1987-10-25	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 113 runs
1987-10-13	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 191 runs
1987-01-17	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 10 runs
1987-01-13	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1987-01-11	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 8 wickets
1986-12-24	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
1986-12-17	India v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
1986-12-03	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 193 runs
1986-12-02	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1986-11-27	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
1986-04-13	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 3 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1982 to 1986

Ashantha de Mel in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

326Runs

14.17Bat avg

-Strike rate

59Wickets

36.94Bowl avg

3.71Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	0	0	5	-	3

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	7/201	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	17	27	9	0	9	0.333	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught12 · 42.9%

Bowled5 · 17.9%

LBW3 · 10.7%

Run out1 · 3.6%

Stumped2 · 7.1%

Not out5 · 17.9%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

70.001 inns

814.8112 inns

915.0012 inns

1014.003 inns

11-0 inns

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

112runs

12.44average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

18wickets

40.38average

3.96economy

61.11strike rate

6/109best

Test record by situation

complete career

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Pakistan	9	15	2	161	34	12.38	-	-	3	-	1
India	5	7	2	81	25	16.20	-	-	1	-	1
England	2	4	1	55	20*	18.33	108	50.92	0	8	1
Australia	1	2	0	29	29	14.50	75	38.66	1	3	0
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Pakistan	9	14	1,630	37	1,096	28	6/109	39.14	4.03	58.21	0	1
India	5	9	1,347	36	758	20	5/64	37.90	3.37	67.35	0	2
England	2	3	403	16	213	9	4/70	23.66	3.17	44.77	2	0
Australia	1	1	138	3	113	2	2/113	56.50	4.91	69.00	0	0
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Home	8	12	2	124	29	12.40	-	-	3	-	1
Away	9	16	3	202	34	15.53	-	-	2	-	2
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	8	13	1,674	54	913	29	5/64	31.48	3.27	57.72	1	1
Away	9	14	1,844	38	1,267	30	6/109	42.23	4.12	61.46	1	2
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	12	12	3	178	34	19.77	-	-	1	-	1
2nd innings of the match	5	5	0	66	29	13.20	-	-	0	-	1
3rd innings of the match	9	9	1	71	25*	8.87	-	-	4	-	1
4th innings of the match	2	2	1	11	9*	11.00	-	-	0	-	0
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	5	5	729	24	437	15	5/64	29.13	3.59	48.60	0	1
2nd innings of the match	12	12	1,820	48	1,107	28	6/109	39.53	3.64	65.00	2	1
3rd innings of the match	4	4	494	9	329	4	3/79	82.25	3.99	123.50	0	0
4th innings of the match	6	6	475	11	307	12	5/68	25.58	3.87	39.58	0	1
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
No. 7	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	1	0	0
No. 8	9	12	1	163	34	14.81	-	-	2	-	2
No. 9	10	12	3	135	25*	15.00	-	-	2	-	1
No. 10	3	3	1	28	18*	14.00	-	-	0	-	0
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Won	2	2	0	11	11	5.50	-	-	1	-	0
Lost	7	14	0	140	34	10.00	-	-	4	-	0
Drawn	8	12	5	175	25*	25.00	-	-	0	-	3
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	2	4	510	19	245	11	3/39	22.27	2.88	46.36	0	0
Lost	7	11	1,193	27	853	24	6/109	35.54	4.29	49.70	1	1
Drawn	8	12	1,815	46	1,082	24	5/64	45.08	3.57	75.62	1	2
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1982	5	10	2	125	34	15.62	-	-	1	-	1
1983	1	2	0	29	29	14.50	75	38.66	1	3	0
1984	1	2	1	34	20*	34.00	33	103.03	0	6	1
1985	6	9	1	65	18	8.12	-	-	2	-	1
1986	4	5	1	73	25	18.25	-	-	1	-	0
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1982	5	9	1,155	22	792	23	5/68	34.43	4.11	50.21	1	1
1983	1	1	138	3	113	2	2/113	56.50	4.91	69.00	0	0
1984	1	1	222	10	110	4	4/110	27.50	2.97	55.50	1	0
1985	6	11	1,365	38	787	19	6/109	41.42	3.45	71.84	0	2
1986	4	5	638	19	378	11	3/39	34.36	3.55	58.00	0	0
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Asgiriya Stadium	3	6	1	62	29	12.40	-	-	2	-	0
National Stadium, Karachi	2	4	0	32	18	8.00	-	-	0	-	0
P Sara Oval	3	4	1	35	19	11.66	-	-	1	-	0
Iqbal Stadium	2	3	1	46	25*	23.00	-	-	0	-	1
All	17	28	5	326	34	14.17	-	-	5	-	3

Ashantha de Mel: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
P Sara Oval	3	5	661	21	321	11	4/70	29.18	2.91	60.09	1	0
Asgiriya Stadium	3	4	473	15	326	7	3/50	46.57	4.13	67.57	0	0
National Stadium, Karachi	2	4	458	6	361	10	6/109	36.10	4.72	45.80	0	1
Iqbal Stadium	2	3	402	9	250	4	2/71	62.50	3.73	100.50	0	0
All	17	27	3,518	92	2,180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 3

Best Test performances

Ashantha de Mel: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
34	65	52.30	5	0	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-03-22
29	69	42.02	3	0	Australia	Asgiriya Stadium	1983-04-22
25*	52	48.07	1	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982-03-14
25	-	-	-	0	India	Green Park	1986-12-17
23	-	-	-	0	Pakistan	Asgiriya Stadium	1986-02-23
20*	25	80.00	3	1	England	Lord's	1984-08-23
19	49	38.77	2	0	England	P Sara Oval	1982-02-17
18*	-	-	-	0	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1982-09-17
18	-	-	-	0	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1985-11-07
17	-	-	-	0	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1985-10-16

Ashantha de Mel: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
6/109	132	1	4.95	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1985-11-07
5/64	168	8	2.28	India	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1985-08-30
5/68	84	0	4.85	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1982-09-17
4/70	102	2	4.11	England	P Sara Oval	1982-02-17
4/110	222	10	2.97	England	Lord's	1984-08-23
3/39	96	6	2.43	Pakistan	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	1986-03-14
3/50	98	5	3.06	Pakistan	Asgiriya Stadium	1986-02-23
3/64	132	4	2.90	India	P Sara Oval	1985-09-06
3/79	96	1	4.93	Pakistan	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	1986-03-14
3/120	168	3	4.28	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-03-22

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1986-12-17	India	25	1/119	Green Park	Match drawn
1986-03-22	Pakistan	14*	1/91	P Sara Oval	Match drawn
1986-03-14	Pakistan	11	3/39 & 3/79	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1986-02-23	Pakistan	23 & 0	3/50	Asgiriya Stadium	Pakistan won by inns & 20 runs
1985-11-07	Pakistan	3 & 18	6/109 & 0/28	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 10 wickets
1985-10-27	Pakistan	1 & 0	0/63 & 1/43	Sialkot	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1985-10-16	Pakistan	17	0/106	Iqbal Stadium	Match drawn
1985-09-14	India	1 & 9*	2/97 & 0/66	Asgiriya Stadium	Match drawn
1985-09-06	India	0	2/63 & 3/64	P Sara Oval	Sri Lanka won by 149 runs
1985-08-30	India	16	5/64 & 0/84	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1982 to 1987

Ashantha de Mel in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

59Wickets

37.91Average

4.90Economy

46.35Strike rate

5/32Best

2Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	0	0	6	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	57	57	13	0	13	0.228	2 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI wickets, innings by innings

ODI wickets by year

Last 20 ODI bowling innings

ODI innings by wickets

ODI runs, innings by innings

ODI runs by year

Last 20 ODI innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

ODI innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How ODI innings ended

Caught17 · 41.5%

Bowled9 · 22.0%

LBW1 · 2.4%

Run out5 · 12.2%

Not out9 · 22.0%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

615.002 inns

78.229 inns

816.8519 inns

919.208 inns

1015.003 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

89runs

12.71average

105.95strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

3wickets

146.33average

5.75economy

152.66strike rate

1/29best

ODI record by situation

complete career

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Pakistan	12	12	2	128	36	12.80	157	81.52	3	-	-
India	10	10	3	124	28	17.71	103	120.38	0	-	-
New Zealand	8	8	1	96	27	13.71	176	54.54	0	5	1
England	5	5	1	64	27	16.00	80	80.00	1	5	0
Australia	4	4	1	39	27	13.00	47	82.97	1	0	0
West Indies	2	2	1	15	15*	15.00	32	46.87	1	0	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Pakistan	16	16	789	16	565	15	5/39	37.66	4.29	52.60	0	1
India	12	12	483	3	470	7	3/40	67.14	5.83	69.00	0	0
New Zealand	9	9	459	16	333	13	5/32	25.61	4.35	35.30	0	1
Australia	8	8	381	4	319	9	2/9	35.44	5.02	42.33	0	0
West Indies	6	6	306	2	343	6	2/67	57.16	6.72	51.00	0	0
England	5	5	263	5	177	9	4/34	19.66	4.03	29.22	1	0
Bangladesh	1	1	54	1	30	0	0/30	N/A	3.33	N/A	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Home	11	11	4	118	27	16.85	129	91.47	1	-	-
Away	19	19	2	230	36	13.52	299	76.92	2	-	-
Neutral	11	11	3	118	27	14.75	167	70.65	3	6	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	18	18	831	19	536	20	4/34	26.80	3.87	41.55	1	0
Away	23	23	1,032	15	963	15	2/53	64.20	5.59	68.80	0	0
Neutral	16	16	872	13	738	24	5/32	30.75	5.07	36.33	0	2
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Batting first	23	23	7	294	36	18.37	340	86.47	2	-	-
Chasing	18	18	2	172	27	10.75	255	67.45	4	6	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Bowling first	30	30	1,591	31	1,303	39	5/32	33.41	4.91	40.79	1	2
Defending a total	27	27	1,144	16	934	20	3/40	46.70	4.89	57.20	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
No. 6	2	2	0	30	25	15.00	24	125.00	0	-	-
No. 7	9	9	0	74	27	8.22	151	49.00	1	4	0
No. 8	19	19	5	236	36	16.85	246	95.93	4	-	-
No. 9	8	8	3	96	27	19.20	132	72.72	1	7	1
No. 10	3	3	1	30	17	15.00	42	71.42	0	1	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Won	5	5	2	80	27	26.66	78	102.56	0	4	1
Lost	36	36	7	386	36	13.31	517	74.66	6	-	-
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	11	11	545	16	308	11	5/32	28.00	3.39	49.54	0	1
Lost	42	42	2,016	30	1,812	43	5/39	42.13	5.39	46.88	1	1
No result	4	4	174	1	117	5	2/9	23.40	4.03	34.80	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
1982	6	6	1	86	28	17.20	74	116.21	0	-	-
1983	10	10	0	130	27	13.00	229	56.76	0	9	0
1984	3	3	1	32	15*	16.00	41	78.04	0	1	1
1985	9	9	3	100	36	16.66	141	70.92	2	3	1
1986	8	8	4	99	23*	24.75	85	116.47	2	-	-
1987	5	5	0	19	7	3.80	25	76.00	2	-	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1982	8	8	333	5	281	9	4/34	31.22	5.06	37.00	1	0
1983	13	13	723	19	510	24	5/32	21.25	4.23	30.12	0	2
1984	3	3	138	7	95	4	2/26	23.75	4.13	34.50	0	0
1985	16	16	738	6	709	12	2/53	59.08	5.76	61.50	0	0
1986	11	11	549	10	334	9	3/40	37.11	3.65	61.00	0	0
1987	6	6	254	0	308	1	1/97	308.00	7.27	254.00	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	5	5	2	44	14	14.66	47	93.61	0	-	-
P Sara Oval	4	4	1	43	27	14.33	63	68.25	1	1	0
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	4	4	2	47	21*	23.50	46	102.17	1	5	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	8	8	378	6	238	11	4/34	21.63	3.77	34.36	1	0
P Sara Oval	6	6	282	7	192	6	2/35	32.00	4.08	47.00	0	0
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	4	4	222	2	149	5	3/40	29.80	4.02	44.40	0	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	150	1	140	1	1/47	140.00	5.60	150.00	0	0
National Stadium, Karachi	3	3	138	2	160	1	1/97	160.00	6.95	138.00	0	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	3	165	1	162	5	2/53	32.40	5.89	33.00	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

Ashantha de Mel: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Batting first	23	23	7	294	36	18.37	340	86.47	2	-	-
Chasing	18	18	2	172	27	10.75	255	67.45	4	6	0
All	57	41	9	466	36	14.56	595	78.31	6	-	-

Ashantha de Mel: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Bowling first	30	30	1,591	31	1,303	39	5/32	33.41	4.91	40.79	1	2
Defending a total	27	27	1,144	16	934	20	3/40	46.70	4.89	57.20	0	0
All	57	57	2,735	47	2,237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

ODI milestones

Five-wicket innings 2

Best ODI performances

Ashantha de Mel: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
36	34	105.88	3	1	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium	1985-10-13
28	21	133.33	-	-	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	1982-09-15
27	27	100.00	0	0	Australia	P Sara Oval	1983-04-13
27	26	103.84	2	0	England	County Ground, Taunton	1983-06-11
27	26	103.84	0	0	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1985-02-23
25	16	156.25	-	-	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1982-09-26
23*	13	176.92	2	1	India	Green Park	1986-12-24
21*	16	131.25	3	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1986-12-02
19	68	27.94	2	0	New Zealand	McLean Park	1983-03-19
17	19	89.47	1	0	Pakistan	Headingley	1983-06-16

Ashantha de Mel: best ODI bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/32	72	4	2.66	New Zealand	County Ground, Derby	1983-06-18
5/39	72	1	3.25	Pakistan	Headingley	1983-06-16
4/34	52	1	3.92	England	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1982-02-13
3/40	60	0	4.00	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1986-04-13
2/9	24	0	2.25	Australia	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1983-04-30
2/14	53	0	1.58	England	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1982-02-14
2/26	42	3	3.71	New Zealand	Moratuwa	1984-11-04
2/30	48	2	3.75	New Zealand	County Ground, Bristol	1983-06-13
2/35	54	2	3.88	Australia	P Sara Oval	1983-04-13
2/40	54	1	4.44	Pakistan	P Sara Oval	1986-03-30

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1987-10-30	England	0	0/34	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	England won by 8 wickets
1987-10-25	Pakistan	0	0/53	Iqbal Stadium	Pakistan won by 113 runs
1987-10-13	West Indies	did not bat	1/97	National Stadium, Karachi	West Indies won by 191 runs
1987-01-17	India	7	0/45	Wankhede Stadium	India won by 10 runs
1987-01-13	India	5	0/36	Arun Jaitley Stadium	India won by 6 wickets
1987-01-11	India	7	0/43	Barsapara Cricket Stadium	India won by 8 wickets
1986-12-24	India	23*	0/22	Green Park	Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
1986-12-03	West Indies	0	1/48	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	West Indies won by 193 runs
1986-12-02	Pakistan	21*	1/29	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1986-11-27	India	11	0/32	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	India won by 7 wickets