How many Test runs has Somachandra De Silva scored?

Somachandra De Silva has 406 runs in 22 Test innings from 12 matches at an average of 21.36. Highest score: 61.

What is Somachandra De Silva's Test batting average?

Somachandra De Silva's Test batting average is 21.36, from 406 runs and 22 innings.

How many Test wickets has Somachandra De Silva taken?

Somachandra De Silva has taken 37 wickets in Test from 12 matches at a bowling average of 36.40. Best innings: 5/59.

How many ODI runs has Somachandra De Silva scored?

Somachandra De Silva has 371 runs in 29 ODI innings from 41 matches at an average of 19.52 and a strike rate of 53.69. Highest score: 37*.

What is Somachandra De Silva's ODI batting average?

Somachandra De Silva's ODI batting average is 19.52, from 371 runs and 29 innings.

How many ODI wickets has Somachandra De Silva taken?

Somachandra De Silva has taken 32 wickets in ODI from 41 matches at a bowling average of 48.65. Best innings: 3/29.

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Somachandra De Silva

All-rounder · 1975 to 1985 · 53 internationals

Sri Lanka

Test12 matches ODI41 matches

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53Internationals

777Runs

0Hundreds

69Wickets

10Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	0	2	3	-	0
ODI	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	0	0	0	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	9/162	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1	0
ODI	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	12	19	5	0	5	0.263	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	41	41	5	0	5	0.121	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Somachandra De Silva: Test and ODI stats

Test

12 matches · 1982-1984

37wickets

Matches: 12
Average: 36.40
Economy: 2.66
Strike rate: 81.91
Best innings: 5/59
Five-fors: 1

406 runs · batting average 21.36

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ODI

41 matches · 1975-1985

32wickets

Matches: 41
Average: 48.65
Economy: 4.50
Strike rate: 64.87
Best innings: 3/29
Five-fors: 0

371 runs · batting average 19.52

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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	22	22	19	19	1982-02-17	1984-08-23	Complete
ODI	29	29	40	40	1975-06-07	1985-02-27	Complete

Questions fans ask about Somachandra De Silva

How many Test runs has Somachandra De Silva scored?: Somachandra De Silva has 406 runs in 22 Test innings from 12 matches at an average of 21.36. Highest score: 61.
What is Somachandra De Silva's Test batting average?: Somachandra De Silva's Test batting average is 21.36, from 406 runs and 22 innings.
How many Test wickets has Somachandra De Silva taken?: Somachandra De Silva has taken 37 wickets in Test from 12 matches at a bowling average of 36.40. Best innings: 5/59.
How many ODI runs has Somachandra De Silva scored?: Somachandra De Silva has 371 runs in 29 ODI innings from 41 matches at an average of 19.52 and a strike rate of 53.69. Highest score: 37*.
What is Somachandra De Silva's ODI batting average?: Somachandra De Silva's ODI batting average is 19.52, from 371 runs and 29 innings.
How many ODI wickets has Somachandra De Silva taken?: Somachandra De Silva has taken 32 wickets in ODI from 41 matches at a bowling average of 48.65. Best innings: 3/29.

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1985-02-27	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-02-23	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 51 runs
1985-01-28	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 232 runs
1985-01-26	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-23	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 3 wickets
1985-01-19	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1985-01-17	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 65 runs
1985-01-12	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 90 runs
1985-01-10	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-08	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 6 wickets
1984-11-04	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
1984-11-03	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets

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TEST CAREER · 1982 to 1984

Somachandra De Silva in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

406Runs

21.36Bat avg

-Strike rate

37Wickets

36.40Bowl avg

2.66Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	0	2	3	-	0

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	9/162	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	12	19	5	0	5	0.263	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

Caught11 · 50.0%

Bowled4 · 18.2%

LBW2 · 9.1%

Stumped2 · 9.1%

Not out3 · 13.6%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

51.001 inns

640.003 inns

712.148 inns

827.007 inns

919.003 inns

10-0 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

134runs

14.88average

30.18strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

14wickets

40.85average

2.26economy

108.14strike rate

3/59best

Test record by situation

complete career

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
New Zealand	5	10	1	162	61	18.00	533	30.39	2	3	12
Pakistan	3	6	1	114	36*	22.80	283	40.28	0	0	9
Australia	1	2	0	31	26	15.50	68	45.58	0	0	4
England	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	28	14.28	0	0	0
India	1	2	1	95	49	95.00	-	-	0	0	-
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
New Zealand	5	8	980	44	365	11	3/59	33.18	2.23	89.09	0	0
Pakistan	3	5	918	20	492	17	5/59	28.94	3.21	54.00	2	1
England	2	3	527	32	177	5	3/54	35.40	2.01	105.40	0	0
India	1	2	342	5	191	3	2/162	63.66	3.35	114.00	0	0
Australia	1	1	264	7	122	1	1/122	122.00	2.77	264.00	0	0
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Home	5	10	1	77	26	8.55	263	29.27	0	2	7
Away	6	12	2	329	61	32.90	-	-	2	1	-
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	5	8	1,274	51	507	12	3/54	42.25	2.38	106.16	0	0
Away	7	11	1,757	57	840	25	5/59	33.60	2.86	70.28	2	1
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1st innings of the match	7	7	0	162	61	23.14	-	-	1	1	-
2nd innings of the match	4	4	0	70	26	17.50	225	31.11	0	0	6
3rd innings of the match	9	9	3	162	52	27.00	-	-	1	1	-
4th innings of the match	2	2	0	12	12	6.00	32	37.50	0	1	2
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	4	4	803	31	334	7	4/102	47.71	2.49	114.71	1	0
2nd innings of the match	8	8	1,544	53	680	17	4/103	40.00	2.64	90.82	1	0
3rd innings of the match	2	2	282	5	158	6	3/59	26.33	3.36	47.00	0	0
4th innings of the match	5	5	402	19	175	7	5/59	25.00	2.61	57.42	0	1
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
No. 5	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	26	3.84	0	0	0
No. 6	2	3	0	120	61	40.00	357	33.61	2	0	9
No. 7	6	8	1	85	36*	12.14	213	39.90	0	2	8
No. 8	6	7	1	162	49	27.00	-	-	0	0	-
No. 9	2	3	1	38	25	19.00	110	34.54	0	1	2
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
Lost	8	16	1	265	61	17.66	785	33.75	2	2	23
Drawn	3	6	2	141	49	35.25	-	-	0	1	-
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Lost	8	12	1,918	66	839	21	4/102	39.95	2.62	91.33	1	0
Drawn	4	7	1,113	42	508	16	5/59	31.75	2.73	69.56	1	1
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s
1982	5	10	2	213	49	26.62	-	-	0	0	-
1983	3	6	0	151	61	25.16	434	34.79	2	1	13
1984	3	6	1	42	17	8.40	167	25.14	0	2	3
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	2	3	-

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1982	5	9	1,517	41	775	23	5/59	33.69	3.06	65.95	2	1
1983	3	4	491	23	194	4	1/13	48.50	2.37	122.75	0	0
1984	4	6	1,023	44	378	10	3/59	37.80	2.21	102.30	0	0
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

Somachandra De Silva: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Asgiriya Stadium	2	4	0	42	26	10.50	104	40.38	0	0	1	4	0
All	12	22	3	406	61	21.36	-	-	0	2	3	-	0

Somachandra De Silva: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Asgiriya Stadium	2	3	564	15	250	5	3/59	50.00	2.65	112.80	0	0
All	12	19	3,031	108	1,347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1

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

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 1

5/59v PakistanIqbal Stadium · 1982-03-14

Best Test performances

Somachandra De Silva: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
61	200	30.50	5	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1983-03-11
52	111	46.84	4	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1983-03-04
49	-	-	-	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1982-09-17
46*	-	-	-	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1982-09-17
36*	61	59.01	3	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982-03-22
26	92	28.26	3	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1982-03-05
26	55	47.27	3	Australia	Asgiriya Stadium	1983-04-22
25	57	43.85	1	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982-03-14
17	52	32.69	2	New Zealand	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	1984-03-24
13*	49	26.53	1	New Zealand	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1984-03-16

Somachandra De Silva: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/59	108	2	3.27	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982-03-14
4/102	228	8	2.68	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1982-03-05
4/103	192	3	3.21	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982-03-14
3/54	167	11	1.94	England	P Sara Oval	1982-02-17
3/59	126	2	2.80	New Zealand	Asgiriya Stadium	1984-03-09
3/99	156	3	3.80	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1982-03-05
2/39	87	6	2.68	New Zealand	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1984-03-16
2/85	270	16	1.88	England	Lord's	1984-08-23
2/95	252	4	2.26	New Zealand	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	1984-03-24
2/162	288	4	3.37	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1982-09-17

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1984-08-23	England	did not bat	2/85	Lord's	Match drawn
1984-03-24	New Zealand	17 & 1	2/95	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	New Zealand won by inns & 61 runs
1984-03-16	New Zealand	0 & 13*	2/39 & 0/31	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Match drawn
1984-03-09	New Zealand	11 & 0	1/69 & 3/59	Asgiriya Stadium	New Zealand won by 165 runs
1983-04-22	Australia	26 & 5	1/122	Asgiriya Stadium	Australia won by inns & 38 runs
1983-03-11	New Zealand	61 & 0	1/13 & 1/18	Basin Reserve	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1983-03-04	New Zealand	7 & 52	1/41	Lancaster Park	New Zealand won by inns & 25 runs
1982-09-17	India	49 & 46*	2/162 & 1/29	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Match drawn
1982-03-22	Pakistan	7 & 36*	1/129	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by inns & 102 runs
1982-03-14	Pakistan	25 & 8	4/103 & 5/59	Iqbal Stadium	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1975 to 1985

Somachandra De Silva in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

32Wickets

48.65Average

4.50Economy

64.87Strike rate

3/29Best

0Five-fors

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	0	0	0	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	41	41	5	0	5	0.121	1 (1ct 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

Caught6 · 20.7%

Bowled8 · 27.6%

LBW1 · 3.4%

Run out3 · 10.3%

Stumped1 · 3.4%

Not out10 · 34.5%

ODI batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

68.333 inns

717.507 inns

89.007 inns

927.757 inns

1085.005 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

129runs

25.80average

48.86strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

6wickets

63.00average

4.78economy

79.00strike rate

1/29best

ODI record by situation

complete career

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
New Zealand	11	11	4	154	37*	22.00	251	61.35	11	0
England	4	4	1	60	28	20.00	102	58.82	4	0
India	4	4	2	21	9	10.50	58	36.20	-	-
Pakistan	4	4	0	64	35	16.00	115	55.65	5	0
Australia	3	3	3	37	15*	N/A	72	51.38	0	0
West Indies	3	3	0	35	21	11.66	93	37.63	3	0
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
New Zealand	12	12	582	9	354	7	2/11	50.57	3.64	83.14
Australia	8	8	444	4	353	8	2/21	44.12	4.77	55.50
Pakistan	7	7	372	2	318	4	2/50	79.50	5.12	93.00
West Indies	5	5	258	5	203	5	1/29	40.60	4.72	51.60
England	4	4	198	0	179	2	1/31	89.50	5.42	99.00
India	4	4	222	2	150	6	3/29	25.00	4.05	37.00
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
Home	8	8	5	92	18*	30.66	134	68.65	5	0
Away	9	9	2	128	37*	18.28	233	54.93	-	-
Neutral	12	12	3	151	35	16.77	324	46.60	9	0
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Home	10	10	486	2	352	9	2/21	39.11	4.34	54.00
Away	14	14	684	4	570	7	2/49	81.42	5.00	97.71
Neutral	16	16	906	16	635	16	3/29	39.68	4.20	56.62
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
Batting first	13	13	5	151	37*	18.87	276	54.71	9	0
Chasing	16	16	5	220	35	20.00	415	53.01	-	-
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Bowling first	23	23	1,314	13	966	20	2/11	48.30	4.41	65.70
Defending a total	17	17	762	9	591	12	3/29	49.25	4.65	63.50
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
No. 6	3	3	0	25	18	8.33	79	31.64	3	0
No. 7	7	7	1	105	35	17.50	189	55.55	4	0
No. 8	7	7	2	45	15*	9.00	77	58.44	-	-
No. 9	7	7	3	111	37*	27.75	195	56.92	9	0
No. 10	5	5	4	85	24*	85.00	151	56.29	7	0
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
Won	6	6	5	52	18*	52.00	69	75.36	3	0
Lost	23	23	5	319	37*	17.72	622	51.28	-	-
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Won	10	10	552	7	352	13	3/29	27.07	3.82	42.46
Lost	29	29	1,470	15	1,154	17	2/49	67.88	4.71	86.47
No result	1	1	54	0	51	2	2/51	25.50	5.66	27.00
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
1975	2	2	0	47	26	23.50	113	41.59	6	0
1979	2	2	1	7	6	7.00	28	25.00	0	0
1982	5	5	1	31	9*	7.75	57	54.38	-	-
1983	11	11	3	172	37*	21.50	265	64.90	10	0
1984	5	5	3	61	18*	30.50	109	55.96	4	0
1985	4	4	2	53	24*	26.50	119	44.53	2	0
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1975	3	3	192	5	154	4	2/60	38.50	4.81	48.00
1979	2	2	120	1	71	3	3/29	23.66	3.55	40.00
1982	7	7	336	1	298	6	2/49	49.66	5.32	56.00
1983	12	12	666	8	456	8	2/11	57.00	4.10	83.25
1984	7	7	312	2	214	5	2/50	42.80	4.11	62.40
1985	9	9	450	5	364	6	1/29	60.66	4.85	75.00
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
P Sara Oval	3	3	3	36	15*	N/A	45	80.00	2	0
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	3	3	1	25	9*	12.50	51	49.01	1	0
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
P Sara Oval	4	4	216	1	132	3	2/21	44.00	3.66	72.00
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	4	4	216	0	178	5	2/51	35.60	4.94	43.20
Sydney Cricket Ground	3	3	180	2	142	2	1/48	71.00	4.73	90.00
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

Somachandra De Silva: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s
Batting first	13	13	5	151	37*	18.87	276	54.71	9	0
Chasing	16	16	5	220	35	20.00	415	53.01	-	-
All	41	29	10	371	37*	19.52	691	53.69	-	-

Somachandra De Silva: ODI bowling by bowling first or defending
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Bowling first	23	23	1,314	13	966	20	2/11	48.30	4.41	65.70
Defending a total	17	17	762	9	591	12	3/29	49.25	4.65	63.50
All	41	40	2,076	22	1,557	32	3/29	48.65	4.50	64.87

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Best ODI performances

Somachandra De Silva: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	Opponent	Ground	Date
37*	29	127.58	3	New Zealand	McLean Park	1983-03-19
35	51	68.62	1	Pakistan	Swansea	1983-06-09
28	37	75.67	2	England	County Ground, Taunton	1983-06-11
26	59	44.06	4	Pakistan	Trent Bridge	1975-06-14
24*	32	75.00	1	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1985-02-23
21	54	38.88	2	West Indies	Old Trafford	1975-06-07
18*	16	112.50	2	New Zealand	Moratuwa	1984-03-31
18	52	34.61	3	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1983-03-02
15*	13	115.38	0	Australia	P Sara Oval	1983-04-13
15*	48	31.25	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1985-01-28

Somachandra De Silva: best ODI bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
3/29	66	1	2.63	India	Old Trafford	1979-06-16
2/11	72	5	0.91	New Zealand	County Ground, Derby	1983-06-18
2/21	54	0	2.33	Australia	P Sara Oval	1983-04-13
2/49	60	0	4.90	India	Amritsar	1982-09-12
2/50	60	0	5.00	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1984-04-06
2/51	54	0	5.66	Australia	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1983-04-29
2/60	72	3	5.00	Australia	Kennington Oval	1975-06-11
1/28	36	1	4.66	New Zealand	McLean Park	1983-03-19
1/28	30	0	5.60	New Zealand	Moratuwa	1984-03-31
1/29	60	3	2.90	West Indies	Bellerive Oval	1985-01-10

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1985-02-27	West Indies	5	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-02-23	New Zealand	24*	0/25	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New Zealand won by 51 runs
1985-01-28	Australia	15*	0/42	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 232 runs
1985-01-26	West Indies	did not bat	1/36	Adelaide Oval	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-23	Australia	did not bat	1/62	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 3 wickets
1985-01-19	Australia	did not bat	1/33	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1985-01-17	West Indies	did not bat	1/48	Sydney Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 65 runs
1985-01-12	West Indies	9	1/57	Brisbane Cricket Ground	West Indies won by 90 runs
1985-01-10	West Indies	did not bat	1/29	Bellerive Oval	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1985-01-08	Australia	did not bat	0/32	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by 6 wickets