How many Test runs has Athula Samarasekera scored?

Athula Samarasekera has 118 runs in 7 Test innings from 4 matches at an average of 16.85. Highest score: 57.

How many ODI runs has Athula Samarasekera scored?

Athula Samarasekera has 844 runs in 39 ODI innings from 39 matches at an average of 22.81 and a strike rate of 69.92. Highest score: 76.

What is Athula Samarasekera's ODI batting average?

Athula Samarasekera's ODI batting average is 22.81, from 844 runs and 39 innings.

Which teams has Athula Samarasekera played international cricket for?

Athula Samarasekera is recorded for Sri Lanka in this publication.

When did Athula Samarasekera play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1983 to 1994. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Athula Samarasekera

Top-order batter · 1983 to 1994 · 43 internationals

Sri Lanka

Test4 matches ODI39 matches

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43Internationals

962Runs

0Hundreds

3Wickets

8Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	4	7	0	118	57	16.85	-	-	0	1	1	-	1
ODI	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	0	4	2	-	-

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	4	2	192	5	104	3	2/38	3/104	34.66	3.25	64.00	0	0	0
ODI	39	11	338	3	291	0	-	-	N/A	5.16	N/A	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	4	6	3	0	3	0.500	2 (2ct 0st)
ODI	39	39	5	0	5	0.128	2 (2ct 0st)

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

Athula Samarasekera: Test and ODI stats

Test

4 matches · 1988-1991

118runs

Matches: 4
Average: 16.85
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 57
Fifties: 1

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ODI

39 matches · 1983-1994

844runs

Matches: 39
Average: 22.81
Strike rate: 69.92
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 76
Fifties: 4

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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	7	7	2	2	1988-08-25	1991-12-12	Complete
ODI	39	39	11	11	1983-06-09	1994-04-18	Complete

Questions fans ask about Athula Samarasekera

How many Test runs has Athula Samarasekera scored?: Athula Samarasekera has 118 runs in 7 Test innings from 4 matches at an average of 16.85. Highest score: 57.
How many ODI runs has Athula Samarasekera scored?: Athula Samarasekera has 844 runs in 39 ODI innings from 39 matches at an average of 22.81 and a strike rate of 69.92. Highest score: 76.
What is Athula Samarasekera's ODI batting average?: Athula Samarasekera's ODI batting average is 22.81, from 844 runs and 39 innings.
Which teams has Athula Samarasekera played international cricket for?: Athula Samarasekera is recorded for Sri Lanka in this publication.
When did Athula Samarasekera play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1983 to 1994. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1994-04-18	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 2 runs
1994-04-14	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 9 wickets
1992-03-15	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1992-03-13	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 91 runs
1992-03-09	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	England won by 106 runs
1992-03-07	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1992-02-25	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1992-02-23	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
1992-01-19	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 117 runs
1992-01-17	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1992-01-15	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	ODI	Pakistan won by 59 runs
1991-12-12	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1988 to 1991

Athula Samarasekera in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

118Runs

16.85Average

-Strike rate

0Hundreds

1Fifties

57Highest

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	4	7	0	118	57	16.85	-	-	0	1	1	-	1

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	4	2	192	5	104	3	2/38	3/104	34.66	3.25	64.00	0	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	4	6	3	0	3	0.500	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

Caught4 · 57.1%

Bowled1 · 14.3%

LBW2 · 28.6%

Test batting position: average and innings

112.502 inns

29.002 inns

328.502 inns

4-0 inns

5-0 inns

6-0 inns

718.001 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent Test form

Last 7 batting innings

118runs

16.85average

-strike rate

150s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
England	1	2	57	57	28.50	129	44.18	1	1	7	1
India	1	2	18	13	9.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
Pakistan	1	2	25	19	12.50	47	53.19	0	0	4	0
Australia	1	1	18	18	18.00	33	54.54	0	0	3	0
All	4	7	118	57	16.85	-	-	1	1	-	1

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Away	4	7	0	118	57	16.85	-	-	0	1	1	-	1
All	4	7	0	118	57	16.85	-	-	0	1	1	-	1

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	2	2	19	19	9.50	53	35.84	0	1	3	0
2nd innings of the match	2	2	31	18	15.50	-	-	0	0	-	0
3rd innings of the match	3	3	68	57	22.66	-	-	1	0	-	1
All	4	7	118	57	16.85	-	-	1	1	-	1

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	1	2	25	19	12.50	47	53.19	0	0	4	0
No. 2	1	2	18	13	9.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 3	1	2	57	57	28.50	129	44.18	1	1	7	1
No. 7	1	1	18	18	18.00	33	54.54	0	0	3	0
All	4	7	118	57	16.85	-	-	1	1	-	1

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Lost	2	4	75	57	18.75	-	-	1	1	-	1
Drawn	2	3	43	19	14.33	80	53.75	0	0	7	0
All	4	7	118	57	16.85	-	-	1	1	-	1

Athula Samarasekera: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1988	1	2	57	57	28.50	129	44.18	1	1	7	1
1989	1	1	18	18	18.00	33	54.54	0	0	3	0
1990	1	2	18	13	9.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1991	1	2	25	19	12.50	47	53.19	0	0	4	0
All	4	7	118	57	16.85	-	-	1	1	-	1

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

Best Test performances

Athula Samarasekera: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
57	110	51.81	7	1	England	Lord's	1988-08-25
19	34	55.88	3	0	Pakistan	Sialkot	1991-12-12
18	33	54.54	3	0	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1989-12-08
13	-	-	-	0	India	Chandigarh	1990-11-23
6	13	46.15	1	0	Pakistan	Sialkot	1991-12-12
5	-	-	-	0	India	Chandigarh	1990-11-23
0	19	0.00	0	0	England	Lord's	1988-08-25

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1991-12-12	Pakistan	19 & 6	-	Sialkot	Match drawn
1990-11-23	India	13 & 5	-	Chandigarh	India won by inns & 8 runs
1989-12-08	Australia	18	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1988-08-25	England	0 & 57	1/66 & 2/38	Lord's	England won by 7 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1983 to 1994

Athula Samarasekera in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

844Runs

22.81Average

69.92Strike rate

0Hundreds

4Fifties

76Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	0	4	2	-	-

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	39	11	338	3	291	0	-	-	N/A	5.16	N/A	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	39	39	5	0	5	0.128	2 (2ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

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

Caught22 · 56.4%

Bowled5 · 12.8%

LBW6 · 15.4%

Run out3 · 7.7%

Stumped1 · 2.6%

Not out2 · 5.1%

ODI batting position: average and innings

127.205 inns

223.4520 inns

336.755 inns

415.001 inns

53.001 inns

615.333 inns

79.334 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

336runs

33.60average

79.05strike rate

250s

0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Pakistan	15	15	0	340	76	22.66	461	73.75	2	1	-	-
Australia	7	7	0	125	34	17.85	217	57.60	0	0	13	0
India	5	5	0	128	66	25.60	173	73.98	1	1	-	-
New Zealand	5	5	0	29	9	5.80	65	44.61	0	0	1	0
England	3	3	0	57	24	19.00	106	53.77	0	0	-	-
West Indies	2	2	1	52	40	52.00	61	85.24	0	0	-	-
Bangladesh	1	1	1	38	38*	N/A	63	60.31	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	75	75	75.00	61	122.95	1	0	11	1
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	13	38.46	0	0	1	0
Away	12	12	1	244	76	22.18	400	61.00	1	1	-	-
Neutral	26	26	1	595	75	23.80	794	74.93	3	1	-	-
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	15	15	0	280	66	18.66	471	59.44	1	0	-	-
Chasing	24	24	2	564	76	25.63	736	76.63	3	2	-	-
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	5	5	0	136	76	27.20	194	70.10	1	0	10	1
No. 2	20	20	0	469	75	23.45	650	72.15	2	1	57	2
No. 3	5	5	1	147	66	36.75	199	73.86	1	0	-	-
No. 4	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	19	78.94	0	0	1	1
No. 5	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	6	50.00	0	0	0	0
No. 6	3	3	0	46	24	15.33	85	54.11	0	1	-	-
No. 7	4	4	1	28	12*	9.33	54	51.85	0	0	-	-
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	9	9	2	356	76	50.85	447	79.64	4	0	-	-
Lost	30	30	0	488	43	16.26	760	64.21	0	2	-	-
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1983	2	2	0	5	5	2.50	13	38.46	0	1	0	0
1986	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	13	38.46	0	0	1	0
1988	7	7	1	161	66	26.83	237	67.93	1	0	-	-
1989	9	9	1	178	60	22.25	286	62.23	1	0	-	-
1990	9	9	0	116	29	12.88	197	58.88	0	1	13	0
1992	9	9	0	351	76	39.00	410	85.60	2	0	38	3
1994	2	2	0	28	24	14.00	51	54.90	0	0	3	0
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

Athula Samarasekera: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	7	7	0	118	29	16.85	172	68.60	0	0	13	1
Adelaide Oval	4	4	0	62	34	15.50	115	53.91	0	0	7	0
Bangabandhu National Stadium	4	4	1	140	66	46.66	185	75.67	1	0	-	-
WACA Ground	3	3	0	103	60	34.33	153	67.32	1	0	10	0
All	39	39	2	844	76	22.81	1,207	69.92	4	2	-	-

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

Best ODI performances

Athula Samarasekera: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
76	88	86.36	5	1	Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	1992-01-17
75	61	122.95	11	1	Zimbabwe	Pukekura Park	1992-02-23
66	69	95.65	2	1	India	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1988-10-29
60	86	69.76	8	0	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1989-12-31
43	36	119.44	7	0	Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1992-01-15
40	41	97.56	4	1	West Indies	Berri	1992-03-13
38*	63	60.31	0	0	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1988-11-02
38	59	64.40	1	0	Pakistan	WACA Ground	1992-03-15
34	63	53.96	3	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1992-03-07
30	50	60.00	2	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1989-12-26

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1994-04-18	New Zealand	4	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	New Zealand won by 2 runs
1994-04-14	Australia	24	-	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Australia won by 9 wickets
1992-03-15	Pakistan	38	-	WACA Ground	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1992-03-13	West Indies	40	-	Berri	West Indies won by 91 runs
1992-03-09	England	23	-	Ballarat	England won by 106 runs
1992-03-07	Australia	34	-	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 7 wickets
1992-02-25	New Zealand	9	-	Seddon Park	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1992-02-23	Zimbabwe	75	-	Pukekura Park	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
1992-01-19	Pakistan	13	-	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 117 runs
1992-01-17	Pakistan	76	-	Multan Cricket Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets