How many Test runs has Romesh Kaluwitharana scored?

Romesh Kaluwitharana has 1,933 runs in 78 Test innings from 49 matches at an average of 26.12 and a strike rate of 60.34. Highest score: 132*.

What is Romesh Kaluwitharana's Test batting average?

Romesh Kaluwitharana's Test batting average is 26.12, from 1,933 runs and 78 innings.

How many ODI runs has Romesh Kaluwitharana scored?

Romesh Kaluwitharana has 3,711 runs in 181 ODI innings from 189 matches at an average of 22.22 and a strike rate of 77.70. Highest score: 102*.

What is Romesh Kaluwitharana's ODI batting average?

Romesh Kaluwitharana's ODI batting average is 22.22, from 3,711 runs and 181 innings.

How many international centuries does Romesh Kaluwitharana have?

Romesh Kaluwitharana has 5 international hundreds: 3 in Test; 2 in ODI.

Which teams has Romesh Kaluwitharana played international cricket for?

Romesh Kaluwitharana is recorded for Sri Lanka in this publication.

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Romesh Kaluwitharana

Wicketkeeper-batter · 1990 to 2004 · 238 internationals

Sri Lanka

Test49 matches ODI189 matches

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238Internationals

5,644Runs

5Hundreds

-Wickets

225Catches

101Stumpings

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	49	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6
ODI	189	181	14	3,711	102*	22.22	4,776	77.70	2	23	24	411	17

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	49	87	93	26	119	1.367	5 (5ct 0st)
ODI	189	188	132	75	207	1.101	5 (4ct 1st)

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

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test and ODI stats

Test

49 matches · 1992-2004

1,933runs

Matches: 49
Average: 26.12
Strike rate: 60.34
Hundreds: 3
Highest: 132*
Fifties: 9

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ODI

189 matches · 1990-2004

3,711runs

Matches: 189
Average: 22.22
Strike rate: 77.70
Hundreds: 2
Highest: 102*
Fifties: 23

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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	78	78	-	0	1992-08-17	2004-10-28	Complete
ODI	181	178	-	0	1991-02-06	2004-02-22	98%

Questions fans ask about Romesh Kaluwitharana

How many Test runs has Romesh Kaluwitharana scored?: Romesh Kaluwitharana has 1,933 runs in 78 Test innings from 49 matches at an average of 26.12 and a strike rate of 60.34. Highest score: 132*.
What is Romesh Kaluwitharana's Test batting average?: Romesh Kaluwitharana's Test batting average is 26.12, from 1,933 runs and 78 innings.
How many ODI runs has Romesh Kaluwitharana scored?: Romesh Kaluwitharana has 3,711 runs in 181 ODI innings from 189 matches at an average of 22.22 and a strike rate of 77.70. Highest score: 102*.
What is Romesh Kaluwitharana's ODI batting average?: Romesh Kaluwitharana's ODI batting average is 22.22, from 3,711 runs and 181 innings.
How many international centuries does Romesh Kaluwitharana have?: Romesh Kaluwitharana has 5 international hundreds: 3 in Test; 2 in ODI.
Which teams has Romesh Kaluwitharana played international cricket for?: Romesh Kaluwitharana is recorded for Sri Lanka in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
2004-10-28	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
2004-10-20	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 201 runs
2004-08-11	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	Sri Lanka won by 313 runs
2004-08-04	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2004-07-09	Australia v Sri Lanka	Test	Match drawn
2004-02-22	Sri Lanka v Australia	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 1 runs
2004-02-20	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 84 runs
2003-11-23	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
2003-11-21	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
2003-11-18	England v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
2003-06-27	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 7 wickets
2003-06-20	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1992 to 2004

Romesh Kaluwitharana in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,933Runs

26.12Average

60.34Strike rate

3Hundreds

93Catches

26Stumpings

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	49	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	49	87	93	26	119	1.367	5 (5ct 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

Caught41 · 52.6%

Bowled17 · 21.8%

LBW8 · 10.3%

Run out5 · 6.4%

Stumped1 · 1.3%

Other dismissal2 · 2.6%

Not out4 · 5.1%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

35.001 inns

4-0 inns

515.205 inns

626.1217 inns

728.4151 inns

817.504 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test runs from boundaries

Fours1,136 · 58.8%

Sixes36 · 1.9%

Other runs761 · 39.4%

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

196runs

19.60average

53.84strike rate

150s

0100s

Test record by situation

complete career

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Pakistan	11	20	1	409	100	21.52	706	57.93	1	2	3	54	1
Australia	8	14	1	397	132*	30.53	556	71.40	1	2	1	62	1
New Zealand	7	11	0	496	103	45.09	756	65.60	1	3	0	71	2
South Africa	6	11	0	185	45	16.81	351	52.70	0	0	1	27	1
Zimbabwe	7	9	1	252	71	31.50	423	59.57	0	2	0	43	1
West Indies	4	7	0	83	23	11.85	179	46.36	0	0	0	15	0
India	4	5	1	86	40	21.50	182	47.25	0	0	0	10	0
England	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	50	50.00	0	0	0	2	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	23	33	2	948	132*	30.58	1,661	57.07	1	6	0	145	1
Away	24	43	2	976	103	23.80	1,514	64.46	2	3	4	138	5
Neutral	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	28	32.14	0	0	1	1	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	21	21	0	492	71	23.42	987	49.84	0	4	0	66	2
2nd innings of the match	27	27	2	888	132*	35.52	1,318	67.37	2	4	1	141	2
3rd innings of the match	17	17	0	343	103	20.17	552	62.13	1	1	3	43	2
4th innings of the match	13	13	2	210	45	19.09	346	60.69	0	0	1	34	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 3	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	17	29.41	0	0	0	1	0
No. 5	4	5	0	76	31	15.20	117	64.95	0	0	1	11	1
No. 6	14	17	1	418	100	26.12	692	60.40	1	1	1	72	0
No. 7	36	51	3	1,364	132*	28.41	2,236	61.00	2	8	2	191	5
No. 8	4	4	0	70	40	17.50	141	49.64	0	0	1	9	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	13	20	2	425	88	23.61	776	54.76	0	3	2	59	1
Lost	17	34	1	939	132*	28.45	1,380	68.04	2	4	3	147	5
Drawn	18	24	1	569	100	24.73	1,047	54.34	1	2	0	78	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1992	2	3	1	137	132*	68.50	170	80.58	1	0	0	27	0
1993	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	78	51.28	0	0	0	6	0
1995	2	4	0	142	50	35.50	182	78.02	0	2	0	20	0
1996	3	4	0	129	71	32.25	216	59.72	0	1	1	16	2
1997	8	14	1	337	103	25.92	557	60.50	1	1	0	44	2
1998	8	13	0	406	88	31.23	703	57.75	0	3	1	64	0
1999	8	11	1	241	100	24.10	444	54.27	1	0	1	39	0
2000	6	12	1	155	42	14.09	255	60.78	0	0	2	22	0
2001	1	2	0	42	32	21.00	71	59.15	0	0	0	5	1
2003	4	5	0	131	76	26.20	190	68.94	0	1	0	22	0
2004	5	9	0	173	54	19.22	337	51.33	0	1	0	19	1
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

Romesh Kaluwitharana: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	9	14	1	405	132*	31.15	650	62.30	1	2	0	62	0
R Premadasa Stadium	5	7	1	271	72	45.16	494	54.85	0	3	0	40	1
Galle International Stadium	4	6	0	93	33	15.50	224	41.51	0	0	0	13	0
Asgiriya Stadium	3	4	0	63	29	15.75	125	50.40	0	0	0	10	0
National Stadium, Karachi	2	4	0	136	54	34.00	178	76.40	0	1	0	20	1
SuperSport Park	2	4	0	51	32	12.75	89	57.30	0	0	1	6	1
Harare Sports Club	2	3	1	40	19	20.00	73	54.79	0	0	0	8	0
All	48	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	3,203	60.34	3	9	5	284	6

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

Test milestones

Hundreds 3

Best Test performances

Romesh Kaluwitharana: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
132*	158	83.54	26	0	Australia	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1992-08-17
103	103	100.00	13	2	New Zealand	University Oval, Dunedin	1997-03-07
100	144	69.44	16	0	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1999-03-04
88	146	60.27	8	0	New Zealand	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1998-06-10
76	90	84.44	14	0	New Zealand	P Sara Oval	2003-04-25
72	136	52.94	13	0	New Zealand	R Premadasa Stadium	1998-05-27
71	123	57.72	10	1	Zimbabwe	R Premadasa Stadium	1996-09-11
57	89	64.04	8	0	Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium	1997-04-19
54	104	51.92	4	1	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	2004-10-28
51	47	108.51	12	0	Zimbabwe	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1998-01-14

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
2004-10-28	Pakistan	54 & 7	-	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
2004-10-20	Pakistan	4 & 1	-	Iqbal Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 201 runs
2004-08-11	South Africa	7	-	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 313 runs
2004-08-04	South Africa	33 & 19	-	Galle International Stadium	Match drawn
2004-07-09	Australia	34 & 14	-	Cazalys Stadium	Match drawn
2003-06-27	West Indies	10 & 23	-	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 7 wickets
2003-06-20	West Indies	2	-	Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	Match drawn
2003-05-03	New Zealand	20	-	Asgiriya Stadium	Match drawn
2003-04-25	New Zealand	76	-	P Sara Oval	Match drawn
2001-01-20	South Africa	32 & 10	-	SuperSport Park	South Africa won by inns & 7 runs

ODI CAREER · 1990 to 2004

Romesh Kaluwitharana in ODIs

Scorecards for 178 of 181 official batting innings

3,711Runs

22.22Average

77.70Strike rate

2Hundreds

132Catches

75Stumpings

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	189	181	14	3,711	102*	22.22	4,776	77.70	2	23	24	411	17

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	189	188	132	75	207	1.101	5 (4ct 1st)

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

Caught81 · 45.5%

Bowled31 · 17.4%

LBW24 · 13.5%

Run out26 · 14.6%

Stumped1 · 0.6%

Other dismissal2 · 1.1%

Not out13 · 7.3%

ODI batting position: average and innings

117.502 inns

225.28108 inns

37.405 inns

431.001 inns

528.003 inns

614.4628 inns

716.9129 inns

84.002 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

ODI runs from boundaries

Fours1,560 · 43.6%

Sixes84 · 2.3%

Other runs1,931 · 54.0%

Recent ODI form

Last 10 batting innings

207runs

23.00average

62.34strike rate

150s

0100s

ODI record by situation

178 recorded innings

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Pakistan	40	40	1	623	75	15.97	835	74.61	0	3	5	68	4
India	30	30	2	482	53	17.21	672	71.72	0	1	5	44	1
Australia	21	21	1	608	95*	30.40	711	85.51	0	6	3	73	1
West Indies	21	21	3	374	54	20.77	462	80.95	0	2	3	32	4
Zimbabwe	18	18	3	280	99	18.66	347	80.69	0	2	4	28	1
New Zealand	17	17	0	365	54	21.47	537	67.97	0	1	3	43	0
England	16	16	2	490	102*	35.00	615	79.67	1	5	1	64	1
South Africa	15	15	1	353	83	25.21	485	72.78	0	3	0	38	2
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	42	42	7	832	102*	23.77	1,198	69.44	1	4	5	92	0
Away	53	53	0	1,432	99	27.01	1,726	82.96	0	13	6	159	6
Neutral	83	83	6	1,311	75	17.02	1,740	75.34	0	6	13	139	8
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Batting first	83	83	6	1,607	83	20.87	2,109	76.19	0	11	10	161	5
Chasing	95	95	7	1,968	102*	22.36	2,555	77.02	1	12	14	229	9
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 1	2	2	0	35	34	17.50	41	85.36	0	0	0	3	0
No. 2	108	108	4	2,630	102*	25.28	3,406	77.21	1	22	15	310	10
No. 3	5	5	0	37	25	7.40	69	53.62	0	0	2	3	0
No. 4	1	1	0	31	31	31.00	20	155.00	0	0	0	3	2
No. 5	3	3	1	56	36	28.00	75	74.66	0	0	0	4	0
No. 6	28	28	2	376	33	14.46	504	74.60	0	0	2	35	1
No. 7	29	29	5	406	57	16.91	542	74.90	0	1	4	32	1
No. 8	2	2	1	4	4*	4.00	7	57.14	0	0	1	0	0
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	87	87	11	1,956	102*	25.73	2,470	79.19	1	12	10	217	7
Lost	86	86	1	1,489	83	17.51	2,010	74.07	0	9	12	162	7
Tied	2	2	0	75	75	37.50	110	68.18	0	1	1	7	0
No result	3	3	1	55	54	27.50	74	74.32	0	1	1	4	0
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1991	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	19	73.68	0	0	0	2	0
1992	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	3	33.33	0	0	0	0	0
1993	14	14	3	125	31	11.36	179	69.83	0	0	2	6	1
1994	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	8	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
1995	12	12	0	149	31	12.41	148	100.67	0	0	1	16	2
1996	27	27	0	552	77	20.44	560	98.57	0	5	6	68	6
1997	17	17	1	165	44	10.31	221	74.66	0	0	5	16	1
1998	23	23	1	479	68	21.77	569	84.18	0	3	2	57	1
1999	28	28	3	879	99	35.16	1,154	76.16	0	9	2	95	2
2000	14	14	2	262	55	21.83	382	68.58	0	1	1	29	0
2001	21	21	2	583	102*	30.68	843	69.15	1	3	3	62	0
2002	9	9	0	155	52	17.22	246	63.00	0	1	0	15	1
2003	8	8	1	205	54	29.28	321	63.86	0	1	1	24	0
2004	2	2	0	2	2	1.00	11	18.18	0	0	1	0	0
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

Romesh Kaluwitharana: ODI batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	42	42	2	602	75	15.05	835	72.09	0	2	9	60	3
R Premadasa Stadium	19	19	3	448	95*	28.00	619	72.37	0	3	1	36	0
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	11	11	2	241	102*	26.77	308	78.24	1	1	2	37	0
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	8	8	1	107	48	15.28	214	50.00	0	0	2	15	0
Bangabandhu National Stadium	5	5	0	94	48	18.80	136	69.11	0	0	1	9	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	0	247	77	49.40	232	106.46	0	3	0	35	1
WACA Ground	5	5	0	123	50	24.60	160	76.87	0	1	0	14	1
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	4	0	86	54	21.50	130	66.15	0	1	2	10	0
Adelaide Oval	3	3	0	17	9	5.66	33	51.51	0	0	1	1	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	3	0	64	58	21.33	69	92.75	0	1	1	6	0
Eden Gardens	3	3	0	6	5	2.00	28	21.42	0	0	1	0	0
Harare Sports Club	3	3	0	118	99	39.33	114	103.50	0	1	0	13	1
Lord's	3	3	0	127	68	42.33	146	86.98	0	2	0	13	0
Nairobi (Gym)	3	3	1	62	27	31.00	74	83.78	0	0	0	7	1
Singapore	3	3	0	28	24	9.33	24	116.66	0	0	1	3	2
All	178	178	13	3,575	102*	21.66	4,664	76.65	1	23	24	390	14

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

ODI milestones

Hundreds 1 of 2

102*v EnglandSinhalese Sports Club Ground · 2001-03-27

Best ODI performances

Romesh Kaluwitharana: highest ODI scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
102*	117	87.17	20	0	England	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2001-03-27
99	86	115.11	11	1	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1999-12-18
95*	117	81.19	12	0	Australia	R Premadasa Stadium	1999-08-31
83	117	70.94	8	0	South Africa	Boland Park	2001-01-09
77	75	102.66	12	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1996-01-09
75	108	69.44	7	0	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1999-10-15
74	68	108.82	8	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1996-01-16
74	107	69.15	5	0	South Africa	Newlands	2001-01-11
68	77	88.31	6	0	England	Lord's	1998-08-20
68	60	113.33	9	1	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1999-02-07

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
2004-02-22	Australia	0	-	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 1 runs
2004-02-20	Australia	2	-	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Australia won by 84 runs
2003-11-23	England v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	R Premadasa Stadium	No result
2003-11-21	England v Sri Lanka	did not bat	-	R Premadasa Stadium	No result
2003-11-18	England	36*	-	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
2003-06-11	West Indies	14	-	Arnos Vale Ground	West Indies won by 6 wickets (D/L method)
2003-06-08	West Indies	34	-	Kensington Oval	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
2003-06-07	West Indies	54	-	Kensington Oval	Sri Lanka won by 55 runs
2003-05-19	New Zealand	18	-	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	New Zealand won by 9 runs
2003-05-18	Pakistan	1	-	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 12 runs