Cricket
Bowler

Born: August 28, 1983
Galle, Sri Lanka

Active: 2001-2021

First-Class Cricket

Defense 1: Wickets Taken

Season	Country	Matches	Caught	Bowled	LBW	Def 1
2001-02	Sri Lanka	8	2	6	4	0.60
2002	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0.00
2002-03	Sri Lanka	7	2	0	2	0.20
2003-04	New Zealand	1	0	2	1	0.15
2003-04	Sri Lanka	9	6	3	3	0.60
2003-04	India	3	0	2	0	0.10
2004	Australia	2	1	0	2	0.15
2004	Sri Lanka	1	2	0	0	0.10
2004-05	New Zealand	3	1	1	5	0.35
2004-05	Pakistan	1	1	0	0	0.05
2004-05	Sri Lanka	7	1	5	3	0.45
2005	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	2	0.15
2005-06	Bangladesh	2	2	2	1	0.25
2005-06	India	2	0	2	0	0.10
2005-06	Sri Lanka	8	3	7	2	0.60
2006	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	0.10
2006	England	5	0	6	2	0.40
2006-07	New Zealand	2	0	3	3	0.30
2006-07	Sri Lanka	2	1	8	4	0.65
2007	Sri Lanka	3	0	2	3	0.25
2007	England	4	0	0	1	0.05
2007-08	Australia	2	0	0	3	0.15
2007-08	Sri Lanka	3	0	2	2	0.20
2009-10	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	1	0.10
2010	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	3	0.20
2017-18	Sri Lanka	1	1	1	0	0.10
Total		84	24	56	47	6.35

Defense 2: Runs Prevented

Season	Country	RA	W	Def 2	Defense
2001-02	Sri Lanka	621	30	1.59	1.10
2002	Sri Lanka	110	1	-0.24	-0.12
2002-03	Sri Lanka	610	13	-0.41	-0.10
2003-04	New Zealand	163	4	0.02	0.09
2003-04	Sri Lanka	932	36	1.16	0.88
2003-04	India	289	8	0.16	0.13
2004	Australia	264	10	0.53	0.34
2004	Sri Lanka	105	4	0.12	0.11
2004-05	New Zealand	391	14	0.49	0.42
2004-05	Pakistan	63	1	-0.05	0.00
2004-05	Sri Lanka	562	19	0.51	0.48
2005	Sri Lanka	163	5	0.08	0.12
2005-06	Bangladesh	222	9	0.36	0.31
2005-06	India	247	4	-0.20	-0.05
2005-06	Sri Lanka	530	18	0.36	0.48
2006	Sri Lanka	259	4	-0.31	-0.10
2006	England	436	13	0.50	0.45
2006-07	New Zealand	208	9	0.60	0.45
2006-07	Sri Lanka	111	14	1.26	0.95
2007	Sri Lanka	309	12	0.40	0.32
2007	England	197	2	-0.21	-0.08
2007-08	Australia	320	6	-0.04	0.06
2007-08	Sri Lanka	308	6	-0.15	0.02
2009-10	Sri Lanka	62	3	0.17	0.14
2010	Sri Lanka	273	10	0.37	0.29
2017-18	Sri Lanka	33	2	0.15	0.13
Total		7788	257	7.23	6.79

Offense

Season	Country	Runs	Offense	Total
2001-02	Sri Lanka	7	0.02	0.56
2002	Sri Lanka		0	-0.06
2002-03	Sri Lanka	22	0.06	-0.02
2003-04	New Zealand	1	0.00	0.04
2003-04	Sri Lanka	74	0.23	0.55
2003-04	India	1	0.00	0.07
2004	Australia	0	0.00	0.17
2004	Sri Lanka	6	0.02	0.07
2004-05	New Zealand	4	0.01	0.21
2004-05	Pakistan	1	0.00	0.00
2004-05	Sri Lanka	58	0.19	0.34
2005	Sri Lanka	5	0.02	0.07
2005-06	Bangladesh	12	0.03	0.17
2005-06	India	2	0.00	-0.02
2005-06	Sri Lanka	104	0.29	0.38
2006	Sri Lanka	9	0.02	-0.04
2006	England	71	0.14	0.29
2006-07	New Zealand	7	0.01	0.23
2006-07	Sri Lanka	29	0.09	0.52
2007	Sri Lanka		0	0.16
2007	England	13	0.03	-0.03
2007-08	Australia	58	0.11	0.09
2007-08	Sri Lanka	17	0.04	0.03
2009-10	Sri Lanka		0	0.07
2010	Sri Lanka	83	0.25	0.27
2017-18	Sri Lanka	1	0.00	0.06
Total		585	1.58	4.18

First-class 160-game average: 7.97

First-class offensive 160-game average: 3.00
First-class defensive 160-game average: 12.94

One-Day Cricket

Defense 1: Wickets Taken

Season	Country	Matches	Caught	W	Bowled	LBW	Def 1
2001-02	Sri Lanka	6	1	10	2	0	0.70
2003-04	New Zealand	2	0	2	2	0	0.20
2003-04	Sri Lanka	7	0	11	3	2	0.80
2004	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	1	0	0.25
2004-05	Sri Lanka	1	0	3	0	1	0.20
2005-06	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2005-06	Sri Lanka	5	2	10	1	2	0.85
2006	Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	0.10
2006	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2006	England	6	0	16	6	3	1.25
2006-07	Sri Lanka	3	0	2	1	0	0.15
2006-07	West Indies	8	2	18	4	4	1.50
2006-07	India	9	1	13	5	0	1.00
2006-07	New Zealand	4	1	6	3	2	0.65
2007	UAE	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
2007	England	3	0	2	1	0	0.15
2007	Sri Lanka	2	0	4	1	1	0.30
2007-08	Australia	8	1	12	4	2	1.00
2007-08	Sri Lanka	8	6	8	2	2	1.20
2008-09	Sri Lanka	6	3	19	6	4	1.75
2009	Sri Lanka	10	1	12	4	1	0.95
2009-10	India	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
2009-10	South Africa	3	0	4	1	0	0.25
2009-10	Sri Lanka	5	0	10	2	1	0.65
2010	Sri Lanka	8	1	16	6	3	1.35
2010-11	Australia	3	0	2	1	0	0.15
2010-11	India	2	0	3	1	1	0.25
2010-11	Sri Lanka	14	0	25	11	5	2.05
2011	England	6	1	9	4	1	0.80
2011	Scotland	1	0	5	3	0	0.40
2011	Sri Lanka	4	0	11	5	1	0.85
2011-12	Bangladesh	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
2011-12	South Africa	5	1	11	4	0	0.85
2011-12	UAE	5	0	7	3	1	0.55
2011-12	Australia	11	2	18	4	2	1.40
2012	Sri Lanka	10	1	15	2	1	1.00
2012-13	Australia	5	0	10	1	2	0.65
2012-13	Sri Lanka	7	0	7	3	0	0.50
2013	West Indies	5	3	5	2	1	0.70
2013	England	4	0	7	2	4	0.65
2013	Sri Lanka	4	0	6	3	0	0.45
2013-14	Bangladesh	6	0	14	2	1	0.85
2013-14	Sri Lanka	7	0	4	1	0	0.25
2013-14	UAE	5	1	6	1	2	0.55
2014	England	5	2	7	3	1	0.75
2014	Sri Lanka	6	2	8	3	1	0.80
2014-15	Australia	4	3	8	1	0	0.75
2014-15	New Zealand	3	0	4	2	1	0.35
2015	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	0	1	0.25
2015-16	Sri Lanka	3	0	4	0	0	0.20
2017	England	3	0	3	0	0	0.15
2017	Sri Lanka	10	1	7	1	1	0.55
2017-18	Sri Lanka	6	0	9	4	1	0.70
2018	UAE	2	0	5	1	0	0.30
2018-19	Sri Lanka	7	2	13	4	2	1.15
2018-19	New Zealand	3	0	7	1	0	0.40
2018-19	South Africa	5	1	4	0	1	0.35
2019	England	7	0	13	5	3	1.05
2019	Sri Lanka	1	0	3	2	0	0.25
2019-20	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total		291	40	446	135	62	36.15

Defense 2: Runs Prevented

Season	Country	RA	Balls	Def 2	Defense
2001-02	Sri Lanka	211	227	0.07	0.38
2003-04	New Zealand	107	108	0.07	0.14
2003-04	Sri Lanka	198	319	0.61	0.70
2004	Sri Lanka	159	204	0.23	0.24
2004-05	Sri Lanka	23	36	0.07	0.14
2005-06	New Zealand	44	36	0.00	0.00
2005-06	Sri Lanka	175	276	0.54	0.69
2006	Netherlands	48	48	0.08	0.09
2006	Sri Lanka	7	10	0.02	0.01
2006	England	283	340	0.64	0.95
2006-07	Sri Lanka	91	92	0.02	0.09
2006-07	West Indies	284	350	0.48	0.99
2006-07	India	339	417	0.60	0.80
2006-07	New Zealand	133	168	0.28	0.47
2007	UAE	86	102	0.18	0.09
2007	England	145	142	0.20	0.17
2007	Sri Lanka	39	96	0.29	0.30
2007-08	Australia	368	424	0.62	0.81
2007-08	Sri Lanka	299	366	0.43	0.81
2008-09	Sri Lanka	291	338	0.42	1.08
2009	Sri Lanka	489	538	0.55	0.75
2009-10	India	131	112	0.05	0.03
2009-10	South Africa	171	160	0.23	0.24
2009-10	Sri Lanka	214	230	0.16	0.40
2010	Sri Lanka	265	380	0.67	1.01
2010-11	Australia	104	142	0.31	0.23
2010-11	India	80	84	0.08	0.17
2010-11	Sri Lanka	547	671	0.89	1.47
2011	England	248	278	0.52	0.66
2011	Scotland	30	58	0.18	0.29
2011	Sri Lanka	126	188	0.37	0.61
2011-12	Bangladesh	73	96	0.16	0.08
2011-12	South Africa	248	270	0.43	0.64
2011-12	UAE	194	255	0.39	0.47
2011-12	Australia	631	609	0.49	0.95
2012	Sri Lanka	439	483	0.46	0.73
2012-13	Australia	189	276	0.62	0.64
2012-13	Sri Lanka	197	234	0.27	0.38
2013	West Indies	181	215	0.18	0.44
2013	England	206	222	0.41	0.53
2013	Sri Lanka	147	156	0.11	0.28
2013-14	Bangladesh	271	305	0.38	0.61
2013-14	Sri Lanka	262	245	0.04	0.15
2013-14	UAE	292	282	0.12	0.33
2014	England	203	205	0.27	0.51
2014	Sri Lanka	294	275	0.05	0.43
2014-15	Australia	166	204	0.38	0.56
2014-15	New Zealand	188	178	0.20	0.28
2015	Sri Lanka	246	222	-0.06	0.10
2015-16	Sri Lanka	106	124	0.15	0.17
2017	England	179	179	0.29	0.22
2017	Sri Lanka	444	444	0.68	0.62
2017-18	Sri Lanka	209	240	0.33	0.51
2018	UAE	89	120	0.21	0.26
2018-19	Sri Lanka	216	251	0.36	0.76
2018-19	New Zealand	216	180	0.07	0.23
2018-19	South Africa	204	234	0.45	0.40
2019	England	373	370	0.59	0.82
2019	Sri Lanka	38	58	0.13	0.19
2019-20	Sri Lanka	28	44	0.09	0.05
Total		12,264	13,916	18.11	27.13

Offense

Season	Country	Runs	Offense	Total
2001-02	Sri Lanka	1	0.01	0.19
2003-04	New Zealand	12	0.05	0.09
2003-04	Sri Lanka	7	0.03	0.37
2004	Sri Lanka	6	0.03	0.13
2004-05	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.07
2005-06	New Zealand	1	0.00	0.00
2005-06	Sri Lanka	23	0.11	0.40
2006	Netherlands	3	0.01	0.05
2006	Sri Lanka		0	0.00
2006	England	5	0.02	0.48
2006-07	Sri Lanka	26	0.12	0.11
2006-07	West Indies	12	0.05	0.52
2006-07	India	14	0.06	0.43
2006-07	New Zealand		0	0.23
2007	UAE	14	0.05	0.07
2007	England	1	0.00	0.09
2007	Sri Lanka		0	0.15
2007-08	Australia	19	0.08	0.44
2007-08	Sri Lanka	33	0.15	0.48
2008-09	Sri Lanka	16	0.07	0.58
2009	Sri Lanka	13	0.06	0.40
2009-10	India	13	0.05	0.04
2009-10	South Africa	15	0.05	0.15
2009-10	Sri Lanka	14	0.06	0.23
2010	Sri Lanka	28	0.13	0.57
2010-11	Australia	58	0.22	0.23
2010-11	India	6	0.03	0.10
2010-11	Sri Lanka	31	0.14	0.81
2011	England	32	0.11	0.39
2011	Scotland	32	0.11	0.20
2011	Sri Lanka	1	0.00	0.31
2011-12	Bangladesh	11	0.05	0.06
2011-12	South Africa	3	0.01	0.33
2011-12	UAE	21	0.10	0.28
2011-12	Australia	11	0.04	0.49
2012	Sri Lanka	44	0.20	0.46
2012-13	Australia	3	0.01	0.32
2012-13	Sri Lanka	5	0.02	0.20
2013	West Indies	15	0.07	0.26
2013	England	11	0.04	0.28
2013	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.14
2013-14	Bangladesh	0	0.00	0.31
2013-14	Sri Lanka	1	0.00	0.08
2013-14	UAE	19	0.08	0.21
2014	England	12	0.04	0.28
2014	Sri Lanka	6	0.03	0.23
2014-15	Australia	4	0.02	0.29
2014-15	New Zealand	0	0.00	0.14
2015	Sri Lanka	29	0.14	0.12
2015-16	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.09
2017	England	10	0.03	0.13
2017	Sri Lanka	11	0.04	0.33
2017-18	Sri Lanka	15	0.06	0.29
2018	UAE	4	0.02	0.14
2018-19	Sri Lanka	8	0.03	0.39
2018-19	New Zealand	28	0.11	0.17
2018-19	South Africa	16	0.06	0.23
2019	England	11	0.04	0.43
2019	Sri Lanka	6	0.02	0.11
2019-20	Sri Lanka		0	0.02
Total		740	3.10	15.12

One-day 160-game average: 8.31

One-day offensive 160-game average: 1.71
One-day defensive 160-game average: 14.92

Twenty20 Cricket

Defense 1: Wickets Taken

Season	Country	Matches	Caught	W	Bowled	LBW	Def 1
2004-05	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	0	0	0.05
2005-06	Sri Lanka	3	0	1	0	0	0.05
2006	England	1	1	0	0	0	0.10
2006-07	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2007	England	2	0	4	0	1	0.25
2007-08	South Africa	5	4	7	2	0	0.85
2008-09	Sri Lanka	6	3	4	0	0	0.50
2009	South Africa	13	2	18	9	2	1.65
2009	Sri Lanka	3	1	4	4	0	0.50
2009	England	7	2	12	6	0	1.10
2009-10	India	15	3	16	8	0	1.50
2010	West Indies	6	2	6	2	1	0.65
2010	USA	2	1	4	2	0	0.40
2010-11	Australia	1	0	1	0	0	0.05
2010-11	South Africa	4	1	6	1	0	0.45
2011	India	16	4	28	16	0	2.60
2011	England	1	1	2	0	0	0.20
2011-12	India	6	0	10	8	2	1.00
2011-12	Sri Lanka	2	0	6	6	0	0.60
2011-12	UAE	1	0	1	1	0	0.10
2012	India	14	6	22	7	2	2.15
2012	Sri Lanka	8	0	9	3	1	0.65
2012-13	Sri Lanka	8	0	9	2	1	0.60
2012-13	Australia	9	0	13	7	2	1.10
2012-13	South Africa	4	0	8	1	0	0.45
2013	India	17	3	20	7	5	1.90
2013	Sri Lanka	5	1	7	2	0	0.55
2013	West Indies	2	1	3	1	0	0.30
2013-14	Australia	6	0	5	3	0	0.40
2013-14	Bangladesh	8	1	9	6	0	0.85
2013-14	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	1	0.10
2013-14	UAE	2	0	4	0	1	0.25
2014	England	2	0	5	2	0	0.35
2014	India	5	0	8	3	0	0.55
2014	Sri Lanka	5	1	2	0	0	0.20
2014	UAE	5	0	8	3	0	0.55
2014-15	India	3	0	1	1	0	0.10
2015	India	15	2	24	6	1	1.75
2015	Sri Lanka	2	1	2	0	1	0.25
2015-16	Sri Lanka	2	0	4	2	0	0.30
2015-16	Bangladesh	1	1	4	1	1	0.40
2016-17	Australia	3	2	6	0	2	0.60
2016-17	Sri Lanka	2	0	5	4	1	0.50
2017	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	0.05
2017	India	12	1	11	4	0	0.85
2017-18	Bangladesh	8	1	8	2	2	0.70
2017-18	Sri Lanka	8	2	17	7	2	1.50
2018	Sri Lanka	6	1	3	2	0	0.35
2018-19	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	0	0.15
2018-19	New Zealand	1	0	2	1	0	0.15
2018-19	South Africa	3	2	3	1	0	0.40
2018-19	Sri Lanka	3	0	5	3	1	0.45
2019	India	12	1	16	0	1	0.95
2019	Sri Lanka	3	0	7	4	2	0.65
2019-20	Sri Lanka	3	1	3	1	0	0.30
2019-20	Australia	3	0	2	0	1	0.15
2019-20	India	3	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total		294	54	389	151	34	34.10

Defense 2: Runs Prevented

Season	Country	RA	Balls	Def 2	Defense
2004-05	Sri Lanka	56	48	0.21	0.13
2005-06	Sri Lanka	27	36	0.26	0.16
2006	England	25	18	0.07	0.08
2006-07	New Zealand	15	18	0.13	0.07
2007	England	74	46	0.10	0.17
2007-08	South Africa	100	84	0.28	0.57
2008-09	Sri Lanka	100	98	0.50	0.50
2009	South Africa	312	297	1.49	1.57
2009	Sri Lanka	84	72	0.29	0.40
2009	England	181	152	0.69	0.89
2009-10	India	401	330	1.60	1.55
2010	West Indies	165	125	0.28	0.47
2010	USA	37	39	0.12	0.26
2010-11	Australia	26	24	0.13	0.09
2010-11	South Africa	118	96	0.42	0.43
2011	India	375	378	2.24	2.42
2011	England	15	24	0.20	0.20
2011-12	India	117	120	0.74	0.87
2011-12	Sri Lanka	28	36	0.26	0.43
2011-12	UAE	32	21	0.03	0.06
2012	India	350	333	1.88	2.02
2012	Sri Lanka	165	174	1.03	0.84
2012-13	Sri Lanka	234	171	0.57	0.59
2012-13	Australia	184	210	1.40	1.25
2012-13	South Africa	86	71	0.29	0.37
2013	India	468	392	1.79	1.84
2013	Sri Lanka	134	120	0.60	0.58
2013	West Indies	46	42	0.19	0.24
2013-14	Australia	131	132	0.80	0.60
2013-14	Bangladesh	164	155	0.89	0.87
2013-14	Sri Lanka	33	24	0.08	0.09
2013-14	UAE	56	48	0.25	0.25
2014	England	48	48	0.30	0.33
2014	India	134	118	0.64	0.59
2014	Sri Lanka	73	72	0.41	0.31
2014	UAE	119	117	0.72	0.63
2014-15	India	89	66	0.24	0.17
2015	India	444	360	1.80	1.77
2015	Sri Lanka	86	48	0.04	0.14
2015-16	Sri Lanka	35	48	0.37	0.34
2015-16	Bangladesh	26	24	0.11	0.25
2016-17	Australia	95	72	0.34	0.47
2016-17	Sri Lanka	72	48	0.14	0.32
2017	Sri Lanka	31	24	0.10	0.08
2017	India	382	269	1.02	0.94
2017-18	Bangladesh	267	186	0.61	0.65
2017-18	Sri Lanka	193	175	0.83	1.16
2018	Sri Lanka	207	144	0.34	0.35
2018-19	Bangladesh	66	48	0.18	0.16
2018-19	New Zealand	24	24	0.15	0.15
2018-19	South Africa	77	72	0.42	0.41
2018-19	Sri Lanka	64	66	0.40	0.43
2019	India	438	269	0.72	0.83
2019	Sri Lanka	68	72	0.45	0.55
2019-20	Sri Lanka	114	66	-0.02	0.14
2019-20	Australia	82	66	0.31	0.23
2019-20	India	81	48	0.10	0.05
Total		7654	6484	30.55	32.32

Offense

Season	Country	Runs	Offense	Total
2004-05	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.07
2005-06	Sri Lanka		0	0.08
2006	England	13	0.08	0.08
2006-07	New Zealand	27	0.17	0.12
2007	England		0	0.09
2007-08	South Africa	13	0.10	0.33
2008-09	Sri Lanka	4	0.03	0.27
2009	South Africa	0	0.00	0.78
2009	Sri Lanka	4	0.03	0.21
2009	England	3	0.02	0.46
2009-10	India	1	0.01	0.78
2010	West Indies	3	0.02	0.24
2010	USA	0	0.00	0.13
2010-11	Australia		0	0.05
2010-11	South Africa		0	0.22
2011	India	8	0.05	1.24
2011	England		0	0.10
2011-12	India	68	0.44	0.66
2011-12	Sri Lanka	6	0.04	0.23
2011-12	UAE	1	0.01	0.04
2012	India	55	0.36	1.19
2012	Sri Lanka	29	0.20	0.52
2012-13	Sri Lanka	5	0.03	0.31
2012-13	Australia	4	0.03	0.64
2012-13	South Africa	1	0.01	0.19
2013	India	9	0.06	0.95
2013	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.29
2013	West Indies		0	0.12
2013-14	Australia	0	0.00	0.30
2013-14	Bangladesh	0	0.00	0.43
2013-14	Sri Lanka		0	0.05
2013-14	UAE		0	0.13
2014	England		0	0.16
2014	India		0	0.30
2014	Sri Lanka	2	0.01	0.16
2014	UAE	2	0.01	0.32
2014-15	India	21	0.14	0.15
2015	India	6	0.04	0.91
2015	Sri Lanka		0	0.07
2015-16	Sri Lanka	2	0.01	0.17
2015-16	Bangladesh		0	0.13
2016-17	Australia	2	0.01	0.24
2016-17	Sri Lanka	0	0.00	0.16
2017	Sri Lanka		0	0.04
2017	India	7	0.04	0.49
2017-18	Bangladesh	15	0.10	0.37
2017-18	Sri Lanka	13	0.09	0.63
2018	Sri Lanka	28	0.20	0.27
2018-19	Bangladesh	5	0.03	0.10
2018-19	New Zealand	6	0.04	0.09
2018-19	South Africa	8	0.05	0.23
2018-19	Sri Lanka	11	0.07	0.25
2019	India		0	0.42
2019	Sri Lanka	6	0.04	0.29
2019-20	Sri Lanka	8	0.06	0.10
2019-20	Australia	30	0.19	0.21
2019-20	India	0	0.00	0.03
Total		426	2.82	17.57

Twenty20 160-game average: 9.56

Twenty20 offensive 160-game average: 1.54
Twenty20 defensive 160-game average: 17.59

Combined total: 36.87
Total Matches: 669
Weighted 160-game average: 8.58

Apples & Oranges rating: 14.66

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