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Danushka Gunathilaka stats

Data through 6 July 2024Last updated 6 July 2024

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 1 November 2015 to 6 July 2024. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Danushka Gunathilaka played 8 Tests, 46 ODIs, 43 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2015 and 2024. In ODIs Danushka Gunathilaka scored 1,592 runs in 45 innings (average 36.18, strike rate 86.9), including 2 hundreds and 11 fifties. Against Zimbabwe in ODIs, Danushka Gunathilaka averaged 64.60 over 5 innings.

International matches

Tests 8 · ODIs 46 · T20Is 43

International runs

2,582

2 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

945 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

36.18

45 innings

Highest score

133

ODI

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2015–2022 · 97Galle Gladiators 2020–2021 · 20Sylhet Sixers 2017 · 6Dambulla Sixers 2024 · 3Sinhalese Sports Club 2024 · 3Durdanto Dhaka 2024 · 3

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Danushka Gunathilaka batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	8	16	0	299	61	18.69	597	50.1	0	2	0	32	3
ODI	46	45	1	1,592	133	36.18	1,833	86.9	2	11	1	171	20
T20I	43	43	0	691	57	16.07	578	119.6	0	3	4	73	19
T20 (leagues & domestic)	34	34	4	945	94*	31.50	716	132.0	0	6	1	117	27
List A	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	5	60.0	0	0	0	0	0

Runs per year

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Danushka Gunathilaka: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2015	102
2016	357
2017	779
2018	460
2019	434
2020	497
2021	592
2022	204
2024	105

Year-by-year batting (21 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2015	ODI	4	102	25.50	103.0	65	0	1
2016	ODI	10	266	26.60	86.1	63	0	2
2016	T20I	5	91	18.20	119.7	46	0	0
2017	ODI	15	539	35.93	83.1	116	1	4
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	141	23.50	135.6	42	0	0
2017	T20I	4	81	20.25	109.5	51	0	1
2017	Test	2	18	9.00	40.0	16	0	0
2018	ODI	2	41	41.00	89.1	35	0	0
2018	T20I	6	138	23.00	140.8	42	0	0
2018	Test	14	281	20.07	50.9	61	0	2
2019	ODI	5	292	58.40	85.9	133	1	1
2019	T20I	6	142	23.67	121.4	57	0	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	476	59.50	144.7	94	0	4
2020	T20I	2	21	10.50	91.3	20	0	0
2021	ODI	6	271	45.17	92.5	96	0	2
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	226	25.11	129.9	55	0	2
2021	T20I	6	95	15.83	120.3	56	0	1
2022	ODI	3	81	27.00	83.5	55	0	1
2022	T20I	14	123	8.79	110.8	38	0	0
2024	List A	1	3	3.00	60.0	3	0	0
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	102	14.57	93.6	41	0	0

Danushka Gunathilaka bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	6	198	111	1	1/16	1/57	111.00	3.36	198.0	3
ODI	22	402	371	8	3/48	–	46.38	5.54	50.2	1
T20I	12	123	155	6	2/3	–	25.83	7.56	20.5	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	126	157	5	2/16	–	31.40	7.48	25.2	0
List A	1	43	39	1	1/39	–	39.00	5.44	43.0	0

Wickets per year

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Danushka Gunathilaka: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2015	0
2016	5
2017	2
2018	5
2019	0
2020	0
2021	3
2022	0
2024	6

Year-by-year bowling (18 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2016	ODI	5	5	28.40	5.68	3/48
2016	T20I	1	0	–	9.00	0/9
2017	ODI	9	1	122.00	6.10	1/9
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	10.50	0/8
2017	T20I	1	0	–	8.00	0/16
2017	Test	2	1	57.00	4.75	1/16
2018	ODI	1	0	–	2.00	0/4
2018	T20I	5	5	16.20	7.59	2/3
2018	Test	4	0	–	2.57	0/1
2019	ODI	3	0	–	7.00	0/8
2019	T20I	2	0	–	11.00	0/7
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	0	–	7.25	0/6
2021	ODI	4	2	37.50	4.69	1/5
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	10.00	0/10
2021	T20I	2	1	19.00	4.75	1/8
2022	T20I	1	0	–	9.60	0/8
2024	List A	1	1	39.00	5.44	1/39
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	5	15.20	6.33	2/16

Danushka Gunathilaka against each team

vs India vs Australia vs Bangladesh vs New Zealand vs Pakistan vs England

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
South Africa	Test	4	161	40.25	59.4	61	0	2
New Zealand	Test	4	16	4.00	25.0	8	0	0
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	323	64.60	84.6	116	1	3
New Zealand	ODI	7	250	35.71	82.2	71	0	2
West Indies	ODI	4	199	49.75	93.4	96	0	2
Bangladesh	ODI	8	168	24.00	85.7	39	0	0
India	ODI	6	160	26.67	82.1	76	0	1
Pakistan	ODI	3	160	53.33	92.5	133	1	0
England	ODI	5	142	28.40	100.0	62	0	1
Australia	ODI	6	127	21.17	84.7	55	0	1
Pakistan	T20I	8	159	19.88	121.4	57	0	2
Bangladesh	T20I	5	113	22.60	134.5	42	0	0
India	T20I	10	110	11.00	97.3	38	0	0
Australia	T20I	9	104	11.56	110.6	26	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	84	28.00	140.0	46	0	0
West Indies	T20I	3	69	23.00	121.1	56	0	1
England	T20I	4	52	13.00	136.8	26	0	0
Jaffna Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	146	24.33	129.2	55	0	2
Jaffna Stallions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	95	31.67	125.0	56	0	1
Colombo Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	81	40.50	158.8	38	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	ODI	4	4	25.50	5.67	3/48
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	1	45.00	6.43	1/9
Bangladesh	ODI	3	1	31.00	4.43	1/5
West Indies	ODI	3	1	70.00	5.00	1/28
Bangladesh	T20I	4	4	16.25	8.48	2/3

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	15	840	64.62	116
Shere Bangla National Stadium	12	266	26.60	41
R Premadasa Stadium	17	235	14.69	45
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	8	196	24.50	55
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	3	187	62.33	96
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	6	179	29.83	61
Bay Oval	4	175	43.75	71
National Stadium, Karachi	2	147	73.50	133
Kennington Oval	2	138	69.00	76
Galle International Stadium	6	129	21.50	60

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium	3	3	12.00	7.71
Sophia Gardens	2	3	16.67	4.55
Surrey Village	1	2	8.00	4.00
Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground	1	2	13.00	6.50
Shere Bangla National Stadium	6	2	34.00	6.80
Galle International Stadium	4	2	39.50	5.27
R Premadasa Stadium	5	2	40.00	8.14
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Coolidge	2	1	19.00	4.75
The Village	1	1	40.00	5.71
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	3	1	45.00	4.43

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	1106	850	130.1	48	78	3	8.31
T20	Middle	468	400	117.0	21	138	4	7.13
T20	Death	62	44	140.9	4	33	4	7.27
ODI	Powerplay	829	965	85.9	20	6	0	3.00
ODI	Middle	753	854	88.2	22	390	8	5.51
ODI	Death	10	14	71.4	2	6	0	10.00

How Danushka Gunathilaka was dismissed

Caught84 (63%)
Bowled27 (20%)
Lbw10 (7%)
Run out6 (4%)
Stumped3 (2%)
Caught and bowled3 (2%)
Obstructing the field1 (1%)

How Danushka Gunathilaka took wickets

Caught14
Bowled3
Stumped2
Lbw2

Last 20 innings

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Danushka Gunathilaka: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
7 Jun 2022	26
8 Jun 2022	4
11 Jun 2022	15
14 Jun 2022	55
16 Jun 2022	18
24 Jun 2022	8
1 Sep 2022	11
6 Sep 2022	1
9 Sep 2022	0
11 Sep 2022	1
16 Oct 2022	0
19 Jan 2024	41
22 Jan 2024	1
27 Jan 2024	0
13 May 2024	14
15 May 2024	25
22 Jun 2024	3
1 Jul 2024	11
3 Jul 2024	9
6 Jul 2024	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
6 Jul 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Kings	1	3	caught	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
3 Jul 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Kings	9	11	bowled	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
1 Jul 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Falcons	11	11	bowled	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
22 Jun 2024	List A	Ragama Cricket Club	3	5	caught	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
15 May 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Ace Capital Cricket Club	25	19	caught	Surrey Village
13 May 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club	14	9	caught	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
27 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	0	5	lbw	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
22 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	1*	9	retired hurt	Shere Bangla National Stadium
19 Jan 2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	41	42	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
16 Oct 2022	T20I	Namibia	0	1	caught	Kardinia Park
11 Sep 2022	T20I	Pakistan	1	4	bowled	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
9 Sep 2022	T20I	Pakistan	0	4	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
6 Sep 2022	T20I	India	1	7	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
1 Sep 2022	T20I	Bangladesh	11	6	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
24 Jun 2022	ODI	Australia	8	14	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
16 Jun 2022	ODI	Australia	18	30	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
14 Jun 2022	ODI	Australia	55	53	run out	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
11 Jun 2022	T20I	Australia	15	12	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
8 Jun 2022	T20I	Australia	4	4	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
7 Jun 2022	T20I	Australia	26	15	caught	R Premadasa Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Danushka Gunathilaka scored in Tests?

299 runs in 16 innings (8 matches) at an average of 18.69 and a strike rate of 50.1, in the data from 2017 to 2018.

How many runs has Danushka Gunathilaka scored in ODIs?

1,592 runs in 45 innings (46 matches) at an average of 36.18 and a strike rate of 86.9, in the data from 2015 to 2022.

How many runs has Danushka Gunathilaka scored in T20Is?

691 runs in 43 innings (43 matches) at an average of 16.07 and a strike rate of 119.6, in the data from 2016 to 2022.

What is Danushka Gunathilaka's highest score?

133 in ODIs, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Danushka Gunathilaka scored?

2 hundreds in the data: 2 in ODIs.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.