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Upul Tharanga stats

Data through 16 December 2021Last updated 16 December 2021

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 2 August 2005 to 16 December 2021. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2005 and 2021, Upul Tharanga appears in 30 Tests, 217 ODIs, 26 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the Cricsheet data. In ODIs Upul Tharanga scored 6,482 runs in 206 innings (average 34.30, strike rate 75.7), including 14 hundreds and 36 fifties. Against Zimbabwe in ODIs, Upul Tharanga averaged 66.33 over 17 innings.

International matches

273

Tests 30 · ODIs 217 · T20Is 26

International runs

8,571

17 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

698 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

34.30

206 innings

Highest score

174*

ODI

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2005–2019 · 274Dambulla Viiking 2020 · 8Sylhet Sixers 2017 · 6Jaffna Kings 2021 · 6Dhaka Dynamites 2019 · 5Cumilla Warriors 2020 · 3Asia XI 2007 · 1

BattingBowling

Upul Tharanga batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	30	56	3	1,682	165	31.74	3,075	54.7	3	7	5	227	9
ODI	217	206	17	6,482	174*	34.30	8,565	75.7	14	36	17	741	52
T20I	26	26	1	407	47	16.28	330	123.3	0	0	3	42	12
T20 (leagues & domestic)	28	27	2	698	77	27.92	587	118.9	0	5	2	86	13
Other T20	2	1	0	54	54	54.00	41	131.7	0	1	0	8	0

Runs per year

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Upul Tharanga: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2005	226
2006	1,530
2007	630
2008	121
2009	478
2010	707
2011	838
2012	757
2013	287
2014	471
2015	166
2016	414
2017	1,819
2018	373
2019	160
2020	277
2021	69

Year-by-year batting (33 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2005	ODI	8	177	22.12	62.1	60	0	1
2005	Test	2	49	24.50	37.4	47	0	0
2006	ODI	19	936	49.26	77.4	120	5	3
2006	T20I	3	40	13.33	105.3	34	0	0
2006	Test	19	554	30.78	51.5	165	1	2
2007	ODI	23	518	22.52	62.6	73	0	4
2007	T20I	5	74	14.80	123.3	37	0	0
2007	Test	3	38	12.67	39.2	16	0	0
2008	ODI	7	121	20.17	48.8	40	0	0
2009	ODI	11	478	43.45	84.9	118	1	4
2010	ODI	22	707	37.21	73.8	118	1	5
2011	ODI	21	826	45.89	75.7	133	4	2
2011	T20I	1	12	12.00	92.3	12	0	0
2012	ODI	26	752	30.08	75.7	71	0	8
2012	T20I	1	5	5.00	125.0	5	0	0
2013	ODI	11	287	28.70	74.9	174	1	0
2014	ODI	5	111	22.20	63.4	28	0	0
2014	Other T20	1	54	54.00	131.7	54	0	1
2014	Test	8	306	38.25	61.1	92	0	2
2015	ODI	4	68	17.00	76.4	28	0	0
2015	Test	4	98	24.50	58.0	48	0	0
2016	ODI	9	207	34.50	75.3	57	0	2
2016	Test	4	207	69.00	53.6	110	1	1
2017	ODI	25	1011	48.14	91.7	119	2	6
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	207	41.40	125.5	69	0	3
2017	T20I	10	171	17.10	128.6	47	0	0
2017	Test	16	430	28.67	60.1	115	1	2
2018	ODI	12	268	24.36	78.8	56	0	1
2018	T20I	6	105	21.00	128.0	32	0	0
2019	ODI	3	15	5.00	60.0	9	0	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	145	29.00	131.8	51	0	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	277	25.18	111.2	77	0	1
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	69	17.25	109.5	37	0	0

Upul Tharanga bowling record by format

Upul Tharanga has not bowled in the matches in the data.

Upul Tharanga against each team

vs India vs Pakistan vs South Africa vs Bangladesh vs Australia vs England vs New Zealand vs Zimbabwe vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Bangladesh	Test	9	465	58.12	60.2	165	2	1
Zimbabwe	Test	6	305	61.00	54.3	110	1	2
Pakistan	Test	8	284	35.50	60.8	92	0	1
South Africa	Test	11	235	23.50	63.3	83	0	1
England	Test	8	168	21.00	42.0	52	0	1
India	Test	10	141	14.10	44.8	64	0	1
New Zealand	Test	4	84	21.00	44.9	33	0	0
India	ODI	42	1224	31.38	83.5	174	2	6
Pakistan	ODI	31	845	28.17	69.5	112	1	5
Zimbabwe	ODI	17	796	66.33	82.1	133	2	5
Bangladesh	ODI	19	790	46.47	80.0	118	2	5
England	ODI	15	659	50.69	81.6	120	3	3
South Africa	ODI	25	620	24.80	82.2	119	1	3
New Zealand	ODI	17	588	34.59	71.4	103	1	5
Australia	ODI	21	510	25.50	64.1	111	1	3
West Indies	ODI	12	299	27.18	56.8	101	1	0
Ireland	ODI	3	25	12.50	41.7	24	0	0
Bangladesh	T20I	7	136	22.67	138.8	32	0	0
India	T20I	7	130	18.57	122.6	47	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	43	14.33	113.2	37	0	0
Australia	T20I	4	22	5.50	84.6	14	0	0
Galle Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	103	34.33	132.1	77	0	1
Comilla Victorians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	99	33.00	135.6	51	0	1

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
R Premadasa Stadium	37	905	27.42	102
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	20	630	35.00	111
Shere Bangla National Stadium	24	628	28.55	118
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	23	526	23.91	76
Galle International Stadium	11	491	54.56	115
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	18	465	25.83	133
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	15	459	32.79	101
Harare Sports Club	12	448	44.80	110
Sabina Park	3	272	136.00	174
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium	6	266	53.20	69

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	654	561	116.6	28	–	–	–
T20	Middle	363	311	116.7	20	–	–	–
T20	Death	88	45	195.6	2	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	2849	4035	70.6	90	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	3171	4173	76.0	85	–	–	–
ODI	Death	462	357	129.4	14	–	–	–

How Upul Tharanga was dismissed

Caught189 (65%)
Bowled61 (21%)
Lbw18 (6%)
Run out13 (4%)
Stumped7 (2%)
Caught and bowled5 (2%)

Last 20 innings

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Upul Tharanga: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
8 Feb 2019	48
3 Mar 2019	9
13 Mar 2019	4
16 Mar 2019	2
2 Jan 2020	45
7 Jan 2020	4
10 Jan 2020	32
28 Nov 2020	18
30 Nov 2020	15
1 Dec 2020	25
3 Dec 2020	19
5 Dec 2020	77
9 Dec 2020	9
11 Dec 2020	0
14 Dec 2020	33
5 Dec 2021	17
8 Dec 2021	0
12 Dec 2021	13
13 Dec 2021	2
16 Dec 2021	37

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
16 Dec 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Stars	37	33	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
13 Dec 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dambulla Giants	2	9	caught and bowled	R Premadasa Stadium
12 Dec 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Warriors	13	8	bowled	R Premadasa Stadium
8 Dec 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Warriors	0*	0	not out	R Premadasa Stadium
5 Dec 2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Galle Gladiators	17	13	bowled	R Premadasa Stadium
14 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Stallions	33	39	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
11 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Kings	0	1	lbw	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
9 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Galle Gladiators	9	11	lbw	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
5 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Galle Gladiators	77	54	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
3 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Tuskers	19	15	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
1 Dec 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Kings	25	24	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
30 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Stallions	15	19	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
28 Nov 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Tuskers	18	18	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
10 Jan 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Khulna Tigers	32	23	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
7 Jan 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Thunder	4	14	bowled	Shere Bangla National Stadium
2 Jan 2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Thunder	45	31	lbw	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
16 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	2	8	caught	Newlands
13 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	4	6	caught	St George's Park
3 Mar 2019	ODI	South Africa	9	11	bowled	The Wanderers Stadium
8 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	48	27	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Upul Tharanga faced most

vs Graeme Cremer307 balls
vs Zaheer Khan264 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Upul Tharanga scored in Tests?

1,682 runs in 56 innings (30 matches) at an average of 31.74 and a strike rate of 54.7, in the data from 2005 to 2017.

How many runs has Upul Tharanga scored in ODIs?

6,482 runs in 206 innings (217 matches) at an average of 34.30 and a strike rate of 75.7, in the data from 2005 to 2019.

How many runs has Upul Tharanga scored in T20Is?

407 runs in 26 innings (26 matches) at an average of 16.28 and a strike rate of 123.3, in the data from 2006 to 2018.

What is Upul Tharanga's highest score?

174* in ODIs, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Upul Tharanga scored?

17 hundreds in the data: 3 in Tests, 14 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.