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Rangana Herath stats

Data through 6 November 2018Last updated 6 November 2018

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 27 April 2004 to 6 November 2018. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2004 and 2018, Rangana Herath appears in 82 Tests, 66 ODIs, 16 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 404 wickets in Tests at an average of 27.06 and an economy rate of 2.79.

International matches

164

Tests 82 · ODIs 66 · T20Is 16

International runs

1,737

0 hundreds

International wickets

488

35 five-wicket hauls

Best bowling

9/127

Test

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2004–2018 · 164

BattingBowling

Rangana Herath batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	82	129	26	1,589	80*	15.43	3,071	51.7	3	19	187	6
ODI	66	30	15	140	17*	9.33	217	64.5	0	3	10	2
T20I	16	6	3	8	3	2.67	12	66.7	0	0	0	0

Runs per year

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Rangana Herath: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2004	0
2005	14
2008	13
2009	70
2010	106
2011	310
2012	123
2013	85
2014	148
2015	212
2016	299
2017	271
2018	86

Year-by-year batting (23 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2004	ODI	1	0	–	0.0	0	0
2005	Test	2	14	7.00	38.9	13	0
2008	Test	1	13	–	162.5	13	0
2009	Test	9	70	8.75	39.1	20	0
2010	ODI	1	2	2.00	66.7	2	0
2010	Test	2	104	–	81.9	80	1
2011	ODI	3	15	7.50	55.6	9	0
2011	T20I	1	1	–	100.0	1	0
2011	Test	18	294	22.62	61.6	36	0
2012	ODI	9	39	13.00	83.0	17	0
2012	T20I	1	0	–	–	0	0
2012	Test	16	84	7.00	39.3	14	0
2013	ODI	10	67	11.17	65.7	17	0
2013	Test	4	18	4.50	34.0	10	0
2014	ODI	3	3	3.00	25.0	2	0
2014	T20I	1	1	–	100.0	1	0
2014	Test	14	144	13.09	50.0	48	0
2015	ODI	3	14	7.00	56.0	13	0
2015	Test	18	198	14.14	48.1	49	0
2016	T20I	3	6	2.00	60.0	3	0
2016	Test	16	293	19.53	54.9	61	1
2017	Test	19	271	18.07	50.1	67	1
2018	Test	10	86	9.56	42.6	35	0

Rangana Herath bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	151	23,548	10,933	404	9/127	14/184	27.06	2.79	58.3	51	34	736
ODI	63	3,026	2,228	68	4/20	–	32.76	4.42	44.5	1	0	16
T20I	16	341	349	16	5/3	–	21.81	6.14	21.3	1	1	3

Wickets per year

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Rangana Herath: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2004	0
2005	7
2008	0
2009	34
2010	12
2011	48
2012	78
2013	51
2014	75
2015	43
2016	61
2017	52
2018	27

Year-by-year bowling (23 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2004	ODI	2	0	–	4.31	0/19
2005	Test	4	7	13.57	3.20	4/38
2008	Test	2	0	–	2.11	0/44
2009	Test	12	34	33.82	3.12	5/99
2010	ODI	2	4	16.50	3.88	2/31
2010	Test	5	8	31.50	2.74	4/54
2011	ODI	6	5	53.60	4.76	2/46
2011	T20I	2	2	21.00	6.00	1/11
2011	Test	17	41	29.07	2.54	7/157
2012	ODI	22	14	53.50	4.38	3/36
2012	T20I	4	4	19.75	7.18	3/25
2012	Test	18	60	23.62	2.64	6/43
2013	ODI	16	26	19.58	4.08	4/20
2013	Test	8	25	24.20	2.58	7/89
2014	ODI	9	13	26.54	5.05	3/36
2014	T20I	3	6	8.83	4.61	5/3
2014	Test	18	56	27.18	2.72	9/127
2015	ODI	6	6	39.17	4.37	2/36
2015	Test	19	37	35.59	2.98	7/48
2016	T20I	7	4	43.75	6.40	2/22
2016	Test	17	57	18.93	2.62	8/63
2017	Test	19	52	27.54	3.08	6/43
2018	Test	12	27	28.63	2.89	6/98

Rangana Herath against each team

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

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
England	Test	20	311	17.28	49.8	61	1
India	Test	18	296	21.14	58.4	80	2
Pakistan	Test	27	258	14.33	49.4	34	0
South Africa	Test	19	243	16.20	54.6	35	0
Australia	Test	15	182	14.00	52.8	35	0
Bangladesh	Test	9	91	10.11	36.5	25	0
West Indies	Test	7	86	21.50	65.6	26	0
New Zealand	Test	10	62	7.75	41.3	15	0
Zimbabwe	Test	4	60	15.00	61.2	27	0
New Zealand	ODI	7	41	13.67	87.2	17	0
Australia	ODI	6	32	6.40	62.7	14	0
South Africa	ODI	5	28	14.00	50.9	13	0
India	ODI	5	27	9.00	81.8	17	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	35	95	26.75	2.66	9/127
Australia	Test	15	56	20.21	2.79	7/64
Bangladesh	Test	18	49	22.92	3.00	7/89
England	Test	19	43	33.28	2.88	6/74
South Africa	Test	17	40	27.88	2.48	6/98
India	Test	18	33	48.06	3.25	7/48
New Zealand	Test	12	33	26.64	2.73	6/43
Zimbabwe	Test	6	30	17.87	2.86	8/63
West Indies	Test	11	25	23.60	2.41	6/68
New Zealand	ODI	12	14	28.43	4.19	3/25
India	ODI	12	13	28.85	4.21	4/20
Australia	ODI	10	11	36.91	4.54	3/36
South Africa	ODI	10	10	31.90	4.21	3/25
England	ODI	8	10	33.20	5.27	3/36
Pakistan	ODI	6	7	27.71	4.11	2/38
West Indies	ODI	3	3	41.33	4.96	1/33
India	T20I	3	2	33.00	6.39	1/23
West Indies	T20I	3	0	–	7.00	0/16

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Galle International Stadium	25	309	16.26	80
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	16	202	16.83	49
P Sara Oval	13	117	13.00	26
R Premadasa Stadium	7	96	24.00	24
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	5	94	23.50	29
Riverside Ground	2	73	36.50	61
Eden Gardens	2	67	67.00	67
Headingley	4	67	22.33	48
Lord's	4	60	15.00	31
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	7	56	18.67	35

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Galle International Stadium	34	98	23.80	2.73
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	21	77	23.71	2.88
R Premadasa Stadium	19	48	19.27	3.52
P Sara Oval	15	41	24.83	2.70
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	15	25	21.32	2.69
Harare Sports Club	5	19	17.05	2.57
Zayed Cricket Stadium	6	18	22.22	2.20
Lord's	6	14	37.57	3.30
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	6	13	32.08	2.76
Shere Bangla National Stadium	10	11	29.73	4.89

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	–	–	–	–	66	5	7.00
T20	Middle	–	–	–	–	258	9	6.00
T20	Death	8	12	66.7	3	17	2	4.94
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	114	5	4.21
ODI	Middle	39	64	60.9	2	2631	50	4.24
ODI	Death	101	153	66.0	13	281	13	6.17

How Rangana Herath was dismissed

Caught60 (50%)
Lbw27 (22%)
Bowled17 (14%)
Run out11 (9%)
Caught and bowled3 (2%)
Stumped3 (2%)

How Rangana Herath took wickets

Caught217
Lbw120
Bowled95
Stumped47
Caught and bowled9

Last 20 innings

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Rangana Herath: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
3 Aug 2017	2
3 Aug 2017	17
28 Sep 2017	4
28 Sep 2017	0
6 Oct 2017	27
6 Oct 2017	17
16 Nov 2017	67
16 Nov 2017	0
24 Nov 2017	4
24 Nov 2017	0
31 Jan 2018	24
8 Feb 2018	2
8 Feb 2018	0
6 Jun 2018	5
6 Jun 2018	0
12 Jul 2018	1
12 Jul 2018	0
20 Jul 2018	35
6 Nov 2018	14
6 Nov 2018	5

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
6 Nov 2018	Test	England	5	18	run out	Galle International Stadium
6 Nov 2018	Test	England	14*	16	not out	Galle International Stadium
20 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	35	68	caught	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
12 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	0	5	lbw	Galle International Stadium
12 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	1	7	run out	Galle International Stadium
6 Jun 2018	Test	West Indies	0	7	caught	Queen's Park Oval
6 Jun 2018	Test	West Indies	5	15	caught	Queen's Park Oval
8 Feb 2018	Test	Bangladesh	0	1	lbw	Shere Bangla National Stadium
8 Feb 2018	Test	Bangladesh	2	4	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
31 Jan 2018	Test	Bangladesh	24	61	lbw	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
24 Nov 2017	Test	India	0	2	caught	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
24 Nov 2017	Test	India	4	23	caught	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
16 Nov 2017	Test	India	0*	4	not out	Eden Gardens
16 Nov 2017	Test	India	67	105	caught	Eden Gardens
6 Oct 2017	Test	Pakistan	17	17	caught	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
6 Oct 2017	Test	Pakistan	27*	72	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
28 Sep 2017	Test	Pakistan	0	1	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
28 Sep 2017	Test	Pakistan	4	10	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
3 Aug 2017	Test	India	17*	30	not out	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
3 Aug 2017	Test	India	2	5	bowled	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
6 Nov 2018	Test	England	2/59	23	1	Galle International Stadium
6 Nov 2018	Test	England	1/78	25	4	Galle International Stadium
20 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	6/98	32.5	5	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
20 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	1/32	9	1	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
12 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	3/38	14	4	Galle International Stadium
12 Jul 2018	Test	South Africa	2/39	19	5	Galle International Stadium
6 Jun 2018	Test	West Indies	2/52	24	5	Queen's Park Oval
6 Jun 2018	Test	West Indies	1/67	32	9	Queen's Park Oval
8 Feb 2018	Test	Bangladesh	4/49	11.3	1	Shere Bangla National Stadium
8 Feb 2018	Test	Bangladesh	0/31	12	1	Shere Bangla National Stadium
31 Jan 2018	Test	Bangladesh	2/80	28	6	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
31 Jan 2018	Test	Bangladesh	3/150	37	2	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
24 Nov 2017	Test	India	1/81	39	11	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
16 Nov 2017	Test	India	0/29	6	1	Eden Gardens
16 Nov 2017	Test	India	0/5	2	0	Eden Gardens
6 Oct 2017	Test	Pakistan	2/57	22.2	3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
6 Oct 2017	Test	Pakistan	3/84	23	3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
28 Sep 2017	Test	Pakistan	6/43	21.4	4	Zayed Cricket Stadium
28 Sep 2017	Test	Pakistan	5/93	40	12	Zayed Cricket Stadium
3 Aug 2017	Test	India	4/154	42	7	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Rangana Herath bowled to most

Misbah-ul-Haq vs Rangana Herath887 balls
Azhar Ali vs Rangana Herath852 balls
Younis Khan vs Rangana Herath726 balls
Asad Shafiq vs Rangana Herath697 balls
Kane Williamson vs Rangana Herath442 balls
Hashim Amla vs Rangana Herath440 balls
AB de Villiers vs Rangana Herath419 balls
Jonathan Trott vs Rangana Herath406 balls
Faf du Plessis vs Rangana Herath400 balls
Mushfiqur Rahim vs Rangana Herath394 balls
Virat Kohli vs Rangana Herath390 balls
Alastair Cook vs Rangana Herath387 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Rangana Herath taken in Tests?

404 wickets in 151 innings at an average of 27.06, economy 2.79, best figures 9/127.

How many wickets has Rangana Herath taken in ODIs?

68 wickets in 63 innings at an average of 32.76, economy 4.42, best figures 4/20.

How many runs has Rangana Herath scored in Tests?

1,589 runs in 129 innings (82 matches) at an average of 15.43 and a strike rate of 51.7, in the data from 2005 to 2018.

How many runs has Rangana Herath scored in ODIs?

140 runs in 30 innings (66 matches) at an average of 9.33 and a strike rate of 64.5, in the data from 2004 to 2015.

How many runs has Rangana Herath scored in T20Is?

8 runs in 6 innings (16 matches) at an average of 2.67 and a strike rate of 66.7, in the data from 2011 to 2016.

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