Pallekele International Cricket Stadium ODI records: Pallekele ODI records and highest innings totals

Dixit Bhargav | 24/11/2022
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium ODI records: Pallekele ODI records and highest innings totals

The first ODI of Afghanistan’s tour of Sri Lanka 2022 will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium tomorrow. In what is going to be only the fifth ODI between these two teams, it will be their first-ever bilateral ODI.

Pallekele, which has already hosted six white-ball matches this year, will be hosting Afghanistan for the first time in their first-ever bilateral match in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, who have played 28 out of 30 Pallekele ODIs, have won and lost 14 times each. Although there’s no record for Afghans at this venue, they have defeated Sri Lanka once in four attempts in the 50-over format.

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium ODI records

Highest ODI run-scorers at this venue are Tillakaratne Dilshan (939), Kumar Sangakkara (429), Dinesh Chandimal (385), Upul Tharanga (354) and Kusal Mendis (349). A list of best ODI batters here among active cricketers is provided below:

Batters Matches Runs Highest Average SR 100 50
Dinesh Chandimal (SL) 17 385 75 25.66 68.26 0 1
Kusal Mendis (SL) 13 349 86* 29.08 83.89 0 2
Dasun Shanaka (SL) 9 332 102 41.5 111.03 1 2
Kusal Perera (SL) 9 317 68 35.22 123.21 0 4
Angelo Mathews (SL) 20 316 54* 21.06 72.14 0 1

Highest ODI wicket-takers at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium are Lasith Malinga (24), Thisara Perera (18), Ajantha Mendis (13), Akila Dananjaya (13) and Dilshan (13). Highest wicket-takers in ODIs played at this stadium among active cricketers are:

Bowlers Matches Wickets Average Economy SR
Akila Dananjaya (SL) 6 13 20.23 5.97 20.3
Angelo Mathews (SL) 20 12 35.25 4.7 45
Jasprit Bumrah (IND) 2 9 7.77 3.5 13.3
Jeffrey Vandersay (SL) 4 9 14.22 4.62 18.4
Chris Woakes (ENG) 4 9 20 5.62 21.3

Highest innings totals in Pallekele ODIs

Score Overs Team Opposition Year
363/7 50 South Africa Sri Lanka 2018
327/6 50 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 2011
307 50 Sri Lanka West Indies 2020
306/7 39 Sri Lanka South Africa 2018
302/7 50 New Zealand Pakistan 2011

On an average, one out of six ODI innings at this venue witnesses a batting team touching the 300-run mark. Only instance of a chasing team touching the 300-run mark in a successful run-chase here was registered when Sri Lanka scored 300/5 to chase a 297-run target in the penultimate over of the match earlier this year.

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While there have been 17 instances of chasing teams winning Pallekele ODIs, teams batting first have won on 13 occasions in this format at this stadium.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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