CBRLS Kumara

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 37 Tests, 2016-2026. Debut v Zimbabwe, 2016

36.7Adjusted bowling average, 130th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 36.7. It could reasonably be anywhere from 33.0 to 44.4.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

127AU RashidEngland35.8 128L EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka36.0 129Shoaib BashirEngland36.3

130CBRLS KumaraSri Lanka36.7

131N PradeepSri Lanka36.8 132MD CraigNew Zealand37.3 133IS SodhiNew Zealand39.8

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2016	4	237	59.25	3.70
2017	19	805	42.37	4.50
2018	26	743	28.58	3.59
2019	11	454	41.27	3.75
2020	8	315	39.38	3.11
2021	1	88	88.00	3.14
2022	1	52	52.00	4.80
2023	4	301	75.25	4.63
2024	30	717	23.90	3.87
2026	3	176	58.67	4.51
Career	107	3925	36.68	3.90

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

36.9

Volume

Wickets

107

5 wkts

Quality

Average

36.68

Strike rate

56.5

Economy

3.9

Conditions

Away average

31.39

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

6.4

Value / inns

-0.3

Volume

Runs

190

Average

5.59

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

29.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

5.43

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
India	10	50	5.56
New Zealand	12	36	7.20
South Africa	10	30	5.00
West Indies	6	29	7.25
England	3	15	7.50
Australia	2	11	5.50
Zimbabwe	4	11	11.00
Bangladesh	5	8	2.67

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
South Africa	20	32.85	6/122	1
West Indies	17	20.12	4/58	0
New Zealand	16	52.31	4/127	0
Zimbabwe	14	42.07	3/32	0
Bangladesh	13	30.92	4/50	0
England	11	24.73	4/21	0
India	8	64.75	3/131	0
Pakistan	7	33.43	4/49	0

Home & away

Home

6.5bat avg

69.13bowl avg

Away

5.43bat avg

31.39bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	13	47	6.71
2nd	20	59	5.36
3rd	13	59	5.90
4th	9	25	4.17

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India12 & 121/68Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2026-08-23 v India10 & 02/104Galle International Stadium2026-08-15 v West Indies12 & 90/4Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2026-06-25 v Australia2 & 90/37Galle International Stadium2025-02-06 v South Africa0 & 15/150St George's Park, Gqeberha2024-12-05 v South Africa10 & 53/113Kingsmead, Durban2024-11-27 v New Zealand2 & 00/43Galle International Stadium2024-09-18 v England56/118The Oval2024-09-06 v England0 & 105/154Lord's2024-08-29 v Bangladesh66/69Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram2024-03-30

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 55
Not outs: 21
Runs: 190
Average: 5.59
Strike rate: 29.9
Highest: 13*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 17

Wickets: 107
Average: 36.68
Economy: 3.90
Strike rate: 56.5
Best: 6/122
5 wickets: 1
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 6044