FDM Karunaratne

Top-order batter, Sri Lanka, 99 Tests, 2012-2025. Debut v New Zealand, 2012

36.7Adjusted average, 73rd of 143 batters. Raw 38.9, so −2.2 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.7 to 42.2.

Where the −2.2 comes from

The bowling he faced−1.8

Home or away−0.3

The grounds−0.1

Value per innings: 40.374th
Each run worth: 1.07×
At home, adjusted: 37.4raw 47.8
Away, adjusted: 37.8raw 32.3

Head to head with TA Blundell

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

Where he sits

70DM de SilvaSri Lanka37.0 71HM NichollsNew Zealand37.0 72TA BlundellNew Zealand36.8

73FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka36.7

74MJ PriorEngland36.4 75C de GrandhommeNew Zealand36.3 76MN SamuelsWest Indies36.3

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

TA BlundellNew Zealand36.8Head to head DM de SilvaSri Lanka37Head to head HM NichollsNew Zealand37Head to head MJ PriorEngland36.4Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2012	6	110	60	22.00	0	1	57.0
2013	8	229	85	28.63	0	1	60.4
2014	13	514	152	42.83	1	2	47.0
2015	21	769	186	36.62	2	3	47.9
2016	18	498	110	29.29	1	3	49.1
2017	26	1031	196	39.65	3	4	44.7
2018	17	743	158	46.44	1	7	56.6
2019	15	527	122	35.13	1	3	47.3
2020	6	131	44	26.20	0	0	47.3
2021	13	902	244	69.38	4	3	55.7
2022	15	569	107	40.64	1	4	50.7
2023	10	608	179	60.80	2	3	64.7
2024	17	425	86	25.00	0	4	51.1
2025	4	57	36	14.25	0	0	44.5
Career	189	7113	244	38.87	16	38	51.1

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

36.7

Value / inns

40.3

Volume

Runs

7113

Average

38.87

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

29.6

Strike rate

51.1

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

30.04

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Pakistan	27	1147	44.12	2
Bangladesh	25	1141	47.54	3
New Zealand	25	1078	44.92	2
South Africa	22	730	34.76	2
England	22	620	29.52	0
India	22	609	27.68	2
West Indies	11	568	51.64	2
Australia	23	469	20.39	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
India	1	86.00	1/31	0
South Africa	1	57.00	1/12	0

Home & away

Home

47.76bat avg

37.4adjusted

70bowl avg

Away

30.04bat avg

37.8adjusted

126bowl avg

Neutral

56bat avg

—bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	50	2350	47.96
2nd	49	1546	31.55
3rd	55	2075	37.73
4th	35	1142	38.07

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia36 & 140/3Galle International Stadium2025-02-06 v Australia7 & 0Galle International Stadium2025-01-29 v South Africa20 & 1St George's Park, Gqeberha2024-12-05 v South Africa2 & 4Kingsmead, Durban2024-11-27 v New Zealand46Galle International Stadium2024-09-26 v New Zealand2 & 83Galle International Stadium2024-09-18 v England9 & 8The Oval2024-09-06 v England7 & 55Lord's2024-08-29 v England2 & 27Old Trafford2024-08-21 v Bangladesh86 & 4Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram2024-03-30

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 189
Not outs: 6
Runs: 7113
Average: 38.87
Strike rate: 51.1
Highest: 244
Hundreds: 16
Fifties: 38
Ducks: 13

Wickets: 2
Average: 101.00
Economy: 3.88
Strike rate: 156
Best: 1/12
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 312