L Embuldeniya

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 17 Tests, 2019-2022. Debut v South Africa, 2019

36.0Adjusted bowling average, 128th 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 36.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.5 to 44.7.

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

Where he sits

125JS PatelNew Zealand35.5 126D BishooWest Indies35.6 127AU RashidEngland35.8

128L EmbuldeniyaSri Lanka36.0

129Shoaib BashirEngland36.3 130CBRLS KumaraSri Lanka36.7 131N PradeepSri Lanka36.8

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2019	17	743	43.71	3.57
2020	13	451	34.69	3.46
2021	32	871	27.22	2.75
2022	9	546	60.67	3.57
Career	71	2611	36.77	3.23

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

36.2

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

36.77

Strike rate

68.2

Economy

3.23

Conditions

Away average

41.76

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

7.1

Value / inns

4.7

Volume

Runs

191

Average

7.35

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

32.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

5.07

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
West Indies	6	75	15.00
England	4	47	11.75
South Africa	2	28	14.00
Pakistan	2	13	6.50
New Zealand	3	10	3.33
Australia	2	6	3.00
Zimbabwe	2	5	2.50
India	4	5	1.25

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
West Indies	17	26.82	5/35	2
England	15	27.67	7/137	1
Zimbabwe	13	34.69	5/114	1
India	8	46.12	3/87	0
New Zealand	6	56.00	4/99	0
South Africa	6	23.83	5/66	1
Pakistan	5	52.80	4/71	0
Bangladesh	1	104.00	1/104	0

Home & away

Home

10bat avg

31.35bowl avg

Away

5.07bat avg

41.76bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	8	34	4.25
2nd	8	53	7.57
3rd	8	98	12.25
4th	3	6	2.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia6 & 00/73Galle International Stadium2022-06-29 v Bangladesh0 & 21/104Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram2022-05-15 v India1 & 26/181M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2022-03-12 v India0 & 22/188Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh2022-03-04 v West Indies1 & 397/129Galle International Stadium2021-11-29 v West Indies176/113Galle International Stadium2021-11-21 v West Indies51/88Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2021-03-29 v West Indies3 & 103/126Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2021-03-21 v England7 & 4010/210Galle International Stadium2021-01-22 v England0 & 05/205Galle International Stadium2021-01-14

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 27
Not outs: 1
Runs: 191
Average: 7.35
Strike rate: 32.8
Highest: 40
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 8

Wickets: 71
Average: 36.77
Economy: 3.23
Strike rate: 68.2
Best: 7/137
5 wickets: 5
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 4845