RAS Lakmal

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 70 Tests, 2010-2022. Debut v West Indies, 2010

33.8Adjusted bowling average, 103rd 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 36.4. It could reasonably be anywhere from 31.1 to 39.8.

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

100MVT FernandoSri Lanka33.2 101A MishraIndia33.4 102A KumbleIndia33.5

103RAS LakmalSri Lanka33.8

104V SehwagIndia33.8 105MR MarshAustralia33.9 106NGRP JayasuriyaSri Lanka33.9

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2010	3	132	44.00	3.72
2011	15	852	56.80	3.72
2012	1	148	148.00	3.61
2013	4	325	81.25	3.22
2014	23	749	32.57	3.00
2015	8	449	56.13	3.23
2016	19	665	35.00	3.14
2017	23	995	43.26	3.12
2018	31	859	27.71	2.82
2019	14	326	23.29	2.47
2020	10	151	15.10	1.74
2021	17	445	26.18	2.46
2022	3	136	45.33	3.16
Career	171	6232	36.44	3.01

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

Volume

Wickets

171

5 wkts

Quality

Average

36.44

Strike rate

72.8

Economy

3.01

Conditions

Away average

32.42

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

5.1

Volume

Runs

934

Average

11.12

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

48.2

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

8.69

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
New Zealand	14	160	13.33
Bangladesh	11	153	19.12
South Africa	15	144	11.08
England	19	99	8.25
West Indies	11	80	7.27
Pakistan	14	77	9.62
India	9	75	9.38
Zimbabwe	6	74	14.80

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
West Indies	27	24.52	5/47	1
South Africa	24	30.29	5/63	1
Bangladesh	21	33.38	3/25	0
New Zealand	20	38.95	5/54	1
Pakistan	19	42.63	4/78	0
England	17	58.94	3/73	0
Zimbabwe	17	28.06	4/27	0
Australia	15	37.87	5/75	1

Home & away

Home

16.15bat avg

47.53bowl avg

Away

8.69bat avg

32.42bowl avg

Neutral

10.14bat avg

38.78bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	33	207	7.96
2nd	34	272	10.46
3rd	28	335	16.75
4th	14	120	10.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India5 & 11/46M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2022-03-12 v India0 & 02/90Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh2022-03-04 v West Indies12 & 70/22Galle International Stadium2021-11-29 v West Indies111/10Galle International Stadium2021-11-21 v Bangladesh122/44Pallekele International Cricket Stadium2021-04-29 v Bangladesh223/102Pallekele International Cricket Stadium2021-04-21 v West Indies66/156Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2021-03-29 v West Indies3 & 85/80Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2021-03-21 v England0 & 110/31Galle International Stadium2021-01-22 v Zimbabwe53/71Harare Sports Club2020-01-27

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 109
Not outs: 25
Runs: 934
Average: 11.12
Strike rate: 48.2
Highest: 42
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 21

Wickets: 171
Average: 36.44
Economy: 3.01
Strike rate: 72.8
Best: 5/47
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 12443