UWMBCA Welegedara

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 21 Tests, 2007-2014. Debut v England, 2007

32.3Adjusted bowling average, 93rd 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 41.3. It could reasonably be anywhere from 27.9 to 40.7.

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

Where he sits

90Wahab RiazPakistan32.1 91CAK RajithaSri Lanka32.2 92PL HarrisSouth Africa32.2

93UWMBCA WelegedaraSri Lanka32.3

94Naseem ShahPakistan32.5 95ST GabrielWest Indies32.6 96DJG SammyWest Indies32.7

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2007	4	76	19.00	3.45
2009	6	397	66.17	4.01
2010	2	234	117.00	5.26
2011	34	1029	30.26	3.17
2012	8	450	56.25	3.89
2014	1	87	87.00	3.22
Career	55	2273	41.33	3.59

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

32.5

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

41.33

Strike rate

69.1

Economy

3.59

Conditions

Away average

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

9.5

Value / inns

4.3

Volume

Runs

218

Average

9.08

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

51.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Pakistan	7	98	16.33
England	4	45	11.25
South Africa	6	40	8.00
India	6	27	6.75
Australia	7	8	1.60

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	14	40.57	3/75	0
Pakistan	12	30.17	5/87	1
England	12	35.33	4/122	0
South Africa	9	32.00	5/52	1
India	8	78.88	4/87	0

Home & away

Home

10.71bat avg

49.62bowl avg

Away

6bat avg

43bowl avg

Neutral

14.2bat avg

25bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	12	132	12.00
2nd	6	15	3.00
3rd	10	67	8.38
4th	2	4	—

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan27 & 01/87Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2014-08-14 v Australia00/38Melbourne Cricket Ground2012-12-26 v Australia0 & 06/219Bellerive Oval, Hobart2012-12-14 v England19 & 131/86Galle International Stadium2012-03-26 v South Africa0 & 141/107Newlands, Cape Town2012-01-03 v South Africa2 & 105/85Kingsmead, Durban2011-12-26 v South Africa4 & 103/96SuperSport Park, Centurion2011-12-15 v Pakistan06/106Sharjah Cricket Stadium2011-11-03 v Pakistan48 & 42/80Dubai International Cricket Stadium2011-10-26 v Pakistan11 & 83/89Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi2011-10-18

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 30
Not outs: 6
Runs: 218
Average: 9.08
Strike rate: 51.5
Highest: 48
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 4

Wickets: 55
Average: 41.33
Economy: 3.59
Strike rate: 69.1
Best: 5/52
5 wickets: 2
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 3799