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Janith Liyanage

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Janith Liyanage

Janith Liyanage appears in 35 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (11 Nov 2025 to 31 Oct 2026). 777 runs in 32 innings. 2 wickets from 38.1 overs. 89 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
Sri Lanka
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Born
12 Jul 1995 Age 31
Recorded matches
8958 internationals

Janith Liyanage is a bowler from Sri Lanka with 89 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 58 internationals (44 ODIs, 14 T20Is).

Batting: 1,887 runs across all recorded formats, with 1 hundred and 14 fifties; the most runs came in ODI cricket (1,243) and the highest recorded score is 101.

Bowling: 6 wickets in recorded matches, 5 of them in ODI cricket.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Janith Liyanage: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
ODI44371,24310142.8690.81/9590.005.820
T20I14131814122.63103.40/00–13.710
T20 (league and domestic)24234575622.85141.50/51171.0012.360
T107166–200.00/00–8.000

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Janith Liyanage at a glance

FairPlay holds 35 complete scorecards featuring Janith Liyanage, most recently for Sri Lanka (T20 and shorter, one-day).

In those matches Janith Liyanage batted 32 times for 777 runs at a strike rate of 117.73. The highest score was 61 not out off 27 balls against England.

With the ball: 2 wickets from 38.1 overs, an economy rate of 7.10. Best figures: 1 for 32 against England.

How the 24 dismissals happened: caught 17, bowled 4, LBW 2, run out 1.

These matches were played at 10 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
32877761*32.38117.735/0
Bowling
1438.1227121/327.10

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
31 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 6 (9) · Bowl 0/15 (2)
29 Oct 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 27 (17) · Bowl 0/15 (2)
27 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat – · Bowl –
22 Oct 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 61* (27) · Bowl 1/32 (2)
18 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 60 (74) · Bowl –
27 Sept 2026England v Sri LankaBat 19 (20) · Bowl 1/37 (6)
24 Sept 2026England v Sri LankaBat 32 (26) · Bowl –
22 Sept 2026England v Sri LankaBat 4 (8) · Bowl –
7 Aug 2026Colombo Kaps v Galle GallantsBat 23 (9) · Bowl –
5 Aug 2026Colombo Kaps v Kandy RoyalsBat 32 (19) · Bowl –
1 Aug 2026Colombo Kaps v Galle GallantsBat 5 (3) · Bowl –
29 Jul 2026Colombo Kaps v Dambulla SixersBat 0 (1) · Bowl –
28 Jul 2026Colombo Kaps v Jaffna KingsBat 20 (9) · Bowl 0/12 (1)
25 Jul 2026Dambulla Sixers v Colombo KapsBat 17 (11) · Bowl 0/10 (1)
23 Jul 2026Kandy Royals v Colombo KapsBat 52* (33) · Bowl 0/20 (0.5)
19 Jul 2026Colombo Kaps v Kandy RoyalsBat 53* (32) · Bowl –
18 Jul 2026Galle Gallants v Colombo KapsBat 5 (5) · Bowl 0/8 (1)
7 Jun 2026West Indies v Sri LankaBat – · Bowl –
3 Jun 2026West Indies v Sri LankaBat 44* (29) · Bowl –
28 Feb 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 5 (3) · Bowl 0/14 (1)
3 Feb 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 17 (19) · Bowl –
1 Feb 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 1* (1) · Bowl 0/18 (1.2)
30 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 1 (2) · Bowl –
27 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 22 (36) · Bowl 0/7 (3)
24 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 12 (11) · Bowl –
22 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v EnglandBat 46 (53) · Bowl –
11 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v PakistanBat 22* (8) · Bowl –
7 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v PakistanBat 40 (31) · Bowl –
29 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 0 (2) · Bowl –
27 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 24* (24) · Bowl –
25 Nov 2025Sri Lanka v ZimbabweBat – · Bowl –
22 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 41* (38) · Bowl –
16 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 4 (13) · Bowl 0/22 (5)
14 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 54 (63) · Bowl 0/13 (4)
11 Nov 2025Pakistan v Sri LankaBat 28 (24) · Bowl 0/48 (8)

Sri Lanka's next match

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Test Championship, 9 Nov 2026 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

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