Galle International Stadium: cricket results and records

Galle International Stadium appears in 61 recorded matches, the first on 8 March 2004 and the latest on 15 August 2026. The matches are 40 in Test matches, 12 in Twenty20 Internationals, 7 in One Day Internationals and 2 in domestic one-day cricket. The competitions seen most often are ICC Women's World Twenty20 (12 matches), Australia tour of Sri Lanka (5 matches) and ICC Women's Championship (5 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Sri Lanka (50 matches), New Zealand (11 matches), Australia (10 matches) and India (10 matches).

Of the 61 matches, 56 produced a winner, 4 were drawn and 1 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 704/4 by Sri Lanka against Ireland on 24 April 2023.

The lowest completed total is 73 by South Africa against Sri Lanka on 12 July 2018.

In the 20 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 7 (35.0%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are AD Mathews (2,324 runs in 61 innings), FDM Karunaratne (2,040 runs in 43 innings), LD Chandimal (1,983 runs in 45 innings), BKG Mendis (1,594 runs in 35 innings) and KC Sangakkara (1,349 runs in 29 innings).

The leading wicket takers are HMRKB Herath (98 wickets), NGRP Jayasuriya (88 wickets), RTM Mendis (64 wickets), MDK Perera (57 wickets) and M Muralitharan (35 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 333 by CH Gayle against Sri Lanka on 15 November 2010, 245 by BKG Mendis against Ireland on 24 April 2023 and 232 by UT Khawaja against Sri Lanka on 29 January 2025.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 48 by HMRKB Herath against India on 12 August 2015, 7 for 52 by NGRP Jayasuriya against Ireland on 16 April 2023 and 7 for 76 by Yasir Shah against Sri Lanka on 17 June 2015.

The first innings of 40 Test matches matches here averaged 383.1 runs.

In 12 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 108.1 and the side batting second 93.7.

The toss is recorded in 61 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 12 (19.7%) and to bat in 49.

Among the 56 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 31 times (55.4%).

Batters at the ground hit 4,877 fours and 457 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 15.7 balls; 47.9% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 55%, bowled 17%, lbw 16%, run out 5% and stumped 4% of the 1,565 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 58%, bowled 18%, lbw 17%, stumped 5% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,480 times.

That is 87.4 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (5), 2010s (34) and 2020s (22).

The competitions that have used the ground are ICC Women's World Twenty20 (12 matches), Australia tour of Sri Lanka (5 matches), ICC Women's Championship (5 matches), England tour of Sri Lanka (4 matches), Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series (4 matches), India in Sri Lanka Test Series (3 matches), New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series (3 matches) and Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka (3 matches).