Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium: results and records

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota appears in 71 recorded matches, the first on 20 February 2011 and the latest on 28 July 2026. The matches are 32 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 29 in One Day Internationals and 10 in Twenty20 Internationals. The competitions seen most often are Lanka Premier League (32 matches), West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka (6 matches) and New Zealand in Sri Lanka ODI Series (4 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Sri Lanka (37 matches), Galle Gladiators (14 matches), Jaffna Stallions (10 matches) and Pakistan (9 matches).

Of the 71 matches, 66 produced a winner, 1 were tied and 4 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 368/4 by Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 26 July 2015.

The lowest completed total is 90 by Colombo Stars against Kandy Falcons on 6 December 2022.

In the 66 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 31 (47.0%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are KC Sangakkara (844 runs in 18 innings), MD Gunathilaka (840 runs in 15 innings), AD Mathews (737 runs in 28 innings), TM Dilshan (714 runs in 19 innings) and WIA Fernando (631 runs in 14 innings).

The leading wicket takers are PWH de Silva (33 wickets), NLTC Perera (30 wickets), SL Malinga (22 wickets), KMDN Kulasekara (21 wickets) and AD Mathews (19 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 133 by KC Sangakkara against India on 21 July 2012, 128 by Q de Kock against Sri Lanka on 12 July 2014 and 127 by WIA Fernando against West Indies on 26 February 2020.

The best bowling figures are 6 for 8 by BAW Mendis against Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012, 5 for 13 by N Thushara against Jaffna Kings on 19 December 2021 and 5 for 16 by Shahid Afridi against Kenya on 23 February 2011.

In 27 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 253.8 and the side batting second 193.5.

In 10 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 127.9 and the side batting second 109.9.

In 31 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 168.6 and the side batting second 147.9.

The toss is recorded in 71 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 38 (53.5%) and to bat in 33.

Among the 66 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 32 times (48.5%).

Batters at the ground hit 2,336 fours and 524 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 7.9 balls; 54.2% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 60%, bowled 15%, lbw 10%, run out 9% and caught and bowled 3% of the 888 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 66%, bowled 16%, lbw 11%, caught and bowled 4% and stumped 3% of the 806 times.

That is 40.3 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2010s (29) and 2020s (42).

The competitions that have used the ground are Lanka Premier League (32 matches), West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka (6 matches), New Zealand in Sri Lanka ODI Series (4 matches), ICC World Twenty20 (3 matches), Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series (3 matches), Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka ODI Series (3 matches), Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka (3 matches) and ICC Cricket World Cup (2 matches).