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R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo pitch report: average first-innings score

A pitch report from the numbers: 141 recorded men's matches · ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, updated October 2026

First-innings scores by format

FormatMatchesAverage, all matchesAverage, last six seasons
T2053152 144 (19)
ODI88242 242 (28)

In T20, recent first innings here average 144, 8 runs below the long-run figure — scoring has fallen. In ODI, recent first innings here average 242, close to the long-run figure.

Toss and chasing

FormatChose to fieldChose to batFielding-first sides won
T202528 56.0%
ODI1375 38.5%

How often the toss winner chose to field or bat, and how often sides that won the toss and fielded went on to win. Small samples swing widely.

Competitions recorded here

Australia in Sri Lanka T20I Series · Australia tour of Sri Lanka · Bangladesh in Sri Lanka T20I Series · Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka · England tour of Sri Lanka · ICC Men's T20 World Cup · ICC World Twenty20 · India tour of Sri Lanka · Asia Cup · Australia in Sri Lanka ODI Series · Bangladesh in Sri Lanka ODI Series · Compaq Cup · England in Sri Lanka ODI Series

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