All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and in the last section. Here are the Top 10 Sri Lankan middle order (3-6) batsmen in Test Cricket since 1950.

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. PRIMARY RATING

4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

4.1. HOME/AWAY

4.1.1. At Home

4.1.2. Away From Home

4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating

4.2.1.1. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Asians Outside Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. LOW SCORING INNS

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Sri Lanka.

The Rating of the players from Sri Lanka remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Sri Lanka.

Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form, Low Scoring Inns, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	30
Min Runs	1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	250.00
Consistent	Average	400.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	100.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	250.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	WI	1955	1974	1964.5	135	7048	220.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AR Border	AUS	1978	1994	1986	257	10964	230.00
1	PA de Silva	SL	1984	2002	1993	144	6025	126.39
2	A Ranatunga	SL	1982	2000	1991	141	4774	100.15

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	324	15789	250.00
1	KC Sangakkara	SL	2000	2015	2007.5	223	12138	192.19
2	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	1997	2014	2005.5	250	11781	186.54
3	TT Samaraweera	SL	2002	2013	2007.5	118	4821	76.33
4	HP Tillakaratne	SL	1989	2004	1996.5	109	3823	60.53
5	TM Dilshan	SL	1999	2012	2005.5	78	2955	46.79

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2026	2019	286	13526	240.00
1	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2025	2017	199	7685	136.36
2	LD Chandimal	SL	2012	2025	2018.5	139	5519	97.93
3	DM de Silva	SL	2016	2025	2020.5	94	3325	59.00

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

Strength of Opposition.
Positions at which a batsman has played.
Venues at which he has played.
Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	2000
Min Runs (TT)	1600

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	135	16	7048	59.23	64.11	160.00
1	KC Sangakkara	223	15	12138	58.36	55.65	138.90
2	DPMD Jayawardena	250	15	11781	50.13	48.17	120.22
3	PA de Silva	144	10	6025	44.96	46.18	115.26
4	AD Mathews	199	26	7685	44.42	44.62	111.36
5	TT Samaraweera	118	15	4821	46.81	44.60	111.32
6	LD Chandimal	139	13	5519	43.80	44.02	109.87
7	HP Tillakaratne	109	17	3823	41.55	42.82	106.88
8	TM Dilshan	78	8	2955	42.21	40.67	101.51
9	DM de Silva	94	7	3325	38.22	39.96	99.72
10	A Ranatunga	141	9	4774	36.17	38.33	95.67

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	105	11	5806	61.77	68.16	240.00
1	KC Sangakkara	153	7	7761	53.16	53.48	188.30
2	PA de Silva	97	7	4178	46.42	49.96	175.90
3	DPMD Jayawardena	174	5	8153	48.24	48.77	171.72
4	TT Samaraweera	83	11	3128	43.44	43.70	153.89
5	AD Mathews	151	16	5644	41.81	43.59	153.50
6	LD Chandimal	97	4	3664	39.40	41.75	146.99
7	A Ranatunga	96	8	3111	35.35	39.06	137.54
8	TM Dilshan	53	5	1695	35.31	36.56	128.73
9	DM de Silva	53	3	1614	32.28	36.37	128.08
10	HP Tillakaratne	67	6	1969	32.28	36.00	126.78

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	2000
Min Runs (TT)	1600
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	HC Brook	3178	3660	86.83	79.08	40.00
1	TM Dilshan	2955	4655	63.48	63.38	32.06
2	A Ranatunga	4201	8165	51.45	57.06	28.86
3	PA de Silva	5673	11098	51.12	55.56	28.11
4	DM de Silva	3325	5795	57.38	54.89	27.76
5	KC Sangakkara	12138	22299	54.43	53.88	27.25
6	DPMD Jayawardena	11781	22911	51.42	51.30	25.95
7	LD Chandimal	5519	11153	49.48	47.05	23.80
8	TT Samaraweera	4821	10206	47.24	46.22	23.38
9	AD Mathews	7685	15922	48.27	46.16	23.35
10	HP Tillakaratne	3823	9509	40.20	43.82	22.16

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	HC Brook	2361	2689	87.80	81.53	60.00
1	TM Dilshan	1695	2921	58.03	58.87	43.32
2	A Ranatunga	2798	5442	51.41	57.40	42.24
3	PA de Silva	3913	7734	50.59	55.68	40.98
4	DM de Silva	1614	2885	55.94	54.14	39.85
5	KC Sangakkara	7761	14911	52.05	52.25	38.45
6	DPMD Jayawardena	8153	16263	50.13	50.58	37.22
7	LD Chandimal	3664	7505	48.82	46.93	34.54
8	AD Mathews	5644	11688	48.29	46.57	34.27
9	TT Samaraweera	3128	7005	44.65	44.23	32.55
10	HP Tillakaratne	1969	4984	39.51	43.88	32.29

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	BC Lara	400*	375	277	226	221	216	213	275.43	80.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	242	240	237	213*	203*	254.86	74.02
2	KC Sangakkara	319	287	270	232	230	222*	221	254.43	73.90
3	PA de Silva	267	206	168	167	152	148	146	179.14	52.03
4	TT Samaraweera	231	214	159	143	142	138	137*	166.29	48.30
5	AD Mathews	200*	199	160	157*	145*	141	122	160.57	46.64
6	LD Chandimal	206*	164	162*	155*	151	138	132	158.29	45.98
7	TM Dilshan	168	163*	162	145	143	125*	104	144.29	41.91
8	DM de Silva	173	166	155*	127	122	119*	109	138.71	40.29
9	HP Tillakaratne	204*	144	126*	119	116	115	108	133.14	38.67
10	A Ranatunga	135*	131	127	111	90	90	88	110.29	32.03

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	242	240	237	213*	195	253.71	170.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	242	240	237	213*	195	253.71	170.00
2	KC Sangakkara	287	232	221	219	211	203	199*	224.57	150.47
3	PA de Silva	267	168	148	146	138*	127	126	160.00	107.21
4	TT Samaraweera	231	214	142	137*	127	115*	102	152.57	102.23
5	LD Chandimal	206*	164	162*	155*	132	126	116	151.57	101.56
6	AD Mathews	160	157*	122	120*	115	111	110	127.86	85.67
7	A Ranatunga	135*	131	127	88	88	87	86	106.00	71.02
8	TM Dilshan	145	125*	104	100	84	83	83	103.43	69.30
9	HP Tillakaratne	119	115	104*	103	92	86	82	100.14	67.10
10	DM de Silva	122	119*	102*	98	82	79*	74	96.57	64.71

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	RAT	PRI PTS
1	KC Sangakkara	192.19	327.19	224.37	65.71	809.46	323.79
2	DPMD Jayawardena	186.54	291.94	244.02	63.18	785.68	314.27
3	PA de Silva	126.39	291.16	159.24	69.08	645.87	258.35
4	AD Mathews	136.36	264.87	132.31	57.62	591.16	236.46
5	LD Chandimal	97.93	256.87	147.53	58.33	560.66	224.26
6	TT Samaraweera	76.33	265.21	150.53	55.93	548.00	219.20
7	A Ranatunga	100.15	233.22	103.06	71.11	507.53	203.01
8	TM Dilshan	46.79	230.24	111.21	75.38	463.62	185.45
9	DM de Silva	59.00	227.80	105.00	67.61	459.40	183.76
10	HP Tillakaratne	60.53	233.65	105.77	54.45	454.41	181.77

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	30.00
Away	120.00
Familiar Conditions	30.00
Unfamiliar Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	127	7134	60.46	52.39	876.34	26.29
2	KC Sangakkara	118	6714	62.17	55.86	831.78	24.95
3	PA de Silva	67	3197	54.19	53.07	652.33	19.57
4	LD Chandimal	62	2813	52.09	52.43	555.82	16.67
5	AD Mathews	103	3927	45.14	49.07	550.46	16.51
6	A Ranatunga	69	2648	41.38	57.16	542.26	16.27
7	TM Dilshan	35	1563	52.10	68.52	510.67	15.32
8	TT Samaraweera	57	2490	49.80	46.59	506.55	15.20
9	HP Tillakaratne	54	2232	51.91	41.55	457.92	13.74
10	DM de Silva	44	1435	35.88	57.72	392.27	11.77

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	105	5424	54.24	52.76	709.73	85.17
2	DPMD Jayawardena	123	4647	39.72	49.99	598.35	71.80
3	AD Mathews	96	3758	43.70	47.46	582.27	69.87
4	PA de Silva	77	2828	37.71	49.05	575.67	69.08
5	TT Samaraweera	61	2331	43.98	47.95	517.24	62.07
6	LD Chandimal	77	2706	37.58	46.75	502.86	60.34
7	DM de Silva	50	1890	40.21	57.12	472.87	56.74
8	A Ranatunga	72	2126	31.26	45.62	418.91	50.27
9	HP Tillakaratne	55	1591	32.47	38.46	399.15	47.90
10	TM Dilshan	43	1392	34.80	58.64	358.58	43.03

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	177	9366	56.76	52.52	948.63	28.46
2	KC Sangakkara	158	9209	63.08	55.36	938.30	28.15
3	PA de Silva	96	4133	47.51	50.17	741.55	22.25
4	AD Mathews	141	5514	45.95	48.39	732.75	21.98
5	LD Chandimal	91	4033	49.79	50.90	709.81	21.29
6	TT Samaraweera	80	3634	51.91	47.96	654.10	19.62
7	A Ranatunga	105	3454	35.24	54.15	603.90	18.12
8	TM Dilshan	55	2336	47.67	69.26	565.64	16.97
9	DM de Silva	62	2300	41.07	59.02	547.54	16.43
10	HP Tillakaratne	70	2689	46.36	41.82	523.33	15.70

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	65	2929	47.24	51.72	774.68	92.96
2	PA de Silva	48	1892	40.26	53.13	706.78	84.81
3	AD Mathews	58	2171	40.96	47.95	660.55	79.27
4	DPMD Jayawardena	73	2415	34.50	47.56	560.48	67.26
5	A Ranatunga	36	1320	38.82	46.40	519.63	62.36
6	LD Chandimal	48	1486	33.02	46.01	506.42	60.77
7	TT Samaraweera	38	1187	35.97	45.15	473.41	56.81
8	DM de Silva	32	1025	33.06	54.00	472.34	56.68
9	HP Tillakaratne	39	1134	33.35	36.83	458.17	54.98
10	TM Dilshan	23	619	29.48	48.28	371.68	44.60

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	KC Sangakkara	85.17	24.95	92.96	28.15	231.23
2	PA de Silva	69.08	19.57	84.81	22.25	195.71
3	DPMD Jayawardena	71.80	26.29	67.26	28.46	193.81
4	AD Mathews	69.87	16.51	79.27	21.98	187.63
5	LD Chandimal	60.34	16.67	60.77	21.29	159.08
6	TT Samaraweera	62.07	15.20	56.81	19.62	153.70
7	A Ranatunga	50.27	16.27	62.36	18.12	147.01
8	DM de Silva	56.74	11.77	56.68	16.43	141.62
9	HP Tillakaratne	47.90	13.74	54.98	15.70	132.32
10	TM Dilshan	43.03	15.32	44.60	16.97	119.92

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Secondary Rating

It consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Low Scoring Inns	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

LOW SCORING INNS

LSI RATING

Low Scoring Inns (LSI) are those inns in which batting average is less than 30.

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	98	3063	32.59	48.76	755.24	37.76
2	AD Mathews	108	3018	30.48	47.90	749.30	37.47
3	DPMD Jayawardena	121	3301	27.97	44.49	715.74	35.79
4	A Ranatunga	82	2238	29.84	51.55	709.03	35.45
5	PA de Silva	85	2062	26.10	46.99	681.31	34.07
6	LD Chandimal	78	1933	25.10	45.91	608.96	30.45
7	TT Samaraweera	58	1582	28.76	44.40	590.89	29.54
8	DM de Silva	53	1235	23.75	55.98	564.57	28.23
9	HP Tillakaratne	49	1060	24.09	37.79	497.97	24.90
10	TM Dilshan	40	884	22.67	55.46	450.12	22.51

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	50	3311	68.98	52.59	909.24	90.92
2	KC Sangakkara	50	3411	69.61	52.54	867.69	86.77
3	PA de Silva	50	2477	53.85	51.19	671.42	67.14
4	TT Samaraweera	50	2230	54.39	49.45	636.12	63.61
5	AD Mathews	50	2321	52.75	52.04	616.39	61.64
6	LD Chandimal	50	2087	43.48	50.69	558.74	55.87
7	A Ranatunga	50	1799	37.48	52.21	509.08	50.91
8	TM Dilshan	50	1644	36.53	59.31	485.26	48.53
9	HP Tillakaratne	50	1632	36.27	40.19	470.58	47.06
10	DM de Silva	50	1567	33.34	55.96	461.61	46.16

IMPACT INNS

II RATING

Impact Inns are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or strike rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 15 percent of the total runs or
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	208	79	37.98	645.28	96.79
2	PA de Silva	134	51	38.06	637.49	95.62
3	DPMD Jayawardena	235	86	36.60	636.34	95.45
4	AD Mathews	173	62	35.84	616.90	92.53
5	TT Samaraweera	103	42	40.78	598.39	89.76
6	A Ranatunga	132	45	34.09	534.25	80.14
7	TM Dilshan	70	25	35.71	476.37	71.46
8	DM de Silva	87	26	29.89	457.32	68.60
9	LD Chandimal	126	36	28.57	439.85	65.98
10	HP Tillakaratne	92	30	32.61	430.88	64.63

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	LSI	TF	II	SEC RAT
1	DPMD Jayawardena	35.79	90.92	95.45	222.16
2	KC Sangakkara	37.76	86.77	96.79	221.32
3	PA de Silva	34.07	67.14	95.62	196.83
4	AD Mathews	37.47	61.64	92.53	191.64
5	TT Samaraweera	29.54	63.61	89.76	182.92
6	A Ranatunga	35.45	50.91	80.14	166.50
7	LD Chandimal	30.45	55.87	65.98	152.30
8	DM de Silva	28.23	46.16	68.60	142.99
9	TM Dilshan	22.51	48.53	71.46	142.49
10	HP Tillakaratne	24.90	47.06	64.63	136.59

OVERALL RATING

The OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	OV RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	7	KC Sangakkara	SL	323.79	231.23	221.32	776.34
2	16	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	314.27	193.81	222.16	730.24
3	28	PA de Silva	SL	258.35	195.71	196.83	650.89
4	41	AD Mathews	SL	236.46	187.63	191.64	615.74
5	65	TT Samaraweera	SL	219.20	153.70	182.92	555.81
6	76	LD Chandimal	SL	224.26	159.08	152.30	535.65
7	80	A Ranatunga	SL	203.01	147.01	166.50	516.52
8	113	DM de Silva	SL	183.76	141.62	142.99	468.37
9	123	HP Tillakaratne	SL	181.77	132.32	136.59	450.67
10	125	TM Dilshan	SL	185.45	119.92	142.49	447.86

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks.

Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.