ODI · Men
289average first-innings score
from 12 innings
8 of 18 matches with a winner · 3 drawn, tied or no result
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ODI · Women · 8 matches, 16 Mar 2019 to 28 Jul 2026
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
ODI · Men
289average first-innings score
from 12 innings
8 of 18 matches with a winner · 3 drawn, tied or no result
ODI · Women
203average first-innings score
from 7 innings
2 of 8 matches with a winner
T20 · Men
161average first-innings score
from 37 innings
21 of 37 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
Multi-day · Men
339average first-innings score
from 8 innings
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
One-day (50 overs) · Men
238par first-innings score
usually 186–281
215 batting first wins about 38% of the time here
260 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 12 first innings at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, recent seasons counting most.
One-day (50 overs) · Women
237par first-innings score
usually 194–281
214 batting first wins about 32% of the time here
259 batting first wins about 62% of the time here
From 7 first innings at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
164par first-innings score
usually 131–191
149 batting first wins about 35% of the time here
179 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 35 first innings at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
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