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Test · Men · 40 matches, 8 Mar 2004 to 15 Aug 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.
Test · Men
383average first-innings score
from 40 innings
24 of 36 matches with a winner · 4 drawn, tied or no result
Batting first wins more often
ODI · Women
2 of 5 matches with a winner
T20 · Women
110average first-innings score
from 10 innings
5 of 12 matches with a winner
Multi-day · Men
389average first-innings score
from 11 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.
T20 · Women
140par first-innings score
usually 117–164
125 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
155 batting first wins about 71% of the time here
From 10 first innings at Galle International Stadium, 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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