Bowler/Batters combinations in ODIs

Bowler/batsman combinations

Bowler	Batter	Span	Mat	Wkts	Ave	Ducks
Waqar Younis (PAK)	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1989-2002	45	13	12.76	2
Wasim Akram (PAK)	DL Haynes (WI)	1985-1993	41	12	16.91	1
SM Pollock (ICC/SA)	AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1997-2007	43	12	19.41	2
WPUJC Vaas (Asia/SL)	SP Fleming (ICC/NZ)	1994-2007	29	11	10.09	4
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2002	38	11	24.63	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-2007	22	10	27.4	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	27	10	38.2	3
CJ McDermott (AUS)	RB Richardson (WI)	1985-1996	32	10	16.6	0
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	H Masakadza (ZIM)	2005-2018	32	10	13	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	AR Border (AUS)	1980-1988	34	10	19.8	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	PD Collingwood (ENG)	2002-2007	14	9	24.77	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	HH Gibbs (SA)	1998-2007	24	9	3.11	4
SM Pollock (SA)	SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2006	28	9	5.22	1
B Lee (AUS)	SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2012	30	9	17	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	31	9	40.33	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	33	9	10.55	2
N Kapil Dev (IND)	DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1992	35	9	36.55	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1998	35	9	9.88	2
Wasim Akram (PAK)	CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	40	9	13.55	2
Waqar Younis (PAK)	PA de Silva (SL)	1989-2002	41	9	21.88	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1989-2002	42	9	24.22	2
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2006-2015	42	9	17.22	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	SR Tendulkar (IND)	1994-2008	49	9	20.88	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2014	49	9	35.22	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	GM Turner (NZ)	1979-1983	11	8	36.12	1
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2016	16	8	19.37	3
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2023	17	8	22.12	0
BP Patterson (WI)	Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1986-1993	18	8	28.5	2
Z Khan (IND)	WU Tharanga (SL)	2007-2012	20	8	23.37	1
SK Warne (AUS)	DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2000	22	8	30.25	2
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	G Gambhir (IND)	2008-2012	22	8	11.5	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	Javed Miandad (PAK)	1988-1993	28	8	36.12	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1994-2000	28	8	34.25	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2002	30	8	10.25	3
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	A Symonds (AUS)	2000-2007	30	8	38.5	2
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2005-2013	30	8	15.5	2
CEL Ambrose (WI)	Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1988-1993	31	8	20.25	0
IK Pathan (IND)	TM Dilshan (SL)	2004-2012	31	8	14.5	2
Z Khan (IND)	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2009	32	8	18.62	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-2008	34	8	16.87	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	TM Dilshan (SL)	2004-2011	35	8	51.75	0
SM Pollock (SA)	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-2007	36	8	10.25	0
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2006-2021	41	8	21.37	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2004	55	8	37.37	0

Mat is the amount of matches both players have appeared against each other
Ave is the average batsman's score upon dismissal by the bowler

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]