Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Upul Tharanga1 (21)2182675.7
1Dimuth Karunaratne1 (1)1457.1
2Tillakaratne Dilshan2 (25), 1 (1)2681486.2
2Sanath Jayasuriya2 (1)1250.0
3Kumar Sangakkara3 (19), 4 (5), 5 (1)25112773.4
4Mahela Jayawardene4 (14), 5 (5), 1 (3), 3 (1)2396881.6
4Dinesh ChandimalMoved around4 (5), 3 (4), 5 (3)1227374.0
5Chamara SilvaMoved around5 (3), 6 (3), 7 (2)815072.8
5Thilan SamaraweeraMoved around5 (4), 6 (2), 8 (2)811473.1
5Chamara KapugederaMoved around5 (1), 6 (1), 7 (1)32080.0
5Thilina Kandamby5 (3)33647.4
6Angelo Mathews6 (14), 7 (3), 5 (2), 8 (1)2048279.4
7Jeevan Mendis7 (10), 8 (2)1213070.7
7Kosala Kulasekara7 (1)100.0
8Nuwan KulasekaraMoved around8 (5), 9 (4), 7 (2), 6 (1)1217082.5
8Thisara PereraMoved around8 (5), 3 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1)999116.5
8Shaminda Eranga8 (2), 9 (1)3327.3
9Seekkuge Prasanna9 (3), 8 (1), 10 (1)51836.0
9Suraj RandivMoved around9 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1)48379.8
10Lasith MalingaMoved around10 (7), 9 (4), 7 (1)1260109.1
10Ajantha MendisMoved around10 (2), 11 (2)41568.2
10Rangana Herath10 (2), 9 (1)31555.6
10Muttiah Muralitharan10 (1), 11 (1)27175.0
11Dilhara Fernando11 (3)300.0
11Suranga Lakmal11 (2), 10 (1)3114.3

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for Sri Lanka in ODI 2011?

Sri Lanka most often opened with Upul Tharanga and Dimuth Karunaratne in ODI 2011, with Kumar Sangakkara at No. 3.

Who batted as Sri Lanka's finisher?

Angelo Mathews batted most often at No. 6 (20 innings, 482 runs).

How settled was the Sri Lanka top order?

Upul Tharanga batted at No. 1 in 100% of their innings; Dimuth Karunaratne batted at No. 1 in 100% of their innings.