| Full Name: | Ashantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel |
| Born: | 9 May 1959 in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Test Debut: | Sri Lanka v England at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo - 17, 18, 20, 21 February 1982 (five-day match) |
| Last Test: | India v Sri Lanka at Green Park, Kanpur - 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 December 1986 (five-day match) |
| ODI Debut: | Sri Lanka v England at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - 13 February 1982 |
| Last ODI: | England v Sri Lanka at Nehru Stadium, Pune - 30 October 1987 |
TEST BATTING
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | 50s | 100s | 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 17 | 28 | 5 | 326 | 14.17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Test Bowling
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W | 10 W |
| 3518 | 2180 | 59 | 6/109 | 36.94 | 3.71 | 59.62 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Test Other Analysis
| Recent scores: | 25, 14*, 11, 0, 23, 18, 3, 1, 0, 17 |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (5), lbw (3), stumped (2), run out (1), caught behind (3), caught (9) |
| Dismissed most by: | Imran Khan 3, Tauseef Ahmed 3, Iqbal Qasim 3, Tom Hogan 2, Wasim Akram 2, Ravi Shastri 2, Dilip Doshi 1, Derek Underwood 1, John Emburey 1, Ian Botham 1 |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
ODI Batting
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 57 | 41 | 9 | 466 | 14.56 | 36 | 595 | 78.31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
ODI Bowling
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W |
| 2735 | 2237 | 59 | 5/32 | 37.91 | 4.90 | 46.35 | 1 | 2 |
ODI Other Analysis
| Recent scores: | 0, 0, 7, 5, 7, 23*, 0, 21*, 11, 15* |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (9), run out (5), caught & bowled (1), lbw (1), caught behind (2), caught (14) |
| Dismissed most by: | Sir Richard Hadlee 3, Kapil Dev 3, Dilip Doshi 2, Tahir Naqqash 2, Derek Stirling 1, Zaheer Abbas 1, Rodney Hogg 1, Manzoor Elahi 1, Ravi Shastri 1, Wasim Akram 1 |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |