Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Left hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	107	398
Runs scored	6,791	12,116
Batting average	40.42	32.90
100s/50s	14/30	25/64
Top score	340	189
Balls bowled	8002	13856
Wickets	96	304
Bowling average	34.17	37.25
5 wickets in innings	2	4
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/34	6/29
Catches/stumpings	78/-	114/-
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Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born 30 June 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. The all-rounder has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. He is the only player in the world to score over 12,000 runs and capture over 300 wickets in ODIs. He is also regarded by many critics and supporters as one of the best ODI players to ever play the game. is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ... The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Personal Life

Jayasuriya was born to Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya in Matara and had his education at St. Servatius College, Matara. It was there that his cricketing talents were nourished by the Principal, G.L. Galappathy and coach Lionel Wagasinghe.^[1]. He has an elder brother, Chandana Jayasuriya.

Jayasuriya is married to Sandra Jayasuriya and has two daughters and one son.^[2]

Sanath Jayasuriya is the first cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNAIDS, Geneva) for his commitment to prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka.

Style and International Career

Sanath Jayasuriya revolutionized one day international batting with his aggressive tactics during the 1996 cricket world cup. The tactic he used was to smash the opening bowlers to all parts of the cricket ground. This was a novel but potentially match-winning tactic at that time. Pretty soon this tactic became the standard opening batting strategy in world cricket. Glenn McGrath cited Jayasuriya in his toughest XI batsmen, noting "it is always a massive compliment to someone to say they changed the game, and his storming innings in the 1996 World Cup changed everyone's thinking about how to start innings." ^[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Jayasuriya is known for both cuts and pulls along with his trademark shot, a shot over point. Jayasuriya was promoted to the top of the batting order for ODIs during the 1995-96 tour of Australia, and, with Romesh Kaluwitharana they made use of the early over fielding restrictions to score freely. He was instrumental in Sri Lanka's victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where he was adjudged Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-round contributions. A cut shot is a type of shot in several sports. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... Romesh Kaluwitharana (born November 24, 1969), often described as a ball of muscle, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ... The 1996 Cricket World Cup was won by Sri Lanka who beat Australia by 7 wickets at the final in Lahore. ...

He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and served as captain of the Sri Lankan team in 38 Test matches from 1999 to 2003. He is a very useful all-rounder with a good batting average in both Test cricket and One-day Internationals, and an excellent batting strike rate in One-day Internationals. Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ... Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ...

As a left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has a reasonable bowling average and economy rate. He regularly helps to decrease the workloads of strike bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas and as of August 2007 has 400 international wickets. Animation of a slow left arm delivery. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... Muttiah Muralitharan (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. ... Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala), usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who is regarded as being the best fast bowler to come out of the country. ...

Jayasuriya is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the seventh highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the eleventh highest success rate.^[4] Cricinfo is the largest cricket-related website and one of the largest websites in the world with more than 20 million users. ... The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. ...

Jayasuriya held the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. This effort was part of a second-wicket partnership with Roshan Mahanama that set the then all-time record for any partnership in Test history, with 576 runs. Both records were surpassed in July 2006 when fellow Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene scored 374 as part of a 624-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... In the sport of cricket, two batsmen bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. ... Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (born 31 May 1966 in Colombo) is an international cricket referee. ... Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene, born 27 May 1977, is the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. ... Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977 at Matale) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ...

He also holds the world's second highest ODI score, which is 189 runs against India. In that match, India were defeated by 245 runs, which as of February 2000, is the second highest margin of defeat by runs in a One-Day International match. As of February 2007 he holds the four highest individual scores by a Sri Lankan, and seven of the top nine.[2]

He currently holds the record fastest fifty in ODIs, scored off just 17 balls. Jayasuriya was the previous record-holder for the fastest century (off 48 balls), before losing that claim to Shahid Afridi of Pakistan. He has hit 241 sixes in one day internationals (ODIs) and currently holds the world record for most ODI sixes. He has become the fourth batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. On 20 September 2005, during the Second Test of the home series against Bangladesh, Jayasuriya became the first Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests, and the 33rd Test cricketer to achieve this feat. He used to hold the record of scoring most runs in an ODI over (30; he has achieved this remarkable feat twice).This record is now with South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs (36 runs in an over). Image:Http://usa. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bangladeshi cricket team are touring Sri Lanka for three One-Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September 2005. ... Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ...

Jayasuriya announced his intention to retire from Test cricket following the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka in April 2006. He reversed his decision soon after however, joining the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in May 2006. Missing the first two Tests, Jayasuriya returned in the Third Test at Trent Bridge. [3] Although his test performances were not notable, he scored two centuries in the one-day Natwest series, including scoring 152 off 99 balls in the final. In that innings, he and Upul Tharanga (109) put on 286 runs for the first wicket, a new one-day international record. Jayasuriya's batting display earned him the Man of the Series award as Sri Lanka won the series 5-0. Sri Lanka will be touring England during the 2006 International cricket season. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

Following the Natwest Trophy, Sri Lanka travelled to Holland for a two-match one-day series. In the first game, Jayasuriya scored 157 of 104 balls as Sri Lanka posted the highest team total in limited-overs cricket (443/9), beating the 438/9 South Africa scored against Australia in March 2006. Sri Lanka won the match by 195 runs. On a personal note the innings was his 4th score of over 150 in ODI cricket and he is currently the only player to do so. It was also his second successive score of 150 plus, another first in ODI cricket. Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands with a population of 6. ...

He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies. The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a mens cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sports one-day international format. ...

During the World Twenty20 Championships of 2007, Jayasuriya appeared to break his tradition of using Kookabura bats by wielding a normal Reebok sponsored bat.

Player Statistics

Career Performance

Sanath Jayasuriya's career performance graph.

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Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of Test centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

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One Day International Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of ODI centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

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International Records

• He jointly holds the record for the second highest ODI score, 189 runs, with Viv Richards. (Second only to Saeed Anwar's 194.

• He currently holds the record for fastest fifty in ODIs, scored of just 17 balls.

• Jayasuriya jointly holds the record for most sixes in an ODI innings, 11, with Shahid Afridi. He hit the sixes during an innings of 134 from 65 balls against Pakistan, in Singapore.

• He is currently the second highest run scorer in ODIs with 12,116 runs in 398 Matches. (Sachin Tendulkar is first with 15043).

• He is the only batsman in history to have four ODI scores above 150.

• He is the only batsman in history to have two consecutive ODI scores above 150.

• Jayasuriya holds the record for the fastest 150 in an ODI innings, off 95 balls against England in 2006.

• He is currently the second highest centurion in ODIs with 25 under his belt (second only to Sachin Tendulkar's 41).

• He held the record for the fastest century in ODIs, scored off just 47 balls, before Shahid Afridi scored a century of 37 balls against Sri Lanka.

• He also holds the record for the 2nd fastest half century in the twenty20 version of the game; only after Yuvraj Singh who scored the half century in 12 balls

• He became the player with the most number of 6s in ODIs going past Shahid Afridi when he struck one off Jerome Taylor during the Super 8 encounter against West Indies on 1 April, 2007. He currently has 240 sixes to his name.

• He held the record for scoring the most runs of an ODI over, 30, a feat which he achieved twice, against Pakistan and New Zealand. Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa broke the record by hitting 6 sixes in an over against the Netherlands.

• Jayasuriya has second most Man of the Match awards in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.

• As of July 2007, he holds the record for the most ODI appearances.(398 Matches)

• Jayasuriya as of July 2007 has 304 ODI wickets and 12,116 runs.

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Awards

Test Matches

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#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1997	571(2 Matches, 3 Innings); 3-84, 2 catches	Drawn
4	Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series	2004/05	424( 2 Matches, 4 Innings); 2-47	Drawn 1-1

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#	Match	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test - India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1997	1st Innings - 340(4x36, 6x2); 3 wickets, 1 catch	Drawn
2	1st Test - India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2001	1st Innings - 111(4x16, 6x1); 2 catches 2nd Innings - 6* (4X1); 1 wicket	Won by 10 wickets
3	3rd Test - Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series	2001/02	1st Innings - 28(4x3); 5 wickets 2nd Innings - 36 (4X6); 4 wickets, 1 catch	Won by 315 runs
4	1st Test - Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series	2004/05	1st Innings - 38(4x4); 1 wicket, 1 run-out 2nd Innings - 253 (4X33, 6x4)	Won by 201 runs

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ODI Matches

Man of the Series Awards Commonly used in the game of Cricket, this term is used to denote the most valuable player in a series of matches that were played as part of a tournament. ...

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Wills World Cup in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	1995/96	221(6 Matches); 7-231, 5 Catches	Won World Cup by 7 wickets
2	Singer Cup(Ind, Pak, SL) in Singapore	1995/96	221(3 Matches); 3-115, 2 Catches	Won Singer Cup by 43 runs
3	Pepsi Independence Cup(Ind, NZ, Pak, SL) in India	1997	306(5 Matches); 5-200	Won Independence Cup (finals 2-0)
4	India in Sri Lanka	1997	210(3 Matches); 5-184, 1 Catch	Won the series 2-0
5	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka	1997/98	199(3 Matches); 4-154, 1 Catch	Won the series 3-0
6	Coca-Cola Champions Trophy(Ind, Zim, SL) in UAE	2000/01	413(5 Matches); 1-111, 4 Catches	Won by 245 runs
7	Coca-Cola Cup(Ind, NZ, SL) in Sri Lanka	2001	305(7 Matches); 3-188, 4 Catches	Won by 121 runs
8	LG Abans Triangular Series(SL, WI, Zim) in Sri Lanka	2001/02	194(5 Matches, 5 Innings); 8-167, 1 Catch	Won by 34 runs
9	Asia Cup(BD, HK, Ind, Pak, SL, UAE) in Sri Lanka	2004	293(6 Matches); 4-78, 1 Catch	Won the Asia Cup by 25 runs
10	NatWest Series(Eng, SL) in England	2006	322(5 Matches); 5-185	Won the series 5-0
11	Laqshya Series(BD, SL) in Sri Lanka	2007	53(3 Matches); 9-68	Won the series 3-0

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References

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External links

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Sanath Jayasuriya

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup
	1 De Silva (c) • 2 Anurasiri • 3 Gurusinha • 4 Hathurusingha • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Kalpage • 7 Mahanama • 8 Ramanayake • 9 Ranatunga • 10 Ratnayake • 11 Samarasekera • 12 Tillakaratne (wk) • 13 Wickramasinghe • 14 Wijegunawardene

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup (Winners)
	1 Ranatunga (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Chandana • 4 De Silva • 5 Dharmasena • 6 Gurusinha • 7 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 8 Jayasuriya • 9 Mahanama • 10 Muralitharan • 11 Pushpakumara • 12 Tillakaratne • 13 Vaas • 14 Wickramasinghe • Coach: Whatmore

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup
	1 Ranatunga (c) • 2 De Silva • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 5 Mahanama • 6 Atapattu • 7 Jayawardene • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Vaas • 10 Chandana • 11 Upashantha • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Hathurusingha • 14 Kalpage • 15 Wickramasinghe • Coach: Dias

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
	1 Jayasuriya (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayawardene • 4 Sangakkara (wk) • 5 De Silva • 6 Arnold • 7 Mubarak • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Muralitharan • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Gunaratne • 13 Gunawardene • 14 Nissanka • 15 Buddhika • Coach: Whatmore

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
	1 Jayawardene • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Tharanga • 5 Sangakkara • 6 Dilshan • 7 Arnold • 8 Silva • 9 Maharoof • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Kulasekara • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Bandara • Coach: Moody