Mahela Jayawardene
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 83 | 226 |
| Runs scored | 6250 | 6069 |
| Batting average | 49.60 | 32.45 |
| 100s/50s | 16/29 | 8/34 |
| Top score | 374 | 128 |
| Balls bowled | 458 | 568 |
| Wickets | 4 | 7 |
| Bowling average | 57.00 | 77.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
| Best bowling | 2/32 | 2/56 |
| Catches/stumpings | 111/- | 114/- |
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As of 22 October 2006 |
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Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene, born 27 May 1977, is the vice captain and temporary captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average close to 50, and an ODI average in the 30s.
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[edit] Cricket career
Mahela Jayawardene was the runner-up best schoolboy cricketer during the 1994 cricketing season when he first played cricket for Nalanda College.
He made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Mahela Jayawardene added 66 to the massive score. That same match, Sanath Jayasuriya played a man of the match performance with a score of 340. Sri Lanka ended up scoring 952/6, the highest ever Test score. Jayawardene was at the crease when they surpassed the previous highest Test score. Jayawardene apparently developed an appetite for big scores, with scores like the 167 against New Zealand and the brilliant 242 against India.
His One Day International debut was against Zimbabwe at Premadasa in January 1998. They won the match, with Jayawardene hitting the winning run. In his second game, Jayawardene scored a 74 against Zimbabwe. It took only 11 matches before he scored his first century, which was against England in the Carlton and United World Series game at Adelaide. Jayawardene entered a pressure situation, with Sri Lanka struggling at 134/4. The 21 year old Sri Lankan, managed to post a scintillating 120 runs to win the match.
Jayawardene was captain recently during the England tour in the absence of Marvan Atapattu. He led his team to 1-1 draw in the Test series and an emphatic whitewash (5-0) in the ODI series.
In the first Test of the 2006 Test series against South Africa, Jayawardene shared a world record stand of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara. This partnership, the highest for any wicket in first-class cricket history, and the first instance of a stand of 600 or more in a first-class or Test match innings, smashed the previous third wicket stance for Sri Lanka, surpassing 262 which involved himself along with Thilan Samaraweera. It also broke the previous record for the third wicket for all Test playing nations surpassing the 467 run partnership made by the New Zealand pair of Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones which came in 1991 against Sri Lanka. Jayawardene became the first Sri-Lankan captain to score a Test triple-century, making a superb 374 runs off 572 deliveries with 43 fours and 1 six, the fourth highest score in Test match cricket. His score was also the highest score by a Sri Lankan in a Test match innings surpassing Sanath Jayasuriya's 340 in 1997 against India. That triple-hundred made him the fourth in the highest individual scores list, which is currently topped by Brian Lara (400*), followed by Matthew Hayden (380), and Brian Lara again (375); making him the highest right-handed batsmen in the list. He is also the first batsman to pass 350 in a Test without going on to break the world record.
[edit] Off the field
He has won great admiration for his huge personal contribution to the HOPE cancer project. His cricketing career ground to a halt in the most tragic of circumstances, when a brain tumour claimed the life of his younger brother Dhishal, who was just 16 at the time. At the time, Mahela was captain of his school team and gave up cricket for six months. Eventually he was persuaded to go on and set about rebuilding his career. With memories of Dhishal in mind, he became the leading campaigner of HOPE. Now, with the support of his team-mates, he aims to build a new 750-bed cancer unit at Maharagama, the country's only dedicated cancer hospital.
[edit] Quote
“There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket.” -Mahela Jayawardene
[edit] Player Statistics
[edit] Career Performance
[edit] Test Centuries
The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Mahela Jayawardene
- In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
- The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
| Test Centuries of Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
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| Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
| [1] | 167 | 4 | New Zealand | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle Stadium | 1998 |
| [2] | 242 | 7 | India | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1999 |
| [3] | 167 | 22 | South Africa | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle Stadium | 2000 |
| [4] | 101* | 24 | South Africa | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2000 |
| [5] | 101 | 29 | England | Kandy, Sri Lanka | Asgiriya Stadium | 2001 |
| [6] | 104 | 32 | India | Kandy, Sri Lanka | Asgiriya Stadium | 2001 |
| [7] | 139 | 33 | India | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club | 2001 |
| [8] | 150 | 34 | Bangladesh | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club | 2001 |
| [9] | 107 | 42 | England | London, England | Lord’s | 2002 |
| [10] | 134 | 54 | England | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2003 |
| [11] | 100* | 59 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 2004 |
| [12] | 237 | 62 | South Africa | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle Stadium | 2004 |
| [13] | 141 | 66 | New Zealand | Napier, New Zealand | McLean Park | 2005 |
| [14] | 119 | 79 | England | London, England | Lord’s | 2006 |
| [15] | 374 | 82 | South Africa | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2006 |
| [16] | 123 | 83 | South Africa | Colombo, Sri Lanka | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium | 2006 |
[edit] One Day International Centuries
| ODI Centuries of Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
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| Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
| [1] | 120 | 11 | England | Adelaide, Australia | Adelaide Oval | 1999 |
| [2] | 101 | 19 | Pakistan | Visakhapatnam, India | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | 1999 |
| [3] | 128 | 57 | India | Sharjah, UAE | Sharjah C.A. Stadium | 2000 |
| [4] | 101* | 71 | England | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium | 2001 |
| [5] | 116 | 74 | New Zealand | UAE | Sharjah C.A. Stadium | 2001 |
| [6] | 106* | 93 | West Indies | Kandy, Sri Lanka | Asgiriya Stadium | 2001 |
| [7] | 126* | 216 | England | Chester-le-Street, England | Riverside Ground | 2006 |
| [8] | 100 | 217 | England | Manchester, England | Old Trafford | 2006 |
[edit] Man of the Match Awards
[edit] Test Cricket
| Man of the Match Awards – Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
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| Runs | Against | City/Country | Venue | Result | Year | |
| [1] | 167 | New Zealand | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle Stadium |  won by an innings and 16 runs |
1997 |
| [2] | 242 | India | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | Match Drawn | 1999 |
| [3] | 237/5 | South Africa | Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle Stadium | Match Drawn | 2004 |
| [4] | 61/119 | England | London, England | Lord’s | Match Drawn | 2006 |
| [5] | 374 | South Africa | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | won by an innings and 153 runs |
2006 |
| [6] | 13/123 | South Africa | Colombo, Sri Lanka | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium | won by 1 wicket |
2006 |
[edit] One Day International Cricket
| Man of the Match Awards – Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
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| Runs | Against | City/Country | Venue | Result | Year | |
| [1] | 120 | England | Adelaide, Australia | Adelaide Oval | won by 1 wicket |
1999 |
| [2] | 101 | Pakistan | Visakhapatnam, India | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | won by 12 runs |
1999 |
| [3] | 101* | England | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium | won by 66 runs |
2001 |
| [4] | 116 | New Zealand | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Sharjah C.A. Stadium | won by 106 runs |
2001 |
| [5] | 63 | Zimbabwe | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Sharjah C.A. Stadium | won by 79 runs |
2001 |
| [6] | 96 | Zimbabwe | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium | won by 59 runs |
2001 |
| [7] | 106* | West Indies | Kandy, Sri Lanka | Asgiriya Stadium | won by 8 wickets |
2001 |
| [8] | 94* | India | Dambulla, Sri Lanka | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | won by 4 wickets |
2005 |
| [9] | 83 | India | Colombo, Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium | won by 18 runs |
2005 |
| [10] | 50 | Bangladesh | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | won by 88 runs |
2005 |
| [11] | 126* | England | Chester-le-Street, England | Riverside Ground | won by 8 wickets |
2006 |
| [12] | 100 | England | Manchester, England | Old Trafford | won by 33 runs |
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| Preceded by Marvan Atapattu |
Sri Lankan Test captain 2006-present |
Succeeded by Current incumbent |
| Preceded by Marvan Atapattu |
Sri Lankan ODI captain 2006-present |
Succeeded by Current incumbent |
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Sri Lanka squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Jayasuriya | 2 Atapattu | 3 Jayawardene | 4 Sangakkara | 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 |
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