Sanath Jayasuriya

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Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka (SL)

Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Slow Left Arm Orthodox (SLA)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	105	370
Runs scored	6745	11260
Batting average	41.12	32.73
100s/50s	14/30	22/60
Top score	340	189
Balls bowled	7966	13014
Wickets	96	284
Bowling average	34.07	36.55
5 wickets in innings	2	4
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	5/34	6/29
Catches/stumpings	78/-	110/-
As of 22 October 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born June 30, 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. The allrounder has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. Powerfully-built, he is arguably, along with Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the finest cricketers to emerge from the island. One of the most fearsome strikers of a cricket ball, his attacking approach, coupled with consistency is what has distinguished him as one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket. A veteran in the game, he scores freely and spearheads the Sri Lankan batting at the top of the order.

1 Style and International Career
2 Player Statistics
3 External links

[edit] Style and International Career

He cuts and pulls with awesome power, his trademark shot being the brutal smash over point, which sometimes sails for the maximum six runs. Jayasuriya's greatest contribution to ODIs came after he was promoted to the top of the batting order during the 1995-96 tour of Australia, and, with Romesh Kaluwitharana, gave birth to an aggressive batting approach in the first fifteen overs that revolutionised the mindset of opening batsmen in ODIs, as the batsmen became much more conscious of exploiting the fielding restrictions early on. 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.

He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and served as captain of the Sri Lankan team in 28 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.

As a part-time 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 has taken over 350 international wickets.

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.

He also holds the world's third highest ODI score, which is 189 runs against India. In that match, India were defeated by 245 runs, which as of February 2006, is the second highest margin of defeat by runs in a One-Day International match.

He currently holds the record fastest fifty in ODIs, scored off just 17 balls. Jayasuria was the previous record-holder for the fastest century (off 48 balls), before losing that claim to Shahid Afridi of Pakistan. He has hit over 200 sixes in one day internationals. 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 holds the record of scoring most runs in an ODI over (30; he has achieved this remarkable feat twice).

A stadium was named in his honour in Matara. He is nicknamed the "Master Blaster".

Jayasuriya announced his intention to retire from Test cricket following the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka in April 2006. He later reversed this decision and joined the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in May 2006. Missing the first two Tests, Jayasuriya returned to Test cricket in the Third Test at Trent Bridge, batting in the middle-order. [1] While performing poorly in the one Test match he played of the series, he scored two centuries in the one-day Natwest series, including scoring 152 off just 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. Jayasuria's batting display earned him the Man of the Series award as Sri Lanka won the series 5-0.

Following the Natwest Trophy, Sri Lanka travelled to Holland for a two-match one-day series. In the first game, Jayasuria 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.

Jayasuriya is also happily married and has two children. Nadira and Dimitri.Nadira is currrently enjoying high soceity life in London.

[edit] Player Statistics

[edit] Career Performance

Sanath Jayasuriya's career performance graph.

[edit] 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

Test Centuries of Sanath Jayasuriya
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	112	17	Australia	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	1996
[2]	113	23	Pakistan	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1997
[3]	340	26	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium	1997
[4]	199	27	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1997
[5]	213	38	England	London, England	Kennington Oval	1998
[6]	188	50	Pakistan	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2000
[7]	148	51	South Africa	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle Stadium	2000
[8]	111	60	India	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle Stadium	2001
[9]	139	68	Zimbabwe	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2002
[10]	145	74	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P.Saravanamuttu Stadium	2002
[11]	131	85	Australia	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	2004
[12]	157	87	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2004
[13]	253	93	Pakistan	Faisalabad, Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	2004
[14]	107	94	Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2004

[edit] 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

One Day International Centuries of Sanath Jayasuriya
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	140	71	New Zealand	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Springbok Park	1994
[2]	134	107	Pakistan	Central Area, Singapore	The Padang	1996
[3]	120*	111	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium	1996
[4]	151*	129	India	Mumbai, India	Wankhede Stadium	1997
[5]	108	136	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1997
[6]	134*	143	Pakistan	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1997
[7]	102	150	Zimbabwe	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1998
[8]	105	200	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu Stadium	2000
[9]	189	217	India	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2000
[10]	103	226	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2001
[11]	107	232	New Zealand	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2001
[12]	112	260	England	Leeds, England	Headingley	2002
[13]	102*	271	Pakistan	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium	2002
[14]	122	284	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2003
[15]	106	285	England	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2003
[16]	120	288	New Zealand	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Goodyear Park	2003
[17]	107*	319	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium	2004
[18]	130	320	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium	2004
[19]	114	347	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006
[20]	122	359	England	London, England	The Brit Oval	2006
[21]	152	362	England	Leeds, England	Headingley	2006
[22]	157	363	Netherlands	Amstelveen, Netherlands	VRA Ground	2006

[edit] External links

Cricinfo Player Profile : Sanath Jayasuriya

Preceded by Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lankan Test Captain 1999-2003	Succeeded by Hashan Tillakaratne
Preceded by Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lankan ODI Captain 1999-2003	Succeeded by Marvan Atapattu

	Sri Lanka squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
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