Sanath Jayasuriya

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Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style Left hand bat
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 110 411
Runs scored 6973 12310
Batting average 40.07 32.30
100s/50s 14/31 25/64
Top score 340 189
Balls bowled 8188 14124
Wickets 98 308
Bowling average 34.34 36.39
5 wickets in innings 2 4
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling 5/34 6/29
Catches/stumpings 78/- 116/-

As of March 25, 2008
Source: Cricinfo

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.

Jayasuriya is part of the Mumbai Indians team of the Indian Premier League.

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[edit] Personal life

Jayasuriya was born to Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya in Matara and had his education at 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.

His wife, Sandra, is a former flight attendant for Sri Lankan Airlines. Sanath and Sandra have 3 children.

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.

[edit] Style and International Career

Sanath Jayasuriya revolutionized one day international batting with his aggressive tactics during the 1996 cricket world cup. The tactic used was to take advantage of the early fielding restrictions by smashing 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." [2]

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.

His philosophy towards batting is summarised by an all-aggression approach and over the years he has dominated almost every one day bowling combination that he has faced at one stage or another. Batsmen such as Gilchrist and Afridi have similar styles but Jayasuriya is universally recongnized as the most dangerous batsmen when on-song. This is because of his incredible record to make huge match-winning contributions once he gets in, he holds the record for the second highest amount of one day centuries and has scored the most 150+ scores. His devastating performances have ensured that Sri Lanka have won almost 80% of the matches that he scores over 50 in. This is due to the rapid rate in which he scores his runs as well as the physiological effect he has on opposition bowling attacks.

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.

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.

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.[3]

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 second highest ODI score, jointly with Viv Richards, which is 189 runs against India. As of February 2007 he holds the four highest individual scores by a Sri Lankan, and seven of the top nine.[1]

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).

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. [2] 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 match. 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.

Following the Natwest Trophy, Sri Lanka travelled to Holland for a two-match one-day series. In the first game, Jayasuriya scored 157 off 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.

He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies.

During the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, Jayasuriya appeared to break his tradition of using Kookaburra bats by wielding a normal Reebok sponsored bat. He achieved two half centuries in the group stages against New Zealand and Kenya in this tournament. He also achieved a dubious record of having the most expensive figures in a Twenty20 international, having been hit for 64 runs in the maximum of 4 overs.[4]

After the Twenty20 World Cup, Jayasuriya played in Sri Lanka's 3-2 One Day International series defeat against England, achieving limited success and then in the 2-0 Test series defeat in Australia. After scoring a half-century on day three of the first Test against England in Kandy, he announced he was to retire from Test cricket[5] at the end of the match, but that he would continue to play in One Day Internationals. He also hit six fours in one over against James Anderson in his last Test innings of 78.

In December 2007, Jayasuriya confirmed that he has signed for Warwickshire for the 2008 Twenty20 Cup.[6]. In April 2008, he joined the Mumbai Indians to play in the IPL.

After scoring a devastating 114 not out off just 48 balls [3] for the Mumbai Indian against Chennai Jayasuria regained his position in the one day side after he had been dropped for the West Indies tour. He then followed up his century with a 17-ball 48 not out to surpass the Kolkata Knight Riders score of 67 in just the 6th over resulting in the biggest victory in twenty20 history (in terms of balls remaining [4]. He currently leads the six-hitting board and is the tournement's 3rd highest run scorer with 514 runs at a strike rate of about 160. [5].


[edit] Player Statistics

[edit] Career Performance

Sanath Jayasuriya's career performance graph.
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 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
[23] 111 371 New Zealand Napier, New Zealand McLean Park 2006
[24] 109 381 Bangladesh Port of Spain, Trinidad Queen's Park Oval 2007
[25] 115 384 West Indies Guyana Providence Stadium 2007

[edit] 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 off 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 12,207 runs. (Sachin Tendulkar is first with 16,361).
  • 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 third highest centurion in ODIs with 25 under his belt (third only to Tendulkar (42) and Ricky Ponting (26)).
  • 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 holds the record of most number of 6s in ODIs. He currently has 249 sixes in his career.
  • Jayasuriya has second most Man of the Match awards (45) in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (57).
  • He was also the first player to play in 400 ODIs matches.
  • He is the third batsman in test cricket to hit 6 fours in one over. He did this against England in his last test innings.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Test Matches

Man of the Series Awards

# 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

Man of the Match Awards

# 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
Sri Lanka 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
Sri Lanka 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)
Sri Lanka Won by 201 runs

[edit] ODI Matches

Man of the Series Awards

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

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