About Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya, a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, was born on June 30, 1969 in Matara. He is an all-rounder, who is a left-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Sanath Jayasuriya captained the Sri Lankan team for a span of four years from 1999 to 2003. He was educated at the Servatius College in Matara, where his talents were spotted and nourished by the principal, G.L. Galappathy, and coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. Sanath Jayasuriya is married to Sandra and has three children.

Sanath Jayasuriya made his Test debut for the Sri Lankan national team in February 1991 against New Zealand in Hamilton and has scored 6,973 runs in 110 matches, at an average of 40.07 in his Test career. His highest Test score of 340 came against India, and he has been the recipient of the Man of the Match award four times. On his last innings before bidding farewell to Test cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya smashed six 4s in an over against England, becoming the third batsman to achieve this feat in Test cricket.

Sanath Jayasuriya made his first One Day International (ODI) appearance for Sri Lanka against Australia on December 26, 1989 in Melbourne. He was made the opening batsman in the 1995-96 tour of Australia and redefined batting at the start of the game with his aggressive style, taking advantage of the early fielding restrictions. His exceptional performance as an all-rounder fetched him the Man of the Tournament award in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, which was won by the Sri Lankan team. His brilliant display in the 2006 Natwest Trophy against England not only won him the Man of the Series award but also helped Sri Lanka win the series 5-0. . Sanath Jayasuriya made his presence felt during the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies, making two centuries and an equal number of half-centuries. Sanath Jayasuriya played a crucial role for his team in the 2008 Asia Cup and helped it lift the trophy. He has to his credit the second highest number of ODI centuries (27) and shares the second position (189 runs) with Viv Richards, a former West Indian cricketer, for the world’s highest ODI scores. He holds the world record for the fastest fifty, which was scored off 17 balls and shares the record for the most number of sixes (11) in an ODI innings with Shahid Afridi. Sanath Jayasuriya is the only batsman in the history of cricket to have made four ODI scores above 150 and he also has the record for the fastest 150 in an ODI innings. He has won the second highest number of Man of the Match awards (46) in ODI cricket. He holds the distinction of being the second batsman to score more than 12,000 runs and the first to scalp more than 300 wickets in ODI matches. His explosive style of play at the top of the innings has helped the Sri Lankan team reach great heights in the history of ODI cricket and is considered as one of the greatest ODI players in the cricket world. Sanath Jayasuriya made his International Twenty20 (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka on June 15, 2006 versus England in Southampton.

In 1997 Sanath Jayasuriya was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He holds the honour of being the first cricketer to be appointed as a United Nations (UN) Goodwill Ambassador for his commitment to create AIDS awareness among the young in Sri Lanka.

Sanath Jayasuriya was selected to be a part of the Mumbai Indians team for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. He was signed for US$ 975,000 by the team owned by Reliance Industries Limited. On April 29, 2008, in the match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Sanath Jayasuriya scalped three wickets giving away just 14 runs, for which he won the Man of the Match award. On May 14, 2008 he smashed the fourth fastest fifty of the 2008 IPL and went on to make a century in the match against Chennai Super Kings. His match-winning performance fetched him the Man of the Match award for the second time in the tournament. Sanath Jayasuriya has represented the team in 14 matches during the 2008 season, scoring 514 runs at an excellent strike rate of 166.34. He smashed the maximum number of sixes (31) and emerged as the third highest run-scorer for the season.

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya

Full name Sanath Teran Jayasuriya

Born June 30, 1969, Matara

Current age 41 years 80 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Asia XI, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Dolphins, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mumbai Indians, Ruhuna, Somerset

Playing role All-rounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	110	188	14	6973	340	40.07			14	31	910	59	78	0
ODIs	444	432	18	13428	189	32.43	14719	91.22	28	68	1500	270	123	0
T20Is	30	29	3	621	88	23.88	479	129.64	0	4	75	23	4	0
First-class	263	417	33	14782	340	38.49			29	70			162	0
List A	545	530	25	15734	189	31.15			31	78			149	0
Twenty20	92	91	6	2052	114*	24.14	1440	142.50	1	11	226	100	16	0

 

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	110	140	8188	3366	98	5/34	9/74	34.34	2.46	83.5	6	2	0
ODIs	444	367	14838	11825	322	6/29	6/29	36.72	4.78	46.0	8	4	0
T20Is	30	23	353	438	17	3/21	3/21	25.76	7.44	20.7	0	0	0
First-class	263		15113	6719	205	5/34		32.77	2.66	73.7		2	0
List A	545		17730	14069	399	6/29	6/29	35.26	4.76	44.4	12	5	0
Twenty20	92	74	1263	1634	62	4/24	4/24	26.35	7.76	20.3	1	0	0