Sanath Jayasuriya

Full name:Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born:30th June 1969, Matara, Sri Lanka
Batting:Left-hand batsman
Bowling:Slow left-arm orthodox
Teams:Sri Lanka (Test: 1990/91-2007/08); Sri Lanka (ODI: 1989/90-2008/09); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05-2007); Sri Lanka (Int Twenty20: 2006-2009); Sri Lanka (Twenty20 World Cup: 2007/08-2009); Colombo Cricket Club (Main FC: 1988/89-1992); Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club (Main FC: 1994/95-2007/08); Somerset (Main FC: 2005); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2007); Lancashire (Main FC: 2007); Colombo Cricket Club (Main ListA: 1991/92); Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club (Main ListA: 1994-2007/08); Somerset (Main ListA: 2005); Ruhuna (Main ListA: 2007/08); Dolphins (Main ListA: 2008/09); Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club (Main Twenty20: 2004/05-2005/06); Lancashire (Main Twenty20: 2007); Dolphins (Main Twenty20: 2008/09); Ruhuna (Main Twenty20: 2008/09); All teams
Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1996
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles:Lanka set final date with Pakistan
 Sangakkara backs Jayasuriya for World Cup
 Jayasuriya shines in comfortable win
 Royal win for Challengers
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Pictures:Jayasuriya is cleaned up
 Jayasuriya takes the catch of Shazaib
 Sanath Jayasuriya hits a six
 Jayasuriya mistimes the pull shot
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Jayasuriya became a pinch-hitter at the 1996 World Cup, and then demonstrated that he was also capable of massive scoring in Tests, eventually becoming Sri Lanka's highest Test run-scorer. He is dangerous, especially on the subcontinent's slower, less bouncy surfaces. Short in stature and powerfully built, he cuts and pulls with awesome power. on song he can be virtually unstoppable, capable of scoring freely on both sides of the wicket. Jayasuriya is also an extremely effective and canny left-arm spinner, especially in one-day internationals where his stock leg-stump darts are mixed up with clever variations in pace. Jayasuriya served commendably as Sri Lanka's captain for a successful tenure after the sacking of Arjuna Ranatunga in 1999. His leadership style was consensual and he soon built a happy and unified team. The huge responsibility of leading the team, though, started to show and after the 2003 World Cup he resigned in April 2003. In the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, Jayasuriya became only the fourth batsman to get to 10,000 runs in one-day cricket. At the age of 38, Jayasuriya scored 467 runs during the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies and was the oldest player in the World Twenty20 that followed in South Africa. He called time on his Test career during the first Test against England in Kandy in 2007-08, and bowed out with a cracking 78 in his final innings. On January 2009, during the first ODI against India, he became the second man to cross 13,000 ODI runs, and at 39 years and 212 days the oldest man to score an ODI century.
Profile DateLine: 17th April 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2007/08)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Sri Lanka11018814697334040.07 143178
Test Career Bowling (1990/91-2007/08)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Sri Lanka81883233366985-3434.34 2083.55 2.46
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1988/89-2007/08)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Overall261415331474234038.59 2970162
First-Class Career Bowling (1988/89-2007/08)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Overall1511356267192055-3432.77 2073.72 2.66
One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2008/09)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka428416181308518932.87 286791.19 121
Asian Cricket Council XI440662816.50 0081.48 0
Overall432420181315118932.71 286791.13 121
One-Day International Career Bowling (1989/90-2008/09)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka1435845113703106-2936.67 8446.31 4.75
Asian Cricket Council XI126013433-5344.66 0042.00 6.38
Overall1448445115043136-2936.75 8446.27 4.76
One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2008/09)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Overall520505251519818931.66 3176146
One-Day Career Bowling (1989/90-2008/09)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall1692655134493826-2935.20 11545.01 4.74
International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2009)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka181815188830.47 04138.50 2
International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006-2009)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka2390300123-2125.00 0019.91 7.53
Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2009)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Overall606041516114*27.07 18145.48 11
Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2009)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall7341961444-2421.84 1016.68 7.85
Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1987/88)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Sri Lanka Young Cricketers661705314.00 014
Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1987/88)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka Young Cricketers163110473-3414.85 0023.28 3.82

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