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Full name Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born June 30, 1969, Matara
Current age 36 years 14 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, ACC Asian XI, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic
Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Somerset
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 96 164 14 6465 340 43.10 14 29 845 52 71 0
ODIs 334 325 14 9924 189 31.90 11204 88.57 18 57 188 105 0
First-class 236 373 33 13749 340 40.43 29 65 149 0
List A 399 387 19 11450 189 31.11 20 63 123 0
Twenty-20 2 2 0 10 10 5.00 6 166.66 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 96 7265 2955 91 5/34 9/74 32.47 2.44 79.83 6 2 0
ODIs 334 12202 9699 267 6/29 6/29 36.32 4.76 45.70 6 4 0
First-class 236 13545 5942 186 5/34 31.94 2.63 72.82 2 0
List A 399 14050+ 11201 324 6/29 6/29 34.57 4.75* 44.18* 9 5 0
Twenty-20 2 48 56 5 3/36 3/36 11.19 7.00 9.59 0 0 0
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Test debut New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton - Feb 22-26, 1991
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Last Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Apr 11-14, 2005
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ODI debut Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne - Dec 26, 1989
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Last ODI ACC Asian XI v ICC World XI at Melbourne - Jan 10, 2005
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First-class span 1988/89 - 2005
List A span 1989/90 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2004
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
One of the world's most uncompromising strikers of
the ball, Jayasuriya found belated fame as 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 remains dizzily dangerous, especially on the
subcontinent's slower, less bouncy surfaces. Short in stature and
powerfully built, he cuts and pulls with awesome power, and his
brutal bat-wielding is at odds with his shy, gentle nature. Wised-up
opponents have learned to set traps in the gully and at third man to
stem the flow of runs, but on song he can be virtually unstoppable,
capable of scoring freely on both sides of the wicket. Jayasuriya
has also grown into an extremely effective left-arm spinner,
especially in one-day internationals where his stock leg-stump darts
are mixed up with clever variations in pace. Only Muralitharan has
taken more one-day wickets for Sri Lanka. Jayasuriya also served
commendably as Sri Lanka's captain for a successful tenure after the
sacking of Arjuna Ranatunga in 1999. His leadership style was
consensual in comparison to the Napoleon approach adopted by
Ranatunga, and he soon built a happy and unified team. The huge
responsibility of leading the team, though, started to show and by
the 2003 World Cup, after a myriad of off-field controversies, it
was clear that he had become a reluctant captain. His first attempt
to resign, immediately after that tournament, was knocked back by
the Minister of Sports, but he eventually made it clear that he
wanted to stand down and resigned in April 2003. Having stepped
down, his position in the side was more vigorously debated and a
one-day slump prompted several pundits to call time on his career.
But Jayasuriya was far from finished, and he bounced back in 2004
with his most prolific year in Test cricket since 1997. The year
included a blazing second-innings century against Australia at Kandy
that nearly levelled the series and a marathon double-hundred
against Pakistan at Faisalabad
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