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Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya
සනත් ජයසූරිය
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Sanath Jayasuriya playing for Sri Lanka in 2008
Personal information
Full name Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born (1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 47)
Matara, Dominion of Ceylon
Nickname Master Blaster
Matara Mauler
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
Relations Sandra Jayasuriya (spouse)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 49) 22–26 Feb 1991 v New Zealand
Last Test 1–5 December 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 58) 26 December 1989 v Australia
Last ODI 28 June 2011 v England
ODI shirt no. 07
T20I debut (cap 4) 15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I 25 June 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1994 – 2010-11 Bloomfield
2005 Somerset
2007 Marylebone Cricket Club
2007 Lancashire
2008 Warwickshire
2008–2010 Mumbai Indians
2010 Worcestershire
2011 Ruhuna Rhinos
2012 Khulna Royal Bengals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 110 445 264 557
Runs scored 6973 13430 14782 16128
Batting average 40.07 32.36 45.56 31.19
100s/50s 14/31 28/68 29/70 31/82
Top score 340 189 340 189
Balls bowled 8,188 14874 15,221 17,730
Wickets 98 323 205 413
Bowling average 34.34 36.75 33.12 34.85
5 wickets in innings 2 4 2 5
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/34 6/29 5/34 6/29
Catches/stumpings 78/0 123/0 162/0 153/0

Source: Cricinfo; 3 December 2015

Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Matara
In office
22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Personal details
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party United People's Freedom Alliance United National Party
Alma mater St. Servatius' College, Matara
Occupation Cricketer, Politician
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Source: Cricinfo; 3 December 2015

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Sinhalese: සනත් ටෙරාන් ජයසූරිය; born 30 June 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is well known for his powerful striking and match winning all-round performances in One Day International cricket. Jayasuriya is credited for having revolutionized One Day International cricket with his explosive batting with Romesh Kaluwitharana in 1996, which initiated the hard-hitting modern day batting strategy of all nations.

Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an international cricket career that spread over two decades, Jayasuriya is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day International cricket, and hence regarded as one of the best all rounders in the history of limited-overs cricket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of 1996 Cricket World Cup and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack broke an age old tradition by naming him one of Five Cricketers’ of the Year 1997 despite not playing the previous season in England. Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003.

He retired from Test cricket in December 2007 and from limited overs cricket in June 2011. On 28 January 2013, Sri Lanka Cricket appointed him as the chairman of cricket selection committee. Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2014, during his tenure as the chief selector.


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