Sanath Jayasuriya

                                                          Sanath Jayasuriya

Full Name:              Sanath Teran Jayasuriya

Born:                       30-06-1969

Batting style:           Left hand batsman

Bowling style:         Slow Left-arm orthodox

Place of birth:         Matara, Sri Lanka

Playing role:           Allrounder

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

Batting stats:

               M        Inn      Runs   HS       Avg     SR       NO      100      50        4s         6s

Tests     110      188      6973    340      40.07   65.27   14        14        31        910      59

ODI      445      433      13430  189      32.13   91.22   15        28        68        1500    270

T20I      31        30        629      88        23.3     129.16 3          0          4          76        23

IPL       30        30        768      114      27.43   144.36 2          1          4          84        39

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         

ODIs          445     368      14874  11871  323      6/29     6/29     36.75   4.78     46.0     8          4         

T20Is          31      24        371      456      19        3/21     3/21     24.00   7.37     19.5     0          0         

List A         557   18167 14396    413      6/29     6/29     34.85   4.75     43.9     12        5          0

Twenty20   111   92       1593     1983      77       4/24     4/24     25.75   7.46     20.6     1         0

International information:

National side:                Sri Lanka

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

Profile:

Sanath Jayasuriya has been at the vanguard of Sri Lanka's ascent as a cricketing power, and his rise as a feared international batsman has coincided with Sri Lanka's rise as a force to be reckoned with in international cricket. 

Jayasuriya started his career as a fairly non-descript utility player who had an ability to smack the ball hard. His performances stayed ordinary for much of his early career. In fact, from his debut in 1989 till 1995, Jayasuriya had never ended a year with an average above 30 in ODIs and had played only a handful of Tests. The one-day flame continued to burn bright, and took Sri Lanka to another World Cup final in 2007, and he was instrumental in the Asia Cup win of 2008, a couple of months after it had seemed that the selectors' axe had fallen for the final time. The Indian Premier League gave him a new platform to showcase his big-hitting talent, but failure to replicate the success of the first season in subsequent campaigns was the surest sign that time had finally caught up with a man who was still pounding out one-day hundreds at the age of 39.His election as a Member of Parliament in April 2010 and his subsequent failure at the World Twenty20 suggested that his international career may be at an end, but he made the longlist for the 30-man squad for the 2011 World Cup, before being recalled to the one-day side for the series in England two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday.