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(born
June 30 ,
1969 in
Matara ) is a
Sri Lanka n
Cricketer . He has been a member of the
Sri Lankan Cricket Team since
1989 . He is arguably, along with
Aravinda De Silva and
Muttiah Muralitharan , one of the finest cricketers to emerge from the Island. One of the most fearsome strikers of a cricket ball, His aggressive style, coupled with consistency is what has distinguised him as one of the most dangerous batsmen in world cricket. Now in the twilight of his career, he still scores freely and spearheads the Sri Lankan batting at the top of the order.
Short of stature but powerfully built, he cuts and pulls with awesome power, his trademark shot being the brutal smash over point, which sometimes sails for six. Jayasuriya's greatest contribution to
ODI s came after he was promoted to the top of the batting order during the 1995-96 tour of Australia, and, with
Romesh Kaluwitharana , gave birth to an aggressive batting approach in the first fifteen overs that revolutionised the mindset of opening batsmen in
ODIs , as the batsmen became much more conscious of exploiting the fielding restrictions early on. He was instrumental in Sri Lanka's victory in the
1996 Cricket World Cup , where he was adjudged Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-round contributions.
He was named as one of the ''
Wisden ''
Cricketers Of The Year in
1997 and served as captain of the Sri Lankan team in 28
Test Match es from 1999 to 2003. He is a very useful
All-rounder with a good
Batting Average in both
Test Cricket and
One-day International s, and an excellent batting strike rate in
One-day International s.
As a part-time
Left-arm Orthodox Spin Bowler , he has a reasonable
Bowling Average and economy rate. He regularly helps to decrease the workloads of strike bowlers
Muttiah Muralitharan and
Chaminda Vaas and has taken over 200 one-day international wickets.
Jayasuriya currently holds the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against
India in
1997 . This effort was part of a second-wicket
Partnership with
Roshan Mahanama that set the current all-time record for any partnership in Test history, with 576 runs. He also holds the world's third highest ODI score, which is 189 runs against India. In that match, India were defeated by 245 runs, which as of February 2006, is the highest margin of defeat by runs in a One-Day International match.
He currently holds the record fastest fifty in ODIs. He has hit over 200 sixes in one day internationals. He recently became the fourth batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. On
20 September 2005 , during the Second Test of the
Home Series Against Bangladesh , Jayasuriya became the first Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests, and the 33rd Test cricketer to achieve this feat. Sanath Jayasuriya also holds the record of highest runs in One over: 30 runs. He has also achieved this remarkable feat twice.
A stadium was named in his honour in Matara. He is nicknamed the "Master Blaster".
Jayasuriya retired from Tests in
April 2006 , playing his last Test at
Kandy 's
Asgiriya Stadium against
Pakistan . Sadly, Jayasuriya dislocated his right thumb and played little role in the match. Journalist
Charlie Austin described it as a "sad and undeservedly disappointing finale".
{Link without Title} Pakistan won the Test by eight wickets.
