Mahela
Jayawardene
Full Name:
Denagamage
Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Born:
27-05-1977
Batting style:
Right hand batsman
Bowling style:
Right-arm medium pace
Place of birth:
Batting Performance
|
Matches
|
Innings
|
N.O.
|
Runs
|
HS
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
100s
|
50s
|
4s
|
6s
|
Ct
|
|
|
ODI
|
413
|
385
|
38
|
11,512
|
144
|
33.18
|
78.4
|
16
|
71
|
1002
|
-
|
202
|
|
Tests
|
143
|
240
|
15
|
11,319
|
374
|
50.31
|
51.54
|
33
|
46
|
1330
|
-
|
194
|
|
Twenty20
|
55
|
55
|
8
|
1,493
|
100
|
31.77
|
133.18
|
1
|
9
|
173
|
-
|
17
|
|
IPL
|
80
|
78
|
15
|
1802
|
28.60
|
123.26
|
1
|
10
|
200
|
39
|
32
|
Bowling Performance
|
Matches
|
Balls
|
Runs
|
Wickets
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Eco
|
S/R
|
5s
|
10s
|
|
|
ODI
|
413
|
582
|
558
|
7
|
2-56
|
79.71
|
5.78
|
83.14
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tests
|
143
|
553
|
297
|
6
|
2-32
|
49.5
|
3.24
|
92.17
|
-
|
-
|
|
Twenty20
|
55
|
6
|
8
|
-
|
0-8
|
8
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Jayawardene made his Test cricket debut in 1997 and his One Day International (ODI) debut the following season. In 2006 he made the highest ever score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket, scoring 374 in the second Test of Sri Lanka's home series against South Africa. He has a test cricket average of over 50 and an One Day average in the 30s. He is the first player in the history of Sri Lankan cricket to score over 10,000 Test runs. Despite his relatively low ODI average,
In 2006, Jayawardene was named by the International Cricket Council as the best international captain of the year and he was nominated in 2007 as the best Test cricket player of the year. He is also known for his fielding skills in the inner ring.
Mahela Jayawardene is the 69th Sri Lanka Test Cap, having made his debut against India at Colombo in 1997. Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Jayawardene added 66 to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 952/6, the highest Test score ever. He was at the crease when the previous highest Test score was surpassed.
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