Sanath Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is an all-rounder and opening batsman, and is known for his aggressive batting style that has earned him the name "Master Blaster". His batting style introduced a new strategy to the game during the 1996 World Cup, where he and fellow opener Romesh Kaluwitharana batted highly aggressively in the early overs using fielding restrictions to their advantage. This later became a standard opening batting strategy and, according to Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, Jayasuriya "changed everyone's thinking about how to start innings". As a result of his performances, Jayasuriya was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997, despite not having played in the previous English cricketing season. He scored 42 centuries in Test and One Day International (ODI) games, but was not able to score a century in a Twenty20 International match, where his highest score is 88.
Although Jayasuriya made his Test debut in 1991, it was not until 1996 that he scored his first century, when he had become a regular player in the Sri Lankan side. His career high of 340 against India in August 1997 was the highest score by a Sri Lankan cricketer until 2006 and is also part of the highest team total (952/6) made in Test cricket. He has also scored two double centuries; 213 against England and 253 against Pakistan. His 157 against Zimbabwe in 2004 is the second fastest century by a Sri Lankan player. Jayasuriya, having scored centuries against every Test playing nation except New Zealand and the West Indies, retired from Test cricket in 2007 with 14 to his name.
Jayasuriya made his ODI debut in 1989 and started playing as an opening batsman in 1993. He went on to score his first century in 1994 against New Zealand. From then on, Jayasuriya has scored the highest number of ODI centuries for Sri Lanka with 28 to his name. , he holds fourth place for the most ODI centuries in a career, behind Virat Kohli (50 centuries), Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries) and Ricky Ponting (30 centuries). His second century, 134 against Pakistan in 1996, was scored at a strike rate of 206.15 and was the fastest century in ODI cricket at the time. This record was later broken by Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi. The 189 he made against India in 2000 is the sixth highest ODI score in a single innings. Making his second highest ODI score of 157 against the Netherlands in 2006, Jayasuriya paved the way for Sri Lanka to set the world record for the highest ODI team total of 443/9. With his 107 against India on 28 January 2009, Jayasuriya—39 years and 212 days old at the time—became the oldest player to score a century, and also became the second player to score more than 13,000 runs in a career.Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to go past 13,000 ODI runs.
Key * Remained not out Captain in that match Man of the match (D/L) Result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method
Test centuries
+Test centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya Score Against Venue 1 112 1 4 3/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Lost 2 113 1 3 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 3 340 1 2 1/2 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Drawn 4 199 1 3 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 5 213 1 2 1/1 The Oval, London Away Won 6 188 2 1 3/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Drawn 7 148 2 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Won 8 111 2 2 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Won 9 139 2 2 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Won 10 145 6 2 1/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Won 11 131 2 4 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Lost 12 157 2 2 1/2 Harare Sports Club Ground, Harare Away Won 13 253 2 3 1/2 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Won 14 107 1 3 2/2 National Stadium, Karachi Away Lost
ODI centuries +ODI centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuirya Score Balls Against Venue 1 140 143 2 1 97.90 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Neutral No result 2 134 114 1 1 117.54 Singapore Cricket Club, Padang Neutral Won 3 120* 128 1 2 93.75 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Won 4 151* 120 1 2 125.83 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Won 5 108 83 1 1 130.12 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Won 6 134* 114 1 2 117.54 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Won 7 102 100 1 2 102.00 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Won 8 105 116 1 1 90.51 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Neutral Won 9 189 161 1 1 117.39 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 10 103 83 1 2 124.09 Eden Park, Auckland Away Won 11 107 116 2 1 92.24 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 12 112 87 1 1 128.73 Headingley, Leeds Away Lost 13 102* 120 1 2 85.00 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Won 14 122 105 2 1 116.19 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Won 15 106 110 2 1 96.36 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Neutral Won 16 120 125 2 1 96.00 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Neutral Won 17 107* 101 2 2 105.94 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Won 18 130 132 2 2 98.48 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Lost 19 114 96 2 1 118.75 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away Won 20 122 136 2 1 89.70 The Oval, London Away Won 21 152 99 2 2 153.53 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 22 157 104 2 1 150.96 VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Away Won 23 111 82 2 2 135.36 McLean Park, Napier Away Won 24 109 87 2 1 125.28 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Neutral Won (D/L) 25 115 101 2 1 113.86 Providence Stadium, Guyana Away Won 26 130 88 1 1 147.72 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral Won 27 125 114 1 1 109.64 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral Won 28 107 114 2 1 93.85 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Home Lost
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