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Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 19,298 runs as an opener in international cricket, the most by any opener in cricket history. [ 92 ] Sanath Jayasuriya is the only cricketer in the history to achieve the all rounder double of scoring 10,000 runs and taking 300 wickets in a single format .
Sanath Jayasuriya has the most centuries (28) for Sri Lanka in ODIs. 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".
On 11 September 1999, under the leadership of Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka won their first Test match against Australia, when they beat them by six wickets at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy. [27] Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1–0. On 14 June 2000, Sri Lanka played their 100th Test match.
FILE - Sri Lanka's interim coach Sanath Jayasuriya speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Leading boys schools in Matara - Rahula, St. Servatius and St. Thomas Colleges have produced great cricketers, and some of them have played for the national team. Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Indiak de Saram, Suraj Randiv, Janak Gamage, Prabhath Nissanka, Kasun Rajitha are some of them. Most of these cricketers started playing ...
Sri Lanka should take maximum advantage of the absence of three India stars in their upcoming three-match Twenty20 series, interim coach Sanath Jayasuriya said on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma, Virat ...
Sanath Jayasuriya, who had been the player of the tournament for the 1996 World Cup, won the same award for the 1996 Singer Cup. He finished the tournament scoring 217 runs in 3 innings with a batting average of 72.33, with one fifty and one century. [4] As a bowler, Jayasuriya had also taken 3 wickets at an average of 38.33 and a best of 1/31. [5]
The Sri Lankan openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu went out on to the pitch later in the day. However, Atapattu was caught behind off the very first delivery of debutant Nilesh Kulkarni for 26. At the close of play on the second day, Sri Lanka were on 39/1, with Jayasuriya not out on 12 and Roshan Mahanama on the other end. The pair ...