Sanath Jayasuriya in
One-day Internationals:
ODI debut:
vs.Australia at Melbourne on 26.12.1989, scoring
3
First Fifty in his
40th One-dayer - 58 off 70 balls at
Sharjah on October 30,
1993 in the Champions Trophy
The Top Five
Knocks:
| Runs |
Balls |
Opponents
|
Venue
|
Season
|
Competition |
| 189 |
161 |
India |
Sharjah
|
2000-01 |
Champions Trophy |
| 151* |
121 |
India
|
Bombay
|
1996-97 |
Independence Cup |
| 140 |
143 |
N.Zealand |
Bloemfontein |
1994-95 |
Mandela Trophy |
| 134* |
114 |
Pakistan
|
Lahore
|
1997-98 |
Independence/Wills |
| 134 |
65 |
Pakistan
|
Singapore
|
1995-96 |
Singer Cup |
ODI SUMMARY:
Batting Summary:
|
M |
I
|
N.O.
|
Runs |
H.S. |
Ave. |
S.R. |
100 |
50
|
0
|
Ct. |
| Home: |
78 |
75 |
6 |
2479 |
120* |
35.93 |
90.61 |
4 |
19 |
7 |
23 |
| Away: |
209
|
204 |
4 |
6166 |
189
|
30.83
|
89.53 |
11
|
33 |
13
|
71 |
| Total: |
287 |
279
|
10 |
8645 |
189 |
32.14 |
89.84 |
15 |
52 |
20 |
94 |
| 2002 |
31 |
31 |
1 |
1077 |
112 |
35.90 |
91.74 |
2 |
4
|
2
|
8 |
| 2003 |
4 |
4
|
- |
333
|
122
|
83.25 |
106.25 |
2 |
1
|
-
|
- |
Bowling Summary:
|
M |
Balls
|
Md.
|
Runs
|
Wkts |
Ave.
|
Best
|
5WI
|
4WI
|
S.R.
|
E.R. |
| Home: |
78 |
3106 |
7 |
2327 |
85 |
27.38 |
6/29 |
2 |
3 |
36.54 |
4.50 |
| Away: |
209 |
7356 |
16 |
6064 |
149
|
40.70 |
5/58 |
1 |
3
|
49.37 |
4.95 |
| Total: |
287 |
10462 |
23 |
8391 |
234
|
35.86 |
6/29 |
3 |
6
|
44.71 |
4.81 |
| 2002 |
31 |
874 |
1 |
765
|
14 |
54.64
|
3/24 |
- |
- |
62.43
|
5.25 |
| 2003 |
4 |
198 |
1 |
149 |
6 |
24.83
|
4/39 |
-
|
1 |
33.00 |
34.52 |
THE TOP FIVE BOWLING PERFORMANCES:
Figures Opponents
Venue
Series
6/29
England
Moratuwa 1992-93
5/28
Australia
Galle
1999-00
5/58 West Indies
Port of Spain 1996-97
4/18 India
Colombo,SSC 1997-98
4/19
Zimbabwe Patna 1993-94
WORLD CUP
Summary:
BATTING & FIELDING:
| Competition |
M |
I |
N.O.
|
Runs |
H.S.
|
Ave. |
100 |
50 |
0 |
S.R. |
Ct. |
| 1991-92 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
74
|
32
|
14.80 |
- |
- |
- |
90.24
|
4 |
| 1995-96 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
221 |
82 |
36.83 |
- |
2 |
- |
132.34 |
5 |
| 1999 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
82
|
39 |
16.40 |
- |
- |
- |
58.57
|
1 |
| Total: |
17 |
16 |
0 |
377
|
82
|
23.56 |
-
|
2 |
-
|
96.92 |
10 |
BOWLING:
| Competition |
M |
Balls |
Md.
|
Runs |
Wkts. |
Ave. |
Best |
5WI |
4WI |
S.R. |
E.R. |
| 1991-92 |
6 |
36 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
- |
0/12 |
- |
- |
- |
7.33 |
| 1995-96 |
6 |
306 |
1 |
231 |
7 |
33.00 |
3/12 |
- |
- |
43.71 |
4.53 |
| 1999 |
5 |
185 |
2 |
168 |
3 |
56.00 |
1/28 |
- |
- |
61.67 |
5.45 |
| Total: |
17 |
527 |
3 |
443 |
10 |
44.30 |
3/12 |
- |
-
|
52.70 |
5.04 |
Jayasuriya's top four World Cup
knocks:
Runs
Balls Opponents
Venue
Season
82 44
England
Faisalabad 1995-96
79 76
India Delhi
1995-96
44 27
Kenya
Kandy
1995-96
39 50
Kenya
Southampton 1999
Jayasuriya's top three World Cup bowling
figures:
3/12
India
Calcutta 1995-96
2/46
England
Faisalabad 1995-96
1/28
Zimbabwe Worcester 1999
ODI - Career Highlights:
- Holds a World record for most sixes in a career - 177.
- Holds a world record for the fastest fifty - off 17 balls
against Pakistan at Singapore on 7.4.96.
- Holds a world record jointly with Shahid Afridi for most
sixes in an innings - 11 against Pakistan at Singapore on
2.4.96.
- Posted a century off 48 balls against Pakistan at
Singapore on 2.4.96, which was a world record at that time,
surpassed subsequently by Shahid Afridi with his 37-ball century
against Sri Lanka at Nairobi on 4.10.1996.
- Jayasuriya's best performance in a competition: 413 in 5
matches at an average of 82.60 with a strike-rate of 106.17 in
the Champions Trophy, 2000-01.
- One of
the five all-rounders with a hundred and four or more wickets in
the same match, as per the following list:
Runs +
Wkts. All-rounder
For Opponents Venue Season
119 5/41
I.V.A.Richards WI
N.Zealand Dunedin
1986/87
141 4/38
S.R.Tendulkar Ind.
Australia
Dhaka 1998/99
130*
4/21 S.C.Ganguly
Ind. Sri Lanka
Nagpur 1998/99
117 4/43
N.J.Astle
N.Z. Pakistan
Mohali
1996/97
