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Sanath Jayasuriya Career, Records, Awards, Wife, Biography & More

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), popularly known as Master Blaster, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain. Jayasuriya is credited with revolutionizing international one-day cricket in the mid-1990s, ushering in the modern batting strategy of all nations, with his explosive batting against Romesh Kaluwitharana. Regarded as one of the greatest offensive hitters of all time, Jayasuriya is known for his powerful batting and match-winning all-around performances in all formats of the game. Jayasuriya was an all-rounder who had an international cricket career that spanned two decades. He is the only player to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken more than 300 wickets in One Day International cricket. Jayasuriya is considered one of the finest all-rounders in limited overs cricket history and has set many records throughout his career.



Sanath Jayasuriya Career, Records, Awards, Wife, Biography & More

Sanath Jayasuriya
NationalitySri Lanka
RoleBatsman
Born30th Jun, 1969
Age55 years, 7 months, 19 days
Batting StyleLeft hand Bat
Bowling StyleLeft Arm Orthodox
OverviewTESTODIT20IT20List A1st Class
Matches11044531111557265
Innings18843330109542419
Not Out1418372533
Runs69731343062923171612814819
High Score34018988114189340
Average40.0732.3623.2922.7131.1938.39
Strike Rate65.1891.20129.15140.08
100S1428013129
50S31684128270
6S592702311400
4S91015007625200
OverviewTESTODIT20IT20List A1st Class
Matches 11044531111557265
Innings 140368249200
overs 1364.4247961.5265.33027.52545.5
Runs 3366118714561983143966808
wickets 983231977413205
bestinning 5/346/293/214/246/295/34
bestmatch 9/746/293/214/246/29
Average 34.3436.7524.0025.7534.8533.20
econ 2.464.787.377.464.752.67
Strike Rate 83.546.019.520.643.974.5
4W 6801120
5W 240052
10w 000000

He was named Most Valuable Player at the 1996 Cricket World Cup and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack broke an age-old tradition by naming him one of the five Cricket Players of the Year in 1997 despite not having played in England the previous season. Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003.

He was also a key member of the team that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup and was part of the team that reached the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He retired from Test cricket in December 2007 and from limited-overs cricket in June 2011. On 28 January 2013, Sri Lanka Cricket appointed him Chairman of the Cricket Selection Committee. Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2014, during his tenure as Chief Selector.

Jayasuriya ran for public office in the 2010 general election in Sri Lanka and was elected to Parliament from his home district of Matara. He topped the UPFA general election list for Matara district by receiving 74,352 preferential votes. He served as Deputy Minister for Postal Services in the former UPFA government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa and later as Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development under President Maithripala Sirisena. Jayasuriya did not contest the 2015 Sri Lanka general election, although he received the most votes from Matara district under the UPFA in the 2010 Sri Lanka general election. He is currently not politically active.

Early Life and Career

Sanath Jayasuriya was born in the southern Sri Lankan city of Matara to the family of Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya. He has an older brother, Chandana Jayasuriya. He was educated at St Servatius' College, Matara, where his cricket talents were nurtured by his headmaster, G.L. Galappathy, and his cricket coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. While at St. Servatius College, Matara, he excelled at cricket and led the college cricket team at the annual St. Thomas'-St. Servatius Cricket Encounter in 1988. Jayasuriya was voted Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in the 1988 Outstation segment. He also received the awards for 'Best Batsman' and 'Best Allrounder' in the outstation segment of The Observer School Cricket Awards ceremony in the same year. Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka at the first ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Australia in 1988 and a few months later was selected for a tour of Pakistan with the Sri Lankan 'B' team where he made two unbeaten double centuries. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into the national team for the 1989/90 tour to Australia. He made his One Day International debut against Australia in Melbourne on Boxing Day 1989 and his Test debut against New Zealand in Hamilton in February 1991.

Style and international career

Hitting Style

Along with his inaugural partner Romesh Kaluwitharana, Jayasuriya revolutionized One Day International's batting with his aggressive tactics during the 1996 Cricket World Cup, a strategy they first tried on the previous tour of Australia. The tactic employed was to exploit early field limitations by smashing the opening bowlers into all parts of the cricket ground, particularly by lifting their deliveries over the mandatory infielders, rather than the established tactic of gradually building momentum. This was a novel but potentially winning tactic at the time and Sri Lanka, who had never made it through the preliminary round before, won the World Cup without losing a single time. Their new game plan is now the standard opening batting strategy in limited overs cricket for the modern era. Glenn McGrath quoted Jayasuriya in his XI of the Toughest Batsmen, noting: "It's always a huge compliment to someone to say he changed the game, and his storming innings at the 1996 World Cup made everyone think about how to innings begins."

Jayasuriya is known for both cuts and pulls with his trademark loft cut-over point. He was a key player in Sri Lanka's victory at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where he was named Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-round achievements. His hitting philosophy is summed up by an all-aggression approach and over the years he has dominated nearly every one-day bowling combination he has encountered at one stage or another. This is due to his ability to make huge match-winning contributions at a fast pace, once he jumps in he holds the record for the second-highest count of One-Day-Century and has scored the fourth-highest 150+ points (4 points) tied with Chris Gayle and Hashim Amla. Only Rohit Sharma, David Warner and Sachin Tendulkar have more 150+ scores than him (Rohit Sharma has the most 150+ scores with 7). His devastating performances have seen Sri Lanka win almost over 75% of the matches he has scored in 50+ runs of limited overs cricket. When asked in an interview who the most challenging bowlers he had encountered in the game were, in order, he named Wasim Akram, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose.

Known as the Master Blaster due to top-notch match-winning devastation in ODIs

Bowling Style

Jayasuriya was an orthodox left-arm spin-bowler known for getting through his overs quickly. Although a spinner, he was accustomed to throwing faster balls and yorkers with quick arm action, which brought him success as a bowler. He took a total of 440 wickets in international cricket with six 5-wicket moves. His best bowling performance in an innings in international cricket is 6 to 29, which he won in a 1993 ODI against England. It was the best bowling performance by a Sri Lankan in ODIs until Muttiah Muralitharan broke the record in 2000. Jayasuriya's best match numbers in Test cricket came in the 2001/2002 season when he took 9 for 74 against Zimbabwe.

One of Jayasuriya's memorable bowling feats came in the semifinals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup where he won 3 wickets for just 12 runs in seven overs. It was Jayasuriya who took the vital wicket from Sachin Tendulkar and broke his crucial partnership with Sanjay Manjrekar that took the game away from Sri Lankans at one stage. Jayasuriya was the most successful bowler for Sri Lanka during the knockout stages of the 1996 Cricket World Cup where he won 6 wickets in three matches. A rounder, he won a total of 27 wickets at Cricket World Cups, including 10 wickets he won in the 2003 edition.

Test Career

Sanath Jayasuriya held the record for the highest Test score by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. That effort was part of a second-wicket partnership with Roshan Mahanama that set the then-record for any partnership in Test history. with 576 runs. Both records were broken in July 2006 when Mahela Jayawardene, a Sri Lankan compatriot, scored 374 goals in a 624-round partnership with Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa. 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 accomplish the feat.

Jayasuriya announced his intention to retire from Test cricket following the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka in April 2006. However, he soon reversed his decision after joining the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in May 2006.Jayasuriya missed the first two Tests and returned in the third Test at Trent Bridge.

After scoring 78 runs on the third day of the first Test against England in Kandy in 2007, he announced he would be retiring from Test cricket at the end of the game. In that inning, he hit six fours in one against James Anderson.

One day international career
2009-2010

Jayasuriya held the records for the fastest 50 (vs Pakistan 17 balls), the fastest 100 for Sri Lanka (vs Pakistan 48 balls) and the fastest 150 (vs England 95 balls) in ODI cricket. His fastest 50 remained 19 years, with his half-century considered the best because he accomplished that feat in an era where field restrictions and power games don't exist. It took 19 years to surpass the fastest 50, with all restrictions limited to new restrictions and other field limitations. However, he subsequently lost the fastest fifty to AB de Villiers. Jayasuriya is the only player in ODI history to have scored two consecutive 150+ points.

Jayasuriya's highest ODI score is 189 runs, which he scored against India in Sharjah in 2000. It remains the highest ODI score by a Sri Lankan, and at the time of the innings was the third-highest grade 1 in ODI history. Currently the score is the 11th highest ODI score ever and the highest by a Sri Lankan.

Jayasuriya was the previous record holder for fastest century (with 48 balls) before losing that to Shahid Afridi's 37-ball century. This is credited as the first ever fastest century scored in less than 50 balls in world cricket. The record was then broken by Corey Anderson of New Zealand (36 balls), currently held by AB de Villiers of South Africa with 31 ball centuries. He has also held the world record for most ODI sixes (270 in 445 ODIs), surpassed by Shahid Afridi during the 2010 Asian Cup match against Bangladesh. He became the fourth hitter to hit 10,000 runs and the second hitter to hit 12,000 and 13,000 runs in ODIs history. He also has 28 centuries, the fourth highest ODIs. He held the record for most runs in an ODI over (30; he has achieved that twice) and was the first batsman to go over 30 in an over. The South African Herschelle Gibbs (36 runs in an over) now holds this record.
During the one-day Natwest series in England in May 2006, he scored two centuries, including 152 balls from 99 in the final game. In those innings, he and Upul Tharanga (109) made 286 runs for the first wicket, a new record. Jayasuriya's batting performance earned him the Man of the Series award as Sri Lanka whitewashed England on home soil for the first time by winning the series 5-0.

After the Natwest Trophy, Sri Lanka traveled to the Netherlands for a one-day, two-game streak. In the first game, Jayasuriya scored 157 balls from 104 as Sri Lanka scored 443/9, beating the 438/9 South Africa scored against Australia in March 2006. Sri Lanka won the game by 195 runs. Personally, the innings was his 4th total of over 150 and also his second consecutive total of 150 plus, only player to accomplish that feat in ODI history.

He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half centuries at the 2007 West Indies Cricket World Cup. In 2008 his one-day career was all but over when he retired for the ODIs in the West Indies. However, a rousing performance in the IPL - third-best runner with 514 runs - prompted his country's sports minister to intervene in his selection for the Asian Cup. He eventually stamped Sri Lanka's title win with a blistering hundred under pressure. His international career was rekindled at the age of 41 after being recalled to the one-day and twenty-20 teams for Sri Lanka's 2011 England and Scotland tour.

During the 2008 Asian Cup, Jayasuriya scored a century against Bangladesh on his 39th birthday. With that century he became the third of four cricketers overall to score an ODI century in a birthday. The other two ahead of Jayasuriya to score the century were two Indians, Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar. The latest to score a century on his birthday is blackcap Ross Taylor. His 125 shot in the final was voted the best ODI shot of 2008 by ESPNCricinfo.

Personal life

Jayasuriya's first marriage to Air Lanka ground hostess Sumudu Karunanayake in 1998 lasted less than a year. Then, in early 2000, he married Sandra De Silva, a former Sri Lanka Airline flight attendant. They have three children, Savindi Jayasuriya, Yalindi Jayasuriya and Ranuk Jayasuriya. Sanath divorced Sandra in 2012. Sanath Jayasuriya married Maleeka Sirisenage in 2012 and this was the third marriage that was later broken up.
He is also the first cricketer to be named a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNAIDS, Geneva) for his commitment to the prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka. He entered politics in February 2010 as a candidate for Matara District. His party is President Mahinda Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Jayasuriya continued to play cricket after securing the most preference votes from Matara district with 74,352 votes.
In October 2013 he was appointed Deputy Minister for Postal Services in the UPFA government.

He and his members resigned from the post of Chief Selector on April 3, 2015.

On June 10, 2015, Jayasuriya, along with three other UPFA MPs, took the oath of President Maithripala Sirisena as the new Deputy Ministers. Jayasuriya has been appointed Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. He held office until the dissolution of Parliament on June 26, 2015. In the 2015 election, Jayasuriya did not run for office, but joined the election campaign of the United National Party, which won the election. He was later appointed Chairman of the Selectors of Sri Lankan Cricket.

Knee Injury

In January 2018, reports confirmed that Jayasuriya was known to be suffering from a serious knee injury. According to the news, he could not walk without the help of crutches. He flew to Melbourne for the operation and was kept under surveillance for about a month.

Records and career successes
Brave are world records.

Sanath Jayasuriya is the only cricketer in history to achieve the all-rounder double of 10,000 runs and 300 wickets in a single format.

He is the first cricketer in international cricket to score a century with fewer than 50 balls. He scored a One Day International Century in just 48 balls against Pakistan in 1996.

Sanath Jayasuriya is the most successful left-arm spinner in One Day International cricket history. In his career he took 323 wickets with an average of 36.75, including 12 four-wicket hauls.

Jayasuriya holds the record for highest ODI innings by a Sri Lankan. He scored 189 runs against India in Sharjah 2000. Note 2. These innings by Jayasuriya accounted for 64% of the runs in Sri Lanka (299) and 54% of the runs in the entire game (353). The Indians were all out for just 54 runs, resulting in Jayasuriya scoring the opposing team on 135 runs.

28 centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya is the most scored by a Sri Lankan at One Day Internationals. He also scored 14 Test centuries, including two doubles and one triple.

He holds the record for most runs scored in a two-game Test series. He scored 571 runs against India in a two-game streak in 1997.

Jayasuriya scored 340 runs in a 1997 friendly against India at Premadasa Stadium Colombo. It is the highest Test score by a batsman against India and the second highest Test score by a Sri Lankan. It is also the seventh highest Test score by a batsman in Test cricket. He batted for 799 minutes during those innings, which are currently the fourth longest innings in terms of time in Test cricket and the longest Test innings played by a batsman in the Indian subcontinent.

Jaysuriya and Roshan Mahanama hold the record for highest partnership for the 2nd wicket in Test cricket. The pair combined 576 runs against India in 1997, which was the first time a partnership of over 500 runs was recorded in Test cricket. It is currently the second highest partnership for a wicket in Test cricket.

Jayasuriya is the first Sri Lankan cricketer and second from the Indian subcontinent after Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan to achieve a Tricentennial Test result. He is also the first Sri Lankan to reach a triple century in top-flight cricket.

At some point in his career, Sanath Jayasuriya held the world records for fastest 50, fastest 100 and fastest 150 in One Day International cricket.
He is also the only all-rounder to have scored over 1,000 runs and taken more than 25 wickets in Cricket World Cup history. In addition, he has 18 catches, the second-most outfielder after Ricky Ponting of Australia in World Cup games.

Jayasuriya is the first cricketer to hit 10,000 ODI runs with a career batting average of over 90.

Among the 12 cricketers who managed to score over 20,000 runs in various formats in international cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya has the highest batting average.

He is the first and only batsman in history to have two consecutive ODIs over 150.

Jayasuriya has 58 Man of the Match awards in combined international cricket. The second most common for any player after Sachin Tendulkar.
He is the only all-rounder in List A cricket history to have the double distinction of scoring over 15,000 runs and taking over 400 wickets in his career.
A rounder, Jayasuriya scored 21,032 runs and captured 440 wickets in his combined international cricket career. He also made 205 catches as an outfielder.

At the time of his retirement, he held the records for the most runs scored by a Sri Lankan player in Test and ODI cricket.

In his combined professional cricket career in First Class, List A and T20 formats, Jayasuriya scored 31,576 runs and captured 695 wickets. He also took 336 catches.

Awards

Sanath Jayasuriya International Awards and Player of the Match Awards (Cricket)

Jayasuriya has won many international awards during his 20-year cricket career. He is second only to Sachin Tendulkar in the number of Man of the Match awards for ODIs, with Tendulkar having 62 Man of the Match awards and Jayasuriya having 47 of them. He also has 11 ODI Man of the Series awards. In addition to ODI awards, he has 4 Test Man of the Match awards and single Test Man of the Series awards. He also has 5 T20I Man of the Match awards.

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