Sanath Jayasuriya is one of the best all round cricketers that Sri Lanka has ever produced and his contributions and longevity in the game is unparalleled and he has created such a rich legacy that his name will always be written in golden letters when it comes to world cricket and not just Sri Lankan cricket and he changed the way Openers played on ODIs as he wax among the first ones to go all out in the starting of the innings and play like that throughout and his left arm spin bowling has done wonders for Sri Lanka as well.

Sanath Jayasuriya played for 22 years and that is only second in the all time longevity list and only the great Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him and not only did he play those 22 years but he was on top of his game for that duration of time. He is an all time legend of cricket and future generations of Sri Lankan cricketers look up to him as their inspiration. So, let’s look at the Profile Stats and records of Sanath Jayasuriya.

Sanath Jayasuriya Profile :

Personal Information :

The full name of Sanath Jayasuriya is Sanath Tera Jayasuriya and he was born on 30th June 1969 in a place called Matara in Ceylon. Since a very young age he was fascinated towards cricket and after seeing that he has great talent, he took coaching classes and worked on his batting and bowling skills at the same time. He was fondly called a few names by his teammates and the people such as Matara Hurricane and Matara Mauler as he was the pride of Matara. His height was 5 ft 7 inches and despite being of such short height, the way he used to dominate the bowlers and play all strokes getting on top of the ball was tremendous. He was a left handed batter and a slow left arm spinner as well.

International Information

Sanath Jayasuriya served his country in the international arena for 22 years and he made his debut in the year 1989 and played till 2011. His first test match was on 22nd February 1991 against New Zealand and after 20 years at the top his last test match was against England on 1st December 2011. His first ODI match was on 26th December 1989 vs Australia and his last ODI match was against England on 28th June 2011. He also played T20 cricket for 5 years and out of which he represented Sri Lanka for 5 years from 2006 till 2011.

Career Stats :

Sanath Jayasuriya Records :

• Sanath Jayasuriya is the only cricketer in the history to achieve the all rounder double of scoring 10,000 Runs and 300 Wickets in a single format.

• He is the first cricketer in international cricket to score a century in less 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 the history of One Day International cricket In his career he took 323 wickets at an average of 36.75, including 12 four wicket hauls

• Jaysuriya and Roshan Mahanama holds the record for highest partnership for 2nd wicket in test cricket The pair scored 576 runs together against India in 1997

• He is also the only all-rounder to score over 1,000 runs and capture more than 25 wickets in Cricket World Cup history

• Jayasuriya is the first cricketer to score over 10,000 ODI runs with a career strike rate over 90