Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born June 30, 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989.

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June 30 - 1969 - Matara - Sri Lanka - Cricketer - Sri Lankan cricket team - 1989

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His greatest contribution to ODIs came after Jayasuriya was promoted to the top of the batting order during the 1995-96 tour of Australia, and, with Kaluwitharana, gave birth to an aggressive batting approach to the first fifteen overs, most of the times crossing the century-mark for the team.

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ODI - Kaluwitharana

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He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and served as captain of the Sri Lankan team in 28 Test matches from 1999 to 2003. He is a very useful all-rounder with a good batting average in both Test cricket and One-day Internationals, and an excellent batting strike rate in One-day Internationals.

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Wisden - Cricketers of the Year - 1997 - Test match - All-rounder - Batting average - One-day International

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As a part-time left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has a reasonable bowling average and economy rate. He regularly helps to decrease the workloads of strike bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas and has taken over 200 one-day international wickets.

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Left-arm orthodox - Spin bowler - Bowling average - Muttiah Muralitharan - Chaminda Vaas

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Jayasuriya currently holds the record for the highest test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. This effort was part of a second-wicket partnership with Roshan Mahanama that set the current all-time record for any partnership in Test history, with 576 runs. He also holds the world's third highest ODI score, which is 189 runs against India.

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India - 1997 - Partnership - Roshan Mahanama

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Sanath is one of the fastest scoring batsmen in the world. He currently has the fastest fifty in ODIs. He recently became the fourth batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. On 20 September 2005, during the Second Test of the home series againstBangladesh, Jayasuriya became the first Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests, and the 33rd Test cricketer to achieve this feat.

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20 September - 2005 - Home series againstBangladesh

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A stadium was named in his honour in Matara. He is nicknamed the "Master Blaster", and was married to a Sri Lankan beauty queen. However, he later divorced her.

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