Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene Sri LankaPersonal information Full name Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene Born 27 May 1977(1977-05-27) (age 31) Colombo, Sri LankaRole BatsmanBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm mediumDomestic team information Years Team 1995– Sinhalese Sports Club2008 DerbyshireCareer statistics Tests ODI FC List AMatches 94 261 172 320 Runs scored 7440 7232 12890 8828 Batting average52.39 33.17 51.56 33.69 100s/50s 22/30 10/42 38/57 10/54 Top score 374 128 374 128 Ballsbowled 470 582 2870 1203 Wickets4 7 50 22 Bowling average58.00 79.71 30.70 49.18 5 wickets in innings– – 1 – 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 2/32 2/56 5/62 3/25 Catches/stumpings130/– 132/– 215/– 158/–

As of 25 March 2008
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Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene (born 27 May 1977), is the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s. In 2006, he was named by the International Cricket Council as the best international captain of the year. He is also known for his fielding skills in the inner ring, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the most number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the fifth highest run-out/match ratio in ODI's.[1]

1 Career
- 1.1 Early and domestic career
- 1.2 International career
2 Personal life
3 Quotes
4 Player Statistics
5 Awards
- 5.1 Test Cricket
- 5.2 One Day International Cricket
6 References
7 External links

Career

Early and domestic career

Jayawardene was educated at one of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, Nalanda College, Colombo. It was there that he learned to play cricket. He developed his talents through the school cricket team, eventually becoming captain. He was runner-up for the best schoolboy cricketer award during the 1994 cricketing season.

Domestically he has played for Sinhalese Sports Club since 1995. He was signed to play as an overseas player for Derbyshire for the first half of the 2008 English cricket season, however, his commitments to Sri Lanka and involvement in the Indian Premier League have prevented this. [2]

International career

Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Jayawardene added 66 to their first innings score of 952/6, the highest ever Test score. He was at the crease when they surpassed the previous highest Test score. Early in his career he scored 167 against New Zealand and 242 against India.

Jayawardene's One Day International debut was against Zimbabwe at Premadasa in January 1998. They won the match, with Jayawardene hitting the winning run. In the next game Jayawardene scored a 74. It took only 11 matches before he scored his first century, which was against England in the Carlton and United World Series game at Adelaide. Jayawardene entered a pressure situation, with Sri Lanka struggling at 134/4, but made an innings of 120 runs to win the match.

Mahela is the 69th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs India at Colombo 1997]

Jayawardene was captain during the England tour in 2006 in the absence of Marvan Atapattu. He led his team to 1-1 draw in the Test series and an emphatic whitewash (5-0) in the ODI series.

In the first Test of the 2006 Test series against South Africa, Jayawardene shared a world record stand of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara. This partnership, the highest for any wicket in first-class cricket history, and the first instance of a stand of 600 or more in a first-class or Test match innings, smashed the previous third wicket stance for Sri Lanka, surpassing 262 which involved himself along with Thilan Samaraweera. It also broke the previous record for the third wicket for all Test playing nations surpassing the 467 run partnership made by the New Zealand's Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones.

Jayawardene became the first Sri-Lankan captain to score a Test triple-century, making 374 off 572 deliveries with 43 fours and 1 six, the fourth highest individual score in Test match cricket and the best by a right-hander. He is also the first batsman to pass 350 in a Test without going on to break the world record. He also surpassed the highest score by a Sri Lankan in a Test match, previously Sanath Jayasuriya's 340 in 1997 against India.

He was also chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2007. In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Jayawardene hit one century and four half-centuries and was the second highest run-scorer in the list topped by Australia's Matthew Hayden. His century, which came against New Zealand helped Sri Lanka win the Semi-Final. Sri Lanka finished runners-up in the World Cup losing to Australia in the Final.

Mahela is the Recipient of International Cricket Council's "Captain of the Year 2006" inaugural award, Captain of the "World One-Day International Team of the Year 2006", Captain of the "Spirit of Cricket Award 2007" Team, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2007, Record holder for the highest score (374 runs) by a Sri Lankan in test cricket.

Personal life

Mahela was born to Sunila and Senerath Jayawardene at Colombo in 1977. He had one younger brother, Dhishal whom he lost due to brain tumour, when he was sixteen. This affected Jayawardene psychologically, halting his cricket career for some time. Eventually he was persuaded to go on and set about rebuilding his career by his parents and teammates.

He is married to Christina Mallika Sirisena, a travel consultant.

Off the field, he has won praise for his personal contribution to the HOPE cancer project[3]. With memories of Dhishal in mind, he became the leading campaigner of HOPE. Now, with the support of his team-mates, he aims to build a new 750-bed cancer unit at Maharagama, the country's only dedicated cancer hospital.

Quotes

"There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket."
"We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka."

Player Statistics

Career Performance

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Jayawardene's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Mahela Jayawardene

In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Mahela Jayawardene Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 167 4 New Zealand Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium1998 [2] 242 7 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground1999 [3] 167 22 South AfricaGalle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2000 [4] 101* 24 South AfricaColombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2000 [5] 101 29 England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium2001 [6] 104 32 India Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2001 [7] 139 33 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2001 [8] 150 ret. 34 BangladeshColombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2001 [9] 107 42 England London, England Lord's Cricket Ground2002 [10] 134 54 England Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2003 [11] 100* 59 Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club2004 [12] 237 62 South Africa Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2004 [13] 141 66 New Zealand Napier, New Zealand McLean Park2005 [14] 119 79 England London, England Lord’s Cricket Ground 2006 [15] 374 82 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2006 [16] 123 83 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium2006 [17] 127 86 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2007 [18] 165 88 Bangladesh Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2007 [19] 104 90 Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval2007 [20] 195 92 England Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2007 [21] 213* 93 England Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2007 [22] 136 94 West IndiesProvidence, GuyanaProvidence Stadium 2008

One Day International Centuries

ODI Centuries of Mahela Jayawardene Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 120 11 England Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval1999 [2] 101 19 Pakistan Visakhapatnam, India Indira Priyadarshini Stadium1999 [3] 128 57 India Sharjah, UAE Sharjah C.A. Stadium2000 [4] 101* 71 England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium2001 [5] 116 74 New ZealandUAE Sharjah C.A. Stadium 2001 [6] 106* 93 West Indies Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2001 [7] 126* 216 England Chester-le-Street, England Riverside Ground2006 [8] 100 217 England Manchester, England Old Trafford2006 [9] 115* 243 New Zealand Sabina Park, Jamaica Sabina Park2007 [10] 107 253 Africa XI Chennai, India MA Chidambaram Stadium2007

Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Series Awards

# Series Season Series Performance Result 1 Sri Lankain EnglandTest Series 2002 272(3 Matches, 6 Innings); 2 catches Won the series 2-02 Englandin Sri LankaTest Series 2007/08 474(3 Matches, 4 Innings); 5 catches Won the series 1-0

Man of the Match Awards

Man of the Match Awards – Mahela Jayawardene Runs Against City/Country Venue Result Year [1] 167 New Zealand Galle, Sri LankaGalle International Stadium won by an innings and 16 runs 1997 [2] 242 India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Match Drawn 1999 [3] 237/5 South AfricaGalle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium Match Drawn 2004 [4] 61/119 England London, England Lord’s Cricket Ground Match Drawn 2006 [5] 374 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground won by an innings and 153 runs 2006 [6] 13/123 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium won by 1 wicket 2006 [7] 195 England Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Match Drawn 2007 [8] 213* England Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium Match Drawn 2007

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Series Awards

# Series Season Series Performance Result 1 Khaleej Times Trophy(Pak, SL, Zim) in UAE2001/02 252(6 Matches); 2 Catches Won Khaleej Trophy by 5 wickets2 Indian Oil Cup(Ind, SL, WI) in Sri Lanka2005 230(5 Matches); 1 Catch Won by 18 runs3 Warid Series(Pak, SL) in UAE2007 162(3 Matches) Won the series 2-14 Afro-Asia Cup(Asia XI, Africa XI) in India2007 217(3 Matches); 1 Catch Asia XI Won the series 3-0

Man of the Match Awards

Man of the Match Awards – Mahela Jayawardene Runs Against City/Country Venue Result Year [1] 120 England Adelaide, AustraliaAdelaide Oval won by 1 wicket 1999 [2] 101 Pakistan Visakhapatnam, IndiaIndira Priyadarshini Stadium won by 12 runs 1999 [3] 101* England Colombo, Sri LankaR. Premadasa Stadium won by 66 runs 2001 [4] 116 New Zealand Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesSharjah C.A. Stadium won by 106 runs 2001 [5] 63 ZimbabweSharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah C.A. Stadium won by 79 runs 2001 [6] 96 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 59 runs 2001 [7] 106* West Indies Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium won by 8 wickets 2001 [8] 94* India Dambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium won by 4 wickets 2005 [9] 83 India Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 18 runs 2005 [10] 50 BangladeshColombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground won by 88 runs 2005 [11] 126* England Chester-le-Street, England Riverside Ground won by 8 wickets 2006 [12] 100 England Manchester, England Old Trafford won by 33 runs 2006 [13] 115 New Zealand Jamaica, West Indies Sabina Park won by 81 runs 2007 (World Cup Semi Final)

References

^ Basevi, Trevor (2005-11-08). Statistics - Run outs in ODIs. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ Derbyshire sign up Jayawardene
^ Hope

Mahela Jayawardene Home Page

External links

Preceded by
Marvan AtapattuSri Lankan Test and ODI captain
2006-present Succeeded by
Current incumbent

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad- 1999 Cricket World Cup1 Ranatunga(c) • 2 De Silva • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 5 Mahanama • 6 Atapattu • 7 Jayawardene • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Vaas • 10 Chandana • 11 Upashantha • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Hathurusingha • 14 Kalpage • 15 Wickramasinghe • Coach: Dias

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad- 2003 Cricket World Cup1 Jayasuriya(c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayawardene • 4 Sangakkara (wk) • 5 De Silva • 6 Arnold • 7 Mubarak • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Muralitharan • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Gunaratne • 13 Gunawardene • 14 Nissanka • 15 Buddhika • Coach: Whatmore

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad- 2007 Cricket World Cup1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Tharanga • 5 Sangakkara • 6 Dilshan • 7 Arnold • 8 Silva • 9 Maharoof • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Kulasekara • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Bandara • Coach: Moody

v • d • e Kings XI Punjab– current squad

5 Goel • 11 Sangakkara • 12 Y.Singh (c) • 21 Mota • 27 Jayawardene • 36 Sreesanth • 37 Katich • 39 Hopes • 44 Chawla • 58 Lee • 63 Pathan • Argal • Dharmani • Dhawan • Kaul • Kukreja • 14 Marsh • Mills • Pomersbach • Powar • Saini • V.R.V. Singh • Sohal • Srivastava • Coach Moody