Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene Career Records

Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene (born 27 May 1977), is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist Batsman who has a Test cricket Batting average of over 50, and an One Day International average in the 30s. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka and is generally held in high regard as a legend of the modern game along with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara. In 2006, he was named by the International Cricket Council as the best international captain of the year and he was nominated in 2007 as the best test cricket player 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. Statistics also reveal that c Jayawardene b Muralitharan is the most common bowler-fielder combination in the history of test cricket.

Jayawardene led Sri Lanka to Pakistan for a Test series in March – April 2009. The series was conducted after the Indian team withdrew from playing in Pakistan, following thee November 2008 Mumbai attacks. The first Test ended in a draw. Even though he scored a double century in the first Test, Jayawardene was to resign from captaincy after the second Test in the series. Sri Lanka was in a good position in the Test with Thilan Samaraweera hitting his second successive double hundred of the series and Tillakaratne Dilshan scoring a century. On their way to the Gaddafi Stadium for the third day's play, the bus that carried the Sri Lankan players was fired at by 12 masked gunmen. Jayawardene, along with six other Sri Lankan cricketers sustained injuries. Six policemen that guarded the bus and two civilians were killed in the attack.

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#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Khaleej Times Trophy (Pak, SL, Zim) in United Arab Emirates	2001/02	252 (6 Matches); 2 Catches	Pakistan http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2001-02/OD_TOURNEYS/CHT/SCORECARDS/PAK_SL_CHT_ODI-FINAL_04NOV2001.html
2	Indian Oil Cup (Ind, SL, WI) in Sri Lanka	2005	230 (5 Matches); 1 Catch	Sri Lanka http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/OD_TOURNEYS/IOC/SCORECARDS/IND_SL_IOC_ODI-FINAL_09AUG2005.html
3	Warid Series (Pak, SL) in United Arab Emirates	2007	162 (3 Matches)	Pakistan http://www.cricinfo.com/waridcricketseries/engine/match/293506.html
4	2007 Afro-Asia Cup (Asia XI, Africa XI) in India	2007	217 (3 Matches); 1 Catch	List of Asian XI ODI cricketers http://www.cricinfo.com/aac2007/engine/match/289110.html

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• In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test – New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1998	1997	1st Innings – 167 (4x18) 2nd Innings – 1 Ct.	Sri Lanka http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63802.html
2	2nd Test- 1998-99 Asian Test Championship	1998/99	1st Innings – 242 (4x30, 6x2)	http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63831.html
3	1st Test – South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2004	2004	1st Innings – 237 (4x25, 6x3); 1 Ct. 2nd Innings – 5; 1 Ct.	http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/64097.html
4	2nd Test – Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006	2006	1st Innings – 61 (4x9); 2 Ct. 2nd Innings – 119 (4x12)	http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/225264.html
5	1st Test – South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006	2006	1st Innings – 374 (4x43, 6x1) 2nd Innings – 1 Ct.	Sri Lanka http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/249193.html
6	2nd Test – South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006	2006	1st Innings – 13 (4x2); 2 Ct. 2nd Innings – 123 (4x11, 6x2)	Sri Lanka http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/249194.html
7	2nd Test – English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007-08	2007/08	1st Innings – 195 (4x16, 6x1); 1 Ct. 2nd Innings – 1 Ct.	http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/291223.html
8	3rd Test – English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007-08	2007/08	1st Innings – 213* (4x25); 1 Ct. 2nd Innings – 2 Ct.; Run out 1	http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/291224.html

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• In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2002 Test Series	2002	272 (3 Matches, 6 Innings); 2 Ct.	England http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002/SL_IN_ENG/SCORECARDS/SL_ENG_T3_13-17JUN2002.html
2	English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007-08 Test Series	2007/08	474 (3 Matches, 4 Innings); 5 Ct.	Sri Lanka http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/slveng/engine/current/series/291207.html

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