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Mahela Jayawardene 
Personal information Full name Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene Born 27 May 1977
Sri LankaNickname Mayya Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Batting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 1995–present Sinhalese Sports Club 2007–present Wayamba Elevens 2008 Derbyshire 2008–2011 Kings XI Punjab 2011–present Kochi Tuskers Kerala Career statistics Competition Tests ODI FC List A Matches 125 352 202 428 Runs scored 9,954 9,913 15,421 11,775 Batting average 51.21 33.48 51.57 33.26 100s/50s 29/40 15/60 45/66 16/70 Top score 374 144 374 163* Balls bowled 553 582 2,965 1,269 Wickets 6 7 52 23 Bowling average 49.50 79.71 31.07 49.60 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/32 2/56 5/72 3/25 Catches/stumpings 174/– 170/– 257/– 210/– Source: CricketArchive, 2 July 2011 Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene (Sinhala:දෙනගමගේ ප්රොබොත් මහෙල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන) (born 27 May 1977), known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former 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. 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.[1] 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 the 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.[2] He captains the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the India Premier League.[3]
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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 prevented him from playing any part in the 2008 county season.[4]
International career
Mahela Jayawardene is the 69th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs India at Colombo 1997]. Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Jayawardene added 66 to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 952/6, the highest Test score ever. He was at the crease when the previous highest Test score was surpassed. 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. Sri Lanka won the match, with Jayawardene hitting the winning run. In the next game Jayawardene scored 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 in the run chase, but made an innings of 120 runs to win the match. The match is notable for Ross Emerson's no-balling of Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing, which led the Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga to lead his team to the edge of the field and consider walking out of the match, as well as physical shoulder-barging by some players.
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.
Jayawardene batting in a Test match for Sri Lanka in 2008
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, coincidentally also produced in a world record partnership.
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.
He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations. He achieved this feat on the 21 st of February 2009 by scoring his maiden Test century against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
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. He retired from the captaincy due to lack of form and politics in the board.
However, he regained some form during the IPL 2010. Before starting their chase of 201 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders, Jayawardene expressed his desire to open the innings to captain Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara agreed to his fellow countrymate and Jayawardene scored a blazing 110* off just 59 balls winning them the match in the second last over. Sangakkara, impressed my his teammate set him as opener for the Kings XI Punjab. He scored a few more entertaining knocks in vain including 44 against Rajasthan Royals and 93* against Deccan Chargers. He ended the tournament with an average of 43.90. He was the 6th highest run scorer for the tournament and highest for the Kings XI Punjab.
With Kumar Sangakkara as the Sri Lankan Captain too, Jaywardene was sent as opener for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. In the first match against New Zealand, he scored 81 off just 51 balls. However, this knock went in vain due to the collapse in the Sri Lankan batting line-up after his wicket fell which resulted in a total of only 135 on board batting first. However, in his very next match against Zimbabwe, he scored 100 of just 64 balls helping them win the match helping them win the match defending a total of 173. He thus became the 4th player to get a century in an International Twenty20 Game and the first Sri Lankan to do so. Sri Lanka won the match by D/L method. In the very next match against West Indies, he scored 98* off just 56 balls narrowly missing his second century in a row. This became his third consecutive score above 80.
Personal life
Mahela was born to Sunila and Senerath Jayawardene at Colombo in 1977. He had one younger brother, Dhishal who died of a brain tumour, aged 16. 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.[5] 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.
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 performance against each opponent
As of 5 December 2010:
Opponent Matches Innings Not out Runs High Score 100 50 Average 
Australia10 18 0 581 104 1 1 32.27 
Bangladesh11 14 1 860 166 4 1 65.54 
England16 27 3 1581 213* 6 7 65.87 
India18 28 1 1822 275 6 8 67.48 
New Zealand11 19 1 928 167 3 5 51.55 
Pakistan18 34 2 1115 240 1 7 34.84 
South Africa12 22 1 1472 374 5 2 70.09 
West Indies12 18 1 748 136 1 4 44.00 
Zimbabwe8 10 3 420 100* 1 3 60.00 TOTAL 116 190 13 9527 374 28 38 53.82 Centuries
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Mahela JayawardeneAwards
Test Cricket – Man of the Series awards
- In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
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# Series Season Match Performance Result 1 Sri Lanka in England Test Series 2002 272 (3 Matches, 6 Innings); 2 Ct. 
Won the series 2–02 England in Sri Lanka Test Series 2007/08 474 (3 Matches, 4 Innings); 5 Ct. 
Won the series 1–0
Test Cricket – Man of the match awards
- In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
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# Series Season Match Performance Result 1 1st Test – New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1997 1st Innings – 167 (4x18)
2nd Innings – 1 Ct. Won by 16 runs2 2nd Test- Asian Test Championship 1998/99 1st Innings – 242 (4x30, 6x2) Match drawn 3 1st Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2004 1st Innings – 237 (4x25, 6x3); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 5; 1 Ct.Match drawn 4 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in England 2006 1st Innings – 61 (4x9); 2 Ct.
2nd Innings – 119 (4x12)Match drawn 5 1st Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2006 1st Innings – 374 (4x43, 6x1)
2nd Innings – 1 Ct. Won by 153 runs6 2nd Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2006 1st Innings – 13 (4x2); 2 Ct.
2nd Innings – 123 (4x11, 6x2) Won by 1 wicket7 2nd Test – England in Sri Lanka 2007/08 1st Innings – 195 (4x16, 6x1); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 1 Ct.Match drawn 8 3rd Test – England in Sri Lanka 2007/08 1st Innings – 213* (4x25); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 2 Ct.; Run out 1Match drawn
One-Day International Cricket – Man of the series awards
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# Series Season Match Performance Result 1 Khaleej Times Trophy (Pak, SL, Zim) in UAE 2001/02 252 (6 Matches); 2 Catches 
Won final by 5 wickets2 Indian Oil Cup (Ind, SL, WI) in Sri Lanka 2005 230 (5 Matches); 1 Catch Won final by 18 runs3 Warid Series (Pak, SL) in UAE 2007 162 (3 Matches) Won the series 2–14 Afro-Asia Cup (Asia XI, Africa XI) in India 2007 217 (3 Matches); 1 Catch Asia XI Won the series 3–0
One-Day International Cricket – Man of the Match Awards
Runs Against City/Country Venue Result Year 1 120 England Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 
won by 1 wicket1999 2 101 Pakistan Visakhapatnam, India Indira Priyadarshini Stadium won by 12 runs1999 3 101* England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 66 runs2001 4 116 New Zealand Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium won by 106 runs2001 5 63 Zimbabwe Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium won by 79 runs2001 6 96 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 59 runs2001 7 106* West Indies Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium won by 8 wickets2001 8 94* India Dambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium won by 4 wickets2005 9 83 India Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 18 runs2005 10 50 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground won by 88 runs2005 11 126* England Chester-le-Street, England Riverside Ground won by 8 wickets2006 12 100 England Manchester, England Old Trafford won by 33 runs2006 13 115 New Zealand Jamaica, West Indies Sabina Park won by 81 runs2007 (World Cup Semi Final) 14 100 Canada Hambantota, Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium won by 210 runs2011 ICC World Cup[6] 15 144 England Leeds, England Headingley Stadium won by 69 runs2011 Product and brand endorsements
- Mobitel (Sri Lanka)[7]
- DSI holdings Ltd.[8]
- Reebok – [9]
See also
- 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
- 100 Runs Test Cricket Partnerships by Sri Lanka
- Ananda-Nalanda
References
- ^ Basevi, Trevor (2005-11-08). "Statistics – Run outs in ODIs". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/224487.html. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
- ^ (March 3, 2009). "Sri Lanker players shot in Lahore". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowSportsNews.asp?id=23732
- ^ Derbyshire sign up Jayawardene
- ^ Hope
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs Canada, ICC World Cup 2011". http://iccworld-cup2011.blogspot.com/2011/02/sri-lanka-vs-canada-hambantota-20th.html.
- ^ "Mobitel’s all-encompassing registration system: a success story". http://www.businesstoday.lk. http://www.businesstoday.lk/article.php?article=761. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ "D. Samson & Sons Ltd. – Reebok cricket gear launched". http://www.dsiholdings.com.+2006-10-15. http://www.dsiholdings.com/newsdetails.php?newsid=20061015041309&coid=DSS. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ "D. Samson & Sons Ltd. – Reebok cricket gear launched". 2010-01-26. http://www.scribd.com/doc/25862266/Reebok-An-Advertising-Assignment. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
External links
- Mahela Jayawardene Home Page
- CricInfo bio
- Interview – Mahela Jayawardene
- HOPE Cancer Project
- Battle of the Maroons
Preceded by
Marvan AtapattuSri Lankan national cricket captain
2006–2009Succeeded by
Kumar SangakkaraMahela Jayawardene in Domestic competitions Sri Lankan batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Kumar Sangakkara (56.18)• Mahela Jayawardene (52.62)• Thilan Samaraweera (54.08)Minimum 20 innings. Current players are listed in italics.Batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Australia Donald Bradman (99.94) • Michael Hussey (53.26) • Ricky Ponting (53.13) • Greg Chappell (53.86) • Jack Ryder (51.62) • Steve Waugh (51.06) • Matthew Hayden (50.73) • Allan Border (50.56)England Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73) • Eddie Paynter (59.23) • Ken Barrington (58.67) • Wally Hammond (58.45) • Jonathan Trott (57.79) • Jack Hobbs (56.94) • Len Hutton (56.67) • Ernest Tyldesley (55.00) • Kevin Pietersen (50.48) • Denis Compton (50.06)India Sachin Tendulkar (56.25) • Vinod Kambli (54.20) • Rahul Dravid (53.00) • Virender Sehwag (52.26) • Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (55.81) • Thilan Samaraweera (52.61) • Mahela Jayawardene (52.40)West Indies George Headley (60.83) • Everton Weekes (58.61) • Garfield Sobers (57.78) • Clyde Walcott (56.68) • Charlie Davis (54.20) • Brian Lara (53.17) • Viv Richards (50.23)Zimbabwe Andy Flower (51.54)Minimum 20 innings. Current players are listed in Bold italics.Sri Lanka squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Ranatunga (c) • 2 Muralitharan • 3 Atapattu • 4 Jayawardene • 5 Mahanama • 6 Tillakaratne • 7 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 8 Vaas • 9 De Silva • 10 Wickramasinghe • 11 Kalpage • 12 Chandana • 13 Upashantha • 14 Hathurusingha • 15 Jayasuriya • Coach: Dias
Sri Lanka squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 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: WhatmoreSri Lanka squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 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: MoodySri Lanka squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Dilshan • 3 D Fernando • 4 H Fernando • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Lokuarachchi • 7 Maharoof • 8 Malinga • 9 Mubarak • 10 Perera • 11 Sangakkara • 12 Silva • 13 Tharanga • 14 Vaas • 15 Wijekoon
Muttiah Muralitharan was named in the original squad but injuries led to him being withdrawn. Dilruwan Perera was sent as his replacement.Sri Lanka squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 de Saram • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasuriya • 5 Jayawardene • 6 Kulasekara • 7 Maharoof • 8 Malinga • 9 Mathews • 10 Mendis • 11 Mubarak • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Silva • 14 Thushara • 15 Udana • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 Chandimal • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasinghe • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Jayawardene • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Kulasekara • 9 Malinga • 10 Mathews • 11 Mendis • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Perera • 14 Randiv • 15 Welegedara • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c & wk) • 2 Jayawardene • 3 Dilshan • 4 Tharanga • 5 Samaraweera • 6 Silva • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Randiv • 9 Perera • 10 Kulasekara • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Mendis • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Herath • Coach: Bayliss
Suraj Randiv replaced Angelo Mathews due to injuryCategories:- Sri Lankan cricketers
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- 1977 births
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