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Full name Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
Born October 9, 1979, Colombo
Current age 28 years 221 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Basnahira South,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Colombo Cricket Club,Nondescripts Cricket Club,Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
21
2
509
120*
26.78
1136
44.80
1
2
56
2
38
10
ODIs
6
5
0
27
20
5.40
44
61.36
0
0
3
0
4
1
First-class
146
226
26
5281
166*
26.40
6
25
356
63
List A
99
82
9
1589
62
21.76
0
7
104
42
Twenty20
5
5
0
55
22
11.00
68
80.88
0
0
6
0
2
2
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
146
18
9
0
-
-
-
3.00
-
0
0
0
List A
99
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
5
1
12
8
1
1/8
1/8
8.00
4.00
12.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Jun 28-Jul 2, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 4, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Colombo Cricket Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Jayawardene looked set for a long career after touring England as a
19-year-old in 1998, but had been marginalised since the rocket-fuelled
arrival of Kumar Sangakkara in 2000. Waiting on the sidelines, in fact, had
already been a feature of Jayawardene's career. He made his Test debut against Pakistan at Kandy in June 2000, but was confined to
the dressing-room throughout, as Sri Lanka batted over the first three days before rain washed out play on the last two. The resurgence of Romesh Kaluwitharana threatened to push Jayawardene further down the pecking order, but his batting has
steadily improved in the intervening years, and with the Sri Lankan selectors voicing their concerns about overburdening Sangakkara, Jayawardene was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004.
Andrew Miller
Notes
Played three years for St. Sebastians College Plays Division I Cricket for N.C.C.
