Whenever the cricket writers will sit down to write about the explosive openers, Sanath Jayasuriya will be on top of their list. Sanath Jayasuriya was a left-handed batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 who rose to fame in the 1996 cricket world cup played in the Asian sub-continent.
Sanath Jayasuriya was tagged as the smiling destroyer who just destroyed the opening spell of bowling with his powerful and aggressive hitting. Sanath Jayasuriya along with his partner Romesh Kaluwitharana set the foundation of a new era in the one day internationals
by going after the bowling from the word go and exploiting the initial field restrictions.
Sanath Jayasuriya was born on June 20th 1969 in a small town towards the south of Colombo called Matra. Sanath Jayasuriya found his love of cricket when he started to play in his school St. Servatius College. Sanath Jayasuriya’s talents were groomed
by his school coach. Initially Sanath Jayasuriya was selected into the team as a left arm spinner and at the start of his career he used to play down the order. Sanath Jayasuriya’s batting talents were rather unknown to his team. Sanath Jayasuriya later on
transformed himself into a batting legend and holds the record of more than 13,000 runs and over 300 wickets. It is one of those records that will stay for a long time.
Sanath Jayasuriya started his one day career in 1989 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. This was the beginning of a glorious career that lasted for 20 years. Sanath Jayasuriya is the only batsman to hold the record of fastest fifty, fastest century and fastest one fifty
at the same time. Sanath Jayasuriya is one of the all time greatest all rounders ever produced in the game. He scored twenty eight centuries and sixty eight half centuries to aid his 13,428 runs in the 444 one day internationals played. He also has an impressive
strike rate of 91.22. As a bowler he was very effective and was used to slow down the run rate and break partnerships. He took 322 wickets in the one day international career and his best figures were 6/29.
In the test matches Sanath Jayasuriya proved his caliber as a batsman and scored 6973 runs in the 110 tests he played. His highest score of 340 was a master innings and was a stamp on the critics who always criticized him as a test batsman. Sanath Jayasuriya
also scored two more double centuries and missed out on one double century when he was dismissed on 199. Sanath Jayasuriya took 98 test wickets in his career. He was used by his captains in the time of need and he always broke a partnership. His best figures
of 5/34 came against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
The twenty20 format was tailor-made for players like Sanath Jayasuriya. Unfortunately for him the format was introduced really late and he only played only 30 twenty 20 matches in his career. In twenty 20 Sanath Jayasuriya has the highest score of 88 runs
and his best figures as a bowler were 3/21.
The world cricket will always remember this destructive player from the emerald island who won the heart of his fans by his destructive batting and his art of taking wickets at the right time.
Sanath Jayasuriya was asked to become a judge of the Miss World beauty pageant when it was held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. Apart from cricket Sanath Jayasuriya also worked in a bank.
Right now Sanath Jayasuriya is part of the Sri Lankan parliament. He won the elections from his home town Matra and playing his role to give back to the people of Sri Lanka.
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