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The Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts an ODI match between Australia and India. The Australians, wearing yellow, are the batsmen, while India, wearing blue, are the fielding team.

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, usually fifty. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format. One Day International matches are also called "Limited Overs Internationals (LOI)", although this generic term may also refer to Twenty20 International matches.

The international one-day game is a late twentieth-century development. The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets.

In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. It was credited^{[by whom?]} with making cricket a more professional sport.

Rules[link]

In the main the Laws of cricket apply. However, in ODIs, each team gets to bat only a fixed number of overs. In the early days of ODI cricket, the number of overs was generally 60 overs per side, and matches were also played with 40, 45 or 55 overs per side, but now it has been uniformly fixed at 50 overs.

Simply stated, the game works as follows:

• An ODI is contested by 2 teams of 11 players each.
• The Captain of the side winning the toss chooses to either bat or bowl (field) first.
• The team batting first sets the target score in a single innings. The innings lasts until the batting side is "all out" (i.e., 10 of the 11 batting players are "out") or all of the first side's allotted overs are used up.
• Each bowler is restricted to bowling a maximum of 10 overs (fewer in the case of rain-reduced matches and in any event generally no more than one fifth or 20% of the total overs per innings).
• The team batting second tries to score more than the target score in order to win the match. Similarly, the side bowling second tries to bowl out the second team for less than the target score in order to win.
• If the number of runs scored by both teams is equal when the second team loses all of its wickets or exhausts all its overs, then the game is declared a tie (regardless of the number of wickets lost by either team).

Where a number of overs are lost, for example, due to inclement weather conditions, then the total number of overs may be reduced; when this occurs, the target in the run change, or the overall result may be determined by the Duckworth-Lewis method. Where insufficient overs are played to apply the Duckworth-Lewis method, a match is declared no result. Important one-day matches, particularly in the latter stages of major tournaments, may have two days set aside, such that a result can be achieved on the "reserve day" if the first day is washed out – either by playing a new game, or by resuming the match which was rain-interrupted.

Fielding restrictions and powerplays[link]

A limited number of fielders are allowed in outfield during powerplays.

The bowling side is subjected to fielding restrictions during an ODI, in order to prevent teams from setting wholly defensive fields. Fielding restrictions dictate the maximum number of fieldsmen allowed to be outside the thirty-yard circle.

Under current ODI rules, there are three levels of fielding restrictions:

• In the first ten overs of an innings (the mandatory powerplay or Powerplay 1), the fielding team may have at most two fieldsmen outside the thirty-yard circle. Additionally, at least two fieldsmen must be in close catching positions, such as slip, gully or short point.
• In two five-over blocks, known as the batting powerplay and bowling powerplay, the fielding team may have at most three fieldsmen outside the thirty-yard circle, but there is no requirement for close catching fieldsmen. The batsmen and the bowling captain have discretion on when the batting and bowling powerplays are taken respectively. These powerplays must be completed between the 16th and 40th overs of an uninterrupted innings, and neither team can choose not to take its powerplay.
• For the remainder of the innings, the fielding team may have at most five fieldsmen outside the thirty-yard circle.

Where a match is shortened by rain, the duration of the powerplays is adjusted to equal 40% of the team's overs wherever possible.

Fielding restrictions were first introduced in 1992, with only two fieldsmen allowed outside the circle in the first fifteen overs, then five fieldsmen allowed outside the circle for the remaining overs. This was shortened to ten overs in 2005, and the two five-over powerplays were introduced, although the bowling team had discretion over the timing for both. In 2008, the batting team was given discretion for the timing of one of the two powerplays. Finally, in 2011, the teams were restricted to completing the discretionary powerplays between the 16th and 40th overs; previously, the powerplays could take place at any time between the 11th and 50th overs^[1]

Trial regulations[link]

The trial regulations also introduced a substitution rule that allowed the introduction of a replacement player at any stage in the match and until he was called up to play he assumed the role of 12th man. Teams nominated their replacement player, called a Supersub, before the toss. The Supersub could bat, bowl, field or keep wicket once a player was replaced; the replaced player took over the role of 12th man. Over the six months it was in operation, it became very clear that the Supersub was of far more benefit to the side that won the toss, unbalancing the game. Several international captains reached "gentleman's agreements" to discontinue this rule late in 2005. They continued to name Supersubs, as required, but they did not field them by simply using them as a normal 12th man. On 15 February 2006, the ICC announced their intention to discontinue the Supersub rule on 21 March 2006.

Teams with ODI status[link]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines which teams have ODI status (meaning that any match played between two such teams under standard one-day rules is classified as an ODI).

The ten Test-playing nations (which are also the ten full members of the ICC) have permanent ODI status. The nations are listed below with the date of each nation's ODI debut shown in brackets:

1.  Australia (5 January 1971)
2.  England (5 January 1971)
3.  New Zealand (11 February 1973)
4.  Pakistan(11 February 1973)
5.  West Indies (5 September 1973)
6.  India (13 July 1974)
7.  Sri Lanka (7 June 1975)
8.  Zimbabwe (9 June 1983)
9.  Bangladesh (31 March 1986)
10.  South Africa (10 November 1991)

Since 2005, the ICC has granted temporary ODI status to six other teams (known as Associate/Affiliate members). Teams earn ODI status for a period of four years based on their performance in the quadrennial ICC World Cricket League – or, more specifically, based on the top six finishing positions at the ICC World Cup Qualifier, which is the final event of the World Cricket League. The following six teams currently have this status:

•  Kenya (from 28 September 1996, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
•  Canada (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
•  Ireland (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
•  Netherlands (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
•  Scotland (from 1 January 2006, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)
•  Afghanistan (from 19 April 2009, until the 2013 ICC World Cup Qualifier)

One other Associate Nation has held a four-year temporary ODI status as a result of World Cricket League performances, before being relegated after underperforming at the World Cup Qualifier:

•  Bermuda (from 2005 ICC Trophy until 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier)

The ICC occasionally granted associate members permanent ODI status without granting them full membership and Test status. This was originally introduced to allow the best associate members to gain regular experience in internationals before making the step up to full membership. First Bangladesh and then Kenya received this status. Bangladesh have since made the step up to Test status and full membership; but as a result of poor performances, Kenya's ODI status was reduced to temporary, and it must now perform at the World Cup Qualifiers to keep its ODI status.

The ICC can also grant special ODI status to all matches within certain high profile tournaments, with the result being that the following non-ODI countries have also participated in full ODIs:

•  East Africa (1975 World Cup)
•  United Arab Emirates (1994 Austral-Asia Cup, 1996 World Cup; Asia Cup 2004 and 2007)
•  Namibia (2003 World Cup)
•  Hong Kong (Asia Cup 2004 and 2008)
•  United States (2004 ICC Champions Trophy)

Some teams who later gained temporary ODI status also fit into this category (e.g. Canada in the 1979 World Cup).

Finally, since 2005, three composite teams have played matches with full ODI status. These matches were:

• The World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a once-off-match between the Asian Cricket Council XI vs ICC World XI in the 2004/05 season.
• The Afro-Asia Cup, two three-ODI series played in 2005 and 2007 Afro-Asia Cup between the Asian Cricket Council XI and the African XI.
• The ICC Super Series, a three-ODI series played between the ICC World XI and the then-top ranked Australian cricket team in the 2005/06 season.

Tournaments[link]

Most ODI cricket takes place in a stand-alone series between two nations, immediately before or after a test series. Triangular series or quadrangular series are also common.

There are two major ODI tournaments which feature most or all permanent ODI teams, and often also associate members:

• Cricket World Cup, played every four years since 1975
• ICC Champions Trophy, played every two years since 1998

One Day International records[link]

Wasim Akram, a Pakistani bowler, took four hat-tricks in international cricket, two each in Tests matches and One Day Internationals. He is the only bowler in cricket to have achieved four hat-tricks. He was the third of only three bowlers to have taken two Test cricket hat-tricks, the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews. Akram was also the first of only four bowlers to have taken two One Day International cricket hat-tricks, the others being Pakistan offspin bowler, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sri Lankan fast bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga. Akram's Test hat-tricks are significant, since they were taken in consecutive Test matches in the same series, a game played against Sri Lanka in the 1998-99 Asian Test Championship. Akram is also one of only two bowlers to have taken both a Test match and One Day International hat-trick, the other being Pakistan fast bowler, Mohammad Sami.

The record for the highest innings total in any List A limited overs match is 443 for nine by Sri Lanka against Netherlands in their One Day International 50-overs match at Amstelveen on July 4, 2006. The lowest team total is 35 all out by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in Harare, 2004.

The most runs scored by both sides in any List A limited overs match is 872: Australia, batting first, scored 434 for four in 50 overs, and yet were beaten by South Africa who scored 438 for nine with a ball to spare during their One Day International at Johannesburg in 2006.

The best bowling figures are 8-19 by Chaminda Vaas for Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe in Colombo, 2001-02 - he is the only player to take eight wickets in a One Day international. The best batting performance is a knock of 219 runs by Virender Sehwag against the West Indies on 08th of December 2011. He's the first captain and the second person so far to score a double century in One Day Internationals with the other being Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on 24 Feb 2010 who made the first ever one day double century off 147 balls against South Africa.

See also[link]

Cricket portal

• ICC Test Championship
• Limited overs cricket
• One Day International records
• One Day International tournaments
• One Day International hat-tricks
• List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs

References[link]

1. ^ [1]

External links[link]

• NatWest International One Day Series
• International Cricket Rules and Regulations at the ICC website
• ICC Chief Executives' Committee approves introduction of ODI innovations by Jon Long, ICC website, 25 June 2005, retrieved 25 November 2005
• "ODI changes to take effect in NatWest Challenge" by Cricinfo staff, Cricinfo, 30 June 2005, retrieved 25 November 2005
• "Those new one-day rules explained" by Cricinfo staff, Cricinfo, 8 July 2005, retrieved 25 November 2005

Lasith Malinga

Personal information
Full name	Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Born	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 28) Galle, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Slinga
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 99)	1 July 2004 v Australia
Last Test	3 August 2010 v India
ODI debut (cap 123)	17 July 2004 v United Arab Emirates
Last ODI	8 March 2012 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	99
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/2010-2010/2011	Tasmania
2007	Kent
2004/05-present	Nondescripts
2001/02-2003/04	Galle
2008–present	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	30	104	83	155
Runs scored	275	305	584	460
Batting average	11.45	8.47	9.89	7.66
100s/50s	0/1	0/1	0/1	0/1
Top score	64	56	64	56
Balls bowled	5,209	5,059	11,867	7,465
Wickets	101	167	255	255
Bowling average	33.15	24.98	30.39	24.22
5 wickets in innings	3	5	7	6
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/50	6/38	6/17	6/38
Catches/stumpings	7/–	14/–	23/–	22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2012

Separamadu Lasith Malinga (Sinhala:සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග) (born August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga".^[1] He is very well known for his swinging yorkers which has been known to smash batsmen's toes if they do not see it come out of his hand. Malinga can also swing the ball early on in a match and this is an advantage to him. He is well known for his ability to take consecutive wickets: he is the first and only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and currently the only, player to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international cricket.^[2] On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket.

Early years[link]

Malinga grew up in modest circumstances in Rathgama, and always enjoyed cricket. He often played out with friends on the sand banks and coconut groves by a river in his cricket-obsessed village. He first had his education at Devapathiraja College, Rathgama and then at Vidyaloka College, Galle. Later he moved to Mahinda College, Galle. Malinga started his cricket career at Vidyaloka College, where he was discovered by former Sri Lankan paceman Champaka Ramanayake. Champaka who was so impressed by Lasith Malinga's raw ability had invited him to join the cricket team of Galle Cricket Club.^[3] Champaka also helped him to join the first XI cricket team of Mahinda College, Galle.^[3]A short-lived attempt to make Malinga's action more upright led to much reduced pace and failing accuracy. Malinga promptly returned to his natural action with success, and with great encouragement from Champaka Ramanayake.^[4]

Style[link]

Malinga bowling against Pakistan in the final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's.

The cricket reference text Wisden has noted that Malinga's delivery action is similar to "slinging". Malinga has said that his unique action was a result of learning to play cricket exclusively with a tennis ball.^[4] Typically, younger bowlers are encouraged to deliver the ball with their arm near vertical to remove or reduce direction variables.

Malinga's action has attracted great comment, but has never been formally questioned; he has not been reported or called for throwing.

International career[link]

Test Cricket[link]

He made his Test debut on the July 1–3, 2004, at Darwin's Marrara Oval. He was immediately successful, taking 6 wickets in the match (Darren Lehmann twice, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn, Shane Warne and Michael Kasprowicz)^[5] He was impressed by the friendliness of the Australian team in general, and in particular Adam Gilchrist who sought him out after the game to present him with one of the match stumps in the Sri Lankan dressing room.^[4]

He has developed into Sri Lanka's fastest Test bowler and a regular member of both their Test and One Day International sides. He has earned a reputation for troubling batsmen with his lively pace and well-directed bouncer. He regularly bowls at speeds between 140 and 150 km/h (87 to 93 mph) and sometimes slightly faster. As time went by he started to lose pace clocking around 130 to 140 km/h. His slower off cutter was also menacing. He burst onto the test scene after ripping through the New Zealand top order, helping Sri Lanka draw the test series on their 2006/07 tour of New Zealand. He announced his retirement from Test cricket on 22 April 2011 in order to prolong his career in One-Day and T20 cricket.^[6]

One Day Internationals (ODI)[link]

Malinga debuted on July 11, 2004 when Sri Lanka played the United Arab Emirates at Dambulla. Since then he has become a regular member on the ODI squad.

During the Sri Lankan team's tour of New Zealand in 2004–2005, the New Zealand team found his action hard to play and the NZ captain, Stephen Fleming asked the umpire to change his belt and tie to a lighter colour so that they would be better able to see the ball being released from Malinga's hand. The umpire did not do so.

Malinga became a highlight during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, when on March 28, 2007, against South Africa he became the first ever player to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in international cricket.^[7] This was also only the fifth hat-trick in World Cup history, the third ODI hat-trick for Sri Lanka and the 24th in all ODI history.^[8] Malinga's victims were Shaun Pollock (bowled at 13), Andrew Hall (caught by Upul Tharanga at 0), Jacques Kallis (caught by Kumar Sangakkara at 86), and Makhaya Ntini (bowled at 0). Despite Malinga's lethal spell, however, South Africa proceeded to win the match by 1 wicket with 10 balls still left. During the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Malinga took his second career hat-trick in Sri Lanka's group stage match against Kenya. This made him the first bowler to take two World Cup hat-tricks, and the fourth to take two hat-tricks in all One Day International cricket (alongside Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas). In August 2011, he managed yet another hat-trick, against Australia, to become the first man to take three hat-tricks in ODI cricket.

T20 International (T20)[link]

Malinga plays for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians. He is their strike bowler in this format and is leading bowler. World record holder Sachin Tendulkar the ex-Mumbai Indian's captain described Malinga as an important cog in Mumbai Indians game plan after the retirement of strike bowler in former South African Captain Shaun Pollock who represented the team in the first season. In the first match for the Mumbai Indians in the fourth season, he got 5 wickets against Delhi Daredevils restricting them to a mere 95. He had his best score of 5/13 in the game.

He won the Purple Cap award (most wickets) in the fourth season of Indian Premier League with 28 scalps in 16 matches.^[9] Throughout the tournament, he led the Mumbai Indians attack from the front and was instrumental in many victories.

In the 2011 Champions League Twenty20, he was the highest wicket taker in the tournament and won the golden wicket for this performance and won the award for the player of the tournament. Malinga also hit a lot of runs. ^[10]

Records[link]

• Only bowler in cricketing history to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in international cricket (vs. South Africa March 2007).^[11]
• The first and, to date, only bowler in cricketing history to take three hat-tricks in One Day International cricket, taking his third in August 2011.^[2][12]
• Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews hold the highest run partnership for the 9th wicket in an ODI: 132 runs, against Australia in Melbourne in 2010. Malinga scored 56 Runs from 48 balls including six fours and two sixes; Mathews scored 77 runs off 84 deliveries including eight fours and one six.^[13]
• He is the only bowler with two World Cup hat tricks, against South Africa in the 2007 Cricket World Cup and the other against Kenya in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[14]
• Malinga also holds the record for most wickets taken in a single IPL season, 28 in the 2011 Indian Premier League 4.^[15]
• Malinga holds the record for the most expensive bowling in an ODI innings (bowling five overs or longer), as measured by economy rate. Malinga conceded 96 runs from 7.4 overs at an economy rate of 12.52 against India in Hobart on 28 February 2012.^[16]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lasith Malinga

• Cricinfo Player Profile

v t e Sri 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: Moody

v t e Sri 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.

v t e 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: Bayliss

v t e Sri 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: Bayliss

v t e Sri 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 injury

Vinod Kambli

Personal information
Full name	Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Born	(1972-01-18) 18 January 1972 (age 40) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut	29 January 1993 v England
Last Test	8 November 1998 v New Zealand
ODI debut	18 October 1991 v Pakistan
Last ODI	29 October 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989–2005	Mumbai
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	23	134	129	221
Runs scored	1805	2564	9965	6476
Batting average	51.64	32.59	59.67	41.24
100s/50s	4/25	2/14	35/44	11/35
Top score	227	120	262	149
Balls bowled	–	4	777	156
Wickets	–	1	10	1
Bowling average	–	7.00	49.70	159.00
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	–	1/7	2/15	1/7
Catches/stumpings	7/–	15/–	56/–	50/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Vinod Ganpat Kambli (Marathi: विनोद कांबळी  pronunciation (help·info) (born 18 January 1972, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.^[1][2] He is childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.^[3] Currently he appears as cricket expert and commentator on various television channels. He has also appeared on various reality shows.^[4]

Early life[link]

Kambli hails from Kanjurmarg, a suburb of Mumbai.The small patch of land that served as his first cricket pitch was surrounded on all sides by high-rise buildings.The scoring system was dictated by the lack of space, and the higher a batsman hit the ball into the buildings the more runs he scored. It explains why Kambli was one of the best over-the-top hitters of spin bowling. Kambli accepted Christianity in September,2010 at the St Peter’s Church, Bandra.^[5]

School cricket and later[link]

He shared an unbroken partnership of 664 runs in a school match against St. Xavier's School, Fort, with Sachin Tendulkar.^[6] Kambli contributed 349 runs before their coach Acharekar forced the pair to declare. Kambli, who started his Ranji trophy career with a six off the first ball he faced,^[7] soon followed Sachin in to the Indian team. Kambli made two double-centuries and two centuries in seven tests. He played his last Test match at the age of 24^[8] and formally announced his retirement from first class cricket on 22 September 2011.^[9] He played his last ODI in the year 2000.

• Test debut: India vs England at Kolkata, 1st Test, 1992/93
• Last Test: India vs New Zealand at Cuttack, 3rd Test, 1995/96
• ODI debut: India vs Pakistan at Sharjah, Wills Trophy, 2nd Match, 1991/92
• Last ODI: India vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Coca-Cola Champions Trophy, 2000/01^[10]

On Aug 15 August 2009, Kambli launched his Khel Bharti Sports Academy^[11] in Mumbai and announced his retirement from cricket as he wished to coach at Khel Bharti Academy.

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

List of test double centuries[link]

No.	Score	Against	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result
1	224	England	1	3	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Home	01993-02-1919 February 1993	Won[12]
2	227	Zimbabwe	1	4	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Home	01993-03-1313 March 1993	Won[13]

Personal life[link]

Vinod Kambli married fashion Model Andrea Hewitt; the couple has a child born in June 2010.^[14]

Politics[link]

Vinod Kambli Joined Lok Bharati Party^[15] and was made vice-president of the party.In the 2009 Vidhan Sabha election, he Contested from Vikhroli, Mumbai as a Lok Bharati Party candidate. He lost the election.^[16] Though he continues to do social work. In 2011, He supported Anna Hazare's campaign India against Corruption.

Movie career[link]

Vinod Kambli has also appeared as an actor in two films.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Vinod Ganpat Kambli

v t e India squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Kapil Dev 3 Srikkanth 4 Shastri 5 Manjrekar 6 Tendulkar 7 Jadeja 8 Kambli 9 Amre 10 Prabhakar 11 Srinath 12 More (wk) 13 Raju 14 Banerjee

v t e India squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Tendulkar 3 Jadeja 4 Sidhu 5 Kambli 6 Manjrekar 7 Mongia (wk) 8 Srinath 9 Prasad 10 Kumble 11 Prabhakar 12 Raju 13 Ankola 14 Kapoor Coach: Wadekar (Coach cum Manager)

Sanath Jayasuriya
සනත් ජයසූරිය

Sanath Jayasuriya playing cricket for Sri Lanka
Personal information
Full name	Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born	(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 42) Matara, Ceylon
Nickname	Master Blaster,[1] Matara Mauler[2]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Batsman and left arm spinner
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 49)	22–26 February 1991 v New Zealand
Last Test	1–5 December 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)	26 December 1989 v Australia
Last ODI	28 June 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.	07
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994 - present	Bloomfield
2005	Somerset
2007	Marylebone Cricket Club
2007	Lancashire
2008	Warwickshire
2008-2010	Mumbai Indians
2010	Worcestershire
2011	Ruhuna Rhinos
2012	Khulna Royal Bengals
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	110	445	264	557
Runs scored	6973	13430	14782	16128
Batting average	40.07	32.36	45.56	31.19
100s/50s	14/31	28/68	29/70	31/82
Top score	340	189	340	189
Balls bowled	8,188	14874	15,221	17,730
Wickets	98	323	205	413
Bowling average	34.34	36.75	33.12	34.85
5 wickets in innings	2	4	2	5
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/34	6/29	5/34	6/29
Catches/stumpings	78/0	123/0	162/0	153/0
Source: Cricinfo player profile, 27 December 2011

Honourable Sanath Jayasuriya MP
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Matara District
Incumbent
Assumed office 22nd April 2010
President	Mahinda Rajapakse
Personal details
Born	(1969-06-30) June 30, 1969 (age 42) Matara, Ceylon
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance
Spouse(s)	Sandra Jayasuriya
Alma mater	St. Servatius' College, Matara
Occupation	Cricketer
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Sinhala: සනත් ටෙරාන් ජයසූරිය, born 30 June 1969) is a former Sri Lanka cricketer and a politician. Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an illustrious international cricket career that spread over two decades.^[3] He was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003. Jayasuriya is the only player to score more than 13,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals and is regarded as one of the best all rounders in the history of Limited overs cricket.^[4][5] He retired from test cricket in December 2007 and from limited overs cricket in June, 2011.

Jayasuriya ran for public office at the 2010 Sri Lankan general elections and was elected to the parliament from his native Matara District.^[6] He topped the UPFA parliamentary election list for Matara district by obtaining 74,352 preferential votes.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Jayasuriya was born in Matara to the family of Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya and has an elder brother, Chandana Jayasuriya. He was educated at St. Servatius' College, Matara, where his cricketing talents were nourished by his school principal, G.L. Galappathy, and cricket coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. Sanath Jayasuriya is married to Sandra De Silva, a former flight attendant of Sri Lankan Airlines. Sanath and Sandra have 3 children.

Sanath Jayasuriya is the first cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNAIDS, Geneva) for his commitment to prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka. He entered politics in February 2010 as a candidate for Matara District. His party is the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Jayasuriya continued to play cricket after he has secured the most number of preferential votes from the Matara District by obtaining 74,352 votes.

Style and International Career[link]

Batting style[link]

Sanath Jayasuriya held a very unusual record almost never to be achieved by a single cricket player. He held the records for the fastest fifty (against Pakistan 17 balls), fastest 100 (against Pakistan 48 balls) and fastest 150 (against England in 95 balls) in ODI cricket. Though he lost the fastest 100 to Shahid Afridi and fastest 150 to Shane Watson, he still holds the record for the fastest fifty. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar are the only players in history to have 4 ODI scores over 150.

Along with his opening partner Romesh Kaluwitharana, Jayasuriya revolutionized One Day International batting with his aggressive tactics during the 1996 Cricket World Cup, a strategy they first tried on the preceding tour of Australia. The tactic used was to take advantage of the early fielding restrictions by smashing the opening bowlers to all parts of the cricket ground, particularly by lofting their deliveries over the mandatory infielders, rather than the established tactic of building up momentum gradually. This was a novel but potentially match-winning tactic at that time, and Sri Lanka, who had previously never made it out of the preliminary rounds, went on to win the World Cup without a single defeat. Their new gameplan is now the standard opening batting strategy in limited overs cricket for the modern era. Glenn McGrath cited Jayasuriya in his XI of toughest batsmen, noting "it is always a massive compliment to someone to say they changed the game, and his storming innings in the 1996 World Cup changed everyone's thinking about how to start innings."^[8]

Jayasuriya is known for both cuts and pulls along with his trademark shot, a lofted cut over point. He was the key player in Sri Lanka's victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where he was adjudged Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-round contributions. His philosophy towards batting is summarized by an all-aggression approach and over the years he has dominated almost every one day bowling combination that he has faced at one stage or another. Batsmen such as Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag have similar styles. This is because of his ability to make huge match-winning contributions at rapid pace once he gets in, he holds the record for the second highest number of one day centuries and has scored the second most 150+ scores (4 scores) (Sachin Tendulkar has the most 150+ scores at 5). His devastating performances have ensured that Sri Lanka have won almost 80% of the matches that he scores over 50 in. This is due to the rapid rate in which he scores his runs as well as the psychological effect he has on opposition bowling attacks^{[original research?]}.

He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and served as captain of the Sri Lankan team in 38 Test matches from 1999 to 2003. He is a very useful all-rounder with a good batting average in both Test cricket and One Day Internationals, and an excellent batting strike rate in One Day Internationals.

As a left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has a reasonable bowling average and economy rate. He regularly helps to decrease the workloads of strike bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas and as of August 2007 has 400 international wickets.

Jayasuriya is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the seventh highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the eleventh highest success rate.^[9]

Test career[link]

Jayasuriya held the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. This effort was part of a second-wicket partnership with Roshan Mahanama that set the then all-time record for any partnership in Test history, with 576 runs. Both records were surpassed in July 2006 when fellow Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene scored 374 as part of a 624-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa. On 20 September 2005, during the Second Test of the home series against Bangladesh, Jayasuriya became the first Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests, and the 33rd Test cricketer to achieve this feat.

Jayasuriya announced his intention to retire from Test cricket following the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka in April 2006. He reversed his decision soon after, however, joining the Sri Lankan cricket team in England in May 2006. Missing the first two Tests, Jayasuriya returned in the Third Test at Trent Bridge.^[10] Although his Test performances were not notable.

After scoring 78 runs on day three of the first Test against England in Kandy in 2007, he announced he was to retire from Test cricket^[11] at the end of the match. In that inning he hit six fours in one over against James Anderson.

One day international career[link]

Jayasuriya's highest ODI score is 189 runs, scored against India in Sharjah in 2000. It remains the highest ODI score by a Sri Lankan, and at the time of the innings it was the third-highest^{Note 1} in ODI history. Until December 2009, he held the four highest individual scores by a Sri Lankan, and seven of the top nine.^[12]

He currently holds the record fastest fifty in ODIs, scored off just 17 balls. Jayasuriya was the previous record-holder for the fastest century (off 48 balls), before losing that claim to Shahid Afridi of Pakistan. He has also held the world record for most ODI sixes (270 in 441 ODI's), which was surpassed by Shahid Afridi during the 2010 Asia Cup match against Bangladesh. He has become the fourth batsman to score more than 10,000 runs and the second batsman to score more than 12,000, and 13,000 runs in the history of ODIs. He also is the third highest century getter in ODIs with 28 centuries. He used to hold the record of scoring most runs in an ODI over (30; he has achieved this twice).This record is now with South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs (36 runs in an over).He used to hold the record of heading the most ODI caps by an international cricketer 444, till Sachin Tendulkar (India) equalled the record in January 2011 against South Africa.

During the one-day Natwest series in May 2006 in England, he scored two centuries, including scoring 152 off 99 balls in the final match. In that innings, he and Upul Tharanga (109) put on 286 runs for the first wicket, a new record.^[13] Jayasuriya's batting display earned him the Man of the Series award as Sri Lanka won the series 5-0.

Following the Natwest Trophy, Sri Lanka travelled to Holland for a two-match one-day series. In the first game, Jayasuriya scored 157 off 104 balls as Sri Lanka posted 443/9,^[14] beating the 438/9 South Africa scored against Australia in March 2006. Sri Lanka won the match by 195 runs. On a personal note the innings was his 4th score of over 150 in ODI cricket and he is currently the only player to do so other than Sachin Tendulkar who has achieved it five times. It was also his second successive score of 150 plus, another first in ODI cricket.

He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies.In 2008, his one-day career was all but over when he was omitted for the ODIs in the West Indies. However, a stirring performance in the IPL—finishing the third-highest run-getter with 514 runs—prompted his country's sports minister to intervene in his selection for the Asia Cup. He ultimately shaped Sri Lanka's title victory with a blistering hundred under pressure.^[15] His international career has been revived at the age of 41, after being recalled to the One-day and Twenty-20 squads for Sri Lanka's 2011 tour of England and Scotland.^[16]

Twenty20 career[link]

During the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, Jayasuriya appeared to break his tradition of using Kookaburra bats by wielding a normal Reebok sponsored bat. He achieved two half centuries in the group stages against New Zealand and Kenya in this tournament. He also shares a dubious record with James Anderson for having the most expensive figures in a Twenty20 international, having been hit for 64 runs in the maximum of 4 overs.^[17] After the Twenty20 World Cup, Jayasuriya played in Sri Lanka's 3-2 One Day International series defeat against England, achieving limited success and then in the 2-0 Test series defeat in Australia. In December 2007, Jayasuriya confirmed that he has signed for Warwickshire for the Twenty20 Cup.^[18]

In April 2008, he joined the Mumbai Indians to play in the Indian Premier League T20. After scoring a devastating 114 not out off just 48 balls^[19] for the Mumbai Indians against Chennai, Jayasuriya regained his position in the one-day side after he had been dropped for the West Indies tour. He then followed up his century with a 17-ball 48 not out to surpass the Kolkata Knight Riders' score of 67 in just the 6th over, resulting in the biggest victory in Twenty20 history in terms of balls remaining.^[20] In 2010 has signed with Worcestershire for their Twenty20 campaign. At the age of 42, Jayasuriya played for the Ruhuna Rhinos in the qualifying round of the 2011 Champions League.^[21]

Player Statistics[link]

Career Performance[link]

Sanath Jayasuriya's career performance graph.

Centuries[link]

Half Centuries[link]

Test Half Centuries[link]

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