2008 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round Robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Sri Lanka (4th title)
Participants	6
Matches played	13
Man of the Series	Ajantha Mendis
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya 378
Most wickets	Ajantha Mendis 17
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Cricket's 2008 Asia Cup (also called STAR Cricket Asia Cup) took place in Pakistan in June 2008. The six teams which took part in the tournament were Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UAE. This was the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event. It was broadcast in India by Star Cricket and ESPN^[1] and in Pakistan by Geo Super.^[2] Sri Lanka won the final against India by 100 runs.^[3]

Format[link]

Originally, the ninth version of the Cup was supposed to take place in 2006, however packed international cricket schedules did not allow for the tournament to be held.

Group A consisted of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Group B consisted of India, Hong Kong and Pakistan.

The two groups first had a separate round-robin competition. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super Fours. There was again a round-robin competition between the teams in the Super Four, the first two from which advanced to the final.

Venues[link]

13 matches were played in 2008 Asia Cup at National Stadium, Karachi and Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Pakistan
Sindh	Punjab
National Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium
Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 60,000
Matches: 10	Matches: 3
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Karachi	Lahore

National Stadium, Karachi Gaddafi Stadium Venues in Pakistan

Squads[link]

Group stage[link]

Group A[link]

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	+2.730	4
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	0	-0.350	2
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	0	-2.380	0

24 June 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  300/8 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 204 (45.4 overs)	Bangladesh by 96 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful
	Mohammad Ashraful 109 (126) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)		Khurram Khan 78 (81) Abdur Razzak 3/20 (10 overs)

25 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  357/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 226/7 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka by 131 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
	Kumar Sangakkara 101 (91) Abdur Razzak 3/55 (10 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 44 (53) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/37 (10 overs)

26 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  290/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 148 (36.3 overs)	Sri Lanka by 142 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis
	Mahela Udawatte 67 (74) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)		Amjad Ali 77 (79) Ajantha Mendis 5/22 (6.3 overs)

Group B[link]

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
India	2	2	0	0	0	+3.190	4
Pakistan	2	1	1	0	0	+1.170	2
Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	-4.110	0

24 June 2008 (scorecard)	Pakistan  288/9 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 133 (37.2 overs)	Pakistan by 155 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir
	Younis Khan 67 (65) Nadeem Ahmed 4/51 (9 overs)		Zain Abbas 26(retired hurt) (54) Rao Iftikhar Anjum 2/18 (6 overs)

25 June 2008 (scorecard)	India  374/4 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 118 (36.5 overs)	India by 256 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 109 (96) Najeeb Amar 2/40 (10 overs)		Irfan Ahmed 25 (43) Piyush Chawla 4/23 (10 overs)

26 June 2008 (scorecard)	Pakistan  299/4 (50 overs)	v	India 301/4 (42.1 overs)	India by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi , Pakistan Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina
	Shoaib Malik 125 (119) R P Singh 1/44 (10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 119 (95) Iftikhar Anjum 2/61 (9.4 overs)

Super Fours[link]

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	BP	Points
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	0	+1.363	2	6
India	3	2	1	0	0	+0.250	2	6
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	+0.924	0	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	0	-2.665	0	0

28 June 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  283/6 (50 overs)	v	India 284/3 (43.2 overs)	India by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina
	Alok Kapali 115 (96) Irfan Pathan 2/43 (10 overs)		Suresh Raina 115* (107) Shahadat Hussain 2/60 (9 overs)

29 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  302/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 238/9 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka by 64 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
	Kumar Sangakkara 112 (110) Sohail Tanvir 5/48 (10 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70) Ajantha Mendis 4/47 (10 overs)

30 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  332/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 174 (38.3 overs)	Sri Lanka by 158 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
	Sanath Jayasuriya 130 (88) Alok Kapali 2/40 (6 overs)		Raqibul Hasan 52 (63) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/31 (10 overs)

2 July 2008 (scorecard)	India  308/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 309/2 (45.3 overs)	Pakistan by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Younis Khan
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 76 (96) Rao Iftikhar Anjum 3/51 (10 overs)		Younis Khan 123* (117) Piyush Chawla 1/53 (8 overs)

3 July 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  308/8 (50 overs)	v	India 310/4 (46.5 overs)	India by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
	Chamara Kapugedera 75(78) Ishant Sharma 2/55 (10 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 68(61) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/44 (10 overs)

4 July 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  115 (38.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 116/0 (19.4 overs)	Pakistan by 10 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Abdur Rauf
	Tamim Iqbal 26(41) Abdur Rauf 3/24 (8overs)		Salman Butt 56*(62) Nasir Jamshed 52* (56)

Final[link]

6 July 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  273 (49.5 overs)	v	India 173 (39.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 100 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis
	Sanath Jayasuriya 125(114) Ishant Sharma 3/55(10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 60(36) Ajantha Mendis 6/13(8 overs)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Asia Cup tournament review by Cricinfo
• Asia Cup 2008 - Cricinfo.com

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

One Day International 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

Five–Wicket Hauls[link]

• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Five–Wicket Hauls[link]

Sanath Jayasuriya's Test 5–Wicket Hauls[22]
No.	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	5–43	69	Zimbabwe	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2002	Won
2	5–34	92	South Africa	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club	2004	Won

One Day International Five–Wicket Hauls[link]

Sanath Jayasuriya's One Day International 5–Wicket Hauls[23]
No.	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	6–29	32	England	Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando Stadium	1993	Won
2	5–58	133	West Indies	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	1997	Lost
3	5–28	184	Australia	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	1999	Lost
4	5–17	332	Pakistan	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2004	Won

International Records[link]

• He holds the sixth-highest^{Note 1} ODI innings, 189 runs (as of 10 December 2011).

• He currently holds the record for fastest fifty in ODIs, scored off just 17 balls.

• Jayasuriya holds the record for second highest fours in an ODI innings, 24 fours.

• He is currently the second highest run scorer in ODIs with 13,430 runs. (Sachin Tendulkar is first with 18,111).

• He is the only batsman in history to have two consecutive ODI scores above 150.

• Jayasuriya holds the record for the fastest 150 in an ODI innings, off 95 balls against England in 2006.

• He is currently the third highest centurion in ODIs with 28 under his belt (only Ponting (30) and Tendulkar (49) have more).

• Jayasuriya has second most Man of the Match awards (48) in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (62).

• He was also the first player to play in 400 ODIs matches.

• He is the third batsman in Test cricket to hit 6 fours in one over. He did this against England in his last Test innings.

• He is the oldest player to have scored a ODI century, performing the feat against India at Dumballa, Sri Lanka on 28 January 2009. He was 39 years 212 days, beating Geoffrey Boycott's record of 39 years 51 days.

• Probably the most remarkable of all of his records stretches across all three recognized forms of international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team holds the record for the Highest Innings Totals in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals at one time. In each of these Highest Innings Totals, Sanath Jayasuriya was the leading scorer for Sri Lanka.

Past International Records[link]

• He held the record for scoring the most runs of an ODI over, 30, a feat which he achieved twice, against Pakistan and New Zealand. Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa broke the record by hitting 6 sixes in an over from Daan van Bunge, against the Netherlands.
• He held the record for the fastest century in ODIs, scored off just 48 balls, before Shahid Afridi scored a century of 37 balls against Sri Lanka.
• Jayasuriya jointly held the record for most sixes in an ODI innings, 11, with Shahid Afridi. He hit the sixes during an innings of 134 from 65 balls against Pakistan, in Singapore. This record was broken by Shane Watson of Australia when he hit 15 sixes in an innings against Bangladesh on 11 April 2011.
• Jayasuriya previously held the record for most number of 6s in ODIs. He currently has 270 sixes in his career. This record was broken by Shahid Afridi, who has 289 sixes in his career.

Awards[link]

Test Cricket - Man of the Series awards[link]

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

#	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	India in  Sri Lanka Test Series	2000	571 (2 Matches, 3 Innings); 3-84, 2 Ct.	Drawn
2	Sri Lanka in  Pakistan Test Series	2004/05	424 (2 Matches, 4 Innings); 2-47	Drawn 1-1

[edit] Test Cricket - Man of the match awards

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

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test -  India in  Sri Lanka Test Series	1997	1st Innings - 340(4x36, 6x2); 3 wickets, 1 Ct.	Drawn
2	1st Test -  India in  Sri Lanka Test Series	2001	1st Innings - 111(4x16, 6x1); 2 Ct. 2nd Innings - 6* (4X1); 1 wicket	Won by 10 wickets
3	3rd Test -  Zimbabwe in  Sri Lanka Test Series	2001/02	1st Innings - 28(4x3); 5 wickets 2nd Innings - 36 (4X6); 4 wickets, 1 Ct.	Won by 315 runs
4	1st Test -  Sri Lanka in  Pakistan Test Series	2004/05	1st Innings - 38(4x4); 1 wicket, 1 run-out 2nd Innings - 253 (4X33, 6x4)	Won by 201 runs

[edit] One-Day International Cricket - Man of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Wills World Cup in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	1995/96	221(6 Matches); 7-231, 5 Ct.	Won World Cup by 7 wickets
2	Singer Cup in Singapore	1995/96	221(3 Matches); 3-115, 2 Ct.	Won Singer Cup by 43 runs
3	Pepsi Independence Cup in India	1997	306(5 Matches); 5-200	Won Independence Cup
4	India in Sri Lanka	1997	210(3 Matches); 5-184, 1 Ct.)	Won the series 2-0
5	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka	1997/98	199(3 Matches); 4-154, 1 Ct.	Won the series 3-0
6	Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in UAE	2000/01	413(5 Matches); 1-111, 4 Ct.	Won by 245 runs
7	Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka	2001	305(7 Matches); 3-188, 4 Ct.	Won by 121 runs
8	LG Abans Triangular Series in Sri Lanka	2001/02	194(5 Matches, 5 Innings);8-167,1 Ct.	Won by 34 runs
9	Asia Cup in Sri Lanka	2004	293(6 Matches); 4-78, 1 Ct.	Won the Asia Cup by 25 runs
10	NatWest Series(Eng, SL) in England	2006	322(5 Matches); 5-185	Won the series 5-0
11	Laqshya Series in Sri Lanka	2007	53(3 Matches); 9-68	Won the series 3-0

[edit] Product and brand endorsements

Sanath Jayasuriya endorses the following products:

• Cargills Ceylon PLC: 2008–Present^[24]
• CIC Agri Business: 2008–Present^[25]
• Dialog Telekom: 2007–Present^[26]
• SINGER Sri Lanka: 1996-1998
• Reebok brand ambassador

[edit] See also

• List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya
• List of One Day International cricket records

[edit] Footnotes

1.^ Jayasuriya's innings of 189 could have be considered the equal-second highest, matching Viv Richards' innings of 189 n.o. from 1984. However, Richards' innings is generally ranked above Jayasuriya's in lists because he was not out.^[27]

[edit] References

External links[link]

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Sanath Jayasuriya
• Cricket Archive : Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya v t e Batsmen with 10,000 or more runs in ODI cricket Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) Ricky Ponting (13,704) Sanath Jayasuriya (13,430) Inzamam-ul-Haq (11,739) Jacques Kallis (11,498) Sourav Ganguly (11,363) Rahul Dravid (10,889) Mahela Jayawardene (10,596) Kumar Sangakkara (10,472) Brian Lara (10,405) v t e Bowlers who have taken 300 wickets in ODI Current players are listed in Bold italics. Australia Glenn McGrath (381) Brett Lee (357) India Anil Kumble (337) Javagal Srinath (315) Pakistan Wasim Akram (502) Waqar Younis (416) Shahid Afridi (333) South Africa Shaun Pollock (393) Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (534) Chaminda Vaas (400) Sanath Jayasuriya (323)   Sri Lanka Squads v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 De Silva (c) 2 Anurasiri 3 Gurusinha 4 Hathurusingha 5 Jayasuriya 6 Kalpage 7 Mahanama 8 Ramanayake 9 Ranatunga 10 Ratnayake 11 Samarasekera 12 Tillakaratne (wk) 13 Wickramasinghe 14 Wijegunawardene v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup (1st Title) 1 Ranatunga (c) 2 Atapattu 3 Chandana 4 De Silva 5 Dharmasena 6 Gurusinha 7 Kaluwitharana (wk) 8 Jayasuriya 9 Mahanama 10 Muralitharan 11 Pushpakumara 12 Tillakaratne 13 Vaas 14 Wickramasinghe Coach: Whatmore v t e 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 v t e 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: Whatmore 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