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Sanath Jayasuriya stats

Data through 26 February 2012Last updated 26 February 2012

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 27 June 2002 to 26 February 2012. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Sanath Jayasuriya played 14 Tests, 135 ODIs, 30 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2002 and 2012. The most runs came in ODIs: 4,414 at an average of 34.76 and a strike rate of 95.4, with a highest score of 152. Sanath Jayasuriya took 89 ODI wickets in the data (average 35.78, economy 4.77, best 5/17). Against Bangladesh in ODIs, Sanath Jayasuriya averaged 57.83 over 13 innings.

International matches

179

Tests 14 · ODIs 135 · T20Is 30

International runs

5,611

14 hundreds

International wickets

117

1 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

787 runs

Best batting average (ODI)

34.76

133 innings

Highest score

152

ODI

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2002–2011 · 176Mumbai Indians 2008–2010 · 30Khulna Royal Bengals 2012 · 3Asia XI 2007 · 3

BattingBowling

Sanath Jayasuriya batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	14	23	0	582	85	25.30	815	71.4	0	3	1	75	8
ODI	135	133	6	4,414	152	34.76	4,625	95.4	14	15	12	515	89
T20I	30	29	3	615	88	23.65	470	130.9	0	4	4	75	22
T20 (leagues & domestic)	33	33	2	787	114*	25.39	550	143.1	1	4	3	86	40

Runs per year

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Sanath Jayasuriya: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	12
2003	810
2004	614
2005	213
2006	1,279
2007	1,140
2008	1,113
2009	1,140
2010	48
2011	10
2012	19

Year-by-year batting (24 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2002	ODI	1	12	12.00	70.6	12	0	0
2003	ODI	21	725	38.16	85.8	122	3	2
2003	Test	1	85	85.00	81.7	85	0	1
2004	ODI	15	574	41.00	88.9	130	2	3
2004	Test	2	40	20.00	58.8	35	0	0
2005	ODI	8	130	16.25	88.4	27	0	0
2005	Test	4	83	20.75	76.9	46	0	0
2006	ODI	23	995	45.23	103.5	152	4	2
2006	T20I	2	92	92.00	173.6	51	0	1
2006	Test	10	192	19.20	71.4	73	0	1
2007	ODI	27	804	32.16	96.8	115	2	4
2007	T20I	5	154	30.80	160.4	88	0	2
2007	Test	6	182	30.33	68.4	78	0	1
2008	ODI	16	551	34.44	104.2	130	2	2
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	514	42.83	166.3	114	1	2
2008	T20I	2	48	24.00	126.3	40	0	0
2009	ODI	21	621	29.57	96.3	107	1	2
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	221	18.42	115.1	52	0	2
2009	T20I	13	298	22.92	124.7	81	0	1
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	33	8.25	106.5	23	0	0
2010	T20I	6	15	3.75	41.7	6	0	0
2011	ODI	1	2	2.00	50.0	2	0	0
2011	T20I	1	8	8.00	100.0	8	0	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	19	6.33	105.6	10	0	0

Sanath Jayasuriya bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	16	926	393	9	2/5	3/73	43.67	2.55	102.9	0	0	36
ODI	105	4,003	3,184	89	5/17	–	35.78	4.77	45.0	4	1	16
T20I	23	347	423	19	3/21	–	22.26	7.31	18.3	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	336	447	15	3/14	–	29.80	7.98	22.4	0	0	1

Wickets per year

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Sanath Jayasuriya: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	0
2003	23
2004	15
2005	1
2006	25
2007	27
2008	7
2009	26
2010	3
2011	3
2012	2

Year-by-year bowling (23 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	ODI	1	0	–	5.10	0/51
2003	ODI	20	21	33.19	4.65	4/39
2003	Test	2	2	3.00	0.55	2/5
2004	ODI	14	14	28.29	4.21	5/17
2004	Test	2	1	40.00	2.58	1/38
2005	ODI	4	1	111.00	5.24	1/36
2005	Test	1	0	–	3.78	0/34
2006	ODI	21	16	38.31	4.57	3/51
2006	T20I	2	5	10.60	6.62	3/21
2006	Test	6	4	57.00	2.60	2/19
2007	ODI	20	21	30.05	4.72	4/14
2007	T20I	4	4	25.50	7.95	2/4
2007	Test	5	2	42.50	2.74	1/24
2008	ODI	10	3	55.00	5.13	1/0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	4	39.75	7.57	3/14
2009	ODI	14	12	39.50	5.50	3/39
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	7	23.29	8.58	2/3
2009	T20I	11	7	26.57	7.15	2/19
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	34.00	7.56	2/17
2010	T20I	5	1	64.00	8.00	1/17
2011	ODI	1	1	46.00	7.67	1/46
2011	T20I	1	2	9.00	6.00	2/18
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	28.50	8.14	2/25

Sanath Jayasuriya against each team

vs India vs Australia vs England vs New Zealand vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh vs South Africa

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
England	Test	5	181	36.20	73.0	85	0	2
Australia	Test	6	134	22.33	62.0	45	0	0
South Africa	Test	3	124	41.33	84.4	73	0	1
New Zealand	Test	6	70	11.67	79.5	31	0	0
India	ODI	32	1001	32.29	94.9	130	3	3
England	ODI	17	719	44.94	103.3	152	3	1
Bangladesh	ODI	13	694	57.83	101.5	130	3	3
Australia	ODI	18	471	27.71	93.3	122	2	2
New Zealand	ODI	11	438	39.82	99.3	120	2	2
Pakistan	ODI	13	330	25.38	82.7	53	0	1
South Africa	ODI	9	290	32.22	98.3	86	0	2
West Indies	ODI	6	257	51.40	88.9	115	1	1
Zimbabwe	ODI	6	82	13.67	81.2	40	0	0
Africa XI	ODI	3	38	12.67	73.1	14	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	6	120	30.00	151.9	61	0	2
Pakistan	T20I	6	119	19.83	126.6	40	0	0
West Indies	T20I	3	111	37.00	118.1	81	0	1
India	T20I	4	90	22.50	142.9	33	0	0
England	T20I	3	50	16.67	119.0	41	0	0
Australia	T20I	3	7	2.33	30.4	5	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	190	63.33	197.9	114	1	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	166	33.20	129.7	54	0	2
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	124	41.33	185.1	52	0	1
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	107	26.75	155.1	66	0	1
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	96	19.20	102.1	38	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	60	15.00	117.6	36	0	0
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	25	6.25	92.6	20	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	Test	6	6	19.33	1.91	2/5
Australia	Test	5	2	44.00	2.89	1/24
South Africa	Test	3	1	145.00	3.02	1/76
Bangladesh	ODI	10	15	15.80	3.98	4/14
New Zealand	ODI	9	13	26.08	4.22	3/39
Pakistan	ODI	12	13	27.00	4.68	5/17
South Africa	ODI	8	9	26.33	3.89	3/47
England	ODI	15	9	53.89	5.36	3/51
India	ODI	24	8	83.50	5.35	2/34
Australia	ODI	14	8	56.00	5.65	4/39
West Indies	ODI	4	4	28.25	5.02	3/38
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	4	32.25	3.47	3/30
New Zealand	T20I	7	8	18.62	6.77	3/21
England	T20I	3	4	16.25	8.12	2/18
India	T20I	3	3	13.67	5.12	2/19
Pakistan	T20I	4	1	89.00	11.12	1/8
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	46.50	8.45	2/17
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	45.00	8.18	1/29
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	31.50	7.88	2/3
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	75.00	9.38	1/39

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
R Premadasa Stadium	26	768	30.72	130
National Stadium, Karachi	7	416	59.43	130
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	13	352	29.33	107
Sydney Cricket Ground	5	349	69.80	122
The Wanderers Stadium	8	242	30.25	88
Wankhede Stadium	4	211	105.50	114
Adelaide Oval	4	161	40.25	99
Headingley	1	152	152.00	152
Kennington Oval	4	150	37.50	122
Providence Stadium	4	144	72.00	115

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
R Premadasa Stadium	21	21	25.19	4.83
The Wanderers Stadium	7	7	26.86	6.75
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	11	7	38.86	4.47
Gaddafi Stadium	2	6	6.50	3.00
Kingsmead	4	6	14.33	5.73
Providence Stadium	4	5	19.40	4.13
Kennington Oval	3	5	25.00	5.17
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	5	37.20	5.17
Trent Bridge	6	4	50.75	3.92
Wellington Regional Stadium	1	3	7.00	5.25

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	964	709	136.0	38	36	0	11.00
T20	Middle	428	300	142.7	18	534	23	7.29
T20	Death	10	11	90.9	1	113	11	8.23
ODI	Powerplay	2247	2630	85.4	76	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	2102	1951	107.7	47	3411	67	4.52
ODI	Death	65	44	147.7	4	592	22	6.25

How Sanath Jayasuriya was dismissed

Caught130 (63%)
Lbw35 (17%)
Bowled23 (11%)
Run out12 (6%)
Stumped3 (1%)
Caught and bowled3 (1%)
Hit wicket1 (0%)

How Sanath Jayasuriya took wickets

Caught76
Bowled32
Lbw12
Stumped9
Caught and bowled3

Last 20 innings

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Sanath Jayasuriya: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
9 Dec 2009	26
12 Dec 2009	31
15 Dec 2009	5
24 Dec 2009	15
27 Dec 2009	31
13 Mar 2010	23
17 Mar 2010	7
20 Mar 2010	2
11 Apr 2010	1
30 Apr 2010	0
3 May 2010	3
7 May 2010	6
9 May 2010	5
11 May 2010	0
13 May 2010	1
25 Jun 2011	8
28 Jun 2011	2
18 Feb 2012	9
19 Feb 2012	10
26 Feb 2012	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
26 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Duronto Rajshahi	0	1	lbw	Shere Bangla National Stadium
19 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Gladiators	10	6	lbw	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
18 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Royals	9	11	bowled	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
28 Jun 2011	ODI	England	2	4	caught	Kennington Oval
25 Jun 2011	T20I	England	8	8	caught	County Ground, Bristol
13 May 2010	T20I	England	1	4	caught	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
11 May 2010	T20I	India	0	5	caught	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
9 May 2010	T20I	Australia	5	14	lbw	Kensington Oval
7 May 2010	T20I	West Indies	6	10	caught	Kensington Oval
3 May 2010	T20I	Zimbabwe	3*	3	not out	Providence Stadium
30 Apr 2010	T20I	New Zealand	0*	0	not out	Providence Stadium
11 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	1	2	caught	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
20 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	5	lbw	Brabourne Stadium
17 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	7	10	caught	Arun Jaitley Stadium
13 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	23	14	lbw	Brabourne Stadium
27 Dec 2009	ODI	India	31	51	lbw	Arun Jaitley Stadium
24 Dec 2009	ODI	India	15	15	caught	Eden Gardens
15 Dec 2009	ODI	India	5	4	stumped	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
12 Dec 2009	T20I	India	31	21	lbw	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
9 Dec 2009	T20I	India	26	20	caught	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Ground
26 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Duronto Rajshahi	0/16	1	Shere Bangla National Stadium
19 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Gladiators	2/25	4	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
18 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sylhet Royals	0/16	2	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
28 Jun 2011	ODI	England	1/46	6	Kennington Oval
25 Jun 2011	T20I	England	2/18	3	County Ground, Bristol
23 May 2010	T20I	New Zealand	0/12	1	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground
13 May 2010	T20I	England	0/15	1	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
11 May 2010	T20I	India	0/12	1	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
3 May 2010	T20I	Zimbabwe	0/8	1	Providence Stadium
30 Apr 2010	T20I	New Zealand	1/17	4	Providence Stadium
11 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/16	2	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
20 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/16	2	Brabourne Stadium
17 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	2/17	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
13 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/19	1	Brabourne Stadium
24 Dec 2009	ODI	India	0/42	7	Eden Gardens
15 Dec 2009	ODI	India	0/76	7	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
9 Dec 2009	T20I	India	2/19	4	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
27 Sep 2009	ODI	New Zealand	3/39	10	The Wanderers Stadium
14 Sep 2009	ODI	India	1/43	9	R Premadasa Stadium
12 Sep 2009	ODI	India	0/5	2	R Premadasa Stadium

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Sanath Jayasuriya scored in Tests?

582 runs in 23 innings (14 matches) at an average of 25.30 and a strike rate of 71.4, in the data from 2003 to 2007.

How many runs has Sanath Jayasuriya scored in ODIs?

4,414 runs in 133 innings (135 matches) at an average of 34.76 and a strike rate of 95.4, in the data from 2002 to 2011.

How many runs has Sanath Jayasuriya scored in T20Is?

615 runs in 29 innings (30 matches) at an average of 23.65 and a strike rate of 130.9, in the data from 2006 to 2011.

What is Sanath Jayasuriya's highest score?

152 in ODIs, the highest score in the data.

How many wickets has Sanath Jayasuriya taken in Tests?

9 wickets in 16 innings at an average of 43.67, economy 2.55, best figures 2/5.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.