Full Name : Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Date of Birth : 27th May 1977
Place of Birth : DatColombo, Western Province,Sri Lanka
Nick Name : Mayya
Height : 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting Style : Right-Hand
Bowling Style : Right-Arm Medium
Role : Batsman
Test Debut (cap 69) : 2nd August 1997 v India
ODI Debut (cap 92) : 24th January 1998 v Zimbabwe
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Mahela Jayawardene is a specialist batsman.
Jayawardene made his Test debut in 1997 and his One Day International (ODI) debut the following season. In 2006 he made the highest ever score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket, scoring 374 in the second Test of Sri Lanka's home series against South Africa. Mahela Jayawardene has a Test average of over 50 and an ODI average in the 30s. Mahela Jayawardene is the first and only player in the history of Sri Lankan cricket to score over 10,000 Test runs. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka and is generally held in high regard as a legend of the modern game along with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara. Mahela Jayawardene is one of only two Sri Lankans—the other being Sanath Jayasuriya—to have scored over 10,000 runs in ODIs.
In 2006, Jayawardene was named by the International Cricket Council as the best international captain of the year and he was nominated in 2007 as the best Test cricket player of the year. Mahela Jayawardene is also known for his fielding skills in the inner ring, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the most number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the fifth highest run-out/match ratio in ODI's. Statistics also reveal that c Jayawardene b Muralitharan is the most common bowler-fielder combination in the history of Test cricket.
Jayawardene led Sri Lanka to Pakistan for a Test series in March – April 2009. The series was conducted after the Indian team withdrew from playing in Pakistan, following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. The first Test ended in a draw. Even though he scored a double century in the first Test, Jayawardene was to resign from captaincy after the second Test in the series. Sri Lanka was in a good position in the Test with Thilan Samaraweera hitting his second successive double hundred of the series and Tillakaratne Dilshan scoring a century. On their way to the Gaddafi Stadium for the third day's play, the bus that carried the Sri Lankan players was fired at by 12 masked gunmen. Jayawardene, along with six other Sri Lankan cricketers sustained injuries. Six policemen that guarded the bus and two civilians were killed in the attack. Mahela Jayawardene captains the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the India Premier League.
Career
Early and Domestic Career
Jayawardene was educated at one of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, Nalanda College Colombo. It was there that he learned to play cricket. Mahel captained Nalanda College Colombo first XI cricket team in 1994. Mahela Jayawardene developed his talents through the school cricket team, eventually becoming captain. Mahela Jayawardene was runner-up for the best schoolboy cricketer award during the 1994 cricketing season.
Domestically he has played for Sinhalese Sports Club since 1995. Mahela Jayawardene was signed to play as an overseas player for Derbyshire for the first half of the 2008 English cricket season. However, his commitments to Sri Lanka and involvement in the Indian Premier League prevented him from playing any part in the 2008 county season.International Career
Mahela Jayawardene is the 69th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs India at Colombo 1997]. Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India at R.P.S., Colombo. Jayawardene added 66 to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 952/6, the highest Test score ever. Mahela Jayawardene was at the crease when the previous highest Test score was surpassed. Early in his career he scored 167 against New Zealand and 242 against India.
Jayawardene's One Day International debut was against Zimbabwe at Premadasa in January 1998. Sri Lanka won the match, with Jayawardene hitting the winning run. In the next game Jayawardene scored 74. It took only 11 matches before he scored his first century, which was against England in the Carlton and United World Series game at Adelaide. Jayawardene entered a pressure situation, with Sri Lanka struggling at 134/4 in the run chase, but made an innings of 120 runs to win the match. The match is notable for Ross Emerson's no-balling of Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing, which led the Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga to lead his team to the edge of the field and consider walking out of the match, as well as physical shoulder-barging by some players.
Jayawardene was captain during the England tour in 2006 in the absence of Marvan Atapattu. Mahela Jayawardene led his team to 1–1 draw in the Test series and an emphatic whitewash (5–0) in the ODI series.
Jayawardene batting in a Test match for Sri Lanka in 2008In the first Test of the 2006 Test series against South Africa, Jayawardene shared a world record stand of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara. This partnership, the highest for any wicket in first-class cricket history, and the first instance of a stand of 600 or more in a first-class or Test match innings, smashed the previous third wicket stance for Sri Lanka, surpassing 262 which involved himself along with Thilan Samaraweera. It also broke the previous record for the third wicket for all Test playing nations surpassing the 467 run partnership made by the New Zealand's Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones.
Jayawardene became the first Sri-Lankan captain to score a Test triple-century, making 374 off 572 deliveries with 43 fours and 1 six, the fourth highest individual score in Test match cricket and the best by a right-hander. Mahela Jayawardene is also the first batsman to pass 350 in a Test without going on to break the world record. Mahela Jayawardene also surpassed the highest score by a Sri Lankan in a Test match, previously Sanath Jayasuriya's 340 in 1997 against India, coincidentally also produced in a world record partnership.
Mahela Jayawardene was also chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2007. In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Jayawardene hit one century and four half-centuries and was the second highest run-scorer in the list topped by Australia's Matthew Hayden. Mahela Jayawardene century, which came against New Zealand helped Sri Lanka win the Semi-Final. Sri Lanka finished runners-up in the World Cup losing to Australia in the Final.Mahela Jayawardenehas scored centuries against all Test-playing nations. Mahela Jayawardene achieved this feat on the 21 st of February 2009 by scoring his maiden Test century against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Mahela is the Recipient of International Cricket Council's "Captain of the Year 2006" inaugural award, Captain of the "World One-Day International Team of the Year 2006", Captain of the "Spirit of Cricket Award 2007" Team, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2007, Record holder for the highest score (374 runs) by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket. Mahela Jayawardene retired from the captaincy due to lack of form and politics in the board.
However, he regained some form during the IPL 2010. Before starting their chase of 201 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders, Jayawardene expressed his desire to open the innings to captain Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara agreed to his fellow countrymate and Jayawardene scored a blazing 110* off just 59 balls winning them the match in the second last over. Sangakkara, impressed my his teammate set him as opener for the Kings XI Punjab. Mahela Jayawardene scored a few more entertaining knocks in vain including 44 against Rajasthan Royals and 93* against Deccan Chargers. Mahela Jayawardene ended the tournament with an average of 43.90. Mahela Jayawardene was the 6th highest run scorer for the tournament and highest for the Kings XI Punjab.
With Kumar Sangakkara as the Sri Lankan Captain too, Jaywardene was sent as opener for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. In the first match against New Zealand, he scored 81 off just 51 balls. However, this knock went in vain due to the collapse in the Sri Lankan batting line-up after his wicket fell which resulted in a total of only 135 on board batting first. However, in his very next match against Zimbabwe, he scored 100 of just 64 balls helping them win the match helping them win the match defending a total of 173. Mahela Jayawardene thus became the 4th player to get a century in an International Twenty20 Game and the first Sri Lankan to do so. Sri Lanka won the match by D/L method. In the very next match against West Indies, he scored 98* off just 56 balls narrowly missing his second century in a row. This became his third consecutive score above 80.
During the second Test of Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa in 2011–12, Jayawardene became the ninth player in cricket history, and the first Sri Lankan, to score 10,000 Test runs.At the end of the tour he was reappointed as Sri Lanka's captain, following the resignation of Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Personal Life
Mahela was born to Sunila and Senerath Jayawardene at Colombo in 1977. Mahela Jayawardene had one younger brother, Dhishal who died of a brain tumour, aged 16. This affected Jayawardene psychologically, halting his cricket career for some time. Eventually he was persuaded to go on and set about rebuilding his career by his parents and teammates.
Mahela Jayawardene is married to Christina Mallika Sirisena, a travel consultant.
Off the field, he has won praise for his personal contribution to the HOPE cancer project.With memories of Dhishal in mind, he became the leading campaigner of HOPE. Now, with the support of his team-mates, he aims to build a new 750-bed cancer unit at Maharagama, the country's only dedicated cancer hospital.
Player Statistics
Career Performance
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Jayawardene's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Test performance against each opponentAs of 5 December 2010:
Opponent Matches Innings Not out Runs High Score 100 50 Average
Australia 10 18 0 581 104 1 1 32.27
Bangladesh 11 14 1 860 166 4 1 65.54
England 16 27 3 1581 213* 6 7 65.87
India 18 28 1 1822 275 6 8 67.48
New Zealand 11 19 1 928 167 3 5 51.55
Pakistan 18 34 2 1115 240 1 7 34.84
South Africa 12 22 1 1472 374 5 2 70.09
West Indies 12 18 1 748 136 1 4 44.00
Zimbabwe 8 10 3 420 100* 1 3 60.00
TOTAL 116 190 13 9527 374 28 38 53.82
Centuries
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene
Awards
Test Cricket – Man of the Series Awards
In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Sri Lanka in England Test Series 2002 272 (3 Matches, 6 Innings); 2 Ct. Won the series 2–0
2 England in Sri Lanka Test Series 2007/08 474 (3 Matches, 4 Innings); 5 Ct. Won the series 1–0
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 – New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1997 1st Innings – 167 (4x18)
2nd Innings – 1 Ct. Won by 16 runs
2 2nd Test- Asian Test Championship 1998/99 1st Innings – 242 (4x30, 6x2) Match drawn
3 1st Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2004 1st Innings – 237 (4x25, 6x3); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 5; 1 Ct. Match drawn
4 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in England 2006 1st Innings – 61 (4x9); 2 Ct.
2nd Innings – 119 (4x12) Match drawn
5 1st Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2006 1st Innings – 374 (4x43, 6x1)
2nd Innings – 1 Ct. Won by 153 runs
6 2nd Test – South Africa in Sri Lanka 2006 1st Innings – 13 (4x2); 2 Ct.
2nd Innings – 123 (4x11, 6x2) Won by 1 wicket
7 2nd Test – England in Sri Lanka 2007/08 1st Innings – 195 (4x16, 6x1); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 1 Ct. Match drawn
8 3rd Test – England in Sri Lanka 2007/08 1st Innings – 213* (4x25); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings – 2 Ct.; Run out 1 Match drawn
One-Day International Cricket
Man of the Series Awards
# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Khaleej Times Trophy (Pak, SL, Zim) in UAE 2001/02 252 (6 Matches); 2 Catches Won final by 5 wickets
2 Indian Oil Cup (Ind, SL, WI) in Sri Lanka 2005 230 (5 Matches); 1 Catch Won final by 18 runs
3 Warid Series (Pak, SL) in UAE 2007 162 (3 Matches) Won the series 2–1
4 Afro-Asia Cup (Asia XI, Africa XI) in India 2007 217 (3 Matches); 1 Catch Asia XI Won the series 3–0
One-Day International Cricket
Man of the Match Awards
# Runs Against City/Country Venue Result Year
1 120 England Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval won by 1 wicket 1999
2 101 Pakistan Visakhapatnam, India Indira Priyadarshini Stadium won by 12 runs 1999
3 101* England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 66 runs 2001
4 116 New Zealand Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium won by 106 runs 2001
5 63 Zimbabwe Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium won by 79 runs 2001
6 96 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 59 runs 2001
7 106* West Indies Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium won by 8 wickets 2001
8 94* India Dambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium won by 4 wickets 2005
9 83 India Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium won by 18 runs 2005
10 50 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground won by 88 runs 2005
11 126* England Chester-le-Street, England Riverside Ground won by 8 wickets 2006
12 100 England Manchester, England Old Trafford won by 33 runs 2006
13 115 New Zealand Jamaica, West Indies Sabina Park won by 81 runs 2007 (World Cup Semi Final)
14 100 Canada Hambantota, Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium won by 210 runs 2011 ICC World Cup
15 144 England Leeds, England Headingley Stadium won by 69 runs 2011
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