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Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene

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Batting Style
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Mahela Jayawardene is a former Sri Lankan cricket player and cricket coach. As of 2021, he serves as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka National Sports Council and the coach for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He is known for his batting skills and is considered one of the most successful captains in Sri Lanka. In a career span of about 18 years, he has played 149 Test matches and 448 ODIs. In 1995, Jayawardene made his debut for the Sinhalese Sports Club. In 1997, he made his debut in international cricket in a Test match against India where he scored 66 runs. His ODI debut came in 1998 against Zimbabwe. Jayawardene is the first player in Sri Lankan cricket history to score over 10,000 Test runs. He is the second player from Sri Lanka after Sanath Jayasuriya to score over 10,000 ODI runs. He played a crucial role in Sri Lanka's win in the ICC World T20 2014. Jayawardene has also played for Kings XI Punjab in 2010, Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011, and Delhi Daredevils in 2012. He bid farewell to Test cricket in 2014 and retired from ODIs in 2015.

Career Stats

Format Mat Inns Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s
Test
149
252
11814
374
49.84
22959
51.45
34
50
1387
61
ODI
448
418
12650
144
33.37
16020
78.96
19
77
1119
76
T20I
55
55
1493
100
31.76
1121
133.18
1
9
173
33
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts Best Avg Econ SR 5W
Test
149
22
589
310
6
2/32
51.66
3.15
98.10
0
ODI
448
28
593
563
8
2/56
70.37
5.69
74.10
0
T20I
55
1
6
8
0
8.00
0

Opposition Breakdown Stats

VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs England
1998-2014
23
41
3
2212
213*
58.21
4552
48.59
8
10
2
247
12
Vs India
1997-2010
18
28
1
1822
275
67.48
3259
55.90
6
8
1
210
7
Vs South Africa
2000-2014
17
32
1
1782
374
57.48
3377
52.76
6
2
2
214
12
Vs Pakistan
1999-2014
29
55
3
1687
240
32.44
3428
49.21
2
10
5
210
7
Vs Bangladesh
2001-2014
13
17
2
1146
203*
76.40
1760
65.11
5
2
1
130
13
Vs New Zealand
1998-2012
13
22
1
1028
167
48.95
2257
45.54
3
6
2
117
3
Vs Australia
1999-2013
16
29
0
969
105
33.41
2208
43.88
2
5
2
127
3
Vs West Indies
2001-2010
12
18
1
748
136
44.00
1373
54.47
1
4
0
85
2
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2004
8
10
3
420
100*
60.00
745
56.37
1
3
0
47
2
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs India
1998-2014
87
84
8
2666
128
35.07
3411
78.15
4
17
5
222
16
Vs Pakistan
1998-2014
67
64
2
1903
123
30.69
2529
75.24
2
12
6
161
17
Vs Australia
1999-2015
56
54
5
1629
86
33.24
2088
78.01
0
16
4
138
4
Vs England
1999-2015
47
43
4
1562
144
40.05
1865
83.75
5
8
2
147
4
Vs New Zealand
2001-2015
50
45
5
1326
116
33.15
1700
78.00
3
5
4
132
12
Vs South Africa
1998-2015
43
43
3
897
77
22.42
1329
67.49
0
3
1
69
3
Vs West Indies
1999-2013
22
20
4
676
106*
42.25
790
85.56
1
5
0
53
6
Vs Zimbabwe
1998-2011
29
25
3
586
96
26.63
813
72.07
0
4
3
51
0
Vs Bangladesh
2000-2015
26
21
3
547
108
30.38
655
83.51
1
2
2
62
3
Vs Africa XI
2005-2007
5
5
1
269
107
67.25
284
94.71
1
2
0
21
5
Vs Afghanistan
2014-2015
2
2
0
114
100
57.00
134
85.07
1
0
0
10
1
Vs Canada
2003-2011
2
1
0
100
100
100.00
81
123.45
1
0
0
9
1
Vs U.A.E.
2004-2008
2
2
0
87
61
43.50
69
126.08
0
1
0
13
0
Vs Bermuda
2007
1
1
0
85
85
85.00
90
94.44
0
1
0
6
2
Vs Scotland
2011-2015
2
2
0
66
64
33.00
70
94.28
0
1
0
7
1
Vs Kenya
1999-2011
3
2
0
50
45
25.00
46
108.69
0
0
0
7
0
Vs Netherlands
2002-2006
3
3
0
48
34
16.00
39
123.07
0
0
1
5
0
Vs Ireland
2007
1
1
1
39
39*
27
144.44
0
0
0
6
1
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs New Zealand
2006-2014
12
12
3
301
81
33.44
219
137.44
0
1
1
31
9
Vs England
2006-2014
5
5
1
213
89
53.25
156
136.53
0
2
1
25
5
Vs Australia
2007-2013
8
8
1
209
86
29.85
165
126.66
0
2
0
25
4
Vs West Indies
2009-2014
6
6
2
202
98*
50.50
151
133.77
0
2
1
21
5
Vs Zimbabwe
2008-2012
3
3
0
113
100
37.66
82
137.80
1
0
1
11
4
Vs Pakistan
2007-2012
7
7
0
109
42
15.57
113
96.46
0
0
0
11
2
Vs Ireland
2009
1
1
0
78
78
78.00
53
147.16
0
1
0
9
1
Vs India
2009-2014
5
5
0
75
26
15.00
58
129.31
0
0
0
12
1
Vs Kenya
2007
1
1
0
65
65
65.00
27
240.74
0
1
0
9
2
Vs South Africa
2012-2014
4
4
0
52
33
13.00
36
144.44
0
0
0
10
0
Vs Canada
2008
1
1
0
35
35
35.00
21
166.66
0
0
0
6
0
Vs Bangladesh
2007
1
1
0
30
30
30.00
30
100.00
0
0
0
1
0
Vs Netherlands
2014
1
1
1
11
11*
10
110.00
0
0
0
2
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Pakistan
1999-2014
29
6
29.10
5
126
4
2/32
31.50
4.32
43.70
0
0
Vs India
1997-2010
18
5
36.00
6
100
1
1/35
100.00
2.77
216.00
0
0
Vs New Zealand
1998-2012
13
3
13.00
3
34
1
1/10
34.00
2.61
78.00
0
0
Vs Australia
1999-2013
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2001-2014
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
1998-2014
23
4
11.00
3
27
0
2.45
0
0
Vs South Africa
2000-2014
17
2
3.00
1
4
0
1.33
0
0
Vs West Indies
2001-2010
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2004
8
2
6.00
2
19
0
3.16
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Zimbabwe
1998-2011
29
4
10.30
1
50
3
1/4
16.66
4.76
21.00
0
0
Vs England
1999-2015
47
4
14.50
0
69
2
1/5
34.50
4.65
44.50
0
0
Vs Kenya
1999-2011
3
1
10.00
0
56
2
2/56
28.00
5.60
30.00
0
0
Vs Australia
1999-2015
56
7
29.00
0
161
1
1/16
161.00
5.55
174.00
0
0
Vs Afghanistan
2014-2015
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Africa XI
2005-2007
5
1
2.20
0
19
0
8.14
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2000-2015
26
1
1.00
0
6
0
6.00
0
0
Vs Bermuda
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Canada
2003-2011
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs India
1998-2014
87
4
15.00
0
109
0
7.26
0
0
Vs Ireland
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Netherlands
2002-2006
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
2001-2015
50
1
1.00
0
9
0
9.00
0
0
Vs Pakistan
1998-2014
67
1
3.00
0
17
0
5.66
0
0
Vs Scotland
2011-2015
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs South Africa
1998-2015
43
3
11.10
0
60
0
5.37
0
0
Vs U.A.E.
2004-2008
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs West Indies
1999-2013
22
1
1.00
0
7
0
7.00
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Australia
2007-2013
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Canada
2008
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
2006-2014
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs India
2009-2014
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Ireland
2009
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Kenya
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Netherlands
2014
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
2006-2014
12
1
1.00
0
8
0
8.00
0
0
Vs Pakistan
2007-2012
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs South Africa
2012-2014
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs West Indies
2009-2014
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
2008-2012
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

No opposition breakdown in this format.

Year-wise Stats

YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1997
2
3
0
89
66
29.66
149
59.73
0
1
0
13
0
1998
4
6
0
309
167
51.50
747
41.36
1
2
0
36
0
1999
9
13
1
535
242
44.58
1118
47.85
1
2
1
65
3
2000
10
18
1
740
167
43.52
1429
51.78
2
3
0
95
4
2001
13
19
0
1053
150
55.42
1586
66.39
4
4
1
141
7
2002
9
16
3
625
107
48.07
1192
52.43
1
4
1
83
2
2003
7
11
2
526
134
58.44
1194
44.05
1
3
0
56
2
2004
11
20
1
861
237
45.31
1786
48.20
2
3
1
99
5
2005
9
14
1
568
141
43.69
1080
52.59
1
5
1
75
3
2006
11
20
1
983
374
51.73
1827
53.80
3
2
4
116
5
2007
8
11
1
982
213*
98.20
1777
55.26
5
1
1
108
6
2008
6
11
1
655
166
65.50
1154
56.75
3
2
0
67
2
2009
11
20
1
1194
275
62.84
2288
52.18
3
3
1
132
2
2010
6
8
0
407
174
50.87
773
52.65
1
3
0
43
2
2011
11
21
0
517
105
24.61
1228
42.10
1
2
0
62
3
2012
10
19
1
630
180
35.00
1411
44.64
2
3
2
69
6
2013
2
4
0
137
72
34.25
247
55.46
0
2
1
22
1
2014
10
18
1
1003
203*
59.00
1973
50.83
3
5
1
105
8
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1998
7
7
2
98
74
19.60
131
74.80
0
1
1
5
0
1999
32
30
0
744
120
24.80
987
75.37
2
3
2
65
2
2000
21
20
2
554
128
30.77
777
71.29
1
2
1
52
2
2001
34
31
4
1260
116
46.66
1538
81.92
3
7
2
101
10
2002
32
31
3
791
77
28.25
1197
66.08
0
3
1
64
2
2003
22
19
1
313
56
17.38
529
59.16
0
2
4
13
0
2004
28
25
4
676
80
32.19
963
70.19
0
3
2
50
2
2005
17
16
3
522
94*
40.15
631
82.72
0
5
0
48
3
2006
36
34
5
1185
126*
40.86
1349
87.84
2
8
2
124
4
2007
32
31
2
1089
115*
37.55
1322
82.37
2
8
4
90
17
2008
27
25
3
617
94
28.04
852
72.41
0
6
2
53
3
2009
26
26
0
669
123
25.73
806
83.00
1
3
3
53
7
2010
15
15
3
509
108
42.41
637
79.90
1
4
1
51
2
2011
27
24
2
1032
144
46.90
1249
82.62
3
7
0
93
4
2012
30
27
2
785
85
31.40
889
88.30
0
6
1
69
5
2013
21
19
2
557
107
32.76
684
81.43
1
2
0
59
4
2014
27
27
1
846
118
32.53
1032
81.97
1
6
1
88
4
2015
14
11
0
403
104
36.63
447
90.15
2
1
1
41
5
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2006
3
3
1
11
9
5.50
10
110.00
0
0
1
1
0
2007
5
5
1
159
65
39.75
104
152.88
0
1
0
16
4
2008
3
3
0
40
35
13.33
33
121.21
0
0
1
6
0
2009
12
12
1
231
78
21.00
187
123.52
0
1
0
24
5
2010
9
9
1
343
100
42.87
219
156.62
1
2
1
36
12
2011
3
3
1
169
86
84.50
131
129.00
0
2
0
22
2
2012
9
9
1
271
65*
33.87
231
117.31
0
1
0
34
5
2013
5
5
1
111
61*
27.75
80
138.75
0
1
0
14
2
2014
6
6
1
158
89
31.60
126
125.39
0
1
1
20
3
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1997
2
3
11.00
2
35
0
3.18
0
0
1998
4
2
5.00
0
15
0
3.00
0
0
1999
9
5
41.00
7
119
1
1/35
119.00
2.90
246.00
0
0
2000
10
3
10.20
4
41
3
2/32
13.66
3.96
20.60
0
0
2001
13
1
1.00
0
2
0
2.00
0
0
2002
9
1
2.00
1
2
0
1.00
0
0
2003
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
9
1
6.00
2
14
0
2.33
0
0
2006
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
8
1
2.00
1
4
0
2.00
0
0
2008
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
11
3
12.50
1
60
2
1/10
30.00
4.67
38.50
0
0
2010
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2011
11
1
1.00
0
5
0
5.00
0
0
2012
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
2013
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2014
10
1
6.00
2
13
0
2.16
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1998
7
1
3.00
0
17
0
5.66
0
0
1999
32
15
74.00
0
408
6
2/56
68.00
5.51
74.00
0
0
2000
21
2
5.30
1
30
1
1/4
30.00
5.45
33.00
0
0
2001
34
1
0.10
0
4
0
24.00
0
0
2002
32
3
4.00
0
35
0
8.75
0
0
2003
22
1
2.00
0
8
0
4.00
0
0
2004
28
1
3.00
0
16
0
5.33
0
0
2005
17
1
1.00
0
6
0
6.00
0
0
2006
36
1
2.00
0
15
0
7.50
0
0
2007
32
1
2.20
0
19
0
8.14
0
0
2008
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
2010
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
2011
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
2012
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
2013
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
2014
27
1
1.50
0
5
1
1/5
5.00
2.72
11.00
0
0
2015
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2006
3
1
1.00
0
8
0
8.00
0
0
2007
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
2010
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2011
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2012
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2013
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2014
6
0
0
0
0
0
0