He ran for public office at the 2010 Sri Lankan general elections and was elected to the parliament from his native Matara District
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Style and International Career
o 2.1 Batting style
o 2.2 Test career
o 2.3 One day international career
o 2.4 Twenty20 career
* 3 Player Statistics
o 3.1 Career Performance
* 4 Half Centuries
o 4.1 Test Half Centuries
o 4.2 One Day International Half Centuries
* 5 International Records
o 5.1 Past International Records
* 6 Awards
o 6.1 Test Cricket - Man of the Series awards
o 6.2 Test Cricket - Man of the match awards
o 6.3 One-Day International Cricket - Man of the series awards
* 7 Product and brand endorsements
* 8 See also
* 9 Footnotes
* 10 References
* 11 External links
Personal life
Jayasuriya was born to Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya in Matara and had his education at St. Servatius' College, Matara. It was there, that his cricketing talents were nourished by the Principal, G.L. Galappathy and coach Lionel Wagasinghe.He has an elder brother, Chandana Jayasuriya.
At one time he held the records for fastest fifty, fastest 100, fastest 150, most sixes in an ODI inning and most sixes in ODI career. Fastest 100 was taken away from him by Afridi but he still holds the fastest 50 and fastest 150.
His wife, Sandra De Silva is a former flight attendant of Sri Lankan Airlines. Sanath and Sandra have 3 children. Sanath Jayasuriya was also one of the judges at the Miss World contest for the year 1996, which took place at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. 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 the candidate for Matara District. His party is the United People's Freedom Alliance UPFA President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Jayasuriya says that he intends to continue playing cricket if he is elected. Jayasuriya was declared winner in absentia with 74,352 votes in the Matara district, while playing for the Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League.
Style and International Career
Batting style
Sanath Jayasuriya used to hold a very unique record almost never to be achieved by a single cricket player. He held the fastest fifty against Pakistan 17 balls fastest 100 and fastest 150 against England in 95 balls in ODI cricket. Though he lost the fastest 100 to Shahid Afridi, he still holds the other two records. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar are the only players in history to have 4 ODI scores over 150 Sachin Tendulkar has 5 scores over 150 Along with 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.
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+ score 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
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
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