Sanath Jayasuriya

Hon. Sanath Jayasuriya
සනත් ජයසූරිය
Jayasuriya playing for Sri Lanka in 2008
Member of Parliament for Matara
In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Majority	74,352 Preferential Votes
Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Regional Development
In office 10 June 2015 – 17 August 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
In office 12 January 2015 – 10 June 2015
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Deputy Minister of Postal Services
In office 28 January 2013 – 9 January 2015
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	D. M. Jayaratne
Personal details
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance
Spouse(s)	Sumudhu Karunanayake ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 1999)​ Sandra De Silva ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2012)​ Maleeka Sirisenage ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2012)​
Children	3
Residence	Matara
Alma mater	St. Servatius' College, Matara
Nickname(s)	Little Dynamite, Matara Hurricane[1] Matara Mauler[2] Matara Marauder,Sanaa
Personal information
Full name	Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born	(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 54) Matara, Ceylon
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1989–2011)
Test debut (cap 49)	22 February 1991 v New Zealand
Last Test	1 December 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)	26 December 1989 v Australia
Last ODI	28 June 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.	07
T20I debut (cap 4)	15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I	25 June 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994–2011	Bloomfield
2005	Somerset
2007	Lancashire
2008	Warwickshire
2008–2010	Mumbai Indians
2010	Worcestershire
2011	Ruhuna Rhinos
2012	Khulna Royal Bengals
2012	Kandurata Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20 Matches 110 445 265 111 Runs scored 6,973 13,430 14,819 2,317 Batting average 40.07 32.36 38.39 22.71 100s/50s 14/31 28/68 29/71 1/12 Top score 340 189 340 114* Balls bowled 8,188 14,874 15,275 1,593 Wickets 98 323 205 77 Bowling average 34.34 36.75 33.20 25.75 5 wickets in innings 2 4 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/34 6/29 5/34 4/24 Catches/stumpings 78/0 123/0 162/0 21/0
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka Runner-up 2007 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 April 2021

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Sinhala: සනත් ජයසූරිය, Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounders ever to play in ODI cricket.^[3][4] A left arm opening batsman, an orthodox spinner and a dynamic fielder, Jayasuriya together with his opening partner Romesh Kaluwitharana is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting in the mid-1990s, which initiated the hard-hitting modern-day batting strategy of all nations. He was a key member of the Sri Lankan team that won 1996 Cricket World Cup. Under his captaincy Sri Lanka become joint champions along with India in the 2002 Champions Trophy.

Considered one of the greatest attacking batsmen of all time, Jayasuriya is well known for his powerful striking and match-winning all-round performances in all formats of the game.^[5] Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an international cricket career that spread over two decades.^[6] He is the only player to score over 10,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day International cricket and is also regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the history of limited-overs cricket. Jayasuriya created many world records during his career.^[7][8]

He was named the Most Valuable Player of 1996 Cricket World Cup and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack broke an age-old tradition by naming him one of Five Cricketers' of the Year 1997 despite not playing the previous season in England.^[9] Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003. He is affectionately known as the Master Blaster (making him the third batting legend of cricket's history to receive the Master Blaster nickname, after Sir Viv Richards of the West Indies and Sachin Tendulkar of India).

He was also a key member of the team that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup and was part of the team that made the finals of 2007 Cricket World Cup and 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He retired from Test cricket in December 2007 and from limited-overs cricket in June 2011. On 28 January 2013, Sri Lanka Cricket appointed him as the chairman of the cricket selection committee. Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2014, during his tenure as the chief selector.

Jayasuriya ran for public office at the 2010 Sri Lankan general elections and was elected to the parliament from his native Matara District.^[10] He topped the UPFA parliamentary election list for Matara district by obtaining 74,352 preferential votes.^[11] He served as the deputy minister of Postal services in the former UPFA government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa,^[12] and later as the Deputy Minister of Local Government & Rural Development under president Maithripala Sirisena. Jayasuriya did not contest for the 2015 Sri Lankan general election, though he won most votes from Matara district under UPFA in the 2010 Sri Lankan general election.^[13] He is currently not active in politics.