The Team
Mahela Jayawardene
Born: May 27, 1977
Major teams:
- Sri Lanka
- Asia XI
- Asia XI
- Kings XI Punjab
- Sinhalese Sports Club
- Wayamba
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
He was the Captain of Sri Lanka where this batsman exceptionally well tool the responsible role of captain of his team. His performances after he became captain are inspirational. He has led his side from the front in both Tests and Limited overs Internationals.
Career statistics
Test debut: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 2-6, 1997
ODI debut: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Jan 24, 1998
T20I debut: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006
First-class debut: 1995/96
List A debut: 1995/96
Twenty20 debut: Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004
Batting and Fielding Statistics :
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 110 | 182 | 13 | 9120 | 374 | 53.96 | 17327 | 52.63 | 27 | 35 | 1086 | 41 | 152 | 0 |
| ODIs | 317 | 298 | 30 | 8702 | 128 | 32.74 | 11293 | 77.05 | 12 | 52 | 737 | 52 | 165 | 0 |
| T20s | 23 | 23 | 3 | 441 | 78 | 22.05 | 334 | 132.03 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| First Class | 192 | 305 | 22 | 14884 | 374 | 52.59 | NA | NA | 44 | 63 | NA | NA | 244 | 0 |
| List A | 386 | 360 | 39 | 10446 | 128 | 32.54 | NA | NA | 12 | 35 | NA | NA | 197 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 57 | 54 | 12 | 998 | 78 | 23.76 | 770 | 129.61 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics :
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 110 | 20 | 547 | 292 | 6 | 2\32 | 2\32 | 48.66 | 3.2 | 91.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 317 | 27 | 582 | 558 | 7 | 2\56 | 2\56 | 79.71 | 5.75 | 83.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 23 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | 8 | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 192 | NA | 2959 | 1611 | 52 | 5\72 | NA | 30.98 | 3.26 | 56.9 | NA | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 386 | 1257 | 1126 | 23 | 3\25 | 3\25 | 48.95 | 5.37 | 54.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 57 | 3 | 51 | 61 | 2 | 2\22 | 2\22 | 30.5 | 7.17 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glossary - Batting:
| Mat - Matches Played | Inns - Innings Batted | NO - Not Out |
| Runs - Runs Scored | HS - Highest Innings Score | Avg - Batting Average |
| BF - Balls Faced | SR - Batting Strike Rate | 100 - Hundreds Scored |
| 50 - Fifties Scored | 4S - Boundary Fours | 6S - Boundary Sixes |
| CT - Catches Taken | ST - Stumpings Made |
Glossary - Bowling:
| Inns - Innings bowled | Balls - Balls bowled | Runs - Runs Conceded |
| Wkts - Wickets Taken | BBI - Best innings bowling | BBM - Best matches bowling |
| Avg - Bowling Average | Econ - Economy rate | SR - Bowling strike rate |
| 4W - Four wickets in an innings | 5W - Five wickets an innings | 10W - Ten wickets in a match |
More on Mahela Jayawardene
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Messages
HI
— Gurvir Kaur
Hey Love to see you batting!
THE SRILANKAN LION
— HAFIZ NAZAR
HAI SIR , I AM A GREAT FAN OF YOUR , YOU R THE ONE WHO INSPIRED ME A LOT
playing
— ramgadia
I like the way you have batted and giving victory to punjab team.
I want that you paly again and wih IPL this time.
Healing your injury or sickness
— Reez
Dear Mahela,
Please talk to me and let me know your injury or sickness. I can help you. I am having a healing ability. I don't have to come closer to you. I can heal you from Sri Lanka. I also energize the players before they go to the field. Take off their fear while batting. My contact number 0094 777642818. I can help Shaun Marsh to recover fast from his injury if he wish. My personal email: siddiqueriyaz@yahoo.com -
With warm regards
Riyaz
last match loss against mumbai
— nidheesh
ur absence was really seen in that match.......
i hope u r fine nw.......
great batting display
— kulwinder singh...
May be you are the best middle order player.I can't imagine kings eleven without you.
thanks
— samnannu
hello mahela
sumit here from ambala india
i want to thank you for your contribution in the teams win against deccan charges
your knock was a superb one.thankyou again
and please keep your self in same touch
best of luck for rest of matches
Well Done
— diamondxp
Great Job Mahela.....
Great innings of responsibility.. It had the vengence and it also the class that is not always present in T20.
Keep up the good work and try to take the team Our kxip to the final
Jayu well played!
— Kaustubh
Hey Jayu, V well played 2day. Kip it rocking this way. Good luck for rest of da tourney. God bless.
R's,
King Kau$tubh
Well wisher of King ११ Punjab team. We'll win!
good play continoue i'll
— b60464
good play continoue i'll pray to god we'll win the 2009 winners
hi mahela
— yashpal
hi ur really good bestman and a good cricketer as well as captain. u took lankan cricket to new high as a captain. it was sad to hear the news of attack on ur team player and i read ur article in paper that u still remember all dat stuff when u enter team bus that was really sad incident.best of luck for today match
Well played MJ!!
— Kaustubh