Mahela Jayawardene Profile, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -
Batter
Full Name: Mahela Jayawardene
Birth Date: May 27, 1977 (48 Years)
Birth Place:
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Role: Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Teams: Sri Lanka, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Adelaide Strikers, Dhaka Dominators, Trinbago Knight Riders, Jamaica Tallawahs, Karachi Kings, Central Stags, Somerset, Marylebone Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Sri Lanka Cricket XI
Batting Statistics
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 149 | 252 | 11814 | 22959 | 15 | 374 | 49.84 | 51.45 | 34 | 50 | 1387 | 61 |
| ODI | 448 | 418 | 12650 | 16020 | 39 | 144 | 33.37 | 78.96 | 19 | 77 | 1119 | 76 |
| T20I | 55 | 55 | 1493 | 1121 | 8 | 100 | 31.76 | 133.18 | 1 | 9 | 173 | 33 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 222 | 214 | 5479 | 4150 | 27 | 116 | 29.29 | 132.02 | 3 | 36 | 634 | 136 |
| List A | 546 | 509 | 15421 | 0 | 51 | 163 | 33.67 | - | 21 | 95 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 237 | 383 | 17838 | 0 | 24 | 374 | 49.68 | - | 51 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Performance
| Format | M | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 149 | 22 | - | 310 | 6 | 2/32 | 51.66 | 3.15 | - | 0 |
| ODI | 448 | 28 | - | 563 | 8 | 2/56 | 70.37 | 5.69 | - | 0 |
| T20I | 55 | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | - | - | 8 | - | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 222 | 5 | - | 97 | 3 | 2/22 | 32.33 | 7.76 | - | 0 |
| List A | 546 | 0 | - | 1146 | 24 | 3/25 | 47.75 | 5.37 | - | 0 |
| First Class | 237 | 0 | - | 1629 | 52 | - | 31.32 | 3.25 | - | 1 |
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Mahela Jayawardene – Stats, Records, Biography, Age & ICC Ranking
Mahela Jayawardene plays cricket for the Sri Lanka cricket team in International cricket. Mahela Jayawardene was born on May 27, 1977. He is 48 as a Right Hand Bat.
If we talk about Mahela Jayawardene’s Test career, he has played 149 Test matches and scored 11,814 runs, with an average of 49.84. M Jayawardene has hammered 1,387 fours and 61 sixes in the Test format. Mahela Jayawardene’s highest individual score in Test cricket is 374. He played his recent Test Match at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground against Pakistan in August 2014, where he scored 4 runs in the first innings and runs in the 2nd innings of the Test match.
In the One-day International career of Mahela Jayawardene, he has played 448 ODI matches for the Sri Lanka cricket team with 12,650 runs with an average of 33.37. M Jayawardene has smashed 1,119 fours and 76 big sixes in the ODI format. He played his recent ODI match against South Africa in March 2015. M Jayawardene’s highest score in an ODI format is 144.
Mahela Jayawardene has played 55 T20 matches, scoring 1,493 runs at an average of 31.76. He has hit 173 fours and 33 sixes in his career. In the recent T20 match against India in April 2014, he scored runs. M Jayawardene’s top score in T20 is 100.