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Only cricketer to score four 150+ scores and to take four 5 wicket hauls in ODI history Only ODI cricketer with more than 12,000 runs and 300 wickets.
Player of the Tournament in 1996 World Cup Happy Birthday Sanath Jayasuriya
* Highest individual score in ODIs for Sri Lanka- 189 runs in 161 balls vs India at Sharjah in 2000, Wisden ranked this knock as the 3rd best ODI innings of all time.
* Most runs in a 2 match Test series- 571 runs in 3 innings @191.33 vs India in 1999. (Cont)
* Most runs in a 2 match Test series- 571 runs in 3 innings @191.33 vs India in 1999. (Cont)
* Only Sri Lankan player to score a Test double century in England- 213(278) at the Oval in 1998.
* Only player to score 2 consecutive scores of 150 or more in ODIs.
* Only player to achieve the triple of 10k runs, 300 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs. (Cont)
* Only player to score 2 consecutive scores of 150 or more in ODIs.
* Only player to achieve the triple of 10k runs, 300 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs. (Cont)
* 4th leading run scorer in ODIs.
* Joint 4th most ODI centuries- 28.
* 3rd most ODI centuries for an Asian player outside Asia- 13.
* Joint 2nd fastest ODI fifty- in 17 balls.
* 7th fastest ODI century- in 48 balls.
* 5th fastest 150+ score in ODIs- in 95 balls.
* Joint 4th most ODI centuries- 28.
* 3rd most ODI centuries for an Asian player outside Asia- 13.
* Joint 2nd fastest ODI fifty- in 17 balls.
* 7th fastest ODI century- in 48 balls.
* 5th fastest 150+ score in ODIs- in 95 balls.
* First player to play 400 ODIs.
* 2nd oldest player to score an ODI century- at the age of 39 years and 212 days.
* He was only the 3rd player to smash 6 boundaries in an over in Tests, he did this against James Anderson in his last Test innings.(cont)
* 2nd oldest player to score an ODI century- at the age of 39 years and 212 days.
* He was only the 3rd player to smash 6 boundaries in an over in Tests, he did this against James Anderson in his last Test innings.(cont)
* 2nd most M.o.M awards in ODIs- 48.
* 2nd most M.o.S awards in ODIs- 11.
* 2nd most M.o.M awards in International Cricket- 58.
* Joint 3rd most M.o.S in International Cricket - 13.
* One of 2 players to win 4 consecutive M.o.M awards in T20Is
* 2nd most M.o.S awards in ODIs- 11.
* 2nd most M.o.M awards in International Cricket- 58.
* Joint 3rd most M.o.S in International Cricket - 13.
* One of 2 players to win 4 consecutive M.o.M awards in T20Is
