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
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