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	Mahela Jayawardene (c)

	Kumar Sangakkara

	Ishara Amerasinghe

	Tillakaratne Dilshan

	Rangana Herath

	Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)

	Nuwan Kulasekara

	Thilan Thushara

	Muttiah Muralitharan

	Thilan Samaraweera

	Chamara Silva

	Chaminda Vaas

	Michael Vandort

	Malinda Warnapura

	Chanaka Welegedara

	Farveez Maharoof

	Lasith Malinga

Prasanna Jayawardene

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
Born October 9, 1979, Colombo
Current age 28 years 221 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 18 21 2 509 120* 26.78 1136 44.80 1 2 56 2 38 10

ODIs 6 5 0 27 20 5.40 44 61.36 0 0 3 0 4 1

First-class 146 226 26 5281 166* 26.40 6 25 356 63

List A 99 82 9 1589 62 21.76 0 7 104 42

Twenty20 5 5 0 55 22 11.00 68 80.88 0 0 6 0 2 2

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 18 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODIs 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -

First-class 146 18 9 0 - - - 3.00 - 0 0 0

List A 99 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Twenty20 5 1 12 8 1 1/8 1/8 8.00 4.00 12.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Jun 28-Jul 2, 2000 scorecard

Last Test West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 4, 2003 scorecard

Last ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut 1997/98

Last First-class West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard

List A debut 1997/98

Last List A Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20 Colombo Cricket Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Jayawardene looked set for a long career after touring England as a 19-year-old in 1998, but had been marginalised since the rocket-fuelled arrival of Kumar Sangakkara in 2000. Waiting on the sidelines, in fact, had already been a feature of Jayawardene's career. He made his Test debut against Pakistan at Kandy in June 2000, but was confined to the dressing-room throughout, as Sri Lanka batted over the first three days before rain washed out play on the last two. The resurgence of Romesh Kaluwitharana threatened to push Jayawardene further down the pecking order, but his batting has steadily improved in the intervening years, and with the Sri Lankan selectors voicing their concerns about overburdening Sangakkara, Jayawardene was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004.
Andrew Miller

Notes

Played three years for St. Sebastians College
Plays Division I Cricket for N.C.C.