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May 27, 1977 Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka 46 years old
former Sri Lankan cricketer
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About Mahela Jayawardene
- Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene (Sinhala: ???? ???????; born 27 May 1977), known as Mahela Jayawardene, is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer.
- Jayawardene's highest test score, 374 against South Africa is the highest test score by a right handed batsman in the history of Test cricket.Jayawardene made his Test cricket debut in 1997 and his One Day International (ODI) debut the following season.
- In 2006 he made the highest ever score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket, scoring 374 in the second Test of Sri Lanka's home series against South Africa.
- He has a test cricket average of just under 50 and a One Day average in the 30s.
- He is the first player in the history of Sri Lankan cricket to score over 10,000 Test runs.
- He is also the second Sri Lankan player to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs.
- Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka. Along with teammate Sangakkara, he recorded for the most partnership runs for the 3rd wicket in Tests, scoring 5890 runs surpassing 5826 run stand of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar , during the first test match against Pakistan at Galle International Stadium, which was his last test at the venue.
- He scored 56 runs at that match, where his counterpart scored 221 runs. Jayawardene was a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made to the final of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20. In 2006, Jayawardene was named by the International Cricket Council as the best international captain of the year and was nominated in 2007 as the best Test cricket player of the year.
- He is also known for his fielding skills in the inner ring, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the most run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the fifth highest run-out/match ratio in ODI's.
- Statistics also reveal that c Jayawardene b Muralitharan is the most common bowler-fielder combination in the history of Test cricket. Jayawardene also worked as an international TV commentator in the first test at Headingley on 19 May 2016 between England and Sri Lanka.
