Full name Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Born May 27, 1977, Colombo
Current age 33 years 33 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Asia XI, Kings XI Punjab, Sinhalese Sports Club, Wayamba
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 110 | 182 | 13 | 9120 | 374 | 53.96 | 17327 | 52.63 | 27 | 35 | 1086 | 41 | 152 | 0 |
| ODIs | 321 | 302 | 31 | 8863 | 128 | 32.70 | 11478 | 77.21 | 12 | 54 | 752 | 53 | 167 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 31 | 4 | 760 | 100 | 28.14 | 537 | 141.52 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 21 | 9 | 0 |
| First-class | 192 | 305 | 22 | 14884 | 374 | 52.59 | 44 | 63 | 244 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 396 | 370 | 40 | 10704 | 128 | 32.43 | 12 | 67 | 201 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 84 | 81 | 16 | 2049 | 110* | 31.52 | 1445 | 141.79 | 2 | 11 | 218 | 60 | 38 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 110 | 20 | 547 | 292 | 6 | 2/32 | 2/32 | 48.66 | 3.20 | 91.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 321 | 27 | 582 | 558 | 7 | 2/56 | 2/56 | 79.71 | 5.75 | 83.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 192 | 2959 | 1611 | 52 | 5/72 | 30.98 | 3.26 | 56.9 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 396 | 1263 | 1134 | 23 | 3/25 | 3/25 | 49.30 | 5.38 | 54.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 84 | 4 | 69 | 82 | 3 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 27.33 | 7.13 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 2-6, 1997 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS), Dec 2-6, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), Jan 24, 1998 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard |
| Last T20I | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 23, 2010 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1995/96 |
| Last First-class | India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS), Dec 2-6, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1995/96 |
| Last List A | Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 24, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Lauderhill, May 23, 2010 scorecard |
A prolific, elegant and utterly classy batsman with a huge appetite for runs, and a calm yet authoritative captain - those are the qualities that best describe Mahela Jayawardene. His sheer quality as a batsman was never in doubt even when he just entered the international scene, but for Jayawardene the biggest challenge has been to justify all the early hype. With a combined Test and ODI tally in excess of 17,000 - and a captaincy stint that included a World Cup final appearance - it can safely be said that he has met that challenge more than adequately.
