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Full name Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
Born October 9, 1979, Colombo
Current age 29 years 7 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
21
25
2
616
120*
26.78
1409
43.71
1
2
63
2
41
15
ODIs
6
5
0
27
20
5.40
44
61.36
0
0
3
0
4
1
First-class
149
230
26
5388
166*
26.41
6
25
359
68
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
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
149
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
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 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
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 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
Prasanna 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. However, it wasn't until the tour of New Zealand in 2006-07 when he established himself in the Test side, allowing Sangakkara to play as a specialist batsman. Jayawardene started making better contributions with the bat, scoring his maiden century, against Bangladesh. Though Sangakkara remains the first choice keeper in limited overs cricket, Jayawardene was given a chance to reclaim his spot when named in the Champions Trophy probables.
Andrew Miller (July 9, 2008)
Notes
Played three years for St. Sebastians College Plays Division I Cricket for N.C.C.
