Biography: Widely regarded as one of the greatest One-Day International players of all time; his style of play is considered to have revolutionized ODI cricket by introducing the hard-hitting strategy now adopted by all competing nations.
He played as captain for the Sri Lankan national team for many years. He is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in ODI cricket.
1989-12-26 ODI cricket debut for Australia's Mark Taylor and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya at the MCG
1991-02-22 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
1996-03-02 DespiteSachin Tendulkar's masterful 137 in India's 3 for 272, Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup match in Delhi by 6 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya 79, Hashan Tillakaratne 70no
1996-04-02 Sri Lankan cricket batsman Sanath Jayasuriya hits century in 48 balls (134 off 65), in 34 run win over Pakistan in Singapore; world ODI record
1996-04-07 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hits the fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls vs Pakistan in Singapore
1997-08-06 Sri Lanka slams world record 952 for 6 in the 1st cricket Test against India in Colombo; Sanath Jayasuriya 340, Roshan Mahanama 225 - record partnership 576
2006-07-02 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Tharanga (109) compile world record cricket ODI opening stand of 286 vs England at Headingley
2006-07-04 Sri Lanka sets new ODI cricket record score 443-9 in a World Cup win over Netherlands in Amstelveen (Jayasuriya 157, Dilshan 117no)
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