Sarath Jayawardene

Walikalage Sarath Peiris Jayawardene, usually known as Sarath Jayawardene (born 22 July 1969) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has also played for Malaysia.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he had two stints playing first-class cricket in Sri Lanka, one from 1989 to 2002 and the other from 2005 to 2007.[3] He played for Malaysia in 2003 and 2004.[4]

Sarath Jayawardene

Personal information
Full name	Walikalage Sarath Peiris Jayawardene
Born	22 July 1969 Panadura, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989–2007	Panadura Sports Club
2004	Malaysia
1995–1997	Antonians Sports Club
1994–1995	Western Province South
1992	Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI
1991–1992	Western Province Suburbs
First-class debut	31 March 1989 Panadura Sports Club v Nomads Sports Club
Last First-class	23 February 2007 Panadura Sports Club v Lankan Cricket Club
List A debut	26 January 1993 Panadura Sports Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club
Last List A	4 December 2005 Panadura Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Twenty20 Matches 114 16 5 Runs scored 4404 303 88 Batting average 23.55 20.20 22.00 100s/50s 4/24 0/0 0/1 Top score 133 45 50 Balls bowled 10703 744 60 Wickets 181 33 5 Bowling average 32.33 14.36 12.60 5 wickets in innings 5 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a Best bowling 6/40 4/13 3/25 Catches/stumpings 52/0 4/0 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2008

Biography

Initial Sri Lankan first-class career

Born in Panadura in 1969,[2] Jayawardene made his first-class debut for Panadura Sports Club against Nomads Sports Club in March 1989. He continued playing for his home town club until 1995, when he moved to Antonians Sports Club. He also played first-class cricket for Western Province South, Western Province Suburbs and a Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI in the same time period.[3] His List A debut came in January 1993 when he played for Panadura Sports Club against Nondescripts Cricket Club.[5]

He played his first first-class match for Antonians Sports Club against Sinhalese Sports Club in November 1995 and continued to play for them until 1997.[3] He played just one List A match for them in this time.[5] He returned to Panadura Sports Club in 1999 and played for them until 2002,[3] when he began to play for Malaysia.[4]

Malaysian international career

He made his debut for Malaysia in a match against the ECB National Academy in February 2003. He then played in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore. He played for a Malaysian Cricket Association Invitation XI against England A in February 2004, also playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy for a second time the same month.[4]

He played two first-class matches for Malaysia throughout 2004, playing Nepal and the UAE in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.[3] The match against the UAE was his last for Malaysia. He played matches in the 2004 ACC Trophy against Kuwait and Saudi Arabia between the two Intercontinental Cup matches.[4]

Return to Sri Lanka

He returned to play for Panadura Sports Club in October 2005 when he played a Twenty20 match against Chilaw Marians Cricket Club. After two further Twenty20 matches,[6] he returned to first-class cricket with them in December 2005 with a match against Moors Sports Club.[3]

He continued playing for Panadura Sports Club throughout 2006 and into 2007, his last first-class match to date coming against Lankan Cricket Club in February 2007.[3] He most recently played for Panadura in a Twenty20 match against Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in March 2007.[6]

References

1. Cricinfo profile
2. CricketArchive profile
3. First-class matches played by Sarath Jayawardene at CricketArchive
4. Other matches played by Sarath Jayawardene at CricketArchive
5. List A matches played by Sarath Jayawardene at CricketArchive
6. Twenty20 matches played by Sarath Jayawardene at CricketArchive