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Sanath Jayasuriya Test record against Australia

1992-08-28 – 2007-11-16 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 13 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 24 batting innings and 19 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting246862231.1865.70
Bowling19310477.50188.25

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 2.47 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 753.

Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 2 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,044.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 199222 runs
  2. 1996160 runs
  3. 199957 runs
  4. 2004353 runs
  5. 200794 runs
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200724944523.5063.51001311483148.003.2090.00
200451035313135.3070.31124735029351.332.50123.00
199935572114.2564.0400708940N/A1.51N/A
19961216011280.0065.301021324510N/A3.15N/A
199223221911.0036.6600106020N/A2.88N/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home81437331.0870.7711281.50
Away51031331.3060.548273.50
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v Australia · R Premadasa Stadium

  2. First century in this archive · 112 runs

    Test v Australia · Adelaide Oval

  3. Highest recorded innings · 131 runs

    Test v Australia · Asgiriya Stadium

  4. Best recorded bowling · 1/21

    Test v Australia · Marrara Cricket Ground

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v Australia · Bellerive Oval

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2007-11-16Bellerive Oval44577--
2007-11-16Bellerive Oval3--06
2007-11-16Bellerive Oval2315--
2007-11-16Bellerive Oval1--124
2007-11-08Brisbane Cricket Ground33949--
2007-11-08Brisbane Cricket Ground277--
2007-11-08Brisbane Cricket Ground1--018
2004-07-09Cazalys Stadium42243--
2004-07-09Cazalys Stadium3--08
2004-07-09Cazalys Stadium2139--
2004-07-09Cazalys Stadium1--020
2004-07-01Marrara Cricket Ground41647--
2004-07-01Marrara Cricket Ground3--09
2004-07-01Marrara Cricket Ground2825--
2004-07-01Marrara Cricket Ground1--121
2004-03-24Sinhalese Sports Club Ground45183--
2004-03-24Sinhalese Sports Club Ground3--013
2004-03-24Sinhalese Sports Club Ground27178--
2004-03-24Sinhalese Sports Club Ground1--127
2004-03-16Asgiriya Stadium4131145--

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.