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Sanath Jayasuriya Test record against England

1991-08-22 – 2007-12-01 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 14 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 25 batting innings and 24 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
Batting258192335.6064.08
Bowling247802728.8883.00

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: 2.08 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 2,241.

Batting milestones in this sample: 1 centuries and 3 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,278.

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. 199177 runs
  2. 199310 runs
  3. 1998237 runs
  4. 200191 runs
  5. 200299 runs
  6. 2003209 runs
  7. 20068 runs
  8. 200788 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 19910 wickets
  2. 19932 wickets
  3. 19980 wickets
  4. 200116 wickets
  5. 20020 wickets
  6. 20035 wickets
  7. 20063 wickets
  8. 20071 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200712887844.0074.57011211182137.002.3196.00
200612844.0030.760020262324.332.1567.66
2003352098541.8056.03013113736531.601.75108.00
200235993519.8046.910014021130N/A2.76N/A
200135914518.2053.840015016961614.751.8647.50
199812237213237.0080.331035329520N/A1.74N/A
19931210610.00111.11001192249.503.5384.00
199112776638.50100.00011007710N/A1.00N/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
Home81439830.6159.49162422.08
Away61142142.1069.128383.33
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 England · Lord's

  2. Highest recorded innings · 213 runs

    Test v England · Kennington Oval

  3. Best recorded bowling · 4/24

    Test v England · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

  4. Latest available scorecard

    Test v England · Asgiriya Stadium

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium4--128
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium378106--
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium2--09
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium11012--
2006-06-02Trent Bridge4--154
2006-06-02Trent Bridge345--
2006-06-02Trent Bridge2--219
2006-06-02Trent Bridge1421--
2003-12-18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground3--25
2003-12-18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground285104--
2003-12-18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground1--01
2003-12-10Asgiriya Stadium4--045
2003-12-10Asgiriya Stadium32753--
2003-12-10Asgiriya Stadium2--132
2003-12-10Asgiriya Stadium13290--
2003-12-02Galle International Stadium4--131
2003-12-02Galle International Stadium31716--
2003-12-02Galle International Stadium2--144
2003-12-02Galle International Stadium148110--
2002-06-13Old Trafford32629--

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.