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Sanath Jayasuriya Test record against South Africa

1993-09-06 – 2006-08-04 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 15 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 27 batting innings and 21 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
Batting278572731.7467.58
Bowling216712131.9572.61

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: 2.64 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,525.

Batting milestones in this sample: 1 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,268.

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. 1993125 runs
  2. 199884 runs
  3. 2000304 runs
  4. 200140 runs
  5. 200232 runs
  6. 2004148 runs
  7. 2006124 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 19931 wickets
  2. 19987 wickets
  3. 20005 wickets
  4. 20010 wickets
  5. 20047 wickets
  6. 20061 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
2006231247341.3384.350117314731145.003.02288.00
2004241487437.0060.65011602444718.001.9355.85
200212323216.0065.3000504900N/AN/AN/A
200124401610.0058.8200506820N/A2.92N/A
20004730414843.4268.31114814455527.002.8157.60
199824845121.0068.85011211224722.002.4454.00
1993231256541.6664.76011901933173.004.29102.00

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
Home91567545.0069.08151434.21
Away61218215.1662.546727.42
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 South Africa · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

  2. Highest recorded innings · 148 runs

    Test v South Africa · Galle International Stadium

  3. Best recorded bowling · 5/34

    Test v South Africa · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

  4. Latest available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · P Sara Oval

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2006-08-04P Sara Oval47374--
2006-08-04P Sara Oval3--040
2006-08-04P Sara Oval24767--
2006-08-04P Sara Oval1--029
2006-07-27Sinhalese Sports Club Ground3--176
2006-07-27Sinhalese Sports Club Ground246--
2004-08-11Sinhalese Sports Club Ground4--022
2004-08-11Sinhalese Sports Club Ground31925--
2004-08-11Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2--534
2004-08-11Sinhalese Sports Club Ground14359--
2004-08-04Galle International Stadium4--030
2004-08-04Galle International Stadium374139--
2004-08-04Galle International Stadium2--240
2004-08-04Galle International Stadium11221--
2002-11-08The Wanderers Stadium303--
2002-11-08The Wanderers Stadium13246--
2001-01-20SuperSport Park31636--
2001-01-20SuperSport Park21618--
2001-01-20SuperSport Park1--010
2001-01-02Newlands302--

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.