Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (Sinhalese: ???? ?????? ???????; born 30 June 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. Considered one of the greatest One Day International (ODI) players of all time, Jayasuriya is well known for his powerful striking and match winning all-round performances in ODI cricket. Jayasuriya is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting with Romesh Kaluwitharana in 1996, which initiated the hard-hitting modern day batting strategy of all nations.

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Sanath Jayasuriya playing for Sri Lanka in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
Born	(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 49) Matara, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Master Blaster, Matara Hurricane Matara Mauler
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting	Left-hand bat
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder, Opening Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1989–2011)
Test debut (cap 49)	22 February 1991 v New Zealand
Last Test	1 December 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 58)	26 December 1989 v Australia
Last ODI	28 June 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.	07
T20I debut (cap 4)	15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I	20 july 2010 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994–2011	Bloomfield
2005	Somerset
2007	Marylebone Cricket Club
2007	Lancashire
2008	Warwickshire
2008–2010	Mumbai Indians
2010	Worcestershire
2011	Ruhuna Rhinos
2012	Khulna Royal Bengals
2012	Kandurata Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A Matches 110 445 265 557 Runs scored 6973 13430 14819 16128 Batting average 40.07 32.36 38.39 31.19 100s/50s 14/31 28/68 29/70 31/82 Top score 340 189 340 189 Balls bowled 8,188 14874 15,275 18,167 Wickets 98 323 205 413 Bowling average 34.34 36.75 33.20 34.85 5 wickets in innings 2 4 2 5 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 5/34 6/29 5/34 6/29 Catches/stumpings 78/0 123/0 162/0 153/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo; 3 December 2015

Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an international cricket career that spread over two decades, He is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day International cricket, and hence regarded as one of the best all rounders in the history of limited-overs cricket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of 1996 Cricket World Cup and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack broke an age old tradition by naming him one of Five Cricketers’ of the Year 1997 despite not playing the previous season in England. Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003.

He retired from Test cricket in December 2007 and from limited overs cricket in June 2011. On 28 January 2013, Sri Lanka Cricket appointed him as the chairman of cricket selection committee. Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2014, during his tenure as the chief selector.

Jayasuriya ran for public office at the 2010 Sri Lankan general elections and was elected to the parliament from his native Matara District. He topped the UPFA parliamentary election list for Matara district by obtaining 74,352 preferential votes. He served as the deputy minister of Postal services in the former UPFA government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, and later as the Deputy Minister of Local Government & Rural Development under president Maithripala Sirisena. Jayasuriya did not contest for the 2015 Sri Lankan general election, though he won most votes from Matara district under UPFA in the 2010 Sri Lankan general electio