CRICKET WICKETSanath 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.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 24 | 686 | 22 | 31.18 | 65.70 |
| Bowling | 19 | 310 | 4 | 77.50 | 188.25 |
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. — 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.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 45 | 23.50 | 63.51 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 148 | 3 | 1 | 48.00 | 3.20 | 90.00 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 | 353 | 131 | 35.30 | 70.31 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 502 | 9 | 3 | 51.33 | 2.50 | 123.00 |
| 1999 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 21 | 14.25 | 64.04 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 4 | 0 | N/A | 1.51 | N/A |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 160 | 112 | 80.00 | 65.30 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 245 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.15 | N/A |
| 1992 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11.00 | 36.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.88 | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 8 | 14 | 373 | 31.08 | 70.77 | 11 | 2 | 81.50 |
| Away | 5 | 10 | 313 | 31.30 | 60.54 | 8 | 2 | 73.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Colombo (RPS)
- First century in this archive · 112 runs
Test v Australia · Adelaide
- Highest recorded innings · 131 runs
Test v Australia · Kandy
- Best recorded bowling · 1/21
Test v Australia · Darwin
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Bellerive Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-16 | Bellerive Oval | 4 | 45 | 77 | — | — |
| 2007-11-16 | Bellerive Oval | 3 | — | — | 0 | 6 |
| 2007-11-16 | Bellerive Oval | 2 | 3 | 15 | — | — |
| 2007-11-16 | Bellerive Oval | 1 | — | — | 1 | 24 |
| 2007-11-08 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 3 | 39 | 49 | — | — |
| 2007-11-08 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 2 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| 2007-11-08 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 1 | — | — | 0 | 18 |
| 2004-07-09 | Cairns | 4 | 22 | 43 | — | — |
| 2004-07-09 | Cairns | 3 | — | — | 0 | 8 |
| 2004-07-09 | Cairns | 2 | 13 | 9 | — | — |
| 2004-07-09 | Cairns | 1 | — | — | 0 | 20 |
| 2004-07-01 | Darwin | 4 | 16 | 47 | — | — |
| 2004-07-01 | Darwin | 3 | — | — | 0 | 9 |
| 2004-07-01 | Darwin | 2 | 8 | 25 | — | — |
| 2004-07-01 | Darwin | 1 | — | — | 1 | 21 |
| 2004-03-24 | Colombo (SSC) | 4 | 51 | 83 | — | — |
| 2004-03-24 | Colombo (SSC) | 3 | — | — | 0 | 13 |
| 2004-03-24 | Colombo (SSC) | 2 | 71 | 78 | — | — |
| 2004-03-24 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | — | — | 1 | 27 |
| 2004-03-16 | Kandy | 4 | 131 | 145 | — | — |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.