CRICKET WICKETSanath 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.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 27 | 857 | 27 | 31.74 | 67.58 |
| Bowling | 21 | 671 | 21 | 31.95 | 72.61 |
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. — 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.
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
- 1993125 runs
- 199884 runs
- 2000304 runs
- 200140 runs
- 200232 runs
- 2004148 runs
- 2006124 runs
- 19931 wickets
- 19987 wickets
- 20005 wickets
- 20010 wickets
- 20047 wickets
- 20061 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 124 | 73 | 41.33 | 84.35 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 147 | 3 | 1 | 145.00 | 3.02 | 288.00 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 148 | 74 | 37.00 | 60.65 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 244 | 4 | 7 | 18.00 | 1.93 | 55.85 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 16.00 | 65.30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 10.00 | 58.82 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.92 | N/A |
| 2000 | 4 | 7 | 304 | 148 | 43.42 | 68.31 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 445 | 5 | 5 | 27.00 | 2.81 | 57.60 |
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | 84 | 51 | 21.00 | 68.85 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 122 | 4 | 7 | 22.00 | 2.44 | 54.00 |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 | 125 | 65 | 41.66 | 64.76 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 193 | 3 | 1 | 73.00 | 4.29 | 102.00 |
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 | 9 | 15 | 675 | 45.00 | 69.08 | 15 | 14 | 34.21 |
| Away | 6 | 12 | 182 | 15.16 | 62.54 | 6 | 7 | 27.42 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Colombo (SSC)
- Highest recorded innings · 148 runs
Test v South Africa · Galle
- Best recorded bowling · 5/34
Test v South Africa · Colombo (SSC)
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · P Sara Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 4 | 73 | 74 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 3 | — | — | 0 | 40 |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 2 | 47 | 67 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 1 | — | — | 0 | 29 |
| 2006-07-27 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | — | — | 1 | 76 |
| 2006-07-27 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 4 | — | — | 0 | 22 |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 3 | 19 | 25 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 2 | — | — | 5 | 34 |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | 43 | 59 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 4 | — | — | 0 | 30 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 3 | 74 | 139 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 2 | — | — | 2 | 40 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 1 | 12 | 21 | — | — |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 1 | 32 | 46 | — | — |
| 2001-01-20 | Centurion | 3 | 16 | 36 | — | — |
| 2001-01-20 | Centurion | 2 | 16 | 18 | — | — |
| 2001-01-20 | Centurion | 1 | — | — | 0 | 10 |
| 2001-01-02 | Cape Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
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.