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Full name Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
Born October 9, 1979, Colombo
Current age 29 years 2 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

616

120*

26.78

1409

43.71

ODIs

5.40

61.36

First-class

149

230

5388

166*

26.41

359

List A

1589

21.76

104

Twenty20

11.00

80.88

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

First-class

149

3.00

List A

Twenty20

1/8

8.00

4.00

12.0

Career statistics

Test debut

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Jun 28-Jul 2, 2000 scorecard

Last Test

Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 4, 2003 scorecard

Last ODI

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1997/98

Last First-class

Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1997/98

Last List A

Basnahira North v Basnahira South at Colombo (SSC), Jan 8, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Colombo Cricket Club v Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard

Prasanna Jayawardene looked set for a long career after touring England as a 19-year-old in 1998, but had been marginalised since the rocket-fuelled arrival of Kumar Sangakkara in 2000. Waiting on the sidelines, in fact, had already been a feature of Jayawardene's career. He made his Test debut against Pakistan at Kandy in June 2000, but was confined to the dressing-room throughout, as Sri Lanka batted over the first three days before rain washed out play on the last two. The resurgence of Romesh Kaluwitharana threatened to push Jayawardene further down the pecking order, but his batting has steadily improved in the intervening years, and with the Sri Lankan selectors voicing their concerns about overburdening Sangakkara, Jayawardene was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004. However, it wasn't until the tour of New Zealand in 2006-07 when he established himself in the Test side, allowing Sangakkara to play as a specialist batsman. Jayawardene started making better contributions with the bat, scoring his maiden century, against Bangladesh. Though Sangakkara remains the first choice keeper in limited overs cricket, Jayawardene was given a chance to reclaim his spot when named in the Champions Trophy probables.

Andrew Miller (July 9, 2008)

Aug 11, 2008

Prasanna Jayawardene, Malinda Warnapura turn up the volume © AFP

Aug 11, 2008

Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene looking charged up © AFP

Aug 10, 2008

Zaheer Khan is congratulated for the wicket of Prasanna Jayawardene © AFP

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