Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Records — Tests, ODIs & T20Is
Top Records
10th
Most consecutive matches as captain of a team
Captains38
3rd
Most runs in an innings (by batting position)
Most runs340
5th
Most triple hundreds in a career
Hundreds1
4th
Longest individual innings (by minutes)
Long innings799
Opening the batting and bowling in the same match
Batting and bowling1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fielding5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fielding1st
Highest partnership for the second wicket
Innings partnerships576
2nd
Most player-of-the-match awards
Players48
4th
Most runs in an innings by a captain
Most runs189
2nd
Oldest player to score a hundred
Hundreds39y 212d
1st
Dismissed for 99 (and 199, 299 etc)
Nineties99
7th
Most fifties in career
Fifties96
1st
Most ducks in career
Ducks and pairs34
2nd
Most fours in career
Boundaries1500
8th
Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings
Long innings63.21
5th
Fastest to 13000 runs
Fastest career runs416
1st
Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings
Most wickets1/0
6th
Most balls bowled in career
Most balls bowled14874
3rd
Most runs conceded in career
Most runs conceded11871
3rd
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals42
A hundred and four wickets in an innings
Batting and bowling1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fielding5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fielding8th
Oldest living players
Players51y 258d
9th
Most runs on a single ground
Most runs3146
3rd
Most ducks in career
Ducks and pairs53
8th
Most fours in career
Boundaries2486
7th
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals49
Captains
36th
Most matches as captain
Captains38
10th
Most consecutive matches as captain of a team
Captains38
47th
Winning all tosses in a series
Captains3
Most runs
8th
Most runs in an innings
Most runs340
22nd
Most runs in a match
Most runs340
43rd
Most runs in a calendar year
Most runs1271
3rd
Most runs in an innings (by batting position)
Most runs340
20th
Most runs on a single ground
Most runs1542
Hundreds
28th
Most double hundreds in a career
Hundreds3
5th
Most triple hundreds in a career
Hundreds1
Fifties
28th
Fifties in consecutive matches
Fifties7
Boundaries
32nd
Most sixes in career
Boundaries59
38th
Most fours in career
Boundaries910
45th
Most sixes in an innings
Boundaries6
32nd
Most fours in an innings
Boundaries36
32nd
Most runs from fours and sixes in an innings
Boundaries156
Long innings
4th
Longest individual innings (by minutes)
Long innings799
13th
Longest individual innings (by balls)
Long innings578
38th
Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings
Long innings57.76
Most wickets
22nd
Best figures in a match by a captain
Most wickets9
Batting and bowling
Opening the batting and bowling in the same match
Batting and bowlingBatting, bowling and fielding
1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fieldingBatting and fielding
5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fieldingInnings partnerships
2nd
Highest partnerships for any wicket
Innings partnerships576
2nd
Highest partnerships by wicket
Innings partnerships2nd
1st
Highest partnership for the second wicket
Innings partnerships576
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