Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a politician. Jayasuriya was an all-rounder, who had an international cricket career that spread over two decades. He made his One Day International debut against Australia at Melbourne on Boxing Day of 1989 and his Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton in February 1991. Jayasuriya is the only player to score more than 13,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals and he is regarded as one of the best all rounders in the history of Limited overs cricket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 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.Sanath Jayasuriya has the distinction of playing in third most ODI matches in which his team was on winning side,just behind Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. Sri Lanka Cricket appointed him as the chairman of cricket selecting committee on 28 January 2013. Wikipedia [ - ]

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a politician. Jayasuriya was an... [ + ]