Sanath Teran Jayasuriya was born on 30 June 1969, and his nickname is Master Blaster, Matara Hurricane and Matara Mauler. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. He is Left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler. His best bowling performance in an innings in one-day international cricket is 6 for 29, which he took against England in 1993. He took 440 wickets altogether in international cricket with six five-wicket hauls. Jayasuriya is well known for his powerful striking.
Jayasuriya widely regarded as one of the greatest ODI cricketers of all time. Jayasuriya was an all-rounder. He is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in ODI cricket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Jayasuriya was also the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1999 to 2003.
In 1988, Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka in the inaugural ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which held in Australia. Then he selected for a tour in Pakistan with Sri Lanka 'B' team, where he made two double centuries. In 1989-90, he drafted into the national side for a visit to Australia, and he made his ODI debut against Australia and his Test debut against New Zealand in February 1991. In 1997, Jayasuriya made the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India. During the Second Test of the home series against Bangladesh on 20 September 2005, Jayasuriya became the first Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests.
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Jayasuriya held the records for the fastest fifty against Pakistan in 17 balls, fastest 100 in 48 balls and fastest 150 against England in 95 shots in One Day International cricket. His fastest 50 stayed 19 years and he is currently the fourth highest centurion in ODI cricket with 28 centuries. He is the third batsman in Test cricket to hit six fours in one over. On 1 December 2007, he played his last test match against England. He played his final ODI on 28 June 2011 against England.
In December 2007, he retired from Test cricket and from limited-overs cricket in June 2011. Sri Lanka Cricket board appointed him as the chairman of the cricket selection committee on 28 January 2013. During his tenure as the chief selector, Sri Lanka won the T20 world cup for the first time in 2014.
