2009 in Sri Lanka - Sport

Sport

  • 3 January - Mahela Jayawardene played his 100th Test match (vs Bangladesh)
  • January 12 - Ajantha Mendis fastest to reached 50 wickets, in ODI, in his 19th match when he dismissed Ray Price (Zimbabwe).
  • January 16 - Kumar Sangakkara reached 7,000 runs in ODIs (vs Bangladesh)
  • January 21 - Mahela Jayawardene broke the record of catches by non wicket keeper, in ODI, vs. Pakistan with 157, when he caught Salman Butt.
  • January 24 - Muttiah Muralitharan got his 500th ODI wicket (vs Pakistan)
  • January 28 - Sanath Jayasuriya reached 13,000 run in ODI (vs India)
  • February 3 - Mahela Jayawardene reached 8,000 ODI runs (vs India)
  • February 5 - Muttiah Muralitharan broke the record of wickets taken with 503, in ODIs, when he dismissed Gautam Gambhir.
  • 21 February - Mahela Jayawardene reached 8,000 runs in Test (vs Pakistan)
  • 22 February - Mahela Jayawardene & Thilan Samaraweera broke the record for the 4th wicket, in Test, with 437 runs vs Pakistan. Shoaib Malik ended the partnership by dismissing Jayawardene. The partnership faced 651 balls and Jayawardene contributed 199 runs, Samaraweera 231 runs.
  • July 24 - Kumar Sangakkara reached 7,000 runs scored in Test, vs Pakistan.
  • August 1 - Mahela Jayawardene played his 300th ODI Match.

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