Sanath Jayasuriya - International Records

International Records

• He holds the sixth-highestNote 1 ODI innings, 189 runs (as of 10 December 2011).

• He currently holds the record for fastest fifty in ODIs, scored off just 17 balls.

• Jayasuriya holds the record for second highest fours in an ODI innings, 24 fours.Record for highest no. of fours in an inning is for Sachin Tendulkar(25)and Virender Sehwag(25) of India

• He is currently the second highest run scorer in ODIs with 13,430 runs. (Sachin Tendulkar is first with 18,426).

• He is the only batsman in history to have two consecutive ODI scores above 150.

• Jayasuriya holds the record for the fastest 150 in an ODI innings, off 95 balls against England in 2006.

• He is currently the third highest centurion in ODIs with 28 under his belt (only Ponting (30) and Tendulkar (49) have more).

• Jayasuriya has second most Man of the Match awards (48) in ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (62).

• He was also the first player to play in 400 ODIs matches.

• He is the third batsman in Test cricket to hit 6 fours in one over. He did this against England in his last Test innings.

• He is the oldest player to have scored an ODI century, performing the feat against India at Dumballa, Sri Lanka on 28 January 2009. He was 39 years 212 days, beating Geoffrey Boycott's record of 39 years 51 days.

• Probably the most remarkable of all of his records stretches across all three recognized forms of international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team holds the record for the Highest Innings Totals in Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals at one time. In each of these Highest Innings Totals, Sanath Jayasuriya was the leading scorer for Sri Lanka.