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Sri Lanka knocked out of the World Cup against South Africa meant the end of Jayawardene's career
A lot of people talk about Sangakkara and where he ranks as a cricketer (the answer is pretty highly) but there isn't a lot of talk about Jayawardene. Here are his stats
Test Cricket
149 Test - 11814 Runs @ 49.84 (34 hundreds, 50 fifties) (Highest Score 374)
vs Bangladesh - 76.4 (5 hundreds, 2 fifties)
vs India - 67.5 (6, 8)
vs Zimbabwe - 60 (1, 3)
vs England - 58.2 (8, 10)
vs South Africa - 57.5 (6, 2)
vs New Zealand - 49 (3, 6)
vs West Indies - 44 (1, 4)
vs Australia - 33.1 (2 , 5 )
vs Pakistan - 32 (2, 10)
@ Zimbabwe - 63
@ India - 63
@ Sri Lanka - 60
@ Bangladesh - 59
@ Pakistan - 43
@ West Indies - 42
@ England - 36
@ Australia - 31
@ New Zealand - 28
@ South Africa - 27
One Day Cricket
448 Matches - 12650 Runs @ 33.37, SR 79 (19 Hundreds, 77 Fifties) (Highest Score 144)
(not enough reliable data to include runs against minnows)
vs West Indies - 42.3
vs England - 40
vs India - 35
vs Australia - 33.2
vs New Zealand - 33.1
vs Paksitan - 30.7
vs Bangladesh - 30.4
vs Zimbabwe - 26.6
vs South Africa - 22.4
@ West Indies - 45
@ England - 41
@ India - 39
@ Sri Lanka - 34
@ Australia - 31
@ New Zealand - 30
@ Bangladesh - 29
@ Pakistan - 26
@ South Africa - 20
Based on those numbers, where abouts would Jayawardenes career sit with some of the modern players (becoming harder and harder to compare modern and old players)
A lot of people talk about Sangakkara and where he ranks as a cricketer (the answer is pretty highly) but there isn't a lot of talk about Jayawardene. Here are his stats
Test Cricket
149 Test - 11814 Runs @ 49.84 (34 hundreds, 50 fifties) (Highest Score 374)
vs Bangladesh - 76.4 (5 hundreds, 2 fifties)
vs India - 67.5 (6, 8)
vs Zimbabwe - 60 (1, 3)
vs England - 58.2 (8, 10)
vs South Africa - 57.5 (6, 2)
vs New Zealand - 49 (3, 6)
vs West Indies - 44 (1, 4)
vs Australia - 33.1 (2 , 5 )
vs Pakistan - 32 (2, 10)
@ Zimbabwe - 63
@ India - 63
@ Sri Lanka - 60
@ Bangladesh - 59
@ Pakistan - 43
@ West Indies - 42
@ England - 36
@ Australia - 31
@ New Zealand - 28
@ South Africa - 27
One Day Cricket
448 Matches - 12650 Runs @ 33.37, SR 79 (19 Hundreds, 77 Fifties) (Highest Score 144)
(not enough reliable data to include runs against minnows)
vs West Indies - 42.3
vs England - 40
vs India - 35
vs Australia - 33.2
vs New Zealand - 33.1
vs Paksitan - 30.7
vs Bangladesh - 30.4
vs Zimbabwe - 26.6
vs South Africa - 22.4
@ West Indies - 45
@ England - 41
@ India - 39
@ Sri Lanka - 34
@ Australia - 31
@ New Zealand - 30
@ Bangladesh - 29
@ Pakistan - 26
@ South Africa - 20
Based on those numbers, where abouts would Jayawardenes career sit with some of the modern players (becoming harder and harder to compare modern and old players)