List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 109 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5088-7134-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sanath Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is an all-rounder and opening batsman, and is known for his aggressive batting style that has earned him the name "Master Blaster". His batting style introduced a new strategy to the game during the 1996 World Cup, where he and fellow opener Romesh Kaluwitharana batted highly aggressively in the early overs using fielding restrictions to their advantage. This later became a standard opening batting strategy, and according to Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, Jayasuriya "changed everyone's thinking about how to start innings". As a result of his performances, Jayasuriya was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997, despite not having played in the previous English cricketing season. He has scored a number of centuries in both Test and One Day International (ODI) games, but has not been able to score a century in a Twenty20...
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