Sanath Jayasuriya - The ODI Batsman

[Nikola]

12 minutes ago, velu said:

 

he would murder bhuvi

don't worry your favourite chahal will get him 

[zen]

7 hours ago, Nikola said:

I can quote you on public forum. Why don't you Ignore the thread?

Immaturity on display here 

[Nikola]

2 minutes ago, zen said:

Immaturity on display here 

Back again? 

[Rasgulla]

Will take a handy allrounder over Tendiya anyday. Total team player 

 

Those hand picked stats don't mean anything. 

[Gollum]

The strongest forearms in cricket, his short arm pulls had so much power. I remember how as kids we believed he had springs in his bat . His trump cards had the same demand as those of  Sachin, Lara....

Even at this age looks like Popeye

[Nikola]

21 minutes ago, Gollum said:

The strongest forearms in cricket, his short arm pulls had so much power. I remember how as kids we believed he had springs in his bat . His trump cards had the same demand as those of  Sachin, Lara....

Even at this age looks like Popeye

Nope, i won't be impressed till Sir Harsh Thakor writes big essay on how great he was.

Edited April 13, 2020 by Nikola

[zen]

1 hour ago, Rasgulla said:

Those hand picked stats don't mean anything. 

Novices playing around with cricinfo  

 

As for Jayasuriya, the article below captures many of elements of his role: Link

 

"It is always a massive compliment to someone to say they changed the game, and his performance in the 1996 World Cup changed everyone's thinking about how to start an innings."

 

Premier fast-bowler, Glenn McGrath had this to say about Sanath Jayasuriya when asked to list out the toughest batsmen he'd bowled to. To simply call Jayasuriya, a game-changer, would be a gross understatement. Jayasuriya didn't just change a game, he changed an ideology.

 

Batting in ODI cricket, in the eighties and early nineties, followed a rehearsed pattern - Respect the new ball, conserve wickets, build a platform and then launch a late assault after the opposition bowlers had tired themselves out to a point where they longed to get back to the dressing room. Kiwi batsman, Mark Greatbatch broke this trend in 1992 with varied success. It wasn't until the mid-90s, did someone truly shake the established order. Just before the quadrennial event moved to the sub-continent in 1996, Sri Lanka experimented with an all-out attack approach in the first fifteen overs of fielding restriction (There was no separate batting powerplay then) during a series against Australia. Sanath Jayasuriya was then given the license to go berserk at the top of the order. And berserk he went!

 

At a time when 60 runs was considered par at the 15-over mark, Sri Lanka got 117 against India, 123 versus Kenya and 121 against England in the quarter finals. Jayasuriya, in particular, was severe on anything fractionally short, and employed the cut and the pull to clear the infield. In a group game against India, chasing a steep 273, Jayasuriya and opening partner, Romesh Kaluwitharana, scored 42 runs of their first three overs. Such was the brutality of Jayasuriya's hitting that Indian medium-pacer, Manoj Prabhakar, resorted to bowling off-spinners in his second spell. In their next game, the southpaw tore into the Kenyan new-ball bowlers on his way to 44 off 27 and enabled Sri Lanka to post, the then world-record of 398 in their 50 overs.

 

In Faisalabad for the quarter-final against England, Jayasuriya went one better. He blitzed his way to 82 off just 44 deliveries with 13 hits to the fence and 3 over it. By the time England realized what hit them, Sri Lanka had chased down 236 in 41 overs and had checked in to their hotel rooms in Kolkata for the semi-finals.

 

Mohammad Azharuddin's decision to field first in the semifinals on an Eden Garden's surface that crumbled in the second-half of the match was perhaps the greatest testament to Jayasuriya's exploits in the '96 World Cup. Jayasuriya was dismissed in the very first over but came on to bowl and ended with figures of 3/12. There wasn't to be a Jayasuriya special against Australia in the final either. but he had done his bit with a wicket and a couple of catches as Sri Lanka completed a historic World Cup win.

 

In six innings, Jayasuriya had aggregated 221 runs at an average of 36.83. Not lofty by any standards. But it wasn't the runs that mattered anymore. It was the way he got them. Striking at 131.54, Jayasuriya had softened the ball and the bowlers before Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga walked in. His contributions, however, didn't end with just terrorizing the opposition bowlers into submission. He doubled up as a useful bowler and a safe fielder, taking 7 wickets and 5 catches. He was named the player of the tournament and ODI cricket was never the same again.

 

Edited April 13, 2020 by zen

[rkt.india]

20 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

if the game is played in Asia yes .....if outside asia ill consider my options 

 

 

Even for Asia, we have much better openers than him

[rkt.india]

14 hours ago, Gollum said:

That 2006 SL-Eng match was one of my favorites growing up, Lanka made a mockery of the huge target, that kind of hitting was unheard of back then...chasing 320+, they were going at 9rpo till the 32nd over.

 

I have no doubt in my mind that had he been playing under these new ICC regulations and on these pattas, even 300 wouldn't be beyond him. 

That England bowling was pedestrian and pitch was absolute patta. Most countries have better bowling attack now than they had then.  Also he thrived against trundlers, come genuine pacers he would struggle. Teams didn't have many genuine quick bowlers in 2000s like they have now. Every top side has multiple bowlers hitting 90 mph. 

Edited April 13, 2020 by rkt.india

[rkt.india]

13 hours ago, zen said:

I followed most of my cricket in the 90s. I have not seen any batsman perform at such a dominating level in LOIs at his peak. 

 

Best performances in the 90s from what I recall (in no particular order):

 

• M Crowe in 92 WC
• Lara played many memorable knocks in his first 100 ODIs 
• Jayasuriya at his peak starting with the 96 WC
• Tendulkar's  Desert Storm innings  
• Klusener in 99 WC

 

Jausuriya could dominate on his day but he was inconsistent.

[rkt.india]

5 hours ago, Gollum said:

He would have been a useful part timer, high IQ bowler. But as you said his batting would have become even more devastating, I guess 40 avg and 125 SR. ...Jason Roy on steroids with better spin playing ability. 

He was initially selected as a bowling all rounder, then more regarded for bowling. When he first came in the late 80s he would come in at #7 or #8, sometimes even lower. Only after 80-100 matches did the SL TM start using him as a top order batsman. Look at his stats from circa 1994 or '95. Likewise he carried on till too late, should have retired after the 2008 Asia Cup when he was already 39. Hence his overall stats have taken a beating, at his peak he wasn't 'too inconsistent' as you put it, for his high risk game he was pretty consistent.

 

Of course Sanath or Viru are never going to have the consistency of Kohli or Rohit because of the way they approach the game, but in an all time XI which has plenty of great batsmen the idea is to maximize output during PP rather than going the Rohit way, because the MO won't be filled with Rayudus and Karthiks. Sanath won't be in my world XI because of Gilly, but in Asia XI I will have him partnering Sachin. 

Jausuriya didn't have an all-round game like Roy, so not sure. He was bottom handed preferred leg side and struggled against genuine pace.

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Look at his record against India in the 90s:

 

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/49209.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=6;orderby=default;spanmax1=31+Dec+1999;spanmin1=01+Jan+1990;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

 

Only had a couple of great years in 96 and 97. Otherwise was mostly ordinary.

He was over rated because he could score 30 ball 50.

[zen]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Jausuriya could dominate on his day but he was inconsistent.

1996-2011, he was better than other top SL batsmen w/ the bat and that too when trying to play impact knocks:

 

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Primary team Sri Lanka

Opposition team Australia  or England  or India  or New Zealand  or Pakistan  or South Africa  or Sri Lanka  or West Indies

Start of match date between 1 Jan 1996 and 1 Jan 2012

Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 2000

Ordered by batting average (descending)

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
PA de Silva	1996-2003	119	115	13	3717	134	36.44	4615	80.54	6	25	11	329	31
KC Sangakkara	2000-2011	243	230	20	7621	138*	36.29	10285	74.09	7	53	8	728	40
A Ranatunga	1996-1999	81	76	12	2282	131*	35.65	3036	75.16	2	13	9	184	18
MS Atapattu	1996-2007	218	213	19	6909	132*	35.61	10292	67.12	9	47	10	589	12
ST Jayasuriya	1996-2011	290	286	12	9584	189	34.97	10273	93.29	21	50	24	1098	195
DPMD Jayawardene	1998-2011	286	274	26	8189	144	33.02	10817	75.70	12	51	20	675	45
RP Arnold	1997-2007	147	134	34	3226	91*	32.26	4526	71.27	0	23	7	238	16
TM Dilshan	2000-2011	175	157	21	4312	160	31.70	5072	85.01	6	17	6	450	28
WU Tharanga	2005-2011	99	94	4	2836	120	31.51	4001	70.88	7	13	7	325	13
RS Kaluwitharana	1996-2004	135	132	8	3006	102*	24.24	3966	75.79	1	21	17	338	10

 

 

Among key high SR openers: 

 

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Start of match date between 1 Jan 1996 and 1 Jan 2012

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Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 2000  and batting average greater than or equal to 34

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0
V Sehwag (ICC/INDIA)	2001-2011	179	176	5	6267	219	36.64	6065	103.33	13	27	10
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1997-2008	223	222	4	7699	154	35.31	7963	96.68	14	44	16
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-2011	286	282	10	9509	189	34.95	10185	93.36	21	50	24

 

 

inning per 100 -> Sehwag 13.5, Gilly 15.9 , Jayasuriya 13.4 (lowest)

 

 

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

He was over rated because he could score 30 ball 50.

 

 a 30 ball 50 in an era when SL went at around 5 RPO is not bad at all! 

 

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Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L	Ave	RPO	Inns	HS	LS
Australia	1996-2011	383	242	123	5	13	1.967	35.74	5.18	381	434	93
South Africa	1996-2011	326	197	114	5	10	1.728	33.82	4.97	324	438	83
Sri Lanka	1996-2011	359	172	169	3	15	1.017	29.31	4.89	353	411	78
Pakistan	1996-2011	367	175	183	1	8	0.956	28.93	4.86	367	371	75
India	1996-2011	439	199	211	2	27	0.943	32.03	5.10	430	418	54

Edited April 13, 2020 by zen