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| Sanath Jayasuriya |
He is Sanath Teran Jayasuriya. Most clever cricket player in Sri Lankan. He was born 30 june 1969.Jayasuriya an all-rounder.He has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989.He is the only player to score more than 13000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in one day international cricket. He is also regarded by many critics and experts as one of the best all rounders in the history of the game.He ran for public office at the 2010 Sri Lankan general elections and was elected to parliament from his native Matara District.Jayasuriya was born to Dunstan and Breeda Jayasuriya in matara and had his education at St. Servatius College,Matara. It was there,that his cricketing talents were nourished by the Principal,G.L.Galappathy and coach Lionel Wagasinghe.He has an elder brother ,Chandana Jayasuriya. At one time he held the records for fastest fifty, fastest 100, fastest 150, most sixes in an ODI innings and most sixes in ODI career. Fastest 100 was taken away from him by Afridi but he still holds the fastest 50 and fastest 150. Fastest 150 and most sixes in an ODI inning is taken away by SR Watson(Australia) on 11 Apr 2011. His wife, Sandra De Silva is a former flight attendant of Sri lankan Airlines.Sanath and Sandra have 3 children. Sanath Jayasuriya was also one of the judges at the Miss World contest for the year 1996,which took place at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Sanath Jayasuriya is the frist cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNA IDS, Geneva) for his commitment to prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka. He entered politics in February 2010 as the candidate for Matara District. His Party is the United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA) of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Jayasuriya says that he intends to continue playing cricket if he is elected. Jayasuriya was declared winner in absentia with 74,352 votes in Matara district,while playing for the Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League.
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