- Born on June 30, 1969, in Matara, Sri Lanka, Sanath Teran Jayasuriya made his Testdebut against New Zealand at Hamilton in 1990-91 and odi debut against Australia atMelbourne in 1989-90
- Since he became captain Sri Lanka have won 18 out of the 39 Tests and 59 of the 101 odis they have played
- He is cricket's most famous Buddhist
- With a 340 against India in Colombo he proved that he was more than a one-day specialist