Walikalage Sarath Peiris Jayawardene, usually known as Sarath Jayawardene (born 22 July 1969) is a Sri Lankan

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er who has also played for

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.Cricinfo profile
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in Sri Lanka, one from 1989 to 2002 and the other from 2005 to 2007.First-class matches played by Sarath Jayawardene
at CricketArchive He played for Malaysia in 2003 and 2004.
at CricketArchive

Biography

Initial Sri Lankan first-class career

Born in

Panadura Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on a ...

in 1969, Jayawardene made his first-class debut for

Panadura Sports Club Panadura Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is the Panadura Public Ground History Panadura Sports Club has been in existence since 1924. The team has played first-class cricket since 1988– ...

against

Nomads Sports Club Nomads Sports Club is a former first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. Nomads are one of the oldest Sri Lankan cricket teams. They won the P Sara Trophy in 1964-65 and 1967-68 in the days before the competition had first-class status. They co ...

in March 1989. He continued playing for his home town club until 1995, when he moved to

Antonians Sports Club Antonians Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It played first-class cricket from 1992–93 to 2002–03, and again in 2010–11. List of players See also * List of Sri Lankan cricket teams References External links Anton ...

. He also played first-class cricket for Western Province South, Western Province Suburbs and a Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI in the same time period. His

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debut came in January 1993 when he played for Panadura Sports Club against Nondescripts Cricket Club.List A matches played by Sarath Jayawardene
at CricketArchive He played his first first-class match for Antonians Sports Club against

Sinhalese Sports Club The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...

in November 1995 and continued to play for them until 1997. He played just one List A match for them in this time. He returned to Panadura Sports Club in 1999 and played for them until 2002, when he began to play for Malaysia.

Malaysian international career

He made his debut for Malaysia in a match against the ECB National Academy in February 2003. He then played in that year's

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series against

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. He played for a Malaysian Cricket Association Invitation XI against England A in February 2004, also playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy for a second time the same month. He played two first-class matches for Malaysia throughout 2004, playing

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and the

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in the

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. The match against the UAE was his last for Malaysia. He played matches in the 2004 ACC Trophy against

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and

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between the two Intercontinental Cup matches.

Return to Sri Lanka

He returned to play for Panadura Sports Club in October 2005 when he played a

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match against Chilaw Marians Cricket Club. After two further Twenty20 matches,Twenty20 matches played by Sarath Jayawardene
at CricketArchive he returned to first-class cricket with them in December 2005 with a match against Moors Sports Club. He continued playing for Panadura Sports Club throughout 2006 and into 2007, his last first-class match to date coming against

Lankan Cricket Club Lankan Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. History Lankan Cricket Club played in the Premier Trophy from 2005–06 to 2012–13. It was one of six clubs that lost their places when the competition was reduced from 20 teams t ...

in February 2007. He most recently played for Panadura in a Twenty20 match against Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in March 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayawardene, Sarath 1969 births Living people Malaysian cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Antonians Sports Club cricketers Panadura Sports Club cricketers Sri Lankan emigrants to Malaysia Sri Lankan expatriates in Malaysia