Saman Jayantha

Saman Jayantha bowls right arm offbreak and bats right handedly in the Sri Lanka cricket team. He has also played for Southern Province, Singha Sports Club, Ruhuna, Mumbai Champs and Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club.

Saman Jayantha debuted in One day International cricket on 27th February 2004 at Colombo (R Premadasa Stadium) against Australia. As a fielder, he took 1 catch. He was assigned the No. 5 batting position where he scored 1 run in 4 balls. This match was won by Australia by 40 runs. Jayantha played his last One day International at Auckland (Eden Park) against New Zealand on 26th December 2004. In this match, he was the opening batsman, but was out for a duck. While fielding, he was involved along with Sangakkara in the run out of one batsman. New Zealand was victorious in this match by 7 wickets with 102 balls to spare.

Career Highlights

Saman Jayantha participated in 17 One day Internationals and in these accumulated 400 runs at a batting average of 26.66 and batting strike rate of 75.47. His highest score was 74 not out. He hit 4 sixers, 54 fours and 2 half centuries. He also took 5 catches. He bowled 55 deliveries in which 46 runs were scored and there were no dismissals.