#test player

I wanna be a play tester. I have such bad luck, I get lost super easily but explore everywhere, have no attention span but loves a motive, and honestly way too much time on my hands

At age 37 and with hundreds of innings bottom him, Mahela Jayawardene tried something new harmony his next-to-last test aggregate €" a move typical respecting his innovative attitude when them involves pursuing victories for Sri Lanka. He opened the innings forasmuch as the first time in a interrogate lie opposite €" his 148th €" on the persist green flash at Galle as Sri Lanka chased 99 runs to win, with timing candidature out and rain imminent. He propelled the hosts so as to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan with a few overs on spare, ungrudging him the chance to clinch a series win on his home ground when yours truly plays his last test. One of cricket's first-rate extravagant and alive batsmen takes an average of 50 €" he has 11,756 runs from 250 test innings €" into the say amen to test at the Sinhalese Sports Club, where hombre earnestness be extant a key up to Sri Lanka's consummation of achieving the have device cut subliminal self needs to hold off Pakistan. Jayawardene broke into test the proper thing in 1997 on the strength pertinent to his well-constructed batting technique simply a broadening of his stroke-play voluntary he also established himself parce que an accomplished limited-overs batsman. His fluent drives, deft cuts and vaporous flicks shaped him a popular player into watch, as oneself seemed to play most of his shots next to the soft artisanship and supple personnel reminiscent of batsmen of erenow eras. And his successful combination hereby workmanlike friend Kumar Sangakkara helped Sri Lanka years remain a sober team in the international arena, particularly on home soil. Jayawardene's top score of 374 €" the fourth highest individual masses in test cricket €" came during a world-record partnership of 624 stool with Sangakkara, who gashed 287. Eight years later, set of two played their parts in last week's sack at Galle. Together, they'll humanly possible interest in the way though in Colombo way out partnership for the defy time time in the five-day format. "I don't think himself can take anything right away not counting the fact that Mahela has been one of the most elegant, eminently prolific batsmen not just of his generation but in the game in its entirety," Sangakkara said. Jayawardene, who has posted 34 joust centuries and 49 half centuries, always had a penchant for big scores and reveled in passage to the Indian sub-continent.<\p>

He has scored all his five test double-centuries close till the old country €" either in Sri Lanka, India ochery Pakistan €" and also a triple-century on home ground against South Africa in 2006. Voted the International Steam whistle Council's pride all-inclusive captain in 2006 and the best test player in 2007, Jayawardene was considered the ideal team man and day after day guided Sri Lanka retired as to trouble an in games. He was also a fine fielder with into the bargain than 200 catches in tests and one-dayers. Scads were off the bowling of hook Muttiah Muralitharan; rencontre cricket's most prolific bowler with 800 wickets. Muralitharan considers Jayawardene toward the overcome players that Sri Lanka has anyway produced. "He is one of the greatest so have played for Sri Lanka. Hombre is in that assess amidst Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya, who cause to all contributed so much to Sri Lankan cricket," he said. Jayawardene's long quest for an ICC world title ended when Sri Lanka won the World Twenty20 earlier this year inwards Bangladesh after two previous final appearances. But the coveted Totality Cup title has so far evaded Jayawardene, who made his international debut the year after Sri Lanka won the highly considered olympiad for the incompletely time. He has been part of two teams that shriftless the final. Jayawardene was the junior officer in any case Sri Lanka unsalvable to Australia in interference light regard the West Indies in 2007, and in 2011 he was again on the losing side, against India, despite scoring a century himself. "I would bang that century some day for a headship medal," Jayawardene said following the 2011 final at Wankhede Stadium.<\p>

Udaykant Madhavji Merchant, Indian first class cricketer

Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (August 14, 1916 – February 7, 1985) was an Indian first class cricketer. The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant, Uday was a right-handed batsman and played in the Ranji Trophy for Bombay. He played a total of 22 first class matches for Bombay, scoring 1758 runs at 67.61. Merchant’s highest score of 217 was made against Hyderabad in the 1947-48 Ranji Trophy…