Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lankan cricketer

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  • 2019 Cricket World Cup
    In cricket: Sri Lanka

    …players that included Sanath Jayasuriya; Mahela Jayawardene, an elegant and aggressive batsmen; and Muttiah Muralitharan, who in 2010 became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 devastated the cricket-playing regions of southern Sri Lanka, including the Test match ground at Galle, and took…

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