Stats: Jayawardene joins elite 400 club

As India and Sri Lanka meet in the finals of the Caribbean tri-series, opener Mahela Jayawardene will be making his 400th ODI appearance, making him one of the most-capped ODI players in the world. Let’s take a look players who have played the maximum number of ODI games.

PLAYERS WITH MOST ODI CAPS

PLAYER	TEAM	NO OF MATCHES
S Tendulkar	Ind	463
S Jayasurya	SL, Asia	445
M Jayawardene	SL, Asia	399
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak, Asia	378
R Ponting	Aus, ICC	375
W Akram	Pak	356
S Afridi	Pak, Asia, ICC	354
M Muralitharan	SL, Asia, ICC	353
K Sangakkara	SL, Asia, ICC	348
R Dravid	Ind, Asia, ICC	344

 

PLAYERS WITH MOST INTERNATIONAL CAPS

PLAYER	TEAM	NO OF MATCHES
S Tendulkar	Ind	662
S Jayasurya	SL, Asia	586
M Jayawardene	SL, Asia	583
R Ponting	Aus, ICC	560
R Dravid	Ind, Asia, ICC	509
J Kallis	SA, Africa, ICC	508
K Sangakkara	SL, Asia, ICC	508
Inzamam-Ul-Haz	Pak, Asia, ICC	499
M Muralitharan	SL, Asia, ICC	495
S Waugh	Aus	493

 

In his 399 ODIs, Mahela Jayawardene has led Sri Lanka in 129 matches, including the final of 2007 ICC ODI World Cup.

 

As	MATCHES	RUNS	HS	AVG	100
Player	270	7668	144	33.48	12
Captain	129	3569	126*	33.66	4

 

He has been on the winning side on 215 instances.

 

RESULT	MATCHES	RUNS	HS	AVG
Won	215	7091	144	43.50
lost	165	3881	103*	23.95
Tied	3	45	43	15.00
NR	16	220	77	31.42

 

Jayawardene, unlike many others, has played more away games than home games.

 

VENUE	MATCHES	RUNS	HS	AVG
Home	132	3477	123	34.77
Away	144	3706	144	29.41
Neutral	123	4054	128	37.19