11 matches with avg of 15. Still srilanka gave him chances. This is how you can make great players not just by giving 2 or 3 chances. Good lesson for current group of selectors.
He was poor in ODI leter phase of his career Which down His ODI average Quite a bit, Though He has played Almost 450 ODI Which is So Much To Maintain Higher Average, He is one of the gratest Test Batsman Of all time With almost 50average
AB de Villiers had below 20 average in his first 25 ODIs. Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara also didn't have that much good records in their first 3-5 years. Have a look at record of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan & Mushfiqur Rahim. They also didn't have well enough records in their first 2/3 years of international cricket career. But in last 5 years (2015-2020) they have evolved themselves. They scored so many runs consistently. This is how Legends are made. 😇 🥰❤😍
Mahela is my captain he is my no1 slip fielder..... And good no 4 batsman.....what else I can say........ I really admire you sir..... Please coach Sri Lanka....
A match most Sri Lankan cricket fans from the 90s will never forget.. Umpire Emerson no balling Murali for throwing even when bowling leg breaks, Arjuna finger wagging at Emerson, then taking the entire SL team close to the boundary, England eventually piling up a 300+ score, conflict with Hollioak and Stewart when Arjuna was batting, the brilliant Mahela Jayawardena century and a famous Sri Lankan win with Murali scoring the winning runs... it was all happening.
I see many here compare Mahela and Sangakkara. Don't compare them. They are uniquely different players. Mahela is more natural, deftly talented, improvising, touch player where is Sangakkara is a more hard-working, elegant, stroke maker who has done years of practicing and hard working to improve his game. As many say Mahela didn't fully realize his full capacity. I guess to many distractions (captaincy, his wars against the board, etc) put him off. But he was an astute leader who looked beyond his own batting. And, I also think it was Mahela who paved way for Sangakkara and the co to shine as well. A legend in his own right.
@Mahesh K mahela was a stunning player he plays the ball not jist striking , he was so lethal against spin bowlers and he is the real mr360 , unlike sanga mahela has the ability to play all around the ground without a much effort if he had played for himself instead of his country he would have become the 1st in the list ,
@@RameshKumar-fg7lz What average got to do with whether he is good or not ? The impact he had in the team & in world cricket matters(A successful mumbai indian coach). He led his team to many wins, even scored a WC semi final hundred against NZ in caribean in 2007, then again world cup final hundred against india in 2011. he lost his younger bro to cancer in early 2000s which affected him badly, at that time he was just a walking wicket.
He had already hit a test century, but this was the moment you knew for certain he was going to be an all-time great player. This was the match where Murali was called by umpire Emerson for throwing and this innings took place under the pressure of that event, plus having to chase a total of 300+ which in 1999 had happened but was still seen as nearly impossible. No Aravinda either, he was out injured, Mahela was his replacement, and he had to bowl, too. Sri Lanka did poorly in this tournament so this win by 1 wicket with 2 balls remaining was a much-needed morale boost at the time, and it remains one of the greatest ODIs ever played due to the combination of circumstance and result.
I remember this innings like it was yesterday. Aravinda de Silva was injured and they flew Mahela in to replace him. He ended up winning the match for Sri Lanka. This innings is what made him a legend.
lol hardly legendary with that shitty ODI average. The only thing legendary about him is his name: Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, like his teammate: Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene.
the selectors and the Sri Lanka cricket board did a good job back then producing many legends... but now they can't even find a team to win against Bangladesh... so sad about the future of Sri Lanka cricket 🙁
Did you notice even after Mahela scoring his century there wasn't much of celebration. Arjuna was in the other end. Even after Mahela got out he didn't even bothered to watch who's clapping him etc. Reason - This was the match guys, where Aussie umpire Emerson called Murali No ball even after ICC has cleared him. Arjuna threatened to leave the ground and there was a lot of chaos. England took this opp. and scored a 300+. But inside the dressing room of SL camp, they used all the negatives to empower them and came out nothing in mind but the victory. They couldn't careless about personal triumphs. It was much more than that for them. The team members revealed this later on back in SL. Arjuna came back to Sri Lanka and said " We won that game for Murali"
Mahela was someone special. He's shown his character, talents and brains in his early career and until his retirement. Not every cricketer gets selected to the national side will become a star, only few has it.
mahela what a sight to behold. so elegant even in diffence. Definitely in spite of the truck loads of runs he scored he still is an under achiever. This comment is both praise and anguish. Great great talent. In sheer talent I would take aravinda and mahela's name with the same breath. Congrats on a wonderful career sir.
Actually Mahela Full Potential came in Test matches Average, sheer runs he piled up, he has Triple century on his name 374 Runs is his best, Probably More than Odis its Test he has been Match winner somewhere He used to be better than Sangakkara
Awesome brother mahela will never forget you and your amazing cricket miss you not being in our team and will never forget you and your style brother god bless you always Your fan in nz
Back in in this series in 1999, Australia and England together treated Sri Lankan team very bad way. like racism . Only Ian Botham was speaking on behalf of Sri Lanka. but now England is taking couch from Mahela. see how time works ?
one of the finest among very few pull hook shot player ever from sub continent. others are arvinda de silva, inzamam, mohinder amarnath, zaheer abbas, gundappa vishwanath..
4:32 - Listen to Bill Lawry's Golden Words about Mahela..... I see Bill Lawry... Richie Benuad.. Tony Grieg as most fair and neutral commentators ever... Thanks to Channel 9
Many compares mahela and sanga and sure mahela was better and doing good all his life he was just weak for the last two years of his cricket and sanga was decently good and in his last two years sanga was the best
AB de Villiers had below 20 average in his first 25 ODIs. Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara also didn't have that much good records in their first 3-5 years. Have a look at record of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan & Mushfiqur Rahim. They also didn't have well enough records in their first 2/3 years of international cricket career. But in last 5 years (2015-2020) they have evolved themselves. They scored so many runs consistently. This is how Legends are made. 😇 🥰❤😍
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11 matches with avg of 15. Still srilanka gave him chances. This is how you can make great players not just by giving 2 or 3 chances. Good lesson for current group of selectors.
And end of hus career he had only just 30+ avarage very low
He was poor in ODI leter phase of his career Which down His ODI average Quite a bit, Though He has played Almost 450 ODI Which is So Much To Maintain Higher Average,
He is one of the gratest Test Batsman Of all time With almost 50average
I Think Before 2010, 30 average Can be Considered good
Rahul Dravid at the start of his ODI career had a even worse record but our selectors persisted with him and the rest is history
AB de Villiers had below 20 average in his first 25 ODIs.
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara also didn't have that much good records in their first 3-5 years.
Have a look at record of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan & Mushfiqur Rahim.
They also didn't have well enough records in their first 2/3 years of international cricket career. But in last 5 years (2015-2020) they have evolved themselves. They scored so many runs consistently.
This is how Legends are made. 😇
🥰❤😍
Thanks to Cricket Australia for uploading this.
Have a feeling this young lad will become one of sri lanka's finest.
Dude this "young lad" is now a retired legend of the game..
Dude how could you not notice the sarcasm.
I know very well that he is retired...........
Kumar Dias I'm not sure you quite understand sarcasm.
BongSau83 nah man I think he is spot on,
Young lad has become old boy now.
Mahela is my captain he is my no1 slip fielder..... And good no 4 batsman.....what else I can say........ I really admire you sir..... Please coach Sri Lanka....
A match most Sri Lankan cricket fans from the 90s will never forget.. Umpire Emerson no balling Murali for throwing even when bowling leg breaks, Arjuna finger wagging at Emerson, then taking the entire SL team close to the boundary, England eventually piling up a 300+ score, conflict with Hollioak and Stewart when Arjuna was batting, the brilliant Mahela Jayawardena century and a famous Sri Lankan win with Murali scoring the winning runs... it was all happening.
I see many here compare Mahela and Sangakkara. Don't compare them. They are uniquely different players. Mahela is more natural, deftly talented, improvising, touch player where is Sangakkara is a more hard-working, elegant, stroke maker who has done years of practicing and hard working to improve his game. As many say Mahela didn't fully realize his full capacity. I guess to many distractions (captaincy, his wars against the board, etc) put him off. But he was an astute leader who looked beyond his own batting. And, I also think it was Mahela who paved way for Sangakkara and the co to shine as well. A legend in his own right.
Well said
100% agree with you
Very well said
Mahesh K Maiyya was a natural stroke maker. We are proud of both of them
@Mahesh K mahela was a stunning player he plays the ball not jist striking , he was so lethal against spin bowlers and he is the real mr360 , unlike sanga mahela has the ability to play all around the ground without a much effort if he had played for himself instead of his country he would have become the 1st in the list ,
Sri Lanka ended up winning.
Thanks me too.
Me too
Bill Lawry said during the commentary a player of a future. Every one saw his career. He was a great player.
Ganta 33 ka average tha
@@RameshKumar-fg7lz What average got to do with whether he is good or not ? The impact he had in the team & in world cricket matters(A successful mumbai indian coach). He led his team to many wins, even scored a WC semi final hundred against NZ in caribean in 2007, then again world cup final hundred against india in 2011. he lost his younger bro to cancer in early 2000s which affected him badly, at that time he was just a walking wicket.
15 years later , this same ground was his home ground when he was playing for adelaide strikers..
He had already hit a test century, but this was the moment you knew for certain he was going to be an all-time great player. This was the match where Murali was called by umpire Emerson for throwing and this innings took place under the pressure of that event, plus having to chase a total of 300+ which in 1999 had happened but was still seen as nearly impossible. No Aravinda either, he was out injured, Mahela was his replacement, and he had to bowl, too.
Sri Lanka did poorly in this tournament so this win by 1 wicket with 2 balls remaining was a much-needed morale boost at the time, and it remains one of the greatest ODIs ever played due to the combination of circumstance and result.
soo modern shots for 1999 ohh he is really a talented player
I remember this innings like it was yesterday. Aravinda de Silva was injured and they flew Mahela in to replace him. He ended up winning the match for Sri Lanka. This innings is what made him a legend.
It sounds funny, of course now that we know how legendary Mahela is, to hear commentators say "This guy looks promising" and everything :D
lol hardly legendary with that shitty ODI average. The only thing legendary about him is his name: Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, like his teammate: Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene.
@@20shourya gallantry award for high IQ display goes to you!
We miss you both..... Mahela and Kumar
Look at English people stand up and show their respect.
Those are aussies
Legend Jayawardena one of my favourite batman 💖🇵🇰
the selectors and the Sri Lanka cricket board did a good job back then producing many legends... but now they can't even find a team to win against Bangladesh... so sad about the future of Sri Lanka cricket 🙁
But still couldn't win a ODI series against Sri Lanka.
SL board ruined many talents also. They only favoured certain players.
Before 2011 Mahela Jayawardene was better than Kumar Sangakkara
After 2012 Kumar Sangakkara was better than Mahela Jayawardene
1000% true
Yes
1st 10000 odi runs mahela is before than kumar
Don't Compare anyone... Everyone has their own skills and talents
Sanga was a lot better after 2012 though
Born talent vs hard work
We indians love cricket, so we love all legends , Mahela is a legend ♥️
Did you notice even after Mahela scoring his century there wasn't much of celebration. Arjuna was in the other end. Even after Mahela got out he didn't even bothered to watch who's clapping him etc.
Reason - This was the match guys, where Aussie umpire Emerson called Murali No ball even after ICC has cleared him. Arjuna threatened to leave the ground and there was a lot of chaos. England took this opp. and scored a 300+.
But inside the dressing room of SL camp, they used all the negatives to empower them and came out nothing in mind but the victory. They couldn't careless about personal triumphs. It was much more than that for them. The team members revealed this later on back in SL. Arjuna came back to Sri Lanka and said " We won that game for Murali"
That was in 1995. This match is from 1999.
@@AxeDharme Still, great fan fiction.
@@sauron2000000 no man. it was this match.. learn the history man.
@@dhanukar80 Ok man. Whatever.
Mahela was someone special. He's shown his character, talents and brains in his early career and until his retirement. Not every cricketer gets selected to the national side will become a star, only few has it.
Favourite Srilankan Player ❤️❤️
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mahela what a sight to behold. so elegant even in diffence. Definitely in spite of the truck loads of runs he scored he still is an under achiever. This comment is both praise and anguish. Great great talent. In sheer talent I would take aravinda and mahela's name with the same breath. Congrats on a wonderful career sir.
Actually Mahela Full Potential came in Test matches Average, sheer runs he piled up, he has Triple century on his name 374 Runs is his best, Probably More than Odis its Test he has been Match winner somewhere He used to be better than Sangakkara
One of the most elegant batsmen of all time...
This was the match in which Murali was called for throwing by umpire Ros Emerson, and fittingly, Murali hit the winning runs ❤
The way he used to accelerate the innings is what I loved the most in his game. The same thing what Virat is doing now !!
3:55 What a beautiful shot by a youngster
Mahela❤
Happy tht I got to watch an innings of young Mahela.
Great cricket by Mahela .well done...
Cheers for uploading as I get to watch his early play
মাএলানা ভাসানী
One of the masters of all time...
😍
Classy mahela with born talent.
Awesome brother mahela will never forget you and your amazing cricket miss you not being in our team and will never forget you and your style brother god bless you always
Your fan in nz
Such a perfect and disclipine player in srilankan team
It is true Mahela magic displayed over the many years he played. What are gifted craftsman’s in cricket. We miss you or cricket of your caliber.
The England Jersey was absolute super awesome, love every bit 😍😍😍😍💗💗💗💗
At that day they were talking about a 21 yr old shining youngster..then he ended up his career as a legend...wow..a great video clip
nailed it and left like a Boss!
Such a awesome player and person mahela I miss not seeing your style
A fan in New Zealand had my photo taken with you at the cricket board I
gentlemen and class.
Very intelligent and classic player. Sri Lanka may not see cricketer like him.
Back in in this series in 1999, Australia and England together treated Sri Lankan team very bad way. like racism . Only Ian Botham was speaking on behalf of Sri Lanka. but now England is taking couch from Mahela. see how time works ?
Ian Botham in 1999?
@@sauron2000000 commentary box maybe
Very beautiful classic outfits for both teams.
he was one of the best player
Love from India
I love full match
Legend of the game. And he's a great coach now.
RIGHT
Picture quality was fantastic 👌
What a classy knock!!
we miss mahela jaywerdene and kumar sangakkara
Always the man for pressure!
Awesome classic player
Birth of a talent to masterclass
what a character MAHELA
Commentator said, "player of future!"
This match
Classy player.
one of the finest among very few pull hook shot player ever from sub continent. others are arvinda de silva, inzamam, mohinder amarnath, zaheer abbas, gundappa vishwanath..
I love you mahi
Love Mahela and sanga from🇮🇳
I like to much mahela..❤❤❤❤🇱🇰❤❤❤
My favorite srilankan cricketer maiya is a legend
I miss mahela and sanga's batting badly
Such a fine player Mahela
That's why we Sri Lankans call him a LEGEND
Only one word. Respect
Miss you mayya
My all time favorite
What a player he was.
If mahela work hard like Sangakkara he might easily beat sachin’s records . True born talent from the start
Legends born for Sri Lanka
What a moment, When English people applauded him, just 21 yrs!!!
Mastar class batsman mahela
favourite batsman
nice to watch
Player of the future to hall of Fame 2021 ....
A natural player was born..
One of the Sri Lankan cricket legend Mahela jayawardena.
Master class MJ
Jayasuriya, Mahela , Vaas, Sangakara were nightmare players to India in 90s 🇮🇳
Well played mahela
He was good mannn
A legend
GOD OF CRICKET
Mahela is one of my favourite cricketer ❤️
Classy mahela.
මයියා😍
Best captaincy ❤🇱🇰
How time goes quickly
4:32 - Listen to Bill Lawry's Golden Words about Mahela..... I see Bill Lawry... Richie Benuad.. Tony Grieg as most fair and neutral commentators ever... Thanks to Channel 9
Many compares mahela and sanga and sure mahela was better and doing good all his life he was just weak for the last two years of his cricket and sanga was decently good and in his last two years sanga was the best
Legend
what a talent
Simple 100 celebration❤
He hit the century at the age of 21 , while I can not even touch the ball
do u have a video of the short cameo by chandana in this innings please
Ha ha that massive 6 against Gough...... lovely memories
prasi ...yes no one talk about upul chandana....grate feelder thoes days
wow it's such a awesome batting can get highlights of this match
Respect for all england fans
AB de Villiers had below 20 average in his first 25 ODIs.
Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara also didn't have that much good records in their first 3-5 years.
Have a look at record of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan & Mushfiqur Rahim.
They also didn't have well enough records in their first 2/3 years of international cricket career. But in last 5 years (2015-2020) they have evolved themselves. They scored so many runs consistently.
This is how Legends are made. 😇
🥰❤😍
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Commentators super
Classy