Head to Head

Ross Taylor vs Mahela Jayawardene

Career figures side by side, by format. Only formats both players have played are shown, and a figure that was never recorded is left blank rather than counted as zero.

Ross Taylor

New Zealand · Batsman

Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lanka · Batsman

Test

Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardene compared in Test cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Mahela Jayawardene
109	Matches	79
7,597	Runs	6,615
44.95	Batting average	50.50
59.22	Strike rate	51.28
290	Highest score	374
19	Centuries	21
35	Half centuries	25
3	Wickets	2
16.00	Bowling average	48.00
2.91	Economy rate	3.45
158	Catches	110

ODI

Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardene compared in ODI cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Mahela Jayawardene
224	Matches	283
8,126	Runs	8,069
46.70	Batting average	33.48
82.99	Strike rate	80.75
181	Highest score	144
20	Centuries	12
48	Half centuries	51
—	Wickets	1
—	Bowling average	63.00
5.00	Economy rate	5.64
133	Catches	140

IPL

Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardene compared in IPL cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Mahela Jayawardene
55	Matches	80
1,017	Runs	1,808
25.43	Batting average	28.25
123.72	Strike rate	123.50
81	Highest score	110
—	Centuries	1
3	Half centuries	10
12.00	Economy rate	—
18	Catches	33

Domestic T20

Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardene compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Mahela Jayawardene
187	Matches	92
3,687	Runs	2,228
27.31	Batting average	27.17
118.82	Strike rate	129.53
93	Highest score	100
—	Centuries	1
17	Half centuries	14
—	Economy rate	8.00
78	Catches	24

List A

Ross Taylor and Mahela Jayawardene compared in List A cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Mahela Jayawardene
17	Matches	5
525	Runs	240
32.81	Batting average	60.00
88.98	Strike rate	96.00
94	Highest score	117
—	Centuries	1
6	Half centuries	1
12	Catches	2

Career figures come from ball-by-ball match records, which cover recent decades rather than the whole history of the game. A career played mostly before that coverage is counted only in part.