batsman
| Full name: | Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene |
| Nationality: | Sri lanka |
| Batting style: | right handed batsman |
| Bowling Style: | right arm medium |
| League | Test | Odi | T20i | First class | List a | T20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 149 | 448 | 55 | 237 | 546 | 222 |
| Innings | 22 | 28 | 1 | 84 | 61 | 5 |
| Overs | 98.1 | 98.5 | 1.0 | 500.1 | 209.2 | 12.3 |
| Balls | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maidens | 20 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 3 | 0 |
| Runs | 310 | 563 | 8 | 1629 | 1106 | 97 |
| Wickets | 6 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 24 | 3 |
| Avg | 51.66 | 70.37 | 0 | 31.32 | 46.08 | 32.33 |
| SR | 98.16 | 74.12 | 0 | 57.71 | 52.33 | 25 |
| Eco | 3.15 | 5.69 | 8 | 3.25 | 5.28 | 7.76 |
| BB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| League | Test | Odi | T20i | First class | List a | T20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 149 | 448 | 55 | 237 | 546 | 222 |
| Innings | 252 | 418 | 55 | 383 | 508 | 214 |
| Not outs | 15 | 39 | 8 | 24 | 51 | 27 |
| Runs | 11814 | 12650 | 1493 | 17843 | 15364 | 5479 |
| Balls Faced | 22959 | 16020 | 1121 | 0 | 0 | 4150 |
| Avg | 49.84 | 33.37 | 31.76 | 49.7 | 33.61 | 29.29 |
| SR | 51.45 | 78.96 | 133.18 | 0 | 0 | 132.02 |
| Fours | 1387 | 1119 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 634 |
| Fifties | 50 | 77 | 9 | 80 | 94 | 36 |
| Sixies | 61 | 76 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Highest | 374 | 144 | 100 | 374 | 163 | 116 |
| Hundreds | 34 | 19 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 3 |
South Africa star all-rounder and stand-in skipper Wiaan Mulder entered the record books as he achieved the highest score for a South African batter in Test cricket. While the Proteas declared on a total of 626-5, Mulder remained unbeaten on 367 off just 334 deliveries on day two.
