Jayawardene overtakes DeSilva

Jayawardene is currently batting on 213* against England with Sri Lanka placed at 499/7. After this century, which is his 21st, he broke the Sri Lankan record of maximum test Centuries. The earlier record was held by Aravinda DeSilva (20). Other SriLankan high century scorers are Sangakkara and Attapatu ( both 16).

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	93*	151	11	7247	374	51.76	21	30
PA de Silva (SL)	93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	20	22
KC Sangakkara (SL)	71*	116	9	6032	287	56.37	16	24
MS Atapattu (SL)	90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	16	17

The world wide record is of course held by Sachin Tendulkar with 37 centuries. Other highlights of Jayawardene's career has been making 374 against South Africa, which is the fourth highest score in a test Innings. He also shared a World record partnership 624 for the 3rd wicket with Sangakkara in the same match. That partnership of 624 is still the highest ever test partnership for any wicket and the first and only partnership of over 600 in the history of Test Cricket.