Prasanna Jayawardene

Prasanna Jayawardene
Personal information
Full name
Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene
Born (1979-10-09) 9 October 1979
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NicknamePeach
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 83)28 June 2000 v Pakistan
Last Test3 January 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 114)4 April 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI22 May 2007 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–presentSebastianites C&AC
1998–2005Nondescripts
2001–2003Colombo
2000–2001Sinhalese
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 58 6 228 123
Runs scored 2,124 27 9,274 2,031
Batting average 29.50 5.40 29.61 21.37
100s/50s 4/5 0/0 14/39 0/8
Top score 154* 20 229* 70
Catches/stumpings 124/32 4/1 513/106 126/54
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 September 2015

Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene (Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 10 September 1979), commonly known as Prasanna Jayawardene is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test and ODIs for Sri Lanka Cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, where he served as the permanent wicketkeeper in tests.

Though he hasn't announced his retirement from international cricket, he has not played international cricket after April 2015.

He played club cricket for Woodhall Spa Cricket Club in Lincolnshire as recently as 2025.