Sri Lanka's Suriya

Jayasuriya the key player of Srilankan cricket team was born in 1969. He is a left-handed batsman. He holds the record for the fastest 50 in ODIs. He is the only player in the history of the shorter version of the game to get more than 13000 runs and to secure 300 plus wickets. His scoring rate is rapid and his favorite shot is the flick shot. He holds the record for scoring more number of 150 plus runs equalizing Sachin’s record. His highest test score against India was 340 at Mumbai. He has been selected to play for the IPL- Mumbai Indians Team. His mind blowing knock 114 not out off just 48 balls for the Mumbai Indian against Chennai Super Kings regained him a position in the one day side after he had been dropped for the West Indies tour. He has the record of most number of sixes in an innings of ODIs as well as on the whole in all ODIs. He is the first player to cross 400 ODIs matches. Jayasuriya announced his intention to retire from Test cricket on April 2006. Finally reversed his decision

The Don of Cricket

Sir Donald George Bradman was born in New South Wales, Australia .Bradman's Test average of 99.94 has never been challenged by anybody till now. When he was young, cricket was one of the districts popular sports and eventually Bradman showed an interest at a very young age itself. His first ever century was for Boral high school. He was in the team for New South Wales at the young age of 20. His test match career was fabulous he scored 13 50s and 29 100s which includes 2 triple centuries and 6 double centuries. His highest score was 334 runs against England at Lords. Don required only 4 runs in his last test match to obtain an average of 100 but unfortunately he was dismissed (bowled Hollies) for 0 runs. In a total of 80 innings he was only dismissed 7 times with 0 runs. Bradman accepted offers from the Daily Mail to travel with, and write about, the 1953 and 1956 Australian teams in England. Bradman first met Jessie Martha Menzies in 1920 when she boarded with the Bradman family, to be closer to school in Bowral. The couple married at St Paul's Anglican Church at Burwood, Sydney on 30 April 1932.