5 part-time bowlers who ended a big innings in ODIs

Sourav Ganguly:

Victim: Sanath Jayasuriya (189)

Ganguly was an effective bowler in conducive conditions.

Sanath Jayasuriya, when at his fluent best, had the arsenal to decimate the best of bowling attacks. He had a particular liking to the Indian attack, which was highlighted by his mammoth 340 against the same opposition in a Test in 1997.

In the Coca Cola Champions Trophy final in 2000, Jayasuriya made a mockery of the bowling attack, compiling a mammoth 189 that powered Sri Lanka to 299.

Looking set to usurp Anwar’s 194, Jayasuriya took guard in the 48th over, when he saw Ganguly bringing himself on, for the first time in the innings. On the second delivery of the over, Ganguly hurled the ball wide of the off stump. Jayasuriya came down the track and tried to chase it, but ended up missing it completely. Nayan Mongia, standing up to the wicket, gathered the ball and dismantled the stumps in a jiffy. The partnership-breaker had done it again, but it turned out to be too little, too late.