1994 - Jayawardene captained Nalanda College Colombo first XI cricket team

1997- Jayawardene made his Test debut in the record breaking Test in 1997 against India

1998 - Jayawardene's One Day International debut was against Zimbabwe at Premadasa in January.

2004 - He made his Twenty20 debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. 

2006 - Jayawardene was the captain of the Sri Lankan national team during the England tour in the absence of Marvan Atapattu 

2007 - In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Jayawardene scored one century and four half-centuries and was the second highest run-scorer of the tournament 

2008 - He was signed to play as an overseas player for Derbyshire for the first half of the 2008 English cricket season 

2009 - He achieved this feat on 21 February 2009 by scoring his maiden Test century against Pakistan 

2010 - Jaywardene was sent as opener for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. 

2011 - He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC 

2012 - Jayawardene led Sri Lanka to the final of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 against the West Indies on home turf 

2014 - He resigned as Sri Lanka's T20 captain after the match and in 2014 also announced his retirement from T20 cricket 

2015 - On 11 January 2015, he scored his 18th ODI century against New Zealand. This was his first ODI century in New Zealand in his 17-year-long ODI career.