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Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977 at Matale) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Sangakkara got his education at Trinity College, Kandy. Sangakkara started his career as a batsman but subsequently became a wicket-keeper also. His keeping has developed to such an extent that he was once considered, by the LG ICC Test ratings, the best wicket-keeping batsman in the world. In 2006 however he gave the gloves to Prasanna Jayawardene in Tests and has since played as a specialist batsman. He remains Sri Lanka's wicket-keeper in One-Day International cricket.

Sangakkara likes to hit the ball square of the wicket on the off-side and once making a century he more often than not passes 150 in Test cricket. On the 6 December 2007 he was named as the new Number 1 batsman in the LG ICC Test player rankings with a rating of 938, the highest rating ever achieved by a Sri Lankan player, and became the first batsman ever to score in excess of 150 in four consecutive tests.[1] His skill was recognized worldwide when he earned selection for the ICC World XI One Day team that competed against Australia in the Johnnie Walker Series in October 2005. Despite the World XI losing all of the one-day games considerably, Sangakkara succeeded in leaving the series some credit, averaging 46. He plays his domestic cricket for Nondescripts in Sri Lanka and played English county cricket with Warwickshire during 2007. He is billed as a future captain of Sri Lanka.[2][3]On Sri Lanka's tour to England in May 2006, he was named the vice-captain of the side.

Sangakkara has won a certain degree of admiration for his clever use of sledging and is one of few cricketers who are willing to talk about it openly.[4]

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Career highlights

In July 2006, he scored his highest Test score of 287 against South Africa and shared a record-breaking partnership of 624 with Mahela Jayawardene. This is a world record in both Test and first class cricket, and was the first case of a partnership of 600 or more in a first-class or Test match innings. The previous Test record was also held by a Sri Lankan pair - Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama, who put on 576 against India at Colombo in August 1997. Sangakkara has scored four other double centuries in Test cricket, and only one of his nine completed centuries has been less than 138, indicating that Sangakkara has good concentration levels even after he reaches a century.

In 2007 he joined the elite club of Test Batsmen who have scored five or more double centuries. Smashing unbeaten consecutive scores of 200 and 222 in the second and third Tests against Bangladesh, Sangakkara became the sixth man in history to score back-to-back double centuries, putting him in the elite company of Sir Don Bradman and Wally Hammond.

On 4 December 2007, Sangakkara became the first batsman to ever to make single innings scores in excess of a 150 or more in four consecutive test matches.

Sangakkara also has 10 ODI centuries to his name, including one against Australia in Colombo in 2004. Coincidentally, it was also his 100th One-Day International match.

Personal life

Sangakkara was born to Kumari and Chokshanada Sangakkara at Matale in 1977. Sangakkara is a product of the Trinity College, Kandy and was the ryde medalist of his year.[5] He showed talents in both cricket and tennis at school, and it was the Principal, Mr. Leonard De Alwis who advised his mother to encourage him to pursue cricket.[5]

He is the youngest of four siblings and has a brother and two sisters one of whom is a sportswoman herself - a keen Tennis player. Sangakkara is married to his longtime sweetheart, Yehali http://sundaytimes.lk/070506/Plus/009_pls.html and is currently a law undergraduate, going in the footsteps of his father, who is also a leading lawyer in Kandy. He is multilingual, being able to speak in Sinhalese, Tamil and English and is often seen as the unofficial spokesman of the cricket team. Sangakkara is ambidextrous.

Player Statistics

Career performance

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sangakkara's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sangakkara's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Kumar Sangakkara.

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
Test Centuries of Kumar Sangakkara
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 105* 10 India Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2001
[2] 140 14 West Indies Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2001
[3] 128 17 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2002
[4] 230 20 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2002
[5] 270 38 Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 2004
[6] 232 42 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2004
[7] 138 44 Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2004
[8] 157 48 West Indies Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2005
[9] 185 56 Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2006
[10] 287 61 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2006
[11] 100* 63 New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Jade Stadium 2006
[12] 156* 64 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 2006
[13] 200* 66 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 2007
[14] 222* 67 Bangladesh Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2007
[15] 192 68 Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2007
[16] 152 69 England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2007
[17] 144 76 India Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Sarawanamuttu stadium 2008
ODI Centuries of Kumar Sangakkara
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 100* 86 Pakistan Sharjah, UAE Sharjah C.A. Stadium 2003
[2] 103* 87 Kenya Sharjah, UAE Sharjah C.A. Stadium 2003
[3] 101 100 Australia Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2004
[4] 138* 141 India Jaipur, India Sawai Mansingh Stadium 2005
[5] 109 163 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2006
[6] 110 183 India Rajkot, India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground 2007
[7] 128 213 India Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2008
[8] 101 221 Bangladesh Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi stadium 2008
[9] 112 222 Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2008
[10] 121 223 Bangladesh Karachi, Pakistan National stadium 2008

Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

|- style="background:#6495ED; color:#000000;" ! # ! Match ! Season ! Match Performance ! Result |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 1 | 1st Test - Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | 1st Innings - 128(4x22, 6x1)
2nd Innings - 3 Catches |

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by an innings and 166 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 2 | Final - Asian Test Championship | 2001/02 | 1st Innings - 230(4x33, 6x3); 5 Catches, 1 Stumping
2nd Innings - 14*(4x1) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won the Asian Test Championship by 8 wickets |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 3 | 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe | 2004 | 1st Innings - 270(4x36, 6x2); 1 Catch |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by an innings and 254 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 4 | 2nd Test - South Africa in Sri Lanka | 2004 | 1st Innings - 232(4x31, 6x1); 1 Catch
2nd Innings - 64(4x10, 6x1) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 313 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 5 | 2nd Test - West Indies in Sri Lanka | 2005 | 1st Innings - 6(4x1)
2nd Innings - 157(4x24) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 240 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 6 | 1st Test - Pakistan in Sri Lanka | 2006 | 1st Innings - 8(4x1); 2 Catches
2nd Innings - 185(4x22) |Drawn |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 7 | 2nd Test - Bangladesh in Sri Lanka | 2007 | 1st Innings - 200*(4x20, 6x2) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by an innings and 90 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 8 | 1st Test - England in Sri Lanka | 2007/08 | 1st Innings - 92 (4x13)
2nd Innings - 152 (4x19); 1 catch |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 88 runs |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" | 9 | 3rd Test - India in Sri Lanka | 2008 | 1st Innings - 144(4x14)
2nd Innings - 04(4x0) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 8 wickets |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |}

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Series Awards

|- style="background:#50C878; color:#000000;" ! # ! Series ! Season ! Series Performance ! Result |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 1 | Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup(Ken, Pak, SL, Zim) in UAE | 2002/03 | 228(3 Matches); 100x2 |

Pakistan
Pakistan
Won Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup by 8 wickets |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 2 | South Africa in Sri Lanka | 2004 | 247(5 Matches); 50x3, 5 Catches, 5 Stumpings |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won the series 5-0 |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 3 | Sri Lanka in Bangladesh | 2005/06 | 182(3 Matches); 100x1, 50x1, 5 Catches |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won the series 2-1 |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" |}

Man of the Match Awards

|- style="background:#50C878; color:#000000;" ! # ! Series ! Season ! Series Performance ! Result |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 1 | 2nd Match - Singer Triangular Series vs South Africa in Sri Lanka | 2000 | 85(4x11); 1 Catch |

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 37 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 2 | 7th Match - NatWest Series vs England in England | 2002 | 70(4x8) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 23 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 3 | 2nd Match - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Pakistan in UAE | 2002/03 | 100(4x9) |
Pakistan
Pakistan
Won by 7 wickets |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 4 | 4th Match - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Kenya in UAE | 2002/03 | 103(4x9) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 129 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 5 | 4th ODI - South Africa in Sri Lanka | 2004 | 74(4x6); 1 Stumping |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 7 wickets |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 6 | Final - Paktel Cup vs Pakistan in Pakistan | 2004/05 | 68(4x7); 1 Catch, 2 Stumpings |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 119 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 7 | 2nd Match - Afro-Asian Cup vs Africa XI in South Africa | 2004/05 | 61(4x9, 6x1); 1 Catch |Asia XI Won by 17 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 8 | 3rd Match - VB Series vs South Africa in Australia | 2005/06 | 88(4x10) |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 94 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 9 | 1st Final - VB Series vs Australia in Australia | 2005/06 | 83(4x3, 6x1); 1 Stumping |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 22 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 10 | 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka in Bangladesh | 2005/06 | 109(4x11); 1 Catch |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 78 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 11 | 2nd ODI - Sri Lanka in India | 2006/07 | 110(4x11, 6x4); 2 Catches, 1 Stumping |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Won by 5 runs |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 12 | 8th ODI - Commonwealth Bank Series | 2007-08 | 128 (4x12); 1 Catch |
India
India
Won by 2 wickets |- bgcolor="D0F0C0" |}

See also

Notes

External links

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