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Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Left hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm off break
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	69	208
Runs scored	5893	6017
Batting average	55.73	35.66
100s/50s	16/23	6/41
Top score	287	138*
Balls bowled	6	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	147/20	191/53
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Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977 at Matale) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left hand batsman, batting in the No. 3 position, who learnt to become a wicket-keeper and has subsequently become a specialist wicket-keeper also. He played English county cricket for Warwickshire CCC in the first half of 2007 and plays for Nondescripts in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Clock-tower Hindu temple in Matale Memorial over the 1848 rebellion Matale town Matale is a town in the hill country of Sri Lanka, 142 kilometres (90 miles) from Colombo. ... This article is about the sport. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club (team) based at the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Birmingham historically being part of Warwickshire). ... Nondescripts Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. ...

His wicket keeping has improved to such an extent that he is now considered, by the LG ICC Test ratings, the best current wicket-keeping batsman. He likes to hit the ball square of the wicket on the off-side. Sangakkara is the No. 1 in LG ICC test player ranking with a rating of 938 (on 2007-12-06), also currently the highest rated Sri Lankan batmen in Test Cricket according to LG ICC player rankings.^[1] His skill is recognized worldwide to the extent that he was selected 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. For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ...

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 hit 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. For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... In the sport of cricket, two batsmen bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. ... Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene, born 27 May 1977, is the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

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 2nd and 3rd Tests against Bangladesh, Sangakkara became the sixth man in history to score back-to-back double centuries, joining Don Bradman and Walter Hammond among others.

Sangakkara also has six ODI centuries to his name, including one against Australia in Colombo, 2004, in his hundredth match.

On December 4, 2007, Sangakarra became the first batsman to ever make scores of 150 or more in four consecutive test matches. is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

He is also billed as a future captain of Sri Lanka. On Sri Lanka's tour to England in May 2006, he was named the vice-captain of the side.

He also attained a 900 rating in test cricket, the third player to do it in the current ICC rankings and the first Sri Lankan cricketer to do so.

Personal Life

Kumar was born to Kumari and Chokshanada Sangakkara at Matale in 1977. Sangakkara is a product of the famous Trinity College, Kandy [2]. Clock-tower Hindu temple in Matale Memorial over the 1848 rebellion Matale town Matale is a town in the hill country of Sri Lanka, 142 kilometres (90 miles) from Colombo. ... // History The College Chapel Although Trinity College was founded in 1872, its antecedents go back to 1817 when the first missionaries from Britain, Mr. ...

Being a Senior Prefect, 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.^[2]

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 [3] and is currently a law undergraduate, going in the footsteps of his father, who is also a leading lawyer in Kandy.

He is an excellent converser, both in Sinhala and English and is often seen as the unofficial spokesman of the cricket team. a resource to look at current viewpoints Categories: Indo-Aryan languages | Languages of Sri Lanka | Wikipedia cleanup | Language stubs ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

In the field, he is renowned for his quirky sound bites and propensity to engage in verbal sledging with opponents. Sledging can mean: Sledding The activity Sledging (cricket) The cricket meaning Sledging (bodyboarding) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Player Statistics

Career performance

Kumar Sangakkara's career performance graph.

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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

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Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match Awards In sport, a man of the match or player of the game or man of the series award is given to the outstanding player in a particular match or series. ...

#	Match	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test - Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series	2001/02	1st Innings - 128(4x22, 6x1) 2nd Innings - 3 Catches	Won by an innings and 166 runs
2	Final - Asian Test Championship	2001/02	1st Innings - 230(4x33, 6x3); 5 Catches, 1 Stumping 2nd Innings - 14*(4x1)	Won the Asian Test Championship by 8 wickets
3	2nd Test - Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe	2004	1st Innings - 270(4x36, 6x2); 1 Catch	Won by an innings and 254 runs
4	2nd Test - South Africa in Sri Lanka	2004	1st Innings - 232(4x31, 6x1); 1 Catch 2nd Innings - 64(4x10, 6x1)	Won by 313 runs
5	2nd Test - West Indies in Sri Lanka	2005	1st Innings - 6(4x1) 2nd Innings - 157(4x24)	Won by 240 runs
6	1st Test - Pakistan in Sri Lanka	2006	1st Innings - 8(4x1); 2 Catches 2nd Innings - 185(4x22)	Drawn
7	2nd Test - Bangladesh in Sri Lanka	2007	1st Innings - 200*(4x20, 6x2)	Won by an innings and 90 runs

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One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Series Awards Commonly used in the game of Cricket, this term is used to denote the most valuable player in a series of matches that were played as part of a tournament. ...

#	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup(Ken, Pak, SL, Zim) in UAE	2002/03	228(3 Matches); 100x2	Won Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup by 8 wickets
2	South Africa in Sri Lanka	2004	247(5 Matches); 50x3, 5 Catches, 5 Stumpings	Won the series 5-0
3	Sri Lanka in Bangladesh	2005/06	182(3 Matches); 100x1, 50x1, 5 Catches	Won the series 2-1

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#	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	2nd Match - Singer Triangular Series vs South Africa in Sri Lanka	2000	85(4x11); 1 Catch	Won by 37 runs
2	7th Match - NatWest Series vs England in England	2002	70(4x8)	Won by 23 runs
3	2nd Match - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Pakistan in UAE	2002/03	100(4x9)	Won by 7 wickets
4	4th Match - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Kenya in UAE	2002/03	103(4x9)	Won by 129 runs
5	4th ODI - South Africa in Sri Lanka	2004	74(4x6); 1 Stumping	Won by 7 wickets
6	Final - Paktel Cup vs Pakistan in Pakistan	2004/05	68(4x7); 1 Catch, 2 Stumpings	Won by 119 runs
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8	3rd Match - VB Series vs South Africa in Australia	2005/06	88(4x10)	Won by 94 runs
9	1st Final - VB Series vs Australia in Australia	2005/06	83(4x3, 6x1); 1 Stumping	Won by 22 runs
10	3rd ODI - Sri Lanka in Bangladesh	2005/06	109(4x11); 1 Catch	Won by 78 runs
11	2nd ODI - Sri Lanka in India	2006/07	110(4x11, 6x4); 2 Catches, 1 Stumping	Won by 5 runs

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See also

• Sri Lanka Cricket

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External links

• Player Profile: Kumar Sangakkara from Cricinfo
• Sri Lanka Cricket
• Wicket-keeper scores eight 100s!
• Kumar Sangakkara Interview
• Murali will always be a beacon of hope - Kumar Sangakkara

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References

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Jayasuriya (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayawardene • 4 Sangakkara (wk) • 5 De Silva • 6 Arnold • 7 Mubarak • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Muralitharan • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Gunaratne • 13 Gunawardene • 14 Nissanka • 15 Buddhika • Coach: Whatmore

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Tharanga • 5 Sangakkara • 6 Dilshan • 7 Arnold • 8 Silva • 9 Maharoof • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Kulasekara • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Bandara • Coach: Moody