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Kumar Sangakkara
Personal information
Full name
Born
Nickname
Sanga
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style
Bowling style
Role
Batsman, Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 84) Last Test ODI debut (cap 93) Last ODI
20 July 2000 v South Africa 812 July 2012 v Pakistan 5 July 2000 v Pakistan 31 July 2013 v South Africa Domestic team information
Years 1997present 20082010 2007 20112012 2012present 2013present Nondescripts Kings XI Punjab Warwickshire Deccan Chargers Kandurata Warriors Sunrisers Hyderabad Career statistics
Competition Matches Runs scored Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling
Team
Test ODI FC LA 117 354 205 450 10,486 11,798 15,075 15,559 56.98 33/42 287 78 39.99 16/79 169 49.26 42/66 287 204 1 41.27 24/100 169
112.00 1/13
Catches/stumpings
Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed toporder batsman and the wicket-keeper in the One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 formats of the game. He captained the national team from 2009 to 2011, stepping down after the2011 ICC World Cup final. The same year, he was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards ceremony.[1] In 2012, he was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.[2] Sangakkara is described as one of the "most polished and prudent of batsmen" in cricket. [3][4] Currently Kumar Sangakkara is placed at number 2 in ICC test rankings.[5][6][7] With 8 double centuries, he is the third in the list of Test double century-makers, behind Donald Bradman (12) and Brian Lara (9). He is also the first cricketer ever to score 150+ scores in four consecutive Test matches.[8] As the wicket keeper, he has contributed to the 3rd highest number of dismissals in ODIs382.[9] It includes 81stumpings, which is the highest for a wicket keeper in one-day international cricket.[10] Sangakkara delivered the 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, which gained worldwide attention.[11] He was the youngest person and the first current international player to deliver that lecture, which was widely praised by the cricketing community for its outspoken nature.[12][13] On 26 December 2012 he reached 10000 test match runs in 195 innings becoming the joint fastest to get there, the same number it took Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar to reach the same figure.[14]
Contents
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o o o o o
2.1 Early career 2.2 As vice-captain 2.3 Captaincy 2.4 Post-captaincy 2.5 Cowdrey Lecture
3 Domestic cricket
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3.1 Indian Premier League 3.2 Sri Lanka Premier League 3.3 Caribbean Premier League
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7 Awards
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7.1 Test Cricket Man of the Series awards 7.2 Test Cricket Man of the match awards 7.3 One-Day International Cricket Man of the series awards 7.4 One-Day International Cricket Man of the Match Awards
played the violin during his school-days.[21] He was cited as an inspiration to continue his higher education by Bangladeshi captain Mushfiqur Rahim, upon receiving his Masters degree: It is appreciated that someone like Sangakkara's sports personality is shaped by his education. He is obviously an inspiration.[22]
Sangakkara (right) resigned the captaincy after the 2011 World Cup and was succeeded by Tillakaratne Dilshan(left).
When Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in February 2006 regular captain Marvan Atapattu was injured and Mahela Jayawardene became captain while Sangakkara was made vice-captain.[32] Pakistan toured Sri Lanka for two Test and three ODIs in March 2006, and with Atapattu still injured Jayawardene and Sangakkara remained captain and vice-captain respectively.[33] The pair had only expected to hold the positions on an interim basis, but extended into a third series as Atapattu failed to recover in time tour tour England in April and ended up filling the roles full-time.[34] In July 2006, Sangakkara made his highest Test score to-date (287) against South Africa. In a record-breaking partnership with Mahela Jayawardene, he set up the world record for the highset partnership in Test cricket624 runsin this match.[35] On 6 December 2007 he made it to the top spot of 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.[15] His skill was recognised worldwide when he earned selection for the ICC World XI One Day International team that competed against Australia in the Johnnie Walker Series in October 2005. Despite the World XI losing all of the one-day games by considerable margins, Sangakkara left the series with some credit, averaging 46. He was one of the winners of the 2008 inaugural Cricinfo awards for outstanding batting in Test cricket.[36] Sangakkara holds the record for fastest 8,000 runs (152 innings) in Test cricket. He broke the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar (154 innings) during the third Test against India on 6 August 2010. He also holds the record for fastest 9,000 runs (172 innings) in Test cricket. He broke the previous record set by Rahul Dravid (176 innings) during the second Test against Pakistan on 3 November 2011.[37] Sangakkara was billed as a future captain of Sri Lanka.[38][39] On Sri Lanka's tour to England in May 2006, he was named the vicecaptain of the side. On 3 March 2009, a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team convoy in Pakistan injured 6 Sri Lankan players including Sangakkara. Sangakkara suffered shrapnel wounds in his shoulder.[40] In November 2006, Sangakkara made it to the ICC World XI Test team he missed out previous time. Next year, he signed an agreement to join the Warwickshire County Cricket Club.[41] That year, he scored back-to-back double centuries against Bangladesh and became only the fifth cricketer in the history to do so. [42]
Matches
Won
Lost
Drawn
No result
Test[43]
15
ODI[44]
45
27
14
T20I[45]
21
12
In February 2009, the then captain of the Sri Lankan side, Mahela Jayawardene announced that he would step down from captaincy "in the best interests of the Sri Lankan team". He said he believed that it would give his successor around two years to build up to the2011 Cricket World Cup.[46] Therefore at the age of 31 and with the experience of 80 Tests and 246 ODIs, Sangakkara succeeded Jayawardene as Sri Lanka's captain in all formats of the game. His first engagement in the role was the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 hosted by England in June.[47] Sri Lanka became runners-up in the series after winning all the game in group and knock-out stages and being defeated by Pakistan in the final. Sangakkara made 64 not-out in the final, but was unable to take Sri Lanka for the championship.[48] Sri Lanka failed to reach to the knock-out stage of the ICC Champions Trophy in September 2009. The next Indian tour proved to be disastrous for the team, with Sri Lanka being beaten by India in Test sries 20 and ODI series 31. Sri Lankan team under the captaincy of Sangakkara gained momentum and won the next Tri-series in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, beating India as well. The Sri Lankans'tour of Australia proved to be very successful, in winning both the T20 and ODI series. This was Sri Lanka's first ever series victory in Australia.[49] A month in advance of the 2011 World Cup in March, Sangakkara decided that he would resign the captaincy after the tournament.[50] Sri Lanka reached the final of the tournament.[51] Throughout the tournament Sangakkara was in prolific form with the bat scoring 465 runs from 9 matches and was the third highest run scorer behind team-mateTillakaratne Dilshan and India's Sachin Tendulkar. Days after guiding Sri Lanka to the finals of the World Cup, Sangakkara announced to the public he was stepping down as captain of the T20 and ODI teams. He offered to continue as Test captain if deemed necessary for transition to new skipper;[52] in the event Dilshan was appointed captain across all formats.[53] Reflecting on the decision afterwards, he said that "captaining Sri Lanka is a job that ages you very quickly ... It's rarely a job you will last long in ... I also had a two-year stint, and I enjoyed it at times, certainly on the field where our results showed we were one of the top two sides in the world for one-and-a-half years, especially in the shorter form of the game."[50]
Test.[54][55] The match ended in a draw and the series ended in a 10 victory for England; Sangakarra scored a century in the match, his first against England in nine Tests.[56]
Matches
Won
Lost
Drawn
Tied
No result
Test[58]
115
46
37
32
ODI[59]
337
181
139
15
T20I[60]
43
25
16
Sangakkara was named the man of the series in 201112 Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka Test serieshis first man of the series award in Test cricket. He made 516 runs in the 3 match series which was won by Pakistan 1 0.[61] He scored his 8th Test double-century in that tournament.[62] This is the third highest number of double centuries made by a Test cricketer in history, behind Donald Bradman and Brian Lara, with 12 and 9 respectively.[63] On August the same year, he was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year, wicket keeper-captain of the ICC World XI Test team, and won the ICC People's Choice Award in 2011 ICC Awards.[1] In 2012, he was named one of the Wisden's five Cricketer's of the Year.[2] Sangakkara struggled when England toured Sri Lanka in 2012. He failed to score a half century during The Two Test match series. But he regained his form in the ODI series VS Pakistan where he twice scored in the 90s. In the following Test series Sangakkara continued his form with a 199, the scoreboard originally said he had scored the double century but it turned out to be a mistake. Sri Lanka later won the Test match. He followed this up with 192 in the game, again missing out on the double century. Sri Lanka drew the next two matches meaning Sri Lanka won the series 10. The first time they won a Test series since the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan.
Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup victory.[65] He also blamed "a handful of well-meaning individuals" who control the game, wasting the cricket board's finances and resources. Immediately after the lecture, the Sri Lankan sports ministerMahindananda Aluthgamage ordered an investigation into the speech.[66] Despite the critical comments by the Sri Lankan government officials, it has been described as "the most important speech in cricket history".[67]
Sangakkara is a left-handed top order batsman who likes to hit the ball square of the wicket on the off-side. Upon making a century, he consistently continues on past 150. While the Cut and the pull are natural strokes to him, he tends to play in the front foot. Cover drive is one of his regular scoring shots. Sangakkara averages around 57 in Test cricket. Among the current Test batsmen, he holds the best average. In ODI cricket, he retains a modest average of 38. Sangakkara handed over his wicket-keeping duty to Prasanna Jayawardene in Tests cricket in 2009 (on Boxing Day, 2012, he had to replace him behind the wicket after Jayawardene suffered an injured right thumb against Australia). Now he plays as a specialist batsman in Tests, and wicket keeper-batsman in other formats of the game. He is the third in the list of wicket keepers who contributed to the most numnber of dismissals in ODI cricket. With 382 dismissals, he is behind Adam Gilchrist and Mark Boucher.[9] He is also the wicket keeper with highest number of stumpings81in ODI cricket.[10] He has also 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. In an interview in 2004 he explained his approach to sledging: The public perception of sledging is to go out there and abuse someone in obscene language, questioning their parentage or sexual preferences. That kind of abuse does not belong on the field of play. Sledging, as coined and pioneered by the Australians, is a measured comment designed to get a reaction out of a player. It could be any reaction: a bit of anger, a show of arrogance, a comment, a shake of the head, or a slump of the shoulders. Kumar Sangakarra in 2004[75]