Thursday, January 27, 2011

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara was born to Kumari and Chokshanada Sangakkara at Matale in 1977. Sangakkara is a product of the Trinity College, Kandy where he received the coveted Trinity Lion for Cricket and was the Ryde Medalist of his year.[3]He was the Senior Prefect (Head Boy) of Trinity College in 1996. Sangakkara showed talents in both cricket and tennis at school, and it was the school's Principal, Mr. Leonard De Alwis who advised his mother to encourage him to pursue cricket.[3]

International career

Sangakkara began his career as a batsman but subsequently became a wicket-keeper. His batting has developed to such an extent that he once topped the LG ICC Test batting rankings. However, in 2006 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 and Twenty20 cricket. As of September 2009, he was ranked 1st on the Test batting rankings. Sangakkara peaked at 6th on the ICC all-time Test batting rankings.
Sangakkara likes to hit the ball square of the wicket on the off-side and upon making a century, consistently continues on past 150. 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.[4] His skill was recognized worldwide when he earned selection for the ICC World XI One International Day team that competed against Australia in the Johnnie Walker Series in October 2005. He holds the record for fastest 8000 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. Despite the World XI losing all of the one-day games by considerable margins, Sangakkara left the series with some credit, averaging 46.
Sangakkara was billed as a future captain of Sri Lanka.[5][6] On Sri Lanka's tour to England in May 2006, he was named the vice-captain of the side. In March 2009 he was appointed to captain the Sri Lankan team for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. 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.

Domestic cricket

Sangakkara plays his domestic cricket for Nondescripts in Sri Lanka. Sangakkara has played English county cricket with Warwickshire in the 2007 County Championship. In 2010 Sangakkara was confirmed to represent Lancashire in the 2010 County Championship. Lancashire coach, Peter Moores said "Kumar is hot property at the moment and rightly so. He is arguably the most consistent batsman in international cricket with an outstanding average in all formats, making his signing a real coup for Lancashire. Not only will he bring his qualities as a player to the squad but his experience and knowledge will be invaluable."[7] However, Sangakkara never played for Lancashire as he was unavailable due to international commitments[8]

2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

Main article: 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
On 3 March 2009, a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team convoy injured several players, including Sangakkara, and also injuring six other people in the convoy.

Personal life

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 partner, Yehali [1] 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. Sangakkara is currently a law student at the Sri Lanka Law College.
On 30 June 2009 Sangakkara's wife gave birth to twins, a girl and boy.[9]

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).

Performance against each opponent

As of 05 December 2010:
Opponent↓ Matches↓ Innings↓ Not out↓ Runs↓ High Score↓ 100↓ 50↓ Average↓
 Australia 6 12 0 503 192 1 3 41.91
 Bangladesh 11 14 2 876 222* 2 5 73.00
 England 15 26 1 1007 152 1 6 40.28
 India 15 24 2 1257 219 5 2 57.13
 New Zealand 8 14 3 651 156* 3 2 59.18
 Pakistan 10 19 2 1314 230 5 5 77.29
 South Africa 12 22 0 1182 287 2 5 53.72
 West Indies 12 19 2 918 157* 3 5 54.00
 Zimbabwe 5 6 0 536 270 2 1 89.33
TOTAL 94 156 12 8244 287 24 34 57.25

Test 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
[18] 104 80  Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi stadium 2009
[19] 130* 83  Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2009
[20] 109 85  New Zealand Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2009
[21] 137 88  India Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2009
[22] 103 89  India Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2010
[23] 219 90  India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2010
[24] 150 93  West Indies Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2010

One Day International Centuries

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 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

Half Centuries

Test Half Centuries

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
Test Half Centuries of Kumar Sangakkara

Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 74 4  South Africa Durban, South Africa Kingsmead 2000
[2] 98 6  South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2001
[3] 58 7  England Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2001
[4] 95 8  England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2001
[5] 54 13  Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2001
[6] 55 16  West Indies Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2001
[7] 56 19  Zimbabwe Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2002
[8] 75 24  Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka P Sara Oval 2002
[9] 89 26  South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSports Park 2002
[10] 67 27  New Zealand Colombo, Sri Lanka P Sara Oval 2003
[11] 56 29  West Indies Gros Islet, St. Lucia Beausejour Cricket Ground 2003
[12] 75 30  West Indies Kingston, Jamaica Sabina Park 2003
[13] 71 31  England Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2003
[14] 74 40  Australia Cairns, Australia Cazaly's Stadium 2004
[15] 66 40  Australia Cairns, Australia Cazaly's Stadium 2004
[16] 58 41  South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2004
[17] 64 42  South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2004
[18] 59 43  Pakistan Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2004
[19] 69 54  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 2006
[20] 79 57  Pakistan Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2006
[21] 65 58  England London, England Lord's 2006
[22] 66 60  England Nottingham, England Trent Bridge 2006
[23] 57 68  Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2007
[24] 92 69  England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2007
[25] 50 72  West Indies Providence, Guyana Providence Stadium 2008
[26] 68 75  India Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2008
[27] 67 77  Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2008
[28] 54 78  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 2009
[29] 70 79  Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2009
[30] 65 79  Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2009
[31] 87 82  Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka P Sara Oval 2009
[32] 50 85  New Zealand Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2009

Awards

Test Cricket - Man of the match awards

  • In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 1st Test - Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka 2001/02 1st Innings - 128(4x22, 6x1)
2nd Innings - 3 Ct.		 Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 166 runs
2 Final - Asian Test Championship 2001/02 1st Innings - 230(4x33, 6x3); 5 Ct., 1 St.
2nd Innings - 14*(4x1)		 Sri Lanka Won by 8 wickets
3 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 2004 1st Innings - 270(4x36, 6x2); 1 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 254 runs
4 2nd Test - South Africa in Sri Lanka 2004 1st Innings - 232(4x31, 6x1); 1 Ct.
2nd Innings - 64(4x10, 6x1)		 Sri Lanka Won by 313 runs
5 2nd Test - West Indies in Sri Lanka 2005 1st Innings - 6(4x1)
2nd Innings - 157(4x24)		 Sri Lanka Won by 240 runs
6 1st Test - Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2006 1st Innings - 8(4x1); 2 Ct.
2nd Innings - 185(4x22)		 Sri Lanka Drawn
7 2nd Test - Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2007 1st Innings - 200*(4x20, 6x2) Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 90 runs
8 1st Test - England in Sri Lanka 2007/08 1st Innings - 92 (4x13)
2nd Innings - 152 (4x19); 1 Ct.		 Sri Lanka Won by 88 runs
9 3rd Test - India in Sri Lanka 2008 1st Innings - 144(4x14)
2nd Innings - 04(4x0)		 Sri Lanka Won by 8 wickets

[edit] One-Day International Cricket - Man of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup in UAE 2002/2003 228(3 Matches); 100x2 Pakistan Won the Sharja Cup by 8 wickets
2 South Africa in Sri Lanka 2004 247(5 Matches); 50x3, 5 Ct., 5 St. Sri Lanka Won the series 5-0
3 2nd Test - Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 2004 182(3 Matches); 100x1, 50x1, 5 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 254 runs
4 Idea Cup 2009-10 in Bangladesh 2009/2010 274(5 Matches); 50x4 Sri Lanka Won the Idea cup by 4 wicket

One-Day International Cricket - Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2nd Mt. - Singer Triangular Series vs South Africa 2000 85(4x11); 1 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by 37 runs
2 7th Mt. - NatWest Series vs England in England 2002 70(4x8) Sri Lanka Won by 23 runs
3 2nd Mt. - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Pakistan in UAE 2002/03 100(4x9) Pakistan Won by 7 wickets
4 4th Mt. - Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup vs Kenyain UAE 2002/03 103(4x9) Sri Lanka Won by 129 runs
5 4th ODI - South Africa in Sri Lanka 2004 74(4x6); 1 St. Sri Lanka Won by 7 wickets
6 Final - Paktel Cup vs Pakistan in Pakistan 2004/05 68(4x7); 1 Ct., 2 St. Sri Lanka Won by 119 runs
7 2nd Mt. - Afro-Asian Cup vs Africa XI in South Africa 2004/05 61(4x9, 6x1); 1 Ct. Asia XI won by 17 runs
8 3rd Mt. - VB Series vs South Africa in Australia 2005/06 88(4x10) Sri Lanka Won by 94 runs
9 1st Final - VB Series vs Australia in Australia 2005/06 83(4x3, 6x1); 1 St. Sri Lanka Won by 22 runs
10 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka in Bangladesh 2005/06 109(4x11); 1 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by 78 runs
11 2nd ODI - Sri Lanka in India 2006/07 110(4x11, 6x4); 2 Ct., 1 St. Sri Lanka Won by 5 runs
12 8th ODI - Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-08 128 (4x12); 1 Ct. India Won by 2 wickets
13 4th ODI - Gramine Phone Series 2008-09 59 (4x6); 4 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by 2 wickets
14 5th ODI - India tour in Sri Lanka 2009 84 (4x8) (6x1); 2 Ct. Sri Lanka Won by 68 Runs

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