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Kumar Sangakkara has scored 43 international centuries.

Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman and plays as the wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) formats of the game. Described by the English cricket writer Peter Roebuck as "among the most polished and prudent of batsmen",[1] Sangakkara has made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 30 and 13 occasions in Test and ODI matches respectively, as of July 2012. He has at times been top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen.[2][3] His awards include ODI Cricketer of the Year, captain of the ICC World XI Test team, and the 2011 ICC People's Choice Award (all at the 2011 ICC Awards),[4] and being named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2012.[5]

Sangakkara made his Test debut against South Africa in July 2000.[6] He scored his maiden Test century in 2001, against India,[7] and his first double-century during the 2002 Asian Test Championship final against Pakistan.[8] Sangakkara's highest score in Test cricket is 287, which he scored against South Africa in 2006. During this innings, he and Mahela Jayawardene set a new world record of 624 runs for the highest partnership for any wicket in Test or first-class cricket.[9][N 1] In the following year, he scored back-to-back double-centuries against Bangladesh, the fifth instance of successive double-centuries in Test cricket.[11][N 2] He has scored 200 or more runs in a Test match on eight occasions; only Donald Bradman and Brian Lara have done so more often.[12] He became the ninth batsman and second Sri Lankan to score centuries against all Test-playing nations in December 2007, when he scored 152 against England.[13][N 3] He was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka team in March 2009, following the resignation of Mahela Jayawardene,[14] and the first of his seven Test centuries as captain came against Pakistan in July of the same year.[15] Sangakkara has the second-highest batting average—69.60 per innings—for a captain who scored a minimum of 1,500 runs.[16][N 4]

He made his ODI debut in July 2000 against Pakistan, and his first century in this format was against the same team during the 2003 Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup.[17][18] The start of his ODI career was "fairly ordinary", according to one cricket journalist, as he only scored two centuries in four years.[19] His highest score of 138 not out was made at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, during Sri Lanka's 2005 tour of India.[20] Sangakkara's only ODI century as captain was scored against New Zealand in a group stage match in the 2011 ICC World Cup.[21] In the sixth match of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series, Sangakkara became the fastest Sri Lankan cricketer, and third in all, to reach 10,000 ODI runs.[22] As of June 2012, he has not scored a century in T20I cricket; his highest score in this format of the game is 78.[23]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
‡ Player of the match
† Captained the Sri Lanka team
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
S.R. Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Sri Lanka), away or neutral
Lost The match was lost by Sri Lanka
Won The match was won by Sri Lanka
Drawn The match was drawn

Test cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105*  India 3 2 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 14 August 2001 Won [7]
2 140  West Indies 3 2 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 13 November 2001 Drawn [24]
3 128 ‡  Zimbabwe 3 1 1/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 27 December 2001 Won [25]
4 230 ‡  Pakistan 3 2 3/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 6 March 2002 Drawn [8]
5 270 ‡  Zimbabwe 3 2 2/3 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 14 May 2004 Won [26]
6 232 ‡  South Africa 3 1 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 11 August 2004 Won [27]
7 138  Pakistan 3 3 2/2 National Stadium, Karachi Away 28 October 2004 Lost [28]
8 157* ‡  West Indies 3 3 2/2 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 22 July 2005 Won [29]
9 185 ‡  Pakistan 3 3 1/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 26 March 2006 Drawn [30]
10 287  South Africa 3 2 1/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 27 July 2006 Won [31]
11 100*  New Zealand 3 3 1/2 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away 7 December 2006 Lost [32]
12 156*  New Zealand 3 1 2/2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 15 December 2006 Won [33]
13 200* ‡  Bangladesh 3 2 2/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home 3 July 2007 Won [34]
14 222*  Bangladesh 3 2 3/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 11 July 2007 Won [35]
15 192  Australia 3 4 2/2 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Away 16 November 2007 Lost [36]
16 152 ‡  England 3 3 1/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 1 December 2007 Won [37]
17 144 ‡  India 4 2 3/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home 8 August 2008 Won [38]
18 104  Pakistan 3 1 2/2 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 1 March 2009 Drawn[N 5] [40]
19 130* ‡†  Pakistan 3 4 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 20 July 2009 Drawn [41]
20 109 †  New Zealand 3 3 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 26 August 2009 Won [42]
21 137 †  India 3 3 3/3 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Away 2 December 2009 Lost [43]
22 103 †  India 3 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 18 July 2010 Won [44]
23 219 ‡†  India 3 1 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 26 July 2010 Drawn [45]
24 150 ‡†  West Indies 3 1 2/3 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home 23 November 2010 Drawn [46]
25 119 †  England 3 3 3/3 The Rose Bowl, Southampton Away 16 June 2011 Drawn [47]
26 211 ‡  Pakistan 3 3 1/3 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 18 October 2011 Drawn [48]
27 144 ‡  Pakistan 3 1 3/3 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 3 November 2011 Drawn [49]
28 108  South Africa 3 3 2/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away 26 December 2011 Won [50]
29 199* ‡  Pakistan 3 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 22 June 2012 Won [51]
30 192  Pakistan 3 2 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 4 July 2012 Drawn [52]

ODI cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 100* ‡  Pakistan 4 1 90.09 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 4 April 2003 Lost [18]
2 103*  Kenya 4 1 95.37 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 6 April 2003 Won [53]
3 101  Australia 3 2 91.81 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home 27 February 2004 Lost [54]
4 138*  India 1 1 93.87 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Away 31 October 2005 Lost [20]
5 109 ‡  Bangladesh 3 1 87.20 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away 25 February 2006 Won [55]
6 110 ‡  India 4 1 86.61 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Away 11 February 2007 Won [56]
7 128 ‡  India 3 1 82.58 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral 19 February 2008 Lost [57]
8 101 ‡  Bangladesh 2 1 110.98 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Neutral 25 June 2008 Won [58]
9 112 ‡  Pakistan 2 1 101.81 National Stadium, Karachi Away 29 June 2008 Won [59]
10 121  Bangladesh 2 1 94.53 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral 30 June 2008 Won [60]
11 111 ‡†  New Zealand 3 1 86.71 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Neutral 18 March 2011 Won [21]
12 102 ‡  South Africa 3 2 105.15 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 22 January 2012 Won [61]
13 105  India 3 1 120.68 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Neutral 28 February 2012 Lost [62]

Notes

  1. ^ The previous highest partnership in first-class cricket—577 runs—was by Vijay Hazare and Gul Mahomed for Baroda cricket team against Holkar in 1946.[10]
  2. ^ The previous players to accomplish this feat were Wally Hammond (twice), Donald Bradman and Vinod Kambli.[11]
  3. ^ Marvan Atapattu was the first Sri Lankan player to achieve this.[13]
  4. ^ When captaining Australia, Donald Bradman scored 14 centuries and averaged 101.51 per innings.[16]
  5. ^ This match was abandoned because of an attack on the bus carrying the Sri Lanka cricket team before the start of the third day's play.[39]

References

General

  • "KC Sangakkara – Centuries in Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  • "KC Sangakkara – Centuries in One Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

Specific

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  4. ^ Ramakrishnan, Madhusudhan (17 February 2012). "Sangakkara named ODI Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Wisden 2012 Five Cricketers of the Year". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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  8. ^ a b "Asian Test Championship (2001–2002) – Scorecard of the Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka pair break world record". BBC Sport. 29 July 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  10. ^ Lloyd, Kalam (30 July 2006). "Jayawardene and Sangakkara pile on record partnership". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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  13. ^ a b McGlashan, Andrew (4 December 2007). "Sangakkara century sets up victory chance". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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  18. ^ a b "Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup (2002–2003) – Scorecard of 2nd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  19. ^ Ramakrishnan, Madhusudhan (17 February 2012). "Durability Sangakkara's forte". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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  21. ^ a b "ICC Cricket World Cup (2010–2011) – Scorecard of 38th ODI, Group A". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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  25. ^ "Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test series (2001–2002) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  26. ^ "Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test series (2004) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  27. ^ "South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2004) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  28. ^ "Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test series (2004–2005) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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  31. ^ "South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2006) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  32. ^ "Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test series (2006–2007) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  33. ^ "Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test series (2006–2007) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  34. ^ "Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test series (2007) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  35. ^ "Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test series (2007) – Scorecard of 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  36. ^ "Warne-Muralitharan Trophy Test series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  37. ^ "England in Sri Lanka Test series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  38. ^ "India in Sri Lanka Test series (2008) – Scorecard of 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  39. ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj; Berry, Scyld. "When cricket lost its innocence". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  41. ^ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test series (2009) – Scorecard of 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  42. ^ "New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test series (2009) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  43. ^ "Sri Lanka in India Test series (2009–2010) – Scorecard of 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  44. ^ "Sri Lanka Test series (2010) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  45. ^ "India in Sri Lanka Test series (2010) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  46. ^ "West Indies in Sri Lanka Test series (2010–2011) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  47. ^ "Sri Lanka in England Test series (2011) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  48. ^ "Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates Test series (2011–2012) – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  49. ^ "Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates Test series (2011–2012) – Scorecard of 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  50. ^ "Sri Lanka in South Africa Test series (2011–2012) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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  52. ^ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test series (2012) – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  53. ^ "Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup (2002–2003) – Scorecard of 4th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  54. ^ "Australia in Sri Lanka ODI series (2003–2004) – Scorecard of 4th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  55. ^ "Sri Lanka in Bangladesh ODI series (2005–2006) – Scorecard of 3rd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  56. ^ "Sri Lanka in India ODI series (2006–2007) – Scorecard of 2nd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  57. ^ "Commonwealth Bank series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 8th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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  59. ^ "Asia Cup (2008) – Scorecard of 8th ODI, Super Four". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  60. ^ "Asia Cup (2008) – Scorecard of 9th ODI, Super Four". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  61. ^ "Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI series (2011–2012) – Scorecard of 5th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  62. ^ "Commonwealth Bank series (2011–2012) – Scorecard of 11th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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