Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

  

Full Name  Sangakkara, Kumar 
Date of birth:  27/10/1977
Country  Sri Lanka
Role  Wicketkeeper/Batsman
Batting style  Left-hand
Bowling style  Unknown 

Career summary
Debut: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, 2000

- He made his Test debut at the age of 22 and soon developed into one of the world's leading wicket-keeper batsmen, often displacing Adam Gilchrist as the highest rated keeper in the World Ratings for batsmen.

- He was selected as the World XI's wicket-keeper in the recent Super Series in Australia and despite his team losing all three one-day games he averaged 46 with the bat.

- Away from cricket, his is training to be a lawyer, and his entertaining banter behind the stumps will surely hold him in good stead for his future career.

- He has scored over 4,000 Test runs and is one of very few Test wicket-keepers to have scored a double century.

Test Matches
Batting Career Span:  2000 - 2009
Matches:  80
Innings:  132
Not outs:  9
Runs:  6764
Highest Score:  287
Average:  55
50s:  30
100s:  12
Ducks:  4
Pairs:  0
Catches:  153
Stumping:  20
Bowling Innings bowled:  3
Overs:  11
Maidens:  0
Runs conceded:  38
Wickets:  0
5 Wicket Innings:  0
10 Wicket matches:  0
Average:  0 
Economy Rate:  3.45 
Best bowling in Innings:  -

ODI Matches
Batting Career Span:  2000 - 2009
Innings:  228
Not outs:  25
Runs:  7398
Highest Score:  138
Strike-rate:  73.89 
Average:  36
50s:  48
100s:  10
Ducks:  9
Catches:  226
Stumping:  64

Twenty20 Matches
Batting Career Span:  - 2007
Innings:  5
Not outs:  
Runs:  104
Highest Score:  30
Average:  21
50s:  0
100s:  0
Ducks:  0
Catches:  2
Stumping:  2