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Full name Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born October 27, 1977, Matale
Current age 27 years 260 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, ACC Asian XI, Nondescripts Cricket Club
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 46 76 4 3466 270 48.13 6405 54.11 7 18 472 13 109 14
ODIs 124 112 16 3204 103* 33.37 4459 71.85 3 19 304 10 109 34
First-class 115 180 12 6609 270 39.33 11 39 250 27
List A 173 158 23 5071 156* 37.56 5 32 161 49
Twenty-20 2 2 0 78 39 39.00 38 205.26 0 0 1 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 46 6 4 0 - - - 4.00 - 0 0 0
ODIs 124 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 115 78 46 1 1/13 46.00 3.53 78.00 0 0
List A 173 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 2 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
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Test debut Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle - Jul 20-23, 2000
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Last Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Apr 11-14, 2005
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ODI debut Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle - Jul 5, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI ACC Asian XI v ICC World XI at Melbourne - Jan 10, 2005
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First-class span 1997/98 - 2004/05
List A span 1997/98 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2004
Within months of breaking into the side at 22, Kumar
Sangakkara became one of Sri Lanka's most influential players: a
highly talented left-handed strokemaker, a slick wicketkeeper, a
sharp-eyed strategist and an even sharper-tongued sledger, capable
of riling even the most unflappable characters. His arrival was
relatively unexpected, for his domestic performances were relatively
modest, but the selectors' judgement was immediately justified as he
starred in his first tournament, the Singer Series 2000 against
South Africa and Pakistan, as a wicketkeeper-cum-batsman. During the
early days his wicketkeeping could be ragged at times, but his
effortless batting oozed class from the start. He possesses the
grace of David Gower but the attitude of an Australian. His approach
is naturally aggressive and his greatest weakness is a capacity to
over-react when the adrenaline really starts to pump. At the outset
he was happier on the back foot but a fierce work ethic and a deep
interest in the theory of batsmanship helped him round off his game,
and he is now as comfortable driving through the covers as cutting
behind point. His arrival was bad news for the popular Romesh
Kaluwitharana, who soon lost his place in both forms of the game,
although he made intermittent comebacks as the selectors worried
about overburdening Sangakkara. His arrival also helped solve the
long-term search for a No. 3 batsman to fill the void left since the
retirement of Asanka Gurusinha. The exhausting dual responsibility
of batting at No. 3 and keeping wicket is the source of widespread
debate and the selectors relieved him of the gloves in one-day
cricket after the 2003 World Cup. The change increased his
productivity as a batsman but left the team unbalanced and he was
handed back the wicketkeeping duties during Australia's tour in
2003-04. Unlike before, this time the extra burden had no effect on
his batting. The selectors have now indicated a desire for him to
concentrate on his batting in Test cricket, but the rapid
improvement of his keeping means that he will be handed back the
gloves at some stage unless genuine bowling allrounders can be
unearthed to give the team more balance. A charismatic personality
and an astute thinker - he is training to be a lawyer between tours
- Sangakarra is tipped as a potential future captain.
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