Kumar Sangakkara's Test career in numbers

Kumar Sangakkara in action against Pakistan earlier in 2015

Kumar Sangakkara left the international cricket arena on August 24, 2015 at the end of the second Test match against India at P Sara Oval in Colombo. He can easily be called the greatest batsman from Sri Lanka, and arguably even the best among those who made their debuts after the year 2000.

One of only five batsmen to score 12000 Test runs and fastest amongst all of them, Kumar Sangakkara played 134 Test matches which yielded 12400 runs at a strong average of 57.40. He scored 38 centuries and 52 fifties with a career best of 319. All the other four batsmen who scored more than 12000 runs played more than 150 Test matches.

Sangakkara's Test career

Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	50s	100s	150s	200s	Best	Fours	Sixes
134	233	12400	57.4	52	38	19	11	319	1491	51

Kumar Sangakkara’s first in Tests:

First innings – 23 vs South Africa at Galle on July 20, 2000

First fifty – 74 vs South Africa at Durban on December 26, 2000

First hundred – 105* vs India at Galle on August 14, 2001

First double hundred – 230 vs Pakistan at Lahore on March 6, 2002

First triple hundred – 319 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on February 4, 2014

Kumar Sangakkara’s last in Tests:

Last innings – 18 vs India at Colombo (PSS) on August 20, 2015

Last hundred – 230 vs New Zealand at Wellington on January 3, 2015

Kumar Sangakkara's distribution of Test runs - Opposition wise

Opposition	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	0s	HS
Australia	11	21	878	43.90	1	7	1	192
Bangladesh	15	21	1816	95.57	7	7	1	319
England	22	40	1568	40.20	3	9	3	152
India	17	28	1352	52.00	5	2	0	219
New Zealand	12	21	887	49.27	4	2	1	203
Pakistan	23	45	2911	74.64	10	12	2	230
South Africa	17	32	1534	47.93	3	7	2	287
West Indies	12	19	918	54.00	3	5	1	157*
Zimbabwe	5	6	536	89.33	2	1	0	270

Sangakkara has a batting average of at least 40 against all the oppositions.

Sangakkara has scored at least one 150 against all the oppositions.

Sangakkara scored the most against Pakistan (2911) and has the highest batting average against Bangladesh (95.57).

Kumar Sangakkara's distribution of Test runs - Country wise

Host	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	0s	HS
Australia	5	10	543	60.33	1	5	1	192
Bangladesh	6	10	783	78.30	2	4	1	319
England	11	22	862	41.04	2	5	0	147
India	6	10	365	36.50	1	0	0	137
New Zealand	6	11	549	61.00	3	0	0	203
Pakistan	5	9	695	86.87	3	3	0	230
South Africa	8	16	572	35.75	1	3	1	108
Sri Lanka	75	124	6830	60.44	22	25	8	287
UAE	6	12	682	62.00	2	4	0	211
West Indies	4	7	238	34.00	0	3	0	75
Zimbabwe	2	2	281	140.5	1	0	0	270

Except for West Indies, Kumar Sangakkara has scored Test centuries in each country he has played in.

Sangakkara averaged more than 60 in 7 of the 11 countries he played in – 60.33 in Australia, 78.30 in Bangladesh, 61.00 in New Zealand, 86.87 in Pakistan, 60.44 in Sri Lanka, 62.00 in UAE and 140.50 in Zimbabwe.

Kumar Sangakkara's Home vs Away record

Venue	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	0s	HS
Home	75	124	6830	60.44	22	25	8	287
Away	53	97	4888	53.13	14	23	3	319
Neutral	6	12	682	62.00	2	4	0	211

• Sangakkara’s average is 60.44 in home Tests, but his away average of more than 53 is not bad.

Kumar Sangakkara's distribution of Test runs - Year by Year

Year	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100s	50s	0s	HS
2000	4	7	174	24.85	0	1	0	74
2001	13	19	992	55.11	3	5	1	140
2002	9	16	708	50.57	1	3	0	230
2003	7	11	412	41.20	0	4	0	75
2004	11	20	1114	55.70	3	5	1	270
2005	9	14	422	32.46	1	0	1	157*
2006	11	20	1242	69.00	4	4	1	287
2007	7	9	968	138.28	4	2	0	222*
2008	6	11	434	39.45	1	3	0	144
2009	11	20	1083	57.00	4	5	0	137
2010	6	9	695	99.28	3	2	0	219
2011	11	21	1034	49.23	4	4	1	211
2012	10	19	767	51.13	2	3	4	199*
2013	3	6	512	85.33	3	2	0	142
2014	11	21	1438	71.90	4	8	1	319
2015	5	10	405	40.50	1	1	1	203

Sangakkara scored over 1000 runs in five years – 1114 in 2004, 1242 in 2006, 1083 in 2009, 1034 in 2011 and 1438 in 2014.

Sangakkara scored at least one century in each of his last 12 years from 2004 to 2015.

Sangakkara scored at least three centuries in eight different years.

Sangakkara averaged more than 50 in ten different years.

Sangakkara scored double centuries in eight different years.

Kumar Sangakkara's distribution of runs - innings wise

Innings	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
Team's 1st innings	133	7831	319	61.17	24	29	7
Team's 2nd innings	100	4569	211	51.92	14	23	4
Match's 1st innings	68	3633	319	55.04	11	16	4
Match's 2nd innings	65	4198	287	67.70	13	13	3
Match's 3rd innings	65	3406	211	56.76	12	17	1
Match's 4th innings	35	1163	192	41.53	2	6	3

Sangakkara averaged at least 50 in his teams’ both innings of the match.

Sangakkara averaged at least 55 in the first, second and third innings of the match.

Kumar Sangakkara's records in wins, losses and draws

Result	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
Won	54	84	5449	287	71.69	19	20	5
Lost	43	86	2938	203	34.97	5	14	4
Drawn	37	63	4013	319	71.66	14	18	2

Sangakkara averaged over 70 in Sri Lanka’s wins and draws and below 35 in Sri Lanka’s losses.

The numbers easily prove Sangakkara's legacy and greatness as a batsman.