CRICKET WICKETKumar Sangakkara Test record against South Africa
2000-07-20 – 2014-07-24 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 17 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 32 batting innings and 1 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 32 | 1,534 | 32 | 47.93 | 56.52 |
| Bowling | 1 | 4 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 4.00 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6.
Batting milestones in this sample: 3 centuries and 7 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,714.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 172 | 76 | 43.00 | 63.70 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 35 | 34.50 | 42.07 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 111 | 108 | 27.75 | 54.41 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 204 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 340 | 287 | 113.33 | 61.59 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 552 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 367 | 232 | 91.75 | 73.99 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 496 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.00 | N/A |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 157 | 89 | 39.25 | 65.69 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 144 | 98 | 36.00 | 45.28 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 318 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 4 | 7 | 174 | 74 | 24.85 | 36.94 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 471 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 8 | 14 | 862 | 61.57 | 63.38 | 1 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 8 | 16 | 572 | 35.75 | 48.68 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Unknown | 1 | 2 | 100 | 50.00 | 55.86 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Galle
- First century in this archive · 232 runs
Test v South Africa · Colombo (SSC)
- Highest recorded innings · 287 runs
Test v South Africa · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-24 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | 72 | 90 | — | — |
| 2014-07-24 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2014-07-16 | Galle International Stadium | 4 | 76 | 145 | — | — |
| 2014-07-16 | Galle International Stadium | 2 | 24 | 34 | — | — |
| 2012-01-03 | Newlands | 3 | 34 | 89 | — | — |
| 2012-01-03 | Newlands | 2 | 35 | 75 | — | — |
| 2011-12-26 | Kingsmead | 3 | 108 | 190 | — | — |
| 2011-12-26 | Kingsmead | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2011-12-15 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| 2011-12-15 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 4 | 39 | 64 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 2 | 14 | 31 | — | — |
| 2006-07-27 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | 287 | 457 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 3 | 64 | 58 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | 232 | 357 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 4 | — | — | 0 | 4 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 3 | 13 | 16 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 1 | 58 | 65 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 3 | 89 | 132 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 1 | 35 | 38 | — | — |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.