Tag: Sangakkara

Sangakkara wants more Tests for Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara hoped better communication between administrators and players would in future help avoid the dearth of Test cricket that Sri Lanka face in...

Dilshan, Sangakkara lift gloom with tons

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara smashed successive centuries against Pakistan to light up the rain-hit second Test in Colombo on Tuesday. The hosts,...

Missing 200 ‘part of game’: Sangakkara

Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara left the ground fuming after being stranded on an unbeaten 199 during the first Test against Pakistan in Galle...

Sangakkara’s mother little sad for his son

Kumari Surangana, the mother of former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was aware that his son is not the only batsman having missed the...

SL tighten noose on Pakistan

Kumar Sangakkara was stranded on an unbeaten 199 even as Sri Lanka took charge of the first cricket Test against Pakistan in Galle on...

Dilshan, Sangakara put Pakistan attack to sword

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara hammered centuries as Sri Lanka walloped Pakistan on the opening day of the first cricket Test in Galle on...

Double Wisden honour for Sangakkara

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has been chosen as both one of the Five Cricketers of the Year and the Leading Cricketer in the World...

Double Wisden honour for Sangakkara

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has been chosen as both one of the Five Cricketers of the Year and the Leading Cricketer in the World...

Australia clinch a thriller

Australia clinched a thrilling five-run win in a low-scoring one-day international against Sri Lanka in Perth on Friday for their second successive triangular series...

Ajmal, Sangakkara top series averages

Kumar Sangakkara scored the highest number of runs while Saeed Ajmal claimed the highest number of wickets in the three Test matches series between...

Sangakkara’s sixth cap Sri Lanka’s day

Kumar Sangakkara became the second Sri Lankan and fifth batsman overall to score six or more hundreds against Pakistan in Tests. The former Sri Lankan...

Sangakkara keeps Pakistan at bay

Kumar Sangakkara put his wealth of experience on show with a pugnacious unbeaten hundred to keep Pakistan’s victory bids on hold in the first...

Sangakkara seeks Sri Lanka win in 100th Test

A hugely proud Kumar Sangakkara hopes Sri Lanka will celebrate his 100th Test appearance with a series-levelling victory over Australia in the final match...

Sangakkara in trouble after wowing MCC

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara is in hot water after his highly acclaimed lecture at Lord’s, where he criticised what he alleged was...

Sangakkara secures draw against Poms

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara’s maiden Test hundred in England helped the tourists save the series finale at the Rose Bowl here on Monday....

Sangakkara ready for final captaincy tilt

Former skipper Kumar Sangakkara admitted he was a reluctant captain of Sri Lanka heading into the third and final Test against England at the...

Sangakkara questions Tillakaratne fix claims

Sri Lanka's World Cup captain Kumar Sangakkara has challenged former skipper Hashan Tillakaratne to prove his recent allegations of rampant match-fixing, a report said...