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Sangakkara sets plethora of records
Rajneesh Gupta
July 13, 2007
Kumar Sangakkara scored an unbeaten 222, his second double century in successive innings, on the third day of the Kandy Test between Sri Lanka [Images] and Bangladesh on Friday.

Sangakkara had also made an unbeaten 200 in Sri Lanka's only innings in the second Test at P Sarvanamuttu Stadium in Colombo.

With this Sangakkara became only the fourth batsman in Test cricket history to score double centuries in successive innings after England's [Images] Wally Hammond, Australia's Don Bradman and India's Vinod Kambli.

Hammond had done so on two occasions. The following table has the details:

Double centuries in successive innings
BatsmanScoreOpponentVenueSeason
WR Hammond (Eng)251AustraliaSydney1928-29
200AustraliaMelbourne1928-29
WR Hammond (Eng)227New Zealand [Images]Christchurch1932-33
336*New ZealandAuckland1932-33
DG Bradman (Aus)304EnglandLeeds1934
244EnglandThe Oval1934
VG Kambli (Ind)224EnglandMumbai WS1992-93
227ZimbabweDelhi1992-93
KC Sangakkara (SL)200*BangladeshColombo PSS2007
222*BangladeshKandy2007

This was sixth double century of Sangakkara's career, which puts him at top in level with Marvan Atapattu among Sri Lankans.

Only Bradman, Lara and Hammond have scored more double centuries than Sangakkara.

Sangakkara's frequency of scoring double centuries is second best after Don Bradman among all batsmen who have scored at least five double centuries in a career.

Most double centuries in a career
200s BatsmanInnsInns/200
12DG Bradman (Aus)806.66
9BC Lara (WI)23225.78
7WR Hammond (Eng)14020.00
6KC Sangakkara (SL)11018.33
6MS Atapattu (SL)15225.33
6Javed Miandad (Pak)18931.50
5R Dravid (Ind)18537.00

Sangakkara's 222 runs on the third day's play are the most scored by a Sri Lankan batsman in a single day's play. The previous record was held by Aravinda de Silva.

Most runs in one day by a Sri Lankan batsman
222(0-222*)KC Sangakkarav BangladeshKandy20073rd
206(0-206)PA de Silvav BangladeshColombo PSS2002-032nd
203(0*-203*)PA de Silvav New ZealandWellington1990-912nd

Sri Lanka made 470 runs for the loss of four wickets on the third day's play. This is the sixth best performance by a side in a day's play.

The world record is also held by Sri Lanka. No points for guessing who the opposition was.

Most runs in one day - by one team
509-9SL32-0 to 541-9BangladeshColombo PSS2002-032nd
503-2Eng28-0 to 531-2dSouth AfricaLord's19242nd
494-6Aus494-6South AfricaSydney1910-111st
475-2Aus475-2EnglandThe Oval19341st
471-8Eng471-8dIndiaThe Oval19361st
470-4SL30-0 to 500-4BangladeshKandy20073rd
458-3Aus458-3EnglandLeeds19301st
455-1Aus39-3 to 494-4EnglandLeeds19342nd
452-9NZ452-9dZimbabweHarare2005-061st
451-10SA451New ZealandChristchurch1931-322nd
450-10Aus450South AfricaJohannesburg1921-221st


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