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The most prolific pair in Test Cricket | Sangakkara - Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene celebrated their 50th stand together with a mammoth third-wicket partnership of 311, which is, quite amazingly, less than half their highest stand - an unforgettable 624 against South Africa at the SSC Stadium in Colombo last year. The 311 they added is also the second-highest partnership at Kandy, after the 335 that Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya added against Pakistan in 2000. Among all the pair who have played at least 50 times together, Sangakkara and Jayawardene have now become the most prolific in terms of averages, edging past the Australian pair of Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting (which means that the Australia-Sri Lanka series later this year will be a battle of, among other things, the two best batting pairs in the game). http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/301893.html
Stunning catch by Sangakkara | SL Vs IRE | World Cup 2007
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ Dealing in boundaries and steam rolling ahead it never looked like the Aussies could stop him. The second new ball hardly rattled him in fact all the Aussie quick men were being belted to all parts. Ricky Ponting the Australian skipper was cornered tactically by Sanga's aggression towards the new ball and Malinga's resilience. The ball was too new for Mcgill to cop yet another pasting so the only suitable bowling change would have been Symonds or another part timer. Sanga was looking beyond 200 and was surely planning to accelerate the scoring rate with Malinga getting his eye in and providing good support. It looked very much like only an outside influence and not the opposition that could dismiss him and some times in life the worst possible thing happens.
Sri Lanka 246 and 3 for 247 (Sangakkara 109*, Atapattu 80) need a further 260 runs to beat Australia 5 for 542 dec and 2 for 210 dec (Jaques 68, Ponting 53*)
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Allan Border and Brendon Julian discuss Sri Lanka's win over Bangladesh (during a break in the Pura Cup Final). Border says: - Jayasuriya, what a cricketer! - SL Big Guns are all firing - Murali will have his day - SL will be hard to put to bed
A fighting century from Kumar Sangakkara set it up but it was an outstanding spell of death bowling and brilliant catching under pressure that enabled Sri Lanka to pull off a tense five-run win in a Rajkot heart-stopper. Needing 23 in 4.3 overs, with five wickets in hand, India looked set to wrap it up but they were thwarted at the finish line by a team that simply refused to give in.
Africa XI v Asia XI | Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 20 August 2005 - day/night (50-over match) http://www.hilalscricket.com/
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Kumar Sangakkara 92 Vs England | 1st Test | Day 1| Kandy 2007
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ THE VALUE of Kumar Sangakkara’s innings of 92 yesterday may only become clear as this Test match progresses, but he may have just kept his team’s hopes alive. Sangakkara is currently among the world’s best batsmen. He has just returned from Australia, where he played a blistering innings of 192 in Hobart that might, with more luck, have stolen victory from under the noses of Ricky Ponting’s men. He was given out to a shocking decision for which umpire Rudi Koertzen later apologised to him in person. It takes something extraordinary to lever Sangakkara from the crease these days. Had he scored eight more runs yesterday, Sangakkara would have recorded a seventh century in eight Tests and he isn’t often content with merely reaching three figures. Last year he scored 287 against South Africa and an unbeaten 156 against New Zealand. Earlier this year he took back-to-back double-centuries off Bangladesh. Description courtesy - Times Online
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Sri Lankan Players Warm Up Session | World Cup 2007 | Finals
The players warm up and the fans, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
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