Kumar Sangakkara: Sri Lanka batsman passes 12,000 Test runs

[quote author=TRINIDADDY link=topic=94812.msg609124#msg609124 date=1420664706]


No. You cant be great and average in the 30s vs so many teams. He averages in the 30s in India, West Indies, South Africa and until recently, England (he moved from 39 to 40 vs England). His Australia average is deceptive, because he played an in-transition Australia. All his runs come vs Bangladesh, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Pakistan, and all his runs come in Sri Lanka and in the UAE; dustbowl pitches.
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TD, I suggest you take another look at the man's stats:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/...e=allround

[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=94812.msg609189#msg609189 date=1420730760]
i don't know about you chaps, but if I had to pick a team from all of todays cricketers, Sanga would be my first pick!  ::LOL::

There is none more elegant that him right now!
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[size=14pt]HERE IS A TEAM PICKED FROM PLAYERS WHO DEBUTED BETWEEN 1988 to present[/size]

1. Smith(SA)---most runs as opener since 1988
2. Hayden(Aus)---2nd most runs by opener since 1988
3. Sangakkara(SL)---most runs at #3---ahead of Ponting and Dravid
4. Tendulkar(Ind)---most runs at #4---ahead of Lara and Kallis
5. Chanderpaul(WI)---most runs at #5
6. Kallis(SA)---he was a specialist #4---but he gets selected as an allrounder an plays at #6
7. Gilchrist(Aus)(wkp)----most runs at #7

BOWLERS:
8. Warne(Aus)
9. McGrath(Aus)
10. Steyn(SA)
11. Ambrose(WI)

good team REV! 

No argument here!

but you know what they say...your best bat should be batting at number 3!!  ;D

He is!

Quote:TD, I suggest you take another look at the man's stats:

You posted a link to his combined home/away/neutral games. He averages in the 30s in 3 countries, and before his last tour of England, in the 30s there too.

they all batted at different positions!  ::LOL::