Sangakkara sets plethora of records

Kumar Sangakkara scored an unbeaten 222, his second double century in successive innings, on the third day of the Kandy Test between Sri Lanka 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.

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With this Sangakkara became only the fourth batsman in Test cricket history to score double centuries in successive innings after England's 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

Batsman	Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
WR Hammond (Eng)	251	Australia	Sydney	1928-29
	200	Australia	Melbourne	1928-29
WR Hammond (Eng)	227	New Zealand	Christchurch	1932-33
	336*	New Zealand	Auckland	1932-33
DG Bradman (Aus)	304	England	Leeds	1934
	244	England	The Oval	1934
VG Kambli (Ind)	224	England	Mumbai WS	1992-93
	227	Zimbabwe	Delhi	1992-93
KC Sangakkara (SL)	200*	Bangladesh	Colombo PSS	2007
	222*	Bangladesh	Kandy	2007

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	Batsman	Inns	Inns/200
12	DG Bradman (Aus)	80	6.66
9	BC Lara (WI)	232	25.78
7	WR Hammond (Eng)	140	20.00
6	KC Sangakkara (SL)	110	18.33
6	MS Atapattu (SL)	152	25.33
6	Javed Miandad (Pak)	189	31.50
5	R Dravid (Ind)	185	37.00

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 Sangakkara	v Bangladesh	Kandy	2007	3rd
206	(0-206)	PA de Silva	v Bangladesh	Colombo PSS	2002-03	2nd
203	(0*-203*)	PA de Silva	v New Zealand	Wellington	1990-91	2nd

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

509-9	SL	32-0 to 541-9	Bangladesh	Colombo PSS	2002-03	2nd
503-2	Eng	28-0 to 531-2d	South Africa	Lord's	1924	2nd
494-6	Aus	494-6	South Africa	Sydney	1910-11	1st
475-2	Aus	475-2	England	The Oval	1934	1st
471-8	Eng	471-8d	India	The Oval	1936	1st
470-4	SL	30-0 to 500-4	Bangladesh	Kandy	2007	3rd
458-3	Aus	458-3	England	Leeds	1930	1st
455-1	Aus	39-3 to 494-4	England	Leeds	1934	2nd
452-9	NZ	452-9d	Zimbabwe	Harare	2005-06	1st
451-10	SA	451	New Zealand	Christchurch	1931-32	2nd
450-10	Aus	450	South Africa	Johannesburg	1921-22	1st