Sanga passes 11,000 Test runs

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Kumar Sangakkara struck his maiden triple hundred and became the ninth batsman to score 11,000 test runs as a dominant Sri Lanka took control of the second and final test against Bangladesh on Wednesday.

The stylish left-hander (319) was the last man out after his marathon 482-ball knock that included 32 boundaries and eight sixes as Sri Lanka amassed 587 before being all out on day two at Chittagong's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Batting on 286 with number 11 batsman Nuwan Pradeep, Sangakkara hit left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan for a four and two sixes off successive deliveries to first go past his previous best score of 287 and then reach his maiden triple hundred in spectacular fashion.

Sangakkara, 36, was fastest to the 11000 test-run club, having bettered West Indies batting great Brian Lara's record by five innings.

Kithuruwan Vithanage (35) and Ajantha Mendis (47) provided able support to Sangakkara and added 90 and 100 for the sixth and eighth wickets respectively.

All-rounder Shakib completed his 11th five-wicket haul but Bangladesh would require something of a miracle to win the test and square the two-match series after losing the first test in Dhaka by an innings and 248 runs. (REUTERS)

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Comments - 15

Nihal Amarasekera Wednesday, 05 February 2014 08:33 AM

Congratulations! Class act. Sachin watch out.

ANTON Wednesday, 05 February 2014 09:01 AM

THIS IS A WORLD RECORD, FASTEST 11,000 RUNS IN TEST MATCHES.

Niro Wednesday, 05 February 2014 09:33 AM

He is a Trinitian

Ajith Kadawatha Wednesday, 05 February 2014 10:34 AM

He is a SRI LANKAN !!!!!

antonsunil Wednesday, 05 February 2014 12:28 PM

Sangha the great

hanif Wednesday, 05 February 2014 12:31 PM

Brilliant!

idroos2002 Wednesday, 05 February 2014 12:44 PM

Ajith i agree with u but first is first he is a Trinitian and though sri lankan anyhow automatically ,Once a trintian always thats

rednaxela Wednesday, 05 February 2014 01:20 PM

One Great Trinitian. May you go from strength to strength! God Bless You.

Lak putha Wednesday, 05 February 2014 01:40 PM

Congrats Sanga for the fastests 11,000 runs, but it would been much better if you have achieved it against stronger cricketing nation, bangalis are nothing against us,,,,

instinct Wednesday, 05 February 2014 01:42 PM

So are Mervin, Mahinda Rajapakse, you and I.

Ranjith Wednesday, 05 February 2014 01:50 PM

He is THE ONE of 20 million SRILANKANS !!!!

Ravi Thursday, 06 February 2014 03:03 AM

Congratulations Sanga Excellent job. you have brought lot of credit to this country.

Charuka kulathunga Thursday, 06 February 2014 05:21 AM

My Congratulations..!!! World class cricketer. You are awesome. Keep it up.

VPG Thursday, 06 February 2014 08:58 AM

We have to learn from Sanga, Mahela and Sachin how to milk weak opposition to post test records. I think they have their highest test score against this opposition

D K BANIK Thursday, 06 February 2014 09:19 AM

Check Sachin's Test runs first..Sanga needs to make close to 5000 more runs to overhaul the master which is logically impossible.

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