Sangakkara’s Test Performances best those of Tendulkar

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AVERAGE:               Sanga 58.63                                   Sachin 53.78

Test rankings:         Sanga 938                                        Sachin 898

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TEST CENTURIES:  Sanga in every 5.97 inns (213 inns / 37 centuries = 5.91 inns) Sachin only in every 6.45 inns (329 inns /51 centuries = 6.45 inns)

DOUBLE CENTURIES: Sanga in every 23.22 inns (214 inns / 10 = 21.66 inns)(including today’s one) Sachin only in every 54.83 inns (329 inns / 6 = 54.83 inns) 50+ SCORES (CENTURIES + FIFTIES) Sanga every 2.53 inns (213/84) But Sachin every 2.76 inns (329/119)

HIGHEST TEST SCORE by MATCH + INNS NUMBER :

1st inns =                  Sanga 319                                        Sachin 241

2nd inns =                 Sanga 287                                        Sachin 248

3rd inns =                  Sanga 211                                        Sachin 176

4th inns =                  Sanga 192                                        Sachin 136

AVERAGE BY MATCH INNINGS + NUMBER

2nd INNS =               Sanga 64.20                                    Sachin 55.26

1st INNS =                Sanga 57.00                                     Sachin 65.98

CAREER AVERAGE WITHOUT INCLUDING MINNOWS

Sanga 53.45                                     Sachin 48.95

BOTH BATSMEN AFTER 209 TEST INNS –

Sanga 11,151 runs                     Sachin 10,434 runs

Avg against BAN ….. Sachin- 136                     Sanga- 95

Avg against PAK …. Sachin- 42                       Sanga- 80

SANGA VS SACHIN COMPARISON AFTER THE DAY SACHIN RETIRED

SACHIN

Matches – 124 Innings – 208 Runs – 9885 HS – 248* Average – 52.86 50s – 44 100s – 29

SANGA

Matches – 117 Innings – 200 Runs – 10486 HS – 287 Average – 56.98 50s – 42 100s – 33

A Comparison of the last Phases of their Careers

In his last 40 INNINGS Sangakkara accumulated 9 centuries ……. Whereas Sachin secured NO CENTURIES. Sachin did not score a test century since 02 January 2011 (that is for more than 1200 days till he was dropped from the Indian XI. ….. In fact Sachin scored only 1243 runs in his last 40 inns with an average of 32.71 (no centuries only 9 fifties)In contrast Sangakkara accumulated 2179 runs in his last 40 inns with an AVERAGE of 60.52 (Sanga scored 9 centuries and 8 fifties)

500 RUNS IN A TEST SERIES: Sangakkara has done it (516 runs) but Sachin has never achieved this mark. Sachin never scored 500 test runs in a series. Note that he had lots of 3 match, 4 match and also 5 match series……

* 3 match series-30

* 4 match series 10

* 5 match series 3

MAN OF THE MATCH:          Sanga 16 times (from 124 matches)      Sachin 14 times (in 200 matches)

AVERAGE IN WINNING MATCHES:  Sanga 74.22                   Sachin 61.93

WINNING PERCETANGE AFTER SCORING A TON   Sanga 50% (18/36)         Sachin 39% (20/51)
SANGAKKARA AS A PURE BATSMAN (non wicket keeper) ….. Matches – 79 Runs – 8376 Average – 70.38 Centuries – 29 ………Average outside Asia – 56 Average in fast/bouncy tracks – 59

BEST 100 PER INNINGS RATIOS IN TESTS (MINIMUM 20 CENTURIES)

0.363 Sir Don Bradman 0.169 Kumar Sangakkara 0.163 Matthew Hayden 0.163 Hashim Amla 0.163 Sir Garfield Sobers

BEST BATTING AVERAGES AS PURE BATSMAN (NON WK) <excluding Stats vs Bangladesh & Zimbabwe> (Minimum 5000 Runs)

99.94 Sir Don Bradman

61.41 Kumar Sangakkara

58.67 Ken Barrington

58.45 Wally Hammond

57.78  Sir Garry Sobers

56.94 Sir Jack Hobbs

56.67 Sir Len Hutton

53.86 Greg Chappell

53.30 Javed Miandad

52.98 Jacques Kallis