Kumar Sangakkara
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Education
Kumar Sangakkara was a law student.
Double centuries
Kumar Sangakkara closes in on Don Bradman double ton record
4 January 2015 BBC
Basin Reserve, Wellington: On 4 January 2015 Kumar Sangakkara, then 37, scored his 11th Test double century to move one behind Australia legend Don Bradman's all-time record. He made 203 on day two of the second Test against New Zealand to help his side to 356 all out.
The Leading double centurions in Test cricket are:
12 - D Bradman (Australia); 11 - K Sangakkara (Sri Lanka); 9 - B Lara (West Indies); 7 - W Hammond (England), M Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 6 - M Atapattu (Sri Lanka), V Sehwag (India), J Miandad (Pakistan), R Ponting (Australia), S Tendulkar (India)
Wicket keeper
Sangakkara, who spent the first third of his Test career keeping wicket - claiming 178 catches and 20 stumpings before giving up the gloves - also became the fastest player to reach 12,000 Test runs on day one.
12,000 runs
BBC 3 January 2015: Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest player to reach 12,000 runs in Test cricket - and only the fifth to reach the landmark.
The then 37-year-old achieved the feat in his 224th Test innings, during his side's second Test in New Zealand.
India's Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's Ricky Ponting both needed 247 innings to surpass the mark.
Sangakkara began his innings on 11,995 runs and was given a standing ovation when he became the first Sri Lankan to reach 12,000 by knocking Trent Boult square for two.
The highest scorers in test cricket
Tendulkar (15,921), Ponting (13,378), South African Jacques Kallis (13,289) and India's Rahul Dravid (13,288) are the only four players to have scored more Test runs than Sangakkara.
