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Monday, August 11, 2014

Kumar Sangakkara Score 10th Double Hundred in Test Cricket Saturday Aug 09,2014


Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara struck his 10th double hundred in Galle against Pakistan on Saturday Aug 09,2014, surpassing the nine amassed by West Indian Brian Lara.

The knock also put him two behind the great Don Bradman. However, the left-hander managed to break the Australian's 66-year-old record for most scores of 190 plus -13th en route to his 10th double.
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Kumar Sangakkara's faultless 221 saw Sri Lanka reach 533 for nine in their first innings in reply to Pakistan's 451 and by stumps the visitors lost a wicket for four runs in their second knock on day four of the first cricket Test at the Galle International Stadium.

Kumar Sangakkara had completed his 37th Test hundred Friday Aug 08,2014

List of the top 10 double century makers in Tests:
Don Bradman (Australia) 12
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 10
Brian Lara (West Indies) 9
Wally Hammond (England) 7
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 7
Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) 6
Virender Sehwag (India) 6
Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 6
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 6
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 6

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