Head to Head

Andrew Balbirnie vs Kumar Sangakkara

Career figures side by side, by format. Only formats both players have played are shown, and a figure that was never recorded is left blank rather than counted as zero.

Andrew Balbirnie

Ireland · Batsman

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · Wicket-keeper Batsman

Test

Andrew Balbirnie and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Test cricket
Andrew Balbirnie	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
11	Matches	85
429	Runs	8,489
19.50	Batting average	60.64
50.12	Strike rate	54.32
95	Highest score	319
—	Centuries	29
3	Half centuries	33
—	Economy rate	3.46
10	Catches	70
—	Stumpings	10

ODI

Andrew Balbirnie and Kumar Sangakkara compared in ODI cricket
Andrew Balbirnie	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
88	Matches	298
2,628	Runs	11,640
33.27	Batting average	46.19
75.37	Strike rate	81.31
135	Highest score	169
8	Centuries	24
13	Half centuries	76
1	Wickets	—
31.00	Bowling average	—
7.75	Economy rate	—
32	Catches	324
—	Stumpings	75

Domestic T20

Andrew Balbirnie and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Andrew Balbirnie	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
153	Matches	165
3,600	Runs	4,404
25.35	Batting average	30.37
129.96	Strike rate	126.04
99	Highest score	78
20	Half centuries	28
56	Catches	95
—	Stumpings	39

First-class

Andrew Balbirnie and Kumar Sangakkara compared in First-class cricket
Andrew Balbirnie	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
6	Matches	30
407	Runs	3,119
40.70	Batting average	66.36
58.31	Strike rate	66.56
205	Highest score	200
1	Centuries	13
1	Half centuries	10
2.45	Economy rate	—
10	Catches	21

List A

Andrew Balbirnie and Kumar Sangakkara compared in List A cricket
Andrew Balbirnie	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
33	Matches	24
1,484	Runs	1,312
59.36	Batting average	62.48
78.39	Strike rate	94.52
126	Highest score	166
3	Centuries	5
12	Half centuries	6
8.50	Economy rate	—
18	Catches	12

Career figures come from ball-by-ball match records, which cover recent decades rather than the whole history of the game. A career played mostly before that coverage is counted only in part.