Head to Head

Billy Root 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.

Billy Root

United Kingdom · Batsman

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · Wicket-keeper Batsman

Domestic T20

Billy Root and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Billy Root	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
50	Matches	165
634	Runs	4,404
21.13	Batting average	30.37
111.82	Strike rate	126.04
41	Highest score	78
—	Half centuries	28
12.33	Economy rate	—
18	Catches	95
—	Stumpings	39

First-class

Billy Root and Kumar Sangakkara compared in First-class cricket
Billy Root	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
74	Matches	30
3,566	Runs	3,119
31.01	Batting average	66.36
52.93	Strike rate	66.56
132	Highest score	200
5	Centuries	13
16	Half centuries	10
8	Wickets	—
32.88	Bowling average	—
4.19	Economy rate	—
25	Catches	21

List A

Billy Root and Kumar Sangakkara compared in List A cricket
Billy Root	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
58	Matches	24
1,552	Runs	1,312
37.85	Batting average	62.48
89.09	Strike rate	94.52
113	Highest score	166
2	Centuries	5
9	Half centuries	6
6	Wickets	—
51.67	Bowling average	—
6.37	Economy rate	—
14	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.