Head to Head
BJ Watling 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.
Test
| BJ Watling | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | Matches | 85 |
| 3,790 | Runs | 8,489 |
| 37.52 | Batting average | 60.64 |
| 42.61 | Strike rate | 54.32 |
| 205 | Highest score | 319 |
| 8 | Centuries | 29 |
| 19 | Half centuries | 33 |
| — | Economy rate | 3.46 |
| 268 | Catches | 70 |
| 8 | Stumpings | 10 |
ODI
| BJ Watling | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Matches | 298 |
| 573 | Runs | 11,640 |
| 24.91 | Batting average | 46.19 |
| 68.38 | Strike rate | 81.31 |
| 96 | Highest score | 169 |
| — | Centuries | 24 |
| 5 | Half centuries | 76 |
| 20 | Catches | 324 |
| — | Stumpings | 75 |
Domestic T20
| BJ Watling | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Matches | 165 |
| 75 | Runs | 4,404 |
| 15.00 | Batting average | 30.37 |
| 85.23 | Strike rate | 126.04 |
| 37 | Highest score | 78 |
| — | Half centuries | 28 |
| 5 | Catches | 95 |
| 1 | Stumpings | 39 |
First-class
| BJ Watling | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | Matches | 30 |
| 2,290 | Runs | 3,119 |
| 37.54 | Batting average | 66.36 |
| 50.80 | Strike rate | 66.56 |
| 176 | Highest score | 200 |
| 3 | Centuries | 13 |
| 16 | Half centuries | 10 |
| 0.50 | Economy rate | — |
| 94 | Catches | 21 |
| 2 | Stumpings | — |
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.