Head to Head
Dane van Niekerk 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.
ODI
| Dane van Niekerk | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Matches | 298 |
| 1,336 | Runs | 11,640 |
| 39.29 | Batting average | 46.19 |
| 75.35 | Strike rate | 81.31 |
| 102 | Highest score | 169 |
| 1 | Centuries | 24 |
| 6 | Half centuries | 76 |
| 62 | Wickets | — |
| 24.29 | Bowling average | — |
| 3.56 | Economy rate | — |
| 30 | Catches | 324 |
| — | Stumpings | 75 |
Domestic T20
| Dane van Niekerk | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 192 | Matches | 165 |
| 3,455 | Runs | 4,404 |
| 24.50 | Batting average | 30.37 |
| 101.23 | Strike rate | 126.04 |
| 91 | Highest score | 78 |
| 14 | Half centuries | 28 |
| 151 | Wickets | — |
| 20.60 | Bowling average | — |
| 6.19 | Economy rate | — |
| 46 | Catches | 95 |
| — | Stumpings | 39 |
List A
| Dane van Niekerk | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 24 |
| 78 | Runs | 1,312 |
| 26.00 | Batting average | 62.48 |
| 118.18 | Strike rate | 94.52 |
| 44 | Highest score | 166 |
| — | Centuries | 5 |
| — | Half centuries | 6 |
| 4 | Wickets | — |
| 12.00 | Bowling average | — |
| 3.20 | Economy rate | — |
| 3 | 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.