Head to Head

Graeme Smith 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.

Graeme Smith

South Africa · Batsman

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · Wicket-keeper Batsman

Test

Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Test cricket
Graeme Smith	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
94	Matches	85
7,584	Runs	8,489
48.31	Batting average	60.64
60.73	Strike rate	54.32
277	Highest score	319
23	Centuries	29
32	Half centuries	33
5	Wickets	—
123.20	Bowling average	—
4.06	Economy rate	3.46
147	Catches	70
—	Stumpings	10

ODI

Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara compared in ODI cricket
Graeme Smith	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
155	Matches	298
5,280	Runs	11,640
36.16	Batting average	46.19
81.65	Strike rate	81.31
141	Highest score	169
8	Centuries	24
36	Half centuries	76
15	Wickets	—
48.27	Bowling average	—
5.38	Economy rate	—
86	Catches	324
—	Stumpings	75

IPL

Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara compared in IPL cricket
Graeme Smith	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
29	Matches	71
739	Runs	1,687
28.42	Batting average	25.95
110.63	Strike rate	121.19
91	Highest score	94
4	Half centuries	10
7	Catches	45
—	Stumpings	9

Domestic T20

Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Graeme Smith	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
34	Matches	165
937	Runs	4,404
28.39	Batting average	30.37
123.13	Strike rate	126.04
89	Highest score	78
4	Half centuries	28
14.25	Economy rate	—
17	Catches	95
—	Stumpings	39

First-class

Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara compared in First-class cricket
Graeme Smith	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
2	Matches	30
120	Runs	3,119
40.00	Batting average	66.36
85.11	Strike rate	66.56
103	Highest score	200
1	Centuries	13
—	Half centuries	10
6	Catches	21

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.