Head to Head

Ross Taylor 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.

Ross Taylor

New Zealand · Batsman

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · Wicket-keeper Batsman

Test

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Test cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
109	Matches	85
7,597	Runs	8,489
44.95	Batting average	60.64
59.22	Strike rate	54.32
290	Highest score	319
19	Centuries	29
35	Half centuries	33
3	Wickets	—
16.00	Bowling average	—
2.91	Economy rate	3.46
158	Catches	70
—	Stumpings	10

ODI

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in ODI cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
224	Matches	298
8,126	Runs	11,640
46.70	Batting average	46.19
82.99	Strike rate	81.31
181	Highest score	169
20	Centuries	24
48	Half centuries	76
5.00	Economy rate	—
133	Catches	324
—	Stumpings	75

IPL

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in IPL cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
55	Matches	71
1,017	Runs	1,687
25.43	Batting average	25.95
123.72	Strike rate	121.19
81	Highest score	94
3	Half centuries	10
12.00	Economy rate	—
18	Catches	45
—	Stumpings	9

Domestic T20

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
187	Matches	165
3,687	Runs	4,404
27.31	Batting average	30.37
118.82	Strike rate	126.04
93	Highest score	78
17	Half centuries	28
78	Catches	95
—	Stumpings	39

First-class

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in First-class cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
24	Matches	30
1,440	Runs	3,119
36.00	Batting average	66.36
69.80	Strike rate	66.56
146	Highest score	200
2	Centuries	13
11	Half centuries	10
4.00	Economy rate	—
31	Catches	21

List A

Ross Taylor and Kumar Sangakkara compared in List A cricket
Ross Taylor	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
17	Matches	24
525	Runs	1,312
32.81	Batting average	62.48
88.98	Strike rate	94.52
94	Highest score	166
—	Centuries	5
6	Half centuries	6
12	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.