Head to Head
Steve Waugh 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
| Steve Waugh | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Matches | 85 |
| 700 | Runs | 8,489 |
| 70.00 | Batting average | 60.64 |
| 62.11 | Strike rate | 54.32 |
| 102 | Highest score | 319 |
| 2 | Centuries | 29 |
| 5 | Half centuries | 33 |
| 2 | Wickets | — |
| 59.50 | Bowling average | — |
| 2.53 | Economy rate | 3.46 |
| 5 | Catches | 70 |
| — | Stumpings | 10 |
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.