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Kumar Sangakkara set to retire at end of season
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:57 pm
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Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is set to walk away from the game at the end of this county season. The left-hander, who plays for Surrey currently, announced that the current English season will be his last as a player.
"It's the last time I'll play a four-day game here [at Lord's]. I'll be 40 in a few months, this is about the end of my time in county cricket. Cricketers, or any sort of sportsperson, have an expiry date and you need to walk away. I have been very lucky to play for as long as I did so but there's a lot more life to be lived away from the game."
The 39-year-old stacked up massive figures during his international career with the Sri Lankan side, evolving from a wicket-keeper batsman to a pure batsman as his career progressed. In all, he has 38 Test and 60 first-class centuries to his credit, having scored runs at a more than impressive average of 57. In ODIs, he scored 25 hundreds for Sri Lanka, most notably the four back to back tons in the 2015 World Cup.
A graceful left-hander known for his lazy elegance and smooth technique, Sangakkara captained the Sri Lankan side to the finals of the 2011 World Cup, where they lost to India at the Wankhede. The team had also been beaten in the finals in the previous edition in 2007.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:59 pm to Jim Rockford
This will get down voted to oblivion but cricket is a fun sport to watch. Wish it were popular over here.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:03 pm to dbeck
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but cricket is a fun sport to watch.
perhaps the weirdest sport I have ever seen. Incomprehensible.
I really don't understand it even in the slightest.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:06 pm to Fun Bunch
Even less than you understand Greco roman wrestling v freestyle?
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:07 pm to Fun Bunch
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I really don't understand it even in the slightest.
Hell just look at the 3rd paragraph in the OP
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:12 pm to Jim Rockford
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The 39-year-old stacked up massive figures during his international career with the Sri Lankan side, evolving from a wicket-keeper batsman to a pure batsman as his career progressed. In all, he has 38 Test and 60 first-class centuries to his credit, having scored runs at a more than impressive average of 57. In ODIs, he scored 25 hundreds for Sri Lanka, most notably the four back to back tons in the 2015 World Cup.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:13 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:I just...I can't even...
The 39-year-old stacked up massive figures during his international career with the Sri Lankan side, evolving from a wicket-keeper batsman to a pure batsman as his career progressed. In all, he has 38 Test and 60 first-class centuries to his credit, having scored runs at a more than impressive average of 57. In ODIs, he scored 25 hundreds for Sri Lanka, most notably the four back to back tons in the 2015 World Cup.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:13 pm to Jim Rockford
*crickets*
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:15 pm to Jim Rockford
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The 39-year-old stacked up massive figures during his international career with the Sri Lankan side, evolving from a wicket-keeper batsman to a pure batsman as his career progressed. In all, he has 38 Test and 60 first-class centuries to his credit, having scored runs at a more than impressive average of 57. In ODIs, he scored 25 hundreds for Sri Lanka, most notably the four back to back tons in the 2015 World Cup.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 5:14 pm to dbeck
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cricket is a fun sport to watch
Agree to disagree.
But in a story some may find interesting, I was on a flight from Delhi to Pune a few months ago, and Dhoni was on my plane. Didn't realize who he was until afterwards, though.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 5:18 pm to Fun Bunch
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perhaps the weirdest sport I have ever seen. Incomprehensible.
I really don't understand it even in the slightest.
It's not that complicated, but there is zero chance it becomes popular in America.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 9:45 am to Jim Rockford
paging stendulkar...
but if you understand baseball, it's a heck of a help when you're watching cricket... i got to try some as a kid bc we had a Pakistani family across the street from us
but if you understand baseball, it's a heck of a help when you're watching cricket... i got to try some as a kid bc we had a Pakistani family across the street from us
Posted on 5/24/17 at 9:47 am to Boomshockalocka
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Even less than you understand Greco roman wrestling v freestyle?
i understand both just fine. A lot more than you, I would wager.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:46 am to Fun Bunch
Interesting cricket stuff.
fielders do not have gloves.
Just the catcher (wicket keeper).
They call a curve a "googly".
Team at bat gets 4 extra runs if the fielder throws ball into in field but no one gets it before it rolls or airborne reaches the outfield on other side from thrower.
The team captain can change the order of lineup each inning.
fielders do not have gloves.
Just the catcher (wicket keeper).
They call a curve a "googly".
Team at bat gets 4 extra runs if the fielder throws ball into in field but no one gets it before it rolls or airborne reaches the outfield on other side from thrower.
The team captain can change the order of lineup each inning.
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