Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara became only the fourth batsman in history to make scores of fifty or more in seven successive Test innings when he reached the landmark against England in the second Test at Headingley on Sunday.
A flick off his pads for four through square leg saw Sangakkara join West Indies greats Everton Weekes and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, together with Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower, as the only batsmen to have completed the feat.
But left-hander Sangakkara was out for 55 soon afterwards when falling lbw to off-spinner Mooen Ali.
Batsmen to have scored seven consecutive Test fifties (score, opposition, venue, date):
Everton Weekes (West Indies)
141 v England, Kingston Mar 1948
128 v India, Delhi Nov 1948
194 v India, Mumbai (BS) Dec 1948
162 v India, Kolkata Dec 1948
101 v India, Kolkata Dec 1948
90 v India, Chennai Jan 1949
56 v India, Mumbai (BS) Feb 1949
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
65 v New Zealand, Harare Sep 2000
183 no v India, Delhi Nov 2000
70 v India, Delhi Nov 2000
55 v India, Nagpur Nov 2000
232 no v India, Nagpur Nov 2000
79 v New Zealand, Wellington Dec 2000
73 v Bangladesh, Bulawayo Apr 2001
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
69 v Pakistan, Karachi Nov 2006
74 v England, Lord’s May 2007
50 v England, Manchester Jun 2007
116 no v England, Manchester Jun 2007
136 no v England, Chester-le-Street Jun 2007
70 v England, Chester-le-Street Jun 2007
104 v South Africa, Port Elizabeth Dec 2007
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
75 v Bangladesh, Dhaka Jan 2014
319 v Bangladesh, Chittagong Feb 2014
105 v Bangladesh, Chittagong Feb 2014
147 v England, Lord’s Jun 2014
61 v England, Lord’s Jun 2014
79 v England, Leeds Jun 2014
55 v England, Leeds Jun 2014
Note: BS = Brabourne Stadium
