Sangakkrara joins elite band of centurions

Vice captain Kumar Sangakkara drew level with former captain Marvan Atapattu for the most number of hundreds following his trail blazing knock of 152 on the forth day of the first Test match against the touring England team at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.

The elegant left hander completed his 16th three figure mark while playing in his 69th Test match while Atapattu retired having also scored the same number of hundreds from 90 Test matches.

Aravinda de Silva heads the list with a total of 20 hundreds followed by skipper Mahela Jayawardena who is in second place with 19 centuries.

Most hundreds for Sri Lanka in Test matches (Top 10):   
Player			Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50

PA de Silva		93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	20	22
DPMD Jayawardene 	91*	149	10	6863	374	49.37	19	30
KC Sangakkara		69*	114	 9	5985	287	57.00	16	24
MS Atapattu		90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	16	17
ST Jayasuriya 		110*	188	14	6973	340	40.07	14	31
HP Tillakaratne  	83 	131  	25  	4545 	204*	42.87  	11	20
AP Gurusinha  		41  	70  	 7 	2452 	143  	38.92  	 7	 8
TT Samaraweera  	40  	60  	 8 	2122 	142  	40.80	 5	13
LRD Mendis   		24  	43 	 1 	1329	124  	31.64	 4	 8
TM Dilshan  		42  	66  	 8 	2152	168  	37.10	 4	10