Double Wisden honour for Sangakkara
Updated On: 11 April, 2012 02:11 PM IST | | AFP
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has received two special honours from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack -- he has been chosen as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year and also the Leading Cricketer in the World for 2011.
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Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has been chosen as both one of the Five Cricketers of the Year and the Leading Cricketer in the World for 2011 in the 2012 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, it was announced Wednesday.
The 34-year-old Sangakkara, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation and for much of his career a top-class wicketkeeper as well, became the first man to receive both awards since Wisden, 'cricket's bible', started naming a leading cricketer of the year in 2004.
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In 2011, no-one else came close to the 2,267 runs Sangakkara scored in all international cricket, and he is now the only man to have topped 1,000 runs in Tests and one-day internationals in a single year on three separate occasions.
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Kumar Sangakkara has been recognised for having scoredu00a02,267 runs in all international cricket in 2011. Pic/AFP
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