19 August,2015 08:18 AM IST | | A Correspondent
On this day, two of cricket's finest Test batsmen -- Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke -- play their final match before they retire from International cricket
Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Clarke
On this day, two of cricket's finest Test batsmen -- Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke -- play their final match before they retire from International cricket.
Sri Lankan veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara, 37, plays his last Test as his team take on India in their second of the three Test match series and it's the final Test of Australian skipper Michael Clarke, 34, as his team take on England in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes series.
Let's take a look at the illustrious Test career of these two cricketing stalwarts in numbers.
Full Name: Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Birthdate: October 27, 1977
Birthplace: Matale, Sri Lanka
Batting style: Left-hand
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Tests - 133
Innings - 231
Not outs - 17
Runs - 12,350
Highest - 319
Average - 57.71
Strike Rate - 54.22
Hundreds - 38
Fifties - 52
Full name: Michael John Clarke
Birthdate: April 2, 1981
Birthplace: Liverpool, New South Wales
Batting style: Right-hand
Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Tests - 114
Innings - 197
Not outs - 22
Runs - 8,628
Highest - 329'
Average - 49.30
Strike Rate - 55.92
Hundreds - 28
Fifties - 27
