Sri Lankan Sangakkara to retire from first class game


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara reacts at his fans during the fourth day of their second test cricket match against India in Colombo August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

(Reuters) - Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will retire from first-class cricket in September at the end of England's county championship season.

The Surrey batsman, who quit test cricket in 2015 with 12,400 runs, is fifth on the all-time list of test run scorers, averaging 57.40 in 134 tests.

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