"Becoming of greatness Kumar Sangakkara FACTFILE
AGE: 26 PLACE OF BIRTH: Galle, Sri Lanka ROLE: Left-hand middle-order bat ICC TEST BATTING RANKING: 11 INTERNATIONAL RECORD: 9 Tests, 1,027 runs at 79.00, 5 hundreds, 4 fifties, SR 64.51, HS 182* 14 ODIs, 231 runs at 28.87, 1 fifty, SR 72.64, HS 57 21 T20ls, 374 runs at 20.77, 2 fifties, SR 123.43, HS 65*
The shot said it all. Kamindu Mendis stepped down the wicket and launched Rachin Ravindra back over his head, clearing the boundary rope - and 1,000 Test runs in just his 13th innings. In doing so he reached the landmark as quickly as Bradman, and only a single knock behind the record holders, Herbert Sutcliffe and Everton Weekes. Not bad for a guy who has spent much of his career running drinks.…