London: Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara scored the 100th century of his professional career in Surrey’s One-Day Cup quarter-final win over Yorkshire at Headingley on Tuesday.
The 39-year-old, who will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season, made 121 out of a total of 313-7.
Yorkshire came up short in their run chase as they closed on 289-9 to lose by 24 runs.
Sangakkara’s 39th one-day hundred adds to his 61 in first-class matches, 38 of which came in Test matches for Sri Lanka.
In Tuesday’s other last-eight tie, 834 runs were plundered in an extraordinary match as Nottinghamshire edged out Somerset by 24 runs in Taunton.
“Ben Foakes played really well and took the pressure off me. Then, as a partnership we bowled really well on what was a really good track,” Sangakkara said later.
“The way Lyth batted put us under a bit of pressure at the start, but our guys responded. The way they picked up crucial wickets and bowled smartly was really impressive.
“When you’re defending on a wicket like that with the fielding restrictions, every part of your game has to be spot on. Today we were lucky we were up to the challenge.
“It feels really special [hundredth 100], but I’ll take the win over that any day.”
