5 veteran cricketers who have set the County stage on fire

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara has retired from International cricket, but wields the willow for Surrey

One of the best batsmen of all time, Kumar Sangakkara may have retired from International Cricket, but his love for the game hasn’t dropped one bit. The legendary batsman has been piling up runs in County Cricket, where he plays for Surrey.

The second highest One Day International run-scorer of all time and fifth highest Test Match run scorer ever, Sangakkara provides undoubted class and experience with the bat to the county side.

Sangakkara scored five consecutive centuries at the start of the 2017 Specsavers County Championship. Interestingly, he was out on 87 in the next innings and fell 13 runs short from registering a record sixth hundred.

Also, the Lankan batsman scored his first double ton for Surrey at Chelmsford against Essex in May 2017.

The 39-year-old also became the first player to score over 1000 first-class runs in the season.