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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">London, Jan 16 (IANS) English cricket county side Surrey Friday confirmed the signing of Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;He is a five-star player and person and that is important because he will be working with our homegrown players,&quot; Alec Stewart, director of the county club was quoted as saying by bbc.com Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\r\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; font-weight: 800;\">Also read....<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;\">.<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; font-weight: 800;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; background: transparent;\">Australia Tri-Series, 2015<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sangakkara previously played county cricket for Warwickshire and Durham.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;He is the number one Test batsman in the world but it&#39;s the special character that he has which is as important to us,&quot; Stewart added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sangakkara is currently the top-ranked Test batsman and fifth all-time highest run scorer in the longest form of the game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The left-handed batsman is also the fourth highest One-Day Internationals (ODI) run-scorer with 13,414.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 37-year-old is to retire from ODIs after the impending World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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