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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Scorecard, Match 3, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Result · Jun 01 2019, Sat - 03:00 PM (IST)
Match 3, - Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
SRI LANKA136
NEW ZEALAND137/0
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
CRR:8.47
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ODI World Cup |
| Date: | Jun 01 2019, Sat - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Wales |
| City: | Cardiff |
| Venue: | Sophia Gardens Cardiff |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera (wk), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga |
- New Zealand have won seven of their last eight completed ODIs against Sri Lanka (L1), including their previous four in succession.
- Sri Lanka and New Zealand have faced each other 10 times at the Cricket World Cup; Sri Lanka winning five of the last six encounters (L1).
- New Zealand have won their last three ODIs on the bounce (all against Bangladesh); the last time they won more in succession was a nine-game streak across 2017 and 2018.
- New Zealand won eight games in succession from the beginning of the 2015 Cricket World Cup before losing to Australia by a margin of 101 runs in the final.
- Sri Lanka have played four ODIs at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff but are still hunting for their first win at the venue, having lost to New Zealand (2013), India (2013), England (2016) and Pakistan (2017) there previously.
- Sri Lanka have won only four of their last eight Cricket World Cup fixtures, despite having won the toss on six occasions in that period.
- Martin Guptill (New Zealand) has scored 809 runs from 17 batting innings at previous Cricket World Cups, the second-most of any player set to take part in the 2019 edition (Chris Gayle - 944).
- After scoring just 80 runs in his first 10 ODI innings against New Zealand, Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera has now scored 220 runs in his last two encounters with the Black Caps, including a career-best knock of 140 runs from just 74 balls.
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand) has scored 227 ODI runs at Sophia Gardens, the most of any visiting player and the fourth-most of any player overall.
- Lasith Malinga needs a tally of seven wickets to become the second Sri Lankan player in ODI history to take 50 World Cup wickets behind Muttiah Muralitharan (68) and just the fourth player overall (Glenn McGrath - 71, Wasim Akram - 55).