ICC Cricket World Cup, England vs Sri Lanka: Statistical preview
Champions England face Sri Lanka in match number 25 of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Bengaluru on Thursday. England are placed ninth in the 10-team table with Sri Lanka occupying the eighth place. Both these teams have won one game and lost three. This is a massive game for the two teams as they seek redemption. We decode the stats.
SL have won each of the last 4 WC meetings
The two teams have faced each other in 78 ODIs to date. England have the edge, winning 38 to Sri Lanka's 36 (T1, NR3). In the ICC Cricket World Cup, things have been tight. England have claimed six wins. The Lankans have posted five victories. Sri Lanka have won each of the last four World Cup clashes between the two sides.
Here are the stadium stats
As per ESPNcricinfo, across 27 ODIs, the average runs per over at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is 5.60. 12 matches have been won by sides batting first (L12 T1 NR2). In four matches here, England have won twice, lost once, and tied one. Sri Lanka have played one match here back in 1982 against India and lost the clash.
Root is closing in on 6,500 ODI runs
Joe Root has 6,418 ODI runs at 48.62 and can become the second England player with 6,500-plus runs. He is one shy of 50 ODI maximums (49). Root owns 930 runs in ODI World Cups and is 70 shy of the 1,000-run mark. Meanwhile, he is closing in on 500 ODI runs in India (467) and 500 runs at neutral venues (471).
Mendis can get to 3,500 ODI runs
SL skipper Kusal Mendis owns 3,433 runs and is 67 shy of the 3,500-run mark. Meanwhile, he can also get past 900 runs at neutral venues, having slammed 1,651 at home and 936 away (home of opposition). Mendis is Lanka's second-highest scorer in 2023 with 817 runs and can surpass the mark of 900.
Nissanka eyes this massive feat
SL opener Pathum Nissanka owns 985 runs in 2023 at an average of 44.77. He needs 15 more to collect 1,000 runs and become the second batter to do so this year after India's Shubman Gill (1,325).
Woakes and Root eye these records
Chris Woakes (165) needs four scalps to surpass Andrew Flintoff (168) and become England's fifth-highest ODI wicket-taker. Root has 1,175 runs versus SL and needs 21 to beat Sanath Jayasuriya and become the third-highest scorer in ODIs between the two nations.
