New Zealand v Sri Lanka. World Cup Statchat

• The One Day International head-to-head record between these teams reads 41 wins for New Zealand and 40 for Sri Lanka (one tie).
•  New Zealand has won six of their last nine completed meetings with Sri Lanka, after losing 10 of the preceding 11 clashes to produce a result.
•  Ross Taylor needs 87 runs to become the fourth player after Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle and Brendon McCullum to score 5,000 ODI runs for New Zealand.
•  Kumar Sangakkara (13,693) needs 12 runs to pass Ricky Ponting (13,704) as the second highest ODI run-scorer.
• Sangakkara (991) and Mahela Jayawardene (975) are close to joining Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva in scoring 1,000 World Cup runs for Sri Lanka. In total 13 players from various nations have achieved this feat so far.

ODI head-to head record	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Games	89	89
Won	41	40
Lost	40	41
Tied	1	1
NR/Abandoned	7	7
Win %	50.0	48.8
World Cup head-to head record	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Games	9	9
Won	3	6
Lost	6	3
Tied	0	0
NR/Abandoned	0	0
Win %	33.3	66.7

 

Player Records –Cricket World Cup

New Zealand
Player	Most Runs		Player		Most Wickets
SP Fleming	1075		JDP Oram		36
SB Styris	909		CZ Harris		32
MD Crowe	880		SE Bond		30
GM Turner	612		RJ Hadlee		22
CL Cairns	565		DL Vettori		21
Player	High Scores		Player		Best Bowling
GM Turner	171*		SE Bond		6/23
SB Styris	141		RJ Hadlee		5/25
SP Fleming	134*		CZ Harris		4/7
LRPL Taylor	131*		HK Bennett		4/16
CZ Harris	130		DL Vettori		4/23
Sri Lanka
Player		Most Runs		Player		Most Wickets
ST Jayasuriya		1165		M Muralitharan		68
PA de Silva		1064		WPUJC Vaas		49
KC Sangakkara		991		SL Malinga		31
DPMD Jayawardene		975		ST Jayasuriya		27
A Ranatunga		969		ALF de Mel		18
Player		High Scores		Player		Best Bowling
PA de Silva		145		WPUJC Vaas		6/25
TM Dilshan		144		SL Malinga		6/38
WU Tharanga		133		ALF de Mel		5/32
MS Atapattu		124		ALF de Mel		5/39
ST Jayasuriya		120		TM Dilshan		4/4