England posted 309 for 6 in this game to provide the 500^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games. Sri Lanka’s 312 for 1 in this game provide the 501^st occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games. The break of 501 occasions read thus –

 

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Ave	Inns
India	1996-2015	84	68	14	2	0	56.24	84
Australia	1975-2015	81	72	08	0	1	54.67	81
South Africa	1994-2015	62	55	06	0	1	61.61	62
Pakistan	1975-2014	59	51	08	0	0	51.66	59
Sri Lanka	1992-2015	53	44	09	0	0	49.00	53
New Zealand	1975-2015	43	34	07	2	0	50.72	43
West Indies	1978-2015	35	26	09	0	0	57.33	35
England	1975-2015	34	21	11	2	0	50.01	34
Zimbabwe	1992-2011	20	17	03	0	0	53.13	20
Ireland	2007-2015	07	05	02	0	0	48.34	07
Bangladesh	2006-2014	06	05	01	0	0	49.18	06
Netherlands	2003-2011	04	03	01	0	0	39.96	04
Kenya	1997-2007	03	03	00	0	0	61.25	03
Asia XI	2007-2007	03	03	00	0	0	41.04	03
Africa XI	2007-2007	02	00	02	0	0	36.70	02
Scotland	2011-2014	02	02	00	0	0	47.42	02
ICC World XI	2005-2005	01	01	00	0	0	43.00	01
Canada	2007-2007	01	01	00	0	0	78.00	01
Afghanistan	2014-2014	01	01	00	0	0	60.40	01
	Total	501	412	81	6	2	53.58	501

 

England lost this game after posting 300 plus runs to provide the 81^st occasion of a team losing a one day game after it has posted 300 plus runs. It also provides the eleventh such occasion for England.

 

England posted 309 for 6 in this game to provide the 74^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup. Sri Lanka’s 312 for 1 in this game provide the 75^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup.

 

England’s 309 for 6 in this game provide the eighth occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in the World Cup. Sri Lanka’s 312 for 1 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup.

 

England lost this game after posting 300 plus runs to provide the 81^st occasion of a team losing a one day game after it has posted 300 plus runs in one day games.  It also provides the eleventh such occasion for England in one day games

 

England lost this game after posting 300 plus runs to provide the seventh occasion of a team losing a World Cup game after it has posted 300 plus runs. It also provides the second such occasion for England in the World Cup. England had lost to Ireland after posting 321 for 7 at Bangalore on 02.03.11.

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Zimbabwe	312/04	50.0	1	lost	v Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23.02.92
2	South Africa	306/06	50.0	1	lost	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	16.02.03
3	West Indies	300/10	49.5	1	lost	v England	Bridgetown	21.04.07
4	England	327/08	50.0	1	lost	v Ireland	Bangalore	02.03.11
5	Netherlands	306/10	50.0	1	lost	v Ireland	Kolkata	18.03.11
6	West Indies	304/07	50.0	1	lost	v Ireland	Nelson	16.02.15
7	England	309/06	50.0	1	lost	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	01.03.15

It also provides the second such occasion for England in the World Cup. England had lost to Ireland after posting 321 for 7 at Bangalore on 02.03.11.  England is the only team to lose a game on two occasions after posting 300 plus runs in World Cup.

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	England	327/08	50.0	1	lost	v Ireland	Bangalore	02.03.11
2	England	309/06	50.0	1	lost	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	01.03.15

 

England posted 309 for 6 and Sri Lanka posted 312 for 1 in this game provide the 79th occasion of both the teams posting 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. It also provides the seventh such occasion in the World Cup.

 

Sri Lanka posted 312 for one to win this game by nine wickets to provide the second occasion of a team winning a one day game after chasing 300 plus runs. The first such occasion was India’s win against Australia at Jaipur on 16.10.13. Australia posted 359 for 5 in this game and India chased this total scoring 362 for one and won the game by nine wickets.

 

Sri Lanka posted 312 for one to win this game by nine wickets to provide the first occasion of a team winning a World Cup game after chasing 300 plus runs.

 

JE Root posted 121 runs in this game to provide the 142nd occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the ehlevent occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup game.

 

JE Root’s 121 runs in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman’s  hundred going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an England batsman’s hundred in losing cause in the World Cup. The first such occasion was – KP Pietersen’s 104 against Australia at North Sound on 08.04.07 going in vain.

 

JE Root and JWA Taylor posted 98 runs for the fifth wicket which is a record stand for England for the fifth wicket in the World Cup. The previous best was 72 runs partnership between AJ Lamb and NH Fairbrother against Pakistan at Melbourne on 25.03.92.

 

RAS Lakmal returned with figures of 1 for 71 to provide the 79^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 70 plus runs an innings in the World Cup.

 

HDRL Thirimanne-TM Dilshan added 100 runs for the first wicket and HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket this game to provide the 235^th and 236th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 25^th and 26^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup.

 

HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket this game to provide the 16^th occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a 200 plus partnership in the World Cup.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	TMDilshan/WUTharanga	1	282	1	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10.03.11
2	TMDilshan/WUTharanga	1	231*	2	v England	Col-RPS	26.03.11
3	KCSangakkara/HDRLThirimanne	2	212*	2	v England	Wellington	01.03.15
4	TMDilshan/KCSangakkara	2	210*	1	v Bangladesh	Melbourne	26.02.15

 

Sri Lanka became the first team to post 200 plus runs partnerships for the second wicket in consecutive games in the World Cup. In its previous match against Bangladesh at Melbourne on 26.02.15, TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara were concerned  in a 210 runs  unfinished stand for the second wicket and in this game HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	TMDilshan/KCSangakkara	2	210*	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26.02.15
2	KCSangakkara/HDRLThirimanne	2	212*	2	Srk	Eng	Wellington	01.03.15

 

HDRL Thirimanne {139 not out} and KC Sangakkara {117 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the 143^rd and 144^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the 19^th and 20th    occasion of a Sri Lankan batsmen scoring a hundred in the World Cup.

 

KC Sangakkara earned the distinction of scoring consecutive hundreds in the world Cup. He had scored 105 not out in the previous game against Bangladesh on 26.02.15 and followed it up with 117 not out in this game.

He became the sixth batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such feats are listed below

 

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ME Waugh	130	Aus	Ken	Vizag	23.02.96
	ME Waugh	126	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
2	R Dravid	104	Ind	Ken	Bristol	22.05.99
	R Dravid	145	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
3	Saeed Anwar	103	Pak	Zim	The Oval	11.06.99
	Saeed Anwar	113*	Pak	NZl	Manchester	17.06.99
4	RT Ponting	140*	Aus	Ind	Jo’burg	23.03.03
	RT Ponting	113	Aus	Sco	Basseterre	14.03.07
5	ML Hayden	101	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24.03.07
	ML Hayden	154	Aus	Win	North Sound	27.03.07
6	KC Sangakkara	105*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26.02.15
	KC Sangakkara	117*	Srl	Eng	Wellington	01.03.15

 

HDRL Thirimanne {139 not out} and KC Sangakkars {117 not out} scored hundreds in this game to provide the 13th occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen accomplishing such a feat in the World Cup

 

With four occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in World Cup, Sri Lanka now holds the record for most such occasions in this category of statistics. Sri Lanka went past India to own the record. India had three such occasions.

 

HDRL Thirimanne {139 not out} and KC Sangakkara {117 not out} scored unbeaten hundreds in this game to  provide the third occasion of two Sri Lankan batsmen scoring unbeaten hundreds in World Cup and the fifth occasion of two batsmen scoring unbeaten hundreds in the World Cup

 

HDRL Thirimanne {139 not out} and KC Sangakkara {117 not out} scored unbeaten hundreds in this game to  provide the 13^th occasion of two batsmen scoring unbeaten hundreds in the history of one day games and the fifth occasion of two batsmen scoring unbeaten hundreds in the World Cup

 

KC Sangakkara’s 117 not out in this game represent his third hundred in the World Cup. He became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score three or more hundreds in the World Cup. Others are – DPMD  Jayawardene {04} and ST Jayasuriya {03} and TM Dilshan {03}

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	TM Dilshan	144	1	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10.03.11
2	TM Dilshan	108*	2	v England	Col-RPS	26.03.11
3	TM Dilshan	161*	1	v Bangladesh	Melbourne	26.02.15
1	ST Jayasuriya	120	1	V New Zealand	Bloemfontein	10.02.03
2	ST Jayasuriya	109	1	v Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21.03.07
3	ST Jayasuriya	115	1	v West Indies	Providence	01.04.07
1	KC Sangakkara	111	2	V New Zealand	Mumbai	18.03.11
2	KC Sangakkara	105*	1	v Bangladesh	Melbourne	26.02.15
3	KC Sangakkara	117*	2	v England	Wellington	01.03.15
1	M Jayawardene	115*	1	v New Zealand	Kingston	24.04.07
2	M Jayawardene	100	1	v Canada	Hambantota	20.02.11
3	M Jayawardene	103*	1	v India	Mumbai	02.04.11
4	M Jayawardene	100	2	v Afghanistan	Dunedin	22.02.15

 

KC Sangakkara became the 13th batsman to score three or more hundreds in the World Cup. Others are – SR Tendulkar {06}, RT Ponting {05}, ME Waugh {04}, SC Ganguly {04}, DPMD Jayawardene {04}, AB de Villiers {03}, ML Hayden {03}, ST Jayasuriya {03}, Rameez Raja {03}, IVA Richards {03}, TM Dilshan {03} and Saeed Anwar {03}

 

KC Sangakkara’s 117 not out in this game represent his 23rd one day hundred and he became the fourth batsman in the annals of one day games to score 23 or more hundreds. Others are – SR Tendulkar {49}, RT Ponting {30} and ST Jayasuriya {28}

 

KC Sangakkara’s 105 not out in this game represent his 23rd one day hundred and he became the second Sri Lankan batsman in one day games to score 23 or more hundreds after ST Jayasuriya. ST Jayasuriya has scored 28 one day hundreds

 

CR Woakes returned with figures of none for 72 in this game to provide the 80th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs in the World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs in the World Cup

 

CR Woakes returned with figures of none for 72 in this game to provide the 26^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs without a wicket in the World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs without a wicket in the World Cup

 

HDRL Thirimanne-TM Dilshan added 100 runs for the first wicket this game to provide the 61^st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in the World Cup.

 

HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket this game to provide the 67^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup.

 

HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket this game which is a record stand for the second wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen in the World Cup. The previous best was the 210 runs unfinished stand for the second wicket between TM Dilshan-KC Sangakkara against Bangladesh at Melbourne on 26.02.15

 

HDRL Thirimanne-KC Sangakkara added 212 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket this game to provide the fourth occasion  of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs  partnership in the World Cup. Sri Lanka became the second team to post four or more 200 plus runs partnerships in World Cup. India is the other team to post five 200 plus runs partnerships in the World Cup.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	R Dravid/SR Tendulkar	3	237*	1	Ind	Ken	Bristol	23.05.99
2	R Dravid/SC Ganguly	2	318	1	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
3	SC Ganguly/SR Tendulkar	2	244	1	Ind	Nam	Pietermaritzburg	23.02.03
4	SC Ganguly/V Sehwag	2	202	1	Ind	Ber	Port of Spain	19.03.07
5	V Kohli/V Sehwag	3	203	1	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	19.02.11
1	TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga	1	282	1	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10.03.11
2	TM Dilshan/WU Tharanga	1	231*	2	Srk	Eng	Col-RPS	26.03.11
3	TM Dilshan/KC Sangakkara	2	210*	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26.02.15
4	KCSangakkara/HDRLThirimanne	2	212*	2	Srll	Eng	Wellington	01.03.15

 

JE Root {121}, HDRL Thirimanne {139*} and KC Sangakkara {117*} scored hundreds  in this  game to  provide the very first occasion of three batsmen scoring hundreds  in a World Cup game – thus constituting a record for most hundreds in a World Cup game