Match No 03 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Cardiff on 01.06.19 – New Zealand won by ten wickets

Both New Zealand and Sri Lanka are led by new captains for this game. KS Williamson who was leading New Zealand became New Zealand’s eleventh captain in the World Cup, while FDM Karunaratne who was captaining Sri Lanka became Sri Lanka’s tenth captain in the World Cup.

Thus at the end of this game, a “Nelson” – 111 captains have led their teams in the World Cup. This edition has witnessed four new captains in F du Plessis. Sarfraz Ahmed, KS Williamson and FDM Karunaratne

C de Grandhomme, LM Ferguson, TWM Latham, C Munro, JDS Neesham and MJ Santner making their World Cup debut, the number of cricketers representing New Zealand in World Cup swelled to 91.

DM de Silva, BKG Mendis and I Udana making their World Cup debut, the number of cricketers representing Sri Lanka in World Cup swelled to 84

FDM Karunaratne became the 24^th left handed captain to lead a team in the World Cup. He also became the eleventh left handed opening batsman to lead a team in the World Cup.

RT Latham and TWM Latham became the fifth father-son combination to represent a team in the World Cup. Father RT Latham had played for New Zealand seven World Cup games, while son TWM Latham was making his world Cup debut in this game for New Zealand.  The following table lists the father and son combinations who have represented a team in the World Cup

No	Father	Team	Son	Team
1	D Pringle	EAF	DR Pringle	Eng
2	BL Cairns	NZL	CL Cairns	NZl
3	CJ Broad	Eng	SCJ Broa	Eng
4	GR Marsh	Aus	MR Marsh	Aus
5	RT Latham	NZl	TWM Latham	NZl

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka carried the bat through the completed innings in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the history of one  day internationals. He scored 52 not out in Sri Lanka’s total of 136 all out. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	GW Flower	84*	205	1	Zimbabwe	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1994
2	Saeed Anwar	103*	219	2	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	22 Feb 1995
3	NV Knight	125*	246	1	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Sep 1996
4	RD Jacobs	49*	110	1	West Indies	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1999
5	DR Martyn	116*	191	1	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	03 Mar 2000
6	HH Gibbs	59*	101†	2	South Africa	v Pakistan	Sharjah	28 Mar 2000
7	AJ Stewart	100*	192	2	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	20 Jul 2000
8	Javed Omar	33*	103	2	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	08 Apr 2001
9	Azhar Ali	81*	199	2	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	16 Jun 2012
10	TWM Latham	79*	190	1	New Zealand	v India	Dharamsala	16 Oct 2016
11	WU Tharanga	112*	187	2	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2017
12	FDM Karunaratne	52*	136	1	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka carried the bat through the completed innings in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the history of the World Cup. He scored 52 not out in Sri Lanka’s total of 136 all out. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	RD Jacobs	49*	110	1	West Indies	v Australia	Manchester	30 May 1999
2	FDM Karunaratne	52*	136	1	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka carried the bat through the completed innings in this game to provide the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the history of one day internationals after WU Tharanga. Both occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	WU Tharanga	112*	187	2	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2017
2	FDM Karunaratne	52*	136	1	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

FDM Karunaratne became the first captain to carry the bat through a completed innings in the history of one day internationals

FDM Karunaratne became the 24^th captain to score fifty on captaincy debut in World Cup. The following table lists the performance of these captains

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Asif Iqbal	53	2	Pak	Aus	Leeds	07 Jun 1975
2	GM Turner	171*	1	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
3	Majid Khan	60	1	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11 Jun 1975
4	DAG Fletcher	69*	1	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09 Jun 1983
5	Imran Khan	56*	1	Pak	Srl	Swansea	09 Jun 1983
6	GP Howarth	76	2	NZl	Srl	Bristol	13 Jun 1983
7	MD Crowe	100*	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
8	GA Gooch	51	1	Eng	Ind	Perth	22 Feb 1992
9	Javed Miandad	57*	1	Pak	Win	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
10	KC Wessels	81*	2	RSA	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1992
11	AJ Stewart	77	2	Eng	RSA	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
12	WJ Cronje	57	1	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
13	Aamer Sohail	55	2	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	09 Mar 1996
14	ST Jayasuriya	120	1	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
15	RT Ponting	53	1	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003
16	DPMD Jayawardene	85	1	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2007
17	GC Smith	67	1	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
18	Shakib Al Hasan	55	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
19	KC Sangakkara	92	1	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
20	LRPL Taylor	74	1	NZl	Can	Mumbai	13 Mar 2011
21	GJ Bailey	55	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14 Feb 2015
22	Misbah-ul-Haq	76	2	Pak	Ind	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
23	BRM Taylor	121	2	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
24	FDM Karunaratne	52*	1	Srl	NZl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

FDM Karunaratne became the fourth Sri Lankan captain to score fifty on captaincy debut in World Cup. The following table lists the performance of these captains

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	120	1	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
3	DPMD Jayawardene	85	1	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2007
3	KC Sangakkara	92	1	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
4	FDM Karunaratne	52*	1	Srl	NZl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

MJ Guptill and C Munro added 137 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the 28^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup for the first wicket

MJ Guptill and C Munro added 137 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup against Sri Lanka. It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup for the first wicket against Sri Lanka

MJ Guptill and C Munro added 137 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game to provide the record first wicket partnership for the first wicket against Sri Lanka in the World Cup. The previous best was 111 runs partnership between MJ Guptill and BB McCullum at Christchurch on 14.02.15

New Zealand won this game by ten wickets to provide the 12^th occasion of a team winning a world cup game by ten wickets. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	10 wkts	181	121	29.5	EAF	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
2	Win	10 wkts	89	172	45.1	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
3	Win	10 wkts	19	221	46.5	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
4	RSA	10 wkts	172	141	21.2	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
5	Sri	10 wkts	173	125	21.1	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
6	RSA	10 wkts	228	109	12.0	Ban	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003
7	Aus	10 wkts	49	105	13.5	Ban	North Sound	31 Mar 2007
8	NZl	10 wkts	252	70	8.0	Ken	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
9	NZl	10 wkts	99	163	33.3	Zim	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2011
19	Pak	10 wkts	175	113	20.5	Win	Dhaka	23 Mar 2011
11	Srl	10 wkts	63	230	39.3	Eng	Colombo (RPS)	26 Mar 2011
12	NZl	10 wkts	203	137	16.1	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

New Zealand won this game by ten wickets to provide the third occasion of New Zealand winning a world cup game by ten wickets. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	NZl	10 wkts	252	70	8.0	Ken	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
2	NZl	10 wkts	99	163	33.3	Zim	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2011
3	NZl	10 wkts	203	137	16.1	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

New Zealand is the only team to win a game by ten wickets on three occasions in the World Cup. Other two teams to win a game on two occasions are – South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	NZl	10 wkts	252	70	8.0	Ken	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
2	NZl	10 wkts	99	163	33.3	Zim	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2011
3	NZl	10 wkts	203	137	16.1	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
1	RSA	10 wkts	172	141	21.2	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
2	RSA	10 wkts	228	109	12.0	Ban	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003
1	Sri	10 wkts	173	125	21.1	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
2	Srl	10 wkts	63	230	39.3	Eng	Colombo (RPS)	26 Mar 2011
1	Win	10 wkts	89	172	45.1	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
2	Win	10 wkts	19	221	46.5	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992

New Zealand won this game by ten wickets with 203 balls to spare to provide the third occasion of a team winning a world cup game by ten wickets with 200 plus balls to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below. New Zealand is the only team to post such a win on two occasions.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	RSA	10 wkts	228	109	12.0	Ban	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003
2	NZl	10 wkts	252	70	8.0	Ken	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
3	NZl	10 wkts	203	137	16.1	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

New Zealand won this game by ten wickets with 203 deliveries to spare to provide the 15^th occasion of a team winning a World Cup game with 200 plus deliveries to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	8 wickets	277	46	13.5	60.0	v Canada	Manchester	13 Jun 1979
2	Sri Lanka	9 wickets	272	37	4.4	50.0	v Canada	Paarl	19 Feb 2003
3	New Zealand	10 wickets	252	70	8.0	50.0	v Kenya	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
4	Sri Lanka	8 wickets	240	78	10.0	50.0	v Ireland	St George’s	18 Apr 2007
5	West Indies	8 wickets	239	69	10.1	50.0	v Scotland	Leicester	27 May 1999
6	West Indies	9 wickets	236	87	20.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	07 Jun 1975
7	South Africa	10 wickets	228	109	12.0	50.0	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003
8	Australia	9 wickets	226	92	12.2	50.0	v Ireland	Bridgetown	13 Apr 2007
9	West Indies	9 wickets	226	59	12.2	50.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	04 Mar 2011
10	New Zealand	8 wickets	226	124	12.2	50.0	v England	Wellington	20 Feb 2015
11	West Indies	7 wickets	218	106	13.4	50.0	v Pakistan	Nottingham	31 May 2019
12	England	9 wickets	215	137	24.1	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983
13	Australia	7 wickets	208	131	15.2	50.0	v Scotland	Hobart	14 Mar 2015
14	Australia	7 wickets	204	106	26.0	60.0	v Canada	Birmingham	16 Jun 1979
15	New Zealand	10 wickets	203	137	16.1	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

New Zealand won this game by ten wickets with 203 deliveries to spare to provide the third occasion of New Zealand winning a World Cup game with 200 plus deliveries to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	10 wickets	252	70	8.0	50.0	v Kenya	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
2	New Zealand	8 wickets	226	124	12.2	50.0	v England	Wellington	20 Feb 2015
3	New Zealand	10 wickets	203	137	16.1	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

New Zealand became the third team in the history of World Cup to win  a match with 200 plus deliveries to spare on three or more occasions. Other two teams are Australia {03} and West Indies {04}. The following table lists all such occasions

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	9 wickets	226	92	12.2	50.0	v Ireland	Bridgetown	13 Apr 2007
2	Australia	7 wickets	208	131	15.2	50.0	v Scotland	Hobart	14 Mar 2015
3	Australia	7 wickets	204	106	26.0	60.0	v Canada	Birmingham	16 Jun 1979
1	New Zealand	10 wickets	252	70	8.0	50.0	v Kenya	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
2	New Zealand	8 wickets	226	124	12.2	50.0	v England	Wellington	20 Feb 2015
3	New Zealand	10 wickets	203	137	16.1	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
1	West Indies	8 wickets	239	69	10.1	50.0	v Scotland	Leicester	27 May 1999
2	West Indies	9 wickets	236	87	20.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	07 Jun 1975
3	West Indies	9 wickets	226	59	12.2	50.0	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	04 Mar 2011
4	West Indies	7 wickets	218	106	13.4	50.0	v Pakistan	Nottingham	31 May 2019

C Munro {58 not out} and MJ Guptill {77 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 45th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	65*	9	0	2	Ind	EAS	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
	FM Engineer	54*	7	0	2	Ind	EAF	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
2	RB McCosker	73	2	0	1	Aus	Srk	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
	A Turner	101	9	1	1	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
3	B Wood	77	6	0	1	Eng	EAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
	DL Amiss	88	7	0	1	Eng	EAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
4	Sadiq Mohammad	74	12	1	1	Pak	Srl	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975
	Majid Khan	84	9	1	1	Pak	Srk	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975
5	CG Greenidge	73	5	1	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
	DL Haynes	65	4	0	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
6	JM Brearley	64	7	0	2	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1979
	G Boycott	57	3	0	2	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1979
7	G Fowler	69	7	0	2	Eng	Pak	Manchester	18 Jun 1983
	CJ Tavare	58	5	0	2	Eng	Pak	Manchester	18 Jun 1983
8	DL Haynes	88*	9	0	2	Win	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
	SFAF Bacchus	80*	8	0	2	Win	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
9	GA Gooch	61	7	0	2	Eng	Srl	Pune	30 Oct 1987
	RT Robinson	55	7	0	2	Eng	Srl	Pune	30 Oct 1987
10	K Srikkanth	75	9	3	2	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987
	SM Gavaskar	103*	10	3	2	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987
11	RS Mahanama	59	4	0	2	Srl	Zim	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
	MAR Samarasekera	75	11	1	2	Srl	Zim	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
12	DL Haynes	93*	7	0	2	Win	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
	BC Lara	88*	11	0	2	Win	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
13	MJ Greatbatch	68	9	2	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	29 Feb 1992
	RT Latham	60	7	0	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	29 Feb 1992
14	GA Gooch	58	7	0	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	5 Mar 1992
	IT Botham	53	6	0	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	5 Mar 1992
15	TM Moody	57	4	0	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
	GR Marsh	60	3	1	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
16	KC Wessels	85	6	0	1	RSA	Eng	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
	AC Hudson	79	7	0	1	RSA	Eng	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
17	AC Hudson	53	4	0	2	RSA	Ind	Adelaide	15 Mar 1992
	PN Kirsten	84	7	0	2	RSA	Ind	Adelaide	15 Mar 1992
18	A Jadeja	53	4	1	2	Ind	Ken	Cuttack	18 Feb 1996
	SR Tendulkar	127*	15	1	2	Ind	Ken	Cuttack	18 Feb 1996
19	ME Waugh	126	8	3	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
	MA Taylor	59	8	1	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
20	RA Smith	75	8	1	1	Eng	Pak	Karachi	3 Mar 1996
	MA Atherton	66	6	0	1	Eng	Pak	Karachi	3 Mar 1996
21	G Kirsten	83	6	0	1	RSA	Net	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996
	AC Hudson	161	13	4	1	RSA	Net	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996
22	Aamer Sohail	50	10	0	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	6 Mar 1996
	Saeed Anwar	62	0	0	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	6 Mar 1996
23	G Kirsten	82	6	1	1	RSA	NZl	Birmingham	10 Jun 1999
	HH Gibbs	91	6	1	1	RSA	NZl	Birmingham	10 Jun 1999
24	Saeed Anwar	113*	9	0	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
	Wajahatullah Wasti	84	10	1	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
25	HH Gibbs	87*	12	4	2	RSA	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
	G Kirsten	52*	9	0	2	RSA	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
26	MS Atapattu	69*	11	0	2	Srl	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
	ST Jayasuriya	55*	7	1	2	Srl	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
27	CH Gayle	119	8	2	1	Win	Ken	Kimberley	4 Mar 2003
	S Chanderpaul	66	7	2	1	Win	Ken	Kimberley	4 Mar 2003
28	SR Tendulkar	97	7	1	1	Ind	Srl	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
	V Sehwag	66	5	3	1	Ind	Srl	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
29	GC Smith	91	13	1	2	RSA	Sco	Basseterre	20 Mar 2007
	AB de Villers	62	9	2	2	RSA	Sco	Basseterre	20 Mar 2007
30	L Vincent	101	9	1	1	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
	SP Fleming	66	8	1	1	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
31	GC Smith	74	9	2	2	RSA	Aus	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
	AB de Villiers	92	14	2	2	RSA	Aus	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
32	CH Gayle	79	10	3	1	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2007
	DS Smith	61	6	0	1	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2007
33	SR Watson	62	6	1	2	Aus	NZl	Nagpur	25 Feb 2011
	BJ Haddin	55	8	0	2	Aus	NZl	Nagpur	25 Feb 2011
34	DS Smith	53	9	0	1	Win	Net	Delhi	28 Feb 2011
	CH Gayle	80	7	2	1	Win	Net	Delhi	28 Feb 2011
35	MJ Guptill	86*	7	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
	BB McCullum	76*	6	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
36	WU Tharanga	133	17	0	1	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
	TM Dilshan	144	16	1	1	Srl	Sim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
37	V Sehwag	73	12	0	2	Ind	RSA	Nagpur-J	12 Mar 2011
	SR Tendulkar	111	8	3	2	Ind	RSA	Nagpur-J	12 Mar 2011
38	SR Watson	94	9	4	2	Aus	Can	Bangalore	16 Mar 2011
	BJ Haddin	88	11	2	2	Aus	Can	Bangalore	16 Mar 2011
39	WTS Porterfield	68	10	0	2	Ire	Net	Kolkata	18 Mar 2011
	PR Stirling	101	14	2	2	Ire	Net	Kolkata	18 Mar 2011
40	WU Tharanga	102*	12	1	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
	TM Dilshan	108*	10	2	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
41	MM Ali	128	12	5	1	Eng	Sco	Christchurch	23 Feb 2015
	IR Bell	54	2	0	1	Eng	Sco	Christchurch	23 Feb 2015
42	HDRL Thirimanne	52	3	0	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
	TM Dilshan	161*	22	0	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
43	RG Sharma	64	3	3	2	Ind	Ire	Hamilton	10 Mar 2015
	S Dhawan	100	11	5	2	Ind	Ire	Hamilton	10 Mar 2015
44	Ahmed Shehzad	63	7	0	2	Pak	Ire	Adelaide	15 Mar 2015
	Sarfraz Ahmed	101*	6	0	2	Pak	Ire	Adelaide	15 Mar 2015
45	C Munro	58*	6	1	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
	MJ Guptill	73*	8	2	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

C Munro {58 not out} and MJ Guptill {77 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the fourth occasion of both the the New Zealand openers scoring fifties in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Greatbatch	68	9	2	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	29 Feb 1992
	RT Latham	60	7	0	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	29 Feb 1992
2	L Vincent	101	9	1	1	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
	SP Fleming	66	8	1	1	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
3	MJ Guptill	86*	7	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
	BB McCullum	76*	6	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
4	C Munro	58*	6	1	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
	MJ Guptill	73*	8	2	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

C Munro {58 not out} and MJ Guptill {77 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the sixth occasion of both the  openers scoring fifties in an innings in the World Cup against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RB McCosker	73	2	0	1	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
	A Turner	101	9	1	1	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
2	Sadiq Mohammad	74	12	1	1	Pak	Srl	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975
	Majid Khan	84	9	1	1	Pak	Srl	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975
3	GA Gooch	61	7	0	2	Eng	Srl	Pune	30 Oct 1987
	RT Robinson	55	7	0	2	Eng	Srl	Pune	30 Oct 1987
4	TM Moody	57	4	0	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
	GR Marsh	60	3	1	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
5	SR Tendulkar	97	7	1	1	Ind	Srl	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
	V Sehwag	66	5	3	1	Ind	Srl	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
6	C Munro	58*	6	1	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
	MJ Guptill	73*	8	2	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

C Munro {58 not out} and MJ Guptill {77 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the eighth occasion of both the openers scoring unbeaten fifties in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	65*	9	0	2	Ind	EAS	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
	FM Engineer	54*	7	0	2	Ind	EAF	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
2	DL Haynes	88*	9	0	2	Win	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
	SFAF Bacchus	80*	8	0	2	Win	Zim	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983
3	DL Haynes	93*	7	0	2	Win	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
	BC Lara	88*	11	0	2	Win	Pak	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
4	HH Gibbs	87*	12	4	2	RSA	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
	G Kirsten	52*	9	0	2	RSA	Ken	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
5	MS Atapattu	69*	11	0	2	Srl	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
	ST Jayasuriya	55*	7	1	2	Srl	Ban	PM Burg	14 Feb 2003
6	MJ Guptill	86*	7	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
	BB McCullum	76*	6	2	2	NZl	Zim	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2011
7	WU Tharanga	102*	12	1	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
	TM Dilshan	108*	10	2	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
8	C Munro	58*	6	1	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019
	MJ Guptill	73*	8	2	2	NZl	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019