Match No 35 – South Africa Vs Sri Lanka  at Ch-le-St  on 28 Jun 19 – South Africa won by nine wickets

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka was dismissed by the first ball of the match in this game to become the fifth opening batsman in the history of the World Cup to be dismissed by the first ball of the match. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JG Wright	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
2	Hannan Sarkar	0	1	1	Ban	Srl	Pietermaritzburg	14 Feb 2003
3	BRM Taylor	0	1	1	Zim	Can	Nagpur	28 Feb 2011
4	MJ Guptill	0	1	1	NZl	Win	Manchester	22 Jun 2019
5	FDM Karunaratne	0	1	1	Srl	RSA	Ch-le-St	28 Jun 2019

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka was dismissed by the first ball of the match in this game to become the first captain opening batsman in the history of the World Cup to be dismissed by the first ball of the match.

South Africa won this game by nine wickets to provide the 23^rd occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by nine wickets margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	won	9 wickets	236	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	07 Jun 1975
2	New Zealand	won	9 wickets	74	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	09 Jun 1979
3	West Indies	won	9 wickets	51	v India	Birmingham	09 Jun 1979
4	England	won	9 wickets	215	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983
5	India	won	9 wickets	107	v New Zealand	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987
6	South Africa	won	9 wickets	13	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1992
7	Pakistan	won	9 wickets	90	v U.A.E.	Gujranwala	24 Feb 1996
8	England	won	9 wickets	66	v Kenya	Canterbury	18 May 1999
9	Pakistan	won	9 wickets	15	v New Zealand	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
10	Australia	won	9 wickets	166	v India	Centurion	15 Feb 2003
11	New Zealand	won	9 wickets	13	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
12	Sri Lanka	won	9 wickets	272	v Canada	Paarl	19 Feb 2003
13	New Zealand	won	9 wickets	124	v Bangladesh	North Sound	02 Apr 2007
14	Australia	won	9 wickets	226	v Ireland	Bridgetown	13 Apr 2007
15	South Africa	won	9 wickets	184	v England	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
16	Sri Lanka	won	9 wickets	188	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	01 Mar 2011
17	West Indies	won	9 wickets	226	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	04 Mar 2011
18	India	won	9 wickets	187	v U.A.E.	Perth	28 Feb 2015
19	Sri Lanka	won	9 wickets	16	v England	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
20	England	won	9 wickets	41	v Afghanistan	Sydney	13 Mar 2015
21	South Africa	won	9 wickets	192	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	18 Mar 2015
22	South Africa	won	9 wickets	116	v Afghanistan	Cardiff	15 Jun 2019
23	South Africa	won	9 wickets	76	v Sri Lanka	Ch-le-St	28 Jun 2019

South Africa won this game by nine wickets to provide the fifth occasion of South Africa winning a World Cup game by nine wickets margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	South Africa	won	9 wickets	13	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1992
2	South Africa	won	9 wickets	184	v England	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
3	South Africa	won	9 wickets	192	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	18 Mar 2015
4	South Africa	won	9 wickets	116	v Afghanistan	Cardiff	15 Jun 2019
5	South Africa	won	9 wickets	76	v Sri Lanka	Ch-le-St	28 Jun 2019

South Africa won this game by nine wickets to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by nine wickets margin against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	won	9 wickets	236	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	07 Jun 1975
2	New Zealand	won	9 wickets	74	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	09 Jun 1979
3	England	won	9 wickets	215	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983
4	South Africa	won	9 wickets	192	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	18 Mar 2015
5	South Africa	won	9 wickets	76	v Sri Lanka	Ch-le-St	28 Jun 2019

F du Plessis scored 96 not out in this game to provide the 63rd occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup.

F du Plessis scored 96 not out in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a captain scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of a South African captain scoring a ninety in an innings in the World

Cup.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	91	2	v Scotland	Basseterre	20 Mar 2007
2	AB de Villiers	99	1	v U.A.E.	Wellington	12 Mar 2015
3	F du Plessis	96*	2	v Sri Lanka	Ch-le-St	28 Jun 2019

HM Amla-F du Plessis added 175 runs in  an unfinished partnership  for the second wicket  in this game to provide the 294^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 28th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup

HM Amla-F du Plessis added 175 runs in  an unfinished partnership  for the second wicket  in this game to provide the 68^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the second wicket in the World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings for the second wicket in the World Cup.

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