Mathew Hayden’s 158 provide the tenth instance of 150 plus runs by a batsman in World Cup. It also provides the 45^th instance of a batsman registering 150 plus runs in ODIs. His knock provides the eight instance of an Australian batsman registering 150 plus runs in ODIs.

Mathew Hayden becomes the ninth batsman in the history of One day Internationals to register 150 plus runs on two or more occasions. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {04} : IVA Richards {03} : BC Lara {03} : CH Gayle {03} : AC Gilchrist {02} : SR Tendulkar {02} : A Symonds {02} : SC Ganguly {02}

Mathew Hayden is only the second batsman in the history of One day internationals to register 150 plus runs against West Indies. The other batsman is also an Aussie – Mark Waugh who had made 173 at Melbourne on 09.02.01

Australia has lost the toss and was asked to bat first in the World Cup on 19 occasions including the current one. They have amassed 300 plus runs on six occasions when they were inserted in.

Australia set up a World record for 300 plus runs in six consecutive innings obliterating Sri Lanka’s 300 plus runs in five consecutive innings. The Aussie feat is listed below – 346 for 4 vs New Zealand at Wellington on 18.02.07 : 346 for 5 vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07 : 358 for 5 vs Scotland at St Kitts on 14.03.07 : 358 for 5 vs Netherlands at St Kitts on 14.03.07 and 358 for 5 vs South Africa at St Kitts on 24.03.07 and 322 for 6 vs West Indies at Antigua on 27.03.07

Australia extended its run of 300 plus runs to four in as many games in the current edition – a feat unparalleled in the history of World Cup.

McGrath with his bowling figures of 8.0-1-31-3 which included a maiden over now holds the records of most maiden overs bowled in the World Cup -39. He wrested the record from Richard Hadlee who had bowled 38 maiden overs in the World Cup. His three wickets in this game takes his aggregate of wickets to 54, just one short of the most wickets in the World Cup – 55 wickets by Wasim Akram of Pakistan.

Ponting now has taken 20 catches in the World cup – most by a fieldsman excluding wicket keepers. He becomes the first fieldsman to pouch twenty catches in the World Cup.

Australia has now won 44 World Cup games out of 62 games that it has played.

West Indies suffered its first World cup loss by 100 plus runs when it went down by 109 runs to Australia in this game. As far as Australia is concerned it was their seven World cup win by a margin of 100 plus runs.

Brian Lara’s 77 is his seventh World Cup fifty excluding hundreds. It is first fifty while leading West Indies in World Cup.

Ramadin’s fifty in this game provide the 48^th instance of a Wicketkeeper registering fifty including hundreds in World Cup. His fifty provides the 5^th instance of West Indian Wicketkeeper registering fifty in World Cup. He is the third Wicket keeper from West Indies to register a World Cup Fifty. The other two are DL Murray {01} and RD Jacobs {03}

Sri Lanka and South Africa

TM Dilshan and R Arnold were concerned in a three figure stand for the sixth wicket of 97 runs which bettered the previous World Cup record of 84 runs between Arjuna Ranatunga and RS Kaluwitharana against England at Lord’s in 1999.

South Africa won this game by one wicket providing the third instance of one wicket win in the World Cup.

CK Lagveldt became the first bowler to capture five wickets in the current edition when he returned with figures of 10.0-1-39-5. He is third South African bowler to capture five wickets in World Cup after L Klusener {5-21 vs Ken at Amstelveen in 1999} and SM Pollock {5-36 vs Aus at Old Trafford in 1999}. Langveldt’s five wicket haul provides the 36^th instance of a bowler capturing five plus wickets in the World Cup { seven wickets – three occasions : six wickets – five occasions : five wickets – 27 occasions}

Malinga’s four for 54 in this game could not clinch a win for Sri Lanka providing the 19^th instance of a bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain in World Cup. Malinga is the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to witness his four plus wicket World Cup haul going in vain, after ALF de Mel, Muralitharan and Hathurasingha.

Langveldt’s five wicket haul coupled with Malinga’s four wicket haul in this game provides the tenth instance of rival bowlers capturing four plus wickets in the World Cup.

Malinga is the first bowler to take four wickets in four deliveries in the history of One day Internationals. He took two wickets off his last two deliveries of eighth over and took two more of his next over {ninth over}.

Malinga is the fifth bowler to perform the Hattrick in the World Cup. The other four are Chetan Sharma of India, Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka, Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan and Bret Lee of Australia.

This match witnessed a rare instance of three bowlers who had performed the Hattrick in One dayers – Langveldt, Vaas and Malinga playing in the same match.

Malinga’s hattrick provides the 24^th instance of a hattrick on One day internationals.

New Zealand and West Indies

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field providing the 22^nd instance of New Zealand inserting the opposition in World Cup. Of the previous 21 occasions, 12 games were won and nine games have been lost. New Zealand holds the record for inserting the oppositions on most occasions in the World Cup – 22. Close behind is Sri Lanka with
20 occasions.

New Zealand’s inserting the opposition provide the 160^th instance of a team resorting to such a thing in World Cup

West Indies has been dismissed {all out} on 15 occasions in the World Cup. On eight occasions they have been dismissed for a total under 180.

Brendon McCulum’s four catches in this game behind the wicket provides the second instance of his taking five catches in the current edition. The other occasion when Mcculum pouched four catches was against England at Gros Islet on 16.03.07.

McCulum four dismissals in this game provides the fifth instance of a wicket keeper effecting four dismissals in the current edition. The other four instances are Kamran Akmal {Pak vs Win at Jamaica on 13.03.07}, D Ramdin {Win vs Ire at Jamaica on 13.03.07}, BRM Taylor {Zim vs Ire at Jamaica on 15.03.07} and B McCulum {NZl vs Eng at Gros Islet on 16.03.07}

PG Fulton’s dismissal in the first over provides the 15^th instance of an opener dismissed in the first over in the current edition. The others are Imran Nazir, CJ Smith, Porterfield, L Vincent {twice}, ED Joyce, AB de Villers {twice}, Mohd Hafeez, Pitcher, Shariar Nafeez. V Sibanda, Poonia and Outerbridge

Stephen Fleming’s run out provides the 32^nd instance of a captain run out in World Cup. Felming’s run out provide the seventh instance of a New Zealand captain run out in World Cup .He is run out on three occasions { vs Canada at Benoni on 03.03.03 for 5 runs : vs Kenya at Gros Islet on 20.03.07 for 60 runs and vs West Indies at North Sound on 29.03.07 for 45 runs}

Styris and McMillan were concerned in an unfinished partnership of 102 runs for the third wicket. This stand provides the 18^th instance of New Zealand’s three figure stands in the World Cup and 163^rd three figure stand in World Cup games played so far.

England vs Ireland

P Collingwood’s 90 provides the 35^th ninety plus scores in World Cup. He was dismissed run out on 90 providing the ninth instance of a batsman run out in nineties in the World Cup. The others are AC Gilchrist {Aus}, MD Crowe {NZl – on two occasions}, SC Ganguly {Ind}, JH Kallis {RSA}, M Azharuddin {Ind}, MJ Clarke {Aus}, AB de Villers {RSA}.

Ganguly and JH Kallis were dismissed for 97 and 96 respectively at Hove on 15.05.99, MJ Clarke and AB de Villers were dismissed for 92 each at Basseterre on 24.03.07 providing the two instances of rival batsmen run out in World Cup.

NJ Obrien’s 63 provides the 49^th instance of a wicket keeper registering fifties including hundreds in the World Cup. It was the second fifty for O’brien in this edition, the first one being his 72 against Pakistan at Jamaica on 17.03.07.

The following Wicket keepers have registered fifties in the current edition. – KC Sangakkara {Srl}, MV Boucher {RSA}, NJ O’Brien {Ire – 02 fifties}, MA Ouma {Ken}, AC Gilchrist {Aus}, Mushfiqur Rahim {Ban}, BB McCulum {NZl},D Ramdin {Win}, CJO Smith {Sco} and BRM Taylor {Zim}

Australia vs Bangladesh

RT Ponting was leading Australia for the 16^th time in the World Cup. He has equalled the Australian record for most captaincy assignments in the World Cup held by Allan Border. The record for most captaincy assignments in World Cup is held by Mohd Azharuddin of India with 23 games.

RT Ponting overtook WJ Cronje {RSA}, N Kapil Dev {Ind} and Wasim Akram {Pak} who have led their teams on 15 occasions in the World Cup.

Australia has won its all World Cup assignments under RT Ponting – 16 games. This win was RT Ponting’s 16^th win. The other captain to win 15 games in the World Cup is Clive Lloyd of West Indies. Out of 17 games he had led, he had won 15 games.

This game was the 273^rd game for RT Ponting in ODIs. He equalled AR Border’s 273 appearances. RT Ponting and AR Border’s 273 appearances are now joint second to SR Waugh’s 325 ODI appearances – a record for most ODI appearances by an Australian.

This game was Brad Hogg’s 100^th ODI and he becomes the 21^st Aussie cricketer to appear in 100 plus ODIs.

When Glen McGrath clean bowled Shahriar Nafeez for one, he equalled the World Cup record for most aggregate wickets of 55 held by Wasim Akram of Pakistan. With the wicket of Aftab Ahmed caught by Nathan Bracken for 11, he took his aggregate to 56 – the most by any bowler in the World Cup

Gilchrist’s 59 not out in this game is his 50^th fifty excluding hundreds in ODIs. He is the sixteenth batsman to register fifty fifties excluding hundreds in ODIs. He is the first full time wicket keeper to achieve the milestone. It is also his eighth fifty in the World Cup.

The Aussie victory by ten wickets in this game provides the first victory without losing a wicket in the current edition. This win is the seventh such win in the World Cup. {Link to be provided}

Gilchrist now holds the record for most fours by an Australian batsman in the World Cup.He has hit 115 fours. RT Ponting is close behind with 102 fours to his credit. Other batsmen to hit 100 plus fours are SR Tendulkar {189}, BC Lara {119}, SP Fleming {116} and PA de Silva {102}

With this win, Australia became the first nation to win 400 One day games.

Sri Lanka and West Indies

West Indies won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game, providing the 18^th instance of West Indies
inserting the Opposition in the World Cup. This is the third occasion West Indies inviting the opposition in the current edition. As far as skipper Lara is concerned, it was the fourth occasion that he is inviting the opposition in the World Cup.

Sri Lanka has posted 300 plus runs after they were inserted in by the opposition. The three occasions are – 398-5 v Ken in 1996 at Kandy, 318-4 v Ban in 2007 at Port of Spain and 303-4 vs Win in 2007 at Guyana

This game was Sanath Jayasuriya’s 384^th match and now he is on par with India’s Sachin Tendulkar, thus holding the record for most appearances in ODIs jointly. In his 384^th appearance Sachin Tendulkar failed to open his account, while Sanath Jayasuriya scored a hundred – 115.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawadene added 183 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the fifth instance of a century partnership for the third wicket in this edition. This partnership also provides the 21^st instance of a three figure partnership in the current edition. It also provides the 13^th instance of a three figure partnership by Sri Lanka in World Cup

Sanath Jaysuriya and Mahela Jaywardene’s third wicket partnership which realized 183 runs provide the 37^th instance of 150 plus run stand in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth instance of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 150 plus runs for various wickets in World Cup.

This partnership equalled the existing World Cup record by Sri Lankan batsmen for three figure partnership – stand of 183 runs between PA deSilva and AP Gurusinha for the third wicket against Kenya at Kandy on 06.03.96.

Sanath Jayasuriya’s 115 was his 25^th hundred in ODIs and he becomes the second batsman to register 25 plus hundreds in ODIs after India’s Sachin Tendulkar who has 41 hundreds to his credit

Jayasuriya’s 115 is the 95^th hundred in the World Cup and seventh instance of a hundred by Sri Lankan batsmen in World Cup. It was also his third hundred in the World Cup. Jayasuriya now holds the Sri Lankan record for most hundreds. The other batsmen with two hundreds are PA de Silva and M Atapattu.

Jayasuriya with his 109 against Bangladesh at Trinidad on 21.03.07 and 115 against West Indies at Guyana on 01.04.07 earns the distinction of becoming the twelfth batsman to register two hundreds in the same edition of the World Cup. The other batsmen who have achieved the feat are GM Turner, GR Marsh, DC Boon, Ramiz Raja, SR Tendulkar, PA de Silva, RS Dravid, Saeed Anwar, MS Atapattu, RT Ponting and ML Hayden.

Sanath Jayasuriya’s with his three hundreds now joins the elite list of batsmen to become the eighth batsmen who have scored three or more hundreds in the World Cup. The other batsmen are SR Tendulkar {04}, ME Waugh {04} SC Ganguly {04}, RT Ponting {04}, IVA Richards {03}, Ramiz Raja {03} and Saeed Anwar {03}

Jayasuriya with his 115 becomes the sixth batsman to register a hundred against West Indies in the World Cup. The others are ML Hayden, JM Davison, Rameez Raja, RT Ponting and DC Boon. Jayasuriya’s 115 is the second best against West Indies after ML Hayden’s 158.

Mahela Jayawardene’s 82 in this game provides the 12^th instance of a Sri Lankan captain registering fifty plus including hundreds in the World Cup. It also provides the 89^th instance of a captain registering fifties excluding hundreds in the World Cup.

Sri Lanka with its total of 303-5 in this game became the second team to register 300 plus runs in a World Cup game against West Indies. The other team is Australia which posted 322-6 at North Sound on 27.03.07.

Sri Lanka’s 303-5 in this game provides the 16^th instance of a team registering 300 plus runs against West Indies in One day Internationals. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned it is the third occasions. The other two occasions are – 329 at Sharjah on 16.10.95 and 313-6 at Barbados on 06.06.2003

Chaminda Vaas who was on par with SM Pollock with 375 wickets moved ahead of SM Pollock to become fourth in the list of highest aggregate wicket taker in ODIs. DJ Bravo was Chaminda Vaas’s 376^th victim. With wickets in the match Vaas had an aggregate of at the end of the match. Others ahead of Vaas are Wasim Akram [505}, Muralitharan {441} and Waqar Younis {416}.

Brian Lara became the first batsman to be stumped of Chaminda Vaas bowling. Lara has been dismissed stumped on six occasions in ODIs. His dismissal provides the 93^rd instance of a batsman stumped in the World Cup.

Dwayne Smith’s run out without scoring provides the 33^rd instance of a batsman was run out without scoring. He is the third West Indian batsman after KLT Arthurton and VC Drakes to suffer the ignominy.

Muralitharan with his two wickets in this game took his aggragate of World Cup wickets to 41 to become the fifth bowler and joined the elite club of bowlers who have taken 40 plus wickets in the World Cup. The other four are McGrath {57}, Wasim Akram {55}, J Srinath {44} and Chaminda Vaas {43}

West Indies lost this game by 113 runs – their largest defeat by margin of runs in World Cup. It is their second loss by 100 plus runs margin in World Cup, the other being by 103 runs against Australia at Antigua on 28.03.07. By a coincidence these are the only two games in World Cup in which West Indies conceded 300 plus runs.

Kumar Sangakkara with two stumping dismissals in this game took his stumpings aggregate to six, which puts him on par with Kiran More’s six stumpings. Only Moin Khan with seven stumping dismissal is ahead of Sangakkara.

Bangladesh and New Zealand

New Zealand has extended its act of inserting the opposition to 23 instances. They have won 14 games and lost 9 games
. New Zealand holds the record of inviting the opposition to bat on most occasions in World Cup. The instance of putting Bangaldesh to bat after winning the toss is its third such instance in the current edition.

New Zealand has inserted the opposition on four occasions in 1979 and 1992 World Cup editions and on three occasions in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007 editions.

Bangladesh capped Javed Omar for this game. He is the 34^th Bangladesh cricketer to play in the World cup and eighth cricketer in the current edition

Bangladesh posted its second opening stand of 50 plus runs in the World Cup when the openers Tamim Iqbal and Javed Omar added 55 runs in this game. The other opening stand which is also Bangaldesh’s best opening stand in World Cup is 69 between Mehroab Hossain and Shahriar Hossian vs Pakistan at Northampton on 31.05.99

McCulum effected his first World cup career stumping in twelve games when he stumped TamiM Iqbal of Jacob Oram for 22,

Bangladesh lost its first wicket in 17^th over {16.4} providing the seventh instance of a side losing its first wicket after 15 overs in the current edition of 2007

Habibul Bashar’s run out provides the 33^rd instance of a captain dismiised run out in the World Cup. It was the second run out dismissal for Habibul Bashar in the World Cup. The first one was against Sri Lanka at Trinidad on 21.03.07. Habibul Bashar is the only Bangladesh captain to be dismissed run out.

Habibul Bashar is the seventh captain to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions in World Cup. Other captains are SP Fleming {thrice}, Imran Khan {thrice}, AR Border {twice}, WJ Cronje {twice}, MD Crowe {twice} and LRD Mendis {twice}

Scott Styris with his bowling figures of 4 for 43 provides the sixth instance of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in an innings in the current edition. Other bowlers are MF Mahroof, A Flintoff, Mashrafe Mortaza, SL Malinga and GB Hogg. CK Langveldt is the only bowler to capture fivie wickets in the current edition.

Scott Stryis’s 4 for 43 provides the 60^th instance of a New Zealand bowler capturing exact four wickets in ODIs and 87^th instance of capturing four plus wickets.

Stephen Fleming’s fifty in this game is his fifth fifty as captain which puts him on par with Martin Crowe who had also registered five fifties while leading New Zealand.

Styris has taken four or more wickets for the fifth time in ODIs. Styris 4 for 43 provides the eighth instance of a New Zealand bowler taking four or more wickets in the World Cup.

Stephen Fleming now has 126 boundary fours to his credit in the World Cup which stands second to Tendulkar’s 189 fours. Fleming overtook Brian Lara’s 119 fours during this innings. With his ninth boundary of his innings, Fleming aggregated 125 boundary fours. Only Tendulkar and Fleming have 125 plus boundary fours in World Cup.

Fleming’s 102 not out was his eight ODI hundred and second in the World Cup. Both his hundreds have come when he was leading New Zealand. He emulated Glenn Turner in notching two hundreds in World Cup. Other captains to register two or more hundreds in World Cup are SC Ganguly and RT Ponting who have registered three hundreds.

Fleming’s hundred as captain provides the 118^th hundred by a captain in ODIs. It is 17^th hundred by a captain in World Cup.

When on 100 Fleming completed 1000 runs in the World Cup and at the end of the match he had an aggregate of 1002 runs. He joins SR Tendulkar {1796}, RT Ponting {1260}, BC Lara {1153}, Javed Miandad {1083}, PA de Silva {1064}, IVA Richards {1013}, SC Ganguly {1006} and ME Waugh {1004} who have aggregated 1000 plus runs in World Cup. Fleming is the first New Zealand batsman to reach the milestone of 1000 World Cup runs.

New Zealand’s nine wickets victory in this game provides the 13^th instance of a team winning a game by nine wickets margin in the World Cup. It was the second nine wicket win for New Zealand – the first being the win against Sri Lanka on 09.06.79 at Nottingham

England vs Sri Lanka

England’s act of inserting the opposition provides the 26^th instance of team inviting the opposition in the current edition. As far as England is concerned this instance is the first occasion in the current edition.

Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped player in the history of One day Internationals. He was playing his 385^th One day game edging past SR Tendulkar’s 384 games.

When Sanath Jayasuriya hit a six of Sajid Mahmood taking his score form 19 to 25, he took his World Cup runs aggregate to 1001 to become the tenth batsman to reach the milestone. The others are SR Tendulkar, RT Ponting, BC Lara, Javed Miandad, PA de Silva, IVA Richards, SC Ganguly, ME Waugh and SP Fleming.

Sanath Jayasuriya is the second Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 1000 World Cup runs after P Aravind de Silva. With Aravinda de Silva and Jayasuriya completing 1000 runs, Sri Lanka becomes the fourth country to have two batsmen with 1000 runs. The other three are Australia {ME Waugh and RT Ponting}, West Indies {IVA Richards and BC Lara} and India {SR Tendulkar and SC Ganguly},

Sanath Jayasuriya is the fifth batsman to complete 1000 runs in the ongoing edition of World Cup 2007. The others are RT Ponting, BC Lara, SC Ganguly and SP Fleming.

Sanath Jayasuriya has now 101 World Cup boundary fours to become the seventh batsman to register 100 plus boundary fours in the World Cup. The other six are SR Tendulkar {189}, SP Fleming {126}, BC Lara {119}, AC Gilchrist {115}, PA de Silva {107} and RT Ponting {102}

Sanath Jayasuriya’s six of Sajid Mahmood which gave 1000 World Cup runs was his 25^th Six in the World Cup. He becomes the third batsman to hit 25 sixes in the World Cup after RT Ponting {28} and SC Ganguly {25}.

Jayawardene’s 56 provides the 107^th fifty including hundreds in the World Cup. It is the 12^th fifty including hundreds by Sri Lankan captains in the World Cup. It was Jayawardene’s third fifty in the current edition.

The record for most fifties including hundreds by captains in a single edition of the World Cup has come in 1992 edition. In this edition 21 fifty plus scores were registered by captains. The current edition has 17 fifty plus scores by captains which stands second to 1992 edition.

Jayawardne’s 56 in this game is his third fifty in the current edition which equal’s SP Fleming’s three fifties. Only GC Smith of South Africa with four fifties is ahead of SP Fleming and Jayawardene.

Sri Lanka’s 239 all out provides the tenth instance of a team all out batting first in the current edition,

Sajid Mahmood’s 4 for 37 provide the seventh instance of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the present World Cup. Other bowlers are MF Mahroof, A Flintoff, Mashrafe Mortaza, SL Malinga, GB Hogg and SB Styris. CK Langveldt is the only bowler to capture five wickets in the current edition.

Sajid Mahmood is the ninth England bowler to capture four or more wickets in ODIs against Sri Lanka. He is the 13^th bowler to capture four or more wickets against Sri Lanka in World Cup.

Jayawardene’s 56 and Vaughan’s zero provides the tenth instance of rival captains registering fifty and zero in the World Cup. Sri Lankan captains are involved in four of these instances. Jayawardene is the only captain in this list to appear twice with fifties to his credit. Apart from this game, the other instance is Jayawardene’s 84 and IH Romaine’s zero in the match between Sri Lanka and Bermuda at Trinidad on 15.03.07.

With Pieterson’s 58 and Ravi Bopara’s 52, England batsmen have registered 44 World Cup fifties excluding hundreds. Only Australian batsmen {49 fifties} and New Zealand batsmen {45 fifites} are ahead of England batsmen.

K Pieterson became the third victim of Muralitharan – caught and bowled – in the World Cup. The other two are South African batsmen – SM Pollock for 1 at Northampton in 1999 and HH Gibbs for 31 at Providence in 2007.

Chaminda Vaas and Muralitharan took their World Cup wickets to 44 and 42 respectively at the end of this game. Chaminda Vaas is on par with Javagal Srinath who also has 44 World Cup wickets to his credit

Jayawadene and Pieterson registered their third fifty in the current edition. Other batsmen who have registered three fifties including hundreds are SP Fleming, ML Hayden, JH Kallis and LPC Silva. GC Smith is the only batsman to register four fifties in the current edition.

R Bopara and PA Nixon posted England’s World Cup seventh wicket partnership record when they added 87 runs in this game. The previous best was 71 run unfinished stand between PA Nixon and LE Plunkett against New Zealand at Gros Islet in this edition.

Sri Lanka’s victory by two runs is the first victory by two runs margin in the World Cup. There has been one run win on two occasions earlier – Aus vs Ind at Madras on 09.10.87 and Aus vs Ind at Brisbane 01.03.92

Sajid Mahmood’s 4 for 50 went in vain providing the second instance of a bowlers’ four plus wickets going in vain in the current edition. The other bowler who saw his four wickets could not clinch a win for his side was L Malinga of Sri Lanka. His 4 for 54 against South Africa at Guyana on 28.03.07 could not earn Sri Lanka a win.

Sajid Mahmood became the 20^th bowler in the World Cup to witness the four plus wickets going in vain. He is the third England bowler after RGD Willis and AR Caddick to suffer the ignominy.