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Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets convincingly at Bengaluru and registered their second win in this ODI World Cup tournament. Talking about this game England won the toss opted to bat first and got off to a good start, but from 57/1 they collapsed to 156 runs in total.
Angelo Mathews was sensational with the ball in his comeback game as he ended with bowling figures of 2/14 while others like Kasun Rajitha also got two wickets (2/36) to his name and Lahiru Kumara ended up picking three wickets (3/35) with the ball respectively. Sri Lankan batters chased down the total with ease as both Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama scored fifties in the run-chase.
Numbers and Stats from the ENG vs SL game:
2 - Pathum Nissanka became the second batsman after Shubman Gill to complete the milestone of scoring 1000 ODI runs in this calendar year (2023).
4 - England have lost four out of five games in ODI World Cup 2023.
Instances of England losing four out of their first five games in an ODI WC edition:
2015 WC - Lost to Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
2023 WC - Lost to New Zealand, Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Defending Champions to lose four games in an ODI World Cup edition:
Australia in 1992
England in 2015
4 - Pathum Nissanka became second batsman after Kumar Sangakkara to record four consecutive fifty-plus scores for Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup.
Pathum Nissanka scores in ODI World Cup 2023:
0(3) vs South Africa in Delhi
51(61) vs Pakistan in Hyderabad
61(67) vs Australia in Lucknow
54(52) vs Netherlands in Lucknow
77*(83) vs England in Bengaluru
6 - Sri Lanka has defeated England six times in the ODI World Cup.
Teams to defeat England most times in ODI World Cup:
Australia: 6 wins (9 times)
New Zealand: 6 wins (11 times)
Sri Lanka: 6 wins (12 times)
Sri Lanka have defeated England five times consecutively in the ODI World Cup 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 & 2023 edition.
137 - Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama had recorded a 137-run partnership in this game.
Highest partnership for Sri Lanka vs England in ODI World Cup:
Tillakaratne Dilshan-Upul Tharanga: 231* in Colombo(RPS), 2011
Kumar Sangakkara-Lahiru Thirimanne: 212* in Wellington, 2015
Pathum Nissanka-Sadeera Samarawickrama: 137* in Bengaluru, 2023
146 - Sri Lanka won this game with 146 balls to be spared.
Biggest margin of win (by balls remaining) for Sri Lanka in ODI World Cup:
272 balls vs Canada in Paarl, 2003
240 balls vs Ireland in St. George's, 2007
188 balls vs Kenya in Colombo(RPS), 2011
173 balls vs Bangladesh in Pietermaritzburg, 2003
146 balls vs England in Bengaluru, 2023
Biggest margin of win (by wickets) for Sri Lanka in ODI World Cup:
10 wickets vs Bangladesh in Pietermaritzburg, 2003
10 wickets vs England in Colombo(RPS), 2011
9 wickets vs Canada in Paarl, 2003
9 wickets vs Kenya in Colombo(RPS), 2011
9 wickets vs England in Wellington, 2015
8 wickets vs Ireland in St George's, 2007
8 wickets vs England in Bengaluru, 2023
156 - England have got all-out for a total of just 156 runs.
Lowest total in ODIs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru:
England - 156 vs Sri Lanka, 2023 World Cup
India - 168 vs Pakistan, 1999
South Africa - 169/9 vs India, 2005
The lowest total for England in the ODI World Cup:
93 vs Australia in Leeds, 1975
103 vs South Africa in The Oval, 1999
123 vs New Zealand in Wellington, 2015
125 vs Zimbabwe in Albury, 1992
152 vs South Africa in Rawalpindi, 1996
154 vs South Africa in Bridgetown, 2007
156 vs Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, 2023
