ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (Match 35): Sri Lanka vs South Africa – Stats Preview

Sri Lanka and South Africa will meet on this Friday (28th June) at Riverside Ground (Chester-le-Street) in the match 35 of the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

In this tournament, Sri Lanka has played six matches and South Africa has played seven matches. The Lankan side has won two matches in this edition and has earned six points (they also lost two matches and the other two had no result). On the other hand, South Africa has won only one match and has gained only three points (five defeats and one no result).

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Before this match between Sri Lanka and South Africa, here we are with some vital statistical preview of this match.

Teams’ recent ODI form

Sri Lanka (in last ten matches; oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Won, Lost, Won, Lost and Won

South Africa (in last ten matches; oldest to latest): Won, Won, Won, Lost, Lost, Lost, No Result, Won, Lost and Lost

ODI records at Riverside Ground (Chester-le-Street)

Sri Lanka

South Africa

Head-to-Head ODI records

Overall (76 matches): Sri Lanka won 31 ODIs; South Africa won 43 ODIs (1 tie and 1 no result)

At neutral venues (19 matches): Sri Lanka won 8 ODIs; South Africa won 11 ODIs

In England (3 matches): Sri Lanka won 1 ODI; South Africa won 2 ODIs

At Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street (1 match): Never played

In the World Cup (5 matches): Sri Lanka won 1 ODIs; South Africa won 3 ODIs (1 tie)

In the last ten matches:  Sri Lanka won 2 ODIs; South Africa won 8 ODIs

• Last time, The Lions beat Proteas in the Cricket World Cup history on 2nd March 1992 at Wellington. Since then, in their last four CWC meetings, South Africa won thrice, and one had a tie result (in 2003 CWC).

Players’ stats

(Sri Lanka)

Nuwan Pradeep

i) Pacer Nuwan Pradeep has taken 47 wickets in ODI career. Taking three more wickets, Pradeep will complete his 50 ODI wickets.

(South Africa)

Imran Tahir

i) Leg-spinner Imran Tahir has taken 61 international wickets against Sri Lanka which is the equal record of Allan Donald (61 wickets) and Dale Steyn (61 wickets). Only two former South African pacers bagged more international wickets against this Asian team than these three Proteas bowlers. Those two former pacers were Shaun Pollock (99 wickets) and Makhaya Ntini (62 wickets). Tahir has a chance to surpass Ntini and become the second most wicket-taker in this list.

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Faf du Plessis

i) South African cricketer Faf du Plessis has scored 1,907 international runs against Sri Lanka. Scoring 93 more runs, he will become the second South African batsman after Jacques Kallis (2,328 runs) to score 2,000 international runs against this Asian team.

Aiden Markram

i) Proteas cricketer Aiden Markram has scored 1,985 runs in international cricket. The 24-year-old is 15 runs behind to complete his 2,000 runs in the international career.