Sri Lanka: Champs once; runners up twice

Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from the World Cups.

Result Summary

IMAGE: Sri Lanka celebrate winning the 1996 World Cup. Photograph: Allsport/Getty Images

Year	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Remarks
1975	3	0	3	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1979	2	1	1	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1983	6	1	5	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1987	6	0	6	0	0	Could not qualify for semi finals
1992	8	2	5	0	1	Could not qualify for semi finals
1996	6	6	0	0	0	Champions
1999	5	2	3	0	0	Knocked out in first round
2003	10	5	4	1	0	Lost in semi final
2007	11	8	3	0	0	Runner-up
2011	9	6	2	0	1	Runner-up
2015	7	4	3	0	0	Lost in quarter-final
Total	73	35	35	1	2

Playing Record against Participating Teams

Versus	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0
Australia	9	1	7	0	1
Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	0
England	10	4	6	0	0
India	8	4	3	0	1
New Zealand	10	6	4	0	0
Pakistan	7	0	7	0	0
South Africa	5	1	3	1	0
West Indies	6	2	4	0	0

Highest Team Totals

IMAGE: Scotland's wicket-keeper Matt Cross watches Sri Lanka's then captain Angelo Mathews hit the ball for a six. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
398/5	Kenya	Kandy	1996
363/9	Scotland	Hobart	2015
332/7	v Canada	Hambantota	2011
332/1	Bangladesh	Melbourne	2015
327/6	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	2011

Lowest Team Totals

Total	Vs	Venue	Year
86	West Indies	Manchester	1975
109	India	Johannesburg	2003
110	South Africa	Northampton	1999
133	South Africa	Sydney	2015
136	England	Leeds	1983
138	Pakistan	Nottingham	1975

Highest Individual Innings

IMAGE: Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka walk off the field after the World Cup game against Bangladesh at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 2015. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
161*	Tillakratne Dilshan	Bangladesh	Melbourne	2015
145	Aravinda de Silva	Kenya	Kandy	1996
144	Tillakratne Dilshan	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	2011
139*	Lahiru Thirimanne	England	Wellington	2015
133	Upul Tharanga	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	2011
124	Kumar Sangakkara	Scotland	Hobart	2015
124	Marvin Atapattu	South Africa	Durban	2003
120	Sanath Jayasuriya	New Zealand	Bloemfontein	2003
117*	Kumar Sangakkara	England	Wellington	2015
115*	Mahela Jayawardene	New Zealand	Kingston	2007
115	Sanath Jayasuriya	West Indies	Providence	2007
111	Kumar Sangakkara	New Zealand	Mumbai	2011
109	Sanath Jayasuriya	Bangladesh	Port-of-Spain	2007
108*	Tillakratne Dilshan	England	Colombo	2011
107*	Aravinda de Silva	Australia	Lahore	1996
105*	Kumar Sangakkara	Bangladesh	Melbourne	2015
104	Kumar Sangakkara	Australia	Sydney	2015
104	Tillakratne Dilshan	Scotland	Hobart	2015
103*	Mahela Jayawardene	India	Mumbai	2011
103*	Marvin Atapattu	Zimbabwe	East London	2003
102*	Upul Tharanga	England	Colombo	2011
100	Mahela Jayawardene	v Canada	Hambantota	2011
100	Mahela Jayawardene	Afghanistan	Dunedin	2015

LEADING BATSMEN

IMAGE: Kumar Sangakkara celebrates a century during the 2015 World Cup game against Scotland at the Bellerive Oval. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
Kumar Sangakkara	37	1,532	124	56.74	86.50	5	7
Sanath Jayasuriya	38	1,165	120	34.26	90.66	3	6
Tillakratne Dilshan	27	1,112	161*	52.95	92.97	4	4
Mahela Jayawardene	40	1,100	115*	35.48	85.93	4	5
Aravinda de Silva	35	1,064	145	36.68	86.57	2	6
Arjuna Ranatunga	30	969	88*	46.14	80.28	0	7
Upul Tharanga	21	697	133	36.68	75.51	2	4
Roshan Mahanama	25	596	89	33.11	56.54	0	5
Marvin Atapattu	15	521	124	43.41	79.29	2	3

Highest Partnership for each wicket

Wicket	Runs	Players	Venue	Year
1st	282	Upul Tharanga and Tillakratne Dilshan	Zimbabwe (Pallekele)	2011
2nd	212*	Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara	England (Wellington)	2015
3rd	184	Asanka Gurusinha and Aravinda de Silva	Kenya (Kandy)	1996
4th	152	Marvin Atapattu and Aravinda de Silva	South Africa (Durban)	2003
5th	131*	Aravinda Ranatunga and Hashan Tillakaratne	India (Delhi)	1996
6th	97	Tillakratne Dilshan and Russell Arnold	South Africa (Providence)	2007
7th	58*	Jeevan Mendis and Tishara Perera	Afghanistan (Dunedin)	2015
8th	64	Mahela Jayawardene and Chaminda Vaas	Kenya (Southampton)	1999
9th	35	Guy de Alwis and Rumesh Ratnayake	England (Taunton)	1983
10th	33	Rumesh Ratnayake and Vinothen John	England (Leeds)	1983

Best Bowling in a match

Wicket/Runs	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
6/25	Chaminda Vaas	Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	2003
6/38	Lasith Malinga	Kenya	Colombo	2011
5/32	Asantha de Mel	New Zealand	Derby	1983
5/39	Asantha de Mel	Pakistan	Leeds	1983

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking a wicket. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

	Matches	Wickets	Average	Runs Per Over	Best	4W
Muttiah Muralitharan	40	68	19.63	3.88	4/19	4
Chaminda Vaas	31	49	21.22	3.97	6/25	2
Lasith Malinga	22	43	21.11	5.32	6/38	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	38	27	39.25	4.83	3/12	0
Tillakratne Dilshan	27	18	24.83	4.41	4/4	1
Asantha de Mel	9	18	24.94	4.97	5/32	2
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	17	16	39.06	4.59	3/30	0
Aravinda de Silva	35	16	41.93	4.97	3/42	0

Most Appearances

	Mts	Years
Muttiah Muralitharan	40	1996-2011
Mahela Jayawardene	40	1999-2015
Sanath Jayasuriya	38	1992-2007
Kumar Sangakkara	37	2003-2015
Aravinda de Silva	35	1987-2003
Chaminda Vaas	31	1996-2007
Arjuna Ranatunga	30	1983-1999
Tillakratne Dilshan	27	2007-2015
Roshan Mahanama	25	1987-1999

Most Captaincies

Captain	Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Win%
Duleep Mendis	12	1	11	0	8.33
Arjuna Ranatunga	11	8	3	0	72.72
Mahela Jayawardene	11	8	3	0	72.72
Kumar Sangakkara	9	6	2	1	75.00
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	5	4	0	55.55
Aravinda de Silva	8	2	5	1	28.57
Angelo Mathews	7	4	3	0	57.14