Statistical preview of the Engalnd vs Sri Lanka, Lord's, May 14, 1999

Mohandas Menon

Statistical preview:

1st match: England v Sri Lanka at Lord's 14-5-1999

** This match will be the 1443rd in Limited over international (LOI)history.

** This match will be the 159th in World Cup history (including theoriginal abandoned match between Zimbabwe and Kenya at Patnain 1996).

** This match will be England's 297th and Sri Lanka's 298th in LOIs

** This match will be the 20th between the two sides in LOIs, and the seventh meeting in the WC between the two sides.

** This match will be England's 41st and Sri Lanka's 32nd in the WC.

England v Sri Lanka head to head:

Summary of matches:

Status	P	England won	S Lanka won
In all matches	19	12	7
In England	5	4	1
In World Cup	6	5	1

Highest totals:

Country	Score	Overs	Venue	Date
In all matches
For England	333-9	(60 overs)	Taunton	11-06-1983
For Sri Lanka	303-9	(49.3 overs)	Adelaide	23-01-1999

Lowest totals:

Country	Score	Overs	Venue	Date
For England	170	(36.1 overs)	Colombo	10-03-1993
for Sri Lanka	99	(33.3 overs)	Perth	29-01-1999

Highest individual scores:

Country	Score	Player	Venue	Date
England (2)
	130	D I Gower	Taunton	11-06-1983
	126*	G A Hick	Adelaide	23-01-1999
Sri Lanka (2)
	132*	M S Atapattu	Lord's	20-08-1998
	120	D P M Jayawardene	Adelaide	23-01-1999

Best partnerships:

Country	Score	Wkt	Players		Venue	Date
England	154*	4th	G A Hick	N H Fairbrother	Adelaide	23-01-1999
Sri Lanka	138	2nd	R S Kaluwitharana	M S Atapattu	Lord's	20-08-1998

Best bowling:

England

Country	Status	Bowler	Venue	Date
England (2)
	5-32	M A Ealham	Perth	29-01-1999
	5-39	V J Marks	Taunton	11-06-1983
Sri Lanka (2)
	6-29	S T Jayasuriya	Moratuwa	20-03-1993
	5-34	M Muralitharan	Lord's	20-08-1998

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