ODI World Cup 2023, Match 41, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Stats Review: New Zealand's dominance, Trent Boult's feat and other stats

Clinical performances with both bat and ball handed New Zealand a massive five-wicket win with 160 balls to spare against Sri Lanka in match number 41 of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. New Zealand are on the verge of another semi-final berth.

Speaking about the game, put into bat first, Sri Lanka got off to an awful start as their in-form batter Pathum Nissanka edged one to the keeper for 2 as Southee drew the first blood for New Zealand. Kusal Perera went berserk against the likes of New Zealand quicks as he notched up the fastest fifty of World Cup 2023, his 51 off 28 included 11 boundaries.

Boult rattled the Sri Lankan solid middle order as Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka after being the victims of Trent Boult, the Lankans were left reeling at 70/5 inside the powerplay. Dhananjaya de Silva and Angelo Matthews led the rescue with a 34-run stand for the sixth wicket before Mitchell Struck twice in his consecutive over to pick both Matthews and De Silva with beautiful deliveries.

Maheesh Theekshana and Dilshan Madushanka frustrated the Kiwi’s bowlers with 43 runs stand off 87 balls to help Sri Lanka post 171 in 50 overs. Trent Boult was the pick of bowlers for his spell of 3/37 in 10 overs While Santner, Ferguson and Ravindra picked two wickets each.

Chasing 172, New Zealand got off to a flier as both Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra added 86 runs for the first wicket before Chameera drew the first blood by dismissing Conway for 45 while Ravindra got dismissed for 42. Daryl Mitchell then came in with a quick-fire cameo scoring 31-ball 43 while Glenn Phillips and Tom Latham remained unbeaten as the Kiwis sealed a victory by five wickets inside 25 overs. Angelo Matthews picked up yet another two wickets for Sri Lanka. 

Meanwhile, let us look at stats and numbers from the game between Sri Lanka and New Zealand:

22 -Kusal Perera registered the joint second-fastest fifty by a Sri Lankan in the ODI World Cup along with Dinesh Chandimal. 20-ball fifty from Angelo Matthews against Scotland in 2015 is the fastest.

52 -Trent Boult completed 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup, becoming the first New Zealand bowler to achieve this feat.

601 -Trent Boult (601) becomes the third New Zealand bowler after Daniel Vettori and Tim Southee to complete 600 international wickets.

159 -Batters at number 9, 10 and 11 together faced 159 balls in this game, the most balls faced in a World Cup game between 9, 10 and 11 batters.

43 -Dilshan Madushanka and Maheesh Theekshana added 43 runs for the 10^th wicket, this is the highest partnership for Sri Lanka for the 9^th wicket or below.

91 -Maheesh Theekshana faced 91 balls against New Zealand, this is the most number of balls faced by a batter from 9^th position or below in the ODI World Cup. The previous best was 83 by Andy Bichel against New Zealand in 2023.

565 -Rachin Ravindra aggregated 565 runs in 9 games, this is the second most runs by a New Zealand batter in the World Cup Season. 578 from Williamson in 2019 is topping the list.

565 -565 Runs scored by Rachin Ravindra is the most runs by any batter in the World Cup debut season. 532 scored by Jonny Bairstow in 2019 is next on the list.

16 -Mitchell Santner has picked 16 wickets in this World Cup, the joint most by a New Zealand spinner in a single World Cup.

87 -87 Balls faced by Maheesh Theekshana and Dilshan Madushanka is the most by any pair for the 10^th wicket in World Cup. Tim de Leede and Jeroen Smits faced 71 balls in 2003 against England.