ICC World Cup 2019: Match 27, England vs Sri Lanka – Statistical Preview

Sri Lanka would require a lot of effort to beat England to keep themselves up and running in the contention of a semi-final spot. The Lankans are currently placed at No.6 in the points table as two of their matches got washed out and a win against Afghanistan in the five games they played. Defeating England will not only improve their position in the standings but also give a ray of hope for other struggling sides. A batting collapse in the previous game against Australia saw the Lankans miss out on a record chase.

All the major stats and numbers ahead of Sri Lanka’s must-win clash against England:

1 – Sri Lanka has defeated England only once in the ten ODI meetings since the 2015 World Cup. England won the six of the remaining nine with two games ending without a result and another in a Tie. Sri Lanka won the recent most meeting by 219 runs; the biggest defeat for England in ODI cricket.

3 – Sri Lanka won their previous three World Cup matches against England – in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Last time England defeated Sri Lanka in a CWC game was in the 1999 tournament opener at the Lord’s.

6 – England won each of their last six ODI matches they played at the Headingley in Leeds. Their last ODI defeat here came against Sri Lanka back in July 2011 where they fell 69 runs short of the visiting team’s total.

18.6 – Chris Woakes picks up a wicket every 18.6 balls in the ODI games in Leeds. Woakes has one 4-wicket haul and a 5-fer across three ODIs he played at this venue.

44 – Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket-taker in the Sri Lanka-England ODI matches. The pacer claimed 44 wickets from 29 ODIs with a 4-fer and one 5-wicket haul.

69.6 – Lahiru Thirimanne has a batting average of 69.6 in ODIs against England; his best against any side in this format. Thirimanne scored 348 runs with his career best of 139* and two fifties across ten innings against the English team. However, the game in Leeds on Friday will be his 1st ODI appearance against England since the 2015 CWC.

91 – Joe Root has a batting average of 91 in ODIs at the Headingley in Leeds. Root scored 364 runs in five innings at this venue with two tons and a fifty. His skipper Eoin Morgan is the leading run-getter in Leeds having scored 456 runs in 8 innings at an average of 65.14 with a century and four half-centuries.

971 – Joe Root needs 29 more runs for completing 1000 ODI runs against Sri Lanka. Root has scored 971 runs in 22 innings at an average of 57.11 thus far with two tons and six fifties. Three Sri Lankans have scored over 1000 ODI runs against England but none have done other way round so far.

8992 – Eoin Morgan needs eight more runs to complete 9000 runs in International cricket for England. Morgan is also two sixes away from hitting his 300th six in International cricket.

11999 – Angelo Mathews needs one more run to become the 8th player with 12000+ runs for Sri Lanka in International cricket. Mathews bagged ducks in the first two matches while the previous two games got abandoned. In their previous encounter against Australia, Mathews got out scoring only nine runs.