Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 1st ODI

The ODI series between the Sri Lanka and West Indies underwent at Colombo where the hosts who a thriller in a rain hurtled game. After West Indies put on 159 in restricted 26 overs, Sri Lanka needed 163 according to D/L method and they got off to a glorious start. However, they collapsed and started towards defeat but they recovered towards the end and sneaked in with a 1-wicket win.

Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 1st ODI:

305 – Balls bowled during this game. This is the 10th shortest result producing game in terms of balls on Sri Lankan soil.

1 – Wickets left in hand for Sri Lanka when they chased down the target. This is only the 3rd time in ODIs when Sri Lanka won by a wicket margin.

119 – Runs scored by West Indies after the rain break. They scored those runs in just 70 balls.

184.37 – Tillakaratne Dilshan’s strike rate during his innings of 59 was 184.37. This is only the 18th instance where an opener had a strike rate of 180 and more after facing 30 balls.

25 – Balls taken by Tillakaratne Dilshan to complete his fifty. This is his fastest fifty in ODI Cricket.

11.5 – Only the 2nd time in his ODI career, Ajantha Mendis conceded over an economy of 10. He conceded 46 runs in 4 overs in this game.

5 – Runs scored by Tillakaratne Dilshan on offside in this innings. However, he has scored 54 runs on on-side. Dilshan scored 19 runs each through fine leg region and square leg region while in mid-wicket and long on region, he scored 8 runs each.

54 – For the first time in his 54 match International career, Johnson Charles rolled his arms. He started with a wide and finished off getting hit for a six on free-hit after bowling a no-ball. His figures read 0.5-0-12-0.

11 – Jonathan Carter bowled for the first time in his 11 match ODI career. He recorded figures of 2.1-0-14-2.

276.92 – Jason Holder’s strike rate during his innings of 36 off 13 is the 2nd highest S/R for a West Indian in an ODI innings after facing 10 balls. Best is by Andrew Russell, who had S/R off 323.07 vs Pakistan during World Cup 2015 fixture.

3 – Jason Holder’s strike rate off 276.92 during his innings is the 3rd highest S/R for a captain in an ODI innings after facing 10 balls. Only AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum had better S/R in an ODI innings as captain.

12 – Sixes hit during this game. West Indies struck 8 sixes while Sri Lanka hit only 4.

23 – Fours hit during this game. West Indies hit only 9 fours while Sri Lanka did strike 14 fours.