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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Scorecard, Match 7, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Result · Jun 04 2019, Tue - 03:00 PM (IST)
Match 7 - Sophia Gardens Cardiff
SRI LANKA
201
AFGHANISTAN
152
Sri Lanka won by 34 runs (DLS Method)
CRR:4.65
Player Of The Match
Bowler O M R W Eco
Dawlat Zadran 6 - 34 2 5.7
Hamid Hassan 7 - 53 1 7.6
Mujeeb Zadran 3 - 19 0 6.3
Mohammad Nabi 9 - 30 4 3.3
Gulbadin Naib 4 - 38 0 9.5
Rashid Khan 7.5 1 17 2 2.2
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
92/1 (13.1) Dimuth Karunaratne
144/2 (21.2) Lahiru Thirimanne
146/3 (21.4) Kusal Mendis
146/4 (21.6) Angelo Mathews
149/5 (22.6) Dhananjaya de Silva
159/6 (25.4) Thisara Perera
178/7 (31.3) Isuru Udana
180/8 (32.2) Kusal Perera
199/9 (35.6) Lasith Malinga
201/10 (36.5) Nuwan Pradeep
Bowler O M R W Eco
Lasith Malinga 6.4 - 39 3 5.9
Suranga Lakmal 6 - 27 0 4.5
Isuru Udana 6 - 28 1 4.7
Nuwan Pradeep 9 1 31 4 3.4
Thisara Perera 4 - 19 1 4.8
Dhananjaya de Silva 1 - 7 0 7
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
34/1 (4.4) Mohammad Shahzad
42/2 (7.5) Rahmat Shah
44/3 (8.4) Hazrat Zazai
57/4 (12.5) Hashmatullah Shahidi
57/5 (13.4) Mohammad Nabi
121/6 (24.5) Gulbadin Naib
123/7 (26.1) Rashid Khan
136/8 (30.4) Dawlat Zadran
145/9 (31.6) Najibullah Zadran
152/10 (32.4) Hamid Hassan
Match Info
Series: ODI World Cup
Date: Jun 04 2019, Tue - 03:00 PM (IST)
Country: Wales
City: Cardiff
Venue: Sophia Gardens Cardiff
Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl.
Afghanistan Squad: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hamid Hassan
Sri Lanka Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera (wk), Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Lasith Malinga
  • Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have met three times before in ODI cricket, Sri Lanka won the first two encounters (2014 & 2015) however Afghanistan won their most recent clash in September 2018 by 91 runs.
  • The solitary ICC Cricket World Cup meeting between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka came at he 2015 edition, the sides facing off at University Oval in Dunedin (NZ) with Sri Lanka emerging victorious by four wickets (10 balls remaining) despite losing both openers to golden ducks in their run chase.
  • Sri Lanka have lost nine of their 10 ODIs in 2019, their only victory this calendar year coming against Scotland immediately prior to this ICC Cricket World Cup.
  • Sri Lanka have lost all five of their ODI matches at Cardiff Wales Stadium, those defeats coming against New Zealand (twice), India, England and Pakistan.
  • Afghanistan are making their first ODI appearance at Cardiff Wales Stadium, they will be the 11th different country to play an ODI at the venue.
  • Sri Lanka lost their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 opener against New Zealand, they’ve not lost their opening two games of an ICC Cricket World Cup since 1999, when the tournament was last hosted in England.
  • Both of Afghanistan’s openers failed to score a run in their opening match against Australia, the last time this happened in an ICC Cricket World Cup match was when Sri Lanka’s top two did so against Afghanistan in 2015.
  • Lahiru Thirimanne is in line to notch up his 100th ODI innings with the bat for Sri Lanka, he needs just six runs to become the 16th player to reach 3,000 ODI runs for the country.
  • Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) has an ODI batting strike rate of 112.4, of the 225 players to score 2,000+ ODI runs only three have a better strike rate (Maxwell, Buttler, Afridi).
  • Since the start of 2017 Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) has taken 99 ODI wickets, more than any other spinner and more than twice as many as any Sri Lankan spinner (Akila Dananjaya 48).