New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record in ODIs | ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match 3

Dixit Bhargav | 31/05/2019
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record in ODIs | ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match 3

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record in ODIs: The SportsRush present before you the Head to Head record for NZ vs SL.

The third match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Cardiff tomorrow. While New Zealand lost their last warm-up match against West Indies, Sri Lanka ended up losing both their matches before the league stage.

New Zealand would still be banking on their past record and victory against India in the warm-up match. The Black Caps would be looking to start their World Cup campaign on a winning note against an unsettled Sri Lankan squad.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record in ODIs

Total number of matches played: 98

Matches won by New Zealand: 48

Matches won by Sri Lanka: 41

Matches played in New Zealand: 43 (NZ 28, SL 12)

Matches played in Sri Lanka: 27 (NZ 6, SL 17)

Matches played at neutral venues: 28 (NZ 14, SL 12)

Matches played in ICC World Cup: 10 (NZ 4, SL 6)

Most runs for New Zealand: 881 (Ross Taylor)

Most runs for Sri Lanka: 1,568 (Kumar Sangakkara)

Most wickets for New Zealand: 32 (Kyle Mills)

Most wickets for Sri Lanka: 74 (Muttiah Muralitharan)

Most catches for New Zealand: 27 (Luke Ronchi)

Most catches for Sri Lanka: 43 (Kumar Sangakkara)

Recent match

New Zealand and Sri Lanka had recently played an ODI during Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand at Nelson. With the hosts having won the first two ODIs, the third ODI of the three-match series was a dead rubber which was won by New Zealand as they registered a whitewash.

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A 154-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Ross Taylor (137) and Henry Nicholls (124*) powered New Zealand to 364/4 in their allotted quota of 50 overs. Clinical performance from Lockie Ferguson (8-0-40-4) and Ish Sodhi (8.4-0-40-3) saw the hosts reducing Sri Lanka to 249/10 in 41.4 overs.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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