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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yama_palla" data-source="post: 9256883" data-attributes="member: 321681">Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup highs and lowsSri Lanka have featured in all previous World Cups, winning the  tournament once in 1996 and finishing as runners-up in 2007. They were  semi-finalist in 2003. Since 1975, Sri Lanka have played 57 World Cup matches, winning 25  and losing 30. One match ended with no-result and another, a tie. Sri Lanka scored the second highest total in World Cup history when  they made 398/5 in 50 overs, at a run rate of 7.96 against Kenya in  Kandy on March 06, 1996. India holds the record for the highest World  Cup total with their 413/5 in 50 overs against Bermuda in Port of Spain,  Trinidad during the 2007 World Cup. Only 14 teams have been shot-out for a total below 100. Sri Lanka  feature once on that list after they were bowled out for 86 in 37.2  overs by the West Indies in Manchester, England during the 1975 World  Cup. Sri Lanka have dismissed three teams for less than a 100 runs –  Canada 36 all-out in 2003, Ireland 77 all-out in 2007 and Bermuda 78  all-out in 2007. When they defeated Bermuda by 243 runs in the 2007 World Cup in the  West Indies, it became the third largest victory by margin of runs.  India’s 257 run win against Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup is the largest  victory by way of runs. Australia hold the second spot as a result of  their 256 run win over Namibia in 2003. Sri Lanka’s two-run win over England in Antigua in 2007 is third on  the list of victories by the smallest margin of runs. Australia’s  one-run win over India in 1987 and 1992 tops the list. No other batsman has scored more runs for Sri Lanka in World Cups  than Sanath Jayasuriya. With 1165 runs (3x100s – 6x50s) from 38 matches,  at an average of 34.26 and a strike-rate of 90.66, Jayasuriya sits at  number four on the list of highest run scorers in World Cup history.  Brian Lara (1225 runs), Ricky Ponting (1537 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar  (1796 runs) top the list. Aravinda De Silva’s 145 from just 115 balls (14x4s – 5x6s) against  Kenya in Kandy in 1996 is the highest score by a Sri Lankan in all World  Cups. Arjuna Ranatunga has the best average (46.14 from 30 matches) amongst  Sri Lankan batsmen who have played at least 10 World Cup innings. He  also has the most ducks by a Sri Lankan batsman (3). Jayasuriya’s three World Cup centuries is the most by a Sri Lankan  batsman in all World Cups. Marvan Atapattu and Aravinda de Silva have  two World Cup centuries apiece. Mahela Jayawardene is third on the list of batsmen who have scored  most runs in a single World Cup tournament. In 2007 he amassed 548 runs  (1x100s – 4x50s) from 11 matches. Mathew Hayden with 659 runs (3x100s –  1x50s) from 11 matches in 2007 and Sachin Tendulkar with 673 runs  (1x100s – 6x50s) from 11 in matches in 2003 top the list. Muttiah Muralitharan is third on the list of highest wicket takers in  all World Cup tournaments. He has 53 wickets from 31 matches at an  average of 19.69. Wasim Akram (55 wickets) and Glenn McGrath (71  wickets) top the list. Chaminda Vaas’ 6/25 in 9.1 overs vs Bangladesh at the 2003 World Cup  saw him take a hat-trick off the first three balls of the match. Those  figures remain the best by a Sri Lankan bowler at a World Cup  tournament. The left-arm opening bowler finished the 2003 World Cup with  23 wickets in 10 matches, along with Muralitharan (23 wickets in the  2007 World Cup) they are second on the list of highest wicket-takers in a  single World Cup tournament. Glenn McGrath tops the list with 26  wickets from 11 matches at the 2007 World Cup. Right-arm fast bowler Ashantha de Mel is one of only four bowlers to  have taken a five-wicket haul twice. He also conceded 97 runs in a  10-over spell against the West Indies in the 1987 World Cup, which is  the second most expensive bowling figures at a World Cup. Lasith Malinga is the only bowler in World Cup history and the  history of the game to have taken four wickets in four consecutive  balls. Malinga achieved the feat against South Africa in the 2007 World  Cup. With 32 dismissals (26xcatches – 6xstumpings) from 21 matches, Kumar  Sangakkara is second on the list of wicket-keepers with the most  dismissals. Adam Gilchrist tops the list with 52 dismissals (45xcatches –  7xstumpings) from 31 matches. Sangakkara’s 17 dismissals in the 2003  World Cup is only second best to Adam Gilchrist’s 21 dismissals at the  2003 World Cup on the list of most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in a  single World Cup tournament. Sanath Jayasuriya has taken the second highest number of catches by a  fielder in all World Cups. His 18 catches is bettered by Ricky  Ponting’s 25 catches.</blockquote>

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