Phew.... that was some game!! Sri Lanka's bowling attack is unbelievable... all credit to Dilhara for that final over... final ball rather...
Anyway here's some stats that goes to history books with the conclusion of this match!!!
# Sri Lanka's two-run victory becomes one of the closest matches in World Cup history - only twice have games been decided by fewer runs. On both occasions, Australia beat India by one run.
# Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped player in the history of one-day Internationals. He has now played 385 ODIs, one more than Sachin Tendulkar.
# When Jayasuriya slammed a six off Sajid Mahmood to take his score to 25, he took his World Cup aggregate to 1001, thus becoming the tenth batsman to reach the milestone. Five of those ten batsmen - Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly, Stephen Fleming and Jayasuriya - have reached the landmark in this tournament. Jayasuriya is the second Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, after Aravinda de Silva, who has a World Cup tally of 1064.
# That six by Jayasuriya's also took his tally of sixes in World Cups to 25, equalling Ganguly's mark and only three behind Ponting, who holds the record.
# Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, scored 56 - his third half-century of the tournament - while Michael Vaughan, his opposite number from England, only managed a duck. It was the tenth instance of rival captains scoring a half-century and a zero in World Cups.
Sri Laka and England have now played 38 ODIs between them and with this win Sri Lanka level the Win / Loose margin with 19-19, finally SL at the brink of overtaking the inventors of the game!!!
Source: Cricinfo
Anyway here's some stats that goes to history books with the conclusion of this match!!!
# Sri Lanka's two-run victory becomes one of the closest matches in World Cup history - only twice have games been decided by fewer runs. On both occasions, Australia beat India by one run.
# Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped player in the history of one-day Internationals. He has now played 385 ODIs, one more than Sachin Tendulkar.
# When Jayasuriya slammed a six off Sajid Mahmood to take his score to 25, he took his World Cup aggregate to 1001, thus becoming the tenth batsman to reach the milestone. Five of those ten batsmen - Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly, Stephen Fleming and Jayasuriya - have reached the landmark in this tournament. Jayasuriya is the second Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, after Aravinda de Silva, who has a World Cup tally of 1064.
# That six by Jayasuriya's also took his tally of sixes in World Cups to 25, equalling Ganguly's mark and only three behind Ponting, who holds the record.
# Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, scored 56 - his third half-century of the tournament - while Michael Vaughan, his opposite number from England, only managed a duck. It was the tenth instance of rival captains scoring a half-century and a zero in World Cups.
Sri Laka and England have now played 38 ODIs between them and with this win Sri Lanka level the Win / Loose margin with 19-19, finally SL at the brink of overtaking the inventors of the game!!!
Source: Cricinfo
