Stats highlights from Pakistan’s record win against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad
345 The highest target successfully chased down in a World Cup contest surpassing 328 by Ireland against England in Bengaluru in 2011. It is also Pakistan’s second highest in an ODI behind the 349 chase against Australia in Lahore last year. The previous highest chased down against Sri Lanka in an ODI was 321 by India in Hobart in 2012.
4 Hundreds scored in the match – Kusal Mendis (122), Sadeera Samarawickrama (108), Abdullah Shafique (111) and Mohammad Rizwan (131*). It is the third instance of four batters scoring centuries in an ODI and the first time it has happened in a World Cup match.
1 Today was the first instance of Pakistan batters scoring centuries in the same World Cup match. To put it into perspective, only once have Pakistan registered more individual hundreds in the entire duration of a tournament – three in the 1987 edition. Since the turn of the century, they made none in 2011, one century each in 2003, 2007 and 2015 editions and two in 2019.
131* by Rizwan is the highest by a designated wicketkeeper for Pakistan in all ODIs bettering 124 by Kamran Akmal against West Indies in Brisbane in 2005. It also happens to be the second highest score for Pakistan in World Cups behind Imran Nazir’s 160 against Zimbabwe in Kingston in 2007.
111 by Abdullah Shafique is the highest individual score on World Cup debut for a Pakistan batter surpassing the long standing record of 82 set by Mohsin Khan against the same opponent in Swansea in 1983. At 23 years & 324 days, Shafique is the second youngest to score a World Cup century for Pakistan in World Cups behind Imam-ul-Haq (23y 195d).
176 The partnership of 176 runs between Shafique and Rizwan makes it the second highest partnership for Pakistan for any wicket in World Cup matches only behind the 194-run opening stand between Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti against New Zealand in the semifinal in 1999.
689 The aggregate of 689 runs in the match is the third highest ever in World Cups behind 754 runs in the South Africa – Sri Lanka contest earlier in the tournament followed by 714 runs in the match between Australia and Bangladesh at Trent Bridge in 2019.
8-0 Pakistan’s World Cup head-to-head record against Sri Lanka which makes it the most one sided affair in the history of the competition. Pakistan went past India’s 7-0 record against themselves, their opponent for the next fixture.
65 balls taken by Kusal Mendis makes it the fastest ever century for Sri Lanka, the sixth fastest ever and the fastest ever by an Asian batter in World Cup contests. The previous fastest for an Asian batter was Kumar Sangakkara’s 70-ball effort against England in Wellington in 2015.
2 Matheesha Pathirana became the second bowler to concede 90+ runs in a match twice in World Cups. On his debut in the tournament against South Africa in Delhi he conceded 95 in ten overs and followed it up with 90 in nine overs today. The only other bowler to suffer the ill fate was Kevin O’Brien who gave away 95 and 90 in successive matches in the 2015 edition.
