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World Cup 2015 Australia v/s Sri Lanka: Trivia following the match

Here's some trivia following the match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney:

World Cup 2015 Australia v/s Sri Lanka: Trivia following the match

Here's some trivia following the match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney:

1) Glenn Maxwell's 51-ball century was the second fastest in World Cups, behind Kevin O'Brien's (Ireland) century off 50 balls against England in 2011.

2) Kumar Sangakkara became the fourth batsman ever to score 3 centuries in a World Cup, and the first to make 3 consecutive centuries in a World Cup.

3) Tillakaratne Dilshan's six boundaries off an over is the only time six fours have been hit off an over in a World Cup. It is also just 2 runs behind the most expensive over by an Australian in ODIs. Three Australian bowlers - Simon Davis, Craig McDermott and Xavier Doherty have each conceded 26 runs off one over.

4) Sri Lanka have now lost 4 of their last 5 matches against Australia at the World Cup. A 2011 World Cup match at Colombo ended in a no result.

5) Maxwell's century at No 5 is the 5th century at No 5 in this World Cup, the most number for any World Cup.

6) Sangakkara becomes only the second batsman to score 14000 runs in ODI cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar. He is also the second fastest to the milestone. Sangakkara took 378 innings as against Tendulkar's 350. Like Tendulkar, Sangakkara also scored a century in the match he reached 14000 runs. 

 

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