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Sri Lanka vs South Africa Scorecard, Match 4, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Result · Oct 07 2023, Sat - 02:00 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA428/5
SRI LANKA326
South Africa won by 102 runs
CRR:7.27
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ODI World Cup |
| Date: | Oct 07 2023, Sat - 02:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Delhi |
| Venue: | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Gerald Coetzee |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana |
- South Africa have won each of their last five men’s ODI games played against Sri Lanka at a neutral venue on the bounce; the last time the Proteas suffered such a loss against the Lions came in Hobart in February 2006 when the Lions won the game by 76 runs.
- South Africa have won four of their five men’s ODI games played against Sri Lanka at the World Cup (L1), with the sole such loss coming in Wellington in March 1992 (by three wickets).
- This will be the third men’s ODI fixture played between South Africa and Sri Lanka in India with the Proteas winning in both such instances with an identical margin of 78 runs.
- South Africa have recorded 45 wins against Sri Lanka in men’s ODIs, only against Australia (54), Pakistan (51) and India (50) have the Proteas recorded more wins in the format than the Lions.
- South Africa have caught 82% of their chances in men’s ODI since the beginning of 2022, only England (86%) of all full-member sides have recorded a better such rate than the Proteas during the same period; South Africa have caught 116 of their 142 chances presented to them.
- No side has recorded a higher collective batting strike-rate than South Africa (112) in men’s ODI cricket since the beginning of this year; Sri Lanka are twelfth in the list (89).
- Sri Lankan spinners have bagged 137 wickets since the start of 2023 in men’s ODI cricket, the most wickets by any spin bowling department during the same period; South Africa are joint 10th in the list (57).
- Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka) has recorded a bowling average of 17.4 in men’s ODI cricket since the beginning of 2023, the second-best rate amongst spinners to have bowled a minimum of 30 overs after Kuldeep Yadav (16.0).
- Heinrich Klaasen has struck a boundary once every 4.8 deliveries while batting in 2023, only Mitchell Marsh (4.6) of all the batters to have faced a minimum 200 balls has logged a better rate than Klaasen.
- Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) has scored 819 runs since the start of 2023, only Shubman Gill (1230) has scored more than Nissanka among batters from full-member teams; Nissanka has scored 112 boundary fours this calendar year, only Gill has scored more (140).