ICC World Cup 2015: Sri Lanka v Scotland - Stats of the match

Sri Lanka defeated Scotland by a massive 148-run margin in a Pool A World Cup match at Hobart. Opting to bat first, centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan (104 off 99) and Kumar Sangakkara (124 off 95) powered the Islanders to 363/9 in their 50 overs. In reply, the Scots could only manage 215 runs before being bowled out in the 44th over. Captain Preston Mommsen and Freddie Coleman scoring half-centuries, while Lankan pacers Nuwan Kulasekara and Dushmantha Chameera picked up 3 wickets each. Here is a compilation of the most important stats from the match:

#1 First player to score 4 consecutive centuries

Kumar Sangakkara has become the first player in the history of ODI cricket to score 4 consecutive centuries. 6 players have scored 3 consecutive centuries in ODIs so far: Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs, Ross Taylor, AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock.

Sangakkara has 25 ODI centuries to his name in the 403 ODIs that he has played. We are only into the third month of the year, and Sangakkara has already scored 1000 international runs.

#2 Most centuries in a World Cup

Kumar Sangakkara now has most number of centuries in a World Cup: 4. Following the failures in the first two matches of this edition, against New Zealand and Afghanistan, Sangakkara has notched up hundreds against Bangladesh (105 off 76), England (117 off 86), Australia (104 off 107) and Scotland (124 off 95).

#3 5 World Cup centuries

Kumar Sangakkara is second on the list of players with most World Cup centuries. Sachin Tendulkar, who played 6 ODI World Cups from 1992 to 2011, leads the list with 6 centuries to his name.

As Sangakkara has announced that he will retire from ODIs after this World Cup, he will need to score 2 centuries in the knockouts to topple Tendulkar from the top spot. Assuming that the Islanders qualify for the final of the 2015 World Cup, Sangakkara will have a maximum of 3 chances.

It would be an incredible achievement if he manages to do so, especially when you consider he was nowhere close to the scene ahead of this tournament.

Player	Country	Matches	Centuries
Sachin Tendulkar	India	45	6
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	36	5
Ricky Ponting	Australia	46	5
AB de Villiers	South Africa	20	4
Sourav Ganguly	India	21	4
Mark Waugh	Australia	22	4
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	26	4
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	39	4

#4 2nd fastest World Cup 50

Angelo Mathews scored a fifty off just 20 balls to register the second fastest half-century in the history of ODI World Cups. The record for the fastest World Cup half-century is with current New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who raced to a 18-ball 50 earlier in the tournament against England at Wellington.

Player	Country	Balls	Opposition
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	18	England
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	20	Canada
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	20	Scotland
Mark Boucher	South Africa	21	Netherlands
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	21	Australia
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	21	Afghanistan

#5 Leading wicket-taker

With 14 wickets to his name, Scotland medium pacer Josh Davey is now the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing World Cup. Davey picked up the crucial wickets of Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene to spark a mini-collapse, but Mathews’ half-century made sure the Lankans managed to recover quite well.

Player	Country	Matches	Wickets
Josh Davey	Scotland	5	14
Trent Boult	New Zealand	5	13
Tim Southee	New Zealand	5	13
Mitchell Starc	Australia	4	12
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	5	12
Mohammed Shami	India	4	12