NZ v SL 3rd ODI - Statistical Highlights

New Zealand ended a fruitful year on a disappointing note as they lost the 3rd ODI of the series to Sri Lanka by 9 wickets. The visitors managed to survive another annihilation from the hosts as they chased down a target of 277 comfortably.

Here are the Statistical highlights of New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI:

1 – This is the first time New Zealand lost an ODI which was played on December 31st. Before this game, NZ played 4 matches on the last day of a year. They won 3 of them with another game getting washed out.

3 – This is the 3rd time Sri Lanka won an ODI which was played on December 31st. They have played 5 ODIs on last day of a year and lost 2.

12 – Sri Lankan win brought an end to the 12-match winning streak of New Zealand in ODIs at home.

19 – This is the 19th time when Sri Lanka successfully chased down 275+ in ODIs. Only India (33) has successfully chased down 275+ on more occasions than Sri Lanka.

4 – This is the 4th time when Sri Lanka won an ODI chasing 275+ with losing just 2 or lesser wickets. Overall, only 4 other instances of teams chasing 275+ with losing just 2 or lesser wickets have been recorded. A couple of those have been by India and other two by Pakistan & South Africa.

2 – This is the 2nd time Sri Lanka won an ODI chasing 275+ with losing just 2 or lesser wickets in 2015. No other team did even once this year.

1489 – Runs scored by Martin Guptill in ODI cricket in 2015. These are the most runs by a New Zealander in a calendar year in ODI format. Overall, this is 8th most runs scored in ODI cricket by a batsman in a calendar year.

2692 – Runs scored by Kane Williamson in international cricket in 2015. Only Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara scored more international runs in a calendar year than Williamson.

1376 – Runs scored by Kane Williamson in ODI cricket in 2015. 2nd most runs by a New Zealander in a calendar year after Guptill.

7 – Kane Williamson has recorded 7 fifty plus scores in the last 10 ODI innings.

1207 – Runs scored by Tillakaratne Dilshan in ODIs in 2015. These are most ODI runs by a Sri Lankan opener in a calendar year. Previous the record was held by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 1202 runs in 2001. Overall, he is 3rd highest run-getter in ODIs in 2015, only behind Guptill and Williamson.

65 – This is only the 2nd time all the top 3 batsmen from Sri Lanka scored 65 or more runs in an ODI innings. The first instance was against India at Rajkot in 2009.

28 – Danushka Gunathilaka’s 28 ball fifty was only the 12th fifty recorded by a Sri Lankan in ODI cricket in less than 30 deliveries.

3 – Number of times Tillakaratne Dilshan has scored 90s in ODI cricket. Among players who scored 10,000 and more runs in ODIs, only Dilshan has less than 4 scores of 90s.

277 – Sri Lanka chased down the target of 277 in this game to win. Last time a team successfully chased a total of 275+ was in September 2015. Since then chasing teams failed on 8 occasions while chasing 275+ before this game.