Sri Lanka v Australia, 4th ODI – Statistical Highlights

Australia sealed their 3rd consecutive bilateral ODI series win in Sri Lanka after they comfortably defeated the hosts in 4th ODI by 6-wickets to take a winning lead of 3-1 in the series with one more game to be played. After electing to bat with 4 Perera’s in their XI, Sri Lanka managed to post just 212 in their 50 overs before getting bowled out on the last ball. Australian openers countered the Sri Lankan batting by aggressive batting display. Their way of approach continued till the end as they needed just 31 overs to chase down the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the match.

3 – Avishka Fernando became the 3rd Sri Lankan opener to be dismissed for a duck on ODI debut. Susil Fernando and Mahela Udawatte are the other two.

4 – Number of 60+ stands Australia had for the 4th wicket in this series. Only the 5th time they had as many as four 60+ stands in an ODI series for the 4th wicket.

8.1 – Overs taken by Australia for the innings 100, their fastest in ODIs. They took 10 overs for the 100-run mark vs Bangladesh in 2011.

6/45 – John Hastings’ figures of 6/45 are the 2nd best by an Australian against Sri Lanka and the 3rd best for any team player against Sri Lanka.

10 – Number of 6-wickets hauls recorded in ODIs in Sri Lanka, the most in a country. South Africa had seen 6-wicket hauls 9 times in ODIs.

13.45 – Partnership run rate for Australia’s first wicket in this game, the highest ever for the opening wicket in ODIs. (Min: 50 runs)

18 – Balls taken by Aaron Finch for his fifty in this game, the joint fastest ODI fifty by an Australian. Simon O’Donnell vs Sri Lanka in 1990 and Glenn Maxwell vs India in 2013 took 18 balls for their fifties.

62.41 – George Bailey’s ODI average of 62.41 in Asia is the highest for any player in this continent. (Min: 15 innings)

76 – Runs scored by Dhananjaya de Silva in this game as an opener. He broke the Sri Lankan record for most runs scored in maiden innings as an opener in ODIs. Previous highest was 74* by S Jayantha in 2004.

90.91 – Percentage of runs Aaron Finch scored in boundaries in this game, the 3rd highest for an Australian in a fifty plus scored ODI innings.

114 – Balls remaining for Australia at end of their chase. These is their highest win margin in terms of balls while chasing a 200+ target.

2114 – Balls bowled in this series before the first no-ball was bowled by any bowler. Dilruwan Perera bowled the first no-ball in the series.

2009 – Last time before this series, Australia had 4 fifty-plus stands for the 4th wicket in a bilateral ODI series was in 2009 vs India in India.

3712 – Balls bowled by Dilruwan Perera in international cricket before bowling his first no-ball.