Sri Lanka v Australia, 5th ODI – Statistical Highlights

After getting whitewashed in the Test series, Australia came back strong enough to take the 5-match ODI series against the hosts Sri Lanka by 4-1. After winning the toss, Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 195 despite a 73-run opening stand as a result, the Australians were asked to chase a below par total yet again. Australia chased it down with help of Captain Warner’s ton by losing 5 wickets and with 7 overs to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the match.

2 – David Warner is only the 2nd non-Asian captain to score an ODI century in Sri Lanka. AB de Villiers scored in 2014. In overall, he is only the 5th captain to score an ODI century in Sri Lanka.

2 – David Warner is only the 2nd captain after Sachin Tendulkar to score an ODI century as an opener in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar did it twice; 1996 and 1999.

4 – Number of times Sri Lanka got bowled out in this series, most times by them in an ODI series/tournament at home.

6 – This ODI series between Sri Lanka and Australia is only the 6th bilateral series where the same team batted first in all the games in the series. (Min: 5 matches)

10 – Sri Lanka’s fifty run stand for the opening wicket in this game was their first fifty run stand in 10 ODI innings for the opening wicket.

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12 – Wickets taken by Mitchell Starc in this series, most by him in a bilateral ODI series.

22 – Runs scored for Australia’s 4th wicket stand in this game. They had 60+ stands in the previous 4 ODIs in this series for the 4th wicket.

73 – Partnership runs between Dhananjaya de Silva and Dhanushka Gunathilaka in this game for the first wicket. This is the highest opening stand for Sri Lanka against Australia since Dilshan and Mahela’s 179-run stand in 2012 at Adelaide.

106 – Runs scored by David Warner in this game. He became the first Australian to score a century in ODIs in Sri Lanka.

155 – Runs scored by Matthew Wade in this series, most by an Australian keeper in a bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka. Adam Gilchrist scored 98 runs in 2004 series.

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270 – Runs scored by George Bailey in this series, most by a non-Asian player in a 5-match bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka.

1148 – Runs scored by Sri Lanka in this series. Last time a Top 8 ranked team scores less than these after playing 5 or more completed innings in a bilateral ODI series was in 2013 during the Pakistan and South Africa series in UAE. Pakistan scored 971 runs while South Africa scored 1117 runs.

2005 – Last time Sri Lanka bowled out 4 or more times in a bilateral ODI series was in 2005 vs India in India.