Canada capped TG Gordon in this game providing the 188th occasion of a batsman making his one day debut in world cup games. He became the 29th Canadian cricketer to make his one day debut in world cup. He became the 71st Canadian cricketer to make his debut in one day games
KC Sangakkara and A Bagai became the 84th and 85th captains to lead a team in world cup cricket. KC Sangakkara became the eighth captain to lead Sri Lanka in world cup. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {11}: A Ranatunga {11}: ST Jayasuriya {10}: PA de Silva {08}: LRD Mendis {12}: B Warnapura {01} and APB Tenekoon {04}. A Bagai became the fourth captain to lead Canada in world cup cricket. Others are – JV Harris {06}: JM Davison {03} and BM Mauriette {03}
For the first time in the world cup, two rival captains were wicket keeper captains. Sri Lanka was led by KC Sangakkara and Canada was led by A Bagai.
KC Sangakkara and A Bagai became the ninth and tenth wicket keeper captains to lead a team in the world cup. Others are – BM Mauricette of Canada, AJ Stewart of England, LK Germon of New Zealand, A Flower of Zimbabwe, Khaled Mashud of Bangladesh, J Smits of Netherlands and MS Dhoni of India
KC Sangakkara scored 92 in this game providing the first occasion of a captain scoring ninety on world cup debut. KC Sangakkara became the 18th captain to score a fifty on world cup debut
DPMD Jayawardene scored 100 in this game providing the 106th occasion of batsman scoring hundreds in world cup. His knock represents the ninth hundred by Sri Lankan batsmen in world cup. His knock represents the 1117th hundred in the annals of one day games. His knock represents the 111th hundred by Sri Lankan batsman in one day games.
DPMD Jayawardene registered his second hundred in world cup. The other hundred was his 115 not out vs New Zealand at Kingston on 24.04.07. He became the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to score two or more hundreds in world cup. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {03}, PA de Silva {02| and MS Atapattu {02}
DPMD Jayawardene’s 100 in this game represent his 12th hundred of his one day career representing Sri Lanka. He now stands second in the list of most hundred getters from Sri Lanka. ST Jayasuriya holds the record with 28 hundreds to his credit. On his way to 12th hundred, DPMD Jayawardene went past MS Atapattu and PA de Silva who had scored eleven hundreds.
DPMD Jayawardene scored his 13th hundred of his career – 12 hundreds representing Sri Lanka and one hundred representing Asia Eleven.
DPMD Jayawardene has played 24 world cup games prior to the start of the world cup and the game against Canada was his 25th world cup game. He became the 37th cricketer to appear in 25 plus world cup games.
KC Sangakkar’s 92 in this game provide the 434th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the annals of one day games. His knock represents the 40th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a ninety in one day games
KC Sangakkara’s 92 in this game provide the 38th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the world cup. His knock represents the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a ninety in world cup. The other two occasions are – 91 by PA de Silva vs Zimbabwe at Col-SSC on 21.02.96 and 92 by PA de Silva vs Australia at Centurion on 07.03.03
KC Sangakkara {92} and DPMD Jayawardene {100} scored ninety and hundred in this game providing the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty and a hundred in the world cup. The other occasions are – AC Gilchrist {99} and RT Ponting {114} of Australia vs New Zealand at Centurion on 07.03.03 : MJ Clarke {93*} and BJ Hodge {123} of Australia vs Netherlands at at Basseterre on 18.03.07 and RT Ponting {93}, MJ Clarke {92} and RT Ponting {101} of Australia vs South Africa at St Kitts on 24.03.07}
KC Sangakkara {92} and DPMD Jayawardene {100} scored ninety and hundred in this game providing the 40th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty and a hundred in the annals of one day games.
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