Famous cricket players of Sri Lanka: Thilan Samaraweera

• Thilan Thusara Samaraweera is a right hand batsman of Sri Lankan cricket team. Although he plays in both ODI and test cricket formats but his credentials in test cricket have been more promising. The batting average of Samaraweera is around 50 in test cricket which is clear evidence of his brilliance in test cricket.
• Thilan Samaraweera made his ODI debut on November 6, 1998 against India. In 50 one day international matches, Samaraweera has scored 818 runs with an average of 27.26 including only two centuries and 0 fifties. The highest score by Samaraweera has been 105 runs.
• Thilan Samaraweera made his test debut on August 29, 2001 against India. In 63 test cricket matches, Samaraweera has scored 4395 runs with an excellent batting average of 54.25 including 50 fifties and 12 hundreds, thus making him an undoubted choice for test cricket squad of Sri Lanka.
• The overall ODI average of Samaraweera is under 27 but in 13 match streak of 2010, he had a very prolific average of 49.33. Samaraweera is playing in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup but the performance has not been very impressive as he has sparkled the most in test cricket.
• Samaraweera is on of the most important players in the current Srilankan cricket squad. His role as a batsman is likely to become more important in future when Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardane will retire. 

Quarter final Analysis: England vs Sri Lanka cricket teams in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

World Cup win/loss record of England vs Sri Lanka:

• Total matches played: 8
• England cricket team won: 6
• Sri Lanka cricket team won: 2

One day international win/loss record of England cricket team against Sri Lanka:

• Total matches played: 44
• England cricket team won: 23 matches
• Sri Lanka cricket team won: 21

Fourth Quarter-final of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be played between England cricket team and Sri Lanka cricket team at the Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Sri Lanka’s journey to quarter-finals has been every easy; they won 4 of their matches, lost just 1 match to Pakistan and the match with Australia was washed away due to rain. But the journey for England has been a rollercoaster ride. Their first match against India got tied; they lost matches against Ireland and Bangladesh and won matches against South Africa and West Indies. Here are some notable points which should be kept in mind regarding this Quarter-final.

Batting Strength and Weakness:

England’s batting is the main strength of their team. Jonathan Trott and Andrew Strauss are one of the most successful batsmen in this tournament with more than 300 runs against thier name. Ian Bell and Matt Prior have also supported the England cricket team’s batting line up well. Sri Lanka, on the hand has one of the best top-order batsmen in their team. Their skipper Kumar Sangakkara is the leading run-scorer in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. If Sri Lanka gets a solid start then they can be destructive with the bat. The only problem with the Sri Lankan batting is their middle order, they don’t have reliable player in the middle order.

Batting Strength and Weakness:

England has one of the weakest bowling line-up and it was infuriated after the injury of their striker bowler Stuart Broad. Graeme Swann has been the most successful bowler for England cricket team in this world cup. The situation is different for Sri Lankan cricket team who have well balanced bowling line up consisting of pacers and spinners. Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis are the most feared spinners in the world and they have done well in group matches. Lasith Malinga has been outstanding with the old ball and has even managed to pick his 2^nd hatrick in world cups.

Conclusion:

Both teams are balanced sides with different strengths and weaknesses. Sri Lanka may have the advantage of home ground and home crowd but England will never easily gave away the match as we have seen earlier in group matches.

England vs Sri Lanka- World Cup Records

• The two cricketing nations have met 8 times in world cup matches. England has won 6 while Sri Lankan has won only 2 matches.
• Till 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup, England cricket team had been beating Sri Lanka cricket team badly but since then there have been close matches between them.
• The two teams met in the Quarter-final of 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup which was won by Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 82 runs from just 40 balls.
• David Gower of England is the player who has scored a century in the world cup matches between these countries.
• Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Nuwan Kulasekara have been the most successful bowlers from Sri Lankan side against England cricket team in the recent years. From England side, Graeme Swann and James Anderson have been successful in taking crucial wickets.
• The two teams last met in 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, the match was won by England by six wickets.
• Chamara Silva, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga, Mahela Jayawerdene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Tilakaratne Dilshan and Upal Tharagana are the players who played in 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup match involving these teams.
• The teams have not played any world cup match against each other in the world cups of 1975, 1979 and 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Statistics

Cricket World Cup is a very important tournament for all Test playing teams of Cricket world. Performing well in a World Cup tournament is a dream of every Cricket player. 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 10th Edition of this tournament.

Leading Wicket Takers in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Player	Team	Wickets	Matches
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	21	8
Zaheer Khan	India	19	8
Tim Southee	New Zealand	18	8
Robin Peterson	South Africa	15	7
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	15	8

Leading Run Scorers in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Player	Team	Runs	Matches
Tilakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	467	8
Sachin Tendulkar	India	464	8
Jonathon Trott	England	422	7
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	417	8
Upal Tharanga	Sri Lanka	393	8
Virender Sehwag	India	380	7
Yuvraj Singh	India	341	7

Most Catches in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Player	Team	Catches	Matches
Mahela Jayawerdene	Sri Lanka	8	8
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	6	7
Robin Peterson	South Africa	6	7
Kieron Pollard	West Indies	6	7
John Davison	Canada	5	5
Tilakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	6

Most Dismissals (by a wicket-keeper) in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Player	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Caught	Stumped
Brad Haddin	Australia	7	13	13	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	8	13	9	4
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	8	12	8	4
Matt Prior	England	7	10	7	3
Devon Thomas	West Indies	5	10	7	3

 

 

Most Player of the Match Awards in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

 

Player	Team	Awards	Matches
Yuvraj Singh	India	4	8
AB de Villiers	South Africa	2	5
Kemar Roach	West Indies	2	6
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2	8
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	2	7

 

Semi Finals and Final-Cricket World Cup 2007

The Ninth Cricket World Cup was played in 2007 in West Indies. Super Eight stage was introduced in this tournament and the top 4 teams of the super 8 stage went on to play the semi finals. New Zealand, Sri lanka, Australia and South Africa qualified for the 2007 cricket world cup semi finals.

1^st Semi final Cricket World Cup 2007:

1. The first semi-final of 2007 Cricket World Cup was played on 24^th April, 2007. Sri Lankan cricket team faced New Zealand in this first semi final.
2. Srilanka Scored 289 runs. Upal Tharanga scored 73 runs and Jayawardene scored 115 runs.
3. New Zealand cricket team was all out for 208 runs. PG Fulton scored 49 runs and SB Styris scored 37 runs.
4. Muttiah Muralitharan took 4 wickets for Sri lanka.
5. DPMD Jayawardene was declared Man of the Match in the semifinal of cricket world cup 2007.

2^nd Semifinal Cricket World Cup 2007:

1. The second semi-final of 2007 Cricket World Cup was played on 25^th April, 2007. Australia faced South Africa in the semi final of Ninth Cricket World Cup.
2. South African cricket team scored 149 runs in total. HH Gibbs scored 39 runs and JM Kemp scored 49 runs.
3. SW Tait took 4 wickets and GD McGrath took 3 wickets for Australia.
4. Australia won the match by 7 wickets with 111 balls remaining.
5. MJ Clarke scored 60 runs and ML Hayden scored 41 runs for Australia.
6. Glenn McGrath was declared Man of the Match.
7. The Final of 2007 Cricket World Cup was played between Sri lanka and Australia.

Final-Cricket World Cup 2007

The Ninth World Cup of Cricket was played in the West Indies and Australia faced Sri Lanka in the final of 2007 Cricket World Cup. The defending champions Australian walked the ground with immense confidence and won the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Here are few of the facts about the 2007 Cricket World Cup final:

1. The final match of 2007 Cricket World Cup was played on 28^th April, 2007.
2. Australian cricket team scored 281 runs in which 149 runs were contributed by Adam Gilchrist.
3. S Jayasuriya of Sri Lankan cricket team scored 63 runs and Kumara Sangakkara scored 54 runs for Sri lanka.
4. Michael Clarke took two wickets for Australian cricket team.
5. Sri Lankan cricket team was 214 when bad light stopped play and Australia was declared the cricket world cup 2007 champion.
6. Adam Gilchrist was declared Man of the Match. Glenn McGrath of Australia cricket team was declared Man of the Series in 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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