ICC Cricket ODI World Cup Sri Lanka vs England Head to Head Record

Let’s take a look at the ICC Cricket ODI World Cup Sri Lanka vs England Head to Head Record.

In the World Cup so far, England and Sri Lanka have played each other 11 times. Six of these were victories for England, while the other five were losses. In their most recent match, Sri Lanka defeated England by 20 runs at the 2019 ICC World Cup.

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup, England and Sri Lanka first faced off against one another. Group A was assigned to both teams. On June 11, 1983, at Taunton, they played each other first. England chose to bat first after winning the toss. 

The Sri Lankan batsmen had to chase down a mountain of a score after they established one, 334. An English century was scored by David Gower. Vic Marks took a five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka was bowled out for 286 runs while attempting to chase the enormous score. their subsequent meeting

At the 1987 World Cup, these sides once more faced off against one another twice. Similar to the previous World Cup, England won both games. On October 17, the first game was held in Peshawar. After winning the toss, England decided to start batting. 

The innings of Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb reached 296 runs after 50 overs thanks to their half-centuries. Rain caused the Sri Lankan innings to be cut short, and their aim was adjusted to 267 runs. However, they could only muster 158 runs, losing the game by 108 runs. The second game took place on October 30 in Pune. When Sri Lanka won the toss, they chose to bat first. They scored 218 on the board, which English batsmen quickly chased down.

Their subsequent World Cup match took place on March 9, 1992, at Easter Oval in Ballarat, Australia. After choosing to bat first and winning the toss, England scored 280 runs. After 44 overs with a score of just 174, Sri Lankans were all in the pavilion chasing a target of 281.

Both sides faced off against one another in the quarterfinals of the 1996 World Cup. After winning the toss, England decided to start batting. They scored 235 runs, with Phi and DeFreitas each scoring 50. Sanath Jayasuriya’s 82 runs, which enabled his team reach the goal in the 41st over, spearheaded Sri Lanka’s outstanding batting display in response. In the end, Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup.

These two faced off in the tournament’s opening game at Lord’s during the 1999 World Cup. The hosts had a comfortable victory. The toss was won by England, who elected to field first. Alan Mullaly’s four-wicket performance helped England dismiss their adversaries for 204 runs. They comfortably attained their goal thanks to Graeme Hick’s unbroken 73 points.

On April 4, 2007, these teams faced off against one another in a very close match at the Super 8 stage of the ICC World Cup. England was able to contain Sri Lanka for 235 runs after winning the toss and elected to bowl first. Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene both scored significant half-centuries for their teams. Early on in their chase of 236 England lost two wickets. The run chase between Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen is back on track. They did, however, lose 4 wickets in quick succession while only scoring 32 runs throughout that time. When their team needed 12 runs in the final over, Paul Nixon and Ravi Bopara helped them come extremely close. Dilhara Fernando delivered a fantastic delivery to get the final three runs needed.

In the quarterfinal round of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, each team played one another. Sri Lanka dominated the game the entire time. England elected to bat first after winning the toss. They scored 229 runs in total. Dilshan and Upul Tharanga, the opening duo for Sri Lanka, destroyed the English bowling unit and hit an undefeated century to earn their team a victory by 10 wickets.

Both teams were in Pool A for the 2015 World Cup. At Wellington, they engaged in competition. The game had a lot of scoring. After winning the toss, England scored 209 runs with a century from Joe Root and a loss of 6 wickets. The Sri Lankan batsmen in reaction never gave England a chance.

Their most recent World Cup match took place on June 22, 2019, at Leeds. The game was close and featured the biggest upset of the 2019 ICC World Cup so far. The winning team, Sri Lanka, chose to bat first. Sri Lanka scored 232 runs thanks in large part to a valiant inning of 85 runs by Angelo Mathews. The target was expected to be easily pursued by England, but due to outstanding bowling from Lasith Malinga and Dhananjaya de Silva, the English team was bowled out 20 runs short of the mark.

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