Stats
South Africa take on Sri Lanka in the 2nd Super 8s match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 at the Providence Stadium, Guyana. Here are a few statistics about two of the top contenders for the crown.
1. The South Africa-Sri Lanka clash will be the first ODI to be played at Providence Stadium. The Stadium is located 9 kms away from the Guyana capital Georgetown and was built ahead of ICC World Cup 2007.
2. Sri Lanka’s fast bowler Lasith Malinga needs 5 wickets to complete 50 wickets in his career. He will be playing his 32nd ODI.
3. Ashwell Prince is nearing the 1000-run mark. He has scored 933 runs in 46 ODIs and needs another 67 runs. He has never scored a 100 in his career. Prince would be the 6th South African batsman to score 1000 runs without any hundred. Shaun Pollock is on the top of the list with 2988 runs without any century.
4. Pollock needs 12 runs to complete 3000 runs in his career. He has scored 2988 runs in 277 matches.
5. Kumar Sangakkara needs three stumpings to reach the 50 mark. Further, he needs 3 catches to complete 175 catches of his career.
6. Sangakkara needs 20 runs to complete 1000 runs against South Africa. He has scored 980 runs in 27 innings so far. Marvan Atapattu (1164) and Sanath Jayasuriya (1030) have scored over 1000 runs for Sri Lanka Vs South Africa while Jacques Kallis (1193) has done it for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
7. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 46 wickets against South Africa. He needs 4 more to reach the 50-wicket mark. From South Africa, only Shaun Pollock has got more than 50 wickets against Sri Lanka.
