Kusal Mendis breaks multiple records against New Zealand to set up a record ODI total

Sri Lanka started the three-match home ODI series against New Zealand powerfully before a rain interruption in the last over of the first innings. Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis scored centuries. 

Kusal Mendis breaks multiple records against New Zealand to set up a record ODI total
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Sandipan Ghosh

| Nov 14, 2024, 1:28 am IST

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Sri Lanka started the three-match home ODI series against New Zealand powerfully before a rain interruption in the last over of the first innings.  

After Sri Lanka chose to bat first, the hosts scored 324/5 in 49.2 overs before rain interrupted the game. While the opener Avishka Fernando scored 100 runs off 115 balls with the help of nine fours and two sixes, the wicketkeeper-batter 143 runs off 128 balls with the help of 17 fours and two sixes. 

Also, the skipper Charith Asalanka played a powerful cameo late as he scored 40 off 28 balls (three fours and two sixes) and was out just before the rain interruption. 

Here are some key stats of the innings

Sri Lankan opener Avishka Fernando and the no.3 batter Kusal Mendis set up a 206-run partnership for the second wicket.

  • It was Sri Lanka’s second ODI double-century partnership as well as the highest ODI partnership for any wicket against New Zealand. Their previous record was a 201-run partnership for the opening wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga at Napier in 2006. 

 

  • It was Sri Lanka’s fourth 200+ ODI partnership for the second wicket and third-highest ODI partnership for the second wicket.

Partners

Partnership runs

Opposition

Venue

Date

Lahiru Thirimanne

and Kumar Sangakkara 

212*

England

Wellington

1 March 2015

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara 

210*

Bangladesh

Melbourne

26 February 2015

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis

206

New Zealand

Dambulla

13 November 2024

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara 

200

India

Hobart

28 February 2012

 

  • It was Sri Lanka’s sixth-highest ODI partnership for any wicket at home. 

Partners

Partnership wicket

Partnership runs

Opposition

Venue

Date

Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan

1st

282

Zimbabwe

Pallekele

10 March 2011

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis

3rd

239

West Indies

Hambantota

26 February 2020

Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan

1st

231*

England

Colombo (RPS)

26 March 2011

Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka 

1st

229

Zimbabwe

Hambantota

6 July 2017

Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka 

1st

209

Zimbabwe

Hambantota

8 July 2017

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis

2nd

206

New Zealand

Dambulla

13 November 2024

 

Kusal Mendis scored 143 runs.

  • It was the highest individual ODI score by a wicketkeeper-batter against New Zealand. The previous record was 142 by the Zimbabwean Dave Houghton in the 1987 Hyderabad ODI during the ICC Cricket World Cup 1987.

 

  • It was the highest individual ODI score by a Sri Lankan batter against New Zealand. The previous record was 140 runs by two Lankan batters, Sanath Jayasuriya (at Bloemfontein in 1994) and Thisara Perera (at Mount Maunganui in 2019).

 

  • It was the second-highest individual ODI score by a Sri Lankan wicketkeeper. The record is 169 runs by Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa in the 2013 Colombo (RPS) ODI.  

 

  • It was the third-highest individual ODI score by a Sri Lankan non-opener. 

Player

Runs scored

Opposition

Venue

Date

Kumar Sangakkara

169

South Africa

Colombo (RPS)

20 July 2013

Aravinda de Silva

145

Kenya

Kandy

6 March 1996

Kusal Mendis

143

New Zealand

Dambulla

13 November 2024

 

  • It was the fifth-highest individual ODI score by a Sri Lankan batter at home.

Player

Runs scored

Opposition

Venue

Date

Pathum Nissanka

210*

Afghanistan

Pallekele

9 February 2024

Kumar Sangakkara

169

South Africa

Colombo (RPS)

20 July 2013

Aravinda de Silva

145

Kenya

Kandy

6 March 1996

Tillakratne Dilshan

144

Zimbabwe

Pallekele

10 March 2011

Kusal Mendis

143

New Zealand

Dambulla

13 November 2024

 

Sri Lanka scored 324/5 in 49.2 overs.

  • It was the second time for Sri Lanka to score a 300+ total against New Zealand, as it was the second-highest ODI total for Sri Lanka against New Zealand. The record is 326 all out in 49 overs during the 2019 Mount Maunganui ODI.

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