Sri Lanka at the cricket World Cup

Most Runs
Players	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL)	9	500	144	62.50	90.74
Sachin Tendulkar(India)	9	482	120	53.55	91.98
Kumar Sangakkara(SL)	9	465	111	93.00	83.78

Most Wickets
Players	Mat	WKts	BBI	Ave	Econ
Shahid Afridi(Pak)	8	21	5/16	12.85	3.62
Zaheer Khan(India)	9	21	3/20	18.76	4.83
Tim Southee(NZ)	8	18	3/13	17.33	4.31

Group A	Group B
	Australia		India
	Pakistan		South Africa
	New Zealand		England
	Sri Lanka		West Indies
	Zimbabwe		Bangladesh
	Canada		Ireland
	Kenya		Netherlands

Group A
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	0	10	+0.758
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	9	+2.582
Australia	6	4	1	0	1	9	+1.123
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	8	+1.135
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	4	+0.030
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	2	-1.987
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	0	-3.042

Group B
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	10	+2.026
India	6	4	1	1	0	9	+0.900
England	6	3	2	1	0	7	+0.072
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	6	+1.066
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	0	6	-1.361
Ireland	6	2	4	0	0	4	-0.696
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	0	-2.045

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 / Sri Lanka

India v Sri Lanka, final, World Cup 2011, Mumbai

Mahela Jayawardene has said his sublime century in the World Cup final was no consolation following his team's six-wicket defeat

India v Sri Lanka, final, World Cup 2011, Mumbai

Malinga says wet ball hampered bowling

Lasith Malinga has said he could not bowl yorkers in the final against India because the ball was wet, while Muttiah Muralitharan said the inability of the spinners to get wickets caused the loss

Indian Premier League 2011

Injured Mathews out of IPL

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will miss the upcoming IPL as he will be out of action for eight weeks due to the injury that also caused him to miss the World Cup final against India

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The Sri Lankan team sit with their country's president Mahinda Rajapakse © AFP

Kumar Sangakkara smiles on meeting Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse © AFP

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World Cup Performances

Year	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Winner
1975	3	0	3	0	0	West Indies
1979	2	1	1	0	0	West Indies
1983	6	1	5	0	0	India
1987	6	0	6	0	0	Australia
1992	8	2	5	0	1	Pakistan
1996	6	6	0	0	0	Sri Lanka
1999	5	2	3	0	0	Australia
2003	10	5	4	1	0	Australia
2007	11	8	3	0	0	Australia

POINTS TABLE GROUP A

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	10	+0.758	1312/275.1	1155/288.0
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	1	9	+2.582	1336/218.4	882/250.0
Australia	6	4	1	1	9	+1.123	1181/218.5	1030/241.0
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	8	+1.135	1257/241.3	1156/284.0
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	4	+0.030	1288/288.0	1189/267.4
Canada	6	1	5	0	2	-1.987	1054/295.3	1582/284.5
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	-3.042	932/300.0	1366/222.1

Team fixtures

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Sun Feb 20 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	N/A
Sat Feb 26 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Tue Mar 1 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sat Mar 5 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	20th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Australia at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Thu Mar 10 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	26th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Fri Mar 18 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	38th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Sat Mar 26 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	4th Quarter-Final - Sri Lanka v England at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Tue Mar 29 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	1st Semi-Final - Sri Lanka v New Zealand at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sat Apr 2 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	Final - India v Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A