27 wins, four semi-finals, two finals, one title

27 World Cup matches Sri Lanka have won in the last five editions of the tournament, since 1996, second only to Australia's 38. Their win-loss ratio of 2.25 (27 wins, 12 defeats in 41 matches) is third during this period, after Australia (38-6) and South Africa (25-11). Before 1996, they had won only four out of 25 World Cup matches.

4 Number of times in the last five World Cups that Sri Lanka has reached semi-final stage. They went on to win one World Cup (1996), and finished runners up in 2007 and 2011. The only other team to reach at least the semi-finals in four out of the last five World Cups is Australia.

31.86 Bowling average of Sri Lankan spinners since 2013 when bowling outside Asia, the best for any team. They have taken 59 wickets in 27 ODIs during this period.

25.50 Batting average of Sri Lanka's batsmen since 2013 when playing outside Asia, the poorest for any top-eight team, with only Zimbabwe and Bangladesh doing worse. Also, their batsmen only have a strike-rate of 76.1 in those conditions, the second-lowest after Pakistan (75.1).

27 Number of 50-plus scores by Kumar Sangakkara since 2013, the most by any player. The next-highest is also by a Sri Lankan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, who has 21 such scores. The top run-getters in this period are also Sangakkara (2778) and Dilshan (2547).

5 Sri Lanka batsmen who have scored 1000-plus runs since 2013, all five of whom will be seen in action at the upcoming World Cup.

7 Sri Lankan bowlers who have taken 40-plus wickets since 2013, the most for any team. India have five such bowlers, Pakistan and South Africa have four, Australia three, England two, while West Indies and New Zealand have one each.

1 Number of players who have scored 1000-plus runs and taken 40-plus wickets since 2013; Angelo Mathews is the only one. He has scored 1883 runs at an average of 47.07 and picked up 41 wickets at a bowling average of 33.48.

7.55 Sri Lanka's run rate in the last ten overs of ODIs in the last couple of years. Among the top teams, only England (7.47) and Pakistan (7.23) have a poorer run rate.

31.1 The average age of the Sri Lankan squad, the highest among the Test nations, with only UAE averaging more among other teams (32.5). The average age of each of the other teams is below 30. Four players in the Sri Lankan squad are over 35: Herath (36), Sangakkara (37), Mahela Jayawardene (37) and Dilshan (38).