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Thisara Perera - 79 matches, nine MoM awards

Stats highlights from the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Dambulla, which Sri Lanka dominated from start to finish to set up one of their most convincing wins

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
30-Aug-2014
Thisara Perera has won nine Man-of-the-Match awards in just 79 ODIs, of which four have come in 18 matches against Pakistan  •  AFP

Thisara Perera has won nine Man-of-the-Match awards in just 79 ODIs, of which four have come in 18 matches against Pakistan  •  AFP

8 The number of times Pakistan have been bowled out for less than 102, which was their total against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. One of those eight scores was against Sri Lanka, when they were bowled out for 75 in Lahore in 2009, after Sri Lanka had scored 309.
1 The number of times Pakistan have been bowled out for less than 102 after winning the toss and choosing to bat first, as they did in Dambulla. The only such instance was against West Indies in a Benson & Hedges World Series game in Brisbane in 1993, when Pakistan were bowled out for 71 in 23.4 overs. West Indies chased down that score with 30.4 overs to spare.
9 The number of Man-of-the-Match awards for Perera in 79 ODIs, of which four have been against Pakistan. He is already 11th among Sri Lankans with the most such awards. Both his Man-of-the-Series awards have been against Pakistan.
Highest frequency of MoM awards  (min. 50 ODIs)
S. No. Player Matches MoM awards Matches / MoM award
1 IVA Richards 187 31 6.03
2 CG Greenidge 128 20 6.40
3 HM Amla 92 14 6.57
4 SR Tendulkar 463 62 7.47
5 MD Crowe 143 19 7.53
6 V Kohli 136 18 7.56
7 MA Atherton 54 7 7.71
8 Zaheer Abbas 62 8 7.75
9 GS Chappell 74 9 8.22
10 NLTC Perera 79 9 8.78
178 The number of balls that were remaining when Sri Lanka knocked off the target. Only six times have Pakistan lost an ODI by a bigger margin, in terms of balls remaining. Their largest such defeat was against West Indies in 1993, again, this time in Cape Town in a triangular tournament. They were bowled out for 43, their lowest ODI score, and West Indies knocked off the runs in 12.3 overs. Sri Lanka have won an ODI with more balls to spare on 13 occasions, but it was their biggest such win against Pakistan.
15-5 Sri Lanka's win-loss record in ODIs in 2014. They've won series against Bangladesh, Ireland, England and Pakistan - apart from winning the Asia Cup - and lost a series only to South Africa.
26 Sharjeel Khan's highest score in his last ten ODI innings, during which period he has scored 133 runs at an average of 13.30. In his first ODI innings he scored 61.
106 Fawad Alam's batting average since his return to the ODI team. In five innings he has notched up scores of 74, 114*, 62, 30 and 38* - 318 runs at a strike rate of 84.12.
103 The number of ODI wickets for Thisara Perera, which makes him the 14th Sri Lankan to make it to the 100-wicket club in this format. Twenty-nine of those wickets have come in 18 matches against Pakistan, at an average of 24.27. At home, he has taken 55 wickets in 32 games at an average of 19.25; overseas, he has 48 wickets in 47 matches at 34.72.
40 The number of 50-plus scores for Tillakaratne Dilshan in ODIs since the beginning of 2009, which is the third highest, after Kumar Sangakkara (52) and Virat Kohli (48). In 134 ODI innings during this period, Dilshan has scored 5478 runs at an average of 45.65.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats