Vettori's record, and another Sangakkara milestone
Stats analysis from the sixth ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Dunedin
Bishen Jeswant
25-Jan-2015
Corey Anderson became the third New Zealand player after Scott Styris and Nathan Astle to score 40-plus runs and take four or more wickets in an ODI • Getty Images
3 Number of times Tillakaratne Dilshan has scored 300-plus runs in a bilateral ODI series. He has scored 316 runs in this series so far. The only other batsmen to score 300-plus run in three or more separate bilateral series are Rahul Dravid (4) and Desmond Haynes (3).
280 Number of ODIs that Daniel Vettori has played in, more than any other New Zealand player. Vettori went past Stephen Fleming, who has played 279 ODIs. Chris Harris (250) is the only other New Zealand player to have played 250 or more ODIs.
1 Number of ODIs in which two batsmen from the same team scored 95 runs or more but were dimissed before scoring a hundred. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor scored 97 and 96 runs respectively. There have been eight instances of two batsmen from the same team being dismissed in the 90s in ODIs.
3 Number of instances when a New Zealand player has scored 40-plus runs and taken four or more wickets in the same ODI. Corey Anderson - with 40 runs and 4 for 52 in this game - is the third player to complete this all-round double after Scott Styris and Nathan Astle.
3 Number of times that Sri Lanka have lost four or more ODIs in a bilateral ODI series outside Asia. Sri Lanka lost 5-1 in South Africa in 2000-01 and 4-1 in 2002-03, in the same country. Sri Lanka are currently 4-1 down in this series. They have played 14 series of four or more ODIs outside Asia.
16 Number of times Sri Lanka have been bowled out for less than 200 against New Zealand. The teams against whom Sri Lanka have suffered this fate more often are Pakistan (26), Australia (20) and India (18).
27 Number of times that Kumar Sangakkara has been dismissed between the scores of 75 and 99 in ODIs, the second-most after Sachin Tendulkar (33). Sangakkara went past Ganguly (26), with his knock of 81 in this ODI.
113 Number of 50-plus scores for Sangakkara, the second-most after Tendulkar (145). Sangakkara went past Ricky Ponting (112)in this game. The Sri Lanka batsman has 93 fifties, which is also second only to Tendulkar (96).