ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Head to Head Record and Venue Statistics.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka will start their World Cup campaign at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff when they face-off against each other. The Kiwis have always made their presence felt in the previous editions by reaching the knockouts on numerous occasions. But, former cricketers feel that the current New Zealand side has several talented players such as Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Trent Boult and Tim Southee in their ranks, lead by a level-headed Kane Williamson have the fire in them to go one step further and win the trophy for the first time ever. Sri Lanka, on the other hand have had various issues coming into the tournament and do not have a settled look to their side. They have lost both their warm-up games against South Africa and Australia comfortably.

New Zealand go into this game as favorites, but they need to be wary of the fact that Sri Lanka too have proven match-winners such as Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera who have the potential to turn the game on its head with their performances.

Head to Head Records:

In World Cups: Played-10, Sri Lanka-6, New Zealand-4.

Previous Encounter: New Zealand won by 98 runs at Christchurch on 14th Feb 2015.

In ODIs: Played-98, Sri Lanka-41, New Zealand- 48, Tied-1, No Result-8.

Previous Encounter: New Zealand won by 115 runs at Nelson on 8th Jan 2019.

Venue Statistics- Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Sri Lanka- Played-4, Lost-4

New Zealand- Played-6, Won-3, Lost-3

Highest total- 342/8 by England against Australia on 16th June 2018.

Lowest total-  138 by Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 9th June 2013.

Avg first innings score- 227

Avg second innings score- 216