Sri Lanka and Australia played out a thriller at the SCG earlier today. Several records were toppled during that match. Here are the list of records that were created in the match.
Glenn Maxwell scored his maiden ODI century, which is also his highest ODI score.
Glenn Maxwell’s century off 51 balls is the fastest by an Australian in ODIs. Previous best was held by James Faulkner against India off 57 balls.
Glenn Maxwell’s hundred is the second fastest hundred in the World Cup history. Kevin O’Brien scored 100 off 50 balls against 2011, which is the highest.
Glenn Maxwell’s hundred equals AB de Villiers’ record for the fastest hundred in the 2015 World Cup.
Australia’s 376/9 is the most runs conceded by Sri Lanka in a World Cup match.
Tillakaratne Dilshan hit Mitchell Johnson for 6 fours in 6 balls in Johnson’s 3rd over. This was the first instance of a batsman hitting all the 6 legal balls of an over for boundaries in World Cup cricket.
Kumar Sangakkara became the second batsman in ODI history after Sachin Tendulkar to make 14,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorers in ODIs with 18426 runs.
Kumar Sangakkara became the first batsman to score three hundreds on the trot in World Cups
Dinesh Chandimal’s 22 ball fifty is the fastest by any Asian player in World Cup history.
25 centuries have been scored in this World Cup, the most in any WC edition. There were 24 centuries hit in 2011 edition.
Sri Lanka became the first team in World Cup history to score 300 or more runs against Australia.
Aggregate of 688-18 is the highest match aggregate for any match in a World Cup. Previously, India vs England with 676-18 at Bangalore in the 2011 version was the highest.