World Cup 2015: Ten facts you need to know about South Africa-Sri Lanka quarterfinal

Ten facts for Wednesday’s World Cup quarter-final between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground: - Seven of the last eight one-day internationals between these teams have been won by the team that batted first. All eight of these matches were played in Sri Lanka. - The last 16 ODIs between South Africa and Sri Lanka have produced eight wins apiece. - Mahela Jayawardene averages 22.9 in the 42 ODI innings he has played against South Africa, his second lowest average against the 18 teams he has faced. - Lasith Malinga recorded the only instance in ODIs of a bowler taking four wickets in four balls in the 2007 World Cup clash between these teams, a one-wicket victory for South Africa. [caption id=“attachment_2157645” align=“alignleft” width=“259”] Kumar Sangakkara has been in stunning form. AFP[/caption] - Malinga has taken 92 ODI wickets bowled, the joint-fifth most with Anil Kumble. Wasim Akram (176) has the most. - Kumar Sangakkara needs one stumping to become the first wicket-keeper to take 100 ODI stumpings. - Sangakkara needs four runs to become the seventh player to score 500 runs in a World Cup tournament. He has four centuries in this tournament, the most recorded in a single World Cup. - De Villiers (1,142 runs in 21 innings) needs seven runs to pass Jacques Kallis (1,148 in 32) as South Africa’s leading World Cup run-scorer. - Tillakaratne Dilshan has scored 148 runs off the 144 balls Morne Morkel has bowled to him in ODIs and been dismissed twice. - David Miller has scored 32 runs off the 19 balls Thisara Perera has bowled to him in ODIs, hitting two fours and three sixes, without being dismissed. OVERALL Played: 59 South Africa wins: 28 Sri Lanka wins: 29 Tied: 1 No result: 1 First meeting: March 02, 1992 Wellington Sri Lanka won by three wickets Last five meetings: July 28, 2013 Pallekele Sri Lanka won by eight wickets July 31, 2013 Colombo Sri Lanka won by 128 runs July 06, 2014 Colombo South Africa won by 75 runs July 09, 2014 Pallekele Sri Lanka won by 87 runs July 12, 2014 Hambantota South Africa won by 82 runs WORLD CUP Played: 4 South Africa wins: 2 Sri Lanka wins: 1 Tied: 1 March 02, 1992 Wellington Sri Lanka won by three wickets May 19, 1999 Northampton South Africa won by 89 runs March 03, 2003 Durban Match tied March 28, 2007 Guyana South Africa won by one wicket