Facts and figures relating to the World Cup semi-final between Sri Lanka and New Zealand (0900 GMT) at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday.
Head-to-head record:
New Zealand lead 35-33 (Tied: 1; NR: 4)
In the World Cups: Sri Lanka lead 5-3
In the sub-continent, Sri Lanka lead 16-5 (NR: 2)
Results in last five head-to-head ODIs
8 Sept 2009 Sri Lanka won by 97 runs in Colombo
27 Sept 2009 New Zealand won by 38 runs in Johannesburg
13 Aug 2009 Sri Lanka won by three wickets in Dambulla
19 Aug 2009 No result in Dambulla
18 March 2011 Sri Lanka won by 112 runs in Mumbai
* New Zealand have not beaten Sri Lanka in their last four World Cup encounters. Their last win in the tournament over the co-hosts was in 1992.
* Sri Lanka (WWW, NR, WLW) have romped into the semi-finals. Besides a slip against Pakistan when they lost by 11 runs and a washout against Australia, they have easily won their other games, including a 10-wicket quarter-final thrashing of England.
* Tillakaratne Dilshan seems to be Sri Lanka's talisman. He is the second highest scorer in the tournament with 394 runs at a strike rate of 96.33. He has so far scored two centuries, one fifty and taken six wickets at an economy of 3.66.
Head-to-head record:
New Zealand lead 35-33 (Tied: 1; NR: 4)
In the World Cups: Sri Lanka lead 5-3
In the sub-continent, Sri Lanka lead 16-5 (NR: 2)
Results in last five head-to-head ODIs
8 Sept 2009 Sri Lanka won by 97 runs in Colombo
27 Sept 2009 New Zealand won by 38 runs in Johannesburg
13 Aug 2009 Sri Lanka won by three wickets in Dambulla
19 Aug 2009 No result in Dambulla
18 March 2011 Sri Lanka won by 112 runs in Mumbai
* New Zealand have not beaten Sri Lanka in their last four World Cup encounters. Their last win in the tournament over the co-hosts was in 1992.
* Sri Lanka (WWW, NR, WLW) have romped into the semi-finals. Besides a slip against Pakistan when they lost by 11 runs and a washout against Australia, they have easily won their other games, including a 10-wicket quarter-final thrashing of England.
* Tillakaratne Dilshan seems to be Sri Lanka's talisman. He is the second highest scorer in the tournament with 394 runs at a strike rate of 96.33. He has so far scored two centuries, one fifty and taken six wickets at an economy of 3.66.
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