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New Zealand v Sri Lanka — head-to-head

New Zealand 6–8 Sri Lanka · 15 World Cup meetings, ODI and T20 combined

Head-to-head over the matches the source covers — some of these editions are missing games, so this is the covered record, not necessarily every meeting.

One of their meetings ended level. 15 World Cup meetings, ODI and T20 combined.

Meetings

New Zealand wins

Sri Lanka wins

Ties + no-results

2003 Cricket World Cup2007 Cricket World Cup2007 T20 World Cup2009 T20 World Cup2010 T20 World Cup2011 Cricket World Cup2012 T20 World Cup2014 T20 World Cup2015 Cricket World Cup2019 Cricket World Cup2022 T20 World Cup2023 Cricket World Cup2026 T20 World Cup

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Biggest win — Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs (2011 Cricket World Cup).

New Zealand and Sri Lanka have met 15 times at the men's ODI and T20 World Cups in the covered data: New Zealand 6, Sri Lanka 8, 1 tied, 0 with no result. A no-result counts as a meeting, never a win; a tie stays a tie.

ODI and T20 World Cups combined

Format	Meetings
ODI World Cup	8
T20 World Cup	7
Total	15

All-time head-to-head

New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Tied	No result
6	8	1	0

Biggest win (by runs)

Sri Lanka 265/9 v New Zealand 153/10 — Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Editions met

2003 Cricket World Cup, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2007 T20 World Cup, 2009 T20 World Cup, 2010 T20 World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2012 T20 World Cup, 2014 T20 World Cup, 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2019 Cricket World Cup, 2022 T20 World Cup, 2023 Cricket World Cup, 2026 T20 World Cup.

More: New Zealand · Sri Lanka.

Source: 2026 T20 World Cup match data, via Cricsheet (ODC-By 1.0) — source

✓ Every fact computed from ball-by-ball data — Cricsheet (ODC-By 1.0). Not written by anyone.

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