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South Africa v Sri Lanka — head-to-head

South Africa 8–1 Sri Lanka · 10 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.

South Africa have the upper hand, 8–1 in the covered World Cup meetings. One of their meetings ended level. Ten World Cup meetings, ODI and T20 combined.

10
Meetings
8
South Africa wins
1
Sri Lanka wins
1
Ties + no-results
2003 Cricket World Cup2007 Cricket World Cup2012 T20 World Cup2014 T20 World Cup2015 Cricket World Cup2016 T20 World Cup2019 Cricket World Cup2021 T20 World Cup2023 Cricket World Cup2024 T20 World Cup
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Biggest win — South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs (2023 Cricket World Cup).

South Africa and Sri Lanka have met 10 times at the men's ODI and T20 World Cups in the covered data: South Africa 8, Sri Lanka 1, 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

FormatMeetings
ODI World Cup5
T20 World Cup5
Total10

All-time head-to-head

South AfricaSri LankaTiedNo result
8110

Biggest win (by runs)

South Africa 428/5 v Sri Lanka 326/10 — South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs at the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Editions met

2003 Cricket World Cup, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2012 T20 World Cup, 2014 T20 World Cup, 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup, 2019 Cricket World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup, 2023 Cricket World Cup, 2024 T20 World Cup.

More: South Africa · Sri Lanka.

Source: 2024 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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