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Sangakkara makes 1000 ODI runs in four consecutive years

Stats highlights from the fourth ODI between England and Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
07-Dec-2014
Kumar Sangakkara made his 90th ODI fifty, trailing only Sachin Tendulkar (96)  •  Getty Images

Kumar Sangakkara made his 90th ODI fifty, trailing only Sachin Tendulkar (96)  •  Getty Images

115 Number of ODIs hosted at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, the fourth-most at any stadium, overtaking the Harare Sports Club (114). The only venues to host more ODIs are the Sharjah Cricket Stadium (216), the Sydney Cricket Ground (144) and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (138).
90 Runs scored by James Taylor, his maiden ODI fifty. He had only played two previous ODIs, both against Ireland, in 2011 and 2013, scoring 1 and 25 respectively in those games.
93 The partnership runs between James Taylor and Joe Root for the third wicket, England's best for any wicket this series. England had two partnerships of exactly 84, for the first and sixth wickets, in the third ODI at Hambantota.
1020 Runs scored by Kumar Sangakkara in 2014, the third most by any batsman. The two others to score more than 1000 ODI runs this year are Angelo Mathews (1183) and Virat Kohli (1054).
4 Number of consecutive years where Sangakkara has made 1000-plus ODI runs in each year. He is the first Sri Lankan, and third batsman overall, after Kohli and Saurav Ganguly, to achieve this feat. Sangakkara made 1127 runs in 2011, 1184 in 2012, 1201 in 2013 and 1020 in 2014.
30 Sixes hit by Jos Buttler in 40 ODIs, the most by an England wicketkeeper. Craig Kieswetter had hit 29 sixes in 43 ODIs.
9 Number of wickets taken by the Sri Lankan spinners during England's innings. This is the seventh instance of Sri Lankan spinners taking nine or more wickets, including an instance where they took all ten. Five of these seven instances have been at home, and two of those against England.
3 Number of Sri Lankan spinners who took three wickets each - Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis and Tillakaratne Dilshan. This is only the second instance in ODIs of three spinners taking three or more wickets in the same innings. The only other instance of this happening was by Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in 2009.
1527 Runs scored by Mahela Jayawardene against England in ODIs. He is one of only three batsmen to have scored 1500-plus ODI runs against England, the others being Viv Richards (1619) and Ricky Ponting (1598).

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant