ICC World Cup 2015: Sri Lanka v Scotland - Stats of the match

 Sri Lanka defeated Scotland by a massive 148-run margin in a Pool A World Cup match at Hobart. Opting to bat first, centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan (104 off 99) and Kumar Sangakkara (124 off 95) powered the Islanders to 363/9 in their 50 overs. In reply, the Scots could only manage 215 runs before being bowled out in the 44th over. Captain Preston Mommsen and Freddie Coleman scoring half-centuries, while Lankan pacers Nuwan Kulasekara and Dushmantha Chameera picked up 3 wickets each. Here is a compilation of the most important stats from the match: 

#1 First player to score 4 consecutive centuries

Kumar Sangakkara has become the first player in the history of ODI cricket to score 4 consecutive centuries. 6 players have scored 3 consecutive centuries in ODIs so far: Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs, Ross Taylor, AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock. 

Sangakkara has 25 ODI centuries to his name in the 403 ODIs that he has played. We are only into the third month of the year, and Sangakkara has already scored 1000 international runs.