Venues
The Premadasa stadium and Sinhalese sports club ground will stage the matches in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The matches at the Premadasa stadium will be day-night affairs while those at the SSG will be day matches.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka kick-off the tournament at the Premadasa.
Below are records of matches played at both venues.
Premadasa Stadium
Sinhalese Sports Club ground
Summary of results
Team | P | W | L | D |
Australia | 8 | 3 | 5 | - |
Bangladesh | 2 | - | 2 | - |
England | 2 | - | 2 | - |
India | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
New Zealand | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Pakistan | 7 | 3 | 4 | - |
South Africa | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
Sri Lanka | 43 | 30 | 11 | 2 |
West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
Zimbabwe | 3 | - | 3 | - |
Highest team scores:
Scores | Ov | For | vs | date |
319-5 | 50.0 | Pak | Ban | 16/07/1997 |
307-6 | 50.0 | Ind | SL | 7/07/1998 |
302-4 | 50.0 | SL | Ind | 17/08/1997 |
301 | 49.3 | SL | Ind | 7/07/1998 |
300-7 | 50.0 | Ind | SL | 17/08/1997 |
Lowest team scores:
Scores | Ov | For | vs | date |
98 | 34.0 | SL | SA | 2/09/1993 |
127 | 41.1 | Ind | NZ | 20/07/2001 |
133 | 39.4 | Ind | NZ | 26/07/2001 |
138 | 41.0 | Zim | Aus | 26/08/1996 |
Top individual scores:
Batsman | Runs | For | vs | date |
A Ranatunga | 131* | SL | Ind | 18/07/1997 |
SR Tendulkar | 128 | Ind | SL | 7/07/1998 |
ST Jayasuriya | 120* | SL | Ind | 28/08/1996 |
Note: In all, 15 hundreds have been scored at this venue. |
Best partnerships for each wicket:
Batsmen | Runs | Wkt | For | vs | date |
SC Ganguly / SR Tendulkar | 252 | 1st | Ind | SL | 7/07/1998 |
AP Gurusinha / RS Mahanama | 166 | 2nd | SL | NZ | 13/12/1992 |
DA Gunawardene / DPM Jayawardene | 166 | 3rd | SL | Zim | 12/12/2001 |
M Azharuddin / RS Dravid | 117 | 4th | Ind | SL | 18/07/1997 |
M Azharuddin / AD Jadeja | 223 | 5th | Ind | SL | 17/08/1997 |
PA de Silva / RS Mahanama | 115 | 6th | SL | Aus | 30/08/1996 |
Abdur Razzaq / Azhar Mahmood | 58* | 7th | Pak | SL | 9/07/2000 |
HDPK Dharmasena / ASA Perera | 49 | 8th | SL | Ind | 22/07/2001 |
SS Dighe / Zaheer Khan | 33 | 9th | Ind | SL | 5/08/2001 |
PS de Villiers / RP Snell | 51 | 10th | SA | SL | 4/09/1993 |
Best bowling:
Bowler | Wkts | Runs | Ov | For | vs | date |
Saqlain Mushtaq | 5 | 38 | 9.3 | Pak | Ban | 16/07/1997 |
M Muralitharan | 5 | 44 | 10.0 | SL | SA | 14/07/2000 |
CD Collymore | 5 | 51 | 9.2 | WI | SL | 11/12/2001 |
Summary of results
Team | P | W | L | D |
Australia | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
Bangladesh | 4 | - | 4 | - |
England | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
India | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Pakistan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sri Lanka | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 |
West Indies | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Zimbabwe | 7 | 1 | 6 | - |
Highest team scores:
Scores | Ov | For | vs | date |
296-4 | 46.0 | SL | Ban | 22/07/1997 |
296-4 | 50.0 | Ind | SL | 29/08/1999 |
293-4 | 50.0 | SL | NZ | 5/07/1998 |
291-9 | 50.0 | Ind | SL | 23/08/1997 |
Lowest team scores:
Scores | Ov | For | vs | date |
38 | 15.4 | Zim | SL | 8/12/2001 |
76 | 30.1 | Ban | SL | 5/08/2002 |
130 | 37.3 | SL | NZ | 3/03/1984 |
Top individual scores:
Batsman | Runs | For | vs | date |
PA de Silva | 127* | SL | Zim | 3/09/1996 |
SR Tendulkar | 120 | Ind | SL | 29/08/1999 |
GW Flower | 112 | Zim | SL | 26/01/1998 |
Note: In all 11 hundreds have been scored at this venue. |
Best partnerships for each wicket:
Batsmen | Runs | Wkt | For | vs | date |
MS Atapattu / ST Jayasuriya | 171 | 1st | SL | Ban | 22/07/1997 |
NJ Astle / SP Fleming | 138 | 2nd | NZ | Ind | 2/08/2001 |
PA de Silva / AP Gurusinha | 172 | 3rd | SL | Zim | 21/02/1996 |
RS Mahanama / A Ranatunga | 148* | 4th | SL | Pak | 11/09/1994 |
ADR Campbell / CN Evans | 114 | 5th | Zim | SL | 3/09/1996 |
S Ramesh / RR Singh | 123 | 6th | Ind | Aus | 28/08/1999 |
SC Ganguly / SB Joshi | 100 | 7th | Ind | Aus | 6/09/1996 |
Azhar Mahmood / Shoaib Malik | 41 | 8th | Pak | SA | 12/07/2000 |
RS Kalpage / WPUJ Vaas | 76 | 9th | SL | Pak | 7/08/1994 |
Mushtaq Ahmed / Shoaib Malik | 55 | 10th | Pak | SA | 12/07/2000 |
Best bowling:
Bowler | Wkts | R | Ov | For | vs | date |
WPUJ Vaas | 8 | 19 | 8.0 | SL | Zim | 8/12/2001 |
BKV Prasad | 4 | 17 | 5.0 | Ind | Pak | 20/07/1997 |
ST Jayasuriya | 4 | 18 | 5.4 | SL | Ind | 1/07/1998 |
DJ Terbrugge | 4 | 20 | 8.0 | SA | Pak | 12/07/2000 |
Statistics: Mohandas Menon