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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: 300-ball team innings involving only 3 batsmen

Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, and Angelo Mathews batted a full 50 overs at Sabina Park in 2013.

Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan (right) and Kumar Sangakkara (left) were the only three batsmen to bat during the innings © Getty Images
Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan (right) and Kumar Sangakkara (left) were the only three batsmen to bat during the innings © Getty Images

Playing against Bangladesh at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Sri Lanka piled up a humongous 332 for one after 50 overs. Lahiru Thirimanne (52 from 78 balls with three boundaries), Tillakaratne Dilshan (161 not out from 146 balls with 22 fours), and Kumar Sangakkara (105 not out from 76 balls with 13 fours and a six) were the only three batsmen to bat during the innings.

This is the fifth time that only three men have batted in an innings that has lasted 300 or more balls. Three of these occasions have in World Cups, the first being at Edgbaston in 1979 — when Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards chased down India’s score after Desmond Haynes was dismissed — albeit in a 60-over match. They scored 194 for one, the exact same score Barry Wood, Chris Tavare, and Allan Lamb did at Headingley in 1982 against — India. It was a 55-over encounter.

Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, and Angelo Mathews batted a full 50 overs at Sabina Park in 2013, thus being the first trio to do it batting first. Two days before the Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka clash, West Indies lost Dwayne Smith in the second ball of the match before Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels batted out the rest of the 50 overs (though Gayle was dismissed in the last ball of the innings).

Longest ODI team innings involving only three batsmen

Batsman 1 Batsman 2 Batsman 3 Score Balls faced Opposition Ground Date
Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Viv Richards 194/1 316 India Edgbaston 9-Jun-79
Barry Wood Chris Tavare Allan Lamb 194/1 307 India Headingley 2-Jun-82
Dwayne Smith Chris Gayle Marlon Samuels 372/2 305 Zimbabwe Manuka Oval 24-Feb-15
Upul Tharanga Mahela Jayawardene Angelo Mathews 348/1 300 India Sabina Park 2-Jul-13
Lahiru Thirimanne Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara 332/1 300 Bangladesh MCG 26-Feb-15

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