Data check: Only Papua New Guinea have been worse than Sri Lanka in ODI cricket since 2017
Afghanistan piled on the misery on Sri Lanka by humiliating them in the 2018 Asia Cup on Monday, winning their group match by 91 runs.
Sri Lanka had earlier lost to Bangladesh by 137 runs in their tournament opener. Their second straight defeat meant the 2014 champions are now out of the Asia Cup. Angelo Mathews’s team needed to beat Afghanistan to stay alive in the competition but were outwitted by smart batting from their opponents, who are ranked 10th in the world.
Sri Lanka have now lost 30 of their 41 One-Day International matches since January 2017, winning only 10, which is far from ideal preparation for next year’s World Cup. If you go by win/loss ratio, Sri Lanka’s performance since 2017 in ODIs is the worst out of all the 10 teams that will participate in the 2019 World Cup.
Sri Lanka’s win/loss ratio in this period is 0.333. Only Papua New Guinea have a worse record (0.300) out of all the ODI-playing teams in the world.
ODI record since January 2017
|
Team |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
|
Sri Lanka |
41 |
10 |
30 |
|
Australia |
25 |
6 |
17 |
|
West Indies |
32 |
9 |
20 |
|
Bangladesh |
23 |
10 |
10 |
|
South Africa |
30 |
17 |
13 |
|
Afghanistan |
32 |
19 |
12 |
|
New Zealand |
30 |
18 |
11 |
|
Pakistan |
29 |
18 |
11 |
|
India |
38 |
27 |
10 |
|
England |
39 |
29 |
10 |
*Only for teams participating in 2019 World Cup