Sri Lanka VS Zimbabwe, 26th Match, Group-A, Kandy

Sri Lanka will face Zimbabwe on Thursday in the 26th ODI of ICC cricket World Cup 2011. This group-A match will be hosted by Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Schedule time of Match is 14:30 Local Time. The home side will be playing its fifth match while the African side will play their fourth match in the ongoing tournament. It is very difficult for Zimbabwean side to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Sri Lanka is currently holding the 3rd position in Group-A points table, with 5 points. Sri Lanka got the victories against Canada and Kenya while defeated by Pakistan. Its fourth group match against Australia was abandoned due to rain and 1, 1 points were given to both teams.

Zimbabwe is present on 5th position in the same group with 2 points. The African side started its World Cup campaign with a defeat against Australia by 91 runs. In the next match against Canada, Zimbabwe won by 175 runs while in their third group match, against New Zealand, they lost by 10 wickets.

Both teams have played 46 matches with each other, from which the Lankans won 38 times and Zimbabwe won seven times. In the last encounter between these two countries in June 2010, Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.