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Day 26: Sanga at it again
South Africa's likely quarter-final opponents appear to be in ominous form.
KUMAR Sangakkara’s ton against Scotland was his fourth consecutive one in this Cricket World Cup.
That’s an official record. Six batsmen have previously scored hundreds in three successive ODIs.
Sri Lanka made 363 for 9. Scotland made 215.
Sangakkara is the only batsman to score four hundreds in a single World Cup.
Mark Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Sourav Ganguly have scored three hundreds each in the World Cup.
No other batsman has scored more than two.
Scotland’s Josh Davey has taken 14 wickets in this World Cup, the most by a bowler so far.
Trent Boult and Tim Southee are next on the list, with 13 wickets each.
He has also bowled the most wides, 22.
Mohammed Shami and Tendai Chatara have bowled 16 each.
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