Asia Cup T20: Sri Lanka v UAE - Statistical Highlights

The associate nation, UAE featuring in the ongoing Asia Cup T20 put on a decent show in their first game against Sri Lanka as they lost by a mere margin of 14 runs.

After winning the toss, UAE invited Sri Lanka to bat first. The champions of World T20 started off well scoring 68 runs in first 9 overs without any loss. But what followed suggested we might be in for a major upset early on in the tournament. Captain Amjad Javed picked 3 wickets in his last 3 overs and his teammates followed him by picking up wickets regularly as Sri Lanka settled with just 129/8.

It was the Sri Lankan captain this time who led from the front with the ball. Malinga struck twice in the first over including a wicket on the very first ball. The associate nation never looked in the game as they tried playing way too many shots. Swapnil Patil top scored with 37, who was the only UAE batsman to score something substantial. Malinga finished with a 4-wicket haul as UAE managed 115/8 in their 20 overs, falling 15 runs short of the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0.428 – Sri Lanka’s win/loss ratio in T20I format since January, 2015. They won 3 and lost 7 from the 10 matches they have played. Among the teams who have played at least 10 matches in this period, Sri Lanka’s win/loss ratio is the 2nd worst.

1 – For the first time, captains of both the sides didn’t bat in the top 6 in a T20I match.

2 – Only the 2nd time Lasith Malinga received the Man of the Match award in T20Is. The other instance was against England in 2012 where he picked up a 5-wicket haul.

3/25 – Amjad Javed’s figures of 4-0-25-3 are the best bowling figures for an Associate nation captain against a full member nation in T20Is.

4/26 – Lasith Malinga’s figures of 4-0-26-4 are the 5th best bowling figures by a captain in T20Is. This is also only the 5th 4-wicket haul taken by a captain in T20Is.

4 – Number of times Sri Lanka picked up a wicket on the first ball of opposition’s innings in T20Is, the most by any team.

7 – Number of wickets taken by the captains of both sides Amjad Javed and Lasith Malinga. These are the most wickets taken by captains in a T20I. Previous was 5 wickets by Daniel Vettori and Chris Gayle in 2008.

10 – Number of 3-wicket hauls Lasith Malinga has taken in T20Is, the joint 3rd most.

12 – Number of 4-wicket hauls Lasith Malinga has in overall T20 format. These are the most for any other bowler. Malinga overhauled Sunil Narine, who has 11 four-wicket hauls in T20 format.

45 – Number of matches taken by Nuwan Kulasekara to complete 50 wickets in T20Is. He is the 2nd slowest to the mark after Nathan McCullum, who took 53 matches to complete 50 T20I wickets.

51 – Number of wickets taken by Nuwan Kulasekara in T20Is. He is the 3rd Sri Lankan and 11th player to pick up 50 wickets in this format.

61 – Runs put on by Sri Lanka after losing their 1st wicket. These are the least runs a full member nation has managed while losing their last 7 wickets against an Associate nation in a T20I. Previous lowest was 69 runs by West Indies vs Ireland in 2014.

129 – Sri Lanka’s total of 129/8 is the 6th lowest total for a full member nation against an Associate nation in T20Is while batting first.

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