England v Sri Lanka, 1st T20I – Statistical Highlights

Sri Lanka ends their disappointing England tour with a loss in the one-off T20I as England won all the series in 3 formats against the visitors and also the first ever super series by a 20-4 margin. England bowled out Sri Lanka for just 140 after they lost the toss. Sri Lanka looked decent at a point only before the debutant left-arm spinner Dawson picked 3 crucial wickets to halt the Sri Lankans progress. England lost two early wickets in the chase but Captain Eoin Morgan also with Jos Buttler, who opened the innings for the first time in Internationals put on a huge stand for 3rd wicket to secure an 8-wicket win for England. Buttler top-scored with an unbeaten 73. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

Statistical Highlights – England v Sri Lanka, Only T20I:

0 – Number of matches Sri Lanka won on this tour. This is only the second instance a team failed to win a game in a bilateral tour in England playing 7 or more games. India failed to win even one in the 10 matches they played in 2011 tour.

0 – Number of matches England lost in this series. This is only the fourth time they didn’t lose even a single game in a 5 match bilateral series (Excluding abandoned matches). The previous one was vs India in 2011.

1 – Jos Buttler became the first England batsman to score fifty in his maiden innings as an opener in T20Is. Previous highest for an England player in his maiden T20I innings as an opener was 46* by James Vince.

2 – Only the second time, Jos Buttler opened the innings in T20 format. The other instance was in 2011 in the Caribbean T20 where he recorded a 2nd ball duck.

2 – Jos Buttler is only the second England wicket-keeper to open the innings in T20Is and to score fifty. Craig Kieswetter did it one 3 different occasions, all prior to 2013.

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2 – Nuwan Pradeep is only the second Sri Lankan to be dismissed for a duck on T20I debut. In 2006, Mahela Jayawardene became the first Sri Lankan player to be dismissed for a duck on T20I debut. Both Pradeep and Mahela got out on the first ball, both vs England and both at Southampton.

3 – Number of times Jason Roy got out in the last 6 balls he faced in T20Is. He recorded his consecutive duck out in T20Is. Previous was in World T20 final.

3/28 – Liam Dawson’s bowling figures in this game, the best for an England spinner on ODI debut. Overall, these are the 5th best figures in this format.

5 – Number of times Eoin Morgan has been part of a century stand in T20Is, the joint second most times by a player in this format. Alex Hales was part of 6-century stands.

8 – England’s 8-wicket win in this match is only the fourth instance of their 8 or more wicket-wins in T20Is. They won by 10-wicket margin twice and by 9 wickets once.

10 – Number of England players picked up a wicket in their first over bowled in T20Is including Liam Dawson. He is only the 3rd England spinner after Joe Denly and Joe Root to pick a wicket in the very first over they bowled in T20Is. However, he is the only spinner and 6th player from England to pick a wicket in the first over bowled on T20I debut.

11 – Sri Lanka lost 11 T20Is in 2016, the 2nd most by any team in a calendar year. Pakistan lost 12 T20I games in 2010.

72 – Number of T20Is Farveez Maharoof missed for Sri Lanka, the second most games missed between two appearances. England’s Liam Plunkett missed 74 games.

73* – Jos Buttler’s 73* is now the highest individual score by an England keeper in T20Is. Previous highest was 67 vs West Indies also by Buttler in 2014. This is also the highest T20 score for Buttler.