T20 World Cup 2021, Match 29: England vs Sri Lanka, Stats Review: Jos Buttler’s record-shattering show extends England’s winning streak

Extending their winning streak, England have defeated Sri Lanka by 26 runs to become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals in the T20 World Cup 2021. It was another empathic show from the Three Lions as they recorded their fourth consecutive win in the competition. Sri Lanka did pretty well to challenge the Three Lions and even looked in command at one stage. However, they eventually fell well short of the target.

As far as the proceedings of the game are concerned, the coin landed in Sri Lanka’s favour and Dasun Shanaka unsurprisingly opted to bowl at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Unlike the previous games, the England got off to a dismal start, losing three wickets in the powerplay overs. However, Jos Buttler joined forces with skipper Eoin Morgan and since then it was one-way traffic.

Buttler slammed a brilliant ton as England posted 163/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Chasing the challenging total, the Lankan Lions looked in the hunt for the best part. However, the scoring rate kept climbing up with time and the Lankan batters couldn’t keep up. As a result, Sri Lanka got skittled out for 137 runs, losing the contest by 26 runs.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from England vs Sri Lanka clash in T20 World Cup 2021:  

43 – Eoin Morgan became the most successful captain in T20I history, recording his 43rd win as skipper. He went past Asghar Afghan and MS Dhoni’s tally of 42 victories.

1 – Jos Buttler slammed his maiden hundred in T20 internationals.

2 – Buttler became the second England player after Alex Hales to slam a hundred in T20 World Cup.

4 – Overall, Buttler is the fourth England player to score a century in T20I matches. Dawid Malan, Alex Hales and Liam Livingstone are the other three.

2 – Jos Buttler became the second England player Eoin Morgan to complete 2000 T20I runs.

3 – Buttler now has three scores of 50 or more in T20 World Cup matches. Only Kumar Sangakkara (4) is ahead of him on this list.

3 – Buttler became the third player to score a century as wicketkeeper in all three formats. Brendon McCullum and Mohammad Rizwan are the other two on this list.

1 – He also became the first England player to score centuries in all three international formats.

3 – The dashing wicketkeeper-batter also became the third England player after Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan to score over 500 runs in T20 World Cups.

67 – Buttler has now faced most deliveries in a T20 World Cup match (67).

34 – Wanindu Hasaranga has now taken 34 T20I wickets in 2021, most by any bowler in a calendar year. He went past Tabraiz Shamsi’s tally of 32 scalps to get the milestone.

4 – Hasaranga also became the fourth-fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets, getting the milestone in 32 games.

4 – England have now taken at least three wickets in powerplay overs in all their four matches in the T20 World Cup 2021.