Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd T20I – Statistical Highlights

Australia won their 5th straight game on the tour and finished off in style with a clean sweep in the 2-match T20I series. After posting a mediocre score of 128/9, Sri Lanka picked up a couple of wickets post a Glenn Maxwell blitz which wasn’t enough to help Tillakaratne Dilshan end his International career on a winning note. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the match.

3 – Number of fifties Glenn Maxwell has scored in International cricket in 18 or less balls (1 in ODIs and 2 in T20Is). Only Shahid Afridi has 3 such fifties in International cricket.

7 – Number of batsmen who were dismissed for single- digit scores in Sri Lankan innings. This is the 9th such instance for Sri Lanka in T20Is, 4th in 2016.

8 – Sri Lankan innings is the 8th instance in T20Is where two bowlers from opposite side picked 3 wickets conceding less than 20 runs in their 4 overs. This was the first instance for Australia and the first against Sri Lanka.

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13 – Number of T20Is Sri Lanka lost in 2016, most for any team in T20Is in a calendar year. They overhauled Pakistan’s 12 losses in 2010.

13 – Number of T20Is Sri Lanka has lost in 2016, joint most for any team in T20s in a calendar year. Kenya lost 15 in 2013 while Dolphins of South Africa lost 13 T20Is.

1/16 – S Prasanna’s figures of 1/16 are the joint best figures for a Sri Lankan against Australia in T20Is.

18 – Balls taken by Glenn Maxwell for his fifty, the joint fastest fifty by an Australian in T20Is.

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211 – Runs scored by Glenn Maxwell in this series, the 2nd most by any player in a bilateral T20I series.

211 – Runs scored by Glenn Maxwell between his two dismissals in T20Is. Only two players have scored more runs between dismissals in T20Is.