New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill : First T20I on 22.05.10. New Zealand won by 28 runs

USA hosted a T20I for the first time and this was the first of the two international games played in United Sates of America.

Lauderhill became the 60^th ground to host a T20I and USA became the 14^th country to host a T20I

AJ Makay and R Nicol were capped by New Zealand for this game. They became the 43^rd and 44^th New Zealand cricketers to represent New Zealand in T20I. They became the fifth and sixth New Zealand cricketers to make their T20 debut against Sri Lanka. Others are – LRPL Taylor at Wellington on 22.12.06, PD McGlashan at Wellington on 22.12.06, MR Gillespie at Wellington on 22.12.06 and MJ Mason at Auckland on 26.12.06

BB McCullum hit a six in his knock of 18 in this game which gave him an aggregate of 39 sixes in T20I. He now holds the record for most sixes by a batsman in T20I. He wrested the record from Yuvraj Singh of India who had scored 38 sixes

At the end of this game, BB McCullum holds the following T20I records – Most appearances {39}, Most innings played {39}, Most runs {1099}, Most fifties {07}, Most fours {112} and most sixes {39}

LRPL Taylor’s run out for 27 in this game represent the 33^rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out in T20I. His run out t in this game provide the eleventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out against Sri Lanka in T20 games.

LRPL Taylor was run out for the second occasion against Sri Lanka. He was run out for 4 at Auckland on 26.12.08. He became the third New Zealand batsman to be dismissed run out against Sri Lanka on two occasions. Others are – BB McCullum and DL Vettori

With two dismissals in this game BB McCullum has an aggregate of 20 dismissals in T20I. He is the third wicket keeper in T20I to effect 20 plus dismissals. Others are – Kamran Akmal {41} and D Ramdin {21}

Sri Lanka’s 92 all out in this game provide the 22^nd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 in T20I. It also represents the second occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20I. The first occasion was its 87 vs Australia at Bridgetown on 09.05.10

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill on 23.05.10 : Sri Lanka won by seven wickets

The second International game in USA was won by Sri Lanka. The series was levelled 1-1 with New Zealand and Sri Lanka winning a game each

New Zealand were dismissed all out 81 in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in T20I. It was the second occasion of New Zealand being dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs, the first occasion being 99 all out against Pakistan at The Oval on 13.06.99.

New Zealand’s 81 all out in this game provides the third occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs against Sri Lanka. The other two occasions are – 83 by Bangladesh at Jo’burg on 18.09.07 and 88 by Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07. Thus New Zealand’s 81 all out in this game represent the lowest total by any team against Sri Lanka in T20I

RJ Nicol, KD Mills and AJ Mckay scored zeroes in this innings to take the number of zeroes scored by New Zealand batsman in T20I to 24. Apart from the captioned three batsmen who scored zeroes, SE Bond {at Wellington on 22.12.06}, DL Vettori {at Col-RPS} and BB McCullum {at Providence on 30.04.10} are the other New Zealand batsman who have failed to open their account against Sri Lanka in T20I

RJ Nicol, KD Mills and AJ Mckay scored zeroes in this innings providing the second occasion of three New Zealand batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings in T20I. The other occasion was at Perth against Australia on 11.12.07, when L Vincent, LRPL Taylor and MS Sinclair had scored zeroes

GJ Hopkin’s run out for 1 in this game provides the 24^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman run out in T20I. G Hopkins was dismissed run out for the second occasion in T20I, the first occasion being against Sri Lanka for 1 at Providence on 30.04.10.

G Hopkins became the fifth wicket keeper batsman in T20I to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions. The list read thus – MS Dhoni of India {05}, Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh {03}, GJ Hopkins of New Zealand {02}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {02} and Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan {02}

GJ Hopkin’s run out in this game provide the third occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper batsman run out in T20I. The three occasions are – PD McGlashan for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 02.09.09, GJ Hopkins for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Providence on 30.04.10 and GJ Hopkins for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill on 23.05.10. Note the striking similarity in all these three occasions – on all the three occasions batsmen have scored one run and all the three occasions are against Sri Lanka

KMDN Kulasekhara returned with figures of 3.0-1-4-3 in this game. He became the 14^th bowler to capture three or more wickets conceding single digit runs in T20I. He is the second Sri Lankan bowler to perform such a feat after BAW Mendis who had figures of 3.0-0-9-3 against New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.06.09

KMDN Kulasekara’s figures included a maiden over. He is the fourth bowler to bowl a maiden over in this category of statistics in T20I. Others are – SJ Benn of West Indies – 4.0-2-6-4 vs Zimbabwe at Port of Spain on 28.02.10, JE Taylor of West Indies – 3.0-1-6-3 vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07 and DL Vettori of New Zealand – 4.0-1-6-3 vs Bangladesh at Hamilton on 03.02.10

KMDN Kulasekhara bowled a maiden over in this game providing the 81^st occasion o of a bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in T20I. He is the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to bowl a maiden over in T20I and his maiden over in this game provides the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler bowling a maiden over in T20I. The complete list read thus – WPUJC Vaas {01 occasion}, CRD Fernando {03 occasions}, BAW Mendis {01 occasion}, AD Mathews {01 occasion} and KMDN Kulasekara {01 occasion}

BB McCollum scored one run in this game and took his T20I aggregate runs to 1100. He became the first batsman in the history of T20I to score 1100 runs.

DPMD Jayewardene’s run aggregate in T20I stood at 760 at the end of this game. He became the fourth batsman in T20I to total 750 plus runs. Others are – BB McCollum {1100}, KP Petersen {911} and GC Smith {803}.

DPMD Jayewardene hit a six in his knock of 17 in this game which gave him a total of 35 sixes in the calendar year 2010. His aggregate of 35 sixes provide the seventh occasion of a batsman scoring 35 or more sixes in a calendar year. The complete list read thus – DA Warner {45 in 2010}, SE Marsh {38 in 2008}, LRPL Taylor {37 in 2008}, LRPL Taylor {37 in 2010}, LRPL Taylor {36 in 2009}, Yuvraj Singh {36 in 2009} and DPMD Jayewardene {35 in 2010}

TM Dilshan’s T20I aggregate stood at 717 which include his 33 not out in this game.

He became the sixth batsman in T20I total 700 plus runs. The complete list read thus – BB McCullum {1100}, KP Pietersen {911}, GC Smith {803}, DPMD Jayawardene {760}, KC Sangakkara {733} and TM Dilshan {717}. It is interesting to note that the list contains three Sri Lankans.

KMDN Kulasekhara {3 for 4} and SL Malinga {3 for 12} captured three wickets each in this game providing the 28^th occasion of two bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20I. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned it is the fifth occasion of such a feat in T20I

SL Malinga’s three wickets in this game gave him an aggregate of 34 T20I wickets and with it the fourth place amongst the most wicket takers in T20I. The following list shows the bowlers who have captured 30 plus wickets in T20I. – Umar Gul {43}, Shahid Afridi {41}, DL Vettori {35}, SL Malinga {34}, SJC Broad {33}, BAW Mendis {33} and Saeed Ajmal {31}

KC Sangakkara was stumped for 5 in this game providing the 13^th occasion of a wicket keeper stumped by a wicket keeper in T20I. His stumping dismissal in this game also provides the 19^th occasion of a captain dismissed stumped in T20I