Only T20I – Australia vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 31.10.10 : Sri Lanka won by seven wickets

Australia capped JW Hastings and CJ Mckay for this game. They became the 46^th and 47^th cricketers to represent Australia in T20Is. They are the only two Australian cricketers to make T20I debut against Sri Lanka as on date.

MJ Clarke opened the innings in this game to provide the fourth occasion of his opening an innings as captain opening batsman. The other three occasions are – vs New Zealand at Perth on 11.12.07, vs India at Melbourne on 01.02.08 and vs Pakistan at Birmingham on 06.07.10

BJ Haddin and SPD Smith added 66 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in T20I games. This stand provide the fourth occasion of such a partnership for the sixth wicket by Australian batsmen in T20Is.

BJ Haddin and SPD Smith added 66 runs for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka in T20I games. The other two occasions are – 102* runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden at Cape Town on 20.09.07 and 101* runs for the sixth wicket between MEK Hussey and CL White at Bridgetown on 09.05.10.

TM Dilshan scored 41 in this game to take his T20I run aggregate to 758. He became the sixth batsman in T20I games to amass 750 plus runs. Others are – BB McCullum {1100}, GC Smith {958}, KP Pietersen {911}, DPMD Jayawardene {784} and KC Sangakkara {777}

KC Sangkkara became the first wicket keeper batsman to total 750 runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 17 during his innings of 44 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 777.

TM Dilshan became the third Sri Lankan batsman to total 750 plus runs. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {784} and KC Sangkaara {777}. KC Sangkkara and TM Dilshan completed 750 runs in this game.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 71 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 29^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in T20Is. This stand provides the sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in T20Is.

This stand provide the second occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against Australia in T20Is. The other occasion was – 62 runs stand for the second wicket between TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara at Nottingham on 08.06.09. Thus the 71 runs stand in this game is the record stand by Sri Lankan batsmen for any wicket against Australia.

Australia and Sri Lanka have met each other on four occasions in T20Is including this game. The results of these four games are – Australia won by ten wickets at Cape Town on 20.09.07, Sri Lanka won by six wickets at Nottingham on 08.06.09, Australia won by 81 runs at Bridgetown on 09.05.10 and Sri Lanka won by seven wickets at Perth on 31.10.10.