29th Match, Super 10 Group 1: England v Sri Lanka at Delhi – Mar 26, 2016 – England 171/4 (20/20 ov); Sri Lanka 161/8 (20/20 ov) – England won by 10 runs

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first in this game providing the 95^th occasion of a team inserting the opposition in WT20 and also provides Sri Lanka doing so for the sixth occasion in WT20. Sri Lanka lost this game after inserting the opposition to provide the 45th occasion of a team losing a game after inserting the opposition in WT20. Sri Lanka lost this game to provide the third occasion of Sri Lanka losing a game after it had inserted the opposition in WT20.

AD Hales failed to open his account in this game to provide the 72nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a duck in WT20 and also provides the seventh such occasion by an England opening batsman in WT20. Of these seven occasions, AD Hales has been dismissed for a duck on three occasions. AD Hales became the fourth opening batsman to be dismissed for a duck on three or more occasions. Others are TM Dilshan {05}, ST Jayasuriya {04} and ADS Fletcher {03}

EJG Morgan was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 26th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in WT20. He also became the England captain to be dismissed in such a manner in WT20. PD Collingwood was the other England captain to be dismissed run out in WT20. He was dismissed run out for 37 against Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07

JJ Roy and JE Root added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 29th occasion of England batmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20. It also provides the ninth such occasion by England batsman for the second wicket

JC Buttler and EJG Morgan added 74 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 30th occasion of England batmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20. It also provides the sixth such occasion by England batsman for the fourth wicket

JJ Roy-JE Root added 61 runs for the second wicket and JC Buttler-EJG Morgan added 74 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 40th occasion of batmen posting two fifty plus runs partnerships in an innings of a WT20 game. It also provides the fifth such occasion by England batsman in WT20

JC Buttler scored 66 not out in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in WT20 and also provides the second such occasion by an England wicket keeper batsman. C Kieswetter had scored 63 against Australia at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 Thus JC Buttler’s 66 not out in this game represent the highest score by an England wicket keeper batsman in WT20.

Sri Lanka lost its four wickets with the score board reading 15 runs to provide the seventh occasion of a team losing four wickets for 15 and less than 15 runs in WT20. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	FoW	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ken	4/01	1	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	Afg	4/08	2	RSA	Bridgetown	05 May 2010
3	Net	4/09	1	Srl	Chittagong	24 Mar 2014
4	Sco	4/13	2	RSA	The Oval	07 Jun 2009
5	Pak	4/13	2	Pak	Dhaka	01 Apr 2014
6	Ban	4/15	2	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 2010
7	Srl	4/15	2	Eng	Delhi	26 Mar 2016

AD Mathews scored 73 not out in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in WT20. It also provides the sixth such occasion by a Sri Lankan captain in WT20. It represents the highest score by a Sri Lankan captain in WT20s. The previous best was KC Sangakkara’s 68 against West Indies at Bridgetown on 07.05.10

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Mathews	73*	2	Eng	Delhi	26 Mar 2016
2	KC Sangakkara	68	1	Win	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
3	DPMD Jayawardene	65*	2	Win	Pallekele	29 Sep 2012
4	DPMD Jayawardene	65	1	Ken	Johannesburg	14 Sep 2007
5	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
6	KC Sangakkara	55*	2	Aus	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009

AD Mathew’s 73 not out was in a losing cause to provide the 63rd occasion of batsman’s fifty going in vain in WT20. It also provides the sixth such occasion for a Sri Lankan batsman. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DPMD Jayawardene	89	1	v England	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
2	DPMD Jayawardene	81	1	v New Zealand	Providence	30 Apr 2010
3	AD Mathews	73*	2	v England	Delhi	26 Mar 2016
4	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
5	AD Mathews	58	1	v England	Gros Islet	13 May 2010
6	TM Dilshan	55	1	v England	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014

DPMD Jayawardene and AD Mathews have witnessed two of their fifties in a losing cause in WT20. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DPMD Jayawardene	81	1	v New Zealand	Providence	30 Apr 2010
2	DPMD Jayawardene	89	1	v England	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
1	AD Mathews	58	1	v England	Gros Islet	13 May 2010
2	AD Mathews	73*	2	v England	Delhi	26 Mar 2016

First four Sri Lankan batsmen scored single digit runs in this game – LD Chandimal {01}, TM Dilshan {02}, TAM Siriwardana {07} and HDRL Thirmanne {03} – to provide the seventh occasion of first four batsmen scoring single digits in an innings of a WT20 game. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note  that first four Kenyan batsman scored ducks against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07

No	Team	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Ken	1	NZl	Durban	12.09.07
2	RSA	2	Ind	Durban	20.09.07
3	Ire	2	Win	Providence	30.04.10
4	Afg	2	RSA	Bridgetown	05.05.10
5	Afg	2	Eng	Col-RPS	21.09.12
6	Afg	2	Nep	Chittagong	20.03.14
7	Srl	2	Eng	Delhi	26.03.1

Sri Lanka became the second team to have its first four batsmen scoring single digits in an innings against England in WT20. Afghanistan was the other team to have its first four batsmen scoring single digits against England at Col-RPS on 21.09.12

HDRL Thirimanne was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 21st occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed run out in WT20. He was dismissed run out for the second occasion in WT20. He was run out for 5 against New Zealand at Palekkele on 27.09.12. He became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions in WT20. Others are – TM Dilshan {03}, DPMD Jayawardene {02}, AD Matthews {02}, NLTC Perera {02} and KC Sangakkara {02}

AD Mathews and CP Kapugedera added 80 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 29th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20. It also provides the third such occasion for the fifth wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen in WT20. This stand represents the record stand for the fifth wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen in WT20. The previous best was the 56 runs unfinished stand between KC Sangakkara and NLTC Perera against India at Dhaka on 06.04.14