DJ Malan of England scored 55 against New Zealand in the third T20I at Nelson on 05.11.19 which went in vain. DJ Malan’s 55 provides the twelfth occasion of an England opening batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in T20I.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ME Trescothick	72	2	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	15 Jun 2006
2	ME Trescothick	53	1	v Pakistan	Bristol	28 Aug 2006
3	DL Maddy	50	2	v New Zealand	Durban	18 Sep 2007
4	LJ Wright	71	1	v Netherlands	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
5	RS Bopara	55	1	v West Indies	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
6	AD Hales	68	2	v West Indies	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
7	AD Hales	56	1	v India	Pune	20 Dec 2012
8	AD Hales	66	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	20 May 2014
9	JJ Roy	67	2	v South Africa	Taunton	23 Jun 2017
0	JC Buttler	69	1	v India	Manchester	03 Jul 2018
11	JJ Roy	67	1	v India	Bristol	08 Jul 2018
12	DJ Malan	55	2	v New Zealand	Nelson	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the second occasion of an England opener’s fifty in a losing cause against New Zealand. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Maddy	50	2	v New Zealand	Durban	18 Sep 2007
2	DJ Malan	55	2	v New Zealand	Nelson	05 Nov 2019