T20 World Cup 2022 – Match No 01 – Namibia vs Sri Lanka at Geelong on 15 Oct 2022
D Wiese of Namibia and MD Gunatilake of Sri Lanka collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the 152nd and 153rd occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball ducks in the T20 World Cup
D Wiese of Namibia collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the second occasion of a Namibian batsman collecting the first ball duck in the T20 World Cup
MD Gunatilake of Sri Lanka collected first ball ducks in this game to provide the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting the first ball duck in the T20 World Cup
PN Liyanagamage was dismissed run out without facing a delivery in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner in the history of T20 World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | DL Vettori | 0 | 0 | 1 | NZl | Pak | Cape Town | 22 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | Mohammad Amir | 0 | 0 | 2 | Pak | Srl | Lord’s | 12 Jun 2009 |
| 3 | MH Yardy | 0 | 0 | 1 | Eng | Ire | Providence | 4 May 2010 |
| 4 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Gros Islet | 14 May 2010 |
| 5 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 0 | 2 | Srl | RSA | Hambantota | 22 Sep 2012 |
| 6 | M Jayawardene | 0 | 0 | 1 | Srl | Win | Mirpur | 03 Apr 2014 |
| 7 | DJ Willey | 0 | 0 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Wankhede | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 8 | Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ban | Ind | Bengaluru | 23 Mar 2016 |
| 9 | AD Russell | 0 | 0 | 1 | Win | Ban | Sharjah | 29 Oct 2021 |
| 10 | PM Liyanagamage | 0 | 0 | 2 | Srl | Nam | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
It also provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed in such a manner in the T20 World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TM Dilshan | 0 | 0 | 2 | Srl | RSA | Hambantota | 22 Sep 2012 |
| 2 | M Jayawardene | 0 | 0 | 1 | Srl | Win | Mirpur | 03 Apr 2014 |
| 3 | PM Liyanagamage | 0 | 0 | 2 | Srl | Nam | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
MG Erasmus of Namibia opened the bowling in Sri Lanka’s innings to provide the eighth occasion of a captain opening the bowling in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a Namibian captain opening the bowling in an innings in the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 108 in this game to provide the 72nd occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup.
Sri Lanka occupies the second place in the list of teams which have been dismissed all out on most occasions in the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh occupies the first place with ten occasions of dimissed all out.
Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 108 in this game to provide the 42nd occasion of a team dismissed all out in the second innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in the second innings in the World Cup.
Sri Lanka became the fourth team to be dismissed all out on four occasions in the second innings in the T20 World Cup. Others are – Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Scotland.
JN Frylinck of Namibia and PN Liyanagamage of Sri Lanka were dismissed run out this game to provide the 234th and 235th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the history of T20 World Cup.
JN Frylinck of Namibia was dismissed run out this game to provide the third occasion of a Namibian batsman dismissed run out in the history of T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of a Namibian batsman dismissed run out against Sri Lanka in the history of T20 World Cup.
PN Liyanagamage of Sri Lanka was dismissed run out this game to provide the 28th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed run out in the history of T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka lost its 16th match in the T20 World Cup when it lost this game by 55 runs against Namibia.
Namibia won its fourth game in the T20 World Cup. All the four win are tabulated below
| No | Team | Res | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Namibia | won | 06 wkts | Netherlands | Abu Dhabi | 20 Oct 2021 |
| 2 | Namibia | won | 08 wkts | Ireland | Sharjah | 22 Oct 2021 |
| 3 | Namibia | won | 04 wkts | Scotland | Abu Dhabi | 27 Oct 2021 |
| 4 | Namibia | won | 55 runs | Sri Lanka | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
Namibia won this game by 55 runs to provide the 35th occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | won | 172 runs | v Kenya | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | Afghanistan | won | 130 runs | v Scotland | Sharjah | 25 Oct 2021 |
| 3 | South Africa | won | 130 runs | v Scotland | The Oval | 07 Jun 2009 |
| 4 | England | won | 116 runs | v Afghanistan | Colombo (RPS) | 21 Sep 2012 |
| 5 | India | won | 90 runs | v England | Colombo (RPS) | 23 Sep 2012 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | won | 84 runs | v P.N.G. | Al Amerat | 21 Oct 2021 |
| 7 | West Indies | won | 84 runs | v Pakistan | Mirpur | 01 Apr 2014 |
| 8 | New Zealand | won | 83 runs | v Ireland | Nottingham | 11 Jun 2009 |
| 9 | Pakistan | won | 82 runs | v Netherlands | Lord’s | 09 Jun 2009 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | won | 82 runs | v Zimbabwe | Hambantota | 18 Sep 2012 |
| 11 | Australia | won | 81 runs | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 09 May 2010 |
| 12 | Nepal | won | 80 runs | v Hong Kong | Chattogram | 16 Mar 2014 |
| 13 | New Zealand | won | 75 runs | v Bangladesh | Kolkata | 26 Mar 2016 |
| 14 | West Indies | won | 74 runs | v Australia | Colombo (RPS) | 05 Oct 2012 |
| 15 | India | won | 73 runs | v Australia | Mirpur | 30 Mar 2014 |
| 16 | West Indies | won | 73 runs | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 25 Mar 2014 |
| 17 | Pakistan | won | 72 runs | v Scotland | Sharjah | 07 Nov 2021 |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | won | 70 runs | v Ireland | Abu Dhabi | 20 Oct 2021 |
| 19 | West Indies | won | 70 runs | v Ireland | Providence | 30 Apr 2010 |
| 20 | India | won | 66 runs | v Afghanistan | Abu Dhabi | 03 Nov 2021 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | won | 64 runs | v Bangladesh | Johannesburg | 18 Sep 2007 |
| 22 | Afghanistan | won | 62 runs | v Namibia | Abu Dhabi | 31 Oct 2021 |
| 23 | Afghanistan | won | 59 runs | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 12 Mar 2016 |
| 24 | New Zealand | won | 59 runs | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 Sep 2012 |
| 25 | South Africa | won | 59 runs | v Afghanistan | Bridgetown | 05 May 2010 |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | won | 59 runs | v New Zealand | Chattogram | 31 Mar 2014 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | won | 57 runs | v West Indies | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | won | 57 runs | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 07 May 2010 |
| 29 | Namibia | won | 55 runs | v Sri Lanka | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
| 30 | Pakistan | won | 55 runs | v Bangladesh | Kolkata | 16 Mar 2016 |
| 31 | Bangladesh | won | 54 runs | v Oman | Dharamsala | 13 Mar 2016 |
| 32 | New Zealand | won | 52 runs | v Namibia | Sharjah | 05 Nov 2021 |
| 33 | Pakistan | won | 51 runs | v Scotland | Durban | 12 Sep 2007 |
| 34 | England | won | 50 runs | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 13 Sep 2007 |
| 35 | Pakistan | won | 50 runs | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 30 Mar 2014 |
It also provides the second occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup
| No | Team | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Australia | won | 81 runs | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 09 May 2010 |
| 2 | Namibia | won | 55 runs | v Sri Lanka | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |