Second T20I – Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan at Hambantota on 03.06.12 – Pakistan won by 23 runs

AD Mathews became the fifth captain to lead Sri Lanka in T20Is when he led Sri Lanka in this game  He became the 67^th captain to lead a team in the history of T20Is.

By playing this game, Shahid Afridi became the first cricketer in the history of T20 games to appear in 50 T20Is.

Shahid Afridi scored 52 not out in this game providing the 256^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. His knock provides the 29^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is.

Shahid Afridi’s 52 not out in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20Is. He became the third Pakistan batsman to score four or more fifties in T20Is. Others are – Kamran Akmal {05} and Umar Akmal {04}. The performances of these three cricketers are furnished below

Shahid Afridi earned the distinction of becoming the 24^th batsman to score four or more fifties in T20Is.

Shahid Afrid’s 52 not out in this game provide the sixth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka which are listed below

Shahid Afrid’s 52 not out in this game represents his third fifty against Sri Lanka and he holds the record for most fifties by a Pakistan batsman against Sri Lanka in T20Is. The previous record was held by Younis Khan who had scored two fifties

Shahid Afridi became the first Pakistan batsman to score 800 plus runs in T20I. He reached the landmark when he was on 51 during the course of his knock of 52 not out in this game. He holds the record for most runs by a Pakistan batsman in T20I games. He went past Misbah-ul-Huq who had scored 788 runs on his way to the record.

Shahid Afridi’s 52 not out in this game provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number six in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the nine occasions

Shahid Afridi’s 52 not out in this game provide the fourth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number six in T20Is. The following table lists all the four occasions

Shahid Afridi became the eighth batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 800 plus runs. The following tables lists out the eight batsman who have accomplished this feat.

Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi added 68 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 30^th occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in T20Is. This partnership provide the fourth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in T20Is

Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi added 68 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka for various wicket in T20Is which are listed below

Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi added 68 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the record partnership for the fifth wicket by Pakistan batsmen against Sri Lanka in T20Is.  The previous best was the 43 runs partnership between Misbah-ul-Huq and Shahid Afridi at Abu Dhabi on 25.11.11

TM Dilshan’s two catches in this game gave him an aggregate of 13 catches in T20Is. He now holds the Sri Lankan record for most catches by a fieldsman in T20Is with SL Malinga who also has taken 13 catches. TM Dilshan went past DPMD Jayawardene who has taken 11 catches on his way to joint first position.

TM Dilshan became the 27^th fieldsman to pouch 13 or more catches in the history of T20Is.

TM Dilshan completed 900 runs in T20Is when he was one during his knock of 18 in this game. He became the sixth batsman to total 900 plus run in T20Is. The following table lists all the six batsmen who have reached the landmark

TM Dilshan completed 900 runs in T20Is when he was one during his knock of 18 in this game. He became the third Sri Lankan batsman to total 900 plus run in T20Is. The following table lists all the three batsmen who have reached the landmark

TM Dilshan became the most capped Sri Lankan cricketer in T20Is. At the end of this game he has played 37 T20Is. He went past DPMD Jayawardene who has appeared in 36 T20Is.

Yasir Arafat captured three wickets in this game to take his aggregate of wickets in T20 games to 151. He became the fifth bowler in the history of T20 games to capture 150 Dplus wickets. Others are – DP Nannes {178}, AC Thomas {159}, SL Malinga {155} and JA Morkel {154}

KMDN Kulasekara and I Udana bowled a maiden over each in this game providing a total of 117 maiden overs bowled in the history of T20Is.

Sri Lankan bowlers have bowled a total of eleven maiden overs in 40 T20I games they have played as at the end of this game.  They became the fifth team to bowl ten or more maiden overs in the history of T20Is. Others are – Pakistan {16}, Australia {14}, New Zealand {11} and Ireland {10}

The break up of eleven maiden overs bowled by Sri Lankan bowlers read thus – CRD Fernando {03}, KMDN Kulasekara {02}, AD Mathews {02}, BAW Mendis {02}, I Udana {01} and WPUJC Vaas {01}

Sri Lankan innings contained three ducks – KMDN Kulasekara, NLTC Perera and KS Lokuarachchi are the batsmen who failed to open their accounts in this game.  This provides the 28^th occasion of three or more batsmen scoring ducks in an innings in the history of T20Is.

KMDN Kulasekara, NLTC Perera and KS Lokuarachchi failed to open their accounts in this game providing the third occasion of three Sri Lankan batsmen scoring ducks in an innings. The other two occasions are – against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07 {WU Tharnga, J Mubarak and G Wijekoon} and against Australia at Cape Town on 20.09.07 {ST Jayasuriya, MF Mahroof and CRD Fernando}

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 99 in this game providing the 30^th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 in T20Is

Sri Lanka’s 99 all out in this game provide the third occasion of a team dismissed all out for 99 in T20Is. The following table lists out all the three occasions

Sri Lanka’s 99 all out in this game provide the third occasion of a it being dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in T20Is. The following table lists out all the three occasions

Sri Lanka’s 99 all out in this game provide the 83^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out in the history of T20 games – 40 occasions while batting first and 43 occasions while batting second

Sri Lanka’s 99 all out in this game represent the eighth occasion of it being dismissed all out in T20Is. The eight occasions are listed below

Sri Lanka became the third team to be dismissed all out on eight or more occasions in the history of T20Is. Others are – New Zealand {10} and Kenya {08}

This series witnessed rival teams dismissed all out for less than 100 runs – Pakistan all out for 95 in the first T20I at Hambantota on 01.06.12 and Sri Lanka all out for 99 in the second T20I at Hambantota on 03.06.12

This is the second such occasion in the history of T20Is of rival teams dimissed all out for less than 100 runs. The first such occasion was witnessed in the series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand played in USA in May 2010. Sri Lanka was all out for 92 in the first T20I at Lauderhill on 22.05.10 and New Zealand was all out for 81 in the second T20I at Lauuderhill on 23.05.10

KC Sangakkara completed 3000 runs in T20 games when he was on  6 during his knock of  8 in this game  At the end of the game, his run aggregate in T20 games read 3002. He became the 13^th batsman to total 3000 runs in T20 games. Others are – DJ Hussey {4666}, BJ Hodge {4471}, BB McCullum {4033}, CH Gayle {3970}, OA Shah {3897}, DA Warner {3682}, HH Gibbs {3308}, LRPL Taylor {3199}, SK Raina {3147}, JH Kallis {3095}, G Gambhir {3034} and RG Sharma {3033}