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Ahead of the start of a two-match T20I series in Dambulla, here’s a look at top performers and record holders in 23 matches played so far between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in a two-match T20I series. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Sri Lanka will face New Zealand in a two-match T20I series. The series opener is scheduled to take place at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Saturday (November 9), and the second match will also be played at the same venue on Sunday (November 10). Chraith Aalanka will lead the Sri Lankan team in the home series, whereas the Kiwis will play under the leadership of all-rounder Mitchell Santner.
Will Young, Glenn Phillips, and Ish Sodhi, who played in the recently concluded third Test against India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, are part of the T20I side and would like to come up with a big show against the Islanders to help the Kiwis win the series.
Here’s a look at top performers and record holders in 23 T20Is played so far between New Zealand and Sri Lanka:
- Most wins: New Zealand (13 runs in 23 T20Is).
- Highest total: 196 for 8 in 20 overs by New Zealand and 196 for 5 by Sri Lanka in Auckland on April 2, 2023.
- Lowest total: 60 all out in 15.3 overs by New Zealand in Chattogram on March 31, 2014.
- Biggest win (by runs): New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs in Sydney on October 29, 2022.
- Biggest win (by wickets): New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets (60 balls remaining) in Auckland on January 10, 2016.
- Smallest win: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 3 runs in Colombo on September 2, 2009, and in Mount Maunganui on January 7, 2016.
- Most runs: 342 runs in 17 T20Is by Ross Taylor of New Zealand.
- Highest score: 104 runs from 64 balls by Glenn Phillips of New Zealand in Sydney on October 29, 2022.
- Highest average (min 5 innings): 70.00 by Tim Southee of New Zealand.
- Highest strike rate (min 50 balls): 167.44 by Colin Munro of New Zealand (144 runs in seven T20Is).
- Most 100s: 1 century by Glenn Phillips (NZ).
- Most 50s: 3 half-centuries by Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka.
- Most sixes: 13 maximums in 12 T20Is by Martin Guptill of New Zealand.
- Most sixes in an innings: 7 sixes by Colin Munro during his 14-ball 50-run knock in Auckland on January 10, 2016.
- Most runs in a series: 167 runs in three T20Is by Tim Seifert of New Zealand during the Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand in 2023.
- Most wickets: 20 wickets in 15 T20Is by Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka.
- Best bowling figures: 5 wickets for 3 runs in 3.3 overs by Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka in Chattogram on March 31, 2014.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 1 fifer each by Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga (both Sri Lanka), and Adam Milne of New Zealand.
- Most wickets in a series: 7 each by Lasith Malinga (SL) and Adam Milne of New Zealand.
- Most dismissals: 8 (5 catches, 3 stumpings) in 13 T20Is by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka.
- Most catches: 10 catches in 17 T20Is by Ross Taylor of New Zealand.
- Highest partnership: 109 runs for the 4th wicket between Colin de Grandhomme and Tom Bruce of New Zealand in Pallekele on September 3, 2019.
- Most matches: 17 T20Is by Ross Taylor (NZ).
- Most wins as captain: 4 wins in 7 T20Is by Daniel Vettori of New Zealand.
In the last T20I match played between the two teams in Queenstown on April 8, 2023, New Zealand chased down the target of 183 runs in 19.5 overs to win the match by four wickets.
