England vs Sri Lanka ஸ்கோர்கார்டு, Match 39, ICC T20 World Cup 2022

England have won each of their last seven men’s T20I games against Sri Lanka, this happens to be the longest such streak against any full-member side by the Three Lions.

This will the sixth game between England and Sri Lanka in the men’s T20 World Cup, with the Three Lions winning four of those encounters including their last three on the bounce; the Lankans’ only victory came in the 2012 edition in which they were the hosts of the competition.

No visiting team have won more men’s T20I games in Australia other than Sri Lanka (P21 W10 T1 L10) also India (W10); however the Lankans are also the only visiting team to have lost more matches than any team Down Under (L10).

Sri Lanka have won 11 men’s T20I games since the start of 2022, their most in a single calendar year; the Lions have however lost 12 games during the same period (also in 2021), only in 2016 did Sri Lanka lose more such games in a single calendar year.

England have a catch success rate of 92% in the ongoing edition of the men’s T20 World Cup having caught 22 of their 24 chances, only Namibia (100%) have had a better such rate than the Three Lions in the ongoing edition of the tournament.

England and Sri Lanka bowlers have registered a dot ball rate of 34% and 36% respectively while bowling in 2022, the least of all full-member sides in the men’s T20I format.

65% of the runs that England batters have scored in the slog overs (Over no. 17 – 20) of men’s T20I cricket since the beginning of 2022 have come from boundaries, the most of all full-member sides during the same phase of the game.

Pathum Nissanka (948 runs in 34 innings) is 52 away from becoming the tenth Sri Lankan batter to get to 1000 runs in men’s T20I cricket; if Nissanka reaches the milestone in his next innings, he will become the second fastest Sri Lankan batter to reach to the landmark in terms of innings batted (Kusal Perera – 34 innings).

18.2% of deliveries that England bowler Mark Wood has bowled in the ongoing edition of the men’s T20 World Cup have been short balls, the most of all bowlers; he has bagged two of his six wickets via such bowling length.

Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) has scalped 13 wickets in the ongoing edition of the men’s T20 World Cup, the most by any bowler; he is three wickets away from equaling his tally of 16 wickets from the 2021 edition that also happens to be the most a bowler has bagged in a single edition of the tournament.