Online Reporter
SOMEHOW, we are always part of the equation — even on the occasion when England were running riot and smashing T20I records against South Africa in Manchester on Friday.
As fans around the world scavenged records in a bid to fully understand the mayhem in which England ended up on 304-2 at Old Trafford, Zimbabwe kept popping up in the searches. Well, Zimbabwe’s 344-4 against Gambia last year remains the highest total in a T20I match. Sikanda Raza’s century, the first by a Zimbabwean in a T20I, came in just 33 balls.
That’s something to cheer the spirits of the Zimbabwean fans after their team’s miserable run of late.
Here are the statistics:
Zimbabwe’s 344-4 against Gambia last year and Nepal’s 314-3 against Mongolia in 2023 are the highest recorded scores in T20Is.
141 not out — Phil Salt’s score against South Africa is the highest for England in men’s T20Is, surpassing his own score of 119 against West Indies in 2023.
228 runs scored off boundaries by England batters on Friday, the third most by a team in a men’s T20I. Zimbabwe scored 282 runs off boundaries against Gambia during their record total, while India scored 232 boundary runs against Bangladesh in last year’s Hyderabad T20I.
England batters hit 30 fours against South Africa, the joint-most by any team in a men’s T20I. The 48 boundaries they hit, including 18 sixes, are the second-most, behind the 57 by Zimbabwe (30 fours and 27 sixes) against Gambia.
146 — England’s margin of win by runs against South Africa is their third biggest in men’s T20Is. It is also the heaviest defeat by runs for South Africa in this format.
39 — the balls Salt needed to complete his hundred, the fastest for England in men’s T20Is. The previous quickest was off 42 balls by Liam Livingstone against Pakistan at Nottingham in 2021. — CricInfo/Sports Reporter
