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NZ vs SL T20 head to head records: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka head to head in T20 history

Dixit Bhargav
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NZ vs SL T20 head to head records: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka head to head in T20 history

NZ vs SL T20 head to head records: The SportsRush presents for you the Head to Head statistics for NZ vs SL T20 World Cup match.

It hasn’t taken a lot of time for all the attention to move from Melbourne to Sydney for the 27th match of the ongoing eighth edition of ICC T20 World Cup. A situation where supporting any team has become a secondary issue, fans’ primary focus has turned into a prayer in front of the weather gods to allow an uninterrupted game of cricket.

It seems that New Zealand registering a thumping victory over Australia in the first Super 12 match of the tournament had happened ages ago. With their only victory in Australia since 2011 coming at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Black Caps would be hoping to build a streak around it on the back of another win against Sri Lanka tomorrow. The same with further strengthen their top position on the points table.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, would want to return to winning ways after being hammered by Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis in their previous match at the Perth Stadium. Currently at the fifth position among Group 1 teams, Sri Lanka will move to the top of the table if they win the only match on Saturday.

In what remains their only victory in the last five T20Is against the Kiwis, Sri Lanka had won the last New Zealand-Sri Lanka T20I over three years ago. Although dominated by New Zealand in this format on an overall basis, Sri Lanka have done better against this opposition at neutral venues and in T20 World Cups.

NZ vs SL T20 head to head records

Total number of matches played: 19

Matches won by NZ: 10

Matches won by SL: 8

Matches played at a neutral venue: 6 (NZ 2, SL 4)

Matches played in ICC T20 World Cup: 5 (NZ 1, SL 4)

NZ average score against SL: 136

SL average score against NZ: 130

Most runs for NZ: 309 (Martin Guptill)

Most runs for AFG: 122 (Kusal Mendis)

Most wickets for NZ: 7 (Mitchell Santner)

Most wickets for AFG: 4 (Wanindu Hasaranga)

Most catches for NZ: 6 (Martin Guptill)

Most catches for AFG: 2 (Dasun Shanaka)

NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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