Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup: SL vs NZ head-to-head record, stats, most runs

NZ vs SL, T20 World Cup: Here are all the head-to-head stats ahead of the Super 12 Group 1 match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand leads Sri Lanka in T20I head-to-head numbers, with 10 wins against the latter’s seven.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka will face off in a T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 1 fixture at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday.

Here all all the head-to-head stats ahead of the match.

SRI LANKA VS NEW ZEALAND HEAD-TO-HEAD IN T20IS

Matches: 19

New Zealand won: 10

Sri Lanka won: 7

Tied: 1 (SL won in Super Over)

No result: 1

Last meeting: Sri Lanka won by 37 runs (Pallekele; September 2019)

Last five meetings: NZ won - 4; SL won - 1

Highest score (NZ) vs SL: 182/4 (20) - (Mount Maunganui; January 2016)

Lowest score (NZ) vs SL: 60 (15.3) - (Chattogram; March 2014)

Highest score (SL) vs NZ: 179/9 (20) - (Mount Manganui; January 2016)

Lowest score (SL) vs NZ: 92 (19.4) - (Lauderhill; May 2010)

SRI LANKA VS NEW ZEALAND HEAD-TO-HEAD IN T20 WORLD CUP

Played: 5

New Zealand won: 1

Sri Lanka won: 3

Tied: 1 (SL won in Super Over)

Last meeting: Sri Lanka won by 59 runs (Chattogram; March 2014)

Previous T20 World Cup meetings

Tied - Sri Lanka won in Super Over (Pallekele; September 2012)

New Zealand won by two wickets (Providence; April 2010)

Sri Lanka won by 48 runs (Nottingham; June 2009)

Sri Lanka won by seven wickets (Johannesburg; September 2007)

NZ VS SL MOST RUNS IN T20IS

NEW ZEALAND

Batter	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Highest Score
Ross Taylor	17	342	22.80	114.76	62
Martin Guptill	12	309	28.09	136.72	63
Brendon McCullum	12	190	15.83	110.46	49
Colin Munro	7	144	24.00	167.44	50*
Kane Williamson	4	131	43.66	119.09	53

SRI LANKA

Batter	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Highest Score
Tillakaratne Dilshan	14	324	32.40	107.64	76
Mahela Jayawardene	12	301	33.44	137.44	81
Kumar Sangakkara	13	215	21.50	98.17	69
Angelo Mathews	12	161	26.83	111.80	81*
Thisara Perera	9	125	17.85	137.36	43

NZ VS SL MOST WICKETS IN T20IS

NEW ZEALAND

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Economy Rate	Average	Best
Nathan McCullum	8	7	6.36	22.57	2/15
Kyle Mills	9	7	7.42	29.71	2/17
Jacob Oram	8	7	7.22	22.71	3/33
Mitchell Santner	5	7	6.26	17.00	3/12
Daniel Vettori	8	7	5.72	23.71	2/11

SRI LANKA

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Economy Rate	Average	Best
Lasith Malinga	15	20	6.68	18.15	5/6
Nuwan Kulasekara	9	12	6.40	17.08	3/4
Ajantha Mendis	8	12	6.46	16.16	3/9
Akila Dananjaya	5	10	7.94	13.50	3/36
Sanath Jayasuriya	7	8	6.77	18.62	3/21