Stats Analysis

Stats - Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan take England to new T20I heights

The two added 182 runs against New Zealand in Napier, breaking a number of records along the way

Bharath Seervi
08-Nov-2019
241 for 3 - England's total in the Napier T20I, which is their highest ever in T20Is. Their previous highest was 230 for 8 in their successful chase against South Africa in the 2016 World T20. This is also the second-highest total by any team against New Zealand, behind Australia's 245 for 5 in Auckland last year.
182 - The partnership between Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan, which is the fourth-highest for any wicket in all T20Is. It is the highest by a non-opening pair and highest for any wicket for England. Before this, the highest stand by an England pair was 159, by Alex Hales and Ravi Bopara against West Indies in 2012.
2 - Malan became the second England batsman to score a century in T20Is. The first was by Hales against Sri Lanka in the 2014 World T20. Malan completed his ton off 48 balls while Hales had taken 60 balls. Malan's is the second fastest T20I hundred by any batsman against New Zealand; Richard Levi's 45-ball hundred remains the fastest.
76 - Runs by England in the last four overs of their innings - the most by any team in a T20I. The previous highest was 75 by Afghanistan against Ireland in Greater Noida in 2017. England got 28 runs of the 17th over, 15 of the 18th, 25 of the 19th and eight of the last one. Overall, they accumulated 153 runs in the last ten overs, which is the joint third-highest for any team. They scored 20 or more runs in four of the last ten overs.
6 - Number of 50-plus scores for Malan in his short T20I career of nine games so far. He has scored 458 runs in nine innings and averages 57.25. Overall, this was Malan's fourth century in all T20s. Among England players, only Luke Wright has more T20 centuries (seven); Joe Denly and Jason Roy also have four centuries each.
91 - Morgan's score in this game, which is his highest in T20Is going past his 85 not out versus South Africa in Johannesburg ten years ago. It's also his best in all T20s - his previous best was 90. He struck seven sixes in his innings, the joint-most by an England batsman in a T20I innings. This was the third time he hit seven sixes in a T20I innings.
21 - Balls taken by Morgan to complete his fifty, the fastest by an England batsman in the format. He bettered Jos Buttler's 22-ball effort against Australia at Edgbaston last year. It is the joint-fastest by any batsman against New Zealand, equaling Cameron White's innings in Christchurch in 2010.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo @SeerviBharath