In any cricket format, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka matches have set great memories on the cricket field. We have similar rivalry experiences in the T20I format.
Wellington experienced the first New Zealand vs Sri Lanka T20I on 22nd December 2006. Sri Lanka won that rain-interrupted game by 18 runs (D/L method).
Here we have brought major head-to-head records of New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in the T20I format.
Contents
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in T20Is
Last 5 matches
Overall Head-to-Head
Head-to-Head: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Head-to-Head: In countries
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (matches results)
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (series results)
Head-to-Head: T20 World Cup
Head-to-Head: Teams’ Records [Highest totals, Lowest completed totals, Largest victories (by runs), Largest victories (by wickets)]
Head-to-Head: Players’ Records (Highest individual scores, Most runs, Best bowling figures, Most wickets)
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head to Head (T20I records)
NZ vs SL: Last 5 matches
Date | Competition | Stage | Venue | Winner | Win Margin |
6/09/2019 | Bilateral Series | 3rd of 3-match series | Pallekele | Sri Lanka | 37 runs |
3/09/2019 | Bilateral Series | 2nd of 3-match series | Pallekele | New Zealand | 4 wickets |
1/09/2019 | Bilateral series | 1st of 3-match series | Pallekele | New Zealand | 5 wickets |
11/01/2019 | Bilateral series | Only T20I | Auckland | New Zealand | 35 runs |
10/01/2016 | Bilateral series | 2nd of 2-match series | Auckland | New Zealand | 9 wickets |
NZ vs SL: Overall Head to Head
Matches | NZ won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | NZ won | SL won | ||||
19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
NZ vs SL: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Status | Matches | NZ won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | NZ won | SL won | |||||
Batting 1st | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Batting 2nd | 5 | 4 | |||||
NZ vs SL: In Countries
Host Country | Matches | NZ won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | NZ won | SL won | |||||
New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NZ vs SL: Bilateral series (matches results)
Host Country | Matches | NZ won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | NZ won | SL won | |||||
New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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NZ vs SL: Bilateral series (series results)
Host Country | Series | NZ won | SL won | Drawn |
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NZ vs SL: T20 World Cup
Matches | NZ won | SL won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | NZ won | SL won | ||||
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
NZ vs SL: Teams’ Records (Top 3)
Highest totals | Lowest completed totals | Largest victories (by runs) | Largest victories (by wickets) | ||||
NZ | SL | NZ | SL | NZ | SL | NZ | SL |
182/4 | 179/9 | 60 | 92 | 35 | 59 | 9 | 8 |
179/7 | 174/6 | 81 | 115 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 7 |
175/5 | 174/4 | 88 | 119 | 22 | 37 | 5 | 7 |
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NZ vs SL: Players’ Records (Top 3)
(Batters)
Highest individual scores | Most runs | ||
NZ | SL | NZ | SL |
Martin Guptill (63)
| Angelo Mathews (81*) | Ross Taylor (342)
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (324) |
Ross Taylor (62) | Mahela Jayawardene (81) | Martin Guptill (309) | Mahela Jayawardene (301) |
Ross Taylor (60) | Kusal Mendis (79) | Brendon McCullum (190) | Kumar Sangakkara (215) |
(Bowlers)
Best bowling figures | Most wickets | ||
NZ | SL | NZ | SL |
Grant Elliott (4/22) | Rangana Herath (5/3) | Mitchell Santner (7) | Lasith Malinga (20) |
Scott Styris (3/10) | Lasith Malinga (5/6) | Nathan McCullum (7) | Ajantha Mendis (12) |
Mitchell Santner (3/12) | Nuwan Kulasekara (3/4) | Jacob Oram (7) | Nuwan Kulasekara (12) |
