Some more stats of NZ-SL T20 International

*** New Zealand were dismissed all out 81 in this game providing the 23rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in T20I and second occasion for New Zealand. They have been all out for 99 against Pakistan at The Oval on 13.06.2009.
*** New Zealand’s 81 all out in this game provides the third occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs against Sri Lanka.
*** RJ Nicol, KD Mills and AJ Mckay scored zeroes in this innings to take the number of zeroes scored by New Zealand batsman in T20I to 24.
*** Nuwan Kulasekhara returned with figures of 3.0-1-4-3 in this game. He became the 14th bowler (and second Sri Lankan) to capture three or more wickets conceding single digit runs in T20I.
*** He bowled a maiden over in this game providing the 81st occasion o of a bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in T20I. He is the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to bowl a maiden over in T20I.
*** Mahela Jayewardene hit a six in his knock of 17 in this game which gave him a total of 35 sixes in the calendar year 2010. His aggregate of 35 sixes provide the seventh occasion of a batsman scoring 35 or more sixes in a calendar year. The complete list read thus – DA Warner (45 in 2010), SE Marsh (38 in 2008), LRPL Taylor (37 in 2008), LRPL Taylor (37 in 2010), LRPL Taylor (36 in 2009), Yuvraj Singh (36 in 2009) and DPMD Jayewardene (35 in 2010)
*** Kulasekhara (3 for 4) and SL Malinga (3 for 12) captured three wickets each in this game providing the 28th occasion of two bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20I.