T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Records Shattered in High-scoring Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Thriller in St. Lucia
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, Match 38, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Records: An important game was played on Sunday at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. It was between the Sri Lanka cricket team and the Netherlands cricket team in Group D. This St. Lucia Cricket has the ending of a high-scoring game, where Sri Lanka went on to score 200+ total and some T20I records were also broken. It started with the Netherlands winning the toss and deciding to bowl first. Kusal Mendis (46 off 29) gave Sri Lanka a good start.
Dhananjaya de Silva (34 off 26), Charith Aslanka (46 off 21), Angelo Mathews (30* off 15), and Wanindu Hasaranga (20* off 6) played useful cameos. Sri Lanka posted a total of 201/6 in 20 overs. This was only the second time a team scored 200+ total in a match. Chasing the score, the Netherlands had a 45-run opening stand in 4.3 overs, which was their highest partnership. The whole team got bowled out for 118 runs in 16.4 overs and lost by 83 runs. Nuwan Thusara picked up 3/24, and Hasaranga and Pathirana took two wickets each.
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Most Ducks for SL in T20Is: Former Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka registered a golden duck in the first inning. It was his 11th in T20Is, and now he went past Tillakratne Dilshan's tally of 10 T20I ducks for Sri Lanka, which is the most now.
Most runs in T20 WC game with a 50: Both teams scored a combined 319 runs, but none of the batters from either side registered a half-century. Hence, this game has seen the third-most runs in a completed T20 World Cup game where no individual scored a fifty.
Biggest win for SL in T20 WC: Sri Lanka bowled the Netherlands out for 118 runs to win by 83 runs. This is now the second-biggest win for Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup history.
Highest T20 WC total without a 50: Sri Lanka's 201/6 is now the joint-highest total by a team where no batter scored a half-century. Australia's 201/7 vs ENG earlier this tournament is the joint-highest also.
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Highest Match Aggregate: A total of 319 runs were scored in this match. This is now the most runs in a complete T20I game that includes Sri Lanka and the Netherlands.