46 – The number of deliveries Glenn Phillips took to reach his first 100 international T20. It is the fastest format for New Zealand. Colin Munro’s century with 47 balls against the same opposition and, incidentally, in the same place in 2018 was the best before. Click here to see the fastest hundreds on T20I.
171 * – The highest previous association in New Zealand in Q20I. Back then, Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson accomplished this feat for the opening wicket against Pakistan in 2016. The 184-run tie between Devon Conway and Phillips is now the highest.
182 – The most runs added by a pair that did not start in T20I prior to this match was Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan for the third wicket against New Zealand in 2019. Phillips and Conway hold that record. Click here for a list of the highest non-opening associations in T20I.
154 – Runs scored by New Zealand in the last 10 overs: the third highest ever for a team in T20I. The highest of 159 was scored by Sri Lanka against Kenya in the first T20 World Cup in 2007. Afghanistan had made 156 runs in the last ten against Ireland in a T20I at Dehradun last year, which is the second highest.
2 – New Zealand are two totals higher than their 238 in the second T20I against the West Indies. Their best of 243-for-5 was also against the same opposition at the same venue in January 2018. They had equaled that score in another T20I against Australia the following month. Click here to see New Zealand’s highest totals in Q20.
0 – Among the best teams, no one has done better than Phillips’ 108 at bat in T20I after power plays. The previous highest was David Miller’s 101 against Bangladesh. Miller had come in to bat in 10th in that game. Phillips reached the crease in the seventh in this game in Guptill’s wicket knockdown. Overall, Belgian Shaheryar Butt holds that record with his 125 unbeaten 50 balls after coming in at bat in the eighth in a T20I against the Czech Republic.
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