The three-match T20I series between England and Australia will start on September 11. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Ahead of the start of the three-match England-Australia T20I series, here’s a look at top performers and record-holders in 24 T20Is played so far between the two teams.
England will face arch-rivals Australia in a three-match T20I series, which is set to start on Wednesday (September 11). The series opener is scheduled to take place at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, and the next two T20Is will be played on Friday and Sunday in Cardiff and Manchester, respectively.
England last played a T20I match on June 27 against India in Guyana and suffered defeat by 68 runs in the second semifinal match of the T20 World Cup 2024. On the other hand, Aussies are coming into the away series after winning all three T20Is played against Scotland in Edinburgh last week.
In the absence of Jos Buttler, KKR star Phil Salt will lead the hosts, and Australia will play under the leadership of Mitchell Marsh. Pat Cummins is not available for the white-ball tour, but all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and pacers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are back in the side.
Here’s a look at top performers and record holders in 24 T20Is played so far between Australia and England:
- Most wins: 11 each by Australia and England in 24 T20Is.
- Highest total: 248 for 6 in 20 overs by Australia in Southampton on August 29, 2013.
- Lowest total: 79 all out in 14.3 overs by Australia in Southampton on June 13, 2005.
- Biggest win (by runs): England beat Australia by 100 runs in Southampton on June 13, 2005.
- Biggest win (by wickets): England beat Australia by 8 wickets (50 balls remaining) in Dubai on October 30, 2021.
- Most runs: 619 runs in 16 T20Is by Aaron Finch (Australia).
- Highest score: 156 runs from 63 balls by Aaron Finch (Australia) in Southampton on August 29, 2013.
- Highest batting average (min 100 balls): 50.83 by Cameron White of Australia (305 runs in 8 T20Is).
- Highest strike rate (min 100 balls): 160.77 by Aaron Finch of Australia (619 runs in 16 T20Is).
- Most 100s: 1 century each by Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell (both from Australia).
- Most 50s: 5 in 16 T20Is by Jos Buttler of England.
- Most ducks: 2 zeros each by Luke Wright (England), Pat Cummins, and Marcus Stoinis (both from Australia).
- Most sixes: 35 maximums in 16 T20Is by Aaron Finch.
- Most sixes in a match: 14 by Aaron Finch during his 156-run knock in Southampton on August 29, 2013.
- Most runs in a series: 174 runs in 3 T20Is by Cameron White of Australia during a three-match series in January-February 2014.
- Most wickets: 13 wickets each by Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid (both from England).
- Best bowling figures: 4 wickets for 15 runs in four overs by Shane Watson of Australia in Adelaide on January 12, 2011.
- Most wickets in a series: 7 wickets in three matches by Nathan Coulter-Nile of Australia during a three-match series in January-February 2014.
- Most dismissals: 12 (11 catches and 1 stumping) by England’s Jos Buttler in 16 T20Is.
- Most catches: 12 catches in 15 T20Is by David Warner of Australia.
- Highest partnership: 135 runs for the 3rd wicket between Moeen Ali and Eoin Morgan for England in Cardiff on August 31, 2015.
- Most matches: 16 T20Is each by Jos Buttler (England), Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell (both from Australia).
- Most wins as captain: 5 wins in six T20Is for Eoin Morgan of England.
In the last T20I played between England and Australia in Bridgetown on June 8, 2024, Australia managed to secure a win by 36 runs.