T20 WC 2021: ENG vs AUS, Stats Review – Buttler’s new record and other stats

While fans were expecting a teaser of the upcoming Ashes series, they got to witness a highly one-sided clash. England thumped arch-rivals Australia by eight wickets to make a spot in the T20 World Cup 2021 semi-final certain. While English bowlers did an exceptional job by restricting the Aussies for 125, Jos Buttler’s mayhem made Australia’s loss even more humiliating. With England recording their third win on the trot, they would be raring to get in the knock-out stage.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from England vs Australia clash in T20 World Cup 2021:

3 – England recorded their third-biggest win in terms of balls remaining in T20Is, 50.

3 – Adil Rashid became the third England spinner to open the bowling in a T20 World Cup match. Danny Brigg and Moeen Ali are the other two.

3 – Australia recorded their third-lowest total in T20 World Cups (125).

15 – Buttler smashed the 15th half-century of his T20I career.

50 – Jos Buttler smashed the joint-fastest half-century of T20 World Cup 2021 so far, 25 balls.

3 – This was the third occasion of England taking at least three wickets in powerplay overs.

66 – England recorded the highest powerplay total of T20 World Cup 2021, 66.

2 – Australia recorded the second-lowest powerplay total of T20 World Cup 2021, 21/3.

2 – Buttler ha snow smashed joint second-most sixes by a wicketkeeper in a T20 World Cup match (5). While he shares the record with Mohammad Shahzad, Brendon McCullum tops the list.

2 – Buttler became the second England batter after Eoin Morgan to complete 300 sixes in T20 cricket.