09.06.2009
- Sri Lanka's six-wicket triumph is their first in two games against Australia. Sri Lanka had lost by ten wickets to Australia at Cape Town on September 20, 2007.
- Sri Lanka have won 9 and lost 5 out of 14 contested in Twenty20 Internationals - winning % 64.29.
- Australia, with two successive defeats in the competition, have been eliminated from the ICC World Twenty20.
- Australia have lost five games in succession between March 27, 2009 and June 8, 2009 in Twenty20 Internationals. Only Bangladesh (8) and New Zealand (7) have lost more matches in a row than Australia.
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- Australia have won eleven and lost twelve out of 23 played in Twenty20 Internationals - winning % 47.83. Australia's tally of twelve defeats is the most by any team.
- Ricky Ponting (25 off 15 balls) became the first Australian to aggregate 400 runs in Twenty20 Internationals - 401 at an average of 28.64 in 17 matches, including two fifties.
- David Warner has registered his first duck in Twenty20 Internationals.
- Ajantha Mendis (3/20) has a splendid record in Twenty20 Internationals - 14 wickets at 5.36 runs apiece in only four games, with two four-wicket hauls.
- Mendis is the most successful bowler in an innings for Sri Lanka against Australia.
- Dilshan (53 off 32 balls) has posted his first fifty in the ICC World Twenty20 - his second fifty overall in Twenty20 Internationals. Dilshan's career-best is 61 off 47 balls against India at Colombo, RPS on February 10, 2009.
SX4 Performer: Kumar Sangakkara
- Kumar Sangakkara's 55 not out off 42 balls is his first fifty in Twenty20 Internationals, bettering the 30 off 18 balls against Kenya at Johannesburg on September 14, 2007.
- Sangakkara is the third Sri Lankan captain to register a fifty - the first two being Mahela Jayawardene (65 against Kenya at Johannesburg on September 14, 2007) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (61 against India at Colombo, RPS on February 10, 2009).
- Sangakkara has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the first time in Twenty20 Internationals.
- Lasith Malinga (3/36) has produced his best bowling performance in Twenty20 Internationals, eclipsing the 3 for 43 against Pakistan at Johannesburg on September 17, 2007.
