England are undefeated in all their seven multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against Pakistan (W5 D2); they won their most recent iteration (4-3 – September to October 2022) after trailing 2-3 earlier in the series.
England are winless in their last three multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (D1 L2); the last time they recorded a longer winless run in such series was a span of four from June 2013 to March 2014 (D1 L3).
Pakistan won their most recent multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (2-1 v Ireland – May 2024), snapping a winless run of five such series (D2 L3); they will be aiming for back-to-back series victories in the format for the first time since December 2021.
This will be the second men’s T20I at Headingley in Leeds; England defeated Pakistan by 45 runs in the inaugural fixture (18 July 2021) after batting first on the day.
England have a catch success rate of 91.4% (53/58) in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2023, the best of any Test playing country in that time; indeed, their five dropped catch attempts is four fewer than the next best team in this category (West Indies – 9).
Batters have played a false shot on 55.1% of Pakistan’s balls bowled during the death overs (17th-20th) in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2023, the highest rate of any Test playing country in that time; only New Zealand (55) and Ireland (36) have taken more wickets during this period than Pakistan (35).
Jos Buttler (2,927) is 73 away from becoming the ninth player to score 3,000 runs in men’s T20Is and the first for England; he’s scored 50+ in two of his last three T20I innings (11, 55, 51).
Babar Azam (3,955) is 45 away from becoming the second player to score 4,000 runs in men’s T20Is (Virat Kohli – 4,037 for India) and the first for Pakistan; he’s scored 50+ in three of his last four T20I innings (75, 0, 57, 69).
Sam Curran (49) is one away from becoming the sixth player to take 50 wickets for England in men’s T20Is; his T20I bowling average against Pakistan (18.4) is his second best against any team (min. 10 overs bowled) behind Sri Lanka (12.3).
Phil Salt has scored 28.6% of England’s runs when he’s played in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2023, the best rate of any player for a Test playing country in that time (min. 2 innings); in fact, teammate Jonny Bairstow (27.2%) is ranked second in this category.