Follow UsIt was a memorable day for England in Manchester on September 12 (Friday) as they registered their highest-ever total in T20 Internationals (T20I). England scored 304/2 in their 20 overs, making it only the third instance in T20I history that a team has scored in excess of 300.
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314/3 Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
304/2 England vs South Africa, Manchester, 2025
England opener Phil Salt hit as many as 15 fours and eight sixes during his 60-ball stay, in which he finished unbeaten on 141, the highest score for England in T20Is, bettering his own record he set a couple of years ago.
Phil Salt 141* vs South Africa, Manchester, 2025
Phil Salt 119 vs West Indies, Tarouba, 2023
Alex Hales 116* vs Sri Lanka, Chattogram, 2014
Phil Salt 109* vs West Indies, Grenada, 2023
Dawid Malan 103* vs New Zealand, Napier, 2019
In doing so, Salt registered the fastest century by an England batter, getting to the milestone in just 39 balls. In fact, among the fastest England T20I centurions, Salt occupies three of the top five spots.
Phil Salt 39 balls vs South Africa, Manchester
Liam Livingstone 42 balls vs Pakistan, Nottingham, 2021
Dawid Malan 48 balls vs New Zealand, Napier, 2019
Phil Salt 50 balls vs West Indies, Tarouba, 2023
Phil Salt 53 balls vs West Indies, Grenada, 2023
After putting up 304, England won the match by 146 runs, which the the highest margin of victory for them in T20Is.
146 runs vs South Africa, Manchester, 2025
137 runs vs West Indies, Basseterre, 2019
116 runs vs Afghanistan, Colombo (RPS), 2012
100 runs vs Australia, Southampton, 2005
95 runs vs New Zealand, Manchester, 2023
Jos Buttler also launched an assault at the start of the innings and finished with 83 off just 30 deliveries, and put on 126 for the first wicket off just 7.5 overs.
Buttler got to his half-century off just 18 deliveries, the third-fastest to the landmark for England. In the same match, Salt got to his fifty off just 19 deliveries - the joint fourth-fastest for England.
16 balls Moeen Ali vs South Africa, Bristol, 2022
17 balls Liam Livingstone vs Pakistan, Nottingham, 2021
18 balls Jos Buttler vs South Africa, Manchester, 2025
19 balls Phil Salt vs Pakistan, Lahore, 2022
19 balls Phil Salt vs South Africa, Manchester, 2025
With this historic victory, England have levelled the three-match series 1-1. They lost the first match in Cardiff by 14 runs and now have a golden chance to win the series in the decider on September 14 (Sunday) in Nottingham.