Top 10 highest team totals in T20s

2) Sri Lanka (260-6 against Kenya) and Yorkshire (260-4 against Northants)

Lyth provided plenty of entertainment at Leeds

On the back of Adam Lyth’s 161, Yorkshire posted 260, the highest score in Natwest T20 Blast history. Only two teams in the history of T20s have managed to score more than what Yorkshire managed against Northants at Leeds. Lyth, finished with the third-highest T20 score as Yorkshire won comfortably by 124 runs after Northants were bowled out for 136.

In a match which was considered a one-sided contest, to begin with, the Sri Lankans made sure that there was plenty of entertainment for their fans in the 2007 T20 World Cup match against minnows Kenya. Sri Lanka lost the toss and batted first with Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya opening the innings for them.

After losing Tharanga in the 3rd over, Jayasuriya cut loose and raced to reach his fifty in 30 deliveries and was the top-scorer of the match with 88 runs in 44 deliveries.

Mahela Jayawardene scored 65 in 27 deliveries while Jehan Mubarak smashed 5 sixes, scoring 46 in just 13 deliveries, helping Sri Lanka record a mammoth total of 260 in 20 overs. The Sri Lankans registered a massive victory, beating Kenya by a margin of 170 runs.

Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga were the picks of the bowlers for Sri Lanka, picking up 2 wickets each with an economy rate of below 5 runs per over. Jayasuriya was awarded the Man of the Match for his performances with the bat and the ball.