Historic 233-run stand becomes highest second‑wicket stand in T20Is

The Butterfield‑Brooke partnership overtook the 210* runs posted by Sampson and Tilak Verma against South Africa in 2024. It also became the second‑largest partnership for any wicket by a full‑member side, behind only the Afghan pair of Usman Gani and Hazarullah Zazai’s 236-run opening stand in 2019. The record demonstrates England's growing firepower in the shortest format.