Pallekele, Feb. 22 -- England opener Phil Salt surpassed Jonny Bairstow to become the Three Lions' fifth-highest run-getter in T20Is with a resilient, lone-warrior half-century against Sri Lanka in his side's Super Eight clash in the ICC T20 World Cup at Pallekele on Sunday.

During the clash against Lankan Lions, the co-hosts kept striking at regular intervals; however, it was Salt who kept the English batting afloat with a 40-ball 62, including six fours and two sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 155.00.

Now in 57 T20Is, Salt has made 1,710 runs in 53 innings at an average of 36.38 and a strike rate of 166.50, with four centuries and eight fifties and a best score of 141*. Bairstow had scored 1,671 runs in 80 matches and 72 innin...