Top 10 T20I Teams and Their First T20I Centurions

#7 England - Alex Hales 116*(64) vs Sri Lanka, ICC WT20 2014

England v Sri Lanka - ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014

It took nearly 9 years for an English batsman to score a T20I hundred as Alex Hales broke the jinx and became the first Englishman to score a century in T20 international cricket. In a group stage match of the ICC WT20 2014 against Sri Lanka, the mighty Lankan side set a target of 190 for the England side. The English team lost opener Micheal Lumb and Moeen Ali in the very first over of the chase.

But the other opener, Alex Hales launched an onslaught from the other end as he along with Eoin Morgan stitched a 152 runs partnership and took England close to the total. Morgan departed in the 17th over but Hales continued his attack and took England home with his knock of 116 runs.