Match No 05 : Somerset County Cricket Club vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 : Somerset County Cricket Club won by one wicket on the last ball of the match

Somerset won this game on the last ball of the match providing 41^st occasion of a T20 match won on the last ball.

Somerset won this game by one wicket providing the sixth occasion of a team wining a T20 game by one wicket when it had won the game on the last ball of the match

Somerset’s victory in this game by one wicket provides the 13^th occasion of a team winning a game by one wicket in the history of one day games.

Deccan Chargers deployed nine bowlers in Somerset’s innings providing just the second occasion of a team deploying nine bowlers in the history of T20 games. The other occasion was Sialkot Stallions utilizing the services of nine bowlers in the game against Multan Tigers at Lahore on 27.05.09.

BJ Philips {3 for 31} and RP Singh {3 for 23} captured three wickets each for Somerset and Deccan Chargers respectively in this game taking the number of three wickets to six in CLT20 games played so far.

BJ Philips {3 for 31} and RP Singh {3 for 23} captured three wickets each for Somerset and Deccan Chargers respectively in this game providing the first occasion of rival bowlers capturing three wickets in CLT20 games played so far

RP Singh’s 3 for 23 in this game was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a bowler’s three wicket haul going in vain in CLT20 games played so far. The other occasion was –Praveen Kumar’s 3 for 32 going in vain for Royal Challenger Bangalore against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the first occasion of a bowler to have figures of “four for forty four” in CLT20 games played so far,

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the second occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs without a wicket. The other bowler who has suffered this ignominy in CLT20 games played so far is Cape Cobras’s RK Klienveldt. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-45-0 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 08.10.09.

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs in CLT20 games played so far.

JC Heldreth and AC Thomas added 50 runs for the eighth wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far.

JC Heldreth and AC Thomas added 50 runs for the eighth wicket in this game providing the 21^st occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in the history of T20 games. It also represent the first occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the eighth wicket on Indian soil

It is interesting to note that all the three Indian teams participating in CLT20 have lost their first game in the tournament. – Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09, Delhi Daredevils lost to Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09 and Deccan Chargers lost to Somerset County Cricket Club at Hyderabad on 10.10.09.

PP Ojah’s run out in this game swelled the number of run out dismissals in CLT20 games played so far to nine.

Fidel Edwards who was handed over the ball to bowl the 17^th over was taken off by the umpires as he bowled a beamer {high full toss} to JL Hildreth. It was the second beamer he bowled in the match, the first one being, the very first ball of the innings, to ME Trescothick. After he was taken off, the over was completed by SB Styris.

AC Gilchrist and SB Styris hit a six each in this match to take their tally of sixes to 62 and 61 in T20 games.