hrgcricstats.com

Match No 11 : Sussex Sharks vs Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 13.10.09 : Match tied : Diamond Eagles advance by winning the game in one over eliminator

This game provides the first tied match of the CLT20 games. Both the teams scored 119 runs {Sussex -119 for 7 in 20.0 overs and Diamond Eagles – 119 for 4 in 20.0 overs}. One over eliminator was resorted to decide the team to go to the next round, Diamond Eagles won the game.

Batting first in the one over eliminator, Diamond Eagles scored 9 runs for the loss of one wicket, but Sussex lost two wickets for no runs on the board, leaving the latter as winners of the match.

RJ Hamilton-Brown was caught and bowled by CJD de Villiers for 6 runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of batsman caught and bowled in the tournament

EC Joyce was run out for 21 in this game providing the 18^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

RR Rossouw and AP McLaren added 72 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand represents the third occasion of an opening wicket stand of 50 plus runs in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1st	75	Kallis-Uthappa
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	1st	72	Rossouw-McLaren
	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09
3	1st	55	Quiney-Hodge
	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09

RR Rossouw scored 65 in this game and his knock provides the 12^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament which are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	Katich	53	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
7	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
10	Jayawardene	53	Wayamabas	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
11	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Rossouw	65	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

It is interesting to note that of the twelve fifties scored by batsmen in the tournament, exactly half of them {six{ have been scored by opening batsmen.

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	2	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	1	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	2	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	2	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
5	1	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
6	1	Rossouw	65	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

This game ended in a tie providing the 23^rd instance of a tied game in the history of T20 games. Of these 23 games, 14 games were decided on bowl out concept and nine games have been decided on the one over eliminator concept. The one over eliminator concept was first introduced in the game between New Zealand and West Indies at Auckland on 26.12.08. The nine games are listed below.

Matches decided on the one over eliminator concept
No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	26.12.08
2	Lions	Cape Cobras	Potchefstroom	04.02.09
3	Northern Dis	Canterbury	Hamilton	18.02.09
4	Dolphins	Cape Cobras	Durban	18.02.09
5	Warriors	Eagles	P Elizabeth	18.02.09
6	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Cape Town	23.04.09
7	Centrals	Westerns	Bulawayo	13.05.09
8	Northerns	Westerns	Bulawayo	14.05.09
9	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

The game between Sussex Sharks and Diamond Eagles which ended in a tie at Delhi on 13.10.09 provides the 23^rd tied match in the history of T20 games. All the 23 games are listed below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Surrey	Warwickshire	The Oval	18.06.05
2	Colts	Kurunegala Y	Col-Nondes CCG	08.10.05
3	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	16.02.06
4	Northants	Somerset	Northampton	29.06.06
5	Bloomfield	Saracens	Col-Colts CCG	02.03.07
6	Gujarat	Saurashtra	Mumbai-WS	07.04.07
7	Hampshire	Kent	Southampton	22.06.07
8	India	Pakistan	Durban	14.09.07
9	Auckland	Canterbury	Auckland	23.01.08
10	Eagles	Lions	Bloemfontein	04.04.08
11	Gloucs	Warwickshire	Bristol	13.06.08
12	Yorkshire	Durham	Leeds	22.06.08
13	Hampshire	Essex	Southampton	25.06.08
14	Canada	Zimbabwe	King City	11.09.08
15	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	26.12.08
16	Lions	Cape Cobras	Potchefstroom	04.02.09
17	Northern Dis	Canterbury	Hamilton	18.02.09
18	Dolphins	Cape Cobras	Durban	18.02.09
19	Warriors	Eagles	P Elizabeth	18.02.09
20	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Cape Town	23.04.09
21	Centrals	Westerns	Bulawayo	13.05.09
22	Northerns	Westerns	Bulawayo	14.05.09
23	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

Match No 10 : Wayamba Elevens and Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 13.10.09. Wayamba Eleven won by 15 runs

Though Wayamba Elevens won this game by 15 runs, they were out of the tournament as they finished third in the net run rate calculations. The following is the points table of Group D

No	Teams	M	W	L	Pts	Net RR
1	Delhi	2	1	1	2	+0.700
2	Victoria	2	1	1	2	+0.136
3	Wayamba	2	1	1	2	-0.875

Wayamba Eleven finished with a net run rate of -0.875, while Delhi with +0.700 and Victoria with -0.136 moved to the second round of the tournament.

BJ Hodge who had an aggregate of 2297 T20 runs prior to the start of this game took his aggregate to 2341 as he made 44 not out in this game. With two boundary fours in this game he now has an aggregate of 252 boundary fours.

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 15th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand is a record stand for the second wicket in the tournament. The previous best was 79 runs partnership between DA Warner and SM Katich {New South Wales vs Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09.

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the second wicket in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	2nd	81	Kulatunga-Vandort
	Wayamba	Victoria	Delhi	13.10.09
2	2nd	79	Warner-Katich
	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	2nd	68	Uthappa-Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
4	2nd	59	Kallis-Kohli
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the third occasion of a 80 plus runs stand for the second wicket in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	3rd	95	Puttick-Duminy
	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	3rd	90*	Hughes-Henriques
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	2nd	81	Kulatunga-Vandort
	Wayamba	Victoria	Delhi	13.10.09

SM Harwood’s 3 for 14 in this game was in a losing cause and he becomes the third bowler in the tournament to witness a bowlers three wicket haul going in vain. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Singh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Harwood	3	14	Victora	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

SM Harwood’s 3 for 14 in this game provide the 12^th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PKumar	3	32	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	McKay	3	17	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Henriques	3	23	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
10	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
11	Kallis	3	18	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Harwood	3	14	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

Harwood with his 3 for 14 became the second bowler to capture three or more wickets against Wayamba Elevens, after DP Nannes who had taken 4 for 24 at Delhi on 11.10.09. Wayamba Eleven became the third team in the tournament to have three plus wickets hauls on two occasions. Other two teams are – Otago and Somerset. The following table lists out the performances of bowlers against these three teams

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Kallis	3	18	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
1	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
1	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Harwood	3	14	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

KS Lakuaracchi of Wayamba Eleven and RJ Quiney of Victoria Bushrangers scored zeroes in this game which swelled the number of zeroes in the tournament to 14.

RJ Quiney became the third opening batsman after HH Gibbs and EC Joyce to score a zero in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	Cobras	Vs	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	EC Joyce	Sussex	Vs	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
3	RJ Quiney	Victoria	Vs	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

HMRKB Herath’s run out for 3 in this game swells the number of run outs in the tournament to 17. He became the second batsman to be run out while batting at number nine in the tournament. The other batsman was AC Thomos of Somerset {vs Trinidad and Tobago at Bangalore on 12.10.09.

SM Harwood became the first cricketer to be awarded the Man of Match while his team was in the losing side.

Match No 09 : Royal Challegers Bangalore vs Otago Volts at Bangalore on 12.10.09 : Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 80 runs

This game witnessed three fifty plus runs partnerships in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings – 75 for the first wicket between JH Kallis and RV Uthappa, 59 runs for the second wicket between JH Kallis and V Kohli and 54 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket between JH Kallis and LRPL Taylor – providing the first occasion of a team posting the fifty plus runs partnerships for the first three wickets in the tournament games played so far

These three fifty plus runs partnerships swelled the number of fifty plus runs partnerships to fourteen in the tournament. Of these fourteen fifty plus runs partnerships, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen have a major share and posted five fifty plus runs partnerships which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	2nd	68	Uthappa	Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	1st	75	Kallis	Uthappa
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
4	2nd	59	Kallis	Kohli
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
5	3rd	54*	Kallis	Taylor
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s 73 not out in this game provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. He is the third RCB batsman to register a fifty – the other two being RV Uthappa {51} and LRPL Taylor {53 not out} against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09. The following table lists out al the eleven occasions

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	Katich	53	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
7	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
10	Jayawardene	53	Wayamabas	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
11	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s unbeaten 73 in this game provides the sixth occasion of a batsman registering an unbeaten fifty in the tournament. JH Kallis is the second Royal Challenger Bangalore’s batsman to register an unbeaten fifty after LRPL Taylor’s 53 against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09. All the six unbeaten fifties are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	LRPL Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	JP Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
3	AG Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	PJ Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
5	M Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
6	JH Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

Cape Cobras, New South Wales Blues and Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen share these six unbeaten fifties on two occasions each.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	JP Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	AG Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	PJ Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
2	M Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
1	LRPL Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	JH Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s 73 not out in this game represents his eighth T20 fifty and also his highest individual score in T20 games. His previous best was 69 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians at Johannesburg on 03.05.09. His eight fifties are listed below.

No	Runs	Match	Opp	Date
1	50	WPBoland	Titans	18.04.04
2	54	RCB	Delhi	30.04.08
3	62	RCB	Mohali	24.04.09
4	69*	RCB	Mumbai	03.05.09
5	58*	RCB	Delhi	19.05.09
6	57*	SAF	Eng	11.06.09
7	64	SAF	Pak	18.06.09
8	73*	RCB	Otago	12.10.09

JH Kallis became the 60^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 11 during the course of his knock of 73 not out against Otago Eleven at Bangalore on 12.10.09.

At the end of this game, Royal Challengers Bangalore has in its ranks, two batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20 games – LRPL Taylor {1340} and JH Kallis {1062}.

MV Boucher was making his 50^th T20 appearance in this game. The other cricketer who has played fifty plus T20 games in Royal Challengers Bangalore squad is RV Uthappa with 51 appearances at the end of this game.

RV Uthappa hit five boundary fours in his knock of 42 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20 games. JH Kallis {112} and LRPL Taylor {102} are the other RCB Batsmen who have an aggregate of 100 plus boundary fours. Uthappa became the 58^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 100 plus boundary fours.

RV Uthappa’s feat of 100 boundary fours assumes more importance in the fact that he became the fifth Indian batsman to achieve the feat after G Gambhir {168}, V Sehwag {133}, Yuvraj Singh {119} and RG Sharma {111}

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Fours
1	Gambhir	53	1411	86	29.39	168
2	Sehwag	49	1116	94*	25.36	133
3	YuvrajSingh	57	1380	71	27.60	119
4	Sharma	51	1280	101*	33.68	111
5	Uthappa	51	967	66*	24.17	100

LRPL Taylor with his three sixes in his knock of 32 not has now an aggregate of 79 sixes. He now stands second in the list of batsmen who have most sixes in T20 games. Only DJ Hussey with 92 sixes to his credit is ahead of LRPL Taylor. LRPL Taylor went past BB McCullum’s 76 sixes in this game. Prior to this game, LRPL Taylor and BB McCullum shared the joint second place with 76 sixes to their credit.

IG Butler conceded 42 runs in this game to become the seventh bowler to concede forty plus runs in the tournament.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Vinaykumar	1	40	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Wagner	1	42	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Butler	1	48	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Phillips	1	43	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
7	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

IG Butler became the third bowler in the tournament to concede 40 plus runs with out capturing a wicket.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

IG Butler remains the only bowler to concede 40 plus runs on two occasions in CLT20 games played so far.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Butler	1	48	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

NT Broom’s run out for 7 in this game provides the 16^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

NT Broom remains the only batsman to be dismissed run out on two occasions in the tournament. The other occasion was against Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

No	Batsman	Score	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	NT Broom	05	Vs	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	NT Broom	07	Vs	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis with his 73 not out and 3 for 18 became the second cricketer to perform the allrounder’s feat of a fifty coupled with three wickets in the tournament. The other cricketer to achieve such a feat was MC Henriques of New South Wales. He scored 51 not out and captured 3 for 23 against Sussex Sharks at Delhi on 11.10.09.

Otago Volts were all out for 108 in this game providing the third occasion of a team dismissed all out in the tournament.

No	Team	Socre	Overs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Otago	139	17.1	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Somerset	106	20.0	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Otago	108	17.5	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

Otago Volts remains the only team to be dismissed all out in the tournament games played so far.

No	Team	Socre	Overs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Otago	139	17.1	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Otago	108	17.5	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore won this game by 80 runs which represents the largest margin of victory by runs in the tournament. Of the nine games played to date, six games were won by runs margin and three games were won by wickets margin. The following table lists out the games won on runs margin

No	Winner	RunMargin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	RCB	080	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	Cobras	054	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	NSW	053	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Delhi	050	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Tri-Tob	044	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
6	NSW	035	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a total of 188 for 2 in 20.0 overs in this game providing the fourth occasion of a team posting 180 plus runs in the tournament.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Cobras	184/5	19.4	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	RCB	180/4	20.0	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s total of 188 for 2 in this game represents the second highest team total registered in the tournament. The highest total is by Cape Cobras when they posted 193 for 4 agaisnt Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

Cape Cobras and Royal Challengers Bangalore have shared equally the four team totals of 180 plus runs.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Cobras	184/5	19.4	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
1	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	RCB	180/4	20.0	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09

Otago Volts remains the only team to concede 180 plus runs on two occasions – Cape Cobras posted 193 for 4 at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 and Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 188 for 2 at Bangalore on 12.10.09

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

RV Uthappa hit five boundary fours in his knock of 42 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20 games. JH Kallis {112} and LRPL Taylor {102} are the other RCB Batsmen who have an aggregate of 100 plus boundary fours.

RV Uthappa became the 58^th batsmen in the history of T20 games to score 100 plus boundary fours. The complete list is furnished below.

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Fours
1	BJ Hodge	69	2297	106	41.01	250
2	GC Smith	60	1727	105	31.98	218
3	IJ Harvey	51	1469	109	31.93	202
4	HD Ackerman	55	1811	87	37.72	190
5	ST Jayasuriya	63	1547	114*	26.22	173
6	M van Jaarsveld	80	1573	76*	25.78	173
7	AD Brown	61	1421	83	23.68	172
8	G Gambhir	53	1411	86	29.39	168
9	BB McCullum	65	1721	158*	29.67	167
10	MJ Lumb	54	1270	124*	25.40	166
11	IJL Trott	58	1617	86*	41.46	161
12	DL Maddy	48	1418	111	32.97	156
13	SP Fleming	53	1157	64*	23.14	156
14	SG Law	51	1197	101	26.60	151
15	MW Goodwin	56	1266	102*	28.77	151
16	HH Gibbs	67	1484	98	25.15	151
17	KC Sangakkara	51	1369	94	31.11	148
18	VS Solanki	41	1110	100	27.75	147
19	TM Dilshan	53	1271	96*	29.55	144
20	DJ Hussey	79	2040	100*	31.87	142
21	JGE Benning	50	1032	88	22.43	141
22	Mohammad Hafeez	46	1141	79*	27.82	140
23	JP Duminy	62	1619	99*	35.19	140
24	MB Loye	39	1131	100	33.26	135
25	AC Gilchrist	44	1221	109*	29.07	134
26	V Sehwag	49	1116	94*	25.36	133
27	ME Trescothick	32	1041	107	34.70	132
28	MJ Di Venuto	46	951	95*	23.77	131
29	MN van Wyk	50	1161	89*	29.76	131
30	GA Hick	37	1201	116*	36.39	127
31	A Symonds	40	1198	117*	44.37	124
32	MJ Wood	34	1006	94	30.48	123
33	JL Langer	39	998	97	29.35	123
34	ML Pettini	49	1111	87	26.45	122
35	ML Hayden	25	1069	89	53.45	121
36	P Mustard	52	1147	67*	22.94	121
37	Shoaib Malik	54	1402	88*	41.23	120
38	Yuvraj Singh	57	1380	71	27.60	119
39	NM Carter	62	986	58	17.29	118
40	DI Stevens	65	1275	77	27.12	118
41	OA Shah	57	1368	79	29.73	117
42	RWT Key	46	1113	68*	29.28	114
43	MA Carberry	53	1228	90	29.95	113
44	JH Kallis	41	1062	73*	29.50	112
45	RG Sharma	51	1280	101*	33.68	111
46	MR Ramprakash	52	1388	85*	31.54	111
47	Salman Butt	39	917	99*	26.20	108
48	JL Denly	42	928	91	25.77	107
49	MJ Prior	44	874	73	23.00	107
50	AJ Hall	52	940	66*	23.50	107
51	JA Rudolph	45	982	71	29.75	106
52	AB de Villiers	52	1236	105*	32.52	106
53	SE Marsh	29	1107	115	42.57	105
54	T Henderson	75	1245	85	21.46	105
55	KP Pietersen	39	977	79	25.71	102
56	LRPL Taylor	47	1340	111*	34.35	102
57	U Afzaal	49	928	98*	23.20	101
58	RV Uthappa	51	967	66*	24.17	100

RV Uthappa’s feat of 100 boundary fours assumes all the more importance as he became the fifth Indian batsman to achieve the feat after G Gambhir {168}, V Sehwag {133}, Yuvraj Singh {119} and RG Sharma {111}

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Fours
1	G Gambhir	53	1411	86	29.39	168
2	V Sehwag	49	1116	94*	25.36	133
3	Yuvraj Singh	57	1380	71	27.60	119
4	RG Sharma	51	1280	101*	33.68	111
5	RV Uthappa	51	967	66*	24.17	100

JH Kallis became the 60^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 11 during the course of his knock of 73 not out against Otago Eleven at Bangalore on 12.10.09. He was representing Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20. The following is the list of sixty batsmen who have completed 1000 plus runs in T20 Games.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has in its ranks, two batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20 games – LRPL Taylor {1340} and JH Kallis {1062}. RV Uthappa is all set to join JH Kallis and LRPL Taylor and requires 33 more runs for his 1000 T20 runs aggregate. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 967 runs

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
1	BJ Hodge	69	2297	106	41.01	1	17
2	DJ Hussey	79	2040	100*	31.87	1	11
3	HD Ackerman	55	1811	87	37.72	0	17
4	GC Smith	60	1727	105	31.98	1	9
5	BB McCullum	64	1716	158*	30.10	1	10
6	JP Duminy	62	1619	99*	35.19	0	13
7	IJL Trott	58	1617	86*	41.46	0	10
8	M van Jaarsveld	80	1573	76*	25.78	0	11
9	ST Jayasuriya	63	1547	114*	26.22	1	8
10	HH Gibbs	67	1484	98	25.15	0	12
11	IJ Harvey	51	1469	109	31.93	3	5
12	AD Brown	61	1421	83	23.68	0	10
13	DL Maddy	48	1418	111	32.97	1	11
14	G Gambhir	53	1411	86	29.39	0	12
15	Shoaib Malik	54	1402	88*	41.23	0	9
16	MR Ramprakash	52	1388	85*	31.54	0	10
17	Yuvraj Singh	57	1380	71	27.60	0	9
18	KC Sangakkara	51	1369	94	31.11	0	10
19	OA Shah	57	1368	79	29.73	0	8
20	CL White	47	1337	141*	37.13	2	8
21	SB Styris	68	1316	73*	22.30	0	6
22	LRPL Taylor	47	1340	111*	34.35	1	7
23	RG Sharma	51	1280	101*	33.68	1	7
24	JA Morkel	88	1279	71	24.59	0	3
25	DI Stevens	65	1275	77	27.12	0	6
26	TM Dilshan	53	1271	96*	29.55	0	10
27	MJ Lumb	54	1270	124*	25.40	1	9
28	MW Goodwin	56	1266	102*	28.77	1	7
29	T Henderson	75	1245	85	21.46	0	7
30	AB de Villiers	52	1236	105*	32.52	1	8
31	MA Carberry	53	1228	90	29.95	0	10
32	AC Gilchrist	44	1221	109*	29.07	1	6
33	GA Hick	37	1201	116*	36.39	2	10
34	A Symonds	40	1198	117*	44.37	2	6
35	SG Law	51	1197	101	26.60	1	7
36	AC Voges	44	1184	82*	33.82	0	7
37	MS Dhoni	52	1170	73*	35.45	0	5
38	MN van Wyk	50	1161	89*	29.76	0	8
39	SP Fleming	53	1157	64*	23.14	0	6
40	P Mustard	52	1147	67*	22.94	0	6
41	Mohammad Hafeez	46	1141	79*	27.82	0	7
42	DM Benkenstein	54	1136	56*	27.70	0	3
43	MB Loye	39	1131	100	33.26	1	7
44	V Sehwag	49	1116	94*	25.36	0	7
45	RWT Key	46	1113	68*	29.28	0	7
46	ML Pettini	49	1111	87	26.45	0	6
47	VS Solanki	41	1110	100	27.75	1	7
48	SE Marsh	29	1107	115	42.57	1	8
49	PA Nixon	60	1095	65	24.33	0	4
50	DJG Sales	44	1074	78*	34.64	0	10
51	ML Hayden	25	1069	89	53.45	0	11
52	Misbah-ul-Haq	47	1064	107*	40.92	1	5
53	JH Kallis	41	1062	73*	29.50	0	8
54	A McGrath	45	1060	72*	29.44	0	7
55	ME Trescothick	31	1038	107	35.79	1	8
56	Z de Bruyn	50	1078	83*	31.70	0	5
57	JGE Benning	50	1032	88	22.43	0	7
58	Azhar Mahmood	60	1023	65*	29.22	0	3
59	MJ Wood	34	1006	94	30.48	0	5
60	SR Patel	54	1003	84*	25.07	0	6

Match No 08 : Trinidad & Tobago vs Somerset Country Cricket Club at Bangalore on 12.10.09 : Trinidad & Tobago won by 44 runs

Trinidad and Tobago playing eleven in this team comprised of two pairs of brothers in – Darren Ganga-Sherwin Ganga and Darren Bravo and Dwayne Bravo – Bravo brothers being half brothers. Trinidad and Tobago is the only team in the competition to have two pairs of brothers.

Trinidad and Tobago playing eleven comprised five cricketers of Indian origin – Darren Ganga. Sherwin Ganga, Ravi Rampaul and Denesh Ramdin and Samuel Badree

Z de Bruyn of Somerset was making his 50^th T20 appearance in this game. Other Somerset cricketers who are in the playing eleven of this match with 50 plus T20 appearances includeing this game are – JC Heldreth {52}, AC Thomas {58} and CM Willoughby {63}. Z de Bruyn made 43 not out in his 50^th T20 appearance

AC Thomas captured two wickets in this game which gave him an aggregate of 61 T20 wickets. He became the 17^th bowler to aggregate 60 plus wickets in the history of T20 games. The complete list of bowlers who have taken 60 plus wickets in T20 games read thus

No	Player	Mat	W	Runs	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	T Henderson	75	84	1937	4-29	23.05	1	0
2	Yasir Arafat	58	78	1513	4-17	19.39	4	0
3	Umar Gul	44	76	1036	5-06	13.63	6	1
4	AD Mascarenhas	62	76	1464	5-14	19.26	1	1
5	JA Morkel	88	76	1969	4-30	25.90	2	0
6	AJ Hall	52	71	1353	6-21	19.05	1	2
7	GR Napier	55	70	1386	4-10	19.80	1	0
8	Azhar Mahmood	60	68	1497	4-20	22.01	1	0
9	CM Willoughby	62	64	1597	4-09	24.95	3	0
10	IK Pathan	55	63	1392	4-27	22.09	1	0
11	Shahid Afridi	50	62	1090	4-11	17.58	2	0
12	J Louw	49	62	1286	4-18	20.74	2	0
13	TJ Murtagh	51	62	1464	6-24	23.61	0	1
14	ND Doshi	44	61	0975	4-22	15.98	4	0
15	NM Carter	62	61	1486	5-19	24.36	0	1
16	AC Thomas	58	61	1335	4-27	21.88	1	0
17	SJ Cook	51	60	1348	3-14	22.46	0	0

CM Willoughby captured 3 for 35 in this game providing the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

DJ Bravo and D Mohammad failed to score in this match providing the ninth and tenth occasion of a batsman scoring a duck in the tournament. Both DJ Bravo and D Mohammad were out for first ball ducks in this game. They became the fifth and sixth batsmen to collect the first ball duck in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	Cobras	Vs	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	B Lee	NSW	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	EC Joyce	Sussex	Vs	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
4	J Mubarak	Wayamba	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
5	DJ Bravo	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
6	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

DJ Bravo and D Mohammad collected the first ball duck in this game providing the first occasion of two batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in the same innings in the tournament.

DJ Bravo and D Mohammad scored zeroes in this game providing the second occasion of two batsmen scoring zeroes in the same innings in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	EC Joyce	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
2	PP Chawla	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
1	DJ Bravo	TriTob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DMohammad	TriTob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

DJ Bravo, D Mohammad {Trinidad and Tobago}, JC Hildreth and CJ Willoughby {Somerset} failed to score in this match taking the number of zeroes to twelve in the tournament. The twelve occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	B Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	MN van Wyk	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
4	OA Shah	Delhi	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
5	MWaller	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	EC Joyce	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
7	PP Chawla	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
8	J Mubarak	Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
9	DJ Bravo	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
10	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
11	Heldreth	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Willoughby	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09

DJ Bravo and D Mohammad {Trinidad and Tobago}, JC Hildreth and CJ Willoughby {Somerset} failed to score in this match providing the first occasion of four batsmen scoring zeroes in the tournament

No	Batsman	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	DJ Bravo	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Heldreth	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
4	Willoughby	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09

D Mohamamd {Trinidad and Tobago} JC Heldreth and AC Thomas {Somerset} were run out in Somerset’s innings swelling the number of run out dismissals to 15 in the tournament. The fifteen occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Score	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	R Dravid	28	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	B Lee	00	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	AP McLaren	11	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
4	RT Baiiley	08	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Karthik	06	Delhi	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
6	McCullum	21	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Cumming	18	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
8	Broom	05	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
9	Ojha	01	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
10	Warner	14	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
11	Gatting	09	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
12	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
13	DMohammad	00	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
14	Heldreth	00	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
15	Thomas	09	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09

D Mohammad became the third batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament after facing one ball. The other two batsmen are B Lee and PP Ojha

No	Batsman	Team1	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	B Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	PP Ojha	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

D Mohammad became the second batsman in the tournament after B Lee to be dismissed run out for zero after facing one delivery.

No	Batsman	Team1	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	B Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

CM Willoughby was dismissed by the last ball of the innings providing the second occasion of a wicket falling to the last ball of the innings. He was bowled by Dwayne Bravo for zero. The first occasion was witnessed in the match between Delhi and Victoria at D elhi on 09.10.09. Delhi batsman P Sangwan was dismissed by the last ball of the innings when he was bowled by AB McDonald for one runs

CM Willoughby was dismissed by the last ball of the match providing the first occasion of a wicket falling to the last ball of the match when a team was dismissed all out. He was bowled by Dwayne Bravo for zero and was the last batsman to be dismissed.

DM Bravo captured 4 for 23 in this game providing the tenth occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament. All the ten occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PKumar	3	32	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	McKay	3	17	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Henriques	3	23	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
10	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

CM Willoughby {3 for 35} and DW Bravo {4 for 23} captured three or more wickets in this game providing the second occasion of rival bowlers capturing three wickets in the same match.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

C Willoughby’s 3 for 35 in this game was in a losing cause and provides the second occasion of a bowler’s three wickets going in vain. The two occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09

DW Bravo became the second bowler to capture four wickets in the tournament, after DP Nannes of Delhi.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
3	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09

DW Bravo’s 4 for 23 in this game remain the best bowling figures of the tournament. The previous best was credited to DP Nannes of Delhi who had taken 4 for 24 against Wayamba at Delhi on 11.10.09

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opponent	Venue	Date
01	Otago	139	17.1	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
02	Somerset	106	20.0	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09

Somerset’s 106 all out represent the lowest total in a completed innings in the tournament. The previous lowest total in a completed innings was 139 in 17.1 overs by Otago Volts against Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

Match No 7 : Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba Elevens at Delhi on 11.10.09 : Delhi Daredevils won by 50 runs

V Sehwag’s run out for 66 in this game provides the 12^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. He becomes the first batsman in CLT20 games to be dismissed after scoring a fifty. He also becomes the fourth opening batsman to be dismissed run out. Other three are AP McLaren, BB McCullum and DA Warner

No	Batsman	Score	Team	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	McLaren	11	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
2	McCullum	21	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Warner	14	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

KRD Karthik was dismissed stumped for 61 in this game providing the fourth occasion of a batsman stumped in CLT20 games played so far. He earns the distinction of become the first wicket keeper batsman stumped in CLT20 games played so far. He is also the first wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed stumped after registering a fifty in CLT20 games played so far.

V Sehwag {66} and KRD Karthik {61} scored half centuries in Delhi’s innings in this game providing the third occasion of two batsmen registering fifties in the same innings. The three occasions are furnished below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
1	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
1	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

This game witnessed three half centuries in the match – V Sehwag {66} and KRD Karthik {61} for Delhi and DPMD Jayawardene {53} for Wayamba – providing the second occasion of three batsmen registering fifties in the game. The two occasions are furnished below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
1	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamaba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

DPMD Jayawarden’s 53 in this game was in a losing cause and he became the third batsmen to witness a batsman’s fifty going in vain. The other two batsmen whose fifties have gone in vain in CLT20 games played so far are – RV Uthappa’s 51 and LRPL Taylor’s 53 not out

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamaba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

UWMBCA Welegedera earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler in CLT20 games to bowl a maiden over as the first over of the match. His first over in Delhi’s innings was a maiden over and the batsman who faced him was TM Dilshan.

UWMBCA Welegedera in Delhi’s innings and A Mishra in Wayambas’s innings bowled maiden overs providing the first occasion of rival bowlers bowling maiden overs in CLT20 games played so far.

UWMBCA Welegedera’s and A Mishra’s maiden overs in this game provide the fifth occasion of a bowler bowling maiden overs in CLT20 games played so far. The five occasions are listed below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Mascarenhas	Otago	Cobra	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Lee	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Welegedera	Waya’ba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Mishra	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

A Mishra became the third bowler to bowl a wicket maiden in CLT20 games played so far.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Mascarenhas	Otago	Cobra	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Mishra	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

DP Nannes of Delhi Daredevils earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler to capture four wickets in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-24-4 in this game.

DP Nannes with his 4 for 24 became the eighth bowler to capture three or more wickets in CLT20 games played so far. The complete list of bowlers who have captured three or more wickets at the end of this game read as under

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PKumar	3	32	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	McKay	3	17	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Henriques	3	23	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

67 runs for the third wicket between V Sehwag and KRD Karthik in Delhi’s innings provide the third occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT0 games played so far. The three occasions are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
			Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	3rd	95	Puttick	Duminy
			Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
			NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	3rd	67	Sehwag	Karthik
			Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

53 runs for the seventh wicket between DPMD Jayawardene and S de Zoysa in Wayamba Eleven’s innings provide the first occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the seventh wicket in CLT20 games played so far

This game witnessed two fifty plus runs partnerships – 67 runs for the third wicket between V Sehwag and KRD Karthik in Delhi’s innings and 53 runs for the seventh wicket between DPMD Jayawardene and S de Zoysa in Wayamba Eleven’s innings. These two fifty plus runs partnerships swell the number of fifty plus partnerships in CLT20 games played so far to eleven which are tabulated below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
			Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	2nd	68	Uthappa	Dravid
			RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
			RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	5th	61	Duminy	Canning
			Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	2nd	79	Warner	Katich
			NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	1st	55	Quiney	Hodge
			Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
6	3rd	95	Puttick	Duminy
			Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	5th	54*	Puttick	Ontong
			Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
8	8th	50	Hildreth	Thomas
			Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
9	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
			NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
10	3rd	67	Sehwag	Karthik
			Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
11	7th	53	Jayawardene	de Zoysa
			Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

J Mubarak’s zero in this game provides the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring zero in CLT20 matches played so far. He becomes the second captain to score a zero in the tournament.

J Mubarak was dismissed first ball for zero in this game and he became the fourth batsman to collect the first ball duck in the tournament. He also became the second captain – after EC Joyce of Sussex Sharks {vs Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09} to collect the first ball duck

Delhi Daredevils won this game by 50 runs providing the third occasion of a game won by 50 plus runs margin in CLT20 games played so far. The three occasions are listed below

No	Winner	RunMargin	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	NSW	053	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Cobras	054	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Delhi	050	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

Match No 06 : New South Wales Blues vs Sussex Sharks at Delhi on 11.10.09 : New South Wales won by 35 runs

New South Wales’s DA Warner’s run out for 14 in this game provides the tenth occasion of a batman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. He is the third opening batsman to be dismissed run out. The other two are AP McLaren of Eagles vs NSW at Delhi on 09.10.09 and BB McCullum of Otago vs Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

With JS Gatting of Sussex also run out in this game, the number of run outs in CLT20 games played so far stands at ten.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored half centuries in this game which takes the number of half centuries in CLT20 games played so far to seven.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored half centuries in this game providing the second occasion of two batsmen registering half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far. The other occasion was – RV Uthappa {51} and LRPL Taylor {53*} scoring half centuries for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored unbeaten half centuries in this game providing the first occasion of two batsmen registering unbeaten half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored unbeaten half centuries in this game providing the fifth occasion of batsmen registering unbeaten half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far. Others are – LRPL Taylor {53* for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, JP Duminy {99* for Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on 08.10.09} and AG Putick {104* for Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09}

PJ Hughes and MC Henriques added 90 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far.

PJ Hughes and MC Henriques added 90 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the second occasion of a ninety plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. The first occasion was – 95 runs partnership for the third wicket between AG Putick and JP Duminy for Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09.

EC Joyce was dismissed for zero in this game providing the sixth occasion of a batsman failing to open the account in CLT20 games played so far. He was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to become the third batsman to collect the first ball duck in CLT20 games played so far. The other two batsmen are – HH Gibbs of Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09 and B Lee of New South Wales Blues against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

EC Joyce became the first captain to score a zero and also the first captain to collect the first ball duck in CLT20 games played so far.

With PP Chawla also failing to score in this game, the number of zeroes scored by batsmen in the tournament swelled to seven.

MC Henriques scored 51 not out and captured 3 for 23 in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to perform the all-rounder’s feat of fifty coupled with three wickets in CLT20 games played so far

Sussex’s 95 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game provides the third occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs in CLT20 games played so far. The other two occasions are – 91 for 9 in 20.0 overs by Diamond Eagles vs New South Wales Blues at Delhi on 09.10.09 and 98 for 8 by Delhi Daredevils vs Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09.

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.