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AG Puttick’s 104 not out for Cape Cobras against Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 represents the 58^th hundred in the history of T20 games. His knock represents the second hundred by a Cape Cobras’s batsman in T20 games, the first being H Davids who had made 112 not out against Warriors at Cape Town on 23.01.09. The following table lists out all the 58 hundreds arranged chronologically

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Harvey	100*	Gloucs	Warshire	Bham	23.06.03
2	Symonds	112	Kent	Msex	Maidstone	02.07.04
3	Hick	116*	Worcs	Nhants	Luton	05.07.04
4	Thomas	116*	Ggan	Sset	Taunton	05.07.04
5	Maddy	111	Leics	Yshire	Leeds	08.07.04
6	Harvey	108*	Yshire	Lshire	Leeds	14.07.04
7	Bosman	104	Eagles	Lions	P’stroom	10.04.05
8	Moin Khan	112	KDolphins	L Lions	Lahore	25.04.05
9	Harvey	109	Yshire	Dshire	Leeds	28.06.05
10	SGLaw	101	Lshire	Yshire	Mchester	01.07.05
11	GCSmith	105	Sset	Nhants	Taunton	02.07.05
12	Loye	100	Lshire	Durham	Mchester	03.07.05
13	BFSmith	105	Worcs	Grgan	Worster	06.07.05
14	BJHodge	106	Victoria	NSW	Sydney	21.01.06
15	Gaffaney	101	Otago	Cenl Dist	Dunedin	27.01.06
16	T Umar	100*	L Lions	Lpards	Karachi	27.02.06
17	KManzoor	100	Zebras	Tigers	Karachi	27.02.06
18	IFarhat	115	L Eagles	Tigers	Karachi	01.03.06
19	White	116*	Somerset	Gloucs	Taunton	27.06.06
20	White	141*	Somerset	Worcs	Worster	09.07.06
21	M-ul-Haq	107*	Pak A	NZl A	Darwin	09.07.06
22	Irani	100*	Essex	Sussex	Hove	11.07.06
23	Dighton	111	Tasmania	NSW	Sydney	10.01.07
24	Harris	100	Canterbury	Auckland	Chchurch	21.01.07
25	RSharma	101*	Mumbai	Gujarat	Mum-BS	04.04.07
26	Goodwin	102*	Sussex	Essex	Chsford	22.06.07
27	Wright	103	Sussex	Kent	Cbury	26.06.07
28	Klusener	111*	Northants	Worcs	K’minster	29.06.07
29	Hick	110	Worcs	Nhants	K’minster	29.06.07
30	HMarshall	100	Gloucs	Worcs	K’minster	01.07.07
31	Gayle	117	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	11.09.07
32	Taylor	111*	Cen Dist	North Dis	Hamilton	25.01.08
33	Eugene	100*	StM’rten	StViGren	Coolidge	01.02.08
34	Masakadza	101*	Easterns	Westerns	Harare	19.03.08
35	McCullum	158*	Kolkata	B’ore	B’ore	18.04.08
36	MHussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
37	Symonds	117*	Deccan	Rajasthan	HydInd	24.04.08
38	Gilchrist	109*	Deccan	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
39	Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
40	SMarsh	115	Mohali	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
41	GMSmith	100*	Dshire	Yshire	Leeds	12.06.08
42	Trescothick	107	Sset	Worcs	Taunton	22.06.08
43	Vincent	102*	Lshire	Dshire	Mchester	23.06.08
44	Napier	152*	Essex	Sussex	Chsford	24.06.08
45	Malan	103	Msex	Lshire	Oval	08.07.08
46	DHussey	100*	Victoria	Tasmania	Hobart	28.12.08
47	Davids	112*	CCobras	Warriors	CTown	23.01.09
48	Redmond	100*	Otago	CenDist	Dunedin	18.02.09
49	de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
50	Vermeulen	108	Werns	Centrals	Bwayo	13.05.09
51	Chigumbura	103*	Nherns	Centrals	Bwayo	14.05.09
52	MPandey	114*	B’ore	Deccan	Centurion	21.05.09
53	ARazzaq	109	L Lions	Q Bears	Lahore	26.05.09
54	Allenby	110	Leics	Notts	Leicester	03.06.09
55	Lumb	124*	Hampshire	Essex	Shampton	04.06.09
56	Solanki	100	Worcs	Grgan	Worster	24.06.09
57	Cook	100*	Essex	Surrey	Oval	25.06.09
58	Puttick	104*	CCobras	Otago	HydInd	10.10.09

Match No 04 : Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 : Cape Cobras won by 54 runs

AD Mascarenhas became the second bowler in CLT20 games to bowl a maiden over. His first over which was the second over of this game was a maiden over. It was a wicket maiden also.

AG Puttick with his 104 not out in this game earned the distinction of scoring the first hundred of CLT20 games. His knock represents the highest individual score in CLT20 games played so far. The previous best was also by Cape Cobra batsman – JP Duminy who had scored 99 not out against Royal Challengers, Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09

AG Puttick registered his maiden T20 hundred when he made 104 not out in this game. His previous best score was 86 for Western Province Boland against Dolphins at Durban on 15.04.05. It was also his fifth fifty in T20 games {01 century and 04 half centuries}

AG Puttick’s 104 not out in this game represent the 58^th hundred registered by a batsman in the history of T20 games.

Otago Volts became the first team in CLT20 games to insert the opposition and lose the match.

Cape Cobra’s score of 193 for 4 in 20.0 overs represent the highest team total in CLT20 games played so far. Previous best was also by Cape Cobras when it had made 184 for 7 in 19.4 over against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

Otagao Volts became the first team to be dismissed all out in CLT20 games played so far. They were all out for 139 in 17.1 overs in this game.

BB McCullum was run out in this game for 21 providing the second instance of an opening batsman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. The first batsman was AP McLaren of Diamond Eagels for 11 runs against NSW at Delhi on 09.10.09.

BB McCullum {21}, CD Cumming {18} and NT Broom {05} were dismissed run out in this game taking the number of run out dismissals in CLT20 games played so far to eight.

CD Cumming was dismissed run out in this game providing the first occasion of a captain dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far.

BB McCullum {21}, CD Cumming {18} and NT Broom {05} were dismissed run out in this game providing the first occasion of three batsmen dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far.

N Wagner and IJ Butler of Otago Volts conceded 42 and 48 runs respectively in this game providing the fourth occasion of a bowler conceding 40 plus runs in CLT20 games played so far.

N Wagner’s 4.0-0-48-1 in this game represents the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in CLT20 games played so far. The previous expensive bowling figures in terms of runs was credited to RK Kleinveldt of Cape Cobras who had figures of 4.0-0-45-0 against Royal Challengers, Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

N Wagner and IJ Butler of Otago Volts conceded 42 and 48 runs respectively in this game providing the first occasion of two bowler conceding 40 plus runs in the same innings in CLT20 games played so far.

AG Puttcik with his 104 not out in this game became the second captain in CLT20 games to score a fifty. SM Katich of New South Wales Blues was the other captain to score a fifty {53 against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09}

AG Puttcik with his 104 not out in this game won the Man of the Match award to became the second captain to get the MoM award in CLT20 games played so far. SM Katich of New South Wales Blues was the other captain to get a MoM award for his 53 against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

AD Mascarenhas captured his 75^th T20 wicket when he claimed the wicket of HH Gibbs caught at the wicket by DC de Boorder for 1 in this game. At the end of this game, his total aggregate of T20 wickets stood at 76 {he captured two wickets in this game}

Cape Cobras won this game by 54 runs margin which represent the largest margin of victory in CLT0 games played so far. The previous best was 53 runs victory by New South Wales Blues over Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

Otago team comprised of two cricketers whose fathers represented New Zealand in Test Cricket. AJ Redmond is the son of RE Redmons who played one test and two ODIs for New Zealand. AJ Redmond has played seven tests, two ODIs and three T20 Internationals for New Zealand. HD Rutherford is the son of KR Rutherford who played 56 tests and 121 ODIs for New Zealand.

There were two fifty plus runs partnerships in this game taking the number of 50 plus runs partnership in CLT20 games to seven.

AG Putick and JP Duminy added 95 runs for the third wicket and AG Putick and JL Ontong added 54 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket.

95 runs partnership between AG Putick and JP Duminy for the third wicket in this game represent the highest partnership in CLT20 games played so far replacing the 79 runs partnership between DA Warner and SM Katich for the second wicket for New South Wales Blues against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

Match Number 03: Delhi Daredevils vs Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09 : Victorian Bushrangers won by seven wickets.

Delhi’s 98 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game represent the second occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs in CLT20 games. Diamond Eagles has made 91 for 9 in 20.0 overs against New South Wales Bulls at Delhi on 09.10.09

Delhi’s 98 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game represent the first occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs while batting first in CLT20 games.

TM Dilshan who had become the first batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs the calendar year 1002 to be exact – added 18 more runs in this game – to take his total to 1020 in 2009. At the end of this he has an aggregate of 1261 runs from 52 matches and 49 innings.

For the first time in the history of one day games in a T20 match played outside Australia, a team contained two batsmen with an aggregate of 2000 plus T20I runs. When Victorian Bushrangers met Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 09.10.09, two batsmen of Victorian Bushrangers – B Hodge and DJ Hussey – had an aggregate of 2000 T20I runs. At the start of the match B Hodge had an aggregate of 2288 runs while DJ Hussey had totaled 2033 runs. At the end of the match, their aggregates read 2297 and 2040 runs respectively as they scored 9 and 7 in this game.

KRD Karthik became the first wicket keeper to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games. He was run out for 8 in this game. He is the fifth batsman to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games.

OA Shah collected his third T20 duck when he was dismissed for zero in this game. He became the fourth batsman to score a duck in CLT20 games played so far. Other batsmen are HH Gibbs, B Lee and MN van Wyk

RJ Quieny and B Hodge were concerned in a first wicket stand of 55 runs providing the first occasion of a first wicket partnership of fifty plus runs in CLT20 games. This stand also provides the fifth occasion of 50 plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. All the five partnerships are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	2nd	79	Warner	Katich
	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	2nd	68	Uthappa	Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
4	5th	61	Duminy	Canning
	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
5	1st	55	Quiney	Hodge
	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09

CJ Mckay of Victoria became the third bowler to capture three wickets in CLT20 games played so far. He returned with figure of 4.0-0-17-3 in this game. Other bowlers to capture three wickets are – Praveen Kumar of RCB {3 for 32 vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09} and SR Clark of NSW {3 for 12 vs Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09}

Match Number 2 : Diamond Eagles vs New South Wales at Delhi on 09.10.09. New South Wales won by 53 runs

MHN van Wyk became the eleventh wicket keeper to appear in 50 plus T20 game. This game was his 50^th T20 appearance. Wicket keepers who have 50 plus T20 appearances are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Mat
1	BB McCullum	63
2	PA Nixon	60
3	JS Foster	58
4	BJM Scott	55
5	N Pothas	53
6	P Mustard	52
7	MA Wallace	51
8	KC Sangakkara	51
9	Kamran Akmal	51
10	JN Batty	51
11	MN van Wyk	50

SM Katich scored a fifty {53} in this game to become the first captain to register a fifty in CLT20 games. It was his fifth fifty as a batsman and first fifty as captain in T20 games

B Lee scored zero in this game which was his third T20 duck. He was dismissed run out for zero. The other two occasions in which he failed to open the account are – in the game between Kings Eleven Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on 21.04.08 and in the game between Australia and Pakistan at Dubai on 07.05.09

B Lee collected the first ball duck in this game to become the second batsman in CLT20 to collect the first ball duck after HH Gibbs of Cape Cobras {vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}

B Lee became the second batsman to be dismissed run out in CL20 games after R Dravid {RCB vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, In Eagles’s innings, AP McLaren and RT Bailey were run out and joined R Dravid and B Lee to become the third and fourth batsman to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games

MH van Wyk who was playing his 50^th T20 game was out for duck in this game. He was caught by caught by PJ Hughes of SR Clark for zero. It was his third T20 duck

It is interesting to note that the margin of victory in this game was 53 runs and was identical with the score by NSW Captain SM Katich {he scored 53 runs}

Diamond Eagle’s score of 91 for 9 in this game represents the first team total of less than 100 runs in CLT20 games.

DA Warner and SM Katich added 79 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. This stand represents the highest partnership for any wicket in CLT20 games played so far..

SM Katich was named Man of the Match in this game. He earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to be awarded Man of the Match in CLT20 games.

SR Clark of NSW became the second bowler to capture three wickets in CLT20 games played so far. He returned with figure of 4.0-0-12-3 in this game.

SM Katich with his 53 in this game became the fourth batsman to register a fifty in CLT20 games played so far. Others are RV Uthappa of RCB {51 vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, LRPL Taylor of RCB {53* vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09} and JP Duminy of Cobras {99* vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}

Australia announced its team for the ensuing tour of India in October – November 2009. Australia will play seven one day games against India at the following venues

No	ODI	Venue	Date
1st	ODI	Vadodara	25.10.09
2nd	ODI	Nagpur	28.10.09
3rd	ODI	Delhi	31.10.09
4th	ODI	Mohali	02.11.09
5th	ODI	Hyderabad	05.11.09
6th	ODI	Guwahathi	08.11.09
7th	ODI	Mumbai	11.11.09

Australia squad
1	Ricky Ponting	Captain
2	Michael Hussey	Vice captain
3	Doug Bollinger
4	Jon Holland
5	Nathan Hauritz
6	Ben Hilfenhaus
7	James Hopes
8	Mitchell Johnson
9	Brett Lee
10	Shaun Marsh
11	Tim Paine	Wicket keeper
11	Peter Siddle
13	Adam Voges
14	Shane Watson
15	Cameron White

Four Injured players – Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin Callum Ferguson and Nathen Bracken – are not part of this contingent but played in the series against England in England which Australia won by 6-1 margin. The new faces in the team are Shaun Marsh and Jon Holland.

Match Number 1 : Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09 : Cape Cobras won by five wickets with two balls to spare

RV Uthappa was playing his 50^th T20 game and celebrated it by scoring a half century – 51. It was his third half century, the other two being – 50 representing India against Pakistan at Durban on 14.09.07 and 66 not out representing RCB against Mumbai Indians at Johannesburg on 03.05.99. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 925 T20 runs from 50 games and 47 innings

RV Uthappa and R Dravid added 68 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the first occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 Championship. RV Uthappa earned the distinction of registering the first fifty of CLT20 Championship.

R Dravid was run out in this game for 28 providing the second occasion of run out dismissal in T20 games. The other occasion was – he was run out for 10 in the game between RCB against Mumbai Indians at Port Elizabeth on 03.05.99.

LRPL Taylor hit four boundary sixes in his knock of 53 not out. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 76 sixes in T20 games. He now occupies the joint second place in the list of batmen who have hit most sixes in T20 games. BB McCulllum is the other batsman who has scored 76 sixes. Only DJ Hussey has scored more sixes than LRPL Taylor and BB McCullum with 92 sixes to his credit and occupies the first place in the list.

LRPL Taylor hit four boundary fours in his knock of 53 not out. At the end this game he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20 games. He became the 57^th batsman to aggregate 100 boundary fours in T20 games.

LRPL Taylor with his 53 not out in this game registered his eighth T20 fifty and seventh T20 half century.

JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20 games when he was on 12 during the course of his knock of 99 not out in this game. Prior to the start of this game he had an aggregate of 1488 runs. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1587

JP Duminy became the ninth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1500 runs. Others are BJ Hodge {2288}, DJ Hussey {2053}, HD Ackerman {1463}, GC Smith {1723}, BB McCullum {1695}, IJL Trott {1617}, M van Jaarseveld {1573} and ST Jayasuriya {1547}

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game became the third batsman in the history of T20 games to register a score of 99 not out. The other two batsmen are – Ashfaq Ahmed {99 not out for Lahore Eagles against Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi on 27.02.06} and Salman Butt {99 not out for Lahore Lions against Quetta Bears at Lahore on 04.10.08}

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game registered his 13^th T20 fifty. His 13 fifties puts him in the third in the list of batsmen who have scored most T20 fifty. BJ Hodge {18} and HD Ackerman {17} occupy the first and second places in the list

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game registered his 13^th T20 half century. His 13 half centuries puts him in the second in the list of batsmen who have scored most T20 half centuries. BJ Hodge and HD Ackerman share the first place with 17 half centuries to their credit

JP Duminy’s 99 not out in this game represents the 60^th occasion of a batsman registering individual ninety in the history of T20 games.

HH Gibbs who already holds the record for most zeroes in T20 games {12} prior to this game, extended his record by adding one more duck to his T20 career. He was dismissed for zero in this game. At the end of this game, he has 13 T20 ducks.

JP Duminy registered his T20 highest score when he made 99 not out in this game. His previous best was 93 representing Cape Cobras against Titans at Cape Town on 07.03.07. His 99 not out in this game represents his sixth half century for his state team Cape Cobras. JP Duminys’ thirteen half centuries are listed below

No	Runs	Match	Venue	Date
1	67*	Cape Cobras v Dolphins	Cape Town	20.01.06
2	93	Cape Cobras v Titans	Cape Town	07.03.07
3	52	Cape Cobras v Titans	Cape Town	20.04.08
4	78	SAF vs Aus	Melbourne	11.01.09
5	69*	SAF vs Aus	Brisbane	13.01.09
6	56	Cape Cobras v Lions	Pot’stroom	04.02.09
7	53*	Cape Cobras v Dolphins	Durban	18.02.09
8	59	Mum v KEP	Durban	29.04.09
9	52*	Mum v KKR	ELondon	01.05.09
10	52	Mum v Dec	Centurion	06.05.09
11	59*	Mum RCB	PElizabeth	10.05.09
12	62	Mum v CSK	PElizabeth	16.05.09
13	99*	Cape Cobras v RCB	B’lore	08.10.09

The following are the various firsts in Champions League Twenty20 observed in the first match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Cape Cobras at Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 08.10.09

Firsts in Champion League T20
1	First Match	Royal Challengers vs Cape Cobras
	Venue	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
	Time and Date	08.00 PM on 08.10.09
2	Rival Captain	A Kumble {RCB} AG Puttick {Cobras}
3	Toss won by	Anil Kumble of RCB
	Elected to	Bat first
4	First ball faced by	JH Kallis
5	First ball bowled by	CK Langveldt
6	First run scored by	JH Kallis
		one run of the 2nd ball of the match
7	Second over bowled by	RK Klienveldt
8	First Four scored by	JH Kallis
		the fifth ball of the 2nd over
	Bowler to concede the first four	RK Klienveldt
9	First Six scored by	RV Uthappa
		the 1st ball of the 10th over of the match
	Bowler to concede the first six	M Zondeki
10	First wicket to fall	JH Kallis
11	First wicket to fall at	14
12	First wicket captured by	CK Langveldt
13	First catch taken by	R Canning
14	First catch taken by Wk	R Canning
15	First run out dismissal	R Dravid for 28
16	First stumping dismissal	V Kohli
17	First Zero scored by	HH Gibbs
18	First fifty scored by	RV Uthappa – 51
19	First ninety scored by	JP Duminy – 99 not out
20	First 50 partnership	68 runs – between RV Uthappa and R Dravid for 2nd wicket
21	First unbeaten fifty	R Taylor – 53 not out
22	First bowler to take 3 wkts	Praveen Kumar of RCB – 4,0-0-32-2
23	First bowler to concede 40 runs	RK Klienveldt of Cobras – 4.0-0-45-0
24	First left hander to bat	AG Puttick of Cape Cobras
25	First left handed captain	AG Puttik of Cape Cobras
26	First left handed bowler	CW Henderson

With the Champions League T20 to start barely a few hours to go {6 hours and 40 minutes to be exact, as my computer time shows 1.20 IST}, crickick.com brings to its viewers an exclusive supplement on “Facts and Figures of Twenty20 games ahead of the Champions League Twenty20. Please read on …….

Twenty20 Games has witnessed only two instances of a team winning the game by a margin of 150 plus runs. The record for winning the game by large margin of runs is 172 runs. It was achieved by Sri Lanka when it trounced Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07. This game was one of the T20 International World Cup game. The second instance of a victory margin of 150 plus runs was achieved by Northerners when it trounced Southerners by 158 runs at Harare on 19.03.08. There are 28 instances of a team winning the game by 100 plus runs in the history of T20 Games

T20 games have witnessed 16 instances of a team winning the game without losing a wicket, that is, winning the game by ten wickets

There are two instances of a team winning the game with 85 plus balls remaining. In the first edition of IPL, Mumbai won by eight wickets with 87 balls left against Kolkata at Mumbai on 16.05.08, which is a record win with most balls remaining, The other victory with 85 plus balls remaining was achieved when Jamaica won the game by nine wickets with 85 balls left against Bermuda at Coolidge on 21.07.06

As many as 26 matches have been won with one run margin in Twenty20 Games. T20 Internationals has witnessed two games won by two runs, South Africa victory over Australia at Johannesburg by two wickets on 24.02.06 and Sri Lanka’s victory over England at Southampton on 15.06.06 are the two instances. There have been no instances of one run victory in Twenty20 Internationals.

One wicket victory has been achieved in twelve Twenty20 matches. As many as 40 Twenty20 games have been won on the last ball of the match. Two Twenty20 Internationals were won on the last ball of the match – New Zealand beat India five wickets at Wellington on 27.02.09 and Netherlands beat England by four wickets at Lord’s on 05.06.09. Lord’s game was one of the ICCT20 games of 2009

Twenty20 games have witnessed as many as 14 games ended in a tie in which “bowl out” was used. These 14 games include three games of Twenty20 Internationals, viz., New Zealand vs West Indies at Auckland on 16.02.06, India vs Pakistan at Durban on 14.09.07, and Canada vs Zimbabwe at King City on 11.10.08.

Abandoned matches in T20 games are a long list comprising of 73 matches. This list contains the two abandoned T20 International game – England vs South Africa at Chester-le-Street on 20.08.08 and England vs Australia at Manchester on 01.09.09

250 plus runs in a T20 game has been registered on two occasions. Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 remains the highest team total registered not only in T20 games but also in T20 Internationals. The other occasion of 250 plus was registered by Somerset when it posted a total of 250 for 3 against Gloucestershire on 27.06.06.

There are only three instances of team all out after posting 200 plus runs in T20 games, The three instances are – 210 all out by Sialkot Stallions against Lahore Eagles at Lahore on 07.07.2004, 205 by Faisalabad Wolves against Lahore Eagles at Karachi on 28.02.06 and 200 all out by Somerset against Gloucestershire at Bristol on 07.07.06

There is only one instance of rival teams registering 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals and the game between South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 witnessed this instance. West Indies batting first scored 205 for 6 in 20.0 overs and South Africa in reply made 209 for 2 in 17.4 overs.

Apart from these two occasions, there are ten more instances of a team posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals

Only two teams have registered 220 plus totals while batting second. 222 for 3 by Northants against Worcestershire at Kidminster on 29.06.07 and 220 for 4 by Central Districts against Otago on 27.01.06 are the two instances. The former total of 222 for 3 was in a losing cause.

Match aggregates of 425 runs have been witnessed on eight occasions in T20 Games. 449 runs in the match between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.07. The next best of 447 was witnessed in Indian Premier League first edition. 447 runs were scored in the game between Punjab and Chennai at Mohali on 19.04.08

Sialkot Stallions of Pakistan have a stupendous record of registering twenty consecutive wins. Next best team is Surrey with 13 consecutive wins. Most consecutive games with out a win is 14 games and is credited to Quetta bears of Pakistan

Lowest completed innings in a T20 game is 47 registered by Titans vs Eagles at Centurion on 28.04.04. This remains the only occasion of a team all out for less than 50 runs in T20 games.

Most hundreds in a series is six and was witnessed in Indian Permier League 2007-08 edition. There have been four occasions of five hundreds – Twenty20 Cup {England} – 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

Rival batsmen – GA Hick {110} for Worcestershire and Lance Klusener {111} for Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.08 provide the lone instance of rival batsmen registering hundreds in T20 games.

Incidentally, GA Hick and L Klusener were opening the innings for their respective teams, providing the only instance of rival openers registering hundreds in T20 games

There is only one instance of nine batsmen reaching double figures in an innings of a T20 game. It occurred during the Central District’s innings of 180 for 8 against Auckland at New Plymouth on 30.01.08.

There is only instance of all the eleven batsmen made single digits in an innings of a T20 game. It occurred during the Titan’s innings of 47 against Eagles at Centurion on 28.04.04

Kenya in its innings of 73 had six of its batmen dismissed for zeroes against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, which stands as a record for most zeroes in an innings of a T20 game. This is also a record for a T20 International and also for the T20 World Cup game.

As many as five matches have witnessed six batsmen dismissed for zeroes. Kenya’s six zeroes against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07 is a T20 International and also for the T20 World Cup game.

17 boundary sixes were scored by Essex batsmen against Sussex at Chelmsford on 24.06.08 is the record for most boundary sixes scored in by a team in a T20 game.

31 boundary fours scored by Somerset batsmen against Glamorgan at Cardiff on 18.06.03 is the record for most boundary fours scored by a team in a T20 game

26 boundary sixes scored in the match between Central Districts against Auckland at New Plymouth on 30.01.08 is the record for most boundary sixes in a match {by both teams} in a T20 game

55 boundary fours scored in the match between Glamorgan and Somerset at Cardiff on 18.06.03 is the record for most boundary fours in a match {by both teams} in a T20 game

190 runs {22 fours and 17 sixes} registered by Essex against Sussex at Chelmsford on 24.06.08 is the record for most runs in an innings through boundary fours and sixes registered by a team in T20 games.

312 runs {42 fours and 24 sixes} registered in the match between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.07 is the record for most runs in a match {by both teams} through boundary four and sixes in T20 games

There are only nine instances of rival team’s batsmen posting a three figure partnerships in T20 games.

There are six instances of “Extras” being the highest scorer in a completed innings in T20 games. The record for highest number of Extras is 29 in West Indies innings of 131 for seven in 20 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 18.01.08. This is also a record in a T20 International game.

The record for most extras conceded in an innings is 40 in a T20 game – conceded by Sialkot Stallions against Lahore Eagles at Lahore on 26.04.05

Eight batsmen have an aggregate of 1500 runs in T20 games. They are BJ Hodge {2288}, DJ Hussey {2053}, HD Ackerman {1463}, GC Smith {1723}, BB McCullum {1695}, IJL Trott {1617}, M van Jaarseveld {1573} and ST Jayasuriya {1547}. BJ Hadge and DJ Hussey are the only two batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs in T20 games. BJ Hodge’s 2288 runs is the record aggregate in T20 games.

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SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Manoj Tiwary will not take part in the NKP Salve Challenger Series scheduled to start from tomorrow, the 8^th October 2009 at Nagpur

SR Tendulkar has pulled out of the tournament seeking rest, while Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan have not been considered due injuries. Manoj Tiwary will represent Delhi Daredevils in the Champions League Twenty20 which also starts on 08.10.09

SR Tendulkar is replaced by Abhinav Mukund who scored a hundred in the just concluded Irani Trophy for Rest of India at Nagpur

S Badrinath, who was a member of India Green, will lead India Red in Yuvraj’s absence. Yuvraj is replaced by Maharashtra’s Ameya Shrikhande. Irfan’s replacement in the India Green side is Vikramjeet Malik from Himachal Pradesh. Manoj Tiwary, of India Red, who is representing Delhi Daredevils in the Champions League Twenty20, is replaced by Saurabh Tiwary of India Red

Additions
SR Tendulkar	Ind Blue	Abhinav Mukund	Addition
Yuvraj Singh	Ind Red	Ameya Shrikhande	Addition
Irfan Pathan	Ind Green	Vikramjeet Malik	Addition
Replacements
Manoj Tiwary	Ind Red	Saurabh Tiwary	Ind Red
Yuvraj Singh	Ind Red	S Badrinath	Ind Green

Munaf Patel captured five for 70 for Rest of India against Mumbai at Nagpur in the recently concluded Irani Trophy game. His five wicket haul provides the 63^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the Irani Trophy. The following list shows all the 63 performances

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	6	044	FI	Amroliwala	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1959	60
3	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
4	5	011	FI	Nadakarni	Mum	ROI	Ananthpur	1963	64
5	8	048	SI	Gupte	Mum	ROI	Ananthpur	1963	64
6	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
7	5	072	SI	Solkar	Mum	ROI	Mum-BS	1968	69
8	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
9	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
10	5	121	FI	Solkar	Mum	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
11	6	034	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Pune	1972	73
12	5	130	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Bangalore	1973	74
13	5	111	FI	Bedi	ROI	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
14	5	078	FI	Prasanna	Kar	ROI	Ahmedabad	1974	75
15	6	074	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
16	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
17	5	063	SI	Ghavri	Mum	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
18	6	088	SI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1976	77
19	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
20	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
21	9	101	FI	Shastri	Mum	ROI	Indore	1981	82
22	5	110	FI	Sandhu	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1982	83
23	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
24	5	065	FI	R Bhat	Kar	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
25	5	063	FI	Vijayakrishna	Kar	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
26	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
27	5	185	FI	ManinderSingh	Delhi	ROI	Jodhpur	1986	87
28	6	029	SI	Azim Khan	ROI	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
29	5	117	FI	Ghai	ROI	Hyd	Hyd	1987	88
30	6	105	FI	Arshad Ayub	Hyd	ROI	Hyd	1987	88
31	5	116	FI	Vasudevan	T N	ROI	Chennai	1988	89
32	6	069	FI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
33	6	133	SI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
34	5	130	FI	Srinath	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
35	5	079	SI	Maninder Singh	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
36	7	064	FI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
37	6	074	SI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
38	6	103	FI	BhupinderSinghSr	Pun	ROI	Ludhiana	1993	94
39	5	029	SI	R Chauhan	ROI	Punb	Ludhiana	1993	94
40	7	063	FI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
41	5	020	FI	Mhambre	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1995	96
42	6	084	FI	Ganesh	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1996	97
43	6	129	FI	Hirwani	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1996	97
44	5	089	SI	Ganesh	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1996	97
45	5	097	FI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
46	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
47	8	071	SI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
48	5	057	FI	Joshi	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1997	98
49	6	074	FI	Srinath	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1999	00
50	6	139	SI	Kumaran	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1999	00
51	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
52	5	078	FI	SarandeepSingh	ROI	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
53	5	094	FI	Buch	Bar	ROI	Nagpur	2001	02
54	5	090	FI	Parida	Rail	ROI	Delhi	2002	03
55	6	039	SI	Yadav	Rail	ROI	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
56	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
57	6	069	FI	Morris	Mum	ROI	Mohali	2004	05
58	7	116	SI	Powar	Mum	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2005	06
59	5	074	FI	Srivastava	U P	ROI	Nagpur	2006	07
60	5	097	FI	Verma	Mum	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
61	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
62	5	048	SI	Nanda	Del	ROI	Baroda	2007	08
63	5	070	FI	Muna Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

Munaf Patel’s five for 70 represents the 28^th occasion of a Rest of India bowler capturing five or more wickets in Irani Trophy. The following table lists out all the 28 occaions.

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
3	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
4	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
5	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
6	5	111	FI	Bedi	ROI	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
7	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
8	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
9	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
10	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
11	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
12	6	029	SI	Azim Khan	ROI	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
13	5	117	FI	Ghai	ROI	Hyd	Hyd	1987	88
14	6	069	FI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
15	6	133	SI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
16	5	130	FI	Srinath	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
17	5	079	SI	Maninder Singh	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
18	7	064	FI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
19	6	074	SI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
20	5	029	SI	R Chauhan	ROI	Punb	Ludhiana	1993	94
21	6	129	FI	Hirwani	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1996	97
22	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
23	6	139	SI	Kumaran	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1999	00
24	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
25	5	078	FI	SarandeepSingh	ROI	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
26	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
27	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
28	5	070	FI	Muna Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

Munaf Patel’s five wicket haul provides the fifteenth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against Bombay/Mumbai in Irani Trophy. The fifteen occasions are lifted below

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
3	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
4	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
5	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
6	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
7	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
8	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
9	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
10	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
11	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
12	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
13	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
14	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
15	5	070	FI	Munaf Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09