IPL Third Editon has just concluded and the cricket connoisseurs have set their eyes on ICC World Twenty20 to be held in West Indies. We at Crickick.com assure you to bring the highlights of each match. First we begin with comprehensive Stats highlights of the first two editions in parts – one today and another tomorrow. Please enjoy reading them
ICC WORLD TWENTY20 : STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
WINNERS
India beat Pakistan by five runs at Johannesburg on 24.09.07 to win the first ever ICC World Twenty20 Championship
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets at Lord’s on 21.06.09 to win the 2009 edition of ICC World Twenty20 Championship
FINALISTS
In the 2007-08 edition held in South Africa, India and Pakistan were the finalists. In the 2009 edition held in England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the finalists
HIGHEST TOTALS
Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 is the highest total posted by a team in the tournament. Apart from this, there are five occasions of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs – India {218 for 4 in 20.0 overs against England at Durban on 19.09.07}, South Africa {211 for 5 in 20.0 overs against West Indies at Johannesburg on 07.06.09}, South Africa {208 for 2 in 17.4 overs against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}, West Indies {205 for 6 in 20.0 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07} and England {200 for 6 in 20.0 overs against India at Durban on 19.09.07}
South Africa is the only team which has scored 200 plus runs on two occasions – South Africa {211 for 5 in 20.0 overs against West Indies at Johannesburg on 07.06.09}, South Africa {208 for 2 in 17.4 against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}
South Africa is the only team which has posted 200 plus runs batting second in the tournament – South Africa {208 for 2 in 17.4 overs against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}
There are two occasions of both the teams scoring 200 plus runs in the tournament – West Indies {205 for 6 in 20.0 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}: South Africa {208 for 2 in 17.4 overs against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07} and India {218 for 4 in 20.0 overs against England at Durban on 19.09.07}: England {200 for 6 in 20.0 overs against India at Durban on 19.09.07}
LOWEST TOTALS IN A COMPLETED INNINGS
Kenya’s 73 against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07 is the lowest total in a completed innings in the tournament.
TOTALS LESS THAN 100 RUNS IN A COMPLETED INNINGS
The tournament has witnessed six occasions of a team registering a total of less than 100 runs in the tournament – 73 in 16.5 overs by Kenya vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, 81 in 15.4 overs by Scotland vs South Africa at The Oval on 07.06.08, 83 in 15.5 overs by Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 18.09.07, 88 in 19.3 overs by Kenya vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.09.06, 93 in 17.5 overs by Netherlands vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 09.06.09 and 99 in 18.3 overs by New Zealand vs Pakistan at The Oval on 13.06.09
Kenya is the only team which has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 runs on two occasions – 73 in 16.5 overs by Kenya vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07 and 88 in 19.3 overs by Kenya vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.09.06
TEAMS DISMISSED ALL OUT
The following are the occasions when a team has been dismissed all out in the tournament – 73 in 16.5 overs by Kenya vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, 81 in 15.4 overs by Scotland vs South Africa at The Oval on 07.06.08, 83 in 15.5 overs by Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 18.09.07, 88 in 19.3 overs by Kenya vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.09.06, 93 in 17.3 overs by Netherlands vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 09.06.09, 99 in 18.3 overs by New Zealand vs Pakistan at The Oval on 13.06.09, 101 in 19.3 overs by Sri Lanka vs Australia at Cape Town on 20.09.07, 101 in 17.4 overs by West Indies vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on 19.06.09, 110 in 17.0 by New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Nottingham on 16.06.09, 111 in 19.5 overs by England vs South Africa at Nottingham on 11.06.09, 115 in 16.4 overs by Ireland vs New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.06.09, 120 in 19.5 overs by Scotland vs Pakistan at Durban on 12.09.07, 135 in 20.0 overs by England vs Australia at Cape Town on 14.09.07, 140 in 19.4 overs by Bangladesh vs South Africa at Cape Town on 15.09.07 and 152 in 19.3 overs by Pakistan vs India at Johannesburg on 24.09.07
WINS BY 100 PLUS RUNS MARGIN
ICC World Twenty20 tournament has witnessed only two occasions of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs margin – Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 172 runs at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 and South Africa beat Scotland by 130 runs at The Oval on 07.06.79
WINS WITHOUT LOSING A WICKET
There is only one occasion of a team winning a game by ten wickets – Australia beat Sri Lanka by ten wickets at Cape Town on 20.09.07
VICTORIES BY SINGLE DIGIT RUNS
There are six occasions of a team winning a game by single digit runs – South Africa beat New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09 by one run, England beat India at Lord’s on 14.06.09 by three runs, New Zealand beat England at Durban on 16.09.07 by five runs, India beat Pakistan at Johannesburg on 24.09.07 by five runs, Pakistan beat South Africa at Nottingham on 16.06.09 by seven runs and Sri Lanka beat Ireland at Lord’s on 14.06.09 by nine runs
MATCHES WON ON LAST BALL
Netherland won its match against England by four wickets at Lord’s on 05.06.09 on the last ball of the match is the only occasion of a team winning a game on the last ball of the match in ICC World Twenty20 tournament. Batting first England posted 162 for 5 in 20.0 overs and Netherlands scored 163 for six in 20.0 overs to win the game by four wickets.
This is how cricinfo commentary team described the last ball of this match –
Just two runs needed … off one ball! Hundreds of emails flying in – no time to read them I’m afraid, but thanks anyway. Foster’s going to stand up to the stumps and Anderson’s giving Broad advice. Foster’s actually going back now.
19.6 : Broad to Schiferli, 2 runs, goes for a club, Broad again fields – they run, and Broad has all three stumps as he collects it in his follow through. But he misses, and they run an overthrow. They’re through and Netherlands have scored a brilliantly, outstanding upset here for the first match at Lord’s!
TIED MATCH
The Durban encounter between India and Pakistan on 14.09.07 ended in a tie. This is the only game which has ended in a tie in the ICC World Twenty20 tounament. Both teams scored an identical 141 runs in the allotted twenty overs. India batted first by scoring 141 for 9 and Pakistan batting second replied with 141 for 7
Bowl out was applied to find the winners of this match. India won the bowl out 3-0 and was declared winners. V Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and RV Uthappa hit the stumps during their turn, while Yasir Afafat, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi missed the stumps during their turn, leaving India victorious by 3-0 margin
MOST RUNS
TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka has aggregated most runs – 382 runs – in the tournament. Apart from TM Dilshan, the following batsmen have an aggregate of 300 plus runs – G Gambhir of India {375}, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {339}, KP Pietersen of England {332}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {331}. DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {313}, CH Gayle of West Indies {310}, Yuvraj Singh of India {301} and Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan {300}
CENTURION
ICC World Twenty20 tournament has witnessed only one century – by CH Gayle of West Indies. He scored 117 runs in 57 balls with the help of seven boundary fours and ten boundary sixes against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07. Incidentally, this was the first ever game in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
INDIVIDUAL NINETIES
TM Dilshan’s 96 not out in the game between Sri Lanka and West Indies at The Oval on 19.06.09 and HH Gibbs’s 90 not out in the game between South Africa and West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 are the only two occasions in which the batsmen have registered ninety plus scores in the tournament
HALF CENTURIES IN THE TOURNAMENT
As many as 63 half centuries have been scored in the tournament. Break up team wise read thus – Austalia {05}, Bangladesh {03}, England {05}, India {11}, New Zealand {04}, Pakistan {10}, South Africa {07}, Sri Lanka {10}, West Indies {07} and Zimbabwe {01}
CAPTAINS SCORING FIFTIES
There are ten occasions of a captain scoing a fifty in ICC World Twenty20 tournament – CH Gayle of West Indies {88 vs Australia at The Oval on 06.06.09}, DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {65 vs Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09}, CH Gayle of West Indies {63* vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on 19.06.09}, Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh {61 vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 13.09.07}, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {57 vs South Africa at Johannesburg on 17.09.07}, BB McCullum of New Zealand {57 vs South Africa at Lord’s on 09.06.09}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {55* vs Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09}, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {52* vs Australia at Johannesburg on 16.09.07} and Younis Khan of Pakistan {50 vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 12.06.09}
CH Gayle of West Indies, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Shoaib Malik of Pakisan are the three captains who have scored fifties on two occasions in tournament
FIFTIES BY WICKET KEEPERS
There are four occasions of a wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties – KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09}, BRM Taylor of Zimbabwe {60* vs Australia at Cape Town in 12.09.07}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {57 vs Ireland at The Oval on 15.06.09} and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {55* vs Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09}
FIFTIES BY WICKET KEEPER CAPTAINS
KC Sangakkara is the only wicket keeper captain to score fifties on two occasions in the tournament – 64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 55* vs Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09
FIFTIES IN LOSING CAUSE
Out of 63 fifties that has been scored in ICC World Twenty20 tournament, 18 of them have gone in vain. The only hundred of the tournament – CH Gayle’s 117 was in a losing cause as the opponents South Africa won the game by eight wickets.
MOST FIFTIES BY BATSMEN
ML Hayden of Australia and G Gambhir of India have scored four fifties and share the record for most fifties in the tournament
ML Hayden of Australia – 67* vs England at Cape Town on 14.09.07, 73* vs Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07, 58* vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07 and 62 vs India at Durban on 22.09.07
G Gambhir of India – 51 vs New Zealand at Johannesburg on 16.09.07, 58 vs England at Durban on 19.09.07, 75 vs Pakistan at Johannesburg on 24.09.07 and 50 vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.06.09
MOST DUCKS
ADS Fletcher of West Indies and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka with three zeroes to their credit share the record for most zeroes in the tournament.
ADS Fletcher – zero vs India at Lord’s on 12.06.09, zero vs South Africa at The Oval on 13.06.09 and zero vs England at The Oval on 15.06.09
ST Jayasurioya – zero vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg on 18.09.07, zero vs Australia at Cape Town on 20.09.07 and zero vs New Zealand at Nottinhgam on 16.06.09
As many as 81 occasions batsmen have failed to open their account in the tournament. Team wise break up read as under – Sri Lanka {14}, West Indies {10}, England {07}, Kenya {07}, Pakistan {07}, Scotland {06}, Bangladesh {05}, Ireland {05}, New Zealand {05}, South Africa {05}, Australia {04}, India {04}, Netherlands {01} and Zimbabwe {01}
BOUNDARY SIXES IN THE TOURNAMENT
As many as 431 sixes have been scored in the tournament. Team wise break up read thus – Pakistan {62}, India {57}, New Zealand {57}, Sri Lanka {43}, South Africa {42}, Australia {39}, England {39}, West Indies {38}, Bangladesh {26}, Scotland {10}, Scotland {06}, Netherlands {05}, Zimbabwe {05} and Kenya {02}.
MOST SIXES BY BATSMAN
Yuvraj Singh of India with 21 sixes to his credit owns the record of most sixes by a batsman in the tournament. He is followed by CH Gayle of West Indies who has scored 18 sixes.
MOST BOUNDARY SIXES IN AN INNINGS
CH Gayle of West Indies has scored most boundary sixes in an innings. He has scored ten sixes in his innings of 115 runs in the game against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07
MOST SIXES IN AN OVER
Yuvraj Singh scored six sixes in an over against England at Durban on 19.09.07. This is how cricinfo.com described the sixes scored by Yuvraj Singh
8.1 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, that’s out the ground, super shot over cow corner and it just kept going up
The dodgy TV measurement says that’s 111 yards … but as it landed outside the ground how the whatsists do they know? They guess, that’s how.
18.2 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, now that really is sweet, no more than a dismissive flick off his legs, swatting a fly, and the ball arcs deep into the crowd beyond backward square leg
18.3 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, he’s hitting them everywhere, he steps to leg and smashes the ball over extra cover and it keeps on travelling … the fireworks start on top of the scoreboard … they’ve been going off in the middle for some time
18.4 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Shiver me timbers!: Broad goes round the wicket, bowls a filthy wide full toss and Yuvraj steers it over backward point and it clears the rope again
England have a team meeting. Shuffling deckchairs on the Jolly Roger though …
18.5 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, down on one knee and larruped over midwicket, that one was more nine iron, it went into the night sky and dropped with a thud in the jubilant crowd …
Broad looks quizzical … and miserable. Can he … can Yuvraj do it … he looks like a man who knows he is about to be mauled again …
18.6 Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, and he has, Yuvraj leans back and smacks that over wide mid-on … it was the maximum from the moment it left that bat and the crowd were roaring as it flew
MOST RUNS IN A SERIES
Only two batsmen have scored 250 plus runs in a series – T Dilshan of Sri Lanka {317} runs in 2009 edition and ML Hayden of Australia {265 runs} in 2007-08 edition
T Dilshan’s 317 runs in 2009 edition represent the most runs scored in a series and have come from 07 matches, 7 innings of which one was not out. His highest score is 96 not out. He has an average of 52.83 runs per innings. He has scored three half centuries. He has hit 46 boundary fours and three boundary sixes
ML Hayden’s 265 runs have come from six matches, six innings of which three were not outs. His highest score is 73 not out. He has an average of 88.33 runs per innings. He has scored four half centuries. He has hit 32 boundary fours and 10 boundary sixes.
MOST SIXES IN A SERIES
CD McMillan of New Zealand has to his credit the record of most boundary sixes in a single editon of ICC World Twenty20. He has scored 13 boundary sixes in 2007-08 edition. Other batsmen who have hit ten or more boundary sixes are – Yuvraj Singh of India – 12 sixes in 2007-08 edition, CH Gayle of West Indies – 10 sixes in 2007-08 edition, ML Hayden of Australia – 10 sixes in 2007-08 edition, Imran Nazir of Pakistan – 10 sixes in 2007-08 edition and JM Kemp of South Africa – 10 sixes in 2007-08 edition.
MOST BOUNDARY FOURS IN THE SERIES
TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka with 46 boundary fours in 2009 edition holds the record for most boundary fours in a single edition of ICC World Twenty20. Other batsman who have scored 25 or more boundary fours are – ML Hayden of Australia – 32 boundary fours in 2007-08 edition, JH Kallis of South Africa – 28 boundary fours in 2009 edition and G Gambhir of India – 27 boundary fours in 2007-08 edition.
THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
Both the editions of ICC World Twenty20 has witnessed twelve three figure partnerships which are furnished below – 145 runs for the first wicket between CH Gayle and DS Smith {West Indies vs South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}, 120* runs for the third wicket between HH Gibbs and JM Kemp {South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07}, 109 for the third wicket between Aftab Ahmed and Mohd Ashraful {Bangladesh vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 13.09.07}, 100 runs for the fourth wicket between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood {England vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07}, 104 for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden {Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07}, 101 runs for the fourth wicket between Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik {Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 17.09.07}, 119* for the fifth wicket between Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq {Pakistan vs Australia at Johannesburg on 18.09.07}, 136 runs for the first wicket between V Sehwag and G Gambhir {India vs England at Durban on 19.09.07}, 102* runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden {Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07}, 102 runs for the first wicket between RS Bopara and LJ Wright {England vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 05.06.09}, 133 runs for the first wicket between CH Gayle and ADS Fletcher {West Indies vs Australia at The Oval on 06.06.09} and 123 runs for the first wicket between TM Dilshan and ST Jayasuriya {Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Nottingham on 10.06.09}
HIGHEST THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIP
145 runs for the first wicket between CH Gayle and DS Smith in the game between West Indies and South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 represent the highest three figure partnership in ICC World Twenty20