As promised yesterday, we bring the second part of the statistical highlights to our visitors. Please sit back, read and enjoy

ICC WORLD TWENTY20 : STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS : BOWLING

BEST BOWLING EFFORT

Umar Gul’s 5 for 6 in the game between Pakistan and New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09 is the best bowling effort in the ICC Twenty20 tournament. Umar Gul’s effort remains the only occasion of a bowler capturing five wicket in the tournament

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

ICC World Twenty20 has witnessed nineteen occasions of a bowler capturing four or more wickets. The country wise break up reads thus – Pakistan bowlers – six occasions, Indian bowlers – three occasions, New Zealand bowlers – two occasions, South African bowlers – two occasions, West Indies bowlers – two occasions, Australian bowler – one occasion, Bangladesh bowler – one occasion, Ireland bowler – one occasion and Zimbabwean bowler – one occasion

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS CONCEDING SINGLE DIGIT RUNS

Umar Gul’s 5 for 6 in the game between Pakistan and New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09 and MR Gillespie’s 4 for 7 in the game between New Zealand and Kenya at Durban on 12.09.07 are the only two occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets conceding single digit runs in the tournament

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS ON TWO OCCASIONS

Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi – both of Pakitan are the two bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on two occasions

Umar Gul – 5 for 6 vs New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09 and 4 for 25 vs Scotland at Durban on 12.09.07

Shahid Afridi – 4 for 11 v Netherlands at Lord’s on 09.06.09 and 4 for 19 vs Scotland at Durban on 14.09.07

FOUR WICKETS BY TWO BOWLERS IN THE SAME INNINGS

Pakistan bowlers – Umar Gul {4 for 25} and Shahid Afridi {4 for 19} captured four wickets against Scotland at Durban on 12.09.07

BOWLERS CONCEDING SIXTY PLUS RUNS

ICC World Twenty20 has witnessed three occasions of bowlers conceding sixty plus runs in a game. The three occasions are – ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka – 4.0-0-64-0 vs Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07, LN Onyango of Kenya – 4.0-0-61-0 vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 and SCJ Broad of England – 4.0-0-60-0 vs India at Durban on 19.09.07

By a coincidence all these three bowlers failed to capture a wicket when they leaked 60 plus runs

MOST EXPENSIVE BOWLING

ST Jayasuriya’s bowling figures of 4.0-0-64-0 in the game between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07 represent the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in ICC World Twenty20

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS – WICKET KEEPING

MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKET KEEPER

KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 13 dismissals {seven catches and six stumpings} to his credit holds the record of most dismissals in ICC World Twenty20

TEN OR MORE DISMISSALS

KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {13|, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {12} and MV Boucher of South Africa {11} are the three wicket keepers who have effected ten or more dismissals in ICC Twenty20

MOST STUMPINGS

Kamran Akmal of Pakistan holds the record for most stumpings in ICC World Twenty20. He has effected eight stumpings

MOST CATCHES

MV Boucher of South Africa holds the record for most catches in ICC World Twenty20. He has pouched ten catches

MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS

AC Gilchrist of Australia {vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 12.09.07}, MJ Prior of Engand {vs South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 09.06.09} and NJ O’Brien of Ireland {vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 14.06.09} share the record for most catches in an innings in ICC World Twenty20. All the four wicket keepers have pouched four catches

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS – FIELDING

TEN OR MORE CATCHES

AB de Villiers of South Africa has pouched eleven catches in ICC World Twenty20 and remains the only fieldsman to pouch ten or more catches

MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS

AB de Villiers of South Africa {vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07} and SJ Benn of West Indies {vs Australia at The Oval on 06.06.09} are the two fieldsmen who have pouched three catches in an innings in ICC World Twenty20.