Match Number 6 : Australia vs Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 : Australia won by 34 runs

SR Watson {81} and DJ Hussey {53} scored fifties in this game to provide the tenth occasion of two or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in ICC WT20. Australian batsmen have achieved this feat for the first occasion.

SR Watson {81} and DJ Hussey {53} scored fifties in this game providing the 72^nd and 73^rd occasion of a batsman scoring fifty in ICC WT20. Their knocks provide the sixth and seventh occasion of Australian batsmen scoring fifties in ICC WT20

SR Watson’s 81 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Australian batsman in ICC WT20. The previous best was 73* not out by ML Hayden vs Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07

Australian innings in this game contained two partnerships of 50 plus runs – 51 runs for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson and 98 runs for the third between SR Watson and DJ Hussey – providing the 15^th occasion of an innings containing two fifty plus runs stands in ICC WT20. Australian batsmen involving in such a feat for the first occasion

Australia lost its last five wickets without addition of any runs in the last over of its innings, an instance never seen in the history of T20 Internationals. In the last over bowled by Mohammad Aamer, BJ Haddin was caught by M Sami for 1 of the first delivery, Johnsosn was bowled for zero of the second delivery, MEK Hussey was run out for 17 of the third delivery, SPD Smith was run out for zero of the fourth delivery, fifth delivery was a dot ball and SW Tait was bowled of the sixth delivery. Mohamad Aamer bowled a maiden over with two wickets to engineer a remarkable collapse.

Mohammad Aamer bowled a maiden over in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a bowler bowling a maiden over in ICC WorldT20. His maiden over in this game provides the fourth occasion of a Pakistan bowler bowling a maiden over in ICC World T20. Other occasions are – Shahid Afridi against Australia at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, Abdul Razzaq against New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09 and Mohammad Aamer against Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 21.06.09

Mohammad Aamer became the first Pakistan bowler to bowl a maiden over on two coccasions in ICC WT20 – against Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and against Austalia at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

Mohammad Aamer became the fourth bowler to bowler to bowl a maiden over on two or more occasions in ICC WT20. Other bowlers are – CRF Fernando of Sri Lanka {three occasions}, S Sreesanth of India {two occasions} and Syed Rasel of Bangladesh {two occasions}

DA Warner and SR Watson added 51 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 96^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the 30^th occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the first wicket in ICC WT20.

DA Warner and SR Watson added 51 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the fourht occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket by Australian batsmen in ICC WT20. The other occasions are – 78 runs between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden against England at Cape Town on 14.09.07, 104 runs between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden against Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07 and 102* beween AC Gilchirst and ML Hayden against Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07

SR Watson and DJ Hussey added 98 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 97^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand also represent the 22^nd occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in ICC WT20 games.

This stand represent the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in ICC WT20. The first occasion was the 66 runs partnership between ML Hayden and A Symonds against India at Durban on 22.09.07. Thus the 98 runs stand between SR Watson and DJ Hussey in this game represents the record third wicket stand by Australian batsmen in ICC WT20.

The following are the fifty plus runs partnerships posted by Australian batsmen in ICC WT20 which numbers to eight at the end of this game. – 78 runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden against England at Cape Town on 14.09.07, 104 runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden against Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07, 63 runs for the fifth wicket between BJ Hodge and MEK Hussey against Pakistan at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, 102* runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07, 66 runs for the third wicket between ML Hayden and A Symonds vs India at Durban on 22.09.07, 66 runs for the fourth wicket between BJ Haddin and A Symonds against West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09, 51 runs for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson against Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.09 and 98 runs for the third wicket between SR Watson and DJ Hussey against Paksitan at Gros Islet on 02.05.09

SR Watson and DJ Hussey added 98 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against Pakistan in ICC WT20. The other two occasions are 63 runs for the fifth wicket between BJ Hodge and MEK Hussey against Pakistan at Jo’burg on 18.09.07 and 51 runs for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson against Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.09 and 98 runs for the third wicket between SR Watson and DJ Hussey against Paksitan at Gros Islet on 02.05.09

Thus 98 runs stand between SR Watson and DJ Hussey represent the record partnership by Australian batsmen against Pakistan in ICC WT20.

Australian innings contained three zeros {MG Johnson, SPD Smith and DP Nannes} providing the eighth occasion of a team’s innings containing three or more zeroes in ICC WT20. It is the first occasion that three Australian batmen scored zeros in an innings in ICC WT20.

Australia’s all out for 191 and Pakistan’s all out for 157 in this game provide the 19^th and 20^th occasion of a team dismissed all out in ICC WT20.

Australia has been dismissed all out for the first occasion in ICC WT20 when they were all out for 191 in this game. Pakistan has been dismissed all out on two occasions in ICC WT20 – 152 against India at Jo’burg on 24.09.07 and 157 against Austrlia at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

Australia’s all out for 191 and Pakistan’s all out for 157 in this game provide the first occasion of both the teams dismissed all out in ICC WT20.

Australia’s total of 191 represents the highest total by a team when it was dismissed all out in ICC WT20. The previous highest total was 190 by New Zealand against India at Jo’burg on 16.09.07

Mohammad Sami conceded 54 runs in this game providing the 14th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in ICC WT20.

Mohammad Sami became the first Pakistani bowler to concede 50 plus runs in ICC WT20. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-54-1 in this game.

DJ Hussey completed 2500 runs in T20 games when he was on 51 during the course of his knock of 53 in this game. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 2502. He became the second batsman to aggregate 2500 plus runs in T20 games, after BJ Hodge who has an aggregate of 2646 runs