Match Number 18 : South Africa vs England at Bridgetown on 08.05.10 : England won by 29 runs

KP Pietersen took his T20I run aggregate to 822 at the end of this game to become the second batsman to total 800 plus runs. BB McCullum of New Zealand {1048} is the other batsman to aggregate 800 plus runs.

KP Pietersen’s 53 in this game was his fifth T20I fifty – 79 vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07, 58 vs Pakistan at The Oval on 07.06.09, 62 vs Pakistan at Dubai on 20.02.10, 73* vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 and 53 vs South Africa at Bridgetown on 08.05.10

KP Pietersen became the eighth batsman in T20I to score five or more fifties. The complete list read thus – BB McCullum {07}, G Gambhir {06}, KC Sangakkara {06}, TM Dilshan {05}, CH Gayle {05}, DPMD Jaywardene {05}, KP Pietersen {05} and Yuvraj Singh {05}

KP Pietersen’s 53 in this game was his fourth ICC WT20 fifty – 79 vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07, 58 vs Pakistan at The Oval on 07.06.09, 73* vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 and 53 vs South Africa at Bridgetown on 08.05.10

KP Pietersen became the fourth batsman to score four or more fifties in ICC WT20 – DPMD Jayawardene {05], G Gambhir {04}, ML Hayden {04} and KP Pietersen {04}

KP Pietersen became the second batsman to total 450 plus runs in ICC WT20. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 491 runs.. DPMD Jayawardene is the other batsman with 592 runs is the other batsman

KP Pietersen became the second batsman after DPMD Jayawardene {60} to score 50 plus boundary fours in ICC WT20. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 53 boundary fours.

MV Boucher pouched a catch in this game to take his total dismissals in ICC WT20 to 16 {15 ct plus 01 st}. He now shares the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in ICC WT20 with Kamran Akmal of Pakistan who also has effected 16 dismissals {06 ct plus 10 st}.

AB de Villiers with a catch in this game has an aggregate of 15 catches in ICC WT20. He is the only fieldsman in ICC WT20 to pouch 15 catches.

AB de Villiers with a catch in this game has an aggregate of 21 catches in T20I. He now shares the record for most catches by a fieldsman with LRPL Taylor of New Zealand who also has taken 21 catches

The following are the fieldsmen who have pouched 40 plus catches in T20 games – DJ Hussey {55}, M van Jaarsveld {48}, HH Gibbs {44}, AB de Villiers {43} and LRPL Taylor {42}

DW Steyn conceded 50 runs in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in ICC WT20. He is the second South African bowler to concede 50 plus runs in ICC WT20, after SM Pollock who had conceded 52 runs against West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.09.07

DW Steyn conceded 50 runs with out a wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in ICC WT20. He is the first South African bowler to suffer such an ignominy

KP Pietersen’s 53 in this game provide the 83^rd occasion of a batsman scoring fifty in ICC WT20. His knock provides the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring fifty.

KP Pietersen became the first England batsman to score a fifty against South Africa in ICC WT20. It is the seventh fifty scored against South Africa in ICC WT20. The complete list read thus – 117 by CH Gayle of West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.09.07, 50* by RG Sharma of India at Durban on 20.09.07, 57 by BB McCullum of New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09, 77 by LMP Simmons of West Indies at The Oval on 13.06.09, 51 by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan at Nottingham on 18.06.09, 101 by SK Raina of India at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 and 53 by KP Pietersen of England at Bridgetown on 08.05.10

In England’s innings, the first three batsmen – MJ Lumb, C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen – were born in South Africa and were playing against South Africa, the country in which they were born. Perhaps this may be the first occasion in tests, one dayers and T20Is when cricketers born in a particular country were playing at number one, two and three representing another country against the country in which they were born.

South Africa were dismissed all out for 129 in this game providing the first occasion of South Africa dismissed all out in ICC WT20, South Africa’s all out in this game provide the 25^th occasion of a team getting all out in ICC WT20.

At the end of this game, GC Smith has an aggregate of 702 runs as an opening batsman in ICCW T20. He became the second batsman after BB McCullum {1027} to achieve the feat.

England has dismissed an opposition all out for the first time in ICC WT20 when they had South Africa all out in this game