ICC WT20 : England humble defending champions Pakistan : KP Pietersen scores a masterly half century
Match Number 13 : England vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 : England won by six wickets
England inserted the opposition in this game providing the 38th such occasion in ICC WT20. England has inserted the opposition on three occasions – vs South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07, vs New Zealand at Durban on 18.09.07 and vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10
England, Ireland and Scotland are the three teams which has inserted the opposition on three occasions, while India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa are the four teams which has inserted the opposition on four occasions in ICC WT20.
Shahid Afridi was run out for a first ball duck in this game providing the seventh occasion of a batsman run out for a first ball duck in ICCWT20. The other six occasions are – JS Patel of New Zealand vs India at Jo’burg on 16.09.07, MJ Clarke of Australia vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, Abdur Razzak of Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town on 20.09.07, NS Poonia of Scotland vs South Africa at The Oval on 07.06.09, SPD Smith of Australia vs Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 and LL Bosman of South Africa vs Afghanistan at Bridgetown on 05.05.10.
Shahid Afridi became the first captain in ICC WT20 to be dismissed run out for a first ball duck
Shahid Afridi’s first ball duck in this game provide the 44th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in ICC WT20. He became the fourth captain to collect the first ball duck in ICC WT20. Others are – PD Collingwood of England vs South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07, RT Ponting of Australia vs West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09, P Utseya of Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Providence on 04.05.10
Shahid Afridi’s zero in this game provides the 106th occasion of a batsman dismissed for zero in this game. His run out dismissal provides the 78th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20.
With a stumping in this game, Kamran Akmal has effected 15 dismissals {05 catches and 10 stumpings}. He now shares the record for most dismissals in ICC WT20 with MV Boucher of South Africa who also has to his credit 15 dismissals {14 catches and one stumping}. Kamran Akmal became the first wicket keeper to effect ten stumping dismissals in ICC WT20.
Kamran Akmal hit two boundary fours in his knock of 15 in this game which gave him an aggregate of 28 boundary fours in ICC WT20, He shares the record for most boundary fours by a wicket keeper batsman in ICC WT20 with KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka who has also scored 28 boundary fours
KP Pietersen completed 400 runs in ICC WT20 when he was on 35 during his knock of 70 not out in this game. At the end of the game his run aggregate stood at 435. He became the second batsman in ICC WT20 to aggregate 400 plus runs, after DPMD Jayawardene who has 494 runs to his credit.
KP Pietersen who was in the third place amongst the most run getters in T20I moved to the second place with 766 runs to his credit. He displaced GC Smith of South Africa who was in the second place with 705 runs to his credit. BB McCullum of New Zealand occupies the first place with 1009 runs, KP Pietersen became the third batsman in T20I to aggregate 700 plus runs
KP Pietersen’s 73 not out in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20I. His four fifties read thus – 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 and 73* vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10.
KP Pietersen became the first England batsman to score four fifties in T20I. He wrested the record from PD Collingwood and EJG Morgan who have scored three fifties
KP Pietersen became the 12th batsman in T20I to score four or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {07}, G Gambir of India {06}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {05}, CH Gayle of West Indies {05}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {05}, Yuvraj Singh of India {05}, ML Hayden of Australia {04}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {04}, DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {04}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {04} and GC Smith of South Africa {04}
KP Pietersen’s 73 not out in this game represent his third fifty in ICC WT20. His three fifties read thus – 79 vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07, 58 vs Pakistan at The Oval on 07.06.09 and 73* vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10. He is the only England batsman to score three fifties in ICC WT20
KP Peitersen became the ninth batsman in ICC WT20 to score three or more fifties. Ohters are – G Gambir of India {04}, ML Hayden of Australia {04}, DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {04}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {03}, CH Gayle of West Indies {03}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {03}, JH Kallis of South Africa {03} and Yuvraj Singh of India {03}
KP Pietersen has an aggregate of 45 boundary fours at the end of this game which includes the eight boundary fours he scored in his knock of 73 not out in this game. He became the fifth batsman to score 40 plus boundary fours in ICC WT20. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {51}, TM Dilshan {48}, G Gambhir {43} and GC Smith {43}.
KP Pietersen with his eight boundary fours in his knock of 73 not out has an aggregate of 75 boundary fours in T20I. He became the third batsman to score 75 plus boundary fours in T20I after BB McCullum of New Zealand {100} and GC Smith of South Africa {91}.
KP Pietersen’s 73 not out in this game represent the 76th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in ICC WT20. His knock also represents the seventh occasion of an England batsman scoring fifty. The seven occasions are – 79 by KP Pietersen vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07, 50 by DL Maddy vs New Zealand at Durban on 18.09.07, 71 by LG Wright vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 05.06.09, 58 by KP Pietersen vs Pakistan at The Oval on 07.06.09, 55 by RS Bopara vs West Indies at The Oval on 15.06.09, 55 by EJG Morgan vs West Indies at Providence on 03.05.10 and 73* by KP Pietersen vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10
KP Pietersen’s 73 not out in this game represent the highest score by an England batsman against Pakistan. The previous best was 58 by KP Pietersen himself at The Oval on 07.06.09. KP Pietersen is the only England batsman to score two fifties against Pakistan in ICC WT20
KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood added 60 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 101st occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand represents the 23rd occasion of fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in ICC WT20. This stand also provides the 12th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for various wickets and the second occasion of fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket by England batsmen in ICC WT20.
The two occasions of fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket by England batsmen in ICC WT20 are – 66 runs partnership between KP Pietersen and OA Shah vs Pakistan at The Oval on 07.06.09 and 60 runs partnership between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood at Bridgetown on 06.05.10
MJ Lumb and C Kieswetter scored 25 each in this game providing the seventh occasion of both the openers scoring identical runs in ICC WT20. The complete list read thus – MA Ouma {zero} and DB Obuya {Zero} – Kenya vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.05.07, AC Gilchrist {04} and ML Hayden {04} – Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 12.09.07, RS Watson {27} and NJ Poonia {27} – Scotland vs New Zealand at The Oval on 06.06.09, WTS Porterfield {31} and NJ O’Brien {31} – Ireland vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 14.06.09, Kamran Akmal {73} and Salman Butt {73} – Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Gros Islet on 01.05.10, Imrul Kayes {zero} and Mohammad Ashraful {zero} – Bangladesh vs Australia at Bridgetown on 05.05.10 and MJ Lumb {25} and C Kieswetter {25} – England vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10
England’s win in this game provide the 18th occasion of a team winning a game in ICC WT20 after inserting the opposition. It was England’s first win when it had inserted the opposition