ICC WT20 : England humble New Zealand
Match Number 22 : England vs New Zealand at Gros Islet on 10.05.10 : England won by three wickets
MJ Lumb hit four boundary fours in his innings of 32 in this game to take his aggregate of boundary fours to 236 in T20 games. He now stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored 200 plus boundary fours in T20 games. The complete list read thus – BJ Hodge {284}, GC Smith {246}, BB McCullum {242}, MJ Lumb {236}, KC Sangakkara {233}, G Gambhir {219}, DPMD Jayawardene {214}, IJ Harvey {202} and ST Jayasuriya {200}
TJ Bresnan captured his 50th wicket in T20 games when he bowled JD Ryder for 9 in this game.
LRPL Taylor and SB Styris added 62 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 112th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand provides the 20th occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the fourth wicket. This stand provides the 13th occasion of a fifty plus runs stand posted by the New Zealand batsman in ICC WT20 and also the first fifty plus runs for the fourth wicket. This stand represents the second fifty plus runs partnership by New Zealand batsmen against England in ICC WT20, the first occasion being the 60 runs partnership between CD McMillan and SB Styris for the fifth wicket at Durban on 18.09.07. Thus the 62 run stand between LRPL Taylor and SB Styris for the fourth wicket in this game represents tne record partnership for any wicket by New Zealand batsmen against England in ICC WT20
EJG Morgan and LJ Wright added 52 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 112th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand provides the tenth occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the fifth wicket. This stand represents the 14th occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. It also represent the second occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against New Zealand in ICC WT20, the first occasion being the 62 runs stand between VS Solanki and DL Maddy for the first wicket at Durban on 18.09.07