Match Number 7 : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe at Providence on 03.05.10 : Sri Lanka wins under Duckworth Lewis Method by 14 runs

Sri Lanka capped S Randiv and NLTC Perera for this game. They became the 35^th and 36^th Sri Lankan cricketers to represent Sri Lanka in T20I. They also became the seventh and eighth Sri Lankan cricketers to make their T20I debut in ICC WT20. The other six are – Others are – MS Atapattu at Wellington on 22.12.06, M Muralitharan at Wellington on 22.12.06, WPUJC Vaas at Wellington on 22.12.06, LPC Silva at Wellington on 22.12.06, CM Bandara at Auckland on 26.12.06, RJGJM Rupasinghe at Col-RPS on 02.09.09, LD Chandimal vs New Zealand at Providence on 30.04.10 and UWMBCA Welegedera vs New Zealand at Providence on 30.04.10

Zimbabwe capped CK Coventry and CK Ervine for this game. They became the 23^rd and 24^th cricketers to represent Zimbabwe in T20I. They also became the fourth and fifth Zimbabwean cricketers to make their T20I debut in ICC WT20. The other three are – V Sibanda, T Taibu and T Mupariwa who had made their debut against Australia at Cape Town on 12.09.07

DPMD Jayawardene became the third batsman to score a hundred in ICC WT20 when he made 100 in this game. The other two are – CH Gayle of West Indies – 117 vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 11.09.09 and SK Raina of India – 101 vs South Africa at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

DPMD Jayawardene became the fourth batsman to score a hundred in T20I when he made 100 in this game. Other three are – CH Gayle of West Indies – 117 vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 11.09.09 and BB McCullum of New Zealand – 116* vs Australia at Christchurch on 28.02.10 and SK Raina of India – 101 vs South Africa at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

DPMD Jayawardene’s 100 represent the highest individual innings by a Sri Lankan batsman in ICC WT20 and also in T20I. The previous highest was 96* by TM Dilshan against West Indies at The Oval on 19.06.09 in both ICC WT20 and T20I

DPMD Jayawardene’s 100 in this game represent his highest individual score in ICC WT20. His previous best was 81 against New Zealand at Providence on 30.04.10

DPMD Jayawardene’s 100 in this game was his fourth fifty in TCC WT20. The other three fifties are – 65 vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07, 78 vs Ireland at Lord’s on 14.06.09 and 81 vs New Zealand at Providence on 30.04.10

DPMD Jayawardene with his four fifties became the first Sri Lankan batsman to score four fifties in ICC WT20. TM Dilshan and ST Jayasuriya were the other two batsmen who have scored three fifties in ICC WT20.

DPMD Jayawardne became the third batsman in ICC WT20 to score four fifties. The other two are – G Gambhir of India and ML Hayden of Australia.

G Gambhir’s four fifties read thus – 51 vs New Zealand at Jo’burg on 16.09.07, 58 vs England at Durban on 19.09.07, 75 vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 24.09.07 and 50 vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.06.09

ML Hayden’s fifties read thus – 67* vs England at Cape Town on 14.09.07, 73* vs Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07, 58* vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07 and 62 vs India at Durban on 22.09.07

DPMD Jayawadene became the eleventh batsman to score four or more fifties in T20I. Others are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {07}, G Gambhir 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}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {04} and GC Smith of South Africa {04}

DPMD Jayawardene became the first batsman in ICC WT20 to aggregate 400 runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 6 during his knock of 100 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 494.

DP Jayawardene completed 600 plus runs in T20I when has was on 78 during his knock of 100 in this game. His aggregate at the end of this game stood at 622. He became the seventh batsman in T20I to amass 600 plus runs. Others are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {987}, GC Smith of South Africa {678}, KP Pietersen of England {663}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {612}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {609} and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {603}.

DPMD Jayawadene became the third Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 600 plus runs in T20I. Other two are – TM Dilshan {612} and ST Jayasuriya {609}.

DPMD Jayawardene, at the end of this game, has scored most runs – 622 – by a Sri Lankan batsman in T20I. He wrested the record from TM Dilshan who has an aggregate of 612 runs

DPMD Jayawardene earned the distinction of becoming the first batsman in ICC WT20 to score fifty boundary fours. His 50^th boundary four of his T20I career was his ninth boundary four in this game, which came of the bowling of GA Lamb {fourth delivery of 17^th over of the innings}. At the end of the game, he has scored 51 boundary fours. He wrested the record from his team mate TM Dilshan who had an aggregate of 48 boundary fours.

DPMD Jayawardene’s 100 in this game contained ten boundary fours. His scoring ten boundary fours in an innings provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings in ICC WT20. Other occasions are – HH Gibbs of South Africa {14 fours in his 90 not out vs West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.09.07}, AJ Redmond of New Zealand {13 fours in his 63 vs Ireland at Nottingham on 11.06.09}, LMP Smmons {12 fours in his 77 vs South Africa at The Oval on 13.06.09}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {12 fours in his 96* vs West Indies at The Oval on 19.06.09}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {11 fours in his 88 vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07}, ML Hayden of Australia {11 fours in his 67 not out vs England at Cape Town o 14.09.07}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {11 fours in his 74 vs West Indies at Nottingham on 10.06.09}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {10 fours in his 53 vs Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {10 fours in his 81 vs West Indies at Nottingham on 10.06.09}

DPMD Jayawardene and NLTC Perera added 56 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 98^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand represents the 16^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in ICC WT20.

This stand represents the third occasion of a second wicket partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen in ICC WT20. The other two occasions are – 75 runs between ST Jayasuriya and KC Sangakkara vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07 and 62 runs between TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara vs Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09

TM Dilshan completed 1500 T20 runs when he was on 1 during his knock of 2 in this game. He ended the game with an aggregate of 1501 runs

The following batsmen have completed 1500 plus runs in T20 gmaes. BJ Hodge {2626}, DJ Hussey {2502}, BB McCullum {2382}, KC Sangakkara {1984}, LRPL Taylor {1982}, GC Smith {1936}, DPMD Jayawardene {1911}, HH Gibbs {1896}, JP Duminy {1881}, RG Sharma {1848}, HD Ackerman {1811}, G Gambhir {1779}, IJL Trott {1775}, ST Jayasuriya {1773}, JH Kallis {1769}, Yuvraj Singh {1761}, OA Shah {1739}, A Symonds {1717}, SB Styris {1668}, DA Warner {1662}, SK Raina {1643}, MJ Lumb {1625}, CL White {1621}, V Sehwag {1609}, Shoaib Malik {1605}, M van Jaarsveld {1573}, AC Gilchrist {1561}, MS Dhoni {1543}, JA Morkel {1525} and TM Dilshan {1501}