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We hope you liked the number crunch posted yesterday on Indian Test all rounder “Vinoo Mankad”. Today’s number crunch also relates to another Indian Crikceter – Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev’s 9 for 83 at Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad against West Indies in Nov 1983 has the following accreditations. His figures represent the best innings bowling figures by a a captain in the annals of test cricket. It also represents the best innings bowling figures by a bowler and also by a captain in a losing cause as India lost this test by 138 runs. What is more interesting is Kapil Dev took his 9 for 83 at this venue which was hosting its first ever test match

Starting today, the visitors would be treated to a rare statistical information under the caption – Number Crunch – one such information each day. Let us start the day with an unique statistical feat relating to Indian Test Cricketer

Mulawantrai Himmatlal Mankad {known popularly as “Vinoo Mankad} has the unique distinction of being the only cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score two double hundreds in separate tests and also concede 200 plus runs in two separate test innings.

He scored 223 runs in the first innings against New Zealand at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay in Dec 1955 and followed it up with 231 in the first innings against the same opposition at Nehru Stadium, Madras.

He conceded 202 runs in the first innings against West Indies at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay in Dec 1948 and conceded 228 runs in the second innings against the same opposition at Kingston in Mar 1953

His batting feat of scoring double hundreds in two test innings was against the same opposition – New Zealand. His bowling feat of conceding 200 plus runs on two occasions was against the same opposition – West Indies

It is interesting to note that the three teams taking part in the Zimbabwe Triangular Series have new captains. Zimbabwe will be led by Eton Chigumbara {15th captain to lead Zimbabwe in one dayers}, India will be led by Suresh Raina {20th captain to lead India in one day games} and Sri Lanka will be led by Tilakaratne Dilshan {15th captain to lead Sri Lanka in one dayers}

Thus the first game between India and Zimbabwe slated for 28.05.10 will witness two new skippers for one day games – Suresh Raina leading India and Eton Chigumbara leading Zimbabwe

We furnish below the squads of Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka which are participating in Zimbabwe Triangular series which starts from 28.05.10

ZIMBABWE TEAM
Elton Chigumbura	Captain	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Andy Blignaut		Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Chamu Chibhabha		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Charles Coventry		Right-hand bat	Legbreak
Graeme Cremer		Right-hand bat	Legbreak googly
Craig Ervine		Left-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Greg Lamb		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Hamilton Masakadza		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Chris Mpofu		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Ray Price		Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ed Rainsford		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Vusi Sibanda		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Tatenda Taibu	W keeper	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Brendan Taylor		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Prosper Utseya		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
INDIAN TEAM
Suresh Raina	Captain	Left-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Virat Kohli		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Ravichandran Ashwin		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Ashok Dinda		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Ravindra Jadeja		Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Dinesh Karthik	W keeper	Right-hand bat
Amit Mishra		Right-hand bat	Legbreak
Naman Ojha		Right-hand bat
Pragyan Ojha		Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pankaj Singh		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Yusuf Pathan		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Rohit Sharma		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Murali Vijay		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Vinay Kumar		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Umesh Yadav		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
SRI LANKAN TEAM
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Captain	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Angelo Mathews		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Dinesh Chandimal	W keeper	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Dilhara Fernando		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Suraj Randiv		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Chamara Kapugedera		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium
Nuwan Kulasekara		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Ajantha Mendis		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Jeevan Mendis		Left-hand bat	Legbreak
Thissara Perera		Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Thilan Samaraweera		Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Chamara Silva		Right-hand bat	Legbreak
Upul Tharanga		Left-hand bat
Lahiru Thirimanne		Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Thilan Thushara		Left-hand bat	Left-arm fast-medium

Second One day game – West Indies vs South Africa at North Sound on 24.05.10 : South Africa won by 17 runs

JH Kallis was making his 300^th appearance in one day games. He became the 15^th cricketer to appear in 300 plus one day games. He is the second South African cricketer to appear in 300 plus one day games after SM Pollock who has played 303 one day games

HM Amla scored 92 in this game providing the 43^rd occasion of a South African batsman scoring ninety in one day games. He became the third South African batsman to score ninety against West Indies. The others are – WJ Cronje {94 at Lahore on 03.11.97} and JH Kallis {95* at Centurion on 01.02.04}.

HM Amla’s 92 represent the 20^th occasion of a South African opening batsman registering a ninety in one day game. He became the first South African opening batsman to score a ninety against West Indies. His knock of 92 in this game represents the second occasion of his scoring ninety, the first occasion being his 97 against Australia at Perth on 30.01.09. Both his nineties have come when he was opening the innings.

HM Amla’s 92 represent the 417^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in one day games and also the 47^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against West Indies.

JH Kallis celebrated his 300^th one day appearance by scoring 85 in this game. It was his 76^th half century and his 93^rd fifty in one day games, Others to score 90 plus fifties in one day games are – SR Tendulkar {139}, RT Ponting {107}, ST Jayasuriya {96}, R Dravid {94}, SC Ganguly {94}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {93}.

JH Kallis is the fifth batsman in one day games to score 75 or more half centuries – SR Tendulkar {93}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {83}, R Dravid {82}, RT Ponting {78| and JH Kallis {76}

JH Kallis’s aggregate runs in ODI against West Indies at the end of this game stood at 1523. He became the sixth batsman to score 1500 runs against West Indies – Javed Miandad of Pakistan {1930}, ME Waugh of Australia {1708}, Rameez Raja of Pakistan {1624}, SR Tendulkar of India {1571}, AR Border of Australia {1546} and JH Kallis of South Africa {1523}.

JH Kallis’s 85 in this game was his 14^th fifty against West Indies. He shares the joint second place with RT Ponting and ME Waugh amonst the batsmen who have scored most fifties against West Indies. SR Tendulkar has scored more fifties {15} than JH Kallis, RT Ponting and ME Waugh.

JH Kallis’s 85 in this game was his 10^th half century against West Indies in one day gmaes. He is the seventh batsman to score ten or more half centuries against West Indies – Inzamamu-Haq {13}, Javed Miadad {12}, RT Ponting {12}, SC Ganguly {11}, SR Tendulkar {11}, ME Waugh {11} and JH Kallis {10}

South Africa’s 300 for 5 in this game provide the 39^th occasion of South Africa posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of South Africa posting a total of 300 plus runs against West Indies. The other two occasions are – 310 for 6 at Johannesburg on 04.02.04 and 356 for 4 at St George’s on 10.04.07

West Indian innings contained three fifties in this game – DM Richards {51}, DJ Bravo {74} and DJ Sammy {58*} – providing the 29^th occasion of three West Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an one day innings. This is the second such occasion against South Afirca – the first occasion was at Centurion on 01.02.04 when SC Chanderpaul {92}, RR Sarwan {77} and BC Lara {59*} scored fifties

Three West Indian batsmen – D Ramdin, R Rampaul and NO Miller – were run out in this game providing the fifth occasion of three West Indian batsmen dismissed run out against South Africa in one day games.

NO Miller collected his first ball duck with a run out providing the 15^th occasion of a West Indies batsman run out first ball without scoring. NO Miller is the second West Indian batsman to suffer such an ignominy against South Africa, the first being DBL Powell at Durban on 01.02.08.

NO Miller’s first ball duck in this game provide the 19^th occasion of West Indies batsman collecting the first ball duck against South Africa.

DJ Sammy scored 58 not out while batting at number nine in this game providing the 27^th occasion of a batsman at number nine scoring a fifty in one day games. DJ Sammy became the fourth West Indian batsman to achieve such a feat – MA Holding – 64 vs Australia at Perth on 05.02.84, NAM McLean – 50* vs Zimbabwe at Canterbury on 11.07.00, NO Miller – 51 vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 23.09.09 and DJ Sammy – 58* vs South Africa at North Sound on 24.05.10

DJ Sammy became the first West Indian batsman to score a fifty while batting at number nine on home soil when he made 58 not out in this game

DJ Sammy became the fourth batsman to score a fifty at nine against South Africa – SK Warne of Australia – 55 at Port Elizabeth on 04.04.94, B Lee of Australia – 51* at Perth on 03.02.02, GB Brent of Zimbabwe – 59* at Bulawayo on 22.08.07 and DJ Sammy of West Indies – 58* at North Sound on 24.05.10

West Indies were dismissed all out for 283 in this game providing the 22^nd occasion of its being all out against South Africa in one day games. It is the second occasion that West Indies has been dismissed all out for a total of 283 against South Africa which represents its highest total when it was dismissed all out. The first occasion was at Bridgetown on 11.05.05

First One day International – West Indies vs South Africa at North Sound on 22.05.10 : South Africa won by 66 runs

West Indies won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 186^th occasion of West Indies doing so in ODIs. West Indies lost this game after inserting the opposition providing the 78^th occasion of West Indies losing a game after it has inserted the opposition. West Indies has lost nine games after inserting South Africa which includes this game

HM Amla and AB de Villiers scored 102 runs each in this game providing the 1062 and 1063^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a century in one day games. Their hundreds provide the 92^nd and 93^rd occasion of South African batsman scoring hundreds in one day games

With HM Amla and AB de Villiers scoring hundreds in this game the number of hundreds scored by South African batsmen against West Indies stood at 14

HM Amla’s 102 and AB de Villiers’s 102 in this game provides the 84^th occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in the same innings in one day games. Their feat in this game represents the sixth occasion of South African batsmen performing such a feat in one day games. The six occasions are – DJ Cullinan {124} and JN Rhodes {121} vs Pakistan at Nairobi {Gym} on 29.09.96, G Kirsten {115} and HH. Gibbs {111} vs India at Kochi on 09.03.00, G Kirsten {124} and ND McKenzie {131*} vs Kenya at Cape Town on 22.10.01, HH Gibbs {102} and AB de Villiers {103*} vs Pakistan at Lahore on 18.10.07, JH Kallis {104*} and AB de Villiers {102*} vs India at Ahmedabad on 27.02.10 and HM Amla {102} and AB de Villiers {102} vs West Indies at North Sound on 22.05.10

It is interesting to note that there are only two occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings against West Indies in one day games. Apart from the South African batsmen’s feat in this game, England batsman – AJ Strauss {100} and A Flintoff {123} had made hundreds at Lord’s on 06.07.04

HM Amla’s 102 represent his second one day hundred and AB de Villiers’s 102 represent his eighth one day hundred

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill : First T20I on 22.05.10. New Zealand won by 28 runs

USA hosted a T20I for the first time and this was the first of the two international games played in United Sates of America.

Lauderhill became the 60^th ground to host a T20I and USA became the 14^th country to host a T20I

AJ Makay and R Nicol were capped by New Zealand for this game. They became the 43^rd and 44^th New Zealand cricketers to represent New Zealand in T20I. They became the fifth and sixth New Zealand cricketers to make their T20 debut against Sri Lanka. Others are – LRPL Taylor at Wellington on 22.12.06, PD McGlashan at Wellington on 22.12.06, MR Gillespie at Wellington on 22.12.06 and MJ Mason at Auckland on 26.12.06

BB McCullum hit a six in his knock of 18 in this game which gave him an aggregate of 39 sixes in T20I. He now holds the record for most sixes by a batsman in T20I. He wrested the record from Yuvraj Singh of India who had scored 38 sixes

At the end of this game, BB McCullum holds the following T20I records – Most appearances {39}, Most innings played {39}, Most runs {1099}, Most fifties {07}, Most fours {112} and most sixes {39}

LRPL Taylor’s run out for 27 in this game represent the 33^rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out in T20I. His run out t in this game provide the eleventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out against Sri Lanka in T20 games.

LRPL Taylor was run out for the second occasion against Sri Lanka. He was run out for 4 at Auckland on 26.12.08. He became the third New Zealand batsman to be dismissed run out against Sri Lanka on two occasions. Others are – BB McCullum and DL Vettori

With two dismissals in this game BB McCullum has an aggregate of 20 dismissals in T20I. He is the third wicket keeper in T20I to effect 20 plus dismissals. Others are – Kamran Akmal {41} and D Ramdin {21}

Sri Lanka’s 92 all out in this game provide the 22^nd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 in T20I. It also represents the second occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20I. The first occasion was its 87 vs Australia at Bridgetown on 09.05.10

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill on 23.05.10 : Sri Lanka won by seven wickets

The second International game in USA was won by Sri Lanka. The series was levelled 1-1 with New Zealand and Sri Lanka winning a game each

New Zealand were dismissed all out 81 in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in T20I. It was the second occasion of New Zealand being dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs, the first occasion being 99 all out against Pakistan at The Oval on 13.06.99.

New Zealand’s 81 all out in this game provides the third occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs against Sri Lanka. The other two occasions are – 83 by Bangladesh at Jo’burg on 18.09.07 and 88 by Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07. Thus New Zealand’s 81 all out in this game represent the lowest total by any team against Sri Lanka in T20I

RJ Nicol, KD Mills and AJ Mckay scored zeroes in this innings to take the number of zeroes scored by New Zealand batsman in T20I to 24. Apart from the captioned three batsmen who scored zeroes, SE Bond {at Wellington on 22.12.06}, DL Vettori {at Col-RPS} and BB McCullum {at Providence on 30.04.10} are the other New Zealand batsman who have failed to open their account against Sri Lanka in T20I

RJ Nicol, KD Mills and AJ Mckay scored zeroes in this innings providing the second occasion of three New Zealand batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings in T20I. The other occasion was at Perth against Australia on 11.12.07, when L Vincent, LRPL Taylor and MS Sinclair had scored zeroes

GJ Hopkin’s run out for 1 in this game provides the 24^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman run out in T20I. G Hopkins was dismissed run out for the second occasion in T20I, the first occasion being against Sri Lanka for 1 at Providence on 30.04.10.

G Hopkins became the fifth wicket keeper batsman in T20I to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions. The list read thus – MS Dhoni of India {05}, Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh {03}, GJ Hopkins of New Zealand {02}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {02} and Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan {02}

GJ Hopkin’s run out in this game provide the third occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper batsman run out in T20I. The three occasions are – PD McGlashan for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 02.09.09, GJ Hopkins for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Providence on 30.04.10 and GJ Hopkins for 1 vs Sri Lanka at Lauderhill on 23.05.10. Note the striking similarity in all these three occasions – on all the three occasions batsmen have scored one run and all the three occasions are against Sri Lanka

KMDN Kulasekhara returned with figures of 3.0-1-4-3 in this game. He became the 14^th bowler to capture three or more wickets conceding single digit runs in T20I. He is the second Sri Lankan bowler to perform such a feat after BAW Mendis who had figures of 3.0-0-9-3 against New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.06.09

KMDN Kulasekara’s figures included a maiden over. He is the fourth bowler to bowl a maiden over in this category of statistics in T20I. Others are – SJ Benn of West Indies – 4.0-2-6-4 vs Zimbabwe at Port of Spain on 28.02.10, JE Taylor of West Indies – 3.0-1-6-3 vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07 and DL Vettori of New Zealand – 4.0-1-6-3 vs Bangladesh at Hamilton on 03.02.10

KMDN Kulasekhara bowled a maiden over in this game providing the 81^st occasion o of a bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in T20I. He is the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to bowl a maiden over in T20I and his maiden over in this game provides the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler bowling a maiden over in T20I. The complete list read thus – WPUJC Vaas {01 occasion}, CRD Fernando {03 occasions}, BAW Mendis {01 occasion}, AD Mathews {01 occasion} and KMDN Kulasekara {01 occasion}

BB McCollum scored one run in this game and took his T20I aggregate runs to 1100. He became the first batsman in the history of T20I to score 1100 runs.

DPMD Jayewardene’s run aggregate in T20I stood at 760 at the end of this game. He became the fourth batsman in T20I to total 750 plus runs. Others are – BB McCollum {1100}, KP Petersen {911} and GC Smith {803}.

DPMD Jayewardene hit a six in his knock of 17 in this game which gave him a total of 35 sixes in the calendar year 2010. His aggregate of 35 sixes provide the seventh occasion of a batsman scoring 35 or more sixes in a calendar year. The complete list read thus – DA Warner {45 in 2010}, SE Marsh {38 in 2008}, LRPL Taylor {37 in 2008}, LRPL Taylor {37 in 2010}, LRPL Taylor {36 in 2009}, Yuvraj Singh {36 in 2009} and DPMD Jayewardene {35 in 2010}

TM Dilshan’s T20I aggregate stood at 717 which include his 33 not out in this game.

He became the sixth batsman in T20I total 700 plus runs. The complete list read thus – BB McCullum {1100}, KP Pietersen {911}, GC Smith {803}, DPMD Jayawardene {760}, KC Sangakkara {733} and TM Dilshan {717}. It is interesting to note that the list contains three Sri Lankans.

KMDN Kulasekhara {3 for 4} and SL Malinga {3 for 12} captured three wickets each in this game providing the 28^th occasion of two bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20I. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned it is the fifth occasion of such a feat in T20I

SL Malinga’s three wickets in this game gave him an aggregate of 34 T20I wickets and with it the fourth place amongst the most wicket takers in T20I. The following list shows the bowlers who have captured 30 plus wickets in T20I. – Umar Gul {43}, Shahid Afridi {41}, DL Vettori {35}, SL Malinga {34}, SJC Broad {33}, BAW Mendis {33} and Saeed Ajmal {31}

KC Sangakkara was stumped for 5 in this game providing the 13^th occasion of a wicket keeper stumped by a wicket keeper in T20I. His stumping dismissal in this game also provides the 19^th occasion of a captain dismissed stumped in T20I

West Indies vs South Africa T20 Series : South Africa wins the series 2-0 : The first game at North Sound was won by South Africa by 13 runs.

GC Smith extended his T20I run aggregate to 788 with his 37 runs in this game. He hit three boundary fours in his knock of 37 which game him an aggregate of 97 boundary fours in T20I. He needs three more fours for his 100 boundary fours in T20I.

GC Smith’s 97 boundary fours in T20I are next to BB McCullum’s 110 boundary fours.

GC Smith and JH Kallis added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 22^nd occasion of South African batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in T20I games. This stand represents the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I.

This stand represents the record stand for the second wicket by South African batsmen against West Indies in T20I. The previous best was the 51 runs partnership between HH Gibbs and JH Kallis at The Oval on 13.06.09. These two stands are the only fifty plus runs partnerships for the second wicket posted by South African batsmen against West Indies.

GC Smith and JH Kallis added 73 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of South African batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against West Indies in T20I. The six occasions are – 54 runs for the first wicket between HH Gibbs and GC Smith at Jo’burg on 11.09.07, 54 runs for the first wicket between JH Kallis and GC Smith at The Oval on 13.06.09, 51 runs for the second wicket between HH Gibbs and JH Kallis at The Oval on 13.06.09, 73 runs for the second wicket between GC Smith and JH Kallis at North Sound on 19.05.09, 120* runs for the third wicket between HH Gibbs and JH Kemp at Jo’burg on 11.09.07 and 57* runs for the seventh wicket between SM Pollock and JA Morkel at Jo’burg on 18.01.08.

JH Kallis scored 53 in this game providing the 21^st occasion of a South African batsman scoring fifty in T20I. It was his fourth fifty in T20I. The four fifties are – 57* vs England at Nottingham on 11.06.09, 64 vs Pakistan at Nottigham on 18.06.09, 73 vs India at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 and 53 vs West Indies at North Sound on 19.05.10

JH Kallis became the third South African batsman to register four fifties in T20I. Others are AB de Villiers and GC Smith

JH Kallis with his 53 became the second South African batsman to score a fifty against West Indies in T20I and his 53 in this game provides the third occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in T20I. HH Gibbs has scored two fifties – 90* at Jo’burg on 11.09.07 and 55 at The Oval on 13.06.09

JH Kallis with his 53 in this game took his aggregate to 512 in T20I. He became the 21^st batsman in T20I to total 500 plus runs. He is the third South African batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in T20I. Others are GC Smith {788} and AB de Villers {560}. GC Smith scored 37 and AB de Villers scored 11 in this game

JH Kallis’s 53 in this game was his 17^th fifty in T20 games. He shares the joint second position with HD Ackerman who also scored 17 fifties in the list of batsman who o have scored most fifties in T20 games. BJ Hodge leads the table with 20 fifties to his credit

GC Smith hit a six in his knock of 37 in this game to take his aggregate of sixes to 22 in T20I as captain. CH Gayle is the other captain with 24 sixes to score more sixes than GC Smith. . PD Collingwood {21| is the other captain to score 20 plus sixes

ADS Fletcher effected three dismissals in this game. His performance provides the third occasion of a West Indian wicket keeper effecting three dismissals in T20I. The other occasions are – D Ramdin – three dismissals vs Australia at Hobart on 21.02.10 and three dismissals vs Ireland at Providence on 30.04.10

AB de Villers effected four dismissals in this game. His feat provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper effecting four dismissals in a T20 game. The other six are – AC Gilchrist of Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 12.09.07, MJ Prior of England vs South Africa vs Cape Town on 16.09.07, AC Gilchrist of Australia vs New Zealand at Perth on 11.12.07, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 09.06.09, NJ O’Brien of Ireland vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 14.06.09 and MS Dhoni of India vs Afghanistan at Gros Islet on 01.05.10

AB de Villers with his four catches in this game became the first South African wicket keeper to effect four dismissals in T20I

ADS Fletcher and AB de Villiers effected three and four dismissals respectively in this game providing the third occasion of rival wicket keepers effecting three or more dismissals in the same game in T20I. The other two occasions are – MV Boucher of South Africa and BB McCullum of New Zealand effecting three dismissals at Durban on 19.09.07 and NJ O’Brien of Ireland and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka effecting four and three dismissals at Lord’s on 14.06.09

JP Duminy and J Botha scored zeroes in this game providing the 21^st and 22^nd occasion of South African batsmen scoring zeros in T20I. It was JP Duminy’s fourth zero in T20I and he shares record for most zeroes by South African batsman with HH Gibbs who also has scored four zeroes.

Interestingly, JP Duminy’s zero in this game was his third zero against West Indies. The other two occasions were – at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07 and at The Oval on 13.06.09

West Indies were all out for 123 in this game providing the third occasion of West Indies dismissed all out in T20I. The other occasions were 101 vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on 19.06.09 and 105 vs Australia at Gros Islet on 11.05.10

ADS Fletcher was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring zero in T20I. He is the first West Indian wicket keeper to register a zero in T20I

R McLaren captured five wickets conceding 19 runs in this game. He became the fourth bowler in T20I to capture five wickets. Others are – Umar Gul of Pakistan – 5 for 6 vs New Zealand at The Oval on 13.06.09, N Odhiambo of Kenya – 5 for 20 vs Scotland at Nairobi {Gym} on 04.02.10 and DJG Sammy of West Indies vs Zimbabwe at Port of Spain on 28.02.10

R McLaren’s five for 19 represent the best bowling figures by a South African bowler in T20I. The previous best was 4 for 9 by DW Steyn against West Indies at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07

R McLaren’s 5 for 19 in this game represent the sixth occasion of a South African bowler capturing four or more wickets in T20I. The other five occasions are – M Morkel – 4 for 17 vs New Zealand at Durban on 19.09.07, DW Steyn – 4 for 9 vs West Indies at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07, WD Parnell – 4 for 13 vs West Indies at The Oval on 13.06.09, M Morkel – 4 for 20 vs Afghanistan at Bridgetown on 05.05.10 and CK Langveldt – 4 for 19 vs Pakistan at Gros Islet on 10.05.10

At the end of this game, GC Smith has an aggregate of 251 boundary fours in T20 games. He became the second batsman in T20 games to score 250 plus boundary fours after BJ Hodge who has scored 284 boundary fours

South Africa capped AN Petersen for this game. He became the 44^th cricketer to represent South Africa in T20I. He was dismissed run out for 6 in this game. He is the third South African batsman to be dismissed run out on debut in T20I. Others are – AG Prince for 5 vs New Zealand at Jo’burg on 21.10.05 and T Henderson for zero vs India at Jo’burg on 01.12.06

ADS Fletcher’s zero in this game was his fifth zero in T20I and he holds the record for most zeroes by a batsman in T20I. JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, ST Jayasuriya and Kamran Akmal are the four batsmen who have scored four zeroes in T20I

West Indies vs South Africa T20 Series : South Africa wins the series 2-0 : The second game at North Sound was won by South Africa by one run.

South Africa won this game by one run providing the fifth occasion of a team winning a T20I game by one run margin. The other four occasions are – Australia won by one run against New Zealand at Sydney on 15.02.09, South Africa won by one run against New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09, England won by one run against South Africa at Jo’burg on 13.11.09, New Zealand won by one run against Pakistan at Bridgetown on 08.05.10

South Africa became the only team in T20I to win two games by one run margin – vs New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09 and vs West Indies at North Sound on 20.05.10

GC Smith took his aggregate to 803 with his 15 in this game. He became the third batsman in T20I to score 800 plus runs. Others are BB McCullum {1081} and KP Pietersen {911}

At the end of this game GC Smith has an aggregate of 99 boundary fours in T20I and require one more boundary four to aggregate 100 fours

GC Smith became the first captain in T20I to total 800 plus runs. At the end of this game he had a total of 803 runs. He also holds the record of most appearances as captain in T20I games. He wrested the record from PD Collingwood and DL Vettori who had led England and New Zealand respectively on 26 occasions

South Africa capped DA Miller for this game. He became the 45^th cricketer to represent South Africa in T20I. He was dismissed run out for 33 in this game. He is the fourth South African batsman to be dismissed run out on debut in T20I

CH Gayle’s zero in this game provides the 25^th occasion of a West Indies batsman scoring zero in T20I. It was the second zero for CH Gayle. The first occasion was against Bangladesh at Jo’burg on 13.09.07. CH Gayle’s zero in this game is his first zero as captain

CH Gayle’s zero in this game provides the 21^st occasion of a captain scoring zero in T20I. CH Gayle is the second West Indies captain to score zero after DJ Bravo {vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 16.12.07}

LL Bosman and CH Gayle scored zeroes in this game providing the ninth occasion of rival openers scoring zeroes in T20I.

DA Miller and J Botha added 57 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of South African batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in T20I. This stand also provides the seventh occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by South African batsmen against West Indies in T20I. This stand is the first fifty plus runs stand for the sixth wicket by South African batsmen against West Indies.

DJ Bravo and SC Chanderpaul added 68 runs for the third wicket providing the 17^th occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in T20I. This stand also provides the fifth occasion of a third wicket stand of fifty plus runs by West Indies batsmen in T20I. This stand also represent the third occasion of a fifty plus runs stand by West Indies batsmen against South Africa in T20I

Match Number 27 : Australia vs England at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 : England won by seven wickets

England won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 43^rd occasion of a team doing so in ICC WT20. England has inserted the opposition on four occasions including this game. The other three occasions are – 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’s inserting the opposition in this game provides the first occasion of a team doing so in the finals of ICC T20.

RJ Sidebottom captured his 20^th T20I wicket when he had SR Watson caught by GP Swann for 2 in this game. At the end of the game, his tally of wickets stood at 21. He became the 20^th bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in T20I. He is the third England bowler to capture 20 plus wickets. The other two are – SJC Broad {33}, GP Swann {26}, interestingly enough all these three bowlers are playing this game.

Australia lost its three wickets for 8 runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of a team losing three wickets for eight runs or less in ICC WT20. The four occasions are – 3 for zero – Kenya vs New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, 3 for 1 – West Indies vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on 19.06.09, 3 for 7 – Afghanistan vs South Africa at Bridgetown on 05.05.10 and 3 for 8 – Australia vs England at Bridgetown on 16.05.10

DA Warner’s run out for 2 in this game provide the 91^st occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20. His run out in this game provides the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20. His dismissal run out provides the 18^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20. DA Warner became the second Australian opening batsman to be dismissed run out, after AC Gilchrist who was dismissed run out for 43 vs Bangladesh at Cape Town on 16.09.07

SR Watson {02} and DA Warner {02} scored identical runs in this game providing the eighthoccasion of both the openers scoring identical runs in an innings 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, MJ Lumb {25} and C Kieswetter {25} – England vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 and SR Watson {02} and DA Warner {02} – Australia vs England at Bridgetown on 16.05.10

DJ Hussey and CL White added 50 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 120^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the 12^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in ICC WT20. This stand provides the 13^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for various wickets and the second occasion for the fifth wicket in ICC WT20. The other occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket was the 63 run stand between BJ Hodge and MEK Hussey vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 18.09.07

DJ Hussey was run out for 59 in this game providing the 92^nd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20. He became the fifth batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in ICC WT20. The five batsmen are – CH Gayle of West Indies for 98 vs India at Bridgetown on 09.05.10, DJ Hussey of Australia for 59 vs England at Bridgetown on 16.05.10, AD Mathews of Sri Lanka for 58 vs England at Gros Islet on 13.05.10, Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan vs India at Durban on 14.09.07 and DL Maddy of England for 50 vs New Zealand at Durban on 18.09.07

DJ Hussey’s run out in this game provides the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out in ICC WT20. DJ Hussey became the first Australian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. He was run out for 59 in this game.

DJ Hussey competed 500 runs in T20I and his total at the end of the game read 512, He became the 20^th batsman in T20I to total 500 plus runs. He is the second Australian batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in T20I. DA Warner is the other Australian batsman with 602 runs to his credit.

CL White’s lone six in this game gave him an aggregate of 30 sixes in T20I. He became the fifth batsman to total 30 plus sixes in T20I. The complete list read thus – BB McCullum {38}, Yuvraj Singh {38}, CH Gayle {34}, DA Warner {31} and CL White {30}

At the end of this game, DJ Hussey has an aggregate of 26 sixes in T20I. He became the eighth batsman to aggregate 25 plus sixes in T20I. The complete list read thus – BB McCullum {38}, Yuvraj Singh {38}, CH Gayle {34}, DA Warner {31}, CL White {30}, JA Morkel {29}, DJ Hussey {26} and LRPL Taylor {26}.

DJ Hussey with two boundary sixes in this game took his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games to 122. LRPL Taylor {124} and BB McCullum {107} are the other two batsmen who have scored 100 plus sixes in T20 games.

DJ Hussey’s 59 in this game provide the 93^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in ICC WT20. His knock provides the 12^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in ICC WT20. DJ Hussey’s 59 in this game represent his second fifty. He has scored 53 vs Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.10. Thus his 59 in this game represents his highest individual score in ICC Wt20.

DJ Hussey became the fourth Australian batsman to score two or more fifties in ICC WT20. Others are – ML Hayden {04}, DA Warner {02} and SR Watson {02}

DJ Hussey with his 59 in this game became the third batsman to score a fifty in ICC WT20 finals. Other two are – G Gambhir of India – 75 vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 24.09.07 and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan – 54* vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 21.06.09. C Kieswetter with his 63 in England’s joined this elite list to become the fourth batsman.

DJ Hussey took a catch to dismiss MJ Lumb of the bowling of SW Tait for 2 in this game to take his tally of catches in T20 games to 57. He is the only fieldsman in the history of T20 games to pouch 50 plus catches.

C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen added 111 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 121^st occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the 20^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in ICC WT20. This stand provides the 16^th occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for various wickets and the first occasion against Australia for any wicket in ICC WT20.

KP Pietersen completed 900 runs in T20I when he was on 36 during his knock of 47 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 911. He became the second batsman in T20I to aggregate 900 plus runs after BB McCullum {1081}

KP Pietersen hit four fours in this game and took his aggregate of boundary fours to 90 in T20I. He became the third batsman in T20I to total 90 plus boundary fours after BB McCullum {110} and GC Smith {94}

KP Pietersen hit four fours in this game and took his aggregate of boundary fours to 60 in ICC WT20. He became the second batsman in ICC WT20 to total 60 plus boundary fours after DPMD Jayawardene {62}.

C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen added 111 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 17^th occasion of a three figure partnership in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the third occasion of a three figure partnership for the second wicket in ICC WT20. This stand provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets and the first occasion against Australia for any wicket in ICC WT20. The three occasions are – 102 for the first wicket between RS Bopara and LJ Wright vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 05.06.09, 100 runs for the fourth wicket between PD Collingwood and KP Pietersen vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07 and 111 runs for the second wicket between C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen vs Australia at Bridgetown on 16.05.10

Thus the between 111 runs for the second wicket between C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen in this game represents England’s highest partnership for any wicket in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the first three figure partnership in the finals of ICC WT20.

MG Johnson’s lone wicket in this game gave him an aggregate of 20 wickets in ICC WT20. He became the fifth bowler to aggregate 20 plus wickets in ICC WT20. Others are – Shahid Afridi {27}, Umar Gul {26}, SL Malinga {25}, Saeed Ajmal {23}

DP Nannes captured 14 wickets in the third edition of ICC WT20 which represent the most wickets by a bowler in a single edition of ICC WT20. Umar Gul of Pakistan had captured 13 wickets in 2007-08 edition and also in 2009 edition and held the previous record for most wickets in a single edition of ICC WT20

Australian batsmen hit three sixes in this match to take the total number of sixes to 96 in ICC WT20. Australia now holds the record for most sixes scored by a team in ICC WT20. They wrested the previous record of 95 sixes scored by Pakistan

The following list shows the number of sixes {more than sixes} scored against the following teams in ICC WT20 – vs India {95}, vs Pakistan {78}, vs South Africa {73}, vs Australia {69}, vs New Zealand {66}, vs England {65} and vs Sri Lanka {61}

With a six in this game, KP Pietersen has taken his number of sixes to 17 and shares the third place jointly with DPMD Jayawardene {17} in the list of batsmen who have scored most sixes in ICC WT20. CH Gayle with 27 sixes and Yuvraj Singh with 24 sixes hold the first and second place respectively

South Africa will play Two T20Is, Five one day games and Three tests on its tour to West Indies. The opening game of the tour will be a T20I which is scheduled for 19.05.10 at North Sound, Antigua. The following is the itinerary of the tour

Wed May 19 : 18:00 GMT | 14:00 local : 23:30 IST

1st T20I – West Indies v South Africa

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Thu May 20 : 18:00 GMT | 14:00 local : 23:30 IST

2nd T20I – West Indies v South Africa

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Sat May 22 : 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local : 19:00 IST

1st ODI – West Indies v South Africa

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Mon May 24 : 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local : 19:00 IST

2nd ODI – West Indies v South Africa

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Fri May 28 : 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local : 19:00 IST

3rd ODI – West Indies v South Africa

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Sun May 30 : 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local : 19:00 IST

4th ODI – West Indies v South Africa

Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Thu Jun 03 : 14:30 GMT | 09:30 local : 20:00 IST

5th ODI – West Indies v South Africa

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Thu Jun 10 – Mon Jun 14 : 15:00 GMT | 10:00 local : 20:30 IS

1st Test – West Indies v South Africa

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Fri Jun 18 – Tue Jun 22 : 14:00 GMT | 10:00 local : 19:30 IST

2nd Test – West Indies v South Africa

Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Sat Jun 26 – Wed Jun 30 : 14:00 GMT | 10:00 local : 19:30 IST

3rd Test – West Indies v South Africa

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados