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Match No 13: Bijapur Bulls vs Malnad Gladiators at Bangalore on 21.09.10: Malnad Gladiators won by five wickets

Put into bat Bijapur Bulls totalled 130 for 8 thanks to a plucky knock of 47 by wicket keeper batsman DT Patil. He enjoyed four reprieves. KC Avinash, K Gowtham, Ganesh Satish and K Shashindra were the errant fieldsmen. G Dhiman and DT Patil added 40 runs for the second wicket after MR Beerla left the crease at the team score of 16. Wickets fell at regular intervals and there were no substantial partnerships in Bijapur’s innings. Ganesh Satish captained his side well, rung bowling changes at the right time and restricted Bijapur Bulls to its total of 131. Despite the shoddy fielding as they dropped four catches, their ground fielding was good and never allowed to Bijapur batsmen to go beyond proportions. DV Anish {15}, J Shetty {10} and RB Kane {13} were the other batsmen who reached double figures apart from G Dhiman {29} and DT Patil {47}.

G Dhiman’s 29 came in 34 balls in a stay of 47 minutes and contained 3 fours. DT Patil was at the crease for 55 minutes for his 47 which came in 40 balls and contained five fours and a six.

K Gowtham was the most successful bowler for Gladiators with a bag of 3 for 25. Lanky Sanjay Kumar was a good foil to him with 2 for 28.

Gladiators in their chase lost its openers early. Shashindra was the first to leavea at 7 and Ganesh Satish left at 24. Shashindra scored 4 and Ganesh Satish made 3.

KC Avinash forged four match winning partnerships – 33 runs for the third wicket with KR Kapoor, 32 runs for the fourth wicket with Raju Bhatkal, 24 runs for the fifth wicket with N Hegde and 21 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket with K Gowtham – and ensured his team win the game by five wickets.

KC Avinash scored 45 not out in 83 minutes of 46 balls. His essay contained five boundaries. He was let off by DV Aneesh when he was on 22 which proved very dear to Bijapur team. In the later stages of the game, he was troubled by cramps and was allowed a substitute runner. He did not lose his composure and steadied his team to a facile five wickets victory. ST Binny with 2 for 27 was amongst the wickets for Bijapur Team

Summarised Scores : Bijapur Bulls 130 for 8 in 20.0 overs {DT Patil 47, G Dhiman 29, K Gowtham 3 for 25} lost to Malnad Gladiators 134 for 5 in 19.2 overs {KC Avinash 45 not out, ST Binny 2 for 27} by five wickets

Match No 12 : Bangalore Brigadiers (U) vs Mysore Maharaajas at Bangalore on 21.09.10 : Mysore Maharaajas won by five runs

Bangalore Brigadiers who won the toss and opted to field lost the match by five runs. Mysore Maharaajas put up a total of 130 for 8 and defended it by restricting Bangalore Brigadiers to 125 for 7.

Mysore’s innings was built around the useful contributions from wicket keeper batsman N Bhille {27} and skipper CJ William {37}, S Manager {21} and HTS Rao {16}. N Bhille and CJ Williams added 36 runs for the third wicket before Bhille was run out. CJ Williams forged 42 runs for the fourth wicket in the company of S Manager. These two partnerships were the substance of Mysore’s total.

N Bhille’s 27 came of 28 balls and had two fours in it. He was at the crease for 33 minutes. CJ William’s 37 came of 33 balls in a stay of 48 minutes at the crease and contained four fours. S Manager did not hit a four or a six in his 27 which came of 22 balls in a stay of 35 minutes

Z Farooqi {2 for 23}, MA Khan {2 for 20} were the successful bowlers for the Brigadiers.

Brigadiers started on a confident note with S Ibrez scoring 12 of the 15 runs that they put up for the first wicket. S Ibrez struck one four and a six. KL Rahul and skipper DA Chougule propped up the innings with a stand worth 41 runs for the second wicket. N Shekawat {16} and M Vinod {24} were the other contributors to the total. With M Vinod departing at 123 with eight balls left, Brigadiers could not reach the target as they lost one more wicket at 125 to the fifth ball of the last over.

DA Chougule’s 35 came in 35 balls and contained three fours. He was at the crease for 64 minutes. KL Rahul scored his 21 in 46 minutes and faced 33 deliveries. He hit one boundary four in his innings. M Vinod’s essay of 24 contained three sixes in 13 balls.

C Raghu was the most successful bowler with 2 for 14 for Mysore team. CS Raghavendra, AB Sagar, T Muthanna and AA Kazi captured a wicket each

Summarised scores : Mysore Maharaajas 130 for 8 in 20 overs {CJ William 37, N Bhille 27, MA Khan 2 for 20, Farooqi 2 for 23} beat Bangalore Brigadiers 125 for 7 in 20 overs {D Chougule 35, M Vinod 24, C Raghu 2 for 14} by five runs

Match No 18 : Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Johannesburg on 21.09.10 : Royal Challengers Bangalore won by six wickets

With this win, RCB became the first IPL team to enter Semi finals of CLT20 tournament.

This was the fourth win for RCB in the tournament which read thus – won by 80 runs vs Otago at Bangalore on 12.10.09, won by 08 wickets vs Delhi at Bangalore on 17.10.09, won by 09 wickets vs Wayamba at Centurion on 12.09.10 and won by 06 wickets vs Lions at Jo’burg on 21.09.10

With four wins in the tournament RCB became the fifth team to win four or more games. Other teams are – NSW {05}, Trinidand & Tobago {05}, Victoria {04} and South Australia {04}

There were two run outs in Lions’ innings – VB van Jaarsvled for 24 and ND McKenzie for 39 – providing the 51^st and 52^nd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

At the end of this game Lions have five batsmen dismissed run outs in the tournament. It became the third team to have five or more run outs. Others are – Trinidad and Tobago {05} and NSW {05}

ND Mckenzie was run out for the second occasion in the tournament. He was run out for 15 against South Australo at Centurion on 12.09.10. He became the eigth batsman to be run out on two occasions in the tournament. Others are – D Ganga of Trinidad & Tobago, DA Warner of NSW, HMRKB Herath of Wayamba, KD Karthik of Delhi, NT Brown of Otage and DJ Bravo {once of Tri & Tob and once for Mumbai}

R Cameron was dimissed for duck in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a duck in the tournament. He became the 48^th batsman to suffer such an ignominy

MK Pandey and R Dravid added 53 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also provides the 18^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket and the ninth such occasion by RCB batsmen in the tournament

With his 33 runs in this game, R Dravid has an aggregate of 234 runs in the tournament. He now occupies the third place among the batsmen who have scored 200 plus runs in the tournament. JP Duminy {281} and KA Pollard {273} are the other two batsmen who have scored more runs than R Dravid. DJ Hussey {225}, M Klinger {213}, LRPL Taylor {208}, DA Warner {207} and PJ Huhges {202} are the other batsman to total 200 plus runs in the tournament

RV Uthappa was run out for 7 in RCB’s innings providing the 53rd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. He is the second RCB batsman to be dismissed run out. The first batsman was R Draivd who was run out for 28 against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09

RV Uthappa became the third wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. Others are – KD Karthik of Delhi for 6 against Victoria at Delhi on 09.10.09 and S Ramdin of Tri & Tob for 27 against NSW at Hyd-RGS on 16.10.09

RV Uthappa held to two catches in this game and he has an aggregate of five dismissals in the tournament. He became the fourth wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals. Others are – MS Dhoni of CSK {09}, MS Wade of Victoria {08} and GA Manou of South Australia {05}

RV Uthappa held to two catches in this game and he has an aggregate of five catches in the tournament. He became the fourth wicket keeper to pouch five or more catches. Others are – MS Wade of Victoria {06} and MS Dhoni of CSK {05},

A Kumble has led RCB in eight games and has ended up with mixed results having won four and lost four. A Kumble holds the record for captaining a team on most occasions. D Ganga of Trinidad & Tobago and SM Katich of NSW have led their teams on six occasions

Summarised scores : Lions 159 for 6 in 20.0 overs {AN Petersen 45, ND McKenzie 39, R Vinay Kumar 2 for 23} lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 160 for 4 in 19.0 overs {V Kohli 49*, MK Pandey 44, R Dravid 33} by six wickets,

Match No 17 : Guyana vs South Australia at Johannesburg on 21.09.10 : South Australia won by 15 runs

South Australia won this game by 15 runs providing its fourth win in the tournament. Its wins are – by 11 runs vs Lions at Centurion on 12.09.10, by 05 wickets vs Mumbai at Durban on 14.09.10, by 08 wickets vs RCB at Durban on 17.09.10 and by 15 runs vs Guyana at Jo’burg on 21.09.10

South Australia became the fourth team in the tournament to record four or more wins. Other teams are NSW {05}, Tri & Tob {05} and Victoria {04}

South Australia posted 191 for 6 in this game providing the fourth occasion of a team posting a total of 190 plus runs in the tournament. The other occasions are – 213 for 4 by Trinidad and Tobago vs Eagles at Hyd-RGS on 18.10.09, 200 for 3 by CSK vs Wayamba at Centurion on 15.09.10 and 193 for 4 by Cape Cobras vs Otago at Hyd-RGS on 10.10.09

CJ Ferguson and CJ Borgas added 88 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 61^st occasion of batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also represent the 12^th occasion of batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket and also the fourth occasion of South Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament.

CJ Ferguson scored 55 in this game providing the 49^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock represents the ninth occasion of a batsman batting at number four scoring a fifty and also provides the sixth occasion of a South Australian batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

South Australia holds the record of most fifties by a team in the tournament with six fifties. RCB and NSW are close behind with five fifties. Prior to this game, South Australia, RCB and NSW shared the record with five fifties each. South Australia went past RCB and NSW to earn the record with CJ Ferguson’s 55.

Batsmen who have scored fifties for South Australia are – 78 by M Klinger vs Lions at Centurion on 12.09.10, 59 by M Klinger vs Mumbai at Durban on 14.09.10, 56 by DJ Harris vs Mumbai at Durban on 14.09.10, 57 by DJ Harris vs RCB at Durvan on 17.09.10, 69 by M Klinger vs RCB at Durban on 17.09.10 and 55 by CJ Ferguson vs Guyana at Jo’burg on 21.09.10

SA Jacobs returned with figures of none for 50 in this game providing the third occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in the tournament. Other occasions are – none for 59 by A Mishra of Delhi vs RCB at Bangalore on 17.10.09 and none for 52 by M Ntini of Warriors vs Central Dists at Port Elizabeth on 21.09.10

SA Jacobs of Guyana became the fifth bowler in the tournament to leak 50 plus runs in the tournament. The complete list read thus – none for 59 by A Mishra of Delhi vs RCB at Bangalore on 17.10.09, 1 for 54 by D du Preez of Eagles vs Tri & Tob at Hyd-RGS on 18.10.09, 1 for 54 by DAJ Bracewell of Central Dists vs Warriors at P Elizabth on 18.10.09, none for 52 by M Ntini of Warriors vs Central Dists at Port Elizabeth on 21.09.10 and none for 54 by SA Jacobs of Guyana vs South Aus at Jo’burg on 21.09.10

RN Ramdeen was making his T20 debut for Guyana in this game. He opened the innings and scored 35.

RR Sarwan’s 70 in this game represent the 50^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number three in the tournament. His knock represents the first fifty by a Guyana batsman in the tournament

RR Sarwan’s 70 in this game provide the 15^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the tournament.

RR Sarwan’s 70 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 17^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty and sixth occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

RR Sarwan and SA Jacobs added 56 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 62^nd occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand represents the 12^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in the tournament. This stand also represents the first fifty plus runs stand by Guayana batsmen in the tournament

DJ Harris returned with figure of 3 for 33 in this game to provide the 39^th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament. DJ Harris is the second South Australian bowler to capture three or more wickets in the tournament after DT Christian who had figures of 4 for 23 against RCB at Durban on 17.09.10

This game witnessed both teams scoring 175 plus runs – South Australia {191 for 6} and Guyana {175 or 7} providing the seventh occasion of both the teams registering 175 plus runs in the tournament

Summarised scores : South Australia 191 for 6 in 20 overs {CJ Ferguson 55, CJ Bogras 48, PG Wints 2 for 11, D Bishoo 2 for 29} beat Guyana 176 for 7 in 20 overs {RR Sarwan 70, RN Ramdeen 35, SA Jacobs 32, DT Christian 2 for 20, DJ Harris 3 for 33} by 15 runs

Fourth one day : England vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 20.09.10 : Pakistan won by 38 runs and the series leveled at 2-2.

This game was Shahid Afridi’s 300^th one day game. He became the 16^th cricketer in the history of one day games to appear in 300 plus one day games. He is also the third Pakistan cricketer after Inzamam-ul-Huq {378} and Wasim Akram {356} to appear in 300 plus one day game

England lost this game by 38 runs providing the 21^st occasion of it losing an one day game at Lord’s against various opposition. It also represents its fourth defeat at the hands of Pakistan at Lord’s. The other three occasions are – lost by three runs on 22.08.92, lost by two runs on 12.06.01 and lost by seven wickets on 02.09.06

Mohammad Hafeez scored 64 in this game providing the 80^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan. His knock also represents the 23^rd occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty against England.

Mohammad Hafeez scored 64 in this game providing the eighth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan at Lord’s. His knock also represents the first occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty against England at Lord’s.

Mohammad Hafeez’s 64 in this game represent his fifth fifty in one day Games. Other occasions are – 93 vs West Indies at Karachi on 16.12.06, 69 vs England at Manchester on 17.06.03, 53 vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla o 10.05.03 and 50 vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah on 04.04.03

Mohammad Hafeez completed 1000 runs of his one day career when he was on 52 during his knock of 64 in this game. He became the 31^st Pakistan batsman to total 1000 plus ODI runs. He is one of the seven Pakistan batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs without scoring a hundred. The complete list of batsmen read thus – Mudssar Nazar {{2653 runs : HS 95}, Mohammad Hafeez {1012 runs : HS 92}, Wasim Akram {3717 runs : HS 86}, Misbah-ul-Huq {1523 runs : HS 79*}, Rashid Latif {1709 runs : HS 79}, Moin Khan {3266 runs : HS 72*}

and Azhar Mahmooad {1521 runs : HS 67}

GP Swann captured four wickets conceding 37 runs in this game providing the 119^th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. It also provides the 13^th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets against Pakistan.

GP Swann captured four wickets conceding 37 runs in this game providing the eighth occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games at Lord’s. It also provides the third occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets against Pakistan at Lord’s. The other two occasions are – 4 for 42 by DR Pringle on 20.05.92 and 4 for 32 by A Flintoff on 22.06.03.

GP Swann’s 4 for 23 in this game provide the 21^st occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets at Lord’s. Later on in England’s innings, Pakistan’s Umar Gul captured 4 for 32 to provide the 22^nd occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets at Lord’s

GP Swann’s 4 for 23 and Umar Gul’s 4 for 32 in this game provide the 95th occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the historuy of one day games

GP Swann’s 4 for 23 and Umar Gul’s 4 for 32 in this game provide the third occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a one day game at Lord’s. The other two occasions are – G Gilmour of Australia {5 for 48} and KD Boyce of West Indies {4 for 50} on 21.06.75 : SJC Braod of England {4 for 64} and SW Tait {4 for 48} on 03.07.10

AJ Strauss scored 68 in this game to provide the 79^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan, His knock also represents the 29^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan

AJ Strauss scored 68 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan at Lord’s. His knock also represents the fifth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan at Lord’s. The other four occasions are – 78* by G Fowler on 13.06.83, 50 by AJ Stewart on 20.05.92, 137 by ME Tresothick on 12.06.01 and 108* by ME Trescothick on 22.06.02

Mohammad Hafeez {64} and AJ Strauss {68} scored fifties in this game providing the 12^th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in England-Pakistan one day series.

AJ Strauss’ 68 in this game provide the eleventh occasion of an England captain scoring fifty against Pakistan. It also provides the fifth occasion of AJ Strauss scoring fifty as England’s captain against Pakistan

AJ Strauss registered his 13^th half century as England’s captain in this game when he made 68 in this game and with it the record for most half centuries by an England captain. He wrested the record of 12 half centuries held by N Hussain which was the previous record.

AJ Strauss and SM Davies added 113 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 24th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure stand at Lord’s. The other two are – 106* runs for the third wicket between G Fowler and AJ Lamb on 13.06.83 and 170 runs for the fourth wicket between OA Shan and ME Trescothick on 12.06.01. Thus the 113 run stand between AJ Strauss and SM Davies for the first wicket in this game provide the first such occasion for the first wicket at Lord’s.

Umar Gul captured 4 for 32 in this game to provide the 165^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 15^th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing four or more wickets against England.

Umar Gul became the second Pakistan bowler to capture four wickets against England at Lord’s. Shoaib Akhtar was the other bowler to earn this distinction with his 4 for 28 against England on 02.09.06

England has been dismissed all out by Pakistan on 21 occasions including this game when they were all out for 227. England’s 227 all out in the second innings of the match in this game provide the 13^th occasion of England dismissed all out in the second innings of the match by Pakistan

Match No 16 : Victoria vs Wayamba at Centurion on 20.09.10 : Victoria won by seven wickets

Victoria’s victory by eight wickets in this game provides the fourth occasion of a team winning a CLT20 game by eight wickets. The other three occasions are – Cape Cobras won by eight wickets against Victoria at Bangalore on 17.10.09, RCB won by eight wickets against Bangalore on 17.10.09 and South Australia won by eight wickets against RCB a Durgan on 17.09.10

Victoria registered its fourth win in the tournament when it won this game by eight wickets. The other wins are – vs Delhi by seven wickets at Delhi on 09.10.09, vs RCB by seven wickets at Bangalore on 15.10.09, vs Central Dists by seven wickets at Centurion on 15.09.10.

Victoria with four wins became the third team to win four or more games in the tournament. Other teams to win more games than Victoria are – NSW {05} and Trinidad and Tobago {05}

Wayamba was all out for 106 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a team dismissed all out in the competition. Wayamba was dismissed all out on two occasions – 103 vs CSK at Centurion on 15.09.10 and 106 vs Victoria at Centurion on 20.09.10. Wayamba became the second team in the tournament to be dismissed all out on two occasions – the other team being Otago {108 vs RCB at Bangalore on 12.10.09 and 139 vs Cape Cobras at Hyd-RGS on 10.10.09

DPMD Jayawardene scored 51 in this game providing the 48^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock provides the 30^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

DPMD Jayawardene registered his second fifty in the tournament when he scored 51 in this game. He had earlier scored 53 against Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09. He became the tenth batsman to score two or more fifties in the tournament. Others are M Klinger of Warriors {03}, JP Duminy of Cape Cobras {02}, LRPL Taylor of RCB {02}, PJ Hughes of NSW {02}, DJ Harris of South Aus {02}, JM How of Central Dists {02}, DJ Jacobs of Warriors {02}. M Vijay of CSK {02} and AN Petersen of Lions {02}

DPMD Jayawardene’s 51 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 16^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

DP Jayawardene became the second batsman in the tournament to witness his two fifties going in vain – 53 vs Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09 and 51 vs Victoria at Centurion on 20.09.10. JM How of Central Districts is the other batsman to witness his two fifties going in vain – 77* vs Victoria at Centurion on 12.09.10 and 88* vs Warriors at P Elizabeth on 18.09.10

M Jayawardene and J Mubarak added 72 runs for the third wicket in Wayamba’s innings and AJ Finch and DJ Hussey added 77 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in Victoria’s innings providing the 59^th and 60^th occasion of batsmen positng fifty plus runs in the tournament.

These two stands provide the 10^th and 11^th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in the tournament.

ML Uduwatte of Wayamba was run out for zero in this game providing the 50^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. He became the eighth batsman to be dismissed for a duck in the tournament

This game saw five batsman scoring duck in this game. HJGM Kulatunga, ML Uduwatte, KPSP Karunanayake, NLTC Perera and I Udana were the batsmen dismissed for ducks in this game. KPSP Karunanayake’s dismissal for a duck provides the 50^th occasion of a batsman dimissed for duck in the tournament. At the end of this game 47 batsman have been dismissed for duck and there are 52 occasions of a batsman scoring ducks in the tournament.

This game witnessed five batsmen scoring zeroes providing the first occasion of five batsmen scoring ducks in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of five or more batsmen scoring ducks in a T20 game. The other occasions are – six Kenyan batsmen against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, six Zimbabwe batsmen against West Indies at Port of Spain on 28.02.10, five Burgher batsmen against Chilaw at Col-Bloomfield on 01.03.07, five RCB batsmen against Kings Eleven Punjab at Bangalore on 05.05.08 and five Scotland batsmen against Ireland at Dubai on 11.02.10

PM Siddle retuned with figures of 4 for 29 in this game providing the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in the tournament. PM Siddle became the second Victorian bowler to capture four wickets. AB McDonald had returned with figures of 4 for 21 against RCB at Bangalore on 15.10.09

At the end of this game, DJ Husseys’ aggregate stood at 225. He became the seventh batsman to total 200 plus runs in the tournament. Others are – JP Duminy {281}, KA Pollard {273], LRPL Taylor {207}, DA Warner {207}, PJ Hughes {202} and R Dravid {201}

With two sixes in this game DJ Hussey has an aggregate of 145 sixes in T20 games. Only LRPL Taylor has scored more sixes – 148 – in T20 games

At the end of this game DJ Hussey has an aggregate of 1251 in the calendar year 2010. His aggregate is a record aggregate as no batsman has ever scored 1200 hundred runs in a calendar year. The list of batsman who have scored 1000 plus runs in a calendar year read thus – DJ Hussey {1251 in 2010}, DPMD Jayawardene {1112 in 2010}, TM Dilshan {1086 in 2009}, KA Pollard {1076 in 2010}, DA Warner {1024 in 2010}, JP Duminy {1019 in 2009}

In Wayamba’s innings only two batsmen reached double figures providing the first occasion of only two batsmen scoring double figures in an innings in the tournament.

Summarised Scores : Wayamba 106 all out in 20,0 overs {DPMD Jaywardene 51, J Mubarak 44, PM Siddle 4 for 29, JL Pattison 2 for 14, AB McDonald 2 for 22} lost to Victoria 108 for 2 in 13.2 overs {AJ Finch 38 not out, DJ Hussey 47 not out}

Match No 11 : Mangalore United vs Shamanoor Davanagere Diamonds at Bangalore on 20.09.10 : Shamanoor Davanagere Diamonds won by three wickets

Skipper SB Joshi’s all round effort – 3 for 22 with the leather and 25 runs with the willow enabled Shamanoor Davanagere Diamonds to register a comfortable three wickets win over Mangalore United.

Opting to bat first, Mangalore United posted 119 for 8 in its 20.0 overs. It lost its openers and the score board read a dismal 9 for 2. It lost wickets at regular intervals. Nidhuvan Kumara and R Jonathan added 27 runs for the third wicket and R Jonathan and Skipper RK Sabharwal added 31 runs for the fourth wicket. Apart from these two stands they were no match redeeming stands. .

R Jonathan top scored the innings with a well compiled 39 runs. He was at the crease for 73 minutes and faced 45 deliveries. He hit three boundaries. Skipper YK Sabharwal scored 21 runs which came in 21 balls. He hit a four and a six and was at the crease for 25 minutes

SB Joshi {3 for 22}, BN Bharat {1 for 18}, P Magishendan {1 for 12}, DC Rajesh {1 for 13} and SN Raju {1 for 23} shared the seven of the eight wickets that fell in Mangalore’ innings. One batsman was run out.

Shamanoor Davangere Diamonds in their chase were tottering at 77 for 6 but a 40 run partnership for the seventh wicket between BN Bharat and SB Joshi saw them home. In the early part of the innings, it lost two wickets – CM Gautham and YKT Goud – with the score board reading 23 for 2. MA Agarwal and SN Raju propped up the innings with 36 runs partnership for the third wicket.

MA Agarwal {36}, SN Raju {23}, BN Bharat {15*} and SB Joshi {25} contributed to Davanagere Team’s total. MA Agarwal’s 36 came of 30 balls with 1 four and three sixes. SN Raju’s 23 came of 32 balls with 2 fours and one six. BN Bharat who occupied the crease at one end was at the crease for 49 minutes and faced 19 balls while scoring sedate 15 not out which contained one boundary. SB Joshi’s cameo 25 came of 15 balls with four fours. He was the crease for 22 minutes

S Aravind {1 for 19}, Aleem {2 for 14}, D Sequeria {1 for 21} and AF Pasha {2 for 13} captured the six of the seven wickets that fell in Davangere’s innings. One batsman was run out

Summarised scores : Mangalore United 119 for 8 in 20.0 overs {R Jonathan 39, SB Joshi 3 for 22} lost to Shamanoor Davangere Diamonds 121 for 7 in 19.3 overs {Mayank Agarwal 36, SB Joshi 25} by three wickets

Match No 10: Bijapur Bulls vs Belgavi Panthers at Bangalore on 20.09.10: Belgavi Panthers won by seven wickets

Put into bat Bijapur Bulls scored a none-too-impressive total of 131 for the loss of seven wickets in its 20 overs. They lost the openers fairly early in their innings {G Dhiman for a duck and MR Beerala for 11} and the score board read 2 for 26. Two run outs – JP Shinde for 12 and skipper SP Shinde for 12 – saw them reeling at 4 for 50. An useful partnership of 43 runs for the fifth wicket between DT Patil and N Mulky was the substance of Bijapur Bulls’ innings. DT Patil left at 93 {fifth wicket} and N Mulky departed at 116 {seventh wicker. 15 runs were added for the unfinished eight wicket and Bulls reached 131 for 7,

J Shetty {21 of 19 balls with three fours}, DT Patil {22 of 22 balls with 3 fours} and N Mulky {28 of 23 balls with two fours} contributed to Bull’s total.

Good fielding display on the field ensured that Bulls did not score freely as they wanted. Two run outs added to their misery. B Naveen returned with figures of 2 for 28.

J Arunkumar and KS Ponnappa made mincemeat of Bulls’ bowling by posting the first three figure partnership in this edition when they added 112 runs for the first wicket. This is a record stand for any wicket in KPL second edition. The previous best was 93 run stand between MK Manjunath and VST Naidu of Panthers vs Brigadiers on 19.09.10

J Arunkumar missed the fifty by one run scoring 49. He stayed at the crease for 62 minutes and faced 47 deliveries. His essay contained 4 four and 3 sixes. KS Ponnappa – aggressive of the two – scored 60 runs. He occupied the crease for 75 minutes and hit eight fours and two sixes. N Mulky returned with figures of 2 for 27

Summarised scores : Belgavi Panthers 132 for 3 {J Arunkumar 49, KS Ponnappa 60, N Mulky 2 for 27} beat Bijapur Bulls 131 for 7 in 20 overs {J Shetty 21, DT Patil 22, N Mulky 28, B Naveen 2 for 28} by seven wickets

Match No 15: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Jo’burg on 19.09.10: Mumbai Indians won by two wickets on the last ball of the match

Mumbai won this game by two wickets providing the third occasion of a team winning a match by single digit margin in the tournament. Lions had won its game against Mumbai by nine runs margin at Jo’burg on 10.09.10 and Trinidad and Tobago had won its game by three runs against Deccan at Hyd-RGS on 14.10.09. Thus Mumbai’s 02 runs win in this game represents the narrowest victory by runs margin in the tournament.

DW Steyn captured 3 for 26 in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of a bowler to capture three or more wickets in the tournament. His figures provide the fifth occasion of RCB bowler to capturing three wickets in CLT20 games. Others are – 3 for 32 by P Kumar vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09, 3 for 18 by JH Kallis vs Otago at Banglaore on 12.10.09 and 3 for 20 by A Kumble vs Delhi at Bangalore on 17.10.09 and 3 for 16 by JH Kallis vs Guyana at Centurion on 12.09.10

KA Pollard scored a duck in this game providing the 47^th occasion of a batsman scoring duck in the tournament. He also became the 42^nd batsman to suffer such an ignominy in the tournament. He became the first Mumbai batsman to score a duck in the tournament

A Kumble conceded 45 runs in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of a bowler conceding 45 plus runs in the tournament. He became the first RCB bowler concede 45 plus runs. His figures of none for 45 in this game provides the eighth occasion of a bowler conceding 45 runs without capturing a wicket in the tournament.

R Dravid scored 71 not out in this game to provide the 47^th occasion of a batman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock also provides the 18^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty batting at number two and 29^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

R Dravid’s 71 not out in this game provide the fifth occasion of RCB batsman to score a fifty in the tournament. Others are – 73* by JH Kallis vs Otago at Bangalore on 12.10.09, 65 by LRPL Taylor vs Delhi at Bangalore on 17.10.09, 53* by LRPL Taylor vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09 and 51 by RV Uthappa vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09

R Dravid’s 71 not out provide the 15^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of a RCB batsman’s fifty going in vain. The other two occasions are – 53* not by LRPL Taylor and 51 by RV Uthappa going in vain against Cape Cobras at Bangalore {in the same game}

R Dravid’s 71 not out in this game provide the 20^th occasion of a batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty in the tournament. His knock also represents the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty in the tournament.

SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 201 boundary fours at the end of this game. He hit two boundary fours in this game and his first boundary fetched him a total of 200 boundary fours. He became the 18^th batsman to score 200 boundary four sin T20 games. Other batsman to total 200 plus boundary fours in T20 games are – BJ Hodge {337}, BB McCullum {271}, GC Smith {251}, MJ Lumb {250}, KC Sangakkara {238}, HH Gibbs {235}, ST Jayasuriya {226}, DJ Hussey {223}, G Gambhir {222}, DA Warner {222}, DPMD Jayawardene {220}, M van Jaarsveld {217}, IJL Trott {215}, AD Brown {207}, ME Trescothick {204}, IJ Harvey {202}, and DL Maddy {202}.

Later on JH Kallis joined this select band to become the 19^th batsman to aggregate 200 boundary fours. He hit three boundaries in this game which game him exact 200 boundary fours.

Summarised Scores : Mumbai Indians : 165 for 7 {S Dhawan 41, SS Tiwary 38*, DJ Bravo 29, DW Steyn 3 for 26} won by two wickets against RCB – 163 for 5 {R Dravid 71*, V Kohli 47, DJ Bravo 2 for 23}

Match No 9: Bangalore Brigadiers vs Bangalore Provident {Rural} at Bangalore on 19.09.10: Bangalore Provident won by seven wickets

Bangalore Provident registered its first win in this edition when they beat Bangalore Brigadiers by seven wickets.

Bangalore Brigadiers has a very comfortable start to their innings as their first wicket partnership realized 85 runs. They lost their way in the middle and slumped to 108 for 5 – losing four wickets for the addition of 23 runs. KL Rahul was the first to leave at 85, Syed Ibrez followed him soon at 95, Steve Lazarus departed at 105. M Vinod left at 107 and skipper Deepak Chowgule who had a bad run in the series left at 108. Spinners Anirudh Joshi and skipper Anand Katti were responsible for this collapse with some accrurate bowling. Though the score reached 141 for 9, Brigadiers had lost the tempo due to the collapse of the middle order. They were unable to capitalize on the brilliant start given by their openers. Vinu Prasad’s late order flourish with 26 runs enabled them to reach 141. NC Aiyappa’s two wickets and two run outs restricted Brigadiers to post a total beyond 141.

Syed Ibrez’s 42 came of 45 balls and was studded with 2 four and six. KL Rahul’s 34 came of 32 delivers and contained four hits to the fence. Vinu Prasad’s cameo of 26 came in just seven balls with one boundary and three sixes.

NC Aiyappa {2 for 21} Anirudh Joshi {2 for 19} and Anand Katti {3 for 41} shared the seven wickets out of nine wickets that fell in Brigadier’s innings.

Former Karnataka stumper VS Thilak Naidu has other plans for Providents. He was associated in a 93 run stand with his reliable partner MK Manjunath. Provident capitalized on this opening stand and cruised to a seven wickets victory. Manjunath was the first to leave at 93, Amit Verma left at 103 and Anirudh Joshi left at 141. Thilak Naidu stood firm and scored 65 not out. He also forged a 37 runs partnership for the third wicket with Anirudh Joshi who made 25.

MK Manjunath’s 26 runs came of 42 balls in a stay of 50 minutes at the crease. He hit two fours. VS Thilak Naidu’s 65 not out contained nine fours. He faced 53 balls and occupied the crease for 85 minutes. Anirudh Joshi scored his 25 in 14 balls and stayed at the crease for 22 minutes.

M Vinodh {1 for 24} and Nikhil Kashyap {2 for 11} shared the spoils for Brigadiers

Summarised scores : Bangalore Brigadiers 141 for 9 in 20.0 overs {Syed Ibrez 42, KL Rahul 34, Vinu Prasad 26, Anand Katti 3 for 41, Aniruddha Joshi 2 for 19} lost to Bangalore Provident 145 for 3 in 19.4 overs {Thilak Naidu 65 not out, MK Manjunath 26, Aniruddha Joshi 25}