Qualifying rounds – ICC WT20 2016 – Match 01 – Hong Kong vs Zimbabwe at Nagpur on Mar 08, 2016 – Zimbabwe won by 14 runs

Zimbabwe innings contained three run outs – H Masakadza, Sikander Raza and WP Masakadza – to provide the 155^th, 156^th and 157th occasion a batsman dismissed run out in an innings in WT20. It also provides the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen dismissed run out in an innings of a WT20 game.

H Masakada’s run out dismissal in this game was his third such dismissal. He became the seventh batsman in the history of WT20 to be dismissed run out on three or more occasions. Others are – MS Dhoni {05}, DL Vettori {05}, TM Dilshan {03}, Kamran Akmal {03}, Tamim Iqbal {03} and KS Williamson {03}

H Masakadza’s run out dismissal in this game was his sixth such dismissal in T20I while opening the innings. He now shares the record for most run out dismissals of an opening batsman in the history of T20Is with WTS Porterfeild of Ireland. WTS Porterfield has also been dismissed run out on six occasions. It also provides the 37^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in WT20 and the third such occasion for a Zimbabwe opening batsman and on all the three occasions it was H Masakadza.

H Masakadza’s run out dismissal in this game provide the fourth occasion of a captain opener dismissed run out in WT20 and the first such occasion for a Zimbabwe captain opener. It also provides the 20^th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in a WT20 and the first such occasion for a Zimbabwe captain

Zimbabwe innings contained three run outs – H Masakadza, Sikander Raza and WP Masakadza – to provide the seventh occasion of three or more batsmen dismissed run outs in an innings in WT20. It also provides the first such occasion for Zimbabwe batsmen.

R Mutumbami of Zimbabwe failed to open his account in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in WT20 and the second  such occasion by a Zimbabwe wicket keeper batsman. The first such occasion was BRM Taylor’s duck against Sri Lanka at Hambantota on 18.09.12

JJ Atkinson of Hong Kong scored 53 in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in WT20 and the first such occasion by a Hong Kong wicket keeper batsman.

R Mutumbami of Zimbabwe scored a duck and JJ Atkinson of Hong Kong scored 53 in this game to provide the second occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring a duck and a fifty in WT20. Both such occasions are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BRM Taylor	59	1	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
	GC Wilson	0	2	Ire	Zim	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
2	R Mutumbami	0	1	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016

Hong Kong capped RJ Campbell for this game. He was aged 44 years and 30 days as on date and earned the distinction of becoming the oldest debutant of T20I. The previous record was held by Mohammad Tauqir who had made his T20I debut for UAE against Scotland at Edinburgh on 09,07,15, RJ Campbell also became the Hong Kong’s oldest T20I debutant. The previous record was held by Khurram Khan who at the age of 42 years and 172 days debuted against Nepal at Chittagong on 16.03.14. RJ Campbell is one of the five cricketers who have made their T20I debut after the age of 40 years. All the five cricketers are listed below

No	Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	RJ Campbell	44y 30d	Hong Kong	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
2	Mohammad Tauqir	43y 176d	U.A.E.	v Scotland	Edinburgh	09 Jul 2015
3	Khurram Khan	42y 269d	U.A.E.	v Netherlands	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	Najeeb Amar	42y 172d	Hong Kong	v Nepal	Chittagong	16 Mar 2014
5	Munir Dar	40y 14d	Hong Kong	v Afghanistan	Chittagong	18 Mar 2014

RJ Campbell became the first cricketer to represent two countries in ODIs and T20Is. He had appeared in four one day games for Australia prior to making his T20I debut for Hong Kong in this game.

V Sibanda scored 59 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty in WT20. It also provides the second occasion of a Zimbabwe opener scoring a fifty in WT20. The first such occasion was BRM Taylor’s 60 against Australia at Cape Town on 12.09.07

V Sibanda of Zimbabwe and JJ Atkinson of Hong Kong scored 59 and 53 respectively in this game to provide the tenth occasion of both the opening batsmen scoring fifties in a WT20.

Nizakat Khan of Hong Kong collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 85^th occasion of a batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in WT20 and also the fourth such occasion by Hong Kong batsmen. Nizakar Khan first ball duck in this game was his second first ball duck in WT20 – the first being against Nepal at Chittagong on 16.03.14. He is the second Hong Kong batsman to collect the first ball duck on two occasion after Irfan Ahmed, It is interesting to note that the four first ball ducks by Hong Kong batsmen are shared between Irfan Ahmed and Nizakat Khan.

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	Irfan Ahmed	0	1	2	v Nepal	Chittagong	16 Mar 2014
	2	Irfan Ahmed	0	1	1	v Afghanistan	Chittagong	18 Mar 2014
2	1	Nizakat Khan	0	1	2	v Nepal	Chittagong	16 Mar 2014
	2	Nizakat Khan	0	1	2	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016

Nagpur-Jamtha became the 16^th ground to host a WT20 game while India became the sixth country to host the WT20.

Zimbabwe won its fourth game in WT20 in its ten outings, while Hong Kong suffered its third  loss in four games in WT20.

H Masakadza and Tanvir Afzal of Zimbabwe and Hong Kong had the honour of leading their teams for the first time in WT20. They became the 43^rd and 44^th captains to lead a team in WT20. H Masakadza became the third captain to lead Zimbabwe in WT20 while Tanvir Afzal became the second captain to lead Hong Kong in WT20.

Zimbabwe team contained two brothers – H Masakadza and WP Masakadza – providing the first occasion of a game containing brothers from Zimbabwe in WT20