AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fourth occasion of a captain opening batsman scoring a century in the history of T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
3	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017
4	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the second occasion of an Australian captain opening batsman scoring a century in  the history of T20Is. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 which represents the highest individual score by a captain opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was 124 not out by SR Watson against  India at Sydney on 31 Jan 16.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 33^rd occasion of a batsmen scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by a batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was his own 156 against England at Southampton 29 Aug 2013

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 24th occasion of an opening batsmen scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by an opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was his own 156 against England at Southampton 29 Aug 2013

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fifth occasion of a captain scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by a captain opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was 124 not out by SR Watson against India at Sydney on 31 Jan 16.

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 which represents his fifth fifty as captain opening batsman in T20Is. He became the third captain opening batsman to score five fifties in T20Is after CH Gayle and KS Wiliiamson. The performance of these three captains is tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	61	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2007
2	CH Gayle	67	2	Win	NZl	Auckland	26 Dec 2008
3	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
4	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
5	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
1	KS Williamson	53	1	NZl	Srl	Mt Maunganui	07 Jan 2016
2	KS Williamson	70	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
3	KS Williamson	72*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
4	KS Williamson	73*	2	NZl	Ban	Napier	03 Jan 2017
5	KS Williamson	60	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	08 Jan 2017
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	AJ Finch	53	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	22 Feb 2017
3	AJ Finch	84	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
4	AJ Finch	68*	2	Aus	Pak	Harare	02 Jul 2018
5	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch’s 172 in this game was his second century in T20Is. He joined the select band of batsmen who have scored two or more centuries in T20Is to become the eighth batsman. Others are – C Munro {03}, CH Gayle {02}, MJ Guptil {02}, E Lewis {02}, BB McCullum {02}, GJ Maxwell {02} and RG Sharma {02}

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	C Munro	101	1	NZl	Ban	Mount Maunganui	06 Jan 2017
	2	C Munro	109*	1	NZl	Ind	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
	3	C Munro	104	1	NZl	Win	Mount Maunganui	03 Jan 2018
2	1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
	2	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
3	1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	2	CH Gayle	100*	2	Win	Eng	Mumbai	16 Mar 2016
4	1	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	RSA	East London	23 Dec 2012
	2	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
5	1	E Lewis	100	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
	2	E Lewis	125*	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	09 Jul 2017
6	1	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
	2	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
7	1	GJ Maxwell	145*	1	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	06 Sep 2016
	2	GJ Maxwell	103*	2	Aus	Eng	Hobart	07 Feb 2018
8	1	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
	2	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017

AJ Finch became the first batsman in the history of T20 Internationals to score 150 plus runs in an innings on two occasions. Both the  scores of 150 plus runs  are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch became the  third batsman to score a century against Zimbabwe in T20Is. Others are Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan and M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka. The centuries  scored by these three batsmen are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
2	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10 Jan 2016
3	M Jayawardene	100	1	Srl	Zim	Providence	03 May 2010

AJ Finchs’ 172 in this game represents the highest individual score  by a batsman against Zimbabwe. The previous best was 118  not out by Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan at Sharjah on 10 Jan 16.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
2	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10 Jan 2016