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India in Twenty20 Internationals prior to the start of the T20I series against England

India in Twenty20 Internationals prior to the start of the T20I series against England

India has played 101 T20Is so far. It has won 63 games, lost 35, one game was tied and 2 games have ended as No result games.

India’s highest team total in T20Is is 260 for 5 against Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 17. This total is one of the three team totals in excess of 260 runs posted by a team in the history of T20 Internationals. Other two are – Australia’s 263 for 3 against Sri  Lanka at Pallekele on 06 Sep 16 and Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14 Sep 07.

India’s lowest team total in a completed innings in 74 against Australia at Melbourne on  01 Feb 2018. This total is  one of three team totals  less than 100 runs  in a completed innings by India in T20 internationals. Other two are – 92 against South Africa at Cuttack on 05 Oct 2015 and 79 against New Zealand at Nagpur  on 15 Mar 16

V Kohli has amassed 1992 runs in T20Is and is the top run getter in T20Is. He is also one of the five  Indian batsmen who  have an aggregate of 1000 plus  runs. Others are – RG Sharma {1949}, SK Raina {1578}, MS Dhoni {1455} and Yuvraj Singh {1177}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1992 runs and RG Sharma has  an aggregate of 2949 runs prior the T20I against England on 03 Jul 18. They need eight and 51 more runs for their 2000 runs. If they get it, they would then become the fourth and fifth batsman in the history of 20Is to total 2000 plus runs. Others are – MJ Guptill {2271} and BB McCullum {2140} and Shoib Malik {2039}

There are 78 occasions of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is which contains four centuries. The centuries are listed below

No Player Runs Mins BF 4s 6s Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 118 61 43 12 10 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 KL Rahul 110* 84 51 12 5 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
3 RG Sharma 106 79 66 12 5 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
4 SK Raina 101 85 60 9 5 1 v South Africa Gros Islet 02 May 2010

There are nine occasions of Indian batsmen scoring fifties against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Gambhir 58 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 V Sehwag 68 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
3 Yuvraj Singh 58 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
4 AM Rahane 61 1 v England Manchester 31 Aug 2011
5 RG Sharma 55* 1 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
6 V Kohli 66 2 v England Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
7 KL Rahul 71 1 v England Nagpur 29 Jan 2017
8 SK Raina 63 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
9 MS Dhoni 56 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

V Kohli has scored 18 fifties which is a record for most fifties by a batsman in the history of T20 Internationals

RG Sharma is one of the seven batsmen to score two or more centuries in T20Is. Others are – C Munro {03}, CH Gayle {02}, MJ Guptil {02}, E Lewis {02}, BB McCulllum {02} and GJ Maxwell {02}. He is the only Indian batsman to achieve the feat of scoring two centuries in T20Is.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 52 wickets in T20Is and is the only Indian bowler who has captured 50 plus wickets in T20Is. He is one of the 23 bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in T20 Internationals.

There are 150 occasions  of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in T20Is. Indian bowlers have performed the  feat  on 14 occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RP Singh 4.0 0 13 4 2 v South Africa Durban 20 Sep 2007
2 PP Ojha 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Bangladesh Nottingham 06 Jun 2009
3 Z Khan 3.0 0 19 4 1 v Ireland Nottingham 10 Jun 2009
4 AB Dinda 3.0 1 19 4 2 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 07 Aug 2012
5 Harbhajan Singh 4.0 2 12 4 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
6 R Ashwin 3.2 0 11 4 2 v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
7 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
8 BB Sran 4.0 0 10 4 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
9 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
10 YS Chahal 4.0 0 23 4 2 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
11 YS Chahal 4.0 0 52 4 2 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
12 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
13 SN Thakur 4.0 0 27 4 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 12 Mar 2018
14 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 1 21 4 2 v Ireland Dublin (Malahide) 27 Jun 2018

Harbhajan Singh and YS Chahal are the two Indian bowlers who have captured four or more wickets in T20Is against England. Both the occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Harbhajan Singh 4.0 2 12 4 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
2 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

YS Chahal has captured four plus wickets on three occasions, while R Ashwin has captured four plus wickets on two occasions.

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 R Ashwin 3.2 0 11 4 2 v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
2 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
                   
1 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
2 YS Chahal 4.0 0 23 4 2 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
3 YS Chahal 4.0 0 52 4 2 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017

YS Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 is the best bowling effort by an Indian bowler in T20Is. He is also the only Indian bowler to capture four plus wickets on three occasions in T20Is. He is also one of the ten bowlers who have captured four plus wickets on three  or  more  occasions  in the history of T20Is.

YS Chahal is the second bowler to capture six wickets in an innings in T20Is after BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka. His effort of 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 provides the third occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets in an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 08 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
2 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
3 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

MS Dhoni of India is one of the six wicket keeper batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20Is. He has an aggregate of 1455 runs which is the highest aggregate by an Indian batsman

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 Mohammad Shahzad Afg 62 62 3 1888 118* 32.00 1 12 3 212 70
2 MS Dhoni Ind 90 79 39 1455 56 36.37 0 2 1 102 46
3 KC Sangakkara Srl 56 53 9 1382 78 31.40 0 8 2 139 20
4 BB McCullum NZl 42 42 6 1352 123 37.55 1 9 1 124 58
5 Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 67 59 11 1042 72* 21.70 0 4 3 90 28
6 JC Buttler Eng 46 42 7 1022 73* 29,20 0 6 3 73 48

As many as 124 three figure partnerships have been posted by batsmen of various teams in T20Is. Indian batsmen have posted 14 three figure partnerships. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 1 165 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 160 2 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
4 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 138 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
5 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 136 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
6 V Kohli, SK Raina 3 134 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 2016
7 V Kohli, MK Pandey 3 119 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 06 Sep 2017
8 MS Dhoni, KL Rahul 4 107 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
9 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
10 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
11 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
12 MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh 5 102* 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
13 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
14 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

Indian batsmen have posted three partnerships of 150 plus runs in T20Is. Such partnerships are listed below. It is  interesting  to note that these three partnerships are for the opening wicket.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 1 165 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 160 2 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017

136 runs partnership for the first wicket between G Gambhir  and V Sehwag at Durban on 19 Sep 2007 is the only three figure partnership posted by England against England in T20Is.

The 165 runs partnership between KL Rahul and RG Sharma against Sri Lanka at Indore is the best partnership posted by Indian batsmen in T20Is.

SK Raina with 41 catches to his credit holds the  record  for most catches by an Indian fieldsman. He is one of the five fieldsmen who have pouched 40 plus catches in T20Is. Others are – AB de Villiers {44}, LRPL Taylor {44}, DA Warner {41} and Shoaib Malik {40}

MS Dhoni of India holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in T20Is.with 80 dismissals to his credit. He  is one  of the five wicket keepers who have  effected 50 plus  dismissals in T20Is. Others are – Kamran Akmal {60}, Mohammad Shahzad {54}, D Ramdin {53} and Mushfiqur Rahim {52}

MS Dhoni has pouched 49 catches prior to the game against England He  needs one more catch for his 50 catches. If he pouches one catch, he would then become the first ever wicket keeper in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 catches.

MS Dhoni has effected 31 stumping dismissals prior to the game against England today. He needs one more stumping dismissal for 32 stumping dismissals. If he effects it, he would then share  the record for most stumping dismissal in  the history of T20Is.  Kamran Akmal of Pakistan has effected 32 stumping dismissals.

There are 14 occasion of bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. YS Chahal is the only Indian bowler to concede 60 plus runs in T20I. He returned with figures of none for 64 against South Africa at Centurion on 21 Feb 18

There are seven occasion of bowlers conceding 60 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in T20Is. YS Chahal is the only Indian bowler to concede 60 plus runs without capturing a wicket in T20I. He returned with figures of none for 64 against South Africa at Centurion on 21 Feb 18

 

AJ Finch of Australia posts the highest individual score in Twenty20 Internationals

AJ Finch of Australia posts the highest individual score in Twenty20 Internationals

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 33rd 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

 

Captain opening batsmen scoring fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

Captain opening batsmen scoring fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the 35th occasion of captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 61 1 RSA NZl Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 RSA Aus Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
5 RR Watson 54 2 Sco Afg Belfast 04 Aug 2008
6 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
7 TM Dilshan 61 1 Srl Ind Colombo (RPS) 10 Feb 2009
8 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
9 BB McCullum 57 2 NZl RSA Lord’s 09 Jun 2009
10 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
11 GC Smith 88 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
12 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
13 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
14 WTS Porterfield 56* 2 Ire Afg Dubai (DSC) 14 Mar 2012
15 DPMD Jayawardene 65* 2 Srl Win Pallekele 29 Sep 2012
16 MR Swart 89 1 Net Afg Windhoek 19 Apr 2013
17 CO Obuya 60* 1 Ken Afg Sharjah 11 Oct 2013
18 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
19 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
20 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
21 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
22 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
23 WTS Porterfield 72 2 Ire UAE Abu Dhabi 16 Feb 2016
24 LD Chandimal 58 1 Srl Pak Dhaka 04 Mar 2016
25 Rohan Mustafa 58 2 UAE Afg ICCA Dubai 18 Dec 2016
26 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
27 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
28 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
29 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
30 DA Warner 59 2 Aus NZl Auckland 16 Feb 2018
31 RG Sharma 89 1 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
32 RG Sharma 56 2 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 18 Mar 2018
33 KJ Coetzer 54 1 Sco Ire Deventer 17 Jun 2018
34 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
35 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
4 DA Warner 59 2 Aus NZl Auckland 16 Feb 2018
5 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
6 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the 35th occasion of captain opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
3 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
4 LD Chandimal 58 1 Srl Pak Dhaka 04 Mar 2016
5 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 which represents his fourth fifty as captain opening batsman in T20Is. He became the fourth captain opening batsman to score four or more fifties in T20Is after CH Gayle, KS Wiliiamson and GC Smith. The performance of these four 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
               
1 GC Smith 61 1 RSA NZl Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 RSA Aus Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 GC Smith 88 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009

 

Teams winning a T20I by nine wickets margin

Teams winning a T20I by nine wickets margin

Australia won the game by nine wickets against Pakistan at Harare on 02.07.18 by nine wickets to provide the 24th occasion of a team winning a T20I game by nine wickets in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin BR Opposition Ground Start Date
1 New Zealand won 9 wickets 74 v Kenya Durban 12 Sep 2007
2 Australia won 9 wickets 37 v Bangladesh Cape Town 16 Sep 2007
3 Australia won 9 wickets 52 v India Melbourne 01 Feb 2008
4 England won 9 wickets 15 v New Zealand Manchester 13 Jun 2008
5 Scotland won 9 wickets 11 v Kenya Belfast 04 Aug 2008
6 Kenya won 9 wickets 31 v Canada Dubai (DSC) 10 Feb 2010
7 Sri Lanka won 9 wickets 16 v England Bristol 25 Jun 2011
8 Australia won 9 wickets 31 v India Colombo (RPS) 28 Sep 2012
9 Sri Lanka won 9 wickets 28 v West Indies Pallekele 29 Sep 2012
10 South Africa won 9 wickets 33 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 13 Nov 2013
11 Bangladesh won 9 wickets 48 v Afghanistan Dhaka 16 Mar 2014
12 Sri Lanka won 9 wickets 90 v Netherlands Chittagong 24 Mar 2014
13 Scotland won 9 wickets 60 v U.A.E. Edinburgh 09 Jul 2015
14 New Zealand won 9 wickets 60 v Sri Lanka Auckland 10 Jan 2016
15 Hong Kong won 9 wickets 22 v Scotland Mong Kok 30 Jan 2016
16 India won 9 wickets 37 v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
17 South Africa won 9 wickets 32 v England Johannesburg 21 Feb 2016
18 India won 9 wickets 59 v U.A.E. Dhaka 03 Mar 2016
19 Pakistan won 9 wickets 31 v England Manchester 07 Sep 2016
20 Pakistan won 9 wickets 34 v West Indies Dubai (DSC) 23 Sep 2016
21 England won 9 wickets 33 v South Africa Southampton 21 Jun 2017
22 West Indies won 9 wickets 09 v India Kingston 09 Jul 2017
23 India won 9 wickets 03 v Australia Ranchi 07 Oct 2017
24 Australia won 9 wickets 55 v Pakistan Harare 02 Jul 2018

Australia won the game by nine wickets against Pakistan at Harare on 02.07.18 by nine wickets to provide the fourth occasion of Australia winning a T20I game by nine wickets in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin BR Toss Bat Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 9 wickets 37 won 2nd v Bangladesh Cape Town 16 Sep 2007
2 Australia won 9 wickets 52 lost 2nd v India Melbourne 01 Feb 2008
3 Australia won 9 wickets 31 lost 2nd v India Colombo (RPS) 28 Sep 2012
4 Australia won 9 wickets 55 won 2nd v Pakistan Harare 02 Jul 2018

Australia won the game by nine wickets against Pakistan at Harare on 02.07.18 by nine wickets to provide the 24th occasion of a team winning a T20I game by nine wickets against Pakistan in the history of T20Is. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin BR Opposition Ground Start Date
1 South Africa won 9 wickets 33 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 13 Nov 2013
2 Australia won 9 wickets 55 v Pakistan Harare 02 Jul 2018

 

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games.when he appeared for Pakistan against Australia at Harare on 02.07.18 in the Zimbabwe tri series. His 100 games include a T20I game in which he represented ICC World Eleven. His profile and career figures are furnished below

Shoaib Malik – Pakistan – Full name Shoaib Malik – Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab – Current age 36 years – Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Barbados Tridents, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Hobart Hurricanes, ICC World XI, Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions – Playing role Middle-order batsman – Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm off break

Career summary
Grouping Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
ICC World XI 2018-2018 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 0 0 0 1 0
Pakistan 2006-2018 99 92 28 2027 75 31.67 0 7 1 162 57
overall 2006-2018 100 93 28 2039 75 31.36 0 7 1 163 57
                         
Opposition Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
v Australia 2007-2018 12 11 6 160 52* 32.00 0 1 1 12 4
v Bangladesh 2007-2016 8 7 1 150 41 25.00 0 0 0 13 5
v Canada 2008-2008 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 1 0
v England 2006-2016 10 8 0 234 75 29.25 0 1 0 21 4
v India 2007-2016 8 8 2 164 57* 27.33 0 1 0 14 5
v Ireland 2009-2009 1 1 1 4 4* – 0 0 0 0 0
v Kenya 2007-2007 1 1 0 42 42 42.00 0 0 0 2 3
v Netherlands 2009-2009 1 1 0 30 30 30.00 0 0 0 2 0
v New Zealand 2007-2016 9 9 3 140 39 23.33 0 0 0 13 2
v Scotland 2007-2018 3 3 1 113 53 56.50 0 1 0 2 10
v South Africa 2007-2013 6 6 0 95 34 15.83 0 0 0 6 0
v Sri Lanka 2007-2017 16 16 6 397 57 39.70 0 2 0 35 5
v U.A.E. 2016-2016 1 1 1 63 63* – 0 1 0 7 3
v West Indies 2014-2018 12 10 5 225 43* 45.00 0 0 0 21 7
v World-XI 2017-2017 3 3 1 94 39 47.00 0 0 0 5 7
v Zimbabwe 2008-2018 8 7 1 119 37* 19.83 0 0 0 9 2
overall 2006-2018 100 93 28 2039 75 31.36 0 7 1 163 57

 He has  scored seven fifties in T20Is. They are listed below in the descending order of the runs scored

No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 75 2 v England Sharjah 30 Nov 2015
2 63* 2 v U.A.E. Dhaka 29 Feb 2016
3 57* 2 v India Bengaluru 25 Dec 2012
4 57 1 v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 17 Sep 2007
5 53 1 v Scotland Edinburgh 12 Jun 2018
6 52* 2 v Australia Johannesburg 18 Sep 2007
7 51 1 v Sri Lanka Lahore 29 Oct 2017

 

Bowlers capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals.

Bowlers capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals.

B Stanlake of Australia captured four wickets conceding eight runs against Pakistan at Harare on 02.07.18 to provide the 13th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed  below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MR Gillespie 2.5 0 7 4 1 NZl Ken Durban 12 Sep 2007
2 DW Steyn 3.0 0 9 4 2 RSA Win Port Elizabeth 16 Dec 2007
3 Umar Gul 4.0 0 8 4 1 Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 07 May 2009
4 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
5 SJ Benn 4.0 2 6 4 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
6 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
7 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
8 SO Tikolo 1.2 0 2 4 2 Keen Sco ICCA Dubai 19 Nov 2013
9 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
10 Mudassar Bukhari 4.0 2 7 4 2 Net UAE ICCA Dubai 03 Feb 2016
11 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 Ind Srl Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
12 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
13 B Stanlake 4.0 0 8 4 1 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

Umar Gul of Pakistan is the only bowler in the history of T20Is to capture  four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  on three occasions. His performance is tabulated  below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 4.0 0 8 4 1 Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 07 May 2009
2 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
3 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013

The following is the list of bowlers who have captured  five or more  wickets conceding single digit runs in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
2 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
3 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
4 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
5 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012

 

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs after MJ Guptill and BB McCullum.  The following table lists the six batsmen who have totalled 1900 plus runs in  the history of T20 Internationals.

Shoaib Malik who was in need of eleven runs prior to the start of the Zimbabwe tri series involving Zimbabwe, Austrlia and Pakistan at Harare. He completed 2000 runs when he was on 11 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 01.07.18 during his knock of 37 not out. His  run aggregate read 2026 at the end of  the game

Shoaib Malik went past V Kohli and RG Sharma of India who had totalled 1992  and  1949 T20I runs respectively. It was wide believed that V Kohli would become the third batsman to reach the land mark of 2000 runs in T20Is, as he needed 17 runs prior to the start of T20I games against  Ireland. He scored a duck in the first game and nine runs in the second to reach  an aggregate of 1992 – eight runs shy of 2000 mark.

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 MJ Guptill NZl 75 73 07 2271 105 34.40 2 14 2 200 103
2 BB McCullum NZl 71 70 10 2140 123 35.66 2 13 3 199 91
3 Shoaib Malik Pak/ICC 99 92 28 2026 075 31.65 0 07 1 162 57
                           
4 V Kohli Ind 59 55 14 1992 090* 48.58 0 18 2 211 41
5 RG Sharma Ind 81 74 12 1949 118 31.43 2 15 6 175 83
6 Mohd Shahzad Afg 63 63 03 1906 118* 31.76 1 12 3 216 70

Shoib Malik became  the third batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs representing a nation in the history of T20 Internationals. He has an aggregate of 2014 runs representing Pakistan. He  has represented ICC World Eleven and has scored 12 runs. 

 

Six bowlers who have taken four wickets in four balls

Six bowlers who have taken four wickets in four balls

Picking up a hat-trick in cricket is quite a rare feat in itself,  but there have been few instances where the bowlers have gone a notch ahead and picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls. This is a feat so rare that it has happened only once in international cricket. People often refer to this as a “ double hat-trick” since it consists of two sets of overlapping pairs of hat-tricks.

Balls 1,2,3 consists of one set and balls 2, 3, 4 consists of the other hence the term double hat-trick.

Here we look at 6 such instances where the bowlers have managed to achieve this unthinkable feat and stunned their opponents in the process.

1) Lasith Malinga  – Malinga is the only cricketer to have picked 4 wickets in 4 balls in an international game

Who could forget this heart-stopping thriller from the 2007 World Cup! The Proteas almost choked yet again but managed to somehow scrape through to a one-wicket win in their Super Eight clash against Sri Lanka. The Proteas were cruising at 206/5 while chasing down just 210 to win and were at a striking distance from a comfortable win.

Lasith Malinga though had other plans. In the 45th over Malinga had Shaun Pollock clean bowled off his fifth ball and had Andrew Hall caught at covers of the final ball of that over. Coming back to bowl the 47th over Malinga struck off the first ball  to send Jacques Kallis on his way and completed his hat-trick in the process. Kallis was caught behind for a well made 86 and his dismissal really set the cat amongst the pigeons.

Malinga made it four in a row with the wicket of Makhaya Ntini who was castled by that famous yorker. South Africa huffed and puffed their way to get the remaining three runs and ended up on the winning side.

2) Andre Russell – Andre Russell picked 4 wickets in 4 balls in a List A game against India A

Turning up for West Indies A, Andre Russell, the flamboyant allrounder, managed this feat against India A in September 2013 and became the first bowler in T20 List A history to pick ‘4 in 4’. India A were playing West Indies A at Bangalore in a one-off T20 game when Russell got his act together in the 19th over of the innings dismissing four quality Indian batsmen.

Russell picked the wickets of skipper Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan to peg India back a wee bit. However, India A ended up scoring a mammoth 214 runs. Russell has since gone on to become a vital cog in the wheel of the West Indian unit and has played a stellar role in their recent success.

3) Al-Amin Hossain – Al-Amin Hossain picked 5 wickets in an over in a domestic T20 game in 2013

Hossain became the second bowler after Andre Russell to pick up 4 wickets in 4 balls in Twenty20s and is the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in a List A T20 match. The talented Bangladeshi who was playing for UCB-BCB Eleven wreaked havoc against Abahani Limited in the Victory Day T20 domestic tournament.

It was the final over of the innings and Al-Amin was entrusted with the responsibility of bowling the crucial over. He responded in style by picking up a wicket off the first ball and then picking 4 consecutive wickets off the last four balls of the over. His four scalps were Nazmul Hossain Milon, Naeem Islam Jr, Suhrawawadi Shuvo and Nabil Samad. UCB-BCB Eleven later clinched the thriller by 2 wickets.

4) Alfonso Thomas – In the 2014 County Championship, Alfonso Thomas picked up 4 in 4 against Sussex at Taunton and helped Somerset to a comfortable win. The South African was all over the Sussex batters as they found it extremely difficult to counter his swing.

Thomas picked up a hat-trick in the last three balls of an over and picked up another one in the first ball of his next. He bowled full and had the nightwatchman Jimmy Anyon bowled off an inside edge. He then caught Rory Hamilton-Brown in front, off his next ball and finished his hat-trick with the wicket of former Irish skipper, Ed Joyce who was caught fishing outside the off stump. His fourth victim was Matt Machan who was bowled in a similar fashion to Anyon.

5) Kevan James – Kevan James not only took 4 in 4 but also scored a century against the visiting Indians in 1996

It was the English summer of 1996 when India unearthed two of their greatest cricketers; Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. Not many would remember a certain bloke called Kevan James though. James did the unthinkable for Hampshire when he picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls against the Indians and followed it up with a century in the practice game at Southampton leading up to the third test.

James with his left arm medium had Vikram Rathour’s wicket first up. Sachin Tendulkar walked out and was dismissed off an inside edge that carried to short leg. James then completed his hat-trick with the wicket of the then-young Rahul Dravid who was trapped in front.

Sanjay Manjrekar was the next victim when he was caught behind off a widish delivery. James later top-scored with 103 to propel Hampshire to 458 and the game ended in a draw.

6) Gary Butcher – Gary Butcher picked up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey in the year 2000

Gary Butcher, the younger brother of former English opener Mark Butcher, created history by picking up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey and dismantled the Derbyshire tail with his gentle seamers. Adam Hollioake who was the captain of Surrey those days decided to drop his brother Ben Hollioake and accommodated Gary into his side.

The decision yielded great results as Butcher picked the wicket of Paul Aldred off the last ball of an over followed by a hat-trick in the first three balls of his next over. He picked up the wickets Tim Munton, Kavin Dean, and Lian Wharton. With the ball seaming around, all three were caught at slips and Derbyshire were folded up for a paltry 118.

 Article penned by Sourav Choudhury – Information Source – Internet

FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS – FIVE IN SIX BALLS – IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET

FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS – FIVE IN SIX BALLS – IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET

It was a Thursday, June 28, 1862 in Victorian England, and a First-Class match was about to begin at Hove between Kent and hosts Sussex. English cricket was in a state of transition at the time, making the laborious and contentious change from the early underarm mode of bowling to round-arm and finally, to the over-arm form of bowling that we know today. Overs of the time consisted of 4 balls only, and there were many who sported top-hats and gaiters in the field. Pitches were far from perfect and there was always the anticipation of something unusual happening during the course of the game.

 From left: Bob Crisp, the only man to take 4-in-4 twice; Pat Pocock, who took 4 in 4, 5 in 6, 6 in 9, and 7 in 11; and Neil Wagner, the only one to take 5 wickets in an over in First-Class cricket © Getty Images

From left: Bob Crisp, the only man to take 4-in-4 twice; Pat Pocock, who took 4 in 4, 5 in 6, 6 in 9, and 7 in 11; and Neil Wagner, the only one to take 5 wickets in an over in First-Class cricket © Getty Images 

John Hale, skipper of the Sussex team and a former Rugby School alumnus, opted for first strike. He might have regretted the decision soon, because Sussex were bowled out for 101, off 82 overs.

Kent’s main wicket-taker was one Joseph Wells, from Penshurst Place, with figures of 28-13-35-6. It seems that Wells was a nephew of Timothy Duke, related to the Duke family of Penshurst that had been in the business of manufacturing their celebrated brand of six-seam cricket balls with a Royal Patent in 1775. His son, of course, earned more fame, and went by the name of HG Wells.

Bob Crisp: A once-in-a-generation character who also played cricket – Till date, there have been 44 instances of a bowler taking 4 wickets off 4 consecutive balls in First-Class cricket. Bob Crisp is the only bowler to perform the feat twice in his First-Class career, as follows:

– For Western Province (WP) against Griqualand West (GW) at Johannesburg in 1931-32 – Crisp took 8 for 31 in the GW first innings of 114, including a hat-trick. He also took 5 in 8 balls, 6 in 12, and 7 in 25.

– For WP against Natal at Durban in 1933-34 – Crisp took 9 for 64 in the Natal first innings of 214.

In this connection, perhaps a special mention should be made of Neil Wagner, born in 1986 at Pretoria, but whose magic figures materialised while playing for Otago against Wellington at Queenstown in Plunket Shield 2010-11.

Wagner captured a hat-trick in the Wellington first innings of 148, converted that into a 4-in-4, and completed the over by taking 5 wickets in the six-ball over, becoming the first ever, and to date, the only, bowler to do so in the history of First-Class cricket. Bowling the last over before lunch on the third day, Wagner picked up 4 wickets with the first 4 balls of the over, before finishing the over with another wicket off the sixth

Further scrutiny of the available data shows that there had been 8 instances up to the year 1899, 24 instances from 1900 to the year 1999, and 12 instances from the year 2000 till date.

There are only two Indians in this list: Sadanand Mohol and Shankar Saini, both of whom have played relatively few First-Class matches in their respective careers. Let us look at the careers of these two in a little detail.

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Mohol played 45 matches, capturing 165 wickets at 21.32. His best innings bowling figures were 8 for 42. He had five or more wickets in an innings 9 times and 10 or more wickets in a match twice. He was one of the only two quick bowlers to be selected for the Indian team on the 1967 tour of England, the other being Subrata Guha. Mohol, however, was never awarded a Test cap.

He was playing for the Indian Board President’s XI against a team with the rather involved name of Maharashtra Small Savings Minister’s and Life Insurance Company Chairman’s Combined XI in a Defence Fund Match at the Club of Maharashtra Ground in Poona in 1965-66. Opening bowling with Maharashtra teammate Vasant Ranjane, Mohol captured 6 for 70 from his 29.5 overs (7 maidens) in the opponents’ first innings total of 220.

Mohol took a hat-trick with the wickets of Ajit Wadekar, Sudhakar Adhikari, and Madhukar Gupte, then followed up with the prize scalp of ML Jaisimha with his next ball to become the first Indian bowler to take a 4-in-4 in First-Class cricket.

There was a feeling among the cognoscenti that Mohol had turned out to be a bit of an underachiever as far as his First-Class career went, given his talent and the promise that he had shown in his early days.

Saini was a right arm medium paced bowler. He played 20 matches capturing 57 wickets. His best innings figures read 6 for 21, and his bowling average was 22.85. He had 5 wickets in an innings 4 times, but never 10 wickets in a match.

Saini succeeded in establishing his name in the record books against Himachal Pradesh at Delhi in 1988-89. Delhi declared their first innings closed at 448 for 3 after their first wicket had fallen without any runs on the board. Raman Lamba (118) and Manoj Prabhakar (229*) added 280 for the second wicket. Saini did not bat in the innings.

Himachal Pradesh, a relatively inexperienced and definitely weaker unit, were dismissed for 102 in the first innings, Saini capturing 6 for 21, his best ever innings bowling analysis. His last two deliveries of the first innings got him the wickets of Shakti Singh and Anil Sen.

When he came on to bowl in the second innings, his first delivery earned him the wicket of Shakti again, and Satish Mehra with his next ball. Saini thus became only the second, and till date, last, Indian bowler to capture a 4-in-4, with the added twist of doing this over two innings and capturing the wicket of one batsman (Shakti) twice in the sequence.

Shankar Saini takes four wickets in four balls; dismisses Shakti Singh twice in a hat-trick – In fact, Saini became only the second bowler to dismiss the same batsman twice in the same hat-trick. Back in 1844, William Clarke of all-England had done the same to John Fagge of Kent.

The last bowler till date to have accomplished this feat of a 4-in-4 has been Kelly Smuts, for Eastern Province (EP) against Boland at Paarl in 2015-16. Smuts had a magical game, scoring the only individual century of the game (108) in the only EP innings of 442, and capturing 7 for 36 and 6 for 35.

The feat occurred in the Boland second innings of 144, when Smuts took the wickets of Emile Kriek, Thomas Kannemeyer, wicketkeeper Junaid Cassiem, and Ferisco Adams. EP won by an innings and 93 runs.

Pat Pocock: An off-spinner in the classical mould – It would be a grave injustice to the enigmatic and brilliant Surrey off-break bowler Pat Pocock if we were to conclude this narrative without mentioning his wondrous deeds against Sussex at Eastbourne in August 1972. Pocock’s initial analysis of 2 for 69 in the first innings of 226 was but a prelude to the astounding occurrences to follow in the 2nd innings. The scorecard makes the bare statement that Pocock had a second-innings analysis of 7 for 67 from 16 overs.

The match notes elaborate further on the deeds, as follows: – With 3 overs left of the compulsory 20 in the last hour, Sussex were187 for 1. – Pocock’s penultimate over was w.w2.w

– The final over of the innings (with Sussex needing 5 to win) was bowled by Pocock and went as follows: www1ww, the final wicket being a run out. 5 wickets falling in the final over is unique in First-Class cricket.

Pocock set three world records: – 5 wickets in 6 balls, equalling Bill Copson (this record has, of course, been subsequently surpassed by Wagner as stated above, with his 5 wickets in the same 6-ball over), – 6 wickets in 9 balls, and – 7 in 11. In effect, then, Pocock’s 4-in-4 was also accomplished over 2 overs.

First Published on November 10, 2016 9:57 AM IST Last updated on November 10, 2016 1:02 PM IST – COMPILED BY PRADIP DHOLE IS A RETIRED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WITH A LIFE-LONG INTEREST IN CRICKET HISTORY AND STATISTICS AND THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN CRICKET COUNTRY.COM

Global T20 Canada

Global T20 Canada

Glabal T20 Canada was off to a start on 28 Jun 18. Four matches of this tournament are over. Six teams are participating in the tournament. Most of the dailies are not covering this tournament. It is an ICC approved tournament. www.hrgcricstats.com brings the salient stats of the four matches  that are played so far for the benefit of its netizens

MATCH RESULTS
Team 1 Team 2 Winner Margin Ground Match Date
Nationals Knights Nationals 06 wkts King City (NW) Jun 28, 2018
Tigers Hawks Hawks 46 runs King City (NW) Jun 29, 2018
Nationals Royals Royals 08 wkts King City (NW) Jun 30, 2018
Tigers CWI B Team CWI B Team 02 wkts King City (NW) Jun 30, 2018

 

HIGHEST TOTALS – 200 PLUS RUNS
Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
Nationals 231/4 19.2 2 v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
Knights 227/4 20.0 1 v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
Hawks 203/4 20.0 1 v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018

 

HIGH SCORES – 50 PLUS RUNS
No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 E Lewis 96 Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
2 AP Devcich 92* Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
3 ADS Fletcher 68* Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
4 BR McDermott 68 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
5 SPD Smith 61 Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
6 N Pooran 58 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
7 BA King 56 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
8 NR Kumar 55 Nationals v Royals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
9 AD Russell 54* Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
10 DM Bravo 54 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018

 

BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN AN INNINGS – THREE WICKETS
Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Match Date
DJ Bravo 4.0 0 24 3 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
OC McCoy 4.0 0 31 3 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
Junaid Siddiqui 3.5 0 35 3 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
JS Louis 4.0 0 42 3 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018

 

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS BY RUNS – 50 PLUS RUNS
Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
SPD Smith, AP Devcich 91 3rd Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
E Lewis, HE van der Dussen 79 3rd Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
BR McDermott, DM Bravo 76 3rd Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
BA King, N Pooran 76 3rd CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
E Lewis, AD Russell 75 4th Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
ADS Fletcher, Aga Salman 73 2nd Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
L Ronchi, ADS Fletcher 71 1st Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
LMP Simmons, BR McDermott 69 2nd Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
NR Kumar, DJG Sammy 56 5th Nationals v Royals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
J Charles, SPD Smith 53 2nd Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
SP Narine, DR Smith 51 1st Tigers v CWI B Team King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018

 

POINTS TABLE AS OF 30 JUN 2018
No Notation TEAM M W L T N/R PT NRR FOR AGAINST
1 Royals Edmonton Royals 1 1 0 0 0 2 +3.083 173/15.0 169/20.0
2 Hawka Winnipeg Hawks 1 1 0 0 0 2 +2.300 203/20.0 157/20.0
3 CWI B Team CWI B Team 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.557 187/19.1 184/20.0
4 Nationals Toronto Nationals 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1.259 400/39.2 400/35.0
5 Knights Vancouver Knights 1 0 1 0 0 0 -0.598 227/20.0 231/19.2
6 Tigers Montreal Tigers 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.432 341/40.0 390/39.1