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Both the England openers scoring fifties in an innings in a T20I

Both the England openers scoring fifties in an innings in a T20I

England openers JC Buttler and AD Hales scored 68 and 84 respectively against Australia at Perth on 09 Oct 2022 to provide the 91st occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in a T20I. It also provides the fourth occasion of both the England openers scoring fifties in a T20I innings. All the four occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1AD Hales62*2WinThe Oval23 Sep 2011
2C Kieswetter58*2WinThe Oval23 Sep 2011
       
1MJ Lumb53*2NZlWellington15 Feb 2013
2AD Hales80*2NZlWellington15 Feb 2013
       
1JM Bairstow511SrlSouthampton26 Jun 2021
2DJ Malan761SrlSouthampton26 Jun 2021
       
1JC Buttler681AusPerth09 Oct 2022
2AD Hales841AusPerth09 Oct 2022

It also provides the third occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in a T20I innings against Australia. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1CH Gayle882WinAusThe Oval06 Jun 2009
2ADS Fletcher532WinAusThe Oval06 Jun 2009
        
1MJ Guptill1051NZlAusAuckland16 Feb 2018
2C Munro761NZlAusAuckland16 Feb 2018
        
1JC Buttler681EngAusPerth09 Oct 2022
2AD Hales841EngAusPerth09 Oct 2022
DA Warner of Australia registers his 25th T20I fifty to become the fourth batsman to post 25 fifties in T20Is

DA Warner of Australia registers his 25th T20I fifty to become the fourth batsman to post 25 fifties in T20Is

DA Warner of Australia scored 73 against England at Perth on 09 Oct 2022. This knock fetched him his 25th fifty as batsman in T20Is. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 25 plus fifties. Other batsmen to score 25 plus fifties in T20Is are = V Kohli {34}, RG Sharma {32] and Babar Azam {30} occupy the first three places.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1V KohliInd109101283712122*50.8413334
2RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.9442832
3Babar AzamPak08908413314012244.2222830
4DA WarnerAus094094112846100*34.2812425

The following table lists the 25 fifties scored by DA Warner as a batsman in Twenty20 Internationals

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1891v South AfricaMelbourne11 Jan 2009
2631v West IndiesThe Oval06 Jun 2009
3672v West IndiesSydney23 Feb 2010
4721v IndiaBridgetown07 May 2010
5532v Sri LankaPallekele06 Aug 2011
6582v West IndiesBridgetown30 Mar 2012
7591v PakistanDub-DSC10 Sep 2012
863*2v IndiaCol-RPS28 Sep 2012
990*1v Sri LankaSydney26 Jan 2013
10532v EnglandChe-le-Str31 Aug 2013
1153*2v PakistanDub-DSC05 Oct 2014
12772v South AfricaJohannesburg06 Mar 2016
13592v New ZealandAuckland16 Feb 2018
14100*1v Sri LankaAdelaide27 Oct 2019
1560*2v Sri LankaBrisbane30 Oct 2019
1657*2v Sri LankaMelbourne01 Nov 2019
1767*2v South AfricaGqeberha23 Feb 2020
18571v South AfricaCape Town26 Feb 2020
19582v EnglandSouthampton04 Sep 2020
10652v Sri LankaDub-DSC28 Oct 2021
2189*2v West IndiesAbu Dhabi06 Nov 2021
22532v New ZealandDub-DSC14 Nov 2021
2370*2v Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jun 2022
24751v West IndiesBrisbane07 Oct 2022
25732v EnglandPerth09 Oct 2022
Batsmen scoring ninety and a hundred in the same innings of a one day internationals

Batsmen scoring ninety and a hundred in the same innings of a one day internationals

India’s SS Iyer {113 not out} and Ishan Kihan {93} scored a century and a ninety in the second one day game against South Africa at Ranchi on 09.10.22 to provide the 93rd occasion of one batsman scoring a century and another scoring a ninety in the annals of one day game in the same innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes one occasion of two batsmen scoring nineties with one batsman scoring a century and also one occasion of two batsmen scoring centuries with one batsman scoring ninety.

NoPlayersTeamOPPGroundDate
1Wood GM (91)AusNZlMelbourne13.02.83
 Smith SB (117)AusNZlMelbourne13.02.83
      
2Srikkanth K (99)IndEngCuttack27.12.84
 Shastri RJ (102)IndEngCuttack27.12.84
      
3Jones DM (99*)AusSrlAdelaide28.01.85
 Border AR (118*)AusSrlAdelaide28.01.85
      
4Gooch GA (91)EngNZlManchester18.07.86
 Athey CWJ (142*)EngNZlManchester18.07.86
      
5Marsh GR (93)AusEngBrisbane18.01.87
 Jones DM (101)AusEngBrisbane18.01.87
      
6Saeed Anwar (104*)PakAusRawalpindi22.10.94
 Inzamam (91*)PakAusRawalpindi22.10.94
      
7Parore AC (96)NZlIndVadodara28.10.94
 Rutherford KR (108)NZlIndVadodara28.10.94
      
8Mahanama RS (108)SrlZimHarare05.11.94
 de Silva PA (97*)SrlZimHarare05.11.94
      
9Law SG (110)AusZimHobart08.12.94
 Boon DC (98*)AusZimHobart08.12.94
      
10Kirsten,G (106)RSAIndSharjah14.04.96
 Cronje WJ (90)RSAIndSharjah14.04.96
      
11Waugh ME (102)AusWinBrisbane05.01.97
 Law SG (93)AusWinBrisbane05.01.97
      
12Kallis JH (109*)RSAPakDurban03.04.98
 Rhodes JN (94*)RSAPakDurban03.04.98
      
13Lambert CB (119)WinEngTrinidad08.04.98
 Lara BC (93)WinEngTrinidad08.04.98
      
14Hick GA (108)EngAusSydney17.01.99
 Hussain N (93)EngAusSydney17.01.99
      
15Kallis JH (100)RSANZlAucland27.03.99
 Cullinan DJ (94)RSANZlAucland27.03.99
      
16Gilchrist AC (92)AusIndAdelaide26.01.00
 Waugh ME (116)AusIndAdelaide26.01.00
      
17Goodwin MW (112*)ZimWinCh-le-St16.07.00
 Flower GW (96*)ZimWinCh-le-St16.07.00
      
18Kirsten G (94)RSANZlCenturion25.10.00
 Boje N (129)RSANZlCenturion25.10.00
      
19Kirsten G (101)RSANZlKimberley28.10.00
 Kallis JH (93)RSANZlKimberley28.10.00
      
20Gilchrist AC (98)AusWinBrisbane14.01.01
 Waugh ME (112*)AusWinBrisbane14.01.01
      
21Gibbs HH (116*)RSAIndCol-RPS25.09.02
 Kallis JH (97)RSAIndCol-RPS25.09.02
      
22Gayle CH (140)WinIndAhmedabad15.11.02
 Sarwan RR (99*)WinIndAhmedabad15.11.02
      
23Gilchrist AC (99)AusSrlCenturion07.03.03
 Ponting RT (114)AusSrlCenturion07.03.03
      
24Gayle CH (94)WinSrlBarbados08.06.03
 Lara BC (116)WinSrlBarbados08.06.03
      
25Gilchrist AC (91)AusNZlNapier05.03.05
 Ponting RT (141*)AusNZlNapier05.03.05
      
26Vincent L (172)NZlZimBulawayo24.08.05
 Fleming SP (93)NZlZimBulawayo24.08.05
      
27Salman Butt (101)PakIndPeshawar06.02.06
 Shoaib Malik (90)PakIndPeshawar06.02.06
      
28Smith GC (90)RSAAusJohannesburg12.03.06
 Gibbs HH (175)RSAAusJohannesburg12.03.06
      
29Ponting RT (104)AusNZlMelbourne04.02.07
 Hodge BJ (99*)AusNZlMelbourne04.02.07
      
30Younis Khan (93)PakRSADurban07.02.07
 Mohd Yousuf (101*)PakRSADurban07.02.07
      
31Hussey MEK (105)AusNZlAucland17.02.07
 Hodge BJ (97*)AusNZlAucland17.02.07
      
32Clarke MJ (93*)AusNetBassaterre18.03.07
 Hodge BJ (123)AusNetBassaterre18.03.07
      
33Hayden ML (101)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
 Ponting RT (91)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
 Clarke MJ (92)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
      
34Smith GC (96)RSAZimHarare25.08.07
 Gibbs HH (111)RSAZimHarare25.08.07
      
35Morkel JA (97)RSAZimHarare26.08.07
 de Villiers AB (107)RSAZimHarare26.08.07
      
36Gambhir G (90)IndBanKarachi28.06.08
 Raina SK (116*)IndBanKarachi28.06.08
      
37Gayle CH (135)WinNZlNapier13.01.09
 Chanderpaul S (94)WinNZlNapier13.01.09
      
38Gambhir G (150)IndSrlCol-RPS05.02.09
 Dhoni MS (94)IndSrlCol-RPS05.02.09
      
39Jyoti S (117)CanScoAberdeen07.07.09
 Bagai A (92*)CanScoAberdeen07.07.09
      
40Masakadza H (102)ZimBanBulawayo14.08.09
 Taylor BRM (94)ZimBanBulawayo14.08.09
      
41Watson SR (93)AusIndHyd-RGS05.11.09
 Marsh SE* (112)AusIndHyd-RGS05.11.09
      
42Dilshan TM (160)SrlIndRajkot15.12.09
 Sangakkara KC (90)SrlIndRajkot15.12.09
      
43Kohli V (91)IndBanDakha07.01.10
 Dhoni MS (101*)IndBanDakha07.01.10
      
44Sangakkara KC (92)SrlCanHambantota20.02.11
 Jayawardene M (100)SrlCanHambantota20.02.11
      
45Smith DS (107)WinIreMohali11.03.11
 Pollard KA (94)WinIreMohali11.03.11
      
46Kohli V (117)IndWinVizag02.12.11
 Sharma RG (90*)IndWinVizag02.12.11
      
47Sehwag V (96)IndSrlHambantota21.07.12
 Kohli V (106)IndSrlHambantota21.07.12
      
48Dilshan TM (115*)SrlRSAPallekele28.07.13
 Sangakkara KC (91)SrlRSAPallekele28.07.13
      
49Sharma RG (141*)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
 Dhawan S (95)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
 Kohli V (100*)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
      
50Root JE (107)EngWinN Sound05.03.14
 Buttler JC (99)EngWinN Sound05.03.14
      
51Masakadza H (93)ZimAfgBulawayo20.07.14
 Sikandar Raza* (141)ZimAfgBulawayo20.07.14
      
52Rahane AM (106)IndEngEdgbaston02.09.14
 Dhawan S (97*)IndEngEdgbaston02.09.14
      
53Warner DA (178)AusAfgPerth04.03.15
 Smith SPD (95)AusAfgPerth04.03.15
      
54Joyce EC (112)IreZimHobart07.03.15
 Balbirnie A (97)IreZimHobart07.03.15
      
55Taylor BRM (121)ZimIreHobart07.03.15
 Williams SC (96)ZimIreHobart07.03.15
      
56Chibhabha CJ (99)ZimPakLahore29.05.15
 Sikandar Raza (100*)ZimPakLahore29.05.15
      
57Williamson KS (93)NZlEngThe Oval12.06.15
 Taylor LRPL (119*)NZlEngThe Oval12.06.15
      
58Williamson K S (97)NZlZimHarare02.08.15
 Taylor LRPL (112*)NZlZimHarare02.08.15
      
59Sharma RG (171*)IndAusPerth12.01.16
 Kohli V (91)IndAusPerth12.01.16
      
60Warner DA (93)AusIndCanberra20.01.16
 Finch AJ (107)AusIndCanberra20.01.16
      
61Sharma RG (99)IndAusSydney23.01.16
 Pandey MK (104*)IndAusSydney23.01.16
      
62Perera K (135)SrlIreDublin18.06.16
 Prasanna S (95)SrlIreDublin18.06.16
      
63Samuels MN (125)WinAusBarbados21.06.16
 Ramdin D (91)WinAusBarbados21.06.16
      
64Hales AD (171)EngPakTrent Bridge30.08.16
 Buttler JC (90*)EngPakTrent Bridge30.08.16
      
65Babar Azam (123)PakWinSharjah02.10.16
 Shoaib Malik (90)PakWinSharjah02.10.16
      
66Hales AD (95)EngBanThe Oval01.06.17
 Root JE (133*)EngBanThe Oval01.06.17
      
67Sharma RG (123*)IndBanEdgbaston15.06.17
 Kohli V (96*)IndBanEdgbaston15.06.17
      
68Finch AJ (94)AusIndBangalore28.09.17
 Warner DA (124)AusIndBangalore28.09.17
      
69Roy JJ (96)EngWinSouthampton29.09.17
 Bairstow JM (141*)EngWinSouthampton29.09.17
      
70Taylor LRPL (95)NZlIndMum-WS22.10.17
 Latham TWM (103*)NZlIndMum-WS22.10.17
      
71Roy JJ (180)EngAusMelbourne14.01.18
 Root JE (91*)EngAusMelbourne14.01.18
      
72Ashfaq Ahmed (92)UAEScoDub-DSC23.01.18
 R Shahzad (121*)UAEScoDub-DSC23.01.18
      
73Taylor BRM (125)ZimAfgSharjah11.02.18
 Sikandar Raza (92)ZimAfgSharjah11.02.18
      
74Porterfield WTS (92)IreUAEHarare12.03.18
 Stirling PR (126)IreUAEHarare12.03.18
      
75Roy JJ (120)EngAusCardiff16.06.18
 Buttler JC (91*)EngAusCardiff16.06.18
      
76Tamim Iqbal (130*)BanWinProvidence22.07.18
 Shakib Al Hasan (97)BanWinProvidence22.07.18
      
77Hendricks RR (102)RSASrlPallekele05.08.18
 Duminy J-P (92)RSASrlPallekele05.08.18
      
78Hope SD (123*)WinIndVizag24.10.18
 Hetmeyer SO (94)WinIndVizag24.10.18
      
79Amla HM (108)RSAPakGreneda19.01.19
 van d Dussen HE (93)RSAPakGreneda19.01.19
      
80Finch AJ (93)AusIndRaipur08.03.19
 Khawaja UT (104)AusIndRaipur08.03.19
      
81Khawaja UT (91)AusIndMohali10.03.19
 Handscomb PSP (117)AusIndMohali10.03.19
      
82Sharma RG (95)IndAusMohali10.03.19
 Dhawan S (143)IndAusMohali10.03.19
      
83Finch AJ (116)AusPakSharjah22.03.19
 Marsh SE (91*)AusPakSharjah22.03.19
      
84Stirling PR (130)IreBanDublin15.05.19
 Porterfield WTS (94)IreBanDublin15.05.19
      
85ShakibAl Hasan (124*)BanWinTaunton17.06.19
 Liton Das (94*)BanWinTaunton17.06.19
      
86Bairstow JM (90)EngAfgManchester18.06.19
 Morgan EJG (148)EngAfgManchester18.06.19
      
87Imam-ul-Haq (100)PakBanLord’s05.07.19
 Babar Azam (96)PakBanLord’s05.07.19
      
88du Plessis F (100)RSAAusManchester06.07.19
 van d Dussen H E (95)RSAAusManchester06.07.19
      
89de Kock Q (107)RSAEngCape Town04.02.20
 Bavuma T (98)RSAEngCape Town04.02.20
      
80Bairstow JM (124)EngIndPune-MCA26.03.21
 Stokes BA (99)EngIndPune-MCA26.03.21
      
91Fakhar Zaman (101)PakRSACenturion07.04.21
 Babar Azam (94)PakRSACenturion07.04.21
      
92KR Mayers (105WinNZlBridgertown21.08.22
 N  Pooran (91)WinNZlBridgertown21.08.22
      
93SS Iyer  (113*)IndRSARanchi09.10.22
 Ishan Kishan (93)IndRSARanchi09.10.22

It also provides the 12th occasion of India’s one batsman scoring a century and another scoring a ninety in the annals of one day game in the same innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes one occasion of two batsmen scoring centuries with one batsman scoring ninety.

NoPlayersTeamOPPGroundDate
1Srikkanth K (99)IndEngCuttack27.12.84
 Shastri RJ (102)IndEngCuttack27.12.84
      
2Gambhir G (90)IndBanKarachi28.06.08
 Raina SK (116*)IndBanKarachi28.06.08
      
3Gambhir G (150)IndSrlCol-RPS05.02.09
 Dhoni MS (94)IndSrlCol-RPS05.02.09
      
4Kohli V (91)IndBanDakha07.01.10
 Dhoni MS (101*)IndBanDakha07.01.10
      
5Kohli V (117)IndWinVizag02.12.11
 Sharma RG (90*)IndWinVizag02.12.11
      
6Sehwag V (96)IndSrlHambantota21.07.12
 Kohli V (106)IndSrlHambantota21.07.12
      
6Sharma RG (141*)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
 Dhawan S (95)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
 Kohli V (100*)IndAusJaipur16.10.13
      
7Rahane AM (106)IndEngEdgbaston02.09.14
 Dhawan S (97*)IndEngEdgbaston02.09.14
      
8Sharma RG (171*)IndAusPerth12.01.16
 Kohli V (91)IndAusPerth12.01.16
      
9Sharma RG (99)IndAusSydney23.01.16
 Pandey MK (104*)IndAusSydney23.01.16
      
10Sharma RG (123*)IndBanEdgbaston15.06.17
 Kohli V (96*)IndBanEdgbaston15.06.17
      
11Sharma RG (95)IndAusMohali10.03.19
 Dhawan S (143)IndAusMohali10.03.19
      
12SS Iyer  (113*)IndRSARanchi09.10.22
 Ishan Kishan (93)IndRSARanchi09.10.22

It also provides the fifth occasion of one batsman scoring a century and another scoring a ninety in the annals of one day game in the same innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes one occasion of two batsmen scoring nineties with one batsman scoring a century

NoPlayersTeamOPPGroundDate
1Younis Khan (93)PakRSADurban07.02.07
 Mohd Yousuf (101*)PakRSADurban07.02.07
      
2Hayden ML (101)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
 Ponting RT (91)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
 Clarke MJ (92)AusRSABassaterre24.03.07
      
3Dilshan TM (115*)SrlRSAPallekele28.07.13
 Sangakkara KC (91)SrlRSAPallekele28.07.13
      
4Fakhar Zaman (101)PakRSACenturion07.04.21
 Babar Azam (94)PakRSACenturion07.04.21
      
5SS Iyer  (113*)IndRSARanchi09.10.22
 Ishan Kishan (93)IndRSARanchi09.10.22

Batsmen who have scored 50 plus boundary sixes in T20Is

Batsmen who have scored 50 plus boundary sixes in T20Is

Babar Azam’s 87 not out against England at Lahore on 30 Sep 2022 contained three boundary sixes which fetched him 50 boundary sixes in T20Is. He became 64th batsman and sixth Pakistan batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC6s
1RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.94428178
2MJ GuptillNZl1211177349710531.79220172
3CH GayleWin79757189911727.92214124
4EJG MorganEng1151072124589128.58014120
5AJ FinchAus979711298817234.74218119
6PR StirlingIre11411383011115*28.67120111
7E LewisWin504931423125*30.93210110
8V KohliInd109101283712122*50.84133109
9C MunroNZl656271724109*31.34311107
10DA WarnerAus9393112773100*33.81123103
11DA MillerRSA10793322069106*33.91205100
12GJ MaxwellAus9284132025145*28.5230999
13KA PollardWin1018321156975*25.3000699
14JC ButtlerEng9486182227101*32.7511596
15BB McCullumNZl717010214012335.6621391
16KL RahulInd666282137110*39.5722091
17Mohd NabiAfg101931616698921.6700489
18N ZadranAfg83732515597332.4700887
19SR WatsonAus585661462124*29.2411083
20KJ O’BrienIre11010310197312421.2110582
21N PooranWin69618140274*26.4500982
22Mohd HafeezPak11910813251499*26.4601476
23Mohd ShahzadAfg707032015118*30.0711275
24TP UraPNG393871202107*38.7711074
25Yuvraj SinghInd58519117777*28.0200874
26Q de KockRSA72718203279*32.2501373
27Shahid AfridiPak999112141654*17.9200473
28JP DuminyRSA817525193496*38.6801171
29LRPL TaylorNZl102942119096326.1500771
30Asghar AfghanAfg7568513826221.9300469
31JJ RoyEng6464115227824.1500869
32MN SamuelsWin676510161189*29.2901069
33Shoaib MalikPak1241113324357531.2100969
34LMP SimmonsWin686710152791*26.7800968
35Mohd RizwanPak7059152341104*53.2012166
36H MasakadzaZim66662166293*25.9601165
37MahmudullahBan12111323212264*23.5700664
38NLTC PereraSrl84742212046123.1500364
39SA YadavInd34325104511738.7010963
40AD RussellWin6757197415119.5000162
41AB de VilliersRSA787511167279*26.1201060
42HG MunseySco535131317127*27.4310758
43SK RainaInd786611160510129.1810558
44JM BairstowEng66601213379027.8500857
45AD HalesEng666671774116*30.0610957
46H ZazaiAfg33333960162*32.0010356
47RD BerringtonSco766914171810031.2310755
48DJ BravoWin917417125566*22.0100455
49Umar AkmalPak84791416909426.0000855
50DJ MalanEng484761585103*38.6511354
51HH PandyaInd73541598971*25.3500254
52MD ShanakaSrl747016112674*20.8500454
53E ChigumburaZim5756989354*19.0000353
54R PowellWin5243885110724.3110453
55MS DhoniInd98854216175637.6000252
56MM AliEng62541393372*22.7500751
57ADS FletcherWin5452795084*21.1100651
58MDKJ PereraSrl6059115398426.5301251
59R SandaruwanKuw2727289010335.6010551
60Babar AzamPak898413314012244.2222850
61S DhawanInd6866317599227.9201150
62F du PlessisRSA50507152811935.5311050
63GD PhillipsNZl4539798210830.6810550
64R GurbazAfg323208288725.8700550
NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC6s
1Mohd HafeezPak11910813251499*26.4601476
2Shahid AfridiPak999112141654*17.9200473
3Shoaib MalikPak1241113324357531.2100969
4Mohd RizwanPak7059152341104*53.2012166
5Umar AkmalPak84791416909426.0000855
6Babar AzamPak898413314012244.2222850
All about Babar Azam’s fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

All about Babar Azam’s fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 30th fifty in T20Is. He became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 30 fifties. Others are – V Kohli {34} and RG Sharma {32}. The following table lists the 30 fifties scored by Babar Azam.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1V KohliInd109101283712122*50.8413334
2RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.9442832
3Babar AzamPak898413314012244.2222830
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
155*2v West IndiesDub-DSC23 Sep 2016
2861v World-XILahore12 Sep 2017
350*1v New ZealandAuckland25 Jan 2018
497*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
5512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
668*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
7501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
8791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
9902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
10651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
1159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
12501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
14561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
15822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
16512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
17501v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Apr 2021
181222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
19521v ZimbabweHarare25 Apr 2021
20851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
21511v West IndiesProvidence31 Jul 2021
2268*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
23512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
24701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
25661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
26792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
27661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
28110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
2987*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
3079*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 24th fifty in T20Is as an opening batsman. He occupies the second place in the list of opening batsmen who have scored most fifties in T20Is. The first place is occupied by RG Sharma of India. RG Sharma has scored 27 fifties while opening the innings for India. The following table lists the 24 fifties scored by Babar Azam as an opening batsman.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1RG SharmaInd1081077325611832.5642327
2Babar AzamPak64638236612243.0122224
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Dat
197*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
2512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
368*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
4501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
5791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
6902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
7651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
859*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
9501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1066*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
11561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
12822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
13512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
141222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
15851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
1668*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
17512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
18701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
19661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
20792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
21661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
22110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
2387*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2479*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 22nd half century in T20Is as an opening batsman. He shares the second place in the list of opening batsmen who have scored most half centuries in T20Is with DA Warner of Australia. DA Warner has also scored 22 half centuries as an opening batsman in T20Is The first place is occupied by RG Sharma of India. RG Sharma has scored 23 half centuries while opening the innings. The following table lists the 22 half centuries scored by Babar Azam as an opening batsman.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1RG SharmaInd1081077325611832.5642327
2Babar AzamPak64638236612243.0122224
3DA WarnerAus8686112605100*34.0312223
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Dat
197*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
2512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
368*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
4501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
5791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
6902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
7651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
859*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
9501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1066*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
11561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
12822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
13512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
14851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
1568*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
16512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
17701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
18661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
19792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
20661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
2187*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2279*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 20th fifty as captain in T20Is. He became the first captain in the history of T20Is to score 20 fifties. The following table lists the 20 fifties scored by Babar Azam while leading Pakistan.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+4s6s
1Babar AzamPak56516185012241.112182020032
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
2501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
4561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
5822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
6512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
7501v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Apr 2021
81222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
9521v ZimbabweHarare25 Apr 2021
10851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
11511v West IndiesProvidence31 Jul 2021
1268*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
13512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
14701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
15661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
16792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
17661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
18110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
1987*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2079*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022

Babar Azam’s 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand contained eleven boundary fours which fetched him 200 boundary fours. He became the second captain in the history of T20Is to scoren 200 plus boundary fours. AJ Finch of Australia is the other captain to accomplish the feat. He has scored 215 boundary fours.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+4s6s
1AJ FinchAus70706210417232.871131421576
2Babar AzamPak56516185012241.112182020032

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 17th fifty and 15th half century as captain opener in T20Is. He became the first captain opener in the history of T20Is to score 17 fifties and 15 half centuries. The following table lists the 17 fifties scored by Babar Azam as captain opener.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC050+
1Babar AzamPak48476165312240.31215417
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
2501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
4561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
5822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
6512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
71222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
8851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
968*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
10512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
11701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
12661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
13792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
14661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
15110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
1687*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
1779*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022
Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan becomes the first wicket keeper batsman to score twenty half centuries in T20Is.

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan becomes the first wicket keeper batsman to score twenty half centuries in T20Is.

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 78 not out against Bangladesh at Christchurch on 07 Oct 2022 in the ongoing T20I Tri series involving Pakistan Bangladesh and New Zealand in New Zealand. This knock fetched him an aggregate of 2196 runs which makes him to own the record for most runs by a wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is. He is one of the three wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in T20Is. Others are JC Buttler {2119} and Q de Kock {2019}

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC04s6s
1Mohd RizwanPak6354142196104*54.90120319362
2JC ButtlerEng7874142119101*35.31115518393
3Q de KockRSA717008201979*32.56013420473

His 78 not out in this game fetched him another milestone in the history of T20Is. It was his 20th half century in T20Is. He became the first batsman in T20Is to score 20 half centuries. He has scored a century – 104 not out against South Africa at Lahore on 11 Feb 2021. Thus he has scored 21 fifties in T20Is. He is the only wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties. The following table lists his 21 fifties.

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1892v New ZealandNapier22 Dec 2020
2104*1v South AfricaLahore11 Feb 2021
3511v South AfricaLahore13 Feb 2021
474*2v South AfricaJo’burg10 Apr 2021
573*2v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
682*1v ZimbabweHarare21 Apr 2021
7631v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
876*1v EnglandManchester20 Jul 2021
979*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
1079*1v NamibiaA Dhabi02 Nov 2021
11671v AustraliaDub-DSC11 Nov 2021
12781v West IndiesKarachi13 Dec 2021
13872v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
1478*1v Hong KongSharjah02 Sep 2022
15712v IndiaDub-DSC04 Sep 2022
16552v Sri LankaDub-DSC11 Sep 2022
17681v EnglandKarachi20 Sep 2022
1888*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
19881v EnglandKarachi25 Sep 2022
20631v EnglandLahore28 Sep 2022
2178*1v BangladeshCh’church07 Oct 2022
Australian bowlers who have captured four or more wickets in T20Is – MA Starc registers his first four wicket haul in T20Is

Australian bowlers who have captured four or more wickets in T20Is – MA Starc registers his first four wicket haul in T20Is

MA Starc of Australia returned with figures of four for 20 against West Indies at Brisbane in the second T20I on 07 Oct 2022 to provide the 19th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOMRWIOppositionGroundStart Date
1MS Kasprowicz4.002942v New ZealandAuckland17 Feb 2005
2SR Clark4.002041v Sri LankaCape Town20 Sep 2007
3DP Nannes4.001842v BangladeshBridgetown05 May 2010
4SR Watson4.001542v EnglandAdelaide12 Jan 2011
5NM Coulter-Nile4.003142v EnglandHobart29 Jan 2014
6JR Hazlewood4.003041v EnglandMelbourne31 Jan 2014
7JP Faulkner4.002752v PakistanMohali25 Mar 2016
8JP Behrendorff4.002141v IndiaGuwahati10 Oct 2017
9AJ Tye4.002341v New ZealandSydney03 Feb 2018
10B Stanlake4.00841v PakistanHarare02 Jul 2018
11AC Agar4.002452v South AfricaJohannesburg21 Feb 2020
12AC Agar4.003062v New ZealandWellington03 Mar 2021
13A Zampa4.001951v BangladeshDub-DSC04 Nov 2021
14JR Hazlewood4.003941v West IndiesAbu Dhabi06 Nov 2021
15JR Hazlewood4.001242v Sri LankaSydney11 Feb 2022
16NT Ellis4.002841v PakistanLahore05 Apr 2022
17JR Hazlewood4.001641v Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jun 2022
18KW Richardson4.003041v Sri LankaCol-RPS08 Jun 2022
19MA Starc4.002042v West IndiesBrisbane07 Oct 2022

MA Starc’s four for 20 in this game is his first four wicket haul in an innings in T20Is. His previous best bowling effort in T20is was his three for 11 against Pakistan at Dub-DSC on 10 Sep 2012.

MA Starc’s four for 20 in this game is the second four wicket haul in an innings in T20Is by an Australian bowler against West Indies. Prior to this JR Hazzlewodd has captured four wickets conceding 39 runs against West Indies at Abu Dhabi on 06 Nov 2021. Thus MA Starc’s four for 29 in this game represents the best bowling effort in a T20I innings by an Australian bowler against West Indies.

NoPlayerOMRWIOppositionGroundStart Date
1MA Starc4.002042v West IndiesBrisbane07 Oct 2022
2JR Hazlewood4.003941v West IndiesAbu Dhabi06 Nov 2021
DA Warner’s fifties in T20Is – as an opening batsman and as a batsman

DA Warner’s fifties in T20Is – as an opening batsman and as a batsman

DA Warner of Australia scored 75 against West Indies at Briabane on 07 Oct 2022. This knock fetched him his 23rd fifty as an opening batsman in T20Is. He now shares the record for the second place with Babar Azam of Pakistan. Babar Azam has also scored 23 fifties as opening batsman in T20Is. RG Sharma of India owns the record for most fifties scored by opening batsmen in T20Is. RG Sharma has scored 27 fifties as an opening batsman in T20Is

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1RG SharmaInd1081077325611832.5642327
2Babar AzamPak63627228712241.5822123
3DA WarnerAus8686112605100*34.7312223

The following table lists the 23 fifties scored by DA Warner as an opening batsman

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1891v South AfricaMelbourne11 Jan 2009
2631v West IndiesThe Oval06 Jun 2009
3672v West IndiesSydney23 Feb 2010
4721v IndiaBridgetown07 May 2010
5532v Sri LankaPallekele06 Aug 2011
6582v West IndiesBridgetown30 Mar 2012
7591v PakistanDub-DSC10 Sep 2012
863*2v IndiaCol-RPS28 Sep 2012
990*1v Sri LankaSydney26 Jan 2013
10532v EnglandCh-le-St31 Aug 2013
1153*2v PakistanDub-DSC05 Oct 2014
12592v New ZealandAuckland16 Feb 2018
13100*1v Sri LankaAdelaide27 Oct 2019
1460*2v Sri LankaBrisbane30 Oct 2019
1557*2v Sri LankaMelbourne01 Nov 2019
1667*2v South AfricaGqeberha23 Feb 2020
17571v South AfricaCape Town26 Feb 2020
18582v EnglandSouthampton04 Sep 2020
19652v Sri LankaDub-DSC28 Oct 2021
1089*2v West IndiesAbu Dhabi06 Nov 2021
21532v New ZealandDub-DSC14 Nov 2021
2270*2v Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jun 2022
23751v West IndiesBrisbane07 Oct 2022

DA Warner of Australia scored 75 against West Indies at Briabane on 07 Oct 2022. This knock fetched him his 24th fifty as an opening batsman in T20Is. He now occupies the fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in T20Is. V Kohli {34}, RG Sharma {32] and Babar Azam {29} occupy the first three places.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1V KohliInd109101283712122*50.8413334
2RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.9442832
3Babar AzamPak888312306112243.1122729
4DA WarnerAus9393112773100*33.8112324

The following table lists the 24 fifties scored by DA Warner as a batsman in Twenty20 Internationals

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1891v South AfricaMelbourne11 Jan 2009
2631v West IndiesThe Oval06 Jun 2009
3672v West IndiesSydney23 Feb 2010
4721v IndiaBridgetown07 May 2010
5532v Sri LankaPallekele06 Aug 2011
6582v West IndiesBridgetown30 Mar 2012
7591v PakistanDub-DSC10 Sep 2012
863*2v IndiaCol-RPS28 Sep 2012
990*1v Sri LankaSydney26 Jan 2013
10532v EnglandChe-le-Str31 Aug 2013
1153*2v PakistanDub-DSC05 Oct 2014
12772v South AfricaJohannesburg06 Mar 2016
13592v New ZealandAuckland16 Feb 2018
14100*1v Sri LankaAdelaide27 Oct 2019
1560*2v Sri LankaBrisbane30 Oct 2019
1657*2v Sri LankaMelbourne01 Nov 2019
1767*2v South AfricaGqeberha23 Feb 2020
18571v South AfricaCape Town26 Feb 2020
19582v EnglandSouthampton04 Sep 2020
10652v Sri LankaDub-DSC28 Oct 2021
2189*2v West IndiesAbu Dhabi06 Nov 2021
22532v New ZealandDub-DSC14 Nov 2021
2370*2v Sri LankaCol-RPS07 Jun 2022
24751v West IndiesBrisbane07 Oct 2022
The just concluded T20I bilateral series between India and South Africa witnessed another world record in T20Is.

The just concluded T20I bilateral series between India and South Africa witnessed another world record in T20Is.

The just concluded T20I bilateral series between India and South Africa witnessed another world record in T20Is. Rival captains RG Sharma and T Bavuma failed to score in two T20Is providing the four occasions of captains scoring ducks in the series. This is the first occasion of a bilateral T20I series witnessing four occasions of captains scoring ducks. The previous best was three occasions in witnessed in three series

NoSeries0
1South Africa in India T20I Series, 2022/234
2Zimbabwe in Bangladesh T20I Series, 2015/163
3Vanuatu in Malaysia T20I Series, 2019/203
4Mozambique in Eswatini T20I Series, 20223
RG Sharma’s dubious distinction – joins the select band of batsmen who have scored ten or more ducks in T20Is

RG Sharma’s dubious distinction – joins the select band of batsmen who have scored ten or more ducks in T20Is

RG Sharma of India failed to score in the third T20I against South Africa at Indore on 04 Aug 2022. This duck fetched him his tenth duck of his T20I career. He became the sixth batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more ducks. KJ O’Brien of Ireland owns the record of most ducks by a batsman in T20Is. He has twelve ducks to his credit. RG Sharma is the first Indian batsman to score ten ducks. The following table lists the six batsmen who have scored ten or more ducks in the history of T20Is.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC0
1KJ O’BrienIre11010310197312421.2110512
2TM DilshanSrl080079121889104*28.1911310
3RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.9442810
4Soumya SarkarBan06606603113606818.0300510
5PR StirlingIre114113083011115*28.6712010
6Umar AkmalPak08407914169009426.0000810

The following table lists the ducks scored by RG Sharma in his T20I career as of 04 Oct 2022

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
102v AustraliaSydney01 Feb 2012
201v Sri LankaPune09 Feb 2016
302v PakistanMirpur27 Feb 2016
401v South AfricaCenturion21 Feb 2018
501v Sri LankaCol-RPS06 Mar 2018
601v IrelandDublin-M29 Jun 2018
701v PakistanDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
801v West IndiesBasseterre01 Aug 2022
902v South AfricaTrivandrum28 Sep 2022
1002v South AfricaIndore04 Oct 2022