West Indies crush England as CH Gayle explodes – few records for the master batsman

West Indies crush England as CH Gayle explodes – few records for the master batsman

15th Match, Super 10 Group 1: England v West Indies at Mumbai – Mar 16, 2016 – England 182/6 (20/20 ov); West Indies 183/4 (18.1/20 ov) – West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

It was CH Gayle all the way in this game. He scored 100 not out while his opening partner J Charles scored a duck to provide the fourth occasion of an opener scoring a duck and another scoring a fifty in WT20. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 CH Gayle 0 1 Win Ban Johannesburg 13 Sep 2007
  2 DS Smith 51 1 Win Ban Johannesburg 13 Sep 2007
                 
2 1 SR Watson 0 1 Aus Win The Oval 06 Jun 2009
  2 DA Warner 63 1 Aus Win The Oval 06 Jun 2009
                 
3 1 XM Marshall 0 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
  2 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
                 
4 1 J Charles 0 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
  2 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016

J Charles duck and CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the first ever occasion of an opener scoring a duck and another scoring a hundred in WT20.

CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in his knock of 100 not out in this game. His first boundary six gave him his 50th boundary six in WT20. At the end of this game his aggregate of boundary sixes read 60.

CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in his knock of 100 not out in this game. His third boundary six gave him his 90th boundary six in T20I. At the end of this game his aggregate of boundary sixes read 98. He became the second batsman to total 90 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is after BB McCullum. BB McCullum has an aggregate of 91 boundary sixes to his credit.

CH Gayle’s 100 came in 47 deliveries and represents the fastest century in WT20. The previous fastest hundred was also in the name of CH Gayle who had scored the century in 50 balls against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07.  The fastest centuries scored under less than 50 balls in T20I are listed below

No Player Balls Match Venue Date
1 RE Levi 45 South Africa v New Zealand Hamilton 19/02/2012
2 F du Plessis 46 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11/01/2015
3 AJ Finch 47 Australia v England Southampton 29/08/2013
4 CH Gayle 47 West Indies v England Mumbai 16/03/2016
5 CH Gayle 50 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11/09/2007
6 BB McCullum 50 New Zealand v Australia Christchurch 28/02/2010
7 Babar Hayat 50 Hong Kong v Oman Fatullah 19/02/2016

CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring a century in WT20. All the eight occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 117 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 SK Raina 101 India v South Africa Gros Islet 02 May 2010
3 M Jayawardene 100 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence 03 May 2010
4 BB McCullum 123 New Zealand v Bangladesh Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
5 AD Hales 116* England v Sri Lanka Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
6 Ahmed Shehzad 111* Pakistan v Bangladesh Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
7 Tamim Iqbal 103* Bangladesh v Oman Dharamsala 13 Mar 2016
8 CH Gayle 100* West Indies v England Mumbai 16 Mar 2016

CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the second occasion of his scoring a century in WT20. Both occasions are listed below. He is the only batsman in WT20 to score two centuries.

No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 117 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 CH Gayle 100* West Indies v England Mumbai 16 Mar 2016

CH Gayle’s run aggregate in WT20 read 907 at the end of this game. He became the second batsman in WT20 to total 900 plus runs. DPMD Jayawardene has an aggregate of 1016 runs.

CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in this game. He now owns the record for most boundary sixes in an innings in a WT20 game. The previous record was ten boundary sixes and was credited to CH Gayle himself. He had scored ten boundary sixes during his knock of 117 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07. CH Gayle remains the only batsman to score ten or more sixes in two separate innings in WT20.

CH Gayle completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 94 during his knock of 100 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate in T20Is read 1506. He became the eighth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1500 plus runs. The following table lists all the eight batsmen

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 BB McCullum NZl 71 70 10 2140 123 35.66 2 13 3 199 91
2 TM Dilshan Srl 74 73 11 1751 104* 28.24 1 12 10 209 28
3 MJ Guptill NZl 58 56 7 1672 101* 34.12 1 9 2 154 69
4 Umar Akmal Pak 76 73 13 1611 94 26.85 0 8 8 118 53
5 Mohd Hafeez Pak 76 74 3 1609 86 22.66 0 9 5 175 39
6 DA Warner Aus 57 57 3 1595 90* 29.53 0 12 5 151 73
7 JP Duminy RSA 68 62 19 1571 96* 36.53 0 8 6 117 52
8 CH Gayle Win 46 44 4 1506 117 37.65 2 13 2 127 98

CH Gayle has scored nine fifties in WT20 which includes two centuries. He holds the records for most fifties in WT20. His two centuries and seven fifties are also the records foe most centuries and most fifties in WT20.

BA Stokes returned with figures of none for 42 in this game to provide the 51st occasion of a bowler leaking 40 plus runs without capturing a wicket in WT20 and also provides the sixth such occasion by an England bowler. It also provides the third occasion of a bowler conceding 40 plus runs without a wicket in WT20. Other occasions are – none for 54 by SL Malinga of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 07.10.12 and none for 41 by Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan at Dhaka on 01.04.14.

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