26th Match, Super 10 Group 2: Australia v Pakistan at Mohali – Mar 25, 2016 – Australia 193/4 (20/20 ov); Pakistan 172/8 (20/20 ov) – Australia won by 21 runs

SPD Smith scored 61 not out in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in WT20 and also provides the second such occasion by an Australian captain in WT20. The other occasion was GJ Bailey’s 63 against West Indies at Col-RPS on 05.10.12. SPD Smith’s 61 not out provides the second occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Pakistan in WT20

The first such occasion was KC Sangakkara’s 64 not out at Lord’s on 23.06.09. SPD Smith’s 61 not out provides the first such occasion by an Australian captain against Pakistan in WT20. The previous best was 27 by RT Ponting at Johannesburg on 18.09.07

SPD Smith’s 61 not out provide the 23^rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in WT20 and also provides the seventh such occasion by an Australian batsman against Pakistan in WT20

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 62 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20 and also provide the second such occasion for the fourth wicket in WT20. The first such occasion was the 66 runs partnership between DA Warner and BJ Haddin against West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09.

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 62 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the record stand by Australian batsmen against Pakistan in WT20. Previous best was 20 runs partnership between GJ Bailey and AJ Finch at Dhaka on 23.03.14

SPD Smith and SR Watson added 74 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20 and this stand also provides the third such occasion for the fifth wicket by Australian batsman in WT20

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SPD Smith, SR Watson	5	74*	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	25.03.16
2	BJ Hodge, MEK Hussey	5	63	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	18.09.07
3	DJ Hussey, CL White	5	50	1	v England	Bridgetown	16.05.10

This stand represents not only the best partnership by Australian batsmen in WT20 for the fifth wicket but also represent the best partnership by Australian batsmen against Pakistan for the fifth wicket in WT20. The previous best was the 63 runs partnership between BJ Hodge and MEK Hussey against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 18.09.07

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SPD Smith, SR Watson	5	74*	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	25.03.16
2	BJ Hodge, MEK Hussey	5	63	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	18.09.07

SPD Smith-GJ Maxwell added 62 runs for the fourth wicket and SPD Smith-SR Watson added 74 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting two fifty plus runs partnership in an innings of a WT20 game. By a coincidence both these occasions have come against Pakistan.

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	DA Warner, SR Watson	1	51	1	v Pakistan	Gros Islet	02.05.10
	2	DJ Hussey, SR Watson	3	98	1	v Pakistan	Gros Islet	02.05.10
2	1	GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith	4	62	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	25.03.16
	2	SPD Smith, SR Watson	5	74*	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	25.03.16

SPD Smith-GJ Maxwell added 62 runs for the fourth wicket and SPD Smith-SR Watson added 74 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the first occasion of Australian batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnerships for consecutive wickets in WT20.

The following table lists the fifteen occasions of teams posting fifty plus runs partnerships for consecutive wickets in WT20.

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	1	ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara	2	75	1	Srl	Ken	Jo’burg	14.09.07
	2	ST Jayasuriya, M Jayawardene	3	87	1	Srl	Ken	Jo’burg	14.09.07
2	1	G Gambhir, RG Sharma	1	59	1	Ind	Ban	Nottingham	06.06.09
	2	MS Dhoni, G Gambhir	2	53	1	Ind	Ban	Nottingham	06.06.09
3	1	KP Pietersen, LJ Wright	2	53	1	Eng	Pak	The Oval	07.06.09
	2	KP Pietersen, OA Shah	3	66	1	Eng	Pak	The Oval	07.06.09
4	1	DJ Bravo, LMP Simmons	3	58	2	Win	Ind	Lord’s	12.06.09
	2	DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul	4	56*	2	Win	Ind	Lord’s	12.06.09
5	1	JH Kallis, GC Smith	1	54	1	RSA	Win	The Oval	13.06.09
	2	HH Gibbs, JH Kallis	2	51	1	RSA	Win	The Oval	13.06.09
6	1	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	3	62	1	Srl	NZl	Nottingham	16.06.09
	2	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	4	50	1	Srl	NZl	Nottingham	16.06.09
7	1	Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal	4	51	1	Pak	RSA	Gros Islet	10.05.10
	2	Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal	5	61	1	Pak	RSA	Gros Islet	10.05.10
8	1	JEC Franklin, BB McCullum	2	94	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12
	2	BB McCullum, LRPL Taylor	3	78	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21.09.12
9	1	JM Bairstow, AD Hales	3	55	2	Eng	Win	Pallekele	27.09.12
	2	AD Hales, EJG Morgan	4	107	2	Eng	Win	Pallekele	27.09.12
10	1	V Kohli, V Sehwag	2	74	2	Ind	Pak	Col-RPS	30.09.12
	2	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	54*	2	Ind	Pak	Col-RPS	30.09.12
11	1	DJ Bravo, CH Gayle	3	83	1	Win	Aus	Col-RPS	05.10.12
	2	CH Gayle, KA Pollard	4	65	1	Win	Aus	Col-RPS	05.10.12
12	1	BN Cooper, TLW Cooper	5	52	1	Net	Zim	Sylhet	19.03.14
	2	Mudassar Bukhari, TLW Cooper	6	53*	1	Net	Zim	Sylhet	19.03.14
13	1	CH Gayle, DR Smith	1	50	2	Win	Aus	Dhaka	28.03.14
	2	CH Gayle, LMP Simmons	2	51	2	Win	Aus	Dhaka	28.03.14
14	1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	60	1	Ind	Srl	Dhaka	06.04.14
	2	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	55	1	Ind	Srl	Dhaka	06.04.14
15	1	GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith	4	62	1	Aus	Pak	Mohali	25.03.16
	2	SPD Smith, SR Watson	5	74*	1	Aus	Pak	Mohali	25.03.16

WT20 has witnessed only two occasions of consecutive partnerships of fifty plus runs for the fourth and fifth wickets and both are listed below.

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	1	Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal	4	51	1	Pak	RSA	Gros Islet	10.05.10
	2	Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal	5	61	1	Pak	RSA	Gros Islet	10.05.10
2	1	GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith	4	62	1	Aus	Pak	Mohali	25.03.16
	2	SPD Smith, SR Watson	5	74*	1	Aus	Pak	Mohali	25.03.16

Mohammad Sami returned with figures of none for 53 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs without capturing a wicket in WT20 and also provides the first such occasion by a Pakistan bowler in WT20. Thus Mohammad Sami became Pakistan’s most expensive bowler without capturing a wicket in WT20. Prior to this – two Pakistan bowlers shared the most expensive bowling figures without capturing a wicket in WT20. Mohammad Asif had figures of none for 43 against England at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 and Umar Gul had figures of none for 43 against Bangladesh at Pallekele on 25.09.12.

Mohammad Sami’s none for 53 in this game represent the most expensive bowling figures without capturing a wicket by a Pakistan bowler in the T20Is. The previous record was held by Usman Khan who had figures of none for 52 against Sri Lanka at Dubai {DSC} on 13.12.14

JP Faulkner returned with figures of 5 for 27 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in WT20. 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	BAW Mendis	4.0	2	8	6	2	Srl	Zim	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012
3	SL Malinga	4.0	0	31	5	2	Srl	Eng	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012
4	Ahsan Malik	4.0	0	19	5	1	Net	RSA	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
5	HMRKB Herath	3.3	2	3	5	2	Srl	NZl	Chittagong	31 Mar 2014
6	JP Faulkner	4.0	0	27	5	2	Aus	Pak	Mohali	25 Mar 2016

JP Faulkner’s 5 for 27 provides the 17^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of T20Is. He became the first Australian bowler to capture five wickets in T20I and also in WT20.

SR Watson’s four for 15 against England at Adelaide on 12.12.11 was the best bowling figures by an Australian bowler in T20Is prior to JP Faulkner’s five wicket haul. JP Faulkner became the seventh Australian bowler to capture four or more wickets in T20Is. DP Nannes’ four for 18 was the best bowling figures by an Australian bowler in WT20 prior to JP Faulkner’s five wicket haul. JP Faulkner became the third Australian bowler to capture four or more wickets in WT20

Shahid Afridi was dismissed stumped in this game to provide the 103^rd occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in WT20 and also provide the 15th such occasion for a Pakistan batsman. It also provides the 16th occasion of a captain dismissed stumped in WT20 and also provide the fifth such occasion for a Pakistan captain

NM Coulter-Nile returned with figures of none for 45 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 40 plus runs without a wicket in WT20. The other occasion was – SR Watson’s none for 42 against England at Bridgetown on 16.05.10. Thus NM Coulter-Nile has the most expensive bowling figures without a wicket by an Australian bowler in WT20