England vs Australia : First T20 International ends as a No result game as rain interferes
England vs Australia : First T20 International at Manchester on 30.08.09 : No result – Rain
England won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 63rd occasion of a team inserting the opposition in the history of T20 International games.
As far as England is concerned, this is the fourth such instance. The other three are – against South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07, against New Zealand at Durban on 18.09.07 and against New Zealand at Manchester on 13.06.08.
CL White’s 55 in this game represent the 118th occasion of a batsman registering a fifty in T20I games. It also represents the 14th occasion of an Australian batsman registering a fifty in T20I games.
CL White with his 55 in this game became the second Australian batsman to register a fifty against England in T20I games after ML Hayden who had scored 67 not out at Cape Town on 14.09.07.
CL White registered his career best T20I score when he made 55 in this game which was also his first fifty. It was an improvement over his previous best of 40 not out against England Sydney on 09.01.2007 and 40 not out against South Africa at Brisbane on 13.01.09.
CL White’s 55 in this game represent the 12th occasion of a batsman from various countries registering fifty against England.
MJ Clarke and CL White added 78 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 23rd occasion of Australian batsman posting fifty plus runs partnerships against various oppositions in T20I games.
MJ Clarke and CL White added 78 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Australian batsman posting fifty plus runs partnerships for the fourth wicket against various oppositions in T20I games. The other three occasions are – 80 runs between A Symonds and A Voges against New Zealand at Perth on 11.12.07, 52 runs between DJ Hussey and A Voges against New Zealand at Sydney on 15.02.09 and 66 runs between DA Warner and BJ Haddin against West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09. Thus the 78 runs stand between MJ Clarke and BJ Haddin represent the second best stand for the fourth wicket by Australian batsmen in T20I games.
MJ Clarke and CL White completed 200 T20 International runs in this game. Clarke reached the milestone when he was on 11 during his knock of 27 not out and at the end of the game his aggregate stood at 216. CL White completed 200 runs when he was on 48 during his knock of 55 in this game and at the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 207.
MJ Clarke and CL White became the eight and ninth Australian batsmen to aggregate 200 plus T20I run. The complete list read thus – RT Ponting {401}, A Symonds {337}, ML Hayden {308}, DA Warner {273}, AC Gilchrist {272}, DJ Hussey {236}, MEK Hussey {226}, MJ Clarke {216} and CL White {207}.
DJ Hussey became the sixth Australian batsman to be dismissed stumped in a T20I game. He became the first Australian batsman to be dismissed stumped without scoring in a T20I game.
DJ Hussey’s stumped dismissal in this game provides the 72nd occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in a T20I game. He became the seventh batsman to be dismissed stumped without scoring in a T20I game.
JL Denly scored a duck on his T20I debut. He was caught by Hauritz of Lee for zero in this game. His dismissal for duck on debut provides the 30th occasion of a batsman scoring zero on T20I debut.
JL Denly collected his first ball duck on his T20I debut providing the 16th occasion of a batsman collecting his first ball duck on T20I debut. He is the third England batsman to suffer such an ignominy. The other two are – MP Vaughan against Australia at Southampton on 13.06.05 and LJ Wright against Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07.
JL Denly’s first ball duck provide the 79th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20I games. His dismissal provides the tenth occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in a T20I game.
JL Denly becomes the first England opening batsman to collect the first ball duck on his T20I debut. He becomes the 15th opening batsman in the history of T20I games to collect the first ball duck on debut.
TD Paine became the 41st cricketer to be capped by Australia in T20I games. He is the fourth Australian wicket keeper after AC Gilchrist, BJ Haddin and L Ronchi to be capped by Australia in T20I games. JL Denly became the 47th cricketer to be capped by England in T20I games.
CL White hit three sixes in his knock of 55 in this game which gave him an aggregate of 72 sixes in his T20 career. He became the sixth batsman to have an aggregate of 70 plus sixes in T20 games. The complete list read thus – DJ Hussey {92}, ST Jayasuriya {74}, Yuvraj Singh {73}, BB McCullum {73}, CL White {72} and LRPL Taylor {71}
DJ Hussey’s duck in this game was his eighth duck of his T20 career. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20 game to have an aggregate of eight or more ducks in T20 career. HH Gibbs {12}, MJ Lumb {09} and RC Irani {08} are the other three batsmen who have scored eight or more ducks in T20 games.