T20 International: Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne on 05.02.10 : Australia won by two runs

Australia capped TR Birt and SPD Smith for this game. They became the 41^st and 42^nd cricketers to represent Australia in T20I games.

Australia has capped four cricketers in T20I games against Pakistan. They are MJ North at Dubai on 07.05.09, NM Hauritz at Dubai on 07.05.09, TR Birt at Melbourne on 05.02.10 and SPD Smith at Melbourne on 05.02.10.

Pakistan capped Imran Farhat for this game. He became the 35th Pakistan cricketer to represent Pakistan in T20I games.

Imran Farhat is the third Pakistan cricketer to make his debut against Australia in T20I games. The other two are Ahmed Shehzad and Saeed Ajmal who had made their debut at Dubai on 07.05.09

In this game rival opening batsmen were dismissed run out – In Australian innings, SR Watson was run out for 8, while in Pakistan’s innings, Imran Nazir was run out for zero. This provides the second occasion of rival opening batsmen dismissed run out in a T20I game. The first occasion had occurred in the game between Scotland and New Zealand at The Oval on 06.06.09. Scotland opener NS Poonia was run out for 27 and New Zealand opener BM McCullum was dismissed run out for 18.

In Australian innings SR Watson, CL White and DP Nannes were dismissed run out providing the 13^th occasion of three or more batsmen dismissed run out in an innings of a T20I game. It was the first occasion for Australia to have three batsmen dismissed run out in a T20I game.

Imran Nazir became the second opening batsman to be dismissed run out for a duck in T20I games. The other batsman is V Sehwag of India who was run out without scoring against Australia at Melbourne on 01.02.08. It is interesting to note that the two occasions have occurred against Australia and at Melbourne

Imran Nazir collected his first duck in T20I games, when he was dismissed run out in this game.

Australian bowlers DP Nannes, SR Watson and MJ Johnson bowled maiden overs in this game providing a total of 62 occasions of a bowler bowling a maiden over in T20I games

Australian bowlers DP Nannes, SR Watson and MJ Johnson bowled maiden overs in this game providing the second occasion of three or more bowler bowling maiden overs in ths history of T20I games. Four Kenyan bowlers – PJ Ongondo, RG Aga, AO Suji and JK Kamande bowled maiden over in the game against Ireland at Belfast on 04.08.08 is the other occasion in which four bowlers has bowled maiden overs

DP Nannes, SR Watson and MJ Johnson bowled maiden overs in this game providing the first occasion of three Australian bowlers bowling maiden overs in a T20I games.

With three for 20 in this game, Umar Gul has an aggregate of 42 wickets in T20I games. He became the only bowler to capture 40 plus wickets in T20I games.

DJ Hussey extended his aggregate of sixes to 16 with one six in this game. He holds the record for most sixes by an Australian batsman in T20I games.

DJ Hussey at the end of this game has an aggregate of 105 boundary sixes in T20 games and his aggregate stands second to LRPL Taylor’s 115 sixes. LRPL Taylor and DJ Hussey are the only two batsmen to have an aggregate of 100 plus sixes in T20 games.

DJ Hussey’s appearance in this game was his 90^th T20 game. He became the second cricketer to appear in 90 plus T20 games after JA Morkel who has played 91 T20 games.

Kamran Akmal’s 64 in this game provide the 17^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering a half century in T20I games.

Kamran Akmal’s 64 in this game represents his third T20I half century The other two are – 59* vs Australia at Dubai on 07.05.09 and 57 vs Ireland at The Oval on 15.06.09. This his 64 in this game represents his highest individual score in T20I games.

Kamran Akmal with his three half centuries became the third wicket keeper batsman to register three or more half centuries in the history of T20I games. The other two are BB McCullum of New Zealand and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka who have scored five half centuries each.

Kamran Akmal completed 450 T20I runs when he was on 63 during the course of his knock of 64 in this game. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 451. He became the fourth Pakistan batsman to amass 450 plus T20I runs. Others are Shoiab Malik {557}, Misbah-ul-Haq {509} and Shahid Afridi {467}.

Kamran Akmal completed 400 T20I runs as a wicket keeper batsman when he was on 34 during the course of his knock of 64 in this game. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 430. He became the third wicket keeper batsman to amass 400 plus T20I runs. Others are BB McCullum {620} and KC Sangakkara {572}.

Australia’s win by two runs in this game represent the third occasion of a team winning a T20I game by two runs. The other two occasions are – South Africa against Australia at Jo’burg on 24.02.06 and Sri Lanka against England at Southampton on 15.06.06

Australia’s win by two runs in this game represent the 14^th occasion of a team winning a T20I game by single digit runs margin.