JC Buttler of England and D Conway of New Zealand opened the innings for their respective teams in the game at Brisbane on 01.11.22 between these two teams to provide the 24^th occasion of rival wicket keepers opening the innings for their teams in the history of the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MA Ouma	0	1	Ken	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
	2	BB McCullum	16*	2	NZl	Ken	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	1	AC Gilchrist	4	1	Aus	Zim	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
	2	BRM Taylor	60*	2	Zim	Aus	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
3	1	MJ Prior	20	1	Eng	Zim	Cape Town	13 Sep 2007
	2	BRM Taylor	47	2	Zim	Eng	Cape Town	13 Sep 2007
4	1	MJ Prior	17	1	Eng	Aus	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
	2	AC Gilchrist	45	2	Aus	Eng	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
5	1	BB McCullum	4	1	NZl	Eng	Durban	18 Sep 2007
	2	VS Solanki	24	2	Eng	NZl	Durban	18 Sep 2007
6	1	Kamran Akmal	57	1	Pak	Ire	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
	2	NJ O’Brien	7	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
7	1	Kamran Akmal	15	1	Pak	Eng	Bridgetown	06 May 2010
	2	C Kieswetter	25	2	Eng	Pak	Bridgetown	06 May 2010
8	1	C Kieswetter	0	1	Eng	Afg	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	1	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
9	1	SP Khakurel	56	1	Nep	Afg	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	6	2	Afg	Nep	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
10	1	JJ Atkinson	16	1	HKG	Afg	Nagpur	10 Mar 2016
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	41	2	Afg	HKG	Nagpur	10 Mar 2016
11	1	Mohammad Shahzad	8	1	Afg	Srl	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
	2	LD Chandimal	18	2	Srl	Afg	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
12	1	Q de Kock	45	1	RSA	Afg	Wankhede	20 Mar 2016
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	44	2	Afg	RSA	Wankhede	20 Mar 2016
13	1	LD Chandimal	21	1	Srl	RSA	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
	2	Q de Kock	9	2	RSA	Srl	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
14	1	ZE Green	8	1	Nam	Srl	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
	2	MDKJ Perera	11	2	Srl	Nam	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
15	1	Mohammad Shahzad	8	1	Afg	Pak	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
	2	Mohammad Rizwan	8	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
16	1	MDKJ Perera	7	1	Srl	RSA	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021
	2	Q de Kock	12	2	RSA	Sri	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021
17	1	JC Buttler	101*	1	Eng	Srl	Sharjah	01 Nov 2021
	2	MDKJ Perera	7	2	Srl	Eng	Sharjah	01 Nov 2021
18	1	Litton Das	24	1	Ban	RSA	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
	2	Q de Kock	16	2	RSA	Ban	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
19	1	Q de Kock	34	1	RSA	Eng	Sharjah	06 Nov 2021
	2	JC Buttler	26	2	Eng	RSA	Sharjah	06 Nov 2021
20	1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	10	1	Afg	Eng	Perth	22 Oct 2022
	2	JC Buttler	18	2	Eng	Afg	Perth	22 Oct 2022
21	1	RW Chakabva	8	1	Zim	RSA	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
	2	Q de Kock	47*	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
22	1	DP Conway	1	1	NZl	Srl	Sydney	29 Oct 2022
	2	BKG Mendis	4	2	Srl	NZl	Sydney	29 Oct 2022
23	1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	28	1	Afg	Srl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
	2	BKG Mendis	25	2	Srl	Afg	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
24	1	JC Buttler	73	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
	2	DP Conway	3	2	NZl	Eng	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022

R Gurbani of Afghanistan and BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka opened the innings for their respective teams in the game between these two teams on 01.11.22 in the first match of the day and JC Buttler of England and D Conway of New Zealand opened the innings for their respective teams in the game at Brisbane on 01.11.22 between these two teams in the second match of the day to provide the second occasion of rival wicket keepers opening the innings for their teams in the two games played on the same day in the history of the T20 World Cup. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The first such occasion was witnessed in the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup held in South Africa in 2007. Kenya Vs New Zealand game had such an instance at Durban on 12.09.07 and Aus Vs Zimbabwe game at Cape Town on the same date – 12.09.07 witnessed such an instance

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MA Ouma	0	1	Ken	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
	2	BB McCullum	16*	2	NZl	Ken	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	1	AC Gilchrist	4	1	Aus	Zim	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
	2	BRM Taylor	60*	2	Zim	Aus	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
1	1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	28	1	Afg	Srl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
	2	BKG Mendis	25	2	Srl	Afg	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
2	1	JC Buttler	73	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
	2	DP Conway	3	2	NZl	Eng	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022

JC Buttler scored 73 runs and AD Hales scored in this game to provide the 143^rd and 144^th occasion of opening batsmen scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the eleventh and twelfth occasion of England opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs and AD Hales scored 52 in this game to provide the 143^rd and 144^th occasion of both the opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the eleventh and twelfth occasion of England opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of Captain opening batsmen scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of England captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs in this game to provide the 20^th occasion of Wicket keeper opening batsmen scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of Captain scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of England captain scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs in this game to provide the 28^th occasion of Wicket keeper batsmen scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored 73 runs in this game to provide the fifth occasion of captain cum wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of England captain cum wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler’s 73 runs in this game represent the highest individual score by a captain cum wicket keeper batsman in the T20 World Cup. The previous best was 68 by Sri Lankan captain wicket keeper batsman KC Sangakkara against West Indies at Bridgetown on 07.05.10

JC Buttler’s scored 73 runs in this game to provide the first occasion of captain cum wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also represent the highest individual score by a captain cum wicket keeper opening batsman in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the 15th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second second occasion of a England batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the second occasion of an captain opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England captain opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the second occasion of a captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the first occasion of an wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the first occasion of an wicket keeper dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the first occasion of an captain cum wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler was dismissed run out for 73 in this game to provide the first occasion of an captain cum wicket keeper dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

AD Hales was dismissed stumped for 52 in this game to provide the third occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of England batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

It is interesting to note that on both the occasions, it was AD Hales who was dismissed stumped after scoring fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. Prior to this he was dismissed stumped for 68 against West Indies at Pallekkele on 27.09.12

AD Hales was dismissed stumped for 52 in this game to provide the third occasion of an opening batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of England opening batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

It is interesting to note that on both the occasions, it was AD Hales who was dismissed stumped after scoring fifty while opening the innings in the T20 World Cup. Prior to this he was dismissed stumped for 68 against West Indies at Pallekkele on 27.09.12

JC  Buttler was dismissed run out for 72 and AD Hales was dismissed stumped for 52 in this game to provide the first occasion of one of the opening batsman was dismissed stumped and another dismissed stumped with fifty plus runs to their credit in the history of T20 Internationals

No	MoD	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RO	JC Buttler	73	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
2	St	AD Hales	52	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022

JC  Buttler was dismissed run out for 72 and AD Hales was dismissed stumped for 52 in this game to provide the first occasion of one of the opening batsman was dismissed stumped and another dismissed stumped with fifty plus runs to their credit in the history of T20 World Cup

No	MoD	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RO	JC Buttler	73	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
2	St	AD Hales	52	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022

This game witnessed three fifties  – two by England batsmen and one by New Zealand batsman – to provide the 24^th occasion of three or more batsmen scoring fifties in a match in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fourth such occasion in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022

GD Phillips scored 62 in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

GD Phillips’ 62 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 52nd occasion of a batsman’s fifty in an innings going in vain in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s fifty in an innings going in vain in the T20 World Cup.

JC Buttler scored two boundary sixes in his knock of 73 in this game which fetched him 100 boundary sixes. He earned the distinction of becoming the first wicket keeper batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.

This game was the 100^th appearance for JC Buttler as a batsman in T20Is. He became the 19th cricketer to play 100 plus T20 Internationals. He also became the second England cricketer to achieve this distinction after EJG Morgan. EJG Morgan has appeared in 115 T20Is.

JC Buttler’s boundary sixes aggregate read 103 at the end of this game. He became the 13^th batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 Internationals

JC Buttler’s boundary sixes aggregate read 103 at the end of this game. He became the second England batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20 Internationals after EJG Morgan. EJG Morgan has scored 120 boundary sixes in T20 Internationals.

JC Buttler’s aggregate of 2468 in T20Is as a batsman include 219 boundary fours and 103 boundary sixes. He became the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score 200 boundary fours and 100 plus boundary sixes. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	PR Stirling	Ire	120	119	9	3144	115*	28.58	1	21	11	357	116
2	V Kohli	Ind	111	104	30	3868	122*	52.27	1	35	4	342	115
3	RG Sharma	Ind	146	138	17	3811	118	31.49	4	29	10	342	182
4	AJ Finch	Aus	103	103	12	3120	172	34.28	2	19	8	309	125
5	MJ Guptill	NZl	122	118	7	3531	105	31.81	2	20	3	309	173
6	DA Warner	Aus	98	98	11	2869	100*	32.97	1	24	6	290	105
7	JC Buttler	Eng	100	92	19	2468	101*	33.80	1	18	6	219	103

JC Buttler’s aggregate of 2468 in T20Is as a batsman include 219 boundary fours and 103 boundary sixes. He became the first England batsman in the history of T20Is to score 200 boundary fours and 100 plus boundary sixes.

JC Buttler’s aggregate of 2360 in T20Is as a wicket keeper batsman include 211 boundary fours and 10 boundary sixes. He became the first wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to score 200 boundary fours and 100 plus boundary sixes.

JC Buttler’s 73 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 625 runs as wicket keeper batsman in the T20 World Cup. He became the second wicket keeper batsman to total 600 plus runs in the T20 World Cup after KC Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has an aggregate of 661 runs in the T20 World Cup

JC Buttler scored  seven boundary fours in his knock of  73 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 51 boundary fours as wicket keeper batsman in the T20 World Cup. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman to score 50 plus boundaries in T20 World Cup. Others are – KC Sangakkara {63}, Q de Kock {50} and Kamran Akmal {50}

JC Buttler’s 73 in this game fetched him an aggregate of four fifties while keeping wickets in the T20 World Cup. He became the second wicket keeper batsman to score four fifties in the T20 World Cup after KS Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has also scored four fifties in the T20 World Cup.

England posted its 21st win in the T20 World Cup while New Zealand suffered its 16^th loss in the competition