First T20 International: Australia vs Pakistan at Birmingham on 05.07.10: Pakistan won by 23 runs

Shahzaib Hussain was out first ball in this game providing the 117^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20I. His first ball duck provides the ninth occasion of a Pakistan batsman suffering such an ignominy. He is the second Pakistan batsman to be dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia, after Kamran Akmal who suffered the ignominy at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

Shahzaib Hussain was out first ball in this game providing the 23rd occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20I. His first ball duck provides the third occasion of a Pakistan batsman suffering such an ignominy. The three occasions are – Kamran Akmal vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 12.09.09 and Kamran Akmal vs Australia at Gros Islet on 02.05.10. Shahzaib Hussain the second Pakistan batsman to be dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia, after Kamran Akmal who suffered the ignominy at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

Shahid Afridi was out first ball in this game providing the 118th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20I. His first ball duck provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan batsman suffering such an ignominy. He is the third Pakistan batsman to be dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia. The other two are – Kamran Akmal at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 and Shahzaib Hussain at Birmingham on 05.07.10 {in this game}

Shahid Afridi has collected the first ball duck on four occasions – vs India at Jo’burg on 24.09.07, vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 12.06.09, vs England at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 and vs Australia at Birmingham on 06.05.10.

Shahid Afridi with his four first ball ducks now holds the record for a batsman who has colleceted the first ball ducks on most occasions. He wrested the record from JP Duminy of South Africa and CJO Smith of Scotland who had three such occasions in their T20I career.

Shahid Afridi’s first ball duck in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in T20I. It was the second occasion for Shahid Afridi to collect the first ball duck, the first being at Bridgetown against England on 06.05.10. He became the second captain in the history of T20I to be dismissed first ball after P Utseya of Zimbabwe.

Shahid Afridi with his four ducks became the sixth batsman in the history of T20I to register four more ducks. Others are – ADS Fletcher of West Indies {five}, JP Duminy of South Africa {four}, HH Gibbs of South Africa {four}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {four} and Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {four}. Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal share the Pakistan record for most ducks with four ducks each.

Kamran Akmal’s run out for 23 in this game provide the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in the history of T20I. He holds the record for becoming the first wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out in T20I. He was run out for 15 against India at Durban on 14.09.07

It was the third run out dismissal for Kamran Akmal in T20I. The other two occaions are – for 15 vs India at Durban on 14.09.07 and for 5 vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s on 12.06.09. He became the third wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out on three or more occasions in T20I. The other two are – MS Dhoni of India {05} and Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh {03}.

Prior to this game, Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt had scored 59 boundary fours in their T20 career. At the end of this game, Kamran Akmal has the most boundary fours by a Pakistan batsman in T20I – 61 boundary fours and is followed by Salman Butt who has 60 boundary fours. Shoiab Malik is the third Pakistan batsman to have scored 50 plus boundary fours – 53 – his 50^th boundary four coming in this game.

Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt became the ninth and tenth batsman in the history of T20I games to aggregate 60 plus boundaries. Shoaib Malik became the 13^th batsman to total 50 plus boundary fours.

Kamran Akmal was playing his 35^th T20I in this game. He became the second crickeer to appear in 35 or more T20I after BB McCullum of New Zealand who has played 40 T20I games

Umar Akmal’s 64 in this game represent the 25^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring fifty in T20I. It was his third fifty in T20I. The other two are – 51 vs South Africa at Gros Islet on 10.05.10 and 56* vs Australia at Gros Islet on 14.05.10. This his 64 in this game represents his highest individual score in T20I

Umar Akmal’s four fifties makes him the second Pakistan batsman to score four or more fifties in T20I after his brother Kamran Akmal who has scored five fifties

Umar Akmal with his 64 in this game provides the seventh occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in T20I. The other six occasions are – 52* by Shoaib Malik at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, 66* by Misbah-ul-Haq at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, 59* by Kamran Akmal at Dubai on 07.05.09, 64 by Kamran Akmal at Melbourne on 05.02.10, 50 by Kamran Akmal at Gros Islet on 14.05.10 and 56* by Umar Akmal at Gros Islet on 14.05.10

Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal added 51 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of Pakistan batsman posting fifty plus runs partnership in T20 games. This partnership provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsman posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in T20 games,

This partnership represents the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by Pakistan batsmen against Australia in T20I. The other three occasions are – 82 runs for the first wicket between Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt at Gros Islet on 14.05.10, 85 runs for the third wicket between Kamran Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq at Dubai on 07.05.09 and 119* runs for the fifth wicket between Shaaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq at Jo’burg on 18.09.07

SW Tait captured his 25^th T20I wicket when he bowled Abdur Razak for 7 in this game. He captured one more wicket in this game to take his tally to 26. He became the 12^th bowler in the history of T20I to aggregate 25 plus wickets. The twelve bowlers are – Umar Gul {45} , Shahid Afridi {42}, DL Vettori {35}, SL Malinga {34}, SCJ Broad {33}, BAW Mendis {33}, Saeed Ajmal {34}, MG Johnson {29}, DW Steyn {29}, GP Swann {26}, SW Tait {26} and SE Bond {25}

Shahzaib Hussain and SR Watson scored zeroes in this game providing the sixth occasion of rival openers scoring zeroes in the history of T20I games. The other five occasions are witnessed in the following games – South Africa vs England at Cape Town on 16.09.07 {JP Duminy and LJ Wright}, Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg on 18.09.07 – {ST Jayasuriya and Nazimuddin}, Canada vs Zimbabwe at King City {NW} on 11.10.08 {AA Mulla and C Zhuwawo}, South Africa vs Afghanistan at Barbados on 05.05.10 {LL Bosman and Noor Ali} and South Africa vs West Indies at North Sound on 20.05.10 {LL Bosman and CH Gayle}

At the end of this game, DA Warner and CL White share the record for most sixes by an Australian batsman in T20I. Both the batsman have scored 31 boundary sixes. CL White had 30 sixes to his credit prior to this game and his lone six in this game gave his 31^st boundary six.

DA Warner and DJ Hussey added 52 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 36^th occasion of 50 plus runs partnership posted by Australian batsman in T20I. This stand represents the seventh occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the fifth wicket by Australian batsmen in T20I.

This stand provides the fifth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership by Australian batsmen against Pakistan in T20I. The other four occasions are – 63 runs for the fifth wicket between BJ Hodge and MEK Hussey at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, 51 runs for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson at Gros Islet on 02.05.10, 98 runs for the third wicket between SR Watson and DJ Hussey at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 and 53* runs for the eighth wicket between MEK Hussey and MG Johnson at Gros Islet on 14.05.10

This stand also provide the second occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the third wicket, the first being the 98 runs stand between SR Watson and DJ Hussey at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

At the end of this game, Australia and Pakistan have played six T20Is. Australia and Pakistan have won three games each.

Pakistan became the first team to win 25 games in the history of T20Is as the win in this game gave Pakistan its 25th T20I victory and also its third win against Australia. The three wins are – by six wickets at Jo’burg on 18.09.07, by seven wickets at Dubai on 07.05.09 and by 23 runs at Birmingham on 05.07.10. The loss in this game was Australia’s 14^th loss in T20I and also its third loss against Pakistan