Match No 16 : Victoria vs Wayamba at Centurion on 20.09.10 : Victoria won by seven wickets

Victoria’s victory by eight wickets in this game provides the fourth occasion of a team winning a CLT20 game by eight wickets. The other three occasions are – Cape Cobras won by eight wickets against Victoria at Bangalore on 17.10.09, RCB won by eight wickets against Bangalore on 17.10.09 and South Australia won by eight wickets against RCB a Durgan on 17.09.10

Victoria registered its fourth win in the tournament when it won this game by eight wickets. The other wins are – vs Delhi by seven wickets at Delhi on 09.10.09, vs RCB by seven wickets at Bangalore on 15.10.09, vs Central Dists by seven wickets at Centurion on 15.09.10.

Victoria with four wins became the third team to win four or more games in the tournament. Other teams to win more games than Victoria are – NSW {05} and Trinidad and Tobago {05}

Wayamba was all out for 106 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a team dismissed all out in the competition. Wayamba was dismissed all out on two occasions – 103 vs CSK at Centurion on 15.09.10 and 106 vs Victoria at Centurion on 20.09.10. Wayamba became the second team in the tournament to be dismissed all out on two occasions – the other team being Otago {108 vs RCB at Bangalore on 12.10.09 and 139 vs Cape Cobras at Hyd-RGS on 10.10.09

DPMD Jayawardene scored 51 in this game providing the 48^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock provides the 30^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

DPMD Jayawardene registered his second fifty in the tournament when he scored 51 in this game. He had earlier scored 53 against Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09. He became the tenth batsman to score two or more fifties in the tournament. Others are M Klinger of Warriors {03}, JP Duminy of Cape Cobras {02}, LRPL Taylor of RCB {02}, PJ Hughes of NSW {02}, DJ Harris of South Aus {02}, JM How of Central Dists {02}, DJ Jacobs of Warriors {02}. M Vijay of CSK {02} and AN Petersen of Lions {02}

DPMD Jayawardene’s 51 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 16^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

DP Jayawardene became the second batsman in the tournament to witness his two fifties going in vain – 53 vs Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09 and 51 vs Victoria at Centurion on 20.09.10. JM How of Central Districts is the other batsman to witness his two fifties going in vain – 77* vs Victoria at Centurion on 12.09.10 and 88* vs Warriors at P Elizabeth on 18.09.10

M Jayawardene and J Mubarak added 72 runs for the third wicket in Wayamba’s innings and AJ Finch and DJ Hussey added 77 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in Victoria’s innings providing the 59^th and 60^th occasion of batsmen positng fifty plus runs in the tournament.

These two stands provide the 10^th and 11^th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in the tournament.

ML Uduwatte of Wayamba was run out for zero in this game providing the 50^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. He became the eighth batsman to be dismissed for a duck in the tournament

This game saw five batsman scoring duck in this game. HJGM Kulatunga, ML Uduwatte, KPSP Karunanayake, NLTC Perera and I Udana were the batsmen dismissed for ducks in this game. KPSP Karunanayake’s dismissal for a duck provides the 50^th occasion of a batsman dimissed for duck in the tournament. At the end of this game 47 batsman have been dismissed for duck and there are 52 occasions of a batsman scoring ducks in the tournament.

This game witnessed five batsmen scoring zeroes providing the first occasion of five batsmen scoring ducks in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of five or more batsmen scoring ducks in a T20 game. The other occasions are – six Kenyan batsmen against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, six Zimbabwe batsmen against West Indies at Port of Spain on 28.02.10, five Burgher batsmen against Chilaw at Col-Bloomfield on 01.03.07, five RCB batsmen against Kings Eleven Punjab at Bangalore on 05.05.08 and five Scotland batsmen against Ireland at Dubai on 11.02.10

PM Siddle retuned with figures of 4 for 29 in this game providing the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in the tournament. PM Siddle became the second Victorian bowler to capture four wickets. AB McDonald had returned with figures of 4 for 21 against RCB at Bangalore on 15.10.09

At the end of this game, DJ Husseys’ aggregate stood at 225. He became the seventh batsman to total 200 plus runs in the tournament. Others are – JP Duminy {281}, KA Pollard {273], LRPL Taylor {207}, DA Warner {207}, PJ Hughes {202} and R Dravid {201}

With two sixes in this game DJ Hussey has an aggregate of 145 sixes in T20 games. Only LRPL Taylor has scored more sixes – 148 – in T20 games

At the end of this game DJ Hussey has an aggregate of 1251 in the calendar year 2010. His aggregate is a record aggregate as no batsman has ever scored 1200 hundred runs in a calendar year. The list of batsman who have scored 1000 plus runs in a calendar year read thus – DJ Hussey {1251 in 2010}, DPMD Jayawardene {1112 in 2010}, TM Dilshan {1086 in 2009}, KA Pollard {1076 in 2010}, DA Warner {1024 in 2010}, JP Duminy {1019 in 2009}

In Wayamba’s innings only two batsmen reached double figures providing the first occasion of only two batsmen scoring double figures in an innings in the tournament.

Summarised Scores : Wayamba 106 all out in 20,0 overs {DPMD Jaywardene 51, J Mubarak 44, PM Siddle 4 for 29, JL Pattison 2 for 14, AB McDonald 2 for 22} lost to Victoria 108 for 2 in 13.2 overs {AJ Finch 38 not out, DJ Hussey 47 not out}