Australia vs England – Second T20 at Melbourne on 14.01.11 : Australia won by four runs

CL White was dismissed without scoring in this game providing the 24th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20I. He became the second Australian captain to suffer the ignominy and his duck provide the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero in a T20I. RT Ponting was the other captain to collect two ducks – vs England at Southampton on 13.06.05 and vs West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09.

CL White became the second Australian captain to score duck against England, after RT Ponting who had collected a duck at Southampton on 13.06.05.

CL White became the fourth captain to collect a duck against England in T20I. Others are – RT Ponting of Australia at Southampton on 13.06.05: DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka at Southampton on 15.06.05 and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10

CL White’s duck provide the 311^th occasion of a batsman scoring duck in the history of T20I games. His duck provide the 25^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck in T20I games. CL White became the fifth batsman to score a duck against England in T20I games. The other four are – A Symonds at Southampton on 13.06.05 : MJ Clarke at Southampton on 13.06.05 : RT Ponting at Southampton on 13.06.05 and DJ Hussey at Manchester on 30.08.09.

AJ Finch scored 53 not out in this game providing the fifth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in T20I against England. The other four are – 67* by ML Hayden at Cape Town on 14.09.07 : 55 by CL White at Manchester on 30.08.09 : 59 by DJ Hussey at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 and 59 by SR Watson at Adelaide on 12.01.11.

AJ Finch’s 53 not out provide the 27^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against various oppositions. Australia went past Pakistan which 26 fifties scored by its batsmen.

His knock provides the 199^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20I games. Break up of 199 occasions team wise – Australia {27} : Pakistan {26} : South Africa {24} : India {22} : Sri Lanka {21} : England {20} : New Zealand {18} : West Indies {15} : Zimbabwe {07} : Bangladesh {05} : Kenya {05} : Canada {03} : Afghanistan {02} : Ireland {02} : Netherlands {01} and Scotland {01}

MJ Johnson with his two wickets in this game has an aggregate of 34 wickets in T20I and leads the table of most wickets by Australian bowlers. MJ Johnson is one of the nine bowlers who have captured 30 plus wickets in T20I games. The complete list is – Shahid Afridi {53} : Umar Gul {47} : Saeed Ajmal {41} : SCJ Broad {35} : SL Malinga {35} : DL Vettori {35} : MG Johnson {34} : BAW Mendis {33} and GP Swann {32}

GP Swann with his two wickets in this game took his aggregate of wickets to 32. He became the second England bowler to total 32 plus wickets in T20I games after SCJ Broad who has an aggregate of 35 wickets.

SR Watson with his two wickets in this game has an aggregate of 16 wickets in T20I. He became the eighth bowler to total 15 plus wickets. The complete list read thus – MG Johnson {34} : SW Tait {28} : DP Nannes {27} : NW Bracken {19} : B Lee {18} : DJ Hussey {16} : SPD Smith {16} and SR Watson {16}

DA Warner and CL White were playing his 25^th T20I game. They became the 35^th and 36^th cricketers to appear in 25 or more T20I games in the history of T20Is. They became the fifth and sixth Australian cricketers to appear in 25 plus T20I games. Others are – MJ Clarke {34} : DJ Hussey {28} : MEK Hussey {27} and MG Johnson {25}

Australia’s win by four wickets in this game provides its 22^nd victory in T20I games. This win represents the third Australia win by a single digit margin. The other two occasions are – by two runs vs Pakistan at Melbourne on 05.02.10 and by one run vs New Zealand at Sydney on 15.02.09

Australia’s win by four wickets in this game provides its third victory against England in T20I games. Other two wins are – by 77 runs at Sydney on 09.01.07 and by eight wickets at Cape Town on 14.09.07