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The Challenger Trophy 2009-10 will be played at Nagpur from 08.10.09. The fixtures of the tournament is furnished below

Challenger Trophy 2009-10 fixtures
All matches are played at Nagpur
League stage
Team	V	Team	Date	Time
Ind Blue	v	Ind Red	08.10.09	14:30 IST
Ind Green	v	Ind Red	09.10.09	14:30 IST
Ind Blue	v	Ind Green	10.10.09	14:30 IST
Final
TBA	v	TBA	11.10.09	14:30 IST

Abhinav Mukund’s 126 in the second innings of Irani Trophy game at Nagpur represents the 41st hundred by Rest of India bataman in the championship. The following table lists out all the 41 hundreds arranged in the descending order of runs scored. Abhinav Mukund’s hundred is highlighted in the list

Hundreds by Rest of India batsmen in Irani Trophy
No	Score	Batsmen	Vs	Opp	Venue	season
1	246	Amre	Vs	Ben	B’lore	1990	91
2	217	Shastri	Vs	Ben	B’lore	1990	91
3	200	Sharma	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
4	184	Raman	Vs	Del	Delhi	1992	93
5	179	Patel	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
6	177	VSundaram	Vs	Del	Mum-WS	1977	78
7	170	Gopal Bose	Vs	Mum	B’lore	1973	74
8	167	Laxman	Vs	Mum	Mum	2000	01
9	165	Kalyani	Vs	Del	Jodhpur	1986	87
10	161*	Viswanath	Vs	Mum	Pune	1972	73
11	156*	Gavaskar	Vs	Karn	Ahmedabad	1974	75
12	151	Vengsarkar	Vs	Karn	B’lore	1978	79
12	149	Raman	Vs	Hary	Faridabad	1991	92
14	148	Laxman	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
15	132	Pankaj Roy	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1962	63
16	132	Dravid	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
17	130	Tiwary	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
18	126	Mukund	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	2009	10
19	125	Mongia	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
20	121	Dravid	Vs	Mum	Chennai	2003	03
21	120	Amre	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
22	118	Kotak	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1999	00
23	116*	Malhotra	Vs	Del	Delhi	1982	83
24	116	Kambli	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
25	116	Jaffer	Vs	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
26	115	Rathour	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
27	113	Venugopala Rao	Vs	Mum	Mohali	2004	05
28	112	Vengsarkar	Vs	Del	Delhi	1980	81
29	112	Vengsarkar	Vs	Del	Jodhpur	1986	87
30	111	Yadav	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
31	110	Srikkanth	Vs	Del	Delhi	1982	83
32	109	Viswanath	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1971	72
33	105	Contractor	Vs	Mumi	Delhi	1961	62
34	105	Jaisimha	Vs	Mumi	Delhi	1961	62
35	105	Durrani	Vs	Mumi	Kolkata	1970	71
36	103*	Bhaskar	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
37	103	Tendulkar	Vs	Del	Mum-WS	1989	90
38	101	Srinivasan	Vs	Del	Delhi	1980	81
39	100	Gopal Bose	Vs	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
40	100*	Azharuddin	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
41	100*	Mongia	Vs	Punj	Ludhiana	1993	94

Abhinav Mukund’s 126 for Rest of India in the second innings of the ongoing Irani Trophy match repersents the 79th hundred in the history of the Irani Trophy. The following list tabulates all the 79 hundreds.

No	Score	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	season
1	102	Umrigar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1959	60
2	105	Contractor	ROI	Vs	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
3	105	Jaisimha	ROI	Vs	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
4	132	Pankaj Roy	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1962	63
5	124*	Umrigar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-BS	1962	63
6	173	Adhikari	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-BS	1962	63
7	113	Mankad	Mum	Vs	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
8	164	Wadekar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
9	105	Durrani	ROI	Vs	Mum	Kolkata	1970	71
10	109	Viswanath	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1971	72
11	195	Parkar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Pune	1972	73
12	121	Sardesai	Mum	Vs	ROI	Pune	1972	73
13	161*	Viswanath	ROI	Vs	Mum	Pune	1972	73
14	170	Gopal Bose	ROI	Vs	Mum	B’lore	1973	74
15	108	Gavaskar	Mum	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1973	74
16	115	Sudhakar Rao	Kar	Vs	ROI	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
17	156*	Gavaskar	ROI	Vs	Kar	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
18	200*	Viswanath	Kar	Vs	ROI	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
19	100	Gopal Bose	ROI	Vs	Kar	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
20	110	Vengsarkar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
21	177	VSundaram	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Mum-WS	1977	78
22	206	Sharma	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
23	151	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1978	79
24	110	Viswanath	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1978	79
25	100	Sudhakar Rao	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1978	79
26	112	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1980	81
27	235*	Amaranath	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1980	81
28	110	Madanlal	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1980	81
29	101	Srinivasan	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1980	81
30	125	Patil	Mum	Vs	ROI	Indore	1981	82
31	102*	Gavaskar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Indore	1981	82
32	127	Amaranath	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1982	83
33	110	Srikkanth	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1982	83
34	116*	Malhotra	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1982	83
35	117	MRS Prasad	Kar	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
36	158	Binny	Kar	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
37	112	Shastri	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1985	86
38	123	Pandit	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1985	86
39	100*	Azharuddin	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
40	103*	Bhaskar	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
41	112	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
42	165	Kalyani	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
43	106	Qayyum	Hyd	Vs	ROI	Hyd	1987	88
44	119	Chandrasekhar	Tam	Vs	ROI	Chennai	1988	89
45	113	Bantoo Singh	Delhi	Vs	Rest	Mum-WS	1989	90
46	111	Azad	Delhi	Vs	Rest	Mum-WS	1989	90
47	103	Tendulkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Mum-WS	1989	90
48	217	Shastri	ROI	Vs	Bengal	B’lore	1990	91
49	246	Amre	ROI	Vs	Bengal	B’lore	1990	91
50	164	Arun Lal	Benl	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1990	91
51	149	Raman	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
52	120	Amre	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
53	116	Kambli	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
54	131	Jadeja	Har	Vs	ROI	Faridabad	1991	92
55	135	Kapil Dev	Har	Vs	ROI	Faridabad	1991	92
56	184	Raman	ROI	Vs	Deli	Delhi	1992	93
57	100*	Mongia	ROI	Vs	Pun	Ludhiana	1993	94
58	164*	Bharucha	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
59	117	Manjrekar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
60	115	Rathour	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
61	132	Dravid	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
62	111	Yadav	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
63	112	Kambli	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1995	96
64	113	Paranjpe	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
65	143	Somasundar	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1998	99
66	118	Kotak	ROI	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1999	00
67	167	Laxman	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum	2000	01
68	143	Williams	Bar	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	2001	02
69	125	Mongia	ROI	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
70	148	Laxman	ROI	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
71	104	Yadav	Rail	Vs	Dei	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
72	116	Jaffer	ROI	Vs	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
73	121	Dravid	ROI	Vs	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
74	113	YVG Rao	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mohali	2004	05
75	110	Kukreja	Mum	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
76	118	Nayar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
77	179	Patel	ROI	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
78	130	Tiwary	ROI	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
79	126	Mukund	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

The following are the compositions of team members along with the support staff participating in Champions League T20 scheduled to start on 08.10.09 at Bangalore

Cape Cobras		Deccan Chargers
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	Derek Brand	1	Azhar Bilakhia
2	Monde Zondeki	2	Harmeet Singh
3	A Puttick (C)	3	Venugopal Rao
4	Vernon Philander	4	Chaminda Vaas
5	Francois Plaatjies	5	Andrew Symonds
6	Justin Ontong	6	T Suman
7	Richard Levi	7	Scott Styris
8	Charl Langeveldt	8	RP Singh
9	Rory Kleinveldt	9	Shoaib Ahmed
10	Ryan Canning	10	Fidel Edwards
11	Henry Davids	11	Adam Gilchrist (C)
12	Jean-Paul Duminy	12	Ryan Harris
13	S Engelbrecht	13	VVS Laxman
14	Herschelle Gibbs	14	Pragyan Ojha
15	Claude Henderson	15	Rohit Sharma
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	Si Conrad – Coach	1	D Lehmann – Coach
2	Dr P Sandell – Manager	2	M Young
3	J Pretorius – F and C Coach	3	S Smith
4	J Douglas – Comp Analyst	4	S Slattery
5	T-Jl Malherbe – Physio	5	A Joyce
Delhi Daredevils		Diamond Eagles
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	Rajat Bhatia	1	Ryan Bailey
2	Daniel Vettori	2	Morne van Wyk
3	Owais Shah	3	S van Schalkwyk
4	V Sehwag	4	Thandi Tshabalala
5	Pradeep Sangwan	5	Rilee Rossouw
6	Aavishkar Salvi	6	Victor Mpitsang
7	Ashish Nehra	7	Ryan McLaren
8	Dirk Nannes	8	Adrian McLaren
9	Amit Mishra	9	Alan Kruger
10	Manoj Tiwary	10	Jandre Coetzee
11	Paul Collingwood	11	C de Villiers
12	T Dilshan	12	B Dippenaar (C)
13	G Gambhir (C)	13	Dillon du Preez
14	Dinesh Karthik	14	Dean Elgar
15	Mithun Manhas	15	Reeza Hendricks
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	Justin Steer	1	S Cilliers – Coach
2	Rajeev Kumar	2	L Crawley – Tech Advisor
3	Trent Woodhill	3	M Ismail – Analyst
4	Rob Walters	4	A le Roux – Fitness Trainer
5	David Saker	5	A Swanepoel – Asst Coach
New South Wales Blues		Otago Volts
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	Aaron Bird	1	Nick Beard
2	David Warner	2	Neil Wagner
3	Dominic Thornely	3	Greg Todd
4	Steven Smith	4	HD Rutherford
5	Daniel Smith	5	Aaron Redmond
6	Ben Rohrer	6	AD Mascarenhas
7	Steve O’Keefe	7	W McSkimming
8	Brett Lee	8	James McMillan
9	Simon Katich (C)	9	Nathan McCullum
10	Doug Bollinger	10	Neil Broom
11	Simon Keen	11	Ian Butler
12	Stuart Clark	12	C Cumming (C)
13	Nathan Hauritz	13	Derek de Boorder
14	Moises Henriques	14	Mathew Harvie
15	Phillip Hughes	15	BB McCullum
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	M Mott – Coach	1	M Hesson – Coach
2	Ml Rosen – Manager	2	V Johnson – Asst Coach
3	D Freedman – Asst Coach	3	R Dykes – CEO
4	M Ryan – Physio	4	G Usherwood – Physio
5	A Ware – Video Analyst	5	Cs Donaldson – Trainer
6	T Reddin – Fitness Manager	6	G Morris – Manager
Royal Challengers Bangalore		Somerset County Cricket Club
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	Rajesh Bishnoi	1	Omari Banks
2	Vinay Kumar	2	Charl Willoughby
3	RE van der Merwe	3	Max Waller
4	Robin Uthappa	4	ME Trescothick
5	Ross Taylor	5	Peter Trego
6	Dale Steyn	6	Alfonso Thomas
7	Manish Pandey	7	Arul Suppiah
8	Anil Kumble (C)	8	Ben Phillips
9	Praveen Kumar	9	Justin Langer (C)
10	B Kumar	10	PS Jones
11	Balachandra Akhil	11	Zander de Bruyn
12	Mark Boucher	12	Jos Buttler
13	Rahul Dravid	13	Wes Durston
14	Jacques Kallis	14	James Hildreth
15	Virat Kohli	15	Craig Kieswetter
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	Sanath Kumar- Asst Coach	1	D Veness (S & C Coach)
2	E Speechley	2	I Brewer (Medical)
3	R Mane – Asst Coach	3	J Kerr (Coach)
4	B Patel – CEO	4	P Sanderson (Coach)
5	R Jennings – Coach	5	A Hurry (1st Team Coach)
Sussesx Sharks		Trinidad & Tobago
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	William Beer	1	Samuel Badree
2	Yasir Arafat	2	Navin Stewart
3	Michael Yardy (C)	3	Lendl Simmons
4	Luke Wright	4	Ravi Rampaul
5	Dwayne Smith	5	Denesh Ramdin
6	Christopher Nash	6	Kieron Pollard
7	R Martin-Jenkins	7	William Perkins
8	James Kirtley	8	Sunil Narine
9	Chad Keegan	9	Dave Mohammed
10	Ben Brown	10	Adrian Barath
11	Piyush Chawla	11	Dwayne Bravo
12	Joe Gatting	12	Darren Bravo
13	R Hamilton-Brown	13	Rayad Emrit
14	Andrew Hodd	14	Daren Ganga (C)
15	Ed Joyce	15	Sherwin Ganga
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	J West – S & C Coach	1	C Borde (Manager)
2	S Osborne – Physiot	2	K Williams (Coach)
3	P Khoury – Physio	3	R Rogers (Trainer)
4	K Greenfield – Assit Coach
5	M Davis – Asst 2nd Coach
6	M Robinson – Head Coach
7	C Picket – Team Analyst
Victoria Bushrangers		Wayamba Elevens
No	Team members	No	Team members
1	Aiden Blizzard	1	Sameera de Zoysa
2	Peter Siddle	2	I Amerasinghe
3	C White (C)	3	C Welegedara
4	Matthew Wade	4	Mahela Udawatte
5	Robert Quiney	5	Isuru Udana
6	Clinton McKay	6	Thissara Perera
7	Bryce McGain	7	J Mubarak (C)
8	Andrew McDonald	8	Ajantha Mendis
9	David Hussey	9	Farveez Maharoof
10	Aaron Finch	10	Michael Vandort
11	Shane Harwood	11	Rangana Herath
12	John Hastings	12	M Jayawardene
13	Brad Hodge	13	S Karunanayake
14	Jon Holland	14	J Kulatunga
15	James Pattinson	15	K Lokuarachchi
No	Support Staff	No	Support Staff
1	S Helmot- Asst Coach	1	U Bandara – Physio
2	T Chandramohan- Physio	2	DS NPremaratne – Masseur
3	G Shipperd- Coach	3	S Jayasundara – Com Analyst
4	D Bailey- Fit Coach	4	L De Silva – A-F Coach
5	S Graf- Manager	5	M Abeywickrama – Coach

The Champions League T20 would be starting on 08.10.09. After the inaguation ceremony, the first fixture of the League would be played between Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Cape Cobras at Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

The following tables show the fixtures of the tournament along with teams in each group

Fixtures of Champions League T20 – 2009
Thu Oct 8	Group C – RCB v Cape Cobras
20:00 IST	B’lore
Fri Oct 9	Group B – Eagles v NSW
16:00 IST	Delhi
Fri Oct 9	Group D – Delhi v Victoria
20:00 IST	Delhi
Sat Oct 10	Group C – Cobras v Otago
16:00 IST	Hyderabad
Sat Oct 10	Group A – Deccan v Somerset
20:00 IST	Hyderabad
Sun Oct 11	Group B – NSW v Sussex
16:00 IST	Delhi
Sun Oct 11	Group D – Delhi v Wayamba
20:00 IST	Delhi
Mon Oct 12	Group A – Somerset v Trinidad
16:00 IST	B’lore
Mon Oct 12	Group C – RCB v Otago
20:00 IST	B’lore
Tue Oct 13	Group D – Victoria v Wayamba
16:00 IST	Delhi
Tue Oct 13	Group B – Eagles v Sussex
20:00 IST	Delhi
Wed Oct 14	Group A – Deccan v Trinidad
20:00 IST	Hyderabad
Thu Oct 15	League B – (C1 v D2)
20:00 IST	B’lore
Fri Oct 16	League A – (A2 v B2)
16:00 IST	Hyderabad
Fri Oct 16	League A – (A1 v B1)
20:00 IST	Hyderabad
Sat Oct 17	League B – (C2 v D2)
16:00 IST	B’lore
Sat Oct 17	League B – (C1 v D1)
20:00 IST	B’lore
Sun Oct 18	League A -(A2 v B1)
16:00 IST	Hyderabad
Sun Oct 18	League A – (A1 v B2)
20:00 IST	Hyderabad
Mon Oct 19	League B – (C2 v D1)
20:00 IST	Delhi
Wed Oct 21	1st semi-final – (WB v RA)
20:00 IST	Delhi
Thu Oct 22	2nd semi-final – (WA v RB)
20:00 IST	Hyderabad
Fri Oct 23	Final – TBC v TBC
20:00 IST	Hyderabad

Participating teams in each groups
Group	Team	Names of the teams
Group A	Team-1	Deccan Chargers
Group A	Team-2	Somerset CCC
Group A	Team-3	Trinidad & Tobago
Group B	Team-1	Diamond Eagles
Group B	Team-2	NSW Blues
Group B	Team-3	Sussex Sharks
Group C	Team-1	Royal Challengers B’lore
Group C	Team-2	Cape Cobras
Group C	Team-3	Otago Volts
Group D	Team-1	Delhi Daredevils
Group D	Team-2	Victoria Bushrangers
Group D	Team-3	Wayamba Elevens

IG Butler of New Zealand returned with figures of 10.0-0-44-4 in the second semi finals of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy at Johannesburg on 03.10.09 to provide the 24th occasion of a bowler capturing 4 for 44 in the history of one day games. Butler became the fourth New Zealand bowler to capture 4 for 44 in a one day game, after GB Troup, AR Adams and KD Mills whose performances are highlighted in the following list

IG Butler’s feat of 4 for 44 is the first of its kind in ICC Championship Trophy games.

No	Bowlers	W-R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	S Nawaz	4-44	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11.06.75
2	Underwood	4-44	Eng	Win	Sydney	28.11.79
3	Troup	4-44	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13.02.82
4	Doshi	4-44	Ind	Srl	Amritsar	12.09.82
5	Hughes	4-44	Aus	Win	Sydney	16.01.89
6	Rackemann	4-44	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	11.02.90
7	Streak	4-44	Zim	Srl	Harare	05.11.94
8	Martin	4-44	Eng	Win	The Oval	26.05.95
9	Arthurton	4-44	Win	RSA	B’fontein	05.02.99
10	Chandana	4-44	Srl	RSA	Galle	06.07.00
11	G Flower	4-44	Zim	Inds	Bulawayo	27.06.01
12	Gough	4-44	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13.02.02
13	M Sami	4-44	Pak	Win	Sharjah	15.02.02
14	Gunaratne	4-44	Srl	Pak	Tangier	17.08.02
15	Adams	4-44	NZl	Win	PElizabeth	13.02.03
16	Mills	4-44	NZl	RSA	Cape Town	28.10.05
17	Malinga	4-44	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
18	Lokuarachchi	4-44	Srl	Net	Amstelveen	06.07.06
19	JA Morkel	4-44	RSA	Pak	Lahore	29.10.07
20	M Mortaza	4-44	Ban	NZl	DhakaSBNS	09.10.08
21	Steyn	4-44	RSA	Aus	PElizabeth	13.04.09
22	Schiferli	4-44	Net	Can	Amstelveen	11.07.09
23	NavedulHasan	4-44	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	09.08.09
24	Butler	4-44	Nzl	Pak	Jo’burg	03.10.09

Second Semi Finals : New Zealand vs Pakistan at Johannesburg on 03.10.09 : New Zealand won by five wickets and advances to the Finals

IG Butler of New Zealand returned with figures of 10.0-0-44-4 in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of a bowler capturing 4 for 44 in the history of one day games. Butler became the fourth New Zealand bowler to capture 4 for 44 in a one day game, after GB Troup, AR Adams and KD Mills whose performances are tabulated in the following list

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Troup	4	44	Aus	Auckland	13.02.82
2	Adams	4	44	Win	PElizabeth	13.02.03
3	Mills	4	44	RSA	Cape Town	28.10.05
4	Butler	4	44	Pak	Jo’burg	03.10.09

IG Butler became the first bowler in ICC Championship Trophy game to return with figures of 4 for 44 with his performance in this game.

IB Butler became the fourth bowler to capture four or more wickets in a semi final fixture of the ICC Champions Trophy. The others are SB O’Connor of New Zealand, Azhar Mahmood of Pakistan and KD Mills of New Zealand

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Vs	Pak	Nairobi `	11.10.00
2	AMahmood	4	65	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
3	Mills	4	38	NZl	Vs	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
4	Butler	4	44	NZl	Vs	Pak	Jo’bug	03.10.09

It is interesting to note that all these four instances involve New Zealand as one of the teams. SB O’Conner, KD Mills and IG Butler have captured four or more wickets representing New Zealand while Azhar Mahmood’s four wickets haul came against New Zealand.

IG Butler with his four for 44 became the second New Zealand bowler to capture four or more wickets against Pakistan in the semi final fixture of the tournament. SB O’Connor was the other bowler who had figures of 9.2-0-46-5 at Nairobi on 11.10.00.

GD Elliott and DL Vettori added 104 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 54^th occasion of a three figure partnership in the tournament. This stand also represents the fifth occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in the tournament. The five occasions are as under

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Fifth	118	Arnold	Jayawardene
	Srl	Vs	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	30.09.02
2	Fifth	136*	Astle	McMillan
	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
3	Fifth	137	Lara	Morton
	Win	Vs	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	18.10.06
4	Fifth	101	Clarke	Gilchrist
	Aus	Vs	Win	Mumbai (BS)	18.10.06
5	Fifth	104	Elliott	Vettori
	NZl	Vs	Pak	Johannesburg	03.10.09

GD Elliott and DL Vettori added 104 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a three figure partnership in the semi final fixture of the tournament. This stand is a record stand for the fifth wicket in the semi final fixure and also the first three figure stand for the fifth wicket in the semi final fixture. The previous best was 89 runs unfinished stand between BC Lara and KLT Arthurton in the game between West Indies and India at Dhaka on 31.10.98.

IG Butler’s 4 for 44 represent his maiden four wicket haul in one day games. His previous best one day haul was 3 for 41 against West Indies at Cardiff on 03.07.04.

DL Vettori captured his 250^th one day wicket when he had Umar Akmal leg before wicket for 55. With the figures of 3 for 43 in this game, he has an aggregate of 251 one day wickets at the end of this game.

DL Vettori with his 251 one day wickets became the 19^th bowler in the history of one day games to capture 250 plus wickets. He is the first New Zealand bowler to earn this distinction. His 251 wickets aggregate include eight wickets representing ICC Eleven.

IG Butler’s 4 for 44 represent the 34^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in the tournament. His haul also represents the seventh occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in the tournament.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Wiseman	4	45	Zim	Nairobi	09.10.00
2	O’Connor	5	46	Pak	Nairobi	11.10.00
3	Bond	4	21	Ban	ColSSC	23.09.02
4	Oram	5	36	USA	Oval	10.09.04
5	Mills	4	38	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
6	Elliott	4	31	Eng	Jo’burg	29.09.09
7	Butler	4	44	Pak	Jo’burg	03.10.09

IG Butler with his 4 for 44 in this game became the seventh bowler to capture four or more wickets against Pakistan in the tournament. He is also the second New Zealand bowler after SB O’Connor to capture four or more wickets against Pakistan in the tournament. The following list tabulates all the seven bowlers with their performances.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Arthurton	4	31	Win	Pak	Dhaka	29.10.98
2	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Pak	Nairobi	11.10.00
3	Ntini	5	21	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
4	Tonge	4	25	Win	Pak	Jo’burg	23.09.09
5	Nehra	4	55	Ind	Pak	Centurion	26.09.09
6	Butler	4	44	NZl	Pak	Jo’burg	03.10.09

New Zealand batmen hit five sixes in the game and took their aggregate of sixes in the tournament to 45. At the end of this game New Zealand stands third in the list of teams which have most aggregate of sixes to their credit. West Indies {54} and England {51} occupy the first two places in the list.

LRPL Taylor took three catches in this game. It is the second occasion in which he has taken three catches in an innings in the tournament. The first occasion was against England at Johannesburg on 29.09.09. LRPL Taylor emulated JP Duminy of South Africa who has also taken three catches in an innings on two occasions. The complete list of fieldsmen who have taken three catches in the tournament is furnished below

No	Fieldsmen	Ct	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Atapattu	3	Srl	RSA	Dhaka	30.10.98
2	Rhodes	3	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
3	Campbell	3	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
4	YuvrajSingh	3	Ind	RSA	Col-RPS	25.09.02
5	Sammy	3	Win	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
6	Trescothick	3	Eng	Aus	B’ham	21.09.04
7	Lara	3	Win	Eng	The Oval	25.09.04
8	Duminy	3	RSA	Srl	Centurion	22.09.09
9	Duminy	3	RSA	NZl	Centurion	24.09.09
10	Taylor	3	NZl	Eng	Jo’burg	29.09.09
11	Taylor	3	NZl	Pak	Jo’burg	03.10.09

The following table shows how New Zealand made it to the Finals of ICC Championship Trophy 2009 thus setting up an all Australasia Finals

How New Zealand made it to the Finals
Date	Team	Vs	Team	Result
League Stage
24.09.09	NZl	Vs	RSA	NZl lost by 05 wkts
27.09.09	NZl	Vs	Srl	NZl won by 38 runs
29.09.09	NZl	Vs	Eng	NZl won by 04 wkts
Semi Finals
03.10.09	Nzl	Vs	Pak	NZl won by 05 wkts

The following table shows how Australia made it the Finals of ICC Champions Trophy 2009. They are the defending Champions of the Trophy having won the Trophy beating West Indies in 2006 edition at Mumbai on 05.11.06 by eight wickets on Duckworth Lewis Method

This is how Australia made it to the Finals
Date	Team	Vs	Team	Result
League stage
26.09.09	Aus	Vs	Win	Aus won by 50 runs
28.09.09	Aus	Vs	Ind	Abandoned
30.09.09	Aus	Vs	Pak	Aus won by 2 wkts
Semi Finals
02.10.09	Aus	Vs	Eng	Aus won by 9 wkts

First Semi Finals : Australia vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09 : Australia won by nine wickets and advances to Finals

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the 79th occasion of two batsmen registering hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games. As far as Australia is concerned the feat by Watson and Ponting provides the tenth such instance.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 24th occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket in the history of one day games. This stand also represents the fourth occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket by England batsmen in one day games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 150^th occasion of a three figure stand by England batsmen in one day games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the second occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket in the ICC Trophy Championship Trophy games. The other occasion was 103 runs stand between JDP Oram and DL Vettori in the match between New Zealand and Australia at Mohali on 01.11.06. Thus the 107 runs stand between LJ Wright and TM Bresnan in this game represents the record seventh wicket partnership in the tournament.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 52nd occasion of a three figure stand for various wickets in the ICC Trophy Championship Trophy games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 35^th occasion of a three figure stand by England batsmen against Australia in one day games. This stand represent the first three figure stand for the seventh wicket by England batsmen against Australia in one day games. The previous best was 93 run stand between KP Pietersen and VS Solanki at The Oval on 12.07.05

TT Bresnan registered his maiden one day fifty when he made 80 in this game. His previous best was 31 not out against Australia at Southampton on 09.09.09 and 31 not out against Australia at Nottingham on 17.09.09

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the third occasion of two batsmen registering hundreds in an innings in the tournament. The other two occasions are witnessed in the game between India and England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 {Indian batsmen – V Sehwag – 126 and SC Ganguly – 117*} and England and West Indies at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06 {West Indian batsmen – CH Gayle – 101 and DJ Bravo – 112*}

There are two curious coincidences in these three occasions. The first was that the all the three occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds have come against England. The second is that in all the three occasions, at least an opening has scored a hundred. V Sehwag and SC Ganguly on the first occasion, CH Gayle on the second occasion and ST Watson on the third occasion

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the fourth occasion of two batsmen registering unbeaten hundreds in thee history of one day games. The other three occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	Sri Lanka	vs	Pakstan	Lahore	05.11.97
	ST Jayasuriya	102*	RS Mahanama	102*
2	India	Vs	Zimbabwe	Cuttack	09.04.98
	MA Azharddin	153*	AD Jadeja	116*
3	India	Vs	Kenya	Bristol	23.05.99
	R Dravid	104*	SR Tendulkar	140*

SR Watson’s 136 in this game represent his third one day hundred and also his highest one day score. The other two hundreds are – 126 vs West Indies at St George’s 29.06.08 and 116 not out against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 03.05.09

RT Ponting registered his 28^th one day hundred and 98th one day fifty when he made 111 not out in this game. His 98 one day fifties puts him second in the list of batsmen who have scored 90 plus one day fifties. The following is the list of batsmen who have scored 90 plus fifties in one day games – SR Tendulkar {135}, RT Ponting {98}, ST Jayasuriya {96}, R Dravid {94}, SC Ganguly {94} and Inzamam-ul-Huq {93}.

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 252 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game providing the tenth occasion of a 250 plus runs partnership in the history of one day games. The ten partnerships are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Second	331	Dravid	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	NZl	Hyd-Ind	08.11.99
2	Second	318	Dravid	Ganguly
	Ind	Vs	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
3	First	286	Jayasuriya	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
4	Fourth	275*	Azharuddin	A Jadeja
	Ind	Vs	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
5	First	274	McCullum	JMarshall
	NZl	Vs	Ire	Aberdeen	01.07.08
6	Second	263	A Sohail	Inzamam
	Pak	Vs	NZl	Sharjah	20.04.94
7	First	258	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
8	Second	257	A Razzaq	S Elahi
	Pak	Vs	RSA	PElizabeth	11.12.02
9	Second	252*	Watson	Ponting
	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
10	First	252	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game provides the second 250 plus runs stand against England in one day games. The two stands are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	First	286	Jayasuriya	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
2	Second	252*	Watson	Ponting
	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game provides the second 200 plus runs stand in the ICC Trophy Championship games. The other stand of 200 plus runs was 206 runs partnership between Shoaib Malik and Mohd Yousuf in the match between Pakistan and India at Centurion on 26.09.09. Thus the 252 runs unfinished stand between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game represents the highest three figure partnership in the tournament.

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