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Match Number 06 : Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals : at Ahmedabad on 15.03.10 : Delhi Daredevils won by six wickets

Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad became the newest ground to host an IPL game. It is the tenth ground to host IPL matches in India.

YK Pathan was playing his 50^th T20 match in which he failed to score. He became the 111^th cricketer to appear in 50 plus T20 games. YK Pathan’s zero in this game represents his sixth duck in T20 games. It also represents his first duck in IPL games.

GC Smith hit three boundary fours in his knock of 18 in this innings. He now has an aggregate of 236 boundary fours in T20 games. His aggregate of 236 boundary fours is next to BJ Hodge’s 281 boundary fours which is a record for most boundary fours in T20 games.

GC Smith is one of the four batsmen who have an aggregate of 200 plus boundary fours in T20 games. Others are BJ Hodge {281}, BB McCullum {216} and IJ Harvey {202}.

GC Smith scored 18 runs in this game and with it he has an aggregate of 1900 runs in T20 games. He now stands fourth in the list of most run getters in T20 games. BJ Hodge {2610}, DJ Hussey {2355} and BB McCullum {2268} are the other batsmen who occupy the first three places. GC Smith with his 1900 runs moved ahead of LRPL Taylor {1885} who was occupying the fourth place prior to this game.

DP Nannes claimed his 80^th T20 wicket when he had SA Asnodkar caught by TM Dilshan for 5 in this game. At the end of this game, Nannes’s aggregate of T20 wickets stood at 80 .

DP Nannes became the sixth bowler in T20 games to capture 80 plus wickets. Others are Yasir Arafat {90}, GR Napier {88}, Umar Gul {86}, T Hendersen {84} and JA Morkel {81}

AB de Villiers took a catch in this game to dismiss YK Pathan of the bowling of F Mahroof. This catch gave AB de Villiers a tally of 17 catches in IPL. He now shares the record for most catches in IPL with HH Gibbs and SK Raina who also have 17 catches to their credit.

With a catch in this game, AB de Villiers has an aggregate of 34 catches in T20 games as a fieldsman. M van Jaarsveld {48}, DJ Hussey {47}, AD Brown {36}, LRPL Taylor {36} and HH Gibbs {36} are the other fieldsmen who have pouched more catches in T20 games than AB de Villiers.

AA Jhunjhunwala registered his maiden fifty in T20 games when he scored 53 not out in this game.

G Gambhir became the second batsman to aggregate 900 runs in IPL after AC Gilchrist who has 1023 runs to his credit. G Gambhir reached the milestone when he was on 8 during his innings of 9 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 901 IPL runs.

V Sehwag’s 75 in this game represent his fifth half century in IPL games and ninth half century in T20 games.

V Sehwag hit five sixes in his knock of 75 in this game to take his aggregate of boundary sixes to 54 in T20 games. He became the 25^th batsman in the history of T20 game to score 50 plus boundary sixes.

No	Batsmen	Mat	6s	No	Batsmen	Mat	6s
1	LRPL Taylor	67	115	14	BJ Hodge	82	62
2	DJ Hussey	95	107	15	DA Warner	46	61
3	BB McCullum	79	105	16	T Henderson	75	57
4	ST Jayasuriya	72	84	17	JM Kemp	60	56
5	CL White	62	82	18	AD Brown	61	54
6	Yuvraj Singh	60	78	19	HH Gibbs	74	54
7	OA Shah	70	77	20	V Sewag	54	54
8	SB Styris	82	74	21	MR Ramprakash	52	53
9	JA Morkel	94	71	22	GA Hick	37	52
10	AC Gilchrist	47	70	23	Imran Nazir	39	52
11	LL Bosman	38	66	24	NM Carter	62	51
12	YK Pathan	49	66	25	A Symonds	49	50
13	RG Sharma	59	64

TM Dilshan collected his second duck in consecutive games when he failed to open his account in this game. His zero in this game represent the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring zero in the third edition of IPL.

AA Jhunjunwala’s 53 not out and V Sehwag’s 75 in this game represent the 13^th and 14^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the third edition of IPL.

V Sehwag’s 75 in this game represent the second highest score in the third edition of IPL, the highest being YK Pathan’s 100 against Mumbai at Mub-BS on 13.03.10

GC Smith was playing his 25^th IPL match while SW Tait was playing his 25^th T20 game when they played this game.

Match Number 05 : Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore on 14.03.10. Deccan Chargers won by 31 runs

AC Gilchrist and RP Singh’s appearance in this game gave them the record for most capped cricketers in IPL. Both were playing their 32^nd game.

AC Gilchrist became the first batsman in IPL to aggregate 1000 runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 15 during the course of his knock of 38 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1023.

A Symonds scored 50 runs in this game, which was his second IPL half century and third fifty. It was his seventh T20 half century and also his ninth T20 fifty.

AC Gilchrist hit three sixes in this game and his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games stood at 70 at the end of this game. He became the ninth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 70 plus sixes

JA Morkel hit three sixes in this game to take his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games to 71 at the end of this game. He became the tenth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 70 plus sixes

The following is the list of batsmen who have hit 70 plus sixes in T20 games. LRPL Taylor {115}, DJ Hussey {107}, BB McCullum {105}, ST Jayasuriya {84}, CL White 82}, Yuvraj Singh {78}, OA Shah {77}, SB Styris {74}, JA Morkel {71} and AC Gilchrist {70}

This game was JA Morkel’s 94th T20 game. He became the second most capped T20 cricketer in the history of T20 games. The record for most appearances in T20 games is held by DJ Hussey who has played 95 T20 games. DJ Hussey and JA Morkel are the only two cricketers to play 90 plus T20 games.

With three sixes in this game, A Symonds took his aggregate of boundary sixes to 50 in T20 games. He became the 24^th batsman to aggregate 50 plus sixes in T20 games. The complete list read thus

No	Batsmen	Mat	6s	No	Batsmen	Mat	6s
1	LRPL Taylor	67	115	13	RG Sharma	59	64
2	DJ Hussey	95	107	14	BJ Hodge	82	62
3	BB McCullum	79	105	15	DA Warner	46	61
4	ST Jayasuriya	72	84	16	T Henderson	75	57
5	CL White	62	82	17	JM Kemp	60	56
6	Yuvraj Singh	60	78	18	AD Brown	61	54
7	OA Shah	70	77	19	HH Gibbs	74	54
8	SB Styris	82	74	20	MR Ramprakash	52	53
9	JA Morkel	94	71	21	GA Hick	37	52
10	AC Gilchrist	47	70	22	Imran Nazir	39	52
11	LL Bosman	38	66	23	NM Carter	62	51
12	YK Pathan	49	66	24	A Symonds	49	50

RJ Sharma {54}, HH Gibbs {54} and JM Kemp {56} are the other three batsmen who played this game and increased their tally of 50 plus sixes to the number mentioned in the parenthesis against their name. RG Sharma, HH Gibbs and JM Kemp hit a six each in this game.

AC Gilchrist with two dismissals in this game has effected 27 dismissals in IPL, one shy of the record of 28 dismissals effected by KRD Karthik

AC Gilchrist stumping dismissal {JM Kemp of PP Ojha for 22} in this game gave him his 10^th stumping dismissal in IPL. He now holds the record for most stumping dismissal in IPL games. He wrested the record from KRD Karthik who has nine stumping dismissals to his credit.

This game was the 50^th T20 game for RP Singh and he became the 110^th cricketer to appear in fifty plus T20 games.

SK Raina’s lone six in this game gave him 40 boundary sixes in IPL. He is the third batsman in IPL to hit 40 plus boundary sixes. The other two batsmen are – AC Gilchrist {54} and YK Pathan {45}

AC Gilchrist hit four boundary fours in this game which gave him 112 boundary fours in IPL. He now holds the record for most boundary fours by a batsman in IPL. He wrested the record from G Gambhir who has 109 boundary fours to his credit.

At the end of this game Gilchrist owns four IPL records – Most runs {1023}, Most fifties {08}, Most boundary fours {112} and most boundary sixes {54}. He shares the IPL record for most appearances – 32 with his team mate RP Singh

RP Singh took three catches in this game to become the sixth fieldsman to pouch three or more catches in an IPL game. The other five are – SR Tendulkar {04} – Mumbai vs Kokata at Mumbai on 16.05.08, AM Nayar {03} – Mumbai vs Bangalore at Bangalore on 20.04.08, RV Uthappa {03} – Bangalore vs Delhi at Mumbai on 04.05.08, PP Chawla {03} – Mohali vs Bangalore at Durban on 01.05.09 and AB de Villers {03} – Delhi vs Chennai at Jo’burg on 02.05.09

West Indies vs Zimbabwe one day series : Fifth one day at Kingstown on 14.03.10 : West Indies win by five wickets and the series by 4-1 margin

Zimbabwe lost five wickets for 25 runs in this game providing the fifth occasion of Zimbabwe losing five wickets for a total of 25 or less than 25 in one day games against various oppositions. The other four occasions are – 5 for 17 vs Australia at Sydney on 11.11.04, 5 for 19 vs Sri Lanka at Harare on 25.04.04, 5 for 22 vs Sri Lanka at Harare on 06.11.04 and 5 for 22 against West Indies at Harare on 29.11.03

Zimbabwe lost five wickets for 25 runs in this game providing the second occasion of Zimbabwe losing five wickets for a total of 25 or less than 25 in one day games against West Indies. The other occasion was – 5 for 22 against West Indies at Harare on 29.11.03

T Taibu was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 15th occasion of his being dismissed for a duck in one day games. GW Flower holds the Zimbabwean record for most zeroes with 18 ducks to his credit.

T Taibu’s zero in this game represents his 12^th duck as a wicket keeper batsman. R Kaluwitharna of Sri Lanka {24}, AC Gilchrist of Australia {19}, Moin Khan of Pakistan {17}, MV Boucher of South Africa {16} and AC Parore of New Zealand {16} are the other wicket keeper batsmen who have scored more zeroes than T Taibu.

CK Coventry was dismissed run out for 56 in this game providing the 36^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against various oppositions

CK Coventry was dismissed run out for 56 in this game providing the fourth occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against West Indies. The other three batmen are – NC Johnson for 51 at Canterbury in 11.07.00, BRM Taylor for 50 at Kingston on 19.03.07 and V Sibanda for 96 at Bulawayo on 07.12.07.

CK Coventry’s 56 in this game represent the 42^nd occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games.

CK Coventry’s 56 in this game represent his third one day half century and fourth fifty. His other scores of fifty are – 194* vs Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09, 74 vs India at Harare on 04.09.05 and 61 vs Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 11.08.09

CH Gayle scored 63 in this game which was his 42^nd one day fifty and 61^st fifty. BC Lara {82}, DL Haynes {74} and SC Chanderpaul {67} are the other three West Indian batsmen who have scored more one day fifties than CH Gayle.

CH Gayle scored 63 in this game which was his 41^st one day fifty and 60^th fifty as an opening batsman. He is the second West Indian opening batsman to score 60 or more fifties after DL Haynes who has 74 fifties to his credit {17 C plus 57 HC}

Match Number 04 : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata on 14.03.10 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by seven wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the third occasion of a team inserting the opposition in the third edition of IPL

JH Kallis scored 65 not out in this game which was his 10^th T20 half century. It was also his fifth IPL half century. Others to score five or half centuries in IPL are – AC Gilchrist {07}, ML Hayden {07}, G Gambhir {07}, KC Sangakkara {06}, SE Marsh {05}, YK Pathan {05}, JP Duminy {05}, RG Sharma {05} and SK Raina {05}.

RV Uthappa completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was on 11 during the course of his knock of 20 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 1009. He became the 76^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs

RV Uthappa became the eighth Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in T20 games at the end of this game. Others are – G Gambhir {1570}, RG Sharma {1457}, Yuvaraj Singh {1450}, V Sehwag {1261}, MS Dhoni {1225}, YK Pathan {1094} and SK Raina {1004}

AD Mathews became the third Kolkata bowler to capture four wickets in IPL after Shoiab Akhtar and Umar Gul. The following table furnishes the performance of these three bowlers

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Shoaib Akhtar	4	11	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	13.05.08
2	Umar Gul	4	23	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
3	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Mathews became the seventh bowler to capture four wickets against Bangalore in IPL. The following list shows the performance of these seven bowlers

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GD McGrath	4	29	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
2	JA Morkel	4	32	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21.05.08
3	CRD Fernando	4	18	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.05.08
4	YA Abdulla	4	31	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	24.04.09
5	YA Abdulla	4	36	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
6	A Singh	4	19	Jaipur	Bangalore	Centurion	07.05.09
7	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Matthews returned with figures of 4 for 19 in this game providing the 24th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. The following list furnishes all the 24 occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GD McGrath	4	29	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
2	Sohail Tanvir	6	14	Jaipur	Chennai	Jaipur	04.05.08
3	L Balaji	5	24	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
4	Shoaib Akhtar	4	11	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	13.05.08
5	A Mishra	5	17	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Delhi	15.05.08
6	M Ntini	4	21	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	18.05.08
7	JA Morkel	4	32	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21.05.08
8	VY Mahesh	4	36	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	24.05.08
9	Umar Gul	4	23	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
10	Sohail Tanvir	4	14	Jaipur	Mumbai	Jaipur	26.05.08
11	CRD Fernando	4	18	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.05.08
12	A Kumble	5	05	Bangalore	Jaipur	Cape Town	18.04.09
13	RP Singh	4	22	Hyd’bad	Kolkata	Cape Town	19.04.09
14	YA Abdulla	4	31	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	24.04.09
15	L Balaji	4	21	Chennai	Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
16	YA Abdulla	4	36	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
17	SB Jakati	4	24	Chennai	Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
18	SB Jakati	4	22	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
19	RG Sharma	4	06	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09
20	A Singh	4	19	Jaipur	Bangalore	Centurion	07.05.09
21	R Bhatia	4	15	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Durban	13.05.09
22	Harbhajan Singh	4	17	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
23	A Kumble	4	16	Bangalore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
24	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Mathews’s 4 for 19 in this game represent his first four wicket haul in T20 games. His previous best bowling figures were 3 for 16 representing Sri Lanka against West Indies at The Brit Oval on 19.06.09

BJ Hodge scored 50 in this game which represents his 20^th one day fifty. He became the first batsman in the history of T20 games to register 20 fifties. He has scored one century and 19 half centuries in T20 games. MK Tiwary scored 50 in this game which was his fourth T20 half century.

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the 30^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the 11^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. The other three occasions are – 102 for the third wicket between SC Ganguly and DJ Hussey against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 11.05.08, 130* for the fifth wicket between OA Shah and AD Mathews against Hyderabad at Mum-DYP on 12.03.10 and 104 for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Mohali at Mohali on 03.05.08

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Bangalore in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of batsmen posting a first wicket three figure partnership against Bangalore in IPL.

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary scored 50 runs each in this game providing the first occasion of both the openers scoring exact 50 runs in IPL

YA Abdulla captured his 50^th wicket in T20 games when he had KRD Karthik caught by IK Pathan for 20 in this game. He became the 40^th bowler in T20 games to capture 50 plus wickets. The complete list is furnished below

No	Bowlers	Mat	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	Yasir Arafat	69	234.1	4	1777	90	4/17	19.74	4	0
2	GR Napier	66	232.5	5	1680	88	4/10	19.09	1	0
3	Umar Gul	52	189.3	4	1250	86	5/06	14.53	6	1
4	T Henderson	75	269.0	6	1937	84	4/29	23.05	1	0
5	JA Morkel	93	265.1	3	2086	81	4/30	25.75	2	0
6	DP Nannes	54	201.3	3	1375	79	4/11	17.40	4	0
7	Shahid Afridi	61	219.3	4	1338	78	4/11	17.15	3	0
8	AD Mascarenhas	64	214.1	6	1535	78	5/14	19.67	1	1
9	AJ Hall	56	190.2	4	1446	75	6/21	19.28	1	2
10	Azhar Mahmood	62	207.2	1	1534	71	4/20	21.60	1	0
11	CM Willoughby	65	239.5	5	1691	70	4/09	24.15	3	0
12	J Louw	53	183.4	1	1354	68	4/18	19.91	2	0
13	M Muralitharan	52	197.5	3	1189	66	4/16	18.01	3	0
14	AC Thomas	63	190.1	3	1432	66	4/27	21.69	1	0
15	IK Pathan	56	194.1	5	1419	64	4/27	22.17	1	0
16	Saeed Ajmal	43	154.1	2	1015	62	4/19	16.37	2	0
17	RP Singh	49	180.0	3	1350	62	4/13	21.77	2	0
18	TJ Murtagh	51	173.1	0	1464	62	6/24	23.61	0	1
19	ND Doshi	44	144.4	0	0975	61	4/22	15.98	4	0
20	DL Vettori	47	176.5	2	1094	61	4/20	17.93	1	0
21	GP Swann	51	180.0	2	1218	61	3/14	19.96	0	0
22	NM Carter	62	207.4	0	1486	61	5/19	24.36	0	1
23	JJ van der Wath	63	212.4	3	1582	61	3/23	25.93	0	0
24	SJ Cook	51	181.1	2	1348	60	3/14	22.46	0	0
25	R McLaren	70	221.1	3	1669	59	4/37	28.28	1	0
26	CK Langeveldt	39	139.0	1	0902	58	5/16	15.55	3	1
27	JC Tredwell	66	199.0	1	1392	58	4/21	24.00	1	0
28	Danish Kaneria	45	151.4	0	1094	57	4/22	19.19	2	0
29	SB Styris	82	212.2	1	1627	57	3/15	28.54	0	0
30	BAW Mendis	37	136.0	2	0812	54	4/09	15.03	3	0
31	SL Malinga	46	154.5	3	1053	54	3/11	19.50	0	0
32	ST Jayasuriya	72	155.3	1	1243	54	4/24	23.01	1	0
33	DJ Bravo	51	151.5	1	1279	54	4/23	23.68	2	0
34	Abdul Razzaq	39	132.3	1	0935	53	4/13	17.64	2	0
35	Naved-ul-Hasan	47	163.0	1	1122	52	4/23	21.57	1	0
36	IJ Harvey	54	160.5	0	1234	52	4/18	23.73	1	0
37	RJ Kirtley	54	156.3	3	1251	51	4/22	24.52	1	0
38	YA Abdulla	37	132.0	2	0859	50	4/31	17.18	2	0
39	Mohammad Asif	35	134.4	1	1015	50	5/11	20.30	3	1
40	CW Henderson	55	168.4	1	1144	50	3/23	22.88	0	0

Match Number 3 : Delhi Daredevils vs Kings Eleven Punjab at Mohali on 13.03.10 : Delhi Daredevils won by five wickets

RS Bopara who opened the innings for Kings Eleven Punjab scored 56 in this game which was his seventh T20 half century.

KRD Karthik was playing his 50^th T20 game and has an aggregate of 46 dismissals behind the stumps in this game. He held a catch and effected two stumpings in this game. At the end of this game, he had held 30 catches and effected 16 stumpings. Coupled with four catches held by him when not keeping the wickets, he has an aggregate of 50 dismissals {34 ct plus 16 st}

DPMD Jayawardene was dismissed for zero in this game which was his third zero in T20 games. The other two occasions are – against England at Southampton on 15.06.06 and against Zimbabwe at King City on 10.10.08. His zero in this game was his first zero in IPL games. DPMD Jayawardence collected his first ball duck in this game.

KC Sangakkara led Kings Eleven Punjab in this game to become the second wicket keeper captain to lead an IPL team. AC Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers was the other wicket keeper captain to lead an IPL team

DPMD Jayawardene with two catches in this game took his aggregate of catches to 31. He became the eleventh fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches in T20 games. Others are – M van Jaarsveld {48}, DJ Hussey {47}, AD Brown {36}, LRPL Taylor {36}, HH Gibbs {36}, AB de Villers {34}, Shoaib Malik {31}, BJ Hodge {31}, WR Smith {30} and R McLaren {30}

G Gambhir scored 72 in this game which is his 14^th T20 fifty. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 14 or more fifties. Others are – BJ Hodge {19}, HD Ackerman {17}, BB McCullum {15} and JP Duminy {14}

G Gambhir scored 72 in this game which is his 14^th T20 half century. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 14 or more half centuries. Others are – BJ Hodge {18}, HD Ackerman {17} and JP Duminy {14}

G Gambhir completed 1500 runs when he was on 2 during his knock of 72 in this game. At the end of this game, his runs aggregate stood at 1570. He is the first Indian batsman to aggregate 1500 runs in T20 games.

G Gambhir became the 17^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1500 plus runs. The complete list is furnished below

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	BJ Hodge	81	78	11	2560	106	38.20	1	18	5
2	DJ Hussey	95	90	15	2355	100*	31.40	1	12	9
3	BB McCullum	79	78	10	2268	158*	33.35	3	12	1
4	LRPL Taylor	67	65	10	1885	111*	34.27	1	12	3
5	GC Smith	63	63	6	1882	105	33.01	1	10	4
6	HD Ackerman	55	55	7	1811	87	37.72	0	17	2
7	IJL Trott	64	59	14	1775	86*	39.44	0	11	1
8	ST Jayasuriya	72	72	4	1760	114*	25.88	1	9	7
9	JP Duminy	67	64	15	1720	99*	35.10	0	14	6
10	OA Shah	69	66	12	1682	79	31.14	0	10	3
11	SB Styris	82	79	7	1651	73*	22.93	0	8	2
12	HH Gibbs	73	71	6	1648	98	25.35	0	13	14
13	KC Sangakkara	59	56	5	1637	94	32.09	0	13	4
14	Shoaib Malik	63	59	18	1605	88*	39.14	0	10	0
15	M van Jaarsveld	80	71	10	1573	76*	25.78	0	11	3
16	G Gambhir	58	57	4	1570	86	29.62	0	14	4
17	CL White	62	60	14	1564	141*	34.00	2	9	4

G Gambhir’s 72 in this game represent his seventh IPL fifty. He is now on par with ML Hayden who has seven IPL fifties. Only AC Gilchrist has scored more IPL fifties than G Gambhir and ML Hayden. AC Gilchrist has eight IPL fifties to his credit.

G Gambhir’s 72 in this game represent his seventh IPL half century. He is now on par with AC Gilchirst and ML Hayden who have scored seven IPL half centuries.

YA Abdulla captured his 50^th wicket in T20 games when he had KRD Karthik caught by IK Pathan for 20 in this game. He became the 40^th bowler in T20 games to capture 50 plus wickets

Delhi won this game by five wickets with a ball to spare providing the fifth occasion of a team winning a game with a ball to spare in IPL. The other four occasions are – Jaipur winning the game by three wickets against Hydeabad at Hyderabad on 24.04.08, Delhi winning the game by five wickets against Mumbai at Delhi on 24.05.08, Bangalore winning the game by five wickets at Durban on 29.04.09 and Mohali winning the game by three wickets against Hyderabad at Kimberly on 09.05.09

Delhi won this game by five wickets with a ball to spare providing the second occasion of Delhi winning a game an IPL game with a ball to spare. The other occasion was its win by five wickets against Mumbai at Delhi on 24.05.08

YK Pathan completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was 6 during the course of his knock of 100 in this game. At the end of the game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on 13.03.10, his run aggregate stood at 1094.

YK Pathan became the 75^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs. The following is the complete list of 75 batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20 games as at the end of the game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on 13.03.10

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	BJ Hodge	81	78	11	2560	106	38.20	1	18	5
2	DJ Hussey	95	90	15	2355	100*	31.40	1	12	9
3	BB McCullum	79	78	10	2268	158*	33.35	3	12	1
4	LRPL Taylor	67	65	10	1885	111*	34.27	1	12	3
5	GC Smith	63	63	6	1882	105	33.01	1	10	4
6	HD Ackerman	55	55	7	1811	87	37.72	0	17	2
7	IJL Trott	64	59	14	1775	86*	39.44	0	11	1
8	ST Jayasuriya	72	72	4	1760	114*	25.88	1	9	7
9	JP Duminy	67	64	15	1720	99*	35.10	0	14	6
10	OA Shah	69	66	12	1682	79	31.14	0	10	3
11	SB Styris	82	79	7	1651	73*	22.93	0	8	2
12	HH Gibbs	73	71	6	1648	98	25.35	0	13	14
13	KC Sangakkara	58	55	5	1620	94	32.40	0	13	4
14	Shoaib Malik	63	59	18	1605	88*	39.14	0	10	0
15	M van Jaarsveld	80	71	10	1573	76*	25.78	0	11	3
16	CL White	62	60	14	1564	141*	34.00	2	9	4
17	G Gambhir	57	56	4	1498	86	28.80	0	13	4
18	IJ Harvey	54	52	5	1470	109	31.27	3	5	5
19	MN van Wyk	58	54	8	1462	89*	31.78	0	11	3
20	RG Sharma	58	55	11	1457	101*	33.11	1	7	2
21	TM Dilshan	63	60	7	1452	96*	27.39	0	11	5
22	Yuvraj Singh	59	57	6	1446	71	28.35	0	10	1
23	AD Brown	61	61	1	1421	83	23.68	0	10	2
24	DL Maddy	48	48	5	1418	111	32.97	1	11	3
25	MR Ramprakash	52	52	8	1388	85*	31.54	0	10	2
26	DI Stevens	70	65	15	1377	77	27.54	0	6	5
27	DA Warner	46	46	1	1354	89	30.08	0	9	4
28	Mohammad Hafeez	53	53	5	1351	100	28.14	1	8	2
29	MJ Lumb	58	58	5	1347	124*	25.41	1	10	10
30	AC Gilchrist	46	46	2	1326	109*	30.13	1	8	2
31	JA Morkel	93	77	24	1315	71	24.81	0	3	3
32	A Symonds	48	44	11	1293	117*	39.18	2	6	5
33	AC Voges	49	47	8	1293	82*	33.15	0	7	2
34	DPMD Jayawardene	63	60	12	1291	91	26.89	0	8	2
35	SE Marsh	34	34	4	1282	115	42.73	2	8	0
36	AB de Villiers	55	51	11	1280	105*	32.00	1	8	5
37	MW Goodwin	56	51	7	1266	102*	28.77	1	7	3
38	V Sehwag	52	51	4	1253	94*	26.65	0	8	5
39	T Henderson	75	68	10	1245	85	21.46	0	7	4
40	Z de Bruyn	60	54	13	1241	83*	30.26	0	5	1
41	MA Carberry	54	50	8	1236	90	29.42	0	10	3
42	MS Dhoni	54	50	15	1225	73*	35.00	0	5	1
43	GA Hick	37	36	3	1201	116*	36.39	2	10	3
44	SG Law	51	49	4	1197	101	26.60	1	7	2
45	LL Bosman	38	37	3	1187	104	34.91	1	7	1
46	DM Benkenstein	59	57	11	1179	56*	25.63	0	3	3
47	JA Rudolph	52	46	9	1157	71	31.27	0	8	3
48	SP Fleming	53	53	3	1157	64*	23.14	0	6	7
49	L Vincent	46	46	3	1154	105*	26.83	2	6	3
50	P Mustard	52	52	2	1147	67*	22.94	0	6	6
51	Misbah-ul-Haq	51	43	14	1142	107*	39.37	1	5	5
52	KP Pietersen	43	43	2	1137	79	27.73	0	5	5
53	MB Loye	39	38	4	1131	100	33.26	1	7	1
54	JH Kallis	43	43	5	1124	73*	29.57	0	9	3
55	RWT Key	46	46	8	1113	68*	29.28	0	7	3
56	ML Pettini	49	46	4	1111	87	26.45	0	6	2
57	VS Solanki	41	40	0	1110	100	27.75	1	7	1
58	PA Nixon	60	56	11	1095	65	24.33	0	4	4
59	YK Pathan	49	46	5	1094	100	26.68	1	7	5
60	H Masakadza	31	30	6	1082	102	45.08	2	8	1
61	DJG Sales	43	41	10	1074	78*	34.64	0	10	4
62	ML Hayden	25	25	5	1069	89	53.45	0	11	0
63	Kamran Akmal	58	49	9	1063	68*	26.57	0	6	4
64	A McGrath	45	44	8	1060	72*	29.44	0	7	4
65	SM Katich	43	40	8	1054	75	32.93	0	5	1
66	RS Bopara	62	53	6	1054	84	22.42	0	6	2
67	JM Kemp	59	51	13	1053	89*	27.71	0	3	2
68	ME Trescothick	32	31	1	1041	107	34.70	1	8	1
69	JGE Benning	50	49	3	1032	88	22.43	0	7	4
70	Salman Butt	43	42	4	1029	99*	27.07	0	5	4
71	Azhar Mahmood	62	53	17	1025	65*	28.47	0	3	1
72	JL Langer	41	38	2	1015	97	28.19	0	5	4
73	MJ Wood	34	34	1	1006	94	30.48	0	5	1
74	SK Raina	41	38	5	1004	98	30.42	0	6	1
75	SR Patel	54	49	9	1003	84*	25.07	0	6	3

Yousuf Pathan became the seventh Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in T20 games. Others are – G Gambhir, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, V Sehwag, MS Dhoni and SK Raina. The following table lists out the performance of these seven Indian batsmen

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	G Gambhir	57	56	4	1498	86	28.80	0	13	4
2	RG Sharma	58	55	11	1457	101*	33.11	1	7	2
3	Yuvraj Singh	59	57	6	1446	71	28.35	0	10	1
4	V Sehwag	52	51	4	1253	94*	26.65	0	8	5
5	MS Dhoni	54	50	15	1225	73*	35.00	0	5	1
6	YK Pathan	49	46	5	1094	100	26.68	1	7	5
7	SK Raina	41	38	5	1004	98	30.42	0	6	1

Match Number 2 : Mumbai Indian vs Rajasthan Royals : At Brabourne Stadium Mumbai on 13.03.10 : Mumbai Indians won by 04 runs

This game witnessed both the teams scoring 200 plus runs – Mumbai scored 212 for 6 and Jaipur came up with 208 for 7.

Mumbai {212 for 6} and Jaipur’s {208 for 7} scored 200 plus runs in this game providing the 13^th and 14^th occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in an innings in IPL. All such instances are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Ins	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Kolkata	222/3	20.0	1	B’lore	B’lore	18.04.08
2	Chennai	240/5	20.0	1	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
3	Mohali	207/4	20.0	2	Chennai	Mohali	19.04.08
4	Chennai	208/5	20.0	1	Mumbai	Chennai	23.04.08
5	Mumbai	202/7	20.0	2	Chennai	Chennai	23.04.08
6	Jaipur	217/7	19.5	2	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	24.04.08
7	Hyd’bad	214/5	20.0	1	Jaipur	Hyd’bad	24.04.08
8	Kolkata	204/4	20.0	1	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	11.05.08
9	Jaipur	211/5	20.0	1	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
10	Chennai	201/7	20.0	2	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
11	Mohali	221/3	20.0	1	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
12	Jaipur	211/4	20.0	1	Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
13	Mumbai	212/6	20.0	1	Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
14	Jaipur	208/7	20.0	2	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10

Mumbai {212 for 6} and Jaipur’s {208 for 7} scored 200 plus runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of both teams posting 200 plus runs in an innings in IPL. All such instances are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Ins	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Chennai	208/5	20.0	1	Mumbai	Chennai	23.04.08
1	Mumbai	202/7	20.0	2	Chennai	Chennai	23.04.08
2	Hyd’bad	214/5	20.0	1	Jaipur	Hyd’bad	24.04.08
2	Jaipur	217/7	19.5	2	Hyd’bad	Hyd’bad	24.04.08
3	Jaipur	211/5	20.0	1	Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
3	Chennai	201/7	20.0	2	Jaipur	Chennai	24.05.08
4	Mumbai	212/6	20.0	1	Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
4	Jaipur	208/7	20.0	2	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10

This match produced an aggregate of 420 runs providing the sixth occasion of a match producing an aggregate of 400 plus runs in IPL. The other five occasions are – 447 runs {Jaipur vs Chennai at Mohali on 19.04.08}, 431 runs {Hyderabad vs Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08}, 412 runs {Chennai vs Jaipur on 24.05.08}, 410 runs {Chennai vs Mumbai at Chennai on 23.04.08} and 401 runs {Mohali vs Jaipur at Mohali on 11.05.08}

It is interesting to note that in the second edition of IPL held in South Africa there were no mach aggregate of 400 plus runs.

ST Jayasuriya completed 750 runs in IPL when he was on 15 during the course of his knock of 23 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 758.

ST Jayasuriya became the sixth batsman in IPL to aggregate 750 plus runs. Others are – AC Gilchrist of Hyderabad {985}, G Gambhir of Delhi {820}, SK Raina of Chennai {855}, RG Sharma of Hyderabad {779} and ML Hayden of Chennai {761}

Later on during Jaipur’s innings, YK Pathan joined this select band to become the seventh batsman to have an aggregate of 778 runs in IPL. He completed 750 runs when he was on 72 during his knock of 100 in this game.

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represent the ninth hundred in IPL. All the nine hundreds are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	BB McCullum	158*	Kolkata	B’lore	B’lore	18.04.08
2	MEK Hussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
3	A Symonds	117*	Hyd’bad	Jaipur	Hyd’bad	24.04.08
4	AC Gilchrist	109*	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
5	ST Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
6	SE Marsh	115	Mohali	Jaipur	Mohali	28.05.08
7	AB de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
8	MK Pandey	114*	B’lore	Hyd’bad	Centurion	21.05.09
9	YK Pathan	100	Jaipur	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represent the second hundred by an Indian batsman in IPL. MK Pandey’s 114 not out in the game between Bangalore and Hyderabad at Centurion on 21.05.09 was the first hundred by an Indian batsman in IPL

YK Pathan’s 100 came of 37 deliveries representing the second fastest hundred in the history of T20 games. The fastest hundred in T20 games is credited to A Symonds who scored a hundred in 34 deliveries in the match between Kent and Middlesex at Maidstone in 2004.

YK Pathan’s 100 came off 37 deliveries representing the fastest IPL hundred. Other batsmen who have scored hundred in less than 50 deliveries in IPL are – AC Gilchrist in 42 balls {Hyderabad vs Mumbai at Mumbai in 2007-08}, ST Jayasuriya in 45 balls {Mumbai vs Chennai at Mumbai in 2008}, A Symonds in 47 balls {Hyderabad vs Jaipur at Hyderabad in 2007-08}

YK Pathan’s 100 was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in IPL. A Symond’s 117 not out for Hyderabad against Jaipur at Hyderabad on 24.04.08 was in vain as Jaipur had romped home by three wickets

YK Pathan hit eight boundary sixes in his innings of 100 in this game. BB McCullum {13}, ST Jayasuriya {11}, AC Gilchrist {10} and MEK Hussey {09} are the other batsmen who have scored more sixes in an innings in IPL than YK Pathan.

YK Pathan’s 100 in this game represents his highest T20 score and also his first hundred and eighth fifty. His previous best was 68 against Hyderabad at Jaipur on 09.05.08 in the first edition of IPL.

YK Pathan completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was 6 during the course of his knock of 100 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1094. YK Pathan became the 75^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs

SS Tiwari and AT Rayudu added 110 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 28^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand provide the fourth occasion of a three figure partnership by Mumbai batsman in IPL

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner-1	Partner-2
			Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1st	127	ST Jayasuriya,	SRTendulkar
			Kolkata	P E’beth	27.04.09
2	4th	113*	RV Uthappa,	DJ Bravo
			Kolkata	Kolkata	29.04.08
3	4th	110	SS Tiwary,	AT Rayudu
			Jaipur	Mum-BS	13.03.10
4	3rd	104*	AM Rahane,	JP Duminy
			Bangalore	P E’beth	10.05.09

YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 29^th occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also provide the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership by Jaipur batsmen in IPL

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner-1	Partner-2
			Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1st	135	NV Ojha,	GC Smith
			Mohali	Durban	05.05.09
2	1st	127	GC Smith	SA Asnodkar
			Chennai	Chennai	24.05.08
3	1st	109	GC Smith	YK Pathan
			Hyd’bad	Jaipur	09.05.08
4	1st	109	GC Smith	SA Asnodkar
			Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
5	5th	107	YK Pathan	P Dogra
			Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
6	3rd	104	GC Smith,	SR Watson
			Bangalore	Bangalore	26.04.08

YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the second occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in IPL. The first three figure partnership for the fifth wicket was the 130 runs unfinished partnership between OA Shah and AD Mathews in the game between Kolkata vs Hyderabad at Mumbai-DYP on 12.03.10.

SS Tiwari and AT Rayudu added 110 runs for the fourth wicket for Mumbai and YK Pathan and P Dogra added 107 runs for the fifth wicket for Jaipur in this game providing the first occasion of rival teams posting three figure stands in the same game in IPL.

R Satish of Mumbai returned with figures of 1 for 51 in this game providing the 17^th occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in IPL games.

R Satish became the first Mumbai bowler to concede 50 plus runs in IPL games and thus has the most expensive bowling figures by a Mumbai bowler in terms of runs conceded. AG Murtaza’s 1 for 46 in this game is the second most expensive bowling figures by a Mumbai bowler in IPL.

SA Asnodkar collected his duck without facing a delivery in this game, while A Uniyal collected his first ball duck.

Match Number 1 : Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders : At DY Patil Academy, Mumbai on 12.03.10 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs

Deccan Chargers won the toss and inserted the opposition in the first game of the third edition of IPL.

Chaminda Vaas captured a wicket of the first ball of the match in this game when he had MK Tiwari caught by RJ Sharma for zero providing the first occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the third edition of IPL

Chaminda Vaas became the first bowler in the third edition of IPL to bowl a maiden over capturing two wickets. He bagged the wickets of MK Tiwari and SC Ganguly in his first over which was also the first over of the match without conceding a run.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the first three figure partnership of the third edition of IPL. It also represents the 27^th three figure partnership in IPL.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the first three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in all the three editions of IPL, thus representing the record stand for the fifth wicket. The previous best was 95 runs stand between S Badrinath and MS Dhoni {Chennai vs Mumbai at Mumbai on 14.05.08} and 95 runs stand between A Symonds and Y Venugopala Rao {Hyderabad vs Mohali at Kimberly on 09.05.09}

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the ninth occasion of an unfinished three figure partnership in all the three editions of IPL.

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the third occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting three figure partnerships in all the three editions of IPL. The other two occasions are – 104 runs for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Punjab at Mohali on 03.05.08 and 102 runs stand between SC Ganguly and DJ Hussey vs Hyderabad on 11.05.08

OA Shah and AD Matthews added 130 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket in Kolkata’s innings providing the record three figure partnerships by Kolkata batsmen in all the three editions of IPL. The previous best was the 104 runs for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Mohali at Mohali on 03.05.08

AD Mathews earned the distinction of scoring the first fifty of the third edition of IPL when he scored 65 not out in this game. OA Shah’s 58 not out in this game represent the second fifty of third edition of IPL

AC Gilchrist scored 54 in this game providing his eighth fifty which includes one hundred. AC Gilchrist with eight fifties to his credit now owns the record of most fifties by a batsman in IPL. He wrested the record from ML Hayden who has seven fifties to their credit.

AC Gilchrist hit three sixes in this game and his second six of the bowling of LR Shukla {Over number 4.6} gave him the distinction of becoming the first batsman in IPL to hit fifty boundary sixes. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 51 boundary sixes.

This game witnessed rival skippers scoring zero and fifty – SC Ganguly {zero} and AC Gilchrist {54}.

At the end of this game, BJ Hodge’s run aggregate stood at 2560 in T20 games. He holds the record for most runs in T20 games.

ChamindaVaas’s two wickets in this game gave him 25 T20 wickets. He was playing his 23^rd match.

MK Tiwary of Kolkata and C Vaas of Hyderabad collected their first ball ducks in this game.

This game also witnessed a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause. AC Gilchrist’s 54 was in vain. He was captaining his side Hyderabad in this game

Chappell-Hadlee series: Fifth one day game at Wellington on 13.03.10. New Zealand won by 51 runs

SB Styris scored 55 in this game which was his 24^th one day half century and 28^th one day fifty.

SB Styris’s 55 in this game provide the 123^rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It was Styris’s fourth fifty against Australia. The other three are – 54 at Guwahati on 09.11.03, 101 at Christchurch on 10.12.05 and 75 at Hobart on 20.12.07.

This game was the 50^th game against New Zealand for RT Ponting. He became the second Australian cricketer to play 50 one day games against New Zealand after SR Waugh who has played 60 one day games.

RT Ponting failed to score in this game and it was his second duck against New Zealand. The first occasion he failed to score against New Zealand was at Adelaide on 26.01.02.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game provide the 41^st occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against various oppositions in one day games.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game was his ninth duck as captain and he now holds the record for most zeroes by an Australian captain. He wrested the record from SR Waugh who had scored eight zeroes.

RT Ponting collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 16^th occasion of an Australian captain collecting the first ball duck against various oppositions in one day games.

RT Ponting is the third Australian captain to collect the first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games. The other two are – AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88 and GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.91.

RT Ponting’s zero in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against New Zealand. The other five occasions are – GS Chappell at Dunedin on 17.02.82, AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88, GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.92, AR Border at Wellington on 24.03.93 and SR Waugh at Melboune on 17.12.97. RT Ponting failed to open the account as captain for the first time against New Zealand.

At the end of the Chappell Hadlee series, RT Ponting has an aggregate of 1428 runs against New Zealand as captain. Only A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka has scored more runs than RT Ponting as captain against a specific opposition. A Ranatunga has an aggregate of 1468 runs against Pakistan and holds the record for most runs by a captain against a specific opposition.

The following is the list of eleven captains who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against specific opposition – A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1468 runs vs Pakistan}, RT Ponting of Australia {1428 runs vs New Zealand}, RT Ponting of Australia {1283 runs vs India}, SP Fleming {1214 runs vs South Africa}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1168 runs vs India}, RT Ponting of Australia {1168 runs vs South Africa}, SP Fleming of New Zealand {1145 runs vs Australia}, RT Ponting of Australia {1082 runs vs England}, MS Dhoni of India {1038 runs vs Sri Lanka}, M Azharuddin of India {1036 runs vs Sri Lanka} and Imran Khan of Pakistan {1032 runs vs Pakistan}.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 846^th and 847^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 70th and 71st occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 99^th and 100th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 100^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 24^th and 25^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 25^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 40th occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the history of one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the very first occasion of two New Zealand bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the fourth occasion of two capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Australia. The other three occasions are – Indian bowlers at Chelmsford on 20.06.83, {S Madan lal – 4 for 20 and RMH Binny – 4 for 29} South African bowlers at Birmingham on 17.06.99 {SM Pollock – 5 for 36 and AA Donald – 4 for 32} and South African bowlers at Centurion on 05.04.99 {DW Steyn – 4 for 27 and WD Parnell – 4 for 25}.

DR Tuffey’s 36 in this game represent his highest individual score in one day games. It was an improvement over his previous best of 34 against Australia at Auckland on 11.03.10, the previous game of this series.

SR Watson’s 53 in this game represent his 15^th one day half century and 19^th fifty. It was his fourth fifty against New Zealand. The other three are – 68 at Hamilton on 20.02.07, 65* at St George’s on 20.04.07 and 105* at Centurion on 05.10.09

TG Southee’s 4 for 36 in this game is his second four wicket haul in one day games, the other being his 4 for 38 against England at Bristol on 21.06.08. Thus his 4 for 36 in this game represents his best one day bowling effort.

SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his seventh four wicket haul his 11^th four plus wickets haul in one day games

TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 130^th and 131^st occasion of bowlers capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.

SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his sixth four plus wicket haul against Australia in one day games. The other five occasions are – 5 for 25 at Adelaide on 26.01.02, 4 for 38 at Melbourne on 29.01.02, 6 for 23 at Port Elizabeth on 11.03.03, 4 for 61 at Hobart on 14.01.07, 5 for 23 at Wellington on 16.02.07.

SE Bond holds the record for most four plus wicket hauls against Australia – six hauls. Three other bowlers – AA Donald of South Africa, SM Pollock of South Africa and Wasim Akram of Pakistan – have four four plus wickets hauls against New Zealand.

At the end of this five match series, SE Bond has an aggregate of 44 wickets against Australia. EJ Chatfield {51}. DL Vettori {48} and RJ Hadlee {46} are the other three New Zealand bowlers who have captured more wickets than SE Bond against Australia.

At the end of this game, head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played 123 : won by New Zealand – 34 : won by Australia – 84 and No result games – 05.