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KA Pollard of Trinidad & Tobago scored 50 in 18 balls during his knock of 54 not out in the match against New South Wales at Hyderabad on 16.10.09 in the ongoing Champions League T20 in India. His feat of 18 balls fifty provides the 12^th occasion of a batsman registering a fifty in 18 balls or less. KA Pollard’s 18 balls fifty is the fastest fifty ever registered on Indian soil. The complete list is produced below.

No	Batsmen	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
1	YuvrajSingh	12	India v England	Durban	19.09.07
2	Imran Nazir	14	Sialkot v L Eagles	Lahore	26.04.05
3	GL Brophy	14	Yorkshire v Derbyshire	Derby	10.07.06
4	MJ Guptill	15	Auckland v Cen Dists	NPlymouth	30.01.08
5	LRPL Taylor	16	Cen Dists v Otago	Dunedin	27.01.06
6	AC Gilchrist	17	Hyderabad v Delhi	Centurion	22.05.09
7	L Vincent	17	Auckland v Cen Dists	NPlymouth	30.01.08
8	Imran Nazir	17	Si Stallions v L Lions	Lahore	29.05.09
9	A Symonds	18	Kent v Middlesex	Maidstone	02.07.04
10	McCullum	18	Auckland v Canterbury	Auckland	05.02.06
11	LJ Vivian	18	Auckland v Cen Dists	NPlymouth	06.02.09
12	KA Pollard	18	Tri-Tob v NSW	Hyd-Ind	16.10.09

Super Eights : Match No 14 : Eagles vs Somerset at Hyderabad on 16.10.09 : Eagles won by five wickets

CJD Villiers with his 4 for 17 in this game became the fourth bowler in the tournament to capture four wickets. The four bowlers are listed below.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Bravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
3	McDonald	4	21	Victoria	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09
4	de Villiers	4	17	Eagles	Somerset	Hyd’bad	16.10.09

CJD de Villiers’s 4 for 17 in this game represent the best bowling figures in the tournament. The previous best was 4 for 31 by AB McDonald of Victorian Bushrangers against Royal Challengers Bangalore on15.10.09

CJD de Villiers returned with figures of 4.0-2-17-4 in this game. His two maiden overs in his four over spell earned him the distinction of becoming the first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in the tournament. His maiden overs in this game provide the seventh occasion of a bowler bowling a maiden over in the tournament.

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	4.0	1	14	1
	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Mascarenhas	4.0	1	20	2
	Otago	Cobra	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Lee	4.0	1	08	1
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Welegedera	4.0	1	24	2
	Wayamaba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Mishra	4.0	1	18	1
	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
6	Kallis	4.0	1	18	3
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
7	de Villiers	4.0	2	17	4
	Eagles	Somerset	Hyd’bad	16.10.09

He became the 12^th bowler in the history of T20 games to bowl two maiden overs in four over spell allotted to a bowler. His figures of 4.0-2-17-4 in this game makes him the second bowler in the history of T20 games to capture four or more wickets in a four overs spell of which two were maiden overs. The other bowler was AD Mascarenhas of Hampshire who returned with figures of 3.5-0-14-5.

CJD devillers became the first bowler in the tournament to bowl two wicket maidens. He is the fifth bowler to bowl a wicket maiden in the tournament. Incidentally, his both maiden overs are wicket maidens

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Macarehnhas	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Mishra	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Kallis	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
5	deVilliers	Eagles	Somerset	Hyd’bad	16.10.09

WJ Durston with his 57 in this game became the first Somerset batsman to score a fifty in the tournament. His knock provides the 14^th occasion of a batsman registering a fifty in the tournament. He became the first batsman in the tournament to register a fifty while batting at number seven

WJ Durston’s 57 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Gilchrist	51	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
5	Durston	57	Somerset	Eagles	Hyd’bad	16.10.09

WJ Durston and JC Heldreth added 77 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 18^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also provide the first occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the sixth wicket in the tournament.

CJD de Villiers of Diamond Eagles returned with figures of 4.0-2-17-4 against Somerset at Hyderabad on 16.10.09 in the on going Champions League T20. He earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler to bowl two maiden overs in the Champions League T20

He became the 12^th bowler in the history of T20 games to bowl two maiden overs in four over spell allotted to a bowler. His figures of 4.0-2-17-4 in this game makes him the second bowler in the history of T20 games to capture four or more wickets in a four overs spell of which two were maiden overs. The other bowler was AD Mascarenhas of Hampshire who returned with figures of 3.5-0-14-5. The 12 bowlers list is furnished below

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	WA Deacon	4.0	2	12	2
	Eagles	v Eastern Cape	East London	01.05.04
2	AD Mascarenhas	3.5	2	14	5
	Hampshire	v Sussex	Hove	09.07.04
3	UC Hathurusingha	4.0	2	24	1
	Tamil Union	v Burgher	Colombo (SSC)	26.10.05
4	S Badree	3.5	2	6	3
	Trinidad & T	v Cayman Is	Coolidge	25.07.06
5	Mohammad Sami	3.0	2	6	0
	K Dolphins	v Rhinos	Karachi	23.12.06
6	M Morkel	4.0	2	9	1
	Kent	v Surrey	Beckenham	02.07. 07
7	NC McGarrell	4.0	2	6	2
	Guyana	v Bermuda	Coolidge	10.02.08
8	JD Nel	4.0	2	12	3
	Scotland	v Bermuda	Belfast	03.08.08
9	RW Price	4.0	2	6	2
	Zimbabwe	v Canada	King City	13.10.08
10	RJ Sidebottom	4.0	2	13	1
	Notts	v Derbyshire	Derby	29.05.09
11	Yasir Arafat	4.0	2	13	2
	Sussex	v Middlesex	Lord’s	28.06.09
12	CJD de Villiers	4.0	2	17	4
	Eagles	Somerset	Hyderabad	16.10.09

Super Eight League : Match No 13 : Victorian Bushrangers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on 15.10.09 : Victorian Bushrangers won by seven wickets

Victorian Bushrangers won this game by seven wickets providing the fourth occasion of a team winning a game by wickets margin in the tournament. This victory represents the largest margin of victory by wickets

No	Winner	Victory margin			Team	Venue	Date
1	Somerset	By	001	Wkt	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Cobras	By	005	Wkts	RCB	B’lore	09.10.09
3	Victoria	by	006	Wkts	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Victoria	By	007	Wkts	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09

This is the second victory for Victoria by runs margin. The other win was by six wickets against Delhi at Delhi on 09.10.09 which was the previous record for the largest margin of victory by wickets in the tournament.

AB McDonald became the third bowler to capture four wickets in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-21-4 in this game.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Bravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
3	McDonald	4	21	Victoria	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09

AB McDonald’s four wickets haul {4 for 21} in this game represent the best bowling figures of the tournament. The previous best was credited to DJ Bravo of Trinidad & Tobago who had figures of 4 for 23 against Somerset at Bangalore on 12.10.09.

AB McDonald’s 4 for 21 in this game represent his best T20 bowling figures and also his first four wicket haul of his T20 career. His previous best bowling figures were 3 for 20 representing Victoria against Queensland at 31.12.07

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss in this game but lost the match providing the fourth occasion of a team losing the match after it had won the toss and elected to bat first in the tournament.

No	Winner	Venue	Date	Toss	Bat	Result
1	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09	RCB	Bat	Lost
2	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09	Delhi	Bat	Lost
3	Eagles	Delhi	13.10.09	Sussex	Bat	Lost
4	Victoria	B’lore	15.10.09	RCB	Bat	Lost

Royal Challengers Bangalore is the only team to suffer the loss on two occasions after it had batted first after winning the toss in the tournament.

DJ Hussey hit three sixes in the tournament to take his tally of sixes in T20 games to a record aggregate of 95.

BJ Hodge scored 25 in this game and his aggregate T20 runs at the end of this game stood at 2366. DJ Hussey scored 31 not out in this game and took his T20 run aggregate to 2078.

AC Blizzard was stumped in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in the tournament

No	Batsman	Runs	Team1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Kohli	17	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Elgar	02	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
3	RJHBrown	13	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Ramdin	15	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
6	Blizzard	21	Victoria	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09

MK Pandey was dismissed caught and bowled in this game providing the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed caught and bowled in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Date
1	Sehwag	21	Delhi	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Waller	00	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	DMBravo	09	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
4	RJHBrown	06	Sussex	Eagles	Delhi	13.10.09
5	DMBravo	14	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
6	Pandey	39	RCB	Victoria	B’lrore	15.10.09

The following tables show the points table at the end of the preliminary League stage, teams qualifying for the Super Eight stage and the fixtures of the Super Eight league matches of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20

POINTS TABLE AT THE END OF THE PRELIMINARY LEAGUE

Group A
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Tri-Tob	2	2	0	4	+1.175
Somerset	2	1	1	2	-1.000
Deccan	2	0	2	0	-0.175
Group B
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
NSW	2	2	0	4	+2.200
Eagles	2	1	1	2	-1.325
Sussex	2	0	2	0	-0.875
Group C
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Cobras	2	2	0	4	+1.529
RCB	2	1	1	2	+1.839
Otago	2	0	2	0	-3.350
Group D
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Delhi	2	1	1	2	+0.700
Victoria	2	1	1	2	+0.136
Wayamba	2	1	1	2	-0.875

QUALFYING TEAMS FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF THE TOURNAMENT FROM EACH GROUP

Group A
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Tri-Tob	2	2	0	4	+1.175
Somerset	2	1	1	2	-1.000
Group B
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
NSW	2	2	0	4	+2.200
Eagles	2	1	1	2	-1.325
Group C
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Cobras	2	2	0	4	+1.529
RCB	2	1	1	2	+1.839
Group D
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR
Delhi	2	1	1	2	+0.700
Victoria	2	1	1	2	+0.136

FIXTURES FOR THE SUPER EIGHT STAGE OF THE TOURNAMENT

No	Date	Time	League	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue
13	15.10.09	20:00	B	RCB	vs	Victoria	Bangalore
14	16.10.09	16.00	A	Eagles	Vs	Somerset	Hyd’bad
15	16.10.09	20.00	A	NSW	Vs	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad
16	17.10.09	16.00	B	Cobras	Vs	Victoria	Bangalore
17	17.10.09	20.00	B	RCB	Vs	Delhi	Bangalore
18	18.10.09	16.00	A	NSW	Vs	Somerset	Hyd’bad
19	18.10.09	20.00	A	Eagles	Vs	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad
20	19.10.09	20.00	B	Cobras	Vs	Delhi	Delhi

Match No 12 : Trinidad and Tobago vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad on 14.10.09 ; Trinidad and Tobago won by three runs

This game was the last game of the preliminary league matches of the tournament. Deccan Chargers lost the game and were out of the tournament.

This match saw five run outs – two from Trinidad and Tobago and three from Deccan – for the first occasion in the tournament

No	Batsman	Score	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	DGanga	00	Tri-Tob	Decccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
2	DWBravo	11	Tri-Tob	Decccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
3	Symonds	02	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
4	Styris	14	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
5	Edwards	00	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

In Deccan Chargers’s innings – A Symonds, SB Styris and FH Edwards – were dismissed run out providing the second occasion of three batsmen run out in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Score	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	McCullum	21	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Cumming	18	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Broom	05	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	Symonds	02	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
2	Styris	14	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
3	Edwards	00	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

D Ganga became the second captain to be dismissed run out in the tournament, after CD Cumming of Otago Volts against Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

No	Captains	Score	Team1	Team2	Venue	Date
1	Cumming	18	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	D Ganga	00	Tri-Tob	Decccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

Five run outs in this game has swelled the number of run out dismissals to 24 in the tournament.

D Ganga of Trinidad & Tobago and FH Edwards of Deccan Chargers were dismissed run out for zeroes in this game providing the fourth and fifth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out without scoring in the tournament

No	Batsmen	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Heldreth	Somerset	Vs	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
4	DGanga	Tri-Tob	Vs	Decccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
5	Edwards	Deccan	Vs	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

D Ganga was dismissed run out for zero in this game to become the first captain in the tournament to be dismissed run out for a duck. B Lee, D Mohammad and FH Edwards have been dismissed for a first ball run out in the tournament.

FH Edwards was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game providing the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	Cobras	Vs	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	B Lee	NSW	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	EC Joyce	Sussex	Vs	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
4	J Mubarak	Wayamba	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
5	DJ Bravo	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
6	DMohammad	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
7	FH Edwards	Deccan	Vs	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

D Ganga became the third captain to score zero in the tournament after EC Joyce of Susses and J Murbarak of Wayambas

No	Batsman	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	EC Joyce	Sussex	Vs	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
2	JMubarak	Wayamba	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
3	D Ganga	Tri-Tob	Vs	Decccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

D Ganga and FH Edwards scored zeroes in this game which takes the number of zeroes in the tournament to sixteen.

D Ganga and AC Gilchrist scored zero and 51 respectively in this game providing the first occasion of rival captains registering zero and fifty in the tournament.

AC Gilchirst’s 51 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fourth occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Gilchrist	51	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

AC Gilchrist became the first captain to witness a fifty going in vain in the tournament. His 51 in this game was in a losing cause.

AC Gilchrist and RG Sharma added 55 runs in this game providing the 17^th occasion of 50 plus runs in the tournament. This stand also represent the fifth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the third wicket in the tournament.

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	3rd	95	Puttick	Duminy
	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	3rd	67	Sehwag	Karthik
	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
4	3rd	54*	Kallis	Taylor
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
5	3rd	55	Gilchrist	RGSharma
	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

AC Gilchrist’s 51 in this game represent the 13th occasion of a batsman registering a fifty in the tournament. His knock also represents the seventh occasion of an opening batsman registering a fifty in the tournament

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
6	Rossouw	65	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09
7	Gilchrist	51	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

AC Gilchrist with his 51 in this game became the third captain to register a fifty in the tournament. The other two captains are SM Katich of New South Wales and AG Puttick of Cape Cobras

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Katich	53	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Gilchrist	51	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

FH Edwards {3 for 32} and DJ Bravo {3 for 24} captured three wickets for Deccan Chargers and Trinidad & Tobago respectively in this game providing the third occasion of rival bowlers capturing three ore more wickets in the tournament

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	BJ Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DJ Bravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
1	Edwards	3	32	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
2	DJ Bravo	3	24	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

FH Edwards’s 3 for 32 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fourth occasion of a bowler’s three wicket haul going in vain in the tournament

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	RP Singh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Harwood	3	14	Victora	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09
4	Edwards	3	32	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

D Ramdin was stumped by AC Gilchrist in this game providing the fifth occasion of a stumping dismissal in the tournament. D Ramdin became the second wicket keeper to be stumped in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Wkeeper	Bowler	Score
	Team 1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	V Kohli	Canning	Henderson	17
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	D Elgar	DLR Smith	Hauritz	02
	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
3	H-Brown	DLR Smtih	SPD Smith	13
	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Karthik	De Zoysa	Mendia	61
	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
5	D Ramdin	AC Gilchrist	Symonds	15
	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

Deccan Chargers inserted the opposition in this game and lost the game providing the second occasion of a team losing the match after it had inserted the opposition. The first occasion was when Otago Volts inserted the opposition – Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 and lost the match

FH Edwards’s 3 for 32 and DJ Bravo’s 3 for 24 in this game provide the 13^th and 14^th occasion of bowlers capturing three or more wickets in the tournament. The following table lists out all the 14 occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PKumar	3	32	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	McKay	3	17	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Henriques	3	23	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
10	DJBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
11	Kallis	3	18	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Harwood	3	14	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09
13	Edwards	3	32	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
14	DJBravo	3	24	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

DJ Bravo earned the distinction of becoming the only bowler to capture three or more wickets on two occasions in the tournament. He has captured three or more wickets in consecutive games. His feat is listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	DJBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DJBravo	3	24	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

Match No 11 : Sussex Sharks vs Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 13.10.09 : Match tied : Diamond Eagles advance by winning the game in one over eliminator

This game provides the first tied match of the CLT20 games. Both the teams scored 119 runs {Sussex -119 for 7 in 20.0 overs and Diamond Eagles – 119 for 4 in 20.0 overs}. One over eliminator was resorted to decide the team to go to the next round, Diamond Eagles won the game.

Batting first in the one over eliminator, Diamond Eagles scored 9 runs for the loss of one wicket, but Sussex lost two wickets for no runs on the board, leaving the latter as winners of the match.

RJ Hamilton-Brown was caught and bowled by CJD de Villiers for 6 runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of batsman caught and bowled in the tournament

EC Joyce was run out for 21 in this game providing the 18^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

RR Rossouw and AP McLaren added 72 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand represents the third occasion of an opening wicket stand of 50 plus runs in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1st	75	Kallis-Uthappa
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	1st	72	Rossouw-McLaren
	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09
3	1st	55	Quiney-Hodge
	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09

RR Rossouw scored 65 in this game and his knock provides the 12^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament which are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	Katich	53	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
7	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
10	Jayawardene	53	Wayamabas	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
11	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Rossouw	65	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

It is interesting to note that of the twelve fifties scored by batsmen in the tournament, exactly half of them {six{ have been scored by opening batsmen.

No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	2	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	1	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	2	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	2	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
5	1	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
6	1	Rossouw	65	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

This game ended in a tie providing the 23^rd instance of a tied game in the history of T20 games. Of these 23 games, 14 games were decided on bowl out concept and nine games have been decided on the one over eliminator concept. The one over eliminator concept was first introduced in the game between New Zealand and West Indies at Auckland on 26.12.08. The nine games are listed below.

Matches decided on the one over eliminator concept
No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	26.12.08
2	Lions	Cape Cobras	Potchefstroom	04.02.09
3	Northern Dis	Canterbury	Hamilton	18.02.09
4	Dolphins	Cape Cobras	Durban	18.02.09
5	Warriors	Eagles	P Elizabeth	18.02.09
6	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Cape Town	23.04.09
7	Centrals	Westerns	Bulawayo	13.05.09
8	Northerns	Westerns	Bulawayo	14.05.09
9	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

The game between Sussex Sharks and Diamond Eagles which ended in a tie at Delhi on 13.10.09 provides the 23^rd tied match in the history of T20 games. All the 23 games are listed below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Surrey	Warwickshire	The Oval	18.06.05
2	Colts	Kurunegala Y	Col-Nondes CCG	08.10.05
3	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	16.02.06
4	Northants	Somerset	Northampton	29.06.06
5	Bloomfield	Saracens	Col-Colts CCG	02.03.07
6	Gujarat	Saurashtra	Mumbai-WS	07.04.07
7	Hampshire	Kent	Southampton	22.06.07
8	India	Pakistan	Durban	14.09.07
9	Auckland	Canterbury	Auckland	23.01.08
10	Eagles	Lions	Bloemfontein	04.04.08
11	Gloucs	Warwickshire	Bristol	13.06.08
12	Yorkshire	Durham	Leeds	22.06.08
13	Hampshire	Essex	Southampton	25.06.08
14	Canada	Zimbabwe	King City	11.09.08
15	New Zealand	West Indies	Auckland	26.12.08
16	Lions	Cape Cobras	Potchefstroom	04.02.09
17	Northern Dis	Canterbury	Hamilton	18.02.09
18	Dolphins	Cape Cobras	Durban	18.02.09
19	Warriors	Eagles	P Elizabeth	18.02.09
20	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Cape Town	23.04.09
21	Centrals	Westerns	Bulawayo	13.05.09
22	Northerns	Westerns	Bulawayo	14.05.09
23	Eagles	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09

Match No 10 : Wayamba Elevens and Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 13.10.09. Wayamba Eleven won by 15 runs

Though Wayamba Elevens won this game by 15 runs, they were out of the tournament as they finished third in the net run rate calculations. The following is the points table of Group D

No	Teams	M	W	L	Pts	Net RR
1	Delhi	2	1	1	2	+0.700
2	Victoria	2	1	1	2	+0.136
3	Wayamba	2	1	1	2	-0.875

Wayamba Eleven finished with a net run rate of -0.875, while Delhi with +0.700 and Victoria with -0.136 moved to the second round of the tournament.

BJ Hodge who had an aggregate of 2297 T20 runs prior to the start of this game took his aggregate to 2341 as he made 44 not out in this game. With two boundary fours in this game he now has an aggregate of 252 boundary fours.

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 15th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand is a record stand for the second wicket in the tournament. The previous best was 79 runs partnership between DA Warner and SM Katich {New South Wales vs Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09.

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the second wicket in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	2nd	81	Kulatunga-Vandort
	Wayamba	Victoria	Delhi	13.10.09
2	2nd	79	Warner-Katich
	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	2nd	68	Uthappa-Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
4	2nd	59	Kallis-Kohli
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

HGKM Kulatunga and MG Vandort added 81 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the third occasion of a 80 plus runs stand for the second wicket in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partners
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	3rd	95	Puttick-Duminy
	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	3rd	90*	Hughes-Henriques
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	2nd	81	Kulatunga-Vandort
	Wayamba	Victoria	Delhi	13.10.09

SM Harwood’s 3 for 14 in this game was in a losing cause and he becomes the third bowler in the tournament to witness a bowlers three wicket haul going in vain. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Singh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Harwood	3	14	Victora	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

SM Harwood’s 3 for 14 in this game provide the 12^th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	PKumar	3	32	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
3	McKay	3	17	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	Henriques	3	23	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
10	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
11	Kallis	3	18	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
12	Harwood	3	14	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

Harwood with his 3 for 14 became the second bowler to capture three or more wickets against Wayamba Elevens, after DP Nannes who had taken 4 for 24 at Delhi on 11.10.09. Wayamba Eleven became the third team in the tournament to have three plus wickets hauls on two occasions. Other two teams are – Otago and Somerset. The following table lists out the performances of bowlers against these three teams

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Kleinveldt	3	24	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Kallis	3	18	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
1	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	DWBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
1	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Harwood	3	14	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

KS Lakuaracchi of Wayamba Eleven and RJ Quiney of Victoria Bushrangers scored zeroes in this game which swelled the number of zeroes in the tournament to 14.

RJ Quiney became the third opening batsman after HH Gibbs and EC Joyce to score a zero in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Team1	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	HH Gibbs	Cobras	Vs	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	EC Joyce	Sussex	Vs	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
3	RJ Quiney	Victoria	Vs	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09

HMRKB Herath’s run out for 3 in this game swells the number of run outs in the tournament to 17. He became the second batsman to be run out while batting at number nine in the tournament. The other batsman was AC Thomos of Somerset {vs Trinidad and Tobago at Bangalore on 12.10.09.

SM Harwood became the first cricketer to be awarded the Man of Match while his team was in the losing side.

Match No 09 : Royal Challegers Bangalore vs Otago Volts at Bangalore on 12.10.09 : Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 80 runs

This game witnessed three fifty plus runs partnerships in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings – 75 for the first wicket between JH Kallis and RV Uthappa, 59 runs for the second wicket between JH Kallis and V Kohli and 54 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket between JH Kallis and LRPL Taylor – providing the first occasion of a team posting the fifty plus runs partnerships for the first three wickets in the tournament games played so far

These three fifty plus runs partnerships swelled the number of fifty plus runs partnerships to fourteen in the tournament. Of these fourteen fifty plus runs partnerships, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen have a major share and posted five fifty plus runs partnerships which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	2nd	68	Uthappa	Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	1st	75	Kallis	Uthappa
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
4	2nd	59	Kallis	Kohli
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
5	3rd	54*	Kallis	Taylor
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s 73 not out in this game provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. He is the third RCB batsman to register a fifty – the other two being RV Uthappa {51} and LRPL Taylor {53 not out} against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09. The following table lists out al the eleven occasions

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	Katich	53	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
7	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
9	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayambas	Delhi	11.10.09
10	Jayawardene	53	Wayamabas	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
11	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s unbeaten 73 in this game provides the sixth occasion of a batsman registering an unbeaten fifty in the tournament. JH Kallis is the second Royal Challenger Bangalore’s batsman to register an unbeaten fifty after LRPL Taylor’s 53 against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09. All the six unbeaten fifties are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	LRPL Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	JP Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
3	AG Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	PJ Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
5	M Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
6	JH Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

Cape Cobras, New South Wales Blues and Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen share these six unbeaten fifties on two occasions each.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	JP Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	AG Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	PJ Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
2	M Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
1	LRPL Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	JH Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis’s 73 not out in this game represents his eighth T20 fifty and also his highest individual score in T20 games. His previous best was 69 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians at Johannesburg on 03.05.09. His eight fifties are listed below.

No	Runs	Match	Opp	Date
1	50	WPBoland	Titans	18.04.04
2	54	RCB	Delhi	30.04.08
3	62	RCB	Mohali	24.04.09
4	69*	RCB	Mumbai	03.05.09
5	58*	RCB	Delhi	19.05.09
6	57*	SAF	Eng	11.06.09
7	64	SAF	Pak	18.06.09
8	73*	RCB	Otago	12.10.09

JH Kallis became the 60^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs. He reached the milestone when he was on 11 during the course of his knock of 73 not out against Otago Eleven at Bangalore on 12.10.09.

At the end of this game, Royal Challengers Bangalore has in its ranks, two batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20 games – LRPL Taylor {1340} and JH Kallis {1062}.

MV Boucher was making his 50^th T20 appearance in this game. The other cricketer who has played fifty plus T20 games in Royal Challengers Bangalore squad is RV Uthappa with 51 appearances at the end of this game.

RV Uthappa hit five boundary fours in his knock of 42 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20 games. JH Kallis {112} and LRPL Taylor {102} are the other RCB Batsmen who have an aggregate of 100 plus boundary fours. Uthappa became the 58^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 100 plus boundary fours.

RV Uthappa’s feat of 100 boundary fours assumes more importance in the fact that he became the fifth Indian batsman to achieve the feat after G Gambhir {168}, V Sehwag {133}, Yuvraj Singh {119} and RG Sharma {111}

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Fours
1	Gambhir	53	1411	86	29.39	168
2	Sehwag	49	1116	94*	25.36	133
3	YuvrajSingh	57	1380	71	27.60	119
4	Sharma	51	1280	101*	33.68	111
5	Uthappa	51	967	66*	24.17	100

LRPL Taylor with his three sixes in his knock of 32 not has now an aggregate of 79 sixes. He now stands second in the list of batsmen who have most sixes in T20 games. Only DJ Hussey with 92 sixes to his credit is ahead of LRPL Taylor. LRPL Taylor went past BB McCullum’s 76 sixes in this game. Prior to this game, LRPL Taylor and BB McCullum shared the joint second place with 76 sixes to their credit.

IG Butler conceded 42 runs in this game to become the seventh bowler to concede forty plus runs in the tournament.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Vinaykumar	1	40	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Wagner	1	42	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Butler	1	48	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Phillips	1	43	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
7	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

IG Butler became the third bowler in the tournament to concede 40 plus runs with out capturing a wicket.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

IG Butler remains the only bowler to concede 40 plus runs on two occasions in CLT20 games played so far.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Butler	1	48	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

NT Broom’s run out for 7 in this game provides the 16^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

NT Broom remains the only batsman to be dismissed run out on two occasions in the tournament. The other occasion was against Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

No	Batsman	Score	Vs	Team2	Venue	Date
1	NT Broom	05	Vs	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	NT Broom	07	Vs	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

JH Kallis with his 73 not out and 3 for 18 became the second cricketer to perform the allrounder’s feat of a fifty coupled with three wickets in the tournament. The other cricketer to achieve such a feat was MC Henriques of New South Wales. He scored 51 not out and captured 3 for 23 against Sussex Sharks at Delhi on 11.10.09.

Otago Volts were all out for 108 in this game providing the third occasion of a team dismissed all out in the tournament.

No	Team	Socre	Overs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Otago	139	17.1	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Somerset	106	20.0	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Otago	108	17.5	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

Otago Volts remains the only team to be dismissed all out in the tournament games played so far.

No	Team	Socre	Overs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Otago	139	17.1	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Otago	108	17.5	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore won this game by 80 runs which represents the largest margin of victory by runs in the tournament. Of the nine games played to date, six games were won by runs margin and three games were won by wickets margin. The following table lists out the games won on runs margin

No	Winner	RunMargin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	RCB	080	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	Cobras	054	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	NSW	053	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Delhi	050	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Tri-Tob	044	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
6	NSW	035	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a total of 188 for 2 in 20.0 overs in this game providing the fourth occasion of a team posting 180 plus runs in the tournament.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Cobras	184/5	19.4	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	RCB	180/4	20.0	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s total of 188 for 2 in this game represents the second highest team total registered in the tournament. The highest total is by Cape Cobras when they posted 193 for 4 agaisnt Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

Cape Cobras and Royal Challengers Bangalore have shared equally the four team totals of 180 plus runs.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Cobras	184/5	19.4	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
1	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	RCB	180/4	20.0	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09

Otago Volts remains the only team to concede 180 plus runs on two occasions – Cape Cobras posted 193 for 4 at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 and Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 188 for 2 at Bangalore on 12.10.09

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cobras	193/4	20.0	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RCB	188/2	20.0	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09