SL Malinga – on the threshold of capturing 300 wickets in Twenty20 games

SL Malinga – on the threshold of capturing 300 wickets in Twenty20 games

SL Malinga captured four for 26 against UAE at Dhaka on 25.02.16 to take his  aggregate of wickets in Twenty20 to 299 . He requires one more wicket for his 300 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the first bowler in the history of Twenty20 games to captured 300 wickets. The following table furnishes the season by season performance of SL Malinga which has given him 299 wickets

Season Venue Balls M E W BB Ave 4wI 5wI
2004-05 Sri Lanka 48 0 56 1 1-22 56.00 0 0
2005-06 Sri Lanka 36 0 27 1 1-11 27.00 0 0
2006 England 18 0 25 0        
2006-07 New Zealand 18 0 15 0        
2007 England 46 0 74 4 3-30 18.50 0 0
2007-08 South Africa 84 0 100 7 3-43 14.28 0 0
2008-09 Sri Lanka 98 1 100 4 2-24 25.00 0 0
2009 England 152 0 181 12 3-17 15.08 0 0
2009 Sri Lanka 72 0 84 4 2-21 21.00 0 0
2009 South Africa 297 2 312 18 3-11 17.33 0 0
2009-10 India 330 0 401 16 4-22 25.06 1 0
2010 USA 39 0 37 4 3-12 9.25 0 0
2010 West Indies 125 0 165 6 3-28 27.50 0 0
2010-11 Australia 24 0 26 1 1-26 26.00 0 0
2010-11 South Africa 96 0 118 6 3-33 19.66 0 0
2011 India 378 2 375 28 5-13 13.39 0 1
2011 England 24 0 15 2 2-15 7.50 0 0
2011-12 UAE 21 0 32 1 1-32 32.00 0 0
2011-12 Sri Lanka 36 0 28 6 4-11 4.66 1 0
2011-12 India 120 0 117 10 4-20 11.70 1 0
2012 India 333 1 350 22 4-16 15.90 1 0
2012 Sri Lanka 174 1 165 9 4-21 18.33 1 0
2012-13 Sri Lanka 171 0 234 9 5-31 26.00 0 1
2012-13 South Africa 71 1 86 8 5-32 10.75 0 1
2012-13 Australia 210 2 184 13 6-07 14.15 0 1
2013 West Indies 42 0 46 3 2-18 15.33 0 0
2013 Sri Lanka 120 0 134 7 2-21 19.14 0 0
2013 India 392 0 468 20 3-39 23.40 0 0
2013-14 Australia 132 0 131 5 2-08 26.20 0 0
2013-14 UAE 48 0 56 4 3-26 14.00 0 0
2013-14 Bangladesh 155 0 164 9 3-20 18.22 0 0
2013-14 Sri Lanka 24 0 33 1 1-33 33.00 0 0
2014 India 118 0 134 8 2-15 16.75 0 0
2014 UAE 117 0 119 8 4-23 14.87 1 0
2014 Sri Lanka 72 0 73 2 1-20 36.50 0 0
2014 England 48 0 48 5 3-28 9.60 0 0
2014-15 India 66 0 89 1 1-28 89.00 0 0
2015 Sri Lanka 48 0 86 2 1-40 43.00 0 0
2015 India 360 3 444 24 4-23 18.50 1 0
2015-16 Sri Lanka 48 0 35 4 2-16 8.75 1 0
2015-16 Bangladesh 24 0 26 4 4-26 6.30 1 0
  Total 4835 13 5393 299 6-07 18.03 8 4

 

Asia Cup 2016 T20 – Bangladesh vs India at Mirpur on Feb 24, 2016 – India won by 45 runs

Asia Cup 2016 T20 – Bangladesh vs India at Mirpur on Feb 24, 2016 – India won by 45 runs

Bangladesh won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 14th occasion of Bangladesh doing so in T20Is. It also provides the first such occasion against India. Bangladesh won the toss, inserted the opposition and lost the game to provide the eighth occasion of Bangladesh losing a T20I under such circumstances. India on its part won its 12th T20I game after being inserted by the opposition. India won this game by 45 tuns

RG Sharma scored 83 in this game which represents his eleventh fifty in T20Is. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most fifties. V Kohli occupies the first place with 12 fifties to his credit.

RG Sharma scored 83 in this game which represents his tenth half century in T20Is. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most half centuries. V Kohli occupies the first place with 12 half centuries to his credit. V Kohli and RG Sharma are the only two Indian batsmen who have scored ten or more half centuries.

RG Sharma became the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score eleven or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum {15}, CH Gayle {14}, TM Dilshan {12}, V Kohli {12}, DA Warner {11} and SR Watson {11}

Yuvraj Singh completed 1000 T20I runs when he was on seven during his knock of 15 in this game. His run aggregate read 1008 at the end of this game. He became the fourth Indian batsman and 24th overall to total 1000 plus runs in the history of T20Is. The other three Indian batsmen are – V Kohli {1223}, RG Sharma {1149} and SK Raina {1136}

RG Sharma’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1149. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. V Kohli with 1223 runs to his credit occupies the first place. RG Sharma went past SK Raina who had a total of 1136 on his way to second place.

RG Sharma’s 83 in this game provide the 275th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 19th such occasion by an Indian opening batsman. It also represents his seventh fifty in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by an Indian opening batsman with G Gambhir. G Gambhir has also scored seven fifties. RG Sharma’s seven fifties contains a century and six half centuries, while G Gambhir’s seven fifties are all half centuries

RG Sharma’s aggregate in all forms of T20 games read 5505 at the end of this game. He became the 12th batsman in the history of T20 games to total 5500 runs. Others are – CH Gayle {8726}, BJ Hodge {6998}, BB McCullum {6311}, DJ Hussey {5960}, KA Pollard {5887}, SK Raina {5860}, DA Warner {5852}, Shoaib Malik {5778}, LJ Wright {5737}, DR Smith {5642} and OA Shah {5509}.

RG Sharma’s 83 in this game represent his 40th fifty {03C plus 37HC}. He earned the distinction of becoming the fourth batsman in the history of T20 games to score 40 plus fifties. Others are – CH Gayle {71}, DA Warner {49} and DA Warner {48}. RG Sharma became the first Indian batsman to score 40 fifties. He went past G Gambhir who had scored 39 fifties.

RG Sharma was playing his 200th T20I innings in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the 18th batsman to play 200 innings in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the batsmen who have played 200 T20I innings.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 KA Pollard 299 267 80 5887 89* 31.48 0 29 10
2 DJ Hussey 258 243 48 5960 100* 30.56 1 31 15
3 BJ Hodge 256 242 55 6998 106 37.42 2 46 13
4 DJ Bravo 285 239 66 4603 70* 26.60 0 17 11
5 DR Smith 243 236 21 5642 110* 26.24 3 32 19
6 RN ten Doeschate 267 236 52 5372 121* 29.19 2 23 13
7 CH Gayle 239 235 33 8726 175* 43.19 16 55 12
8 JA Morkel 285 230 85 3751 73* 25.86 0 11 12
9 LJ Wright 244 225 24 5737 153* 28.54 6 27 19
10 OA Shah 230 217 49 5509 84 32.79 0 30 11
11 BB McCullum 219 216 22 6311 158* 32.53 7 31 10
12 Shoaib Malik 225 213 58 5778 95* 37.27 0 36 6
13 SK Raina 218 207 36 5860 109* 34.26 3 33 9
14 TM Dilshan 211 207 23 4923 104* 26.75 1 32 23
15 Azhar Mahmood 225 204 45 4046 106* 25.44 2 18 11
16 RS Bopara 218 202 38 4527 105* 27.60 1 24 10
17 RG Sharma 211 200 35 5505 109* 33.36 3 37 10
18 MJ Lumb 201 200 11 4631 124* 24.50 1 24 16

RG Sharma made his 200th T20I innings memorable by scoring 83 which gave him his 40th fifty and also 5500 runs,

RG Sharma scored three boundary sixes in this game and took his total aggregate of boundary sixes in T20Is to 41. He now stands second in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most sixes in T20Is. Yuvraj Singh occupies the first place with 65 boundary sixes. RG Sharma went past SK Raina who has an aggregate of 39 sixes on his way to second place. RG Sharma became the 17th batsman in the history of T20Is to score 40 plus boundary sixes and the second Indian batsman to accomplish the feat.

Mashrafe Mortaza failed to open his account in this game to provide the 59th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in a T20I. It also provides the third such occasion against India in a T20I

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DJG Sammy 0 2 Win Ind Port of Spain 04 Jun 2011
2 GJ Bailey 0 1 Aus Ind Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
3 M Mortaza 0 2 Ban Ind Dhaka 24 Feb 2016

Mashrafe Mortaza’s duck in this game represent his second duck while leading Bangladesh in a T20I. The first occasion was against Zimbabwe at the same venue on 15.11.15. He is the only Bangladesh captain to score two ducks in a T20I and his ducks provide the two occasions of a Bangladesh captain scoring ducks in a T20I

Mashrafe Mortaza became the 14th captain in the history of T20Is to score two or more ducks. WTS Porterfield holds the record for most ducks. He has failed to open the account on four occasions.

Mashrafe Mortaza collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 32nd occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in a T20I. It also provides the second such occasion by a Bangladesh captain. It was Mashrafe Mortaza on these two occasions. He became the seventh captain in the history of T20Is to score two or more first ball ducks. The following table lists all the seven captains with their performances

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Mashrafe Mortaza 0 1 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 15 Nov 2015
  Mashrafe Mortaza 0 1 2 Ban Ind Dhaka 24 Feb 2016
                 
2 Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak Srl Hambantota 01 Jun 2012
  Mohammad Hafeez 0 1 2 Pak RSA Dub-DSC 15 Nov 2013
                 
3 CO Obuya 0 1 1 Ken Can ICCA Dubai 15 Mar 2013
  CO Obuya 0 1 2 Ken Sco Aberdeen 04 Jul 2013
                 
4 WTS Porterfield 0 1 2 Ire Afg Dub-DSC 24 Mar 2012
  WTS Porterfield 0 1 1 Ire Aus Col-RPS 19 Sep 2012
  WTS Porterfield 0 1 1 Ire Win Col-RPs 24 Sep 2012
                 
5 Shahid Afridi 0 1 1 Pak Eng Bridgetown 06 May 2010
  Shahid Afridi 0 1 1 Pak Aus Birmingham 05 Jul 2010
                 
6 Sultan Ahmed 0 1 1 Oman UAE Abu Dhabi 22 Nov 2015
  Sultan Ahmed 0 1 2 Oman Afg Abu Dhabi 30 Nov 2015
  Sultan Ahmed 0 1 2 Oman UAE Dhaka 22 Feb 2016
                 
7 P Utseya 0 1 1 Zim Win Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
  P Utseya 0 1 1 Zim NZl Providence 04 May 2010

India posted a total of 166 for 6 in this game and RG Sharma’s contribution to this total was 83 – exactly 50 percent.

Mushtafizur Rehman and Mashrafe Mortza conceded 40 and 41 runs respectively in this game to provide the 82nd occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 40 plus runs in an innings of a T20I. It also provides the fifth such occasion by Bangladesh bowlers in a T20I and also the ninth such occasion against India in a T20I

Mushtafizur Rehman returned with figures of none for 40 in this game to provide the 156th occasion of a bowler going wicket less conceding 40 plus runs. It also provides the eighth such occasion by a Bangladesh bowler and also the 19th such occasion against India in a T20I

With two catches in this game, MS Dhoni took his aggregate of catches to 31. He now owns the record for most catches by a wicket keeper in the history of T20Is. He went past D Ramdin who had pouche 30 catches on his way to own the record.

Pakistan Super League – Statistics

Pakistan Super League – Statistics

 

MATCH RESULTS
No Team 1 Team 2 Winner Margin Ground Date
1 Isl’bad Quetta Quetta 8 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 04, 2016
2 Karachi Lahore Karachi 7 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 05, 2016
3 Zalmi Isl’bad Zalmi 24 runs Dub-DSC Feb 05, 2016
4 Quetta Karachi Quetta 8 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 06, 2016
5 Lahore Zalmi Zalmi 9 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 06, 2016
6 Isl’bad Karachi Isl’bad 2 runs Dub-DSC Feb 07, 2016
7 Quetta Zalmi Quetta 3 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 07, 2016
8 Lahore Quetta Lahore 63 runs Dub-DSC Feb 08, 2016
9 Isl’bad Lahore Isl’bad 8 wkts Sharjah Feb 10, 2016
10 Karachi Zalmi Zalmi 3 runs Sharjah Feb 11, 2016
11 Isl’bad Quetta Quetta 7 wkts Sharjah Feb 11, 2016
12 Karachi Lahore Karachi 27 runs Sharjah Feb 12, 2016
13 Isl’bad Zalmi Zalmi 7 wkts Sharjah Feb 12, 2016
14 Karachi Quetta Quetta 5 wkts Sharjah Feb 13, 2016
15 Lahore Zalmi Lahore 4 runs Sharjah Feb 13, 2016
16 Isl’bad Karachi Isl’bad 5 wkts Sharjah Feb 14, 2016
17 Quetta Zalmi Zalmi 8 wkts Sharjah Feb 14, 2016
18 Lahore Quetta Quetta 2 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 16, 2016
19 Karachi Zalmi Zalmi 5 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 17, 2016
20 Isl’bad Lahore Isl’bad 5 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 17, 2016
21 Zalmi Quetta Quetta 1 run Dub-DSC Feb 19, 2016
22 Isl’bad Karachi Isl’bad 9 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 20, 2016
23 Isl’bad Zalmi Isl’bad 50 runs Dub-DSC Feb 21, 2016
24 Isl’bad Quetta Isl’bad 6 wkts Dub-DSC Feb 23, 2016

 

HIGHEST TOTALS – 150 PLUS RUNS
No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Date
1 Quetta 203/8 20.0 2 Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
2 Lahore 201/2 20.0 1 Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
3 Lahore 194/3 20.0 1 Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
4 Zalmi 182/4 20.0 1 Karachi Sharjah 11.02.16
5 Karachi 179/9 20.0 2 Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
6 Karachi 178/5 20.0 1 Lahore Sharjah 12.02.16
7 Isl’bad 176/3 20.0 1 Zalmi Dub-DSC 21.02.16
8 Isl’bad 175/4 18.4 2 Quetta Dub-DSC 23.02.16
9 Quetta 174/7 20.0 1 Isl’bad Dub-DSC 23.02.16
10 Isl’bad 169/2 15.5 2 Lahore Sharjah 10.02.16
11 Lahore 166/6 20.0 1 Isl’bad Sharjah 10.02.16
12 Lahore 164/3 20.0 1 Zalmi Sharjah 13.02.16
13 Zalmi 160/7 20.0 2 Lahore Sharjah 13.02.16
14 Zalmi 158/5 18.3 2 Karachi Dub-DSC 17.02.16
15 Quetta 153/2 17.2 2 Karachi Dub-DSC 06.02.16
16 Zalmi 153/3 18.3 2 Isl’bad Sharjah 12.02.16
17 Isl’bad 152/6 20.0 1 Zalmi Sharjah 12.02.16
18 Karachi 152/7 20.0 1 Zalmi Dub-DSC 17.02.16
19 Isl’bad 151/5 19.0 2 Lahore Dub-DSC 17.02.16
20 Lahore 151/8 20.0 2 Karachi Sharjah 12.02.16
21 Lahore 150/5 20.0 1 Isl’bad Dub-DSC 17.02.16

 

TEAMS DISMISSED ALL OUT
No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Date
1 Quetta 133 19.3 1 Zalmi Dub-DSC 19.02.16
2 Quetta 131 16.2 2 Lahore Dub-DSC 08.02.16
3 Quetta 129 18.0 1 Zalmi Sharjah 14.02.16
4 Zalmi 126 18.0 2 Isl’bad Dub-DSC 21.02.16
5 Isl’bad 117 19.1 1 Quetta Sharjah 11.02.16

 

MOST RUNS – 200 PLUS RUNS
No Player M I NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 Team
1 Umar Akmal 7 7 3 335 93 83.75 0 4 0 Lahore
2 RS Bopara 9 8 2 329 71* 54.83 0 2 0 Karachi
3 Sharjeel Khan 11 11 1 299 117 29.90 1 1 0 Isl’bad
4 Ahmed Shehzad 10 10 0 290 71 29.00 0 2 0 Quetta
5 Tamim Iqbal 6 6 2 267 80* 66.75 0 3 0 Zalmi
6 CS Delport 8 7 0 227 78 32.42 0 3 1 Lahore
7 Mohd Hafeez 10 10 0 220 59 22.00 0 1 0 Zalmi
8 KP Pietersen 9 9 1 215 53 26.87 0 1 1 Quetta
9 Khalid Latif 9 7 1 206 59 34.33 0 1 0 Isl’bad

 

HIGH SCORES – 50 PLUS RUNS
No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Sharjeel Khan 117 Isl’bad Zalmi Dub-DSC 21.02.16
2 Umar Akmal 93 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
3 LJ Wright 86* Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 04.02.16
4 BJ Hodge 85* Zalmi Karachi Dub-DSC 17.02.16
5 Tamim Iqbal 80* Zalmi Isl’bad Sharjah 12.02.16
6 Sharjeel Khan 79* Isl’bad Lahore Sharjah 10.02.16
7 SR Watson 79 Isl’bad Lahore Sharjah 10.02.16
8 CS Delport 78 Lahore Zalmi Sharjah 13.02.16
9 CS Delport 73 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
10 DR Smith 73 Isl’bad Quetta Dub-DSC 23.02.16
11 Umar Akmal 72* Lahore Isl’bad Dub-DSC 17.02.16
12 RS Bopara 71* Karachi Lahore Sharjah 12.02.16
13 Ahmed Shehzad 71 Quetta Karachi Dub-DSC 06.02.16
14 RS Bopara 67 Karachi Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
15 Ahmed Shehzad 64 Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 23.02.16
16 LMP Simmons 62* Karachi Lahore Dub-DSC 05.02.16
17 BJ Haddin 61* Isl’bad Quetta Dub-DSC 23.02.16
18 Azhar Ali 61 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
19 DJ Malan 60* Zalmi Quetta Sharjah 14.02.16
20 CH Gayle 60 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
21 Mohd Hafeez 59 Zalmi Karachi Sharjah 11.02.16
22 Khalid Latif 59 Isl’bad Zalmi Sharjah 12.02.16
23 Sohaib Maqsood 57 Lahore Isl’bad Dub-DSC 17.02.16
24 Tamim Iqbal 55* Zalmi Lahore Dub-DSC 06.02.16
25 Umar Akmal 55* Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
26 CS Delport 55 Lahore Karachi Sharjah 12.02.16
27 Bismillah Khan 55 Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
28 KC Sangakkara 55 Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 23.02.16
29 BJ Haddin 54 Isl’bad Lahore Dub-DSC 17.02.16
30 KP Pietersen 53 Quetta Zalmi Dub-DSC 19.02.16
31 Umar Akmal 52* Lahore Zalmi Sharjah 13.02.16
32 BJ Haddin 52* Isl’bad Karachi Dub-DSC 20.02.16
33 Sarfraz Ahmed 51* Quetta Isl’bad Sharjah 11.02.16
34 Shakib Al Hasan 51 Karachi Lahore Dub-DSC 05.02.16
35 Tamim Iqbal 51 Zalmi Isl’bad Dub-DSC 05.02.16
36 Mohd Rizwan 50* Lahore Isl’bad Sharjah 10.02.16

 

MOST SIXES – TEN OR MORE
No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 6s Team
1 Sharjeel Khan 11 11 1 299 117 29.90 1 1 0 19 Isl’badi
2 Umar Akmal 7 7 3 335 93 83.75 0 4 0 17 Lahore
3 SR Watson 6 6 0 194 79 32.33 0 1 0 11 Isl’bad
4 RS Bopara 9 8 2 329 71* 54.83 0 2 0 11 Karachi
5 BJ Haddin 8 8 4 188 61* 47.00 0 3 1 11 Isl’bad
6 DJG Sammy 10 7 2 140 48 28.00 0 0 0 10 Zalmi

 

MOST WICKETS – TEN OR MORE
No Player M I O M Runs W BBI Ave 4 5 Team
1 AD Russell 10 10 34.2 0 276 16 3/18 17.25 0 0 Isl’bad
2 Wahab Riaz 9 9 34.2 0 245 15 3/17 16.33 0 0 Zalmi
3 Mohammad Nawaz 10 10 35.4 0 234 13 4/13 18.00 1 0 Quetta
4 Mohammad Sami 7 7 24.4 0 138 12 5/8 11.50 0 1 Isl’bad
5 GD Elliott 6 6 22.0 0 134 11 4/15 12.18 1 0 Quetta
6 RS Bopara 9 9 22.0 0 152 11 6/16 13.81 0 1 Karachi
7 Mohammad Asghar 9 9 31.0 1 203 11 3/20 18.45 0 0 Zalmi
8 Shahid Afridi 10 10 37.0 2 244 10 5/7 24.40 0 1 Zalmi
9 SW Tait 9 9 35.0 1 262 10 2/23 26.20 0 0 Zalmi

 

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 RS Bopara 4.0 0 16 6 Karachi Lahore Sharjah 12.02.16
2 Shahid Afridi 4.0 1 7 5 Zalmi Quetta Sharjah 14.02.16
3 Mohd Sami 4.0 0 8 5 Isl’bad Karachi Dub-DSC 20.02.16
4 Mohd Nawaz 4.0 0 13 4 Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 04.02.16
5 Zafar Gohar 3.2 0 14 4 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
6 GD Elliott 4.0 0 15 4 Quetta Karachi Sharjah 13.02.16
7 Imran Khalid 3.0 0 20 4 Isl’bad Zalmi Dub-DSC 21.02.16
8 Ehsan Adil 4.0 0 39 4 Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16

 

MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS – FORTY PLUS RUNS
No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Anwar Ali 4.0 0 57 0 Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
2 Umar Gul 4.0 0 50 1 Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 08.02.16
3 Zulfiqar Babar 4.0 0 49 1 Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
4 DJ Bravo 4.0 0 47 0 Lahore Karachi Sharjah 12.02.16
5 Usama Mir 4.0 0 47 1 Karachi Zalmi Dub-DSC 17.02.16
6 SW Tait 4.0 0 45 1 Zalmi Karachi Sharjah 11.02.16
7 Saeed Ajmal 4.0 0 44 1 Isl’bad Zalmi Sharjah 12.02.16
8 Shakib Al Hasan 4.0 0 43 1 Karachi Quetta Dub-DSC 06.02.16
9 Umar Gul 4.0 0 41 0 Quetta Karachi Dub-DSC 06.02.16
10 Ehsan Adil 3.5 0 41 2 Lahore Isl’bad Sharjah 10.02.16
11 Zulfiqar Babar 4.0 0 41 1 Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 23.02.16

 

 

BOWLERS CONCEDING FORTY PLUS RUNS WITHOUT A WICKET
No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Anwar Ali 4.0 0 57 0 Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
2 DJ Bravo 4.0 0 47 0 Lahore Karachi Sharjah 12.02.16
3 Umar Gul 4.0 0 41 0 Quetta Karachi Dub-DSC 06.02.16

 

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS BY WICKET
Wkt Runs Partners Team Opposition Ground Date
1st 153 SR Watson, Sharjeel Khan Isl’bad Lahore Sharjah 10.02.16
2nd 97* DR Smith, BJ Haddin Isl’bad Karachi Dub-DSC 20.02.16
3rd 109 LMP Simmons, Shakib Al Hasan Karachi Lahore Dub-DSC 05.02.16
4th 97 Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal Lahore Isl’bad Dub-DSC 17.02.16
5th 69 Shoaib Malik, RS Bopara Karachi Quetta Dub-DSC 06.02.16
6th 61 JM Vince, RS Bopara Karachi Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
7th 61 RS Bopara, Sohail Tanvir Karachi Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
8th 21* E Chigumbura, Anwar Ali Quetta Zalmi Dub-DSC 07.02.16
9th 28 RS Bopara, Usama Mir Karachi Isl’bad Dub-DSC 07.02.16
10th 63 GD Elliott, Zulfiqar Babar Quetta Zalmi Sharjah 14.02.16

 

FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No Partners Runs Wkt Team Oppn Ground Date
1 SR Watson, Sharjeel Khan 153 1st Isl’bad Lahore Sharjah 10.02.16
2 LMP Simmons, Shakib Al Hasan 109 3rd Karachi Lahore Dub-DSC 05.02.16
3 CH Gayle, Azhar Ali 108 1st Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
4 DR Smith, Sharjeel Khan 108 1st Isl’bad Zalmi Dub-DSC 21.02.16
5 CS Delport, Umar Akmal 101 3rd Lahore Zalmi Sharjah 13.02.16
6 CH Gayle, CS Delport 98 1st Lahore Karachi Sharjah 12.02.16
7 DR Smith, BJ Haddin 97* 2nd Isl’bad Karachi Dub-DSC 20.02.16
8 Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal 97 4th Lahore Isl’bad Dub-DSC 17.02.16
9 Tamim Iqbal, Mohd Hafeez 95 1st Zalmi Lahore Dub-DSC 06.02.16
10 CS Delport, Umar Akmal 95 2nd Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
11 Tamim Iqbal, Mohd Hafeez 93 1st Zalmi Karachi Sharjah 11.02.16
12 LJ Wright, Ahmed Shehzad 92 1st Quetta Karachi Dub-DSC 06.02.16
13 Ahmed Shehzad, KC Sangakkara 87 3rd Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 23.02.16
14 DR Smith, BJ Haddin 85 2nd Isl’bad Quetta Dub-DSC 23.02.16
15 KP Pietersen, KC Sangakkara 79 3rd Quetta Zalmi Dub-DSC 19.02.16
16 Mohd Nawaz, Sarfraz Ahmed 74 4th Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 08.02.16
17 Bismillah Khan, KP Pietersen 73 2nd Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
18 Shoaib Malik, RS Bopara 69 5th Karachi Quetta Dub-DSC 06.02.16
19 BJ Haddin, Khalid Latif 69 3rd Isl’bad Lahore Dub-DSC 17.02.16
20 Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq 63 4th Isl’bad Karachi Sharjah 14.02.16
21 GD Elliott, Zulfiqar Babar 63 10th Quetta Zalmi Sharjah 14.02.16
22 Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif 63 3rd Isl’bad Zalmi Dub-DSC 21.02.16
23 Azhar Ali, CS Delport 62 1st Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 08.02.16
24 JM Vince, RS Bopara 61 6th Karachi Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
25 RS Bopara, Sohail Tanvir 61 7th Karachi Zalmi Sharjah 11.02.16
26 KC Sangakkara, Sarfraz Ahmed 61 4th Quetta Lahore Dub-DSC 16.02.16
27 Tamim Iqbal, Shahid Yousuf 60* 4th Zalmi Isl’bad Sharjah 12.02.16
28 DJ Bravo, Mohd Rizwan 60 5th Lahore Isl’bad Sharjah 10.02.16
29 RS Bopara, Mushfiqur Rahim 60 4th Karachi Isl’bad Sharjah 14.02.16
30 Mohd Hafeez, DJ Malan 60 1st Zalmi Quetta Sharjah 14.02.16
31 LJ Wright, Mohd Nawaz 59* 3rd Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 04.02.16
32 Umar Akmal, DJ Bravo 59* 3rd Lahore Quetta Dub-DSC 16.02.16
33 Ahmed Shehzad, Sarfraz Ahmed 59 3rd Quetta Isl’bad Sharjah 11.02.16
34 Misbah-ul-Haq, AD Russell 57 7th Isl’bad Quetta Dub-DSC 04.02.16
35 Shahid Yousuf, DJG Sammy 57 6th Zalmi Quetta Dub-DSC 07.02.16
36 Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq 57 3rd Isl’bad Zalmi Sharjah 12.02.16
37 Nauman Anwar, Shoaib Malik 54 1st Karachi Lahore Sharjah 12.02.16
38 DJ Malan, Kamran Akmal 54 2nd Zalmi Quetta Sharjah 14.02.16
39 DR Smith, Sharjeel Khan 54 1st Isl’bad Quetta Dub-DSC 23.02.16
40 LJ Wright, Ahmed Shehzad 53 1st Quetta Isl’bad Dub-DSC 04.02.16
41 Azhar Ali, CS Delport 53 2nd Lahore Zalmi Sharjah 13.02.16
42 BJ Hodge, Kamran Akmal 52 5th Zalmi Karachi Dub-DSC 17.02.16

 

 

 

Key Stats of Qualifying games of Asia Cup 2016 – Twenty20 and fixtures of the Main draw

Key Stats of Qualifying games of Asia Cup 2016 – Twenty20 and fixtures of the Main draw

MATCH RESULTS
No Team 1 Team 2 Winner Margin Ground Date
1 Afg UAE UAE 16 runs Fatullah 19.02.16
2 HKG Oman Oman 5 runs Fatullah 19.02.16
3 Afg Oman Afg 3 wickets Fatullah 20.02.16
4 HKG UAE UAE 6 wickets Fatullah 21.02.16
5 Afg HKG Afg 66 runs Dhaka 22.02.16
6 Oman UAE UAE 71 runs Dhaka 22.02.16

 

TEAM TOTALS – 100 PLUS RUNS
No Team Score Overs Inns Oppn Ground Date
1 Oman 180/05 20.0 1 v HKG Fatullah 19.02.16
2 Afg 178/07 20.0 1 v HKG Dhaka 22.02.16
3 UAE 176/04 20.0 1 v Afg Fatullah 19.02.16
4 HKG 175/07 20.0 2 v Oman Fatullah 19.02.16
5 UAE 172/06 20.0 1 v Oman Dhaka 22.02.16
6 Afg 168/07 19.3 2 v Oman Fatullah 20.02.16
7 Oman 165/04 20.0 1 v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
8 Afg 160/10 19.5 2 v UAE Fatullah 19.02.16
9 UAE 147/04 18.3 2 v HKG Fatullah 21.02.16
10 HKG 146/07 20.0 1 v UAE Fatullah 21.02.16
11 HKG 112/10 17.1 2 v Afg Dhaka 22.02.16
12 Oman 101/08 20.0 2 v UAE Dhaka 22.02.16

 

MOST RUNS – 100 PLUS RUNS
No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 Babar Hayat HKG 3 3 0 194 122 64.66 1 1 0 19 8
2 Zeeshan Maqsood Oman 3 3 0 115 52 38.33 0 1 0 11 4
3 Mohd Shahzad UAE 3 3 1 111 52 55.50 0 1 0 8 3
4 Muhammad Usman UAE 3 3 1 110 46 55.00 0 0 0 15 2
5 Najibullah Zadran Afg 3 3 1 104 60* 52.00 0 1 0 4 5

 

HIGH SCORES – FIFTY PLUS RUNS
No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Date
1 Babar Hayat 122 HKG v Oman Fatullah 19.02.16
2 Rohan Mustafa 77 UAE v Afg Fatullah 19.02.16
3 Karim Sadiq 72 Afg v UAE Fatullah 19.02.16
4 Noor Ali Zadran 63 Afg v Oman Fatullah 20.02.16
5 Najibullah Zadran 60* Afg v HKG Dhaka 22.02.16
6 Adnan Ilyas 54 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
7 Babar Hayat 54 HKG v UAE Fatullah 21.02.16
8 Zeeshan Maqsood 52 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
9 Mohd Shahzad 52 UAE v HKG Fatullah 21.02.16
10 Muhammad Kaleem 50 UAE v Oman Dhaka 22.02.16

 

MOST WICKETS – FOUR OR MORE
No Player Team Mat Inns O M R W BBI Ave 4 5
1 Mohd Naveed UAE 3 3 12.0 1 57 7 3/14 8.14 0 0
2 Rashid Khan Afg 3 3 11.0 0 71 5 3/25 14. 0 0
3 Amjad Javed UAE 3 3 9.0 0 56 4 2/21 14.00 0 0
4 Rohan Mustafa UAE 3 3 9.5 0 73 4 3/19 18.25 0 0
5 Nadeem Ahmed HKG 3 3 12.0 1 77 4 3/27 19.25 0 0
6 Mohd Nabi Afg 3 3 12.0 0 83 4 4/17 20.75 1 0
7 Aamir Kaleem Oman 3 3 10.0 0 84 4 4/36 21.00 1 0
8 Bilal Khan Oman 3 3 11.0 0 91 4 3/33 22.75 0 0
9 Aizaz Khan HKG 3 3 11.3 0 108 4 3/38 27.00 0 0

 

THREE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
No Player O M R W Team Oppn Ground Date
1 Mohd Nabi 4.0 0 17 4 Afg v HKG Dhaka 22.02.16
2 Aamir Kaleem 4.0 0 36 4 Oman v UAE Dhaka 22.02.16
3 Mohd Naveed 4.0 0 14 3 UAE v HKG Fatullah 21.02.16
4 Mehran Khan 4.0 0 18 3 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
5 Rohan Mustafa 2.5 0 19 3 UAE v Afg Fatullah 19.02.16
6 Rashid Khan 4.0 0 25 3 Afg v UAE Fatullah 19.02.16
7 Nadeem Ahmed 4.0 0 27 3 HKG v Oman Fatullah 19.02.16
8 Bilal Khan 4.0 0 33 3 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
9 Aizaz Khan 4.0 0 38 3 HKG v Afg Dhaka 22.02.16

 

MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGS – FORTY PLUS RUNS
No Player O M R W Team Oppn Ground Date
1 Zeeshan Maqsood 4.0 0 54 1 Oman v HKG Fatullah 19.02.16
2 AV Lalcheta 3.3 0 43 1 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
3 M Ansari 4.0 0 40 0 Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16

 

FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No Partners Runs Wkt Team Oppn Ground Date
1 Muhammad Kaleem, Mohd Shahzad 86 2nd UAE v Oman Dhaka 22.02.16
2 Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Kaleem 83 1st UAE v Afg Fatullah 19.02.16
3 Mohd Shahzad, Muhammad Usman 79 3rd UAE v HKG Fatullah 21.02.16
4 Zeeshan Maqsood, Jatinder Singh 72 1st Oman v Afg Fatullah 20.02.16
5 Babar Hayat, MS Chapman 62 3rd HKG v UAE Fatullah 21.02.16
6 Noor Ali Zadran, Najibullah Zadran 59 5th Afg v Oman Fatullah 20.02.16
7 Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat 58 2nd HKG v Oman Fatullah 19.02.16
8 Anshuman Rath, KD Shah 56 1st HKG v Afg Dhaka 22.02.16
9 Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai 54 2nd Afg v Oman Fatullah 20.02.16
10 Mehran Khan, Amir Ali 50* 6th Oman v HKG Fatullah 19.02.16

 

POINTS TABLE – QUALIFYING GROUP
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
UAE 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.678 495/58.3 407/60.0
Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.954 506/59.3 453/60.0
Oman 3 1 2 0 0 2 -1.222 446/60.0 515/59.3
Hong Kong 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.416 433/60.0 505/58.3

QUALIFIYING TEAM FOR THE MAIN DRAW

United Arab Emirates {UAE} qualified for the main draw. It won all its three matches of the qualifying round and earned six points. It had a net run rate of +1.678. It scored 495 runs in 58.3 over and conceded 407 runs while bowling 60.0 overs

The fixtures of the main draw is furnished below. Hosts Bangladesh will meet India on Feb 24, 2016 at Dhaka. The Match starts at 7;30 IST and 13:30 GMT. The Final is slated for Mar 06, 2016 at Dhaka.

The Match starts at 7;30 IST and 13:30 GMT. Hosts Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Qualifying team UAE will play each other in the main draw. Each team will play four matches. The finalists will be decided on the points they get. If Points are equal, then it will be decided on the net run rate. All the matches of the main draw will be played at Dhaka. India’s games in the main draw are highlighted in blue

 

FIZTURES OF THE MAIN DRAW
1st Match: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka – Feb 24, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
2nd Match: Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 25, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
3rd Match: Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 26, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
4th Match: India v Pakistan at Dhaka – Feb 27, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
5th Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Feb 28, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
6th Match: Pakistan v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 29, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
7th Match: India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Mar 01, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
8th Match: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka – Mar 02, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
9th Match: India v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Mar 03, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
10th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka – Mar 04, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
 
Final: TBA v TBA at Dhaka – Mar 06, 2016
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

 

 

Statistical highlights of the qualifying round of Asia Cup 2016 – T20 tournament

Statistical highlights of the qualifying round of Asia Cup 2016 – T20 tournament

Qualifying Group, 4th Match: Hong Kong v United Arab Emirates at Fatullah – Feb 21, 2016. Hong Kong 146/7 (20/20 ov); United Arab Emirates 147/4 (18.3/20 ov). United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Babar Hayat’ of Hong Kong scored 54 in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the only batsman  to score two fifties – a century and a half century. He had scored 122 in the match against Oman at Fatullah on 19.02.16.

Mohammd Naveed of UAE returned with figures of 3 for 14 in this game to provide the best bowling figures in the matches played so far in the tournament.  The previous best was 3 for 18 by Mehran Khan of Oman against Afghanistan at Fatullah on 20.02.16

Qualifying Group, 5th Match: Afghanistan v Hong Kong at Dhaka – Feb 22, 2016. Afghanistan 178/7 (20/20 ov); Hong Kong 112 (17.1/20 ov). Afghanistan won by 66 runs

Babar Hayat of Hong Kong owns the record for most runs {194}, most boundary fours {19} and most boundary sixes {08} of this tournament.

Hong Kong became the second team to be dismissed all out. The first team was Afghanistan. Afghanistan was dismissed for 160 by UAE in the inaugural game at Fatullah on 19.02.16. Thus Hong Kong’s 112 in this game represents the lowest total in a completed innings.

Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan became the first bowler to capture four wickets.  He returned with figures of 4.0-0-17-4 in this game. His figures represent the best bowling figures in the qualifying round.

Afghanistan won this game by 66 runs to provide the first occasion of a team winning by 50 plus runs margin.

Qualifying Group, 6th Match: Oman v United Arab Emirates at Dhaka – Feb 22, 2016. United Arab Emirates 172/6 (20/20 ov); Oman 101/8 (20/20 ov). United Arab Emirates won by 71 runs

UAE won this game by 71 runs to provide the second occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin. It also represents the win by largest margin by runs. Omans’ 101 for 8 in this game represent the lowest total by a team.

Aamir Kaleem of Oman captured 4 for 36 in this game to provide the second occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in the tournament. The first such occasion was Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan who had returned with figures of 4.0-0-17-4 against Hong Kong at Dhaka on 22.02.16. Aamir Kaleem became the first bowler in the tournament to witness his four wicket haul in a losing cause.

South Africa vs England – Second T20I at Jo’burg on Feb 21 2016 – South Africa won by nine wickets

South Africa vs England – Second T20I at Jo’burg on Feb 21 2016 – South Africa won by nine wickets

South Africa inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 19th occasion of South Africa doing so in T20Is. It won this game provides the 15th occasion of South Africa winning a T20I after inserting the opposition.  It also provides the fifth occasion of South Africa inserting England in a T20I and its win provides the third win for South Africa against England after inserting the opposition.

South Africa’s win by nine wickets in this game provides its fourth win by a margin of nine plus wickets in T20Is. It also provides its first such win against England

No Team Result Margin BR Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RSA won 10 wickets 44 Zim Hambantota 20 Sep 2012
2 RSA won 10 wickets 51 Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
3 RSA won 09 wickets 32 Eng Johannesburg 21 Feb 2016
4 RSA won 09 wickets 33 Pak Dubai (DSC) 13 Nov 2013

AB de Villiers {71} and HM Amla {69 not out} scored fifties in  this game to  provide the third occasion of both South African batsmen scoring fifties in a T20I game. It also provides the second such occasion against England. The other two occasions are – Vs Pak at Johannesburg on 02. 02.07 {GC Smith 71 not out and LE Bosman – 53 not out} and Vs England at Centurion on 15.11.09 {GC Smith – 88 and LE Bosman – 94}

This game witnessed rival wicket keepers scoring fifties – 54 by JC Buttler for England and 71 by AB de Villiers for South Africa – to provide the third occasion of rival wicket keepers scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. The other two occasions are witnessed in the following games – BB McCullum {74} and JC Buttler {53} – New Zealand vs England at Hamilton on 12.02.13 and D Ramdin {55*} and L Ronchi {51*} – West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington on 15.01.14

JC Buttler’s 54 and AB de Villiers’ 71 in this game provide the 59th and 60th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a T20I. AB de Villiers’ 71 provides the 29th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in a T20I

JC Buttler’s 54 provides the seventh occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a T20I.  JC Buttler and C Kieswetter share the record for most fifties by a England wicket keeper batsman in T20Is. Both the batsmen have scored three fifties.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 C Kieswetter 63 2 v Australia Bridgetown 16 May 2010
2 C Kieswetter 58* 2 v West Indies The Oval 23 Sep 2011
3 C Kieswetter 50 1 v South Africa Birmingham 12 Sep 2012
             
1 JC Buttler 54 2 v New Zealand Hamilton 12 Feb 2013
2 JC Buttler 67 1 v West Indies Bridgetown 11 Mar 2014
3 JC Buttler 54 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 21 Feb 2016

JC Buttler’s 54 in this game represents the highest score by an England wicket keeper batsman against South Africa in a T20I. The previous best was 50 by C Kieswetter at Birmingham on 12.09.12

AB de Villers’s 71 in this game represent the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a T20I. It also represents the first such occasion against England. The other two occasions are – 114 not out by MH van Wyk against West Indies at Durban on 14.01.15 and 51 by AB de Villiers against India at Durban on 02.10.15.

AB de Villiers and JP Duminy share the South African record for most appearances in T20Is. At the end of this game both the cricketers have played 65 games.

AB de Villiers registered his seventh fifty in T20Is when he scored 71 in this game. He now shares the second in the list of South African batsmen who have scored most fifties in T20Is with F du Plessis who also has scored seven fifties. The first place is occupied by JP Duminy who has scored eight fifties.

AB de Villiers registered his seventh half century in T20Is when he scored 71 in this game. He now stands second in the list of South African batsmen who have scored most half centuries in T20Is. The first place is occupied by JP Duminy who has scored eight half centuries. AB de Villiers went past F du Plessis who has scored six half centuries on his way to second place.

AB de Villers first 50 in his knock of 71 came in 21 deliveries. It represents the fastest fifty by a South African batsman in a T20I. The previous record for the fastest 50 by a South African batsman was also his and it was made against the same opposition – England – at Chittagong on 29.03.14. He has scored 69 not out in this game.

AB de Villers became the eighth batsman in the history of T20Is to score a fifty in exact 21 deliveries. The following table furnishes all the eight batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No Balls Player Team Oppn Venue Date
1 21 M Jayawardene Srl Ken Johannesburg 14.09.07
2 21 KC Sangakkara Srl Ind Nagpur 09.12.09
3 21 CL White Aus NZl Christchurch 28.02.10
4 21 Umar Akmal Pak Aus Edgbaston 05.07.10
5 21 PR Stirling Ire Can Dubai (DSC) 22.03.12
6 21 E Chigumbura Zim UAR Sylhet 21.03.14
7 21 SC Williams Zim Afg Bulawayo 28.10.15
8 21 AB de Villiers RSA Eng Johannesburg 21.02.16

AB de Villiers and HM Amla added 125 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 90th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 36th such occasion for the first wicket.

This partnership provides the 12th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a T20I. It also represents the fourth such occasion for the first wicket by South African batsmen in a T20I. This stand also provides the second occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England in a T20I and these two occasions are for the first wicket. The first occasion was the 175 runs partnership between GC Smith and LE Bosman at Centurion on 15.11.09

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 LE Bosman, GC Smith 1 170 1 v England Centurion 15 Nov 2009
2 HM Amla, AB de Villiers 1 125 2 v England Johannesburg 21 Feb 2016

AB de Villiers and HM Amla added 125 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 90th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 45th such occasion by a team batting second.  By an amazing coincidence, the T20I game has witnessed three figure partnerships on 45 occasions by a team batting first and a similar number of occasions by a team batting second,

AB de Villlers’ run aggregate in T20Is at the end of this game read 1245. He completed 1200 runs when he was on 26 during his knock of 71 in this game. He became the 17th batsman and also the second South African batsman to aggregate 1200 plus runs in the history of T20Is. The other South African batsman is JP Duminy who has an aggregate of 1551 T20I runs.

Statistical highlights of Qualifying matches of Asia Cup – T20 2016

Statistical highlights of Qualifying matches of Asia Cup – T20 2016

Qualifying Group, 1st Match: Afghanistan v United Arab Emirates at Fatullah – Feb 19, 2016. United Arab Emirates 176/4 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 160 (19.5/20 ov) – United Arab Emirates won by 16 runs

This game has been numbered as 501st T20I in the history of T20 Internationals. Prior to  this 500 T20Is have been played.

Afghanistan and UAE became the first two teams to play the first Asis Cup 2016 T20 tournament. UAE became the first team to win a game In Asia Cup 2016 T20 tournament while Afghanistan earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first team to lose a game in Asia Cup 2016 T20 tournament

Dawlat Zardan of Afghanistan earned the honour of delivering the first ball in the tournament, while Rohan Mustafa earned the honour of facing the first of the tournament

Amjad Javed – the UAE Captain – won the toss in this inaugural game and opted to bat first. Asgar Stanikzai was the Afghanistan captain. The rival wicket keepers were SP Patil for UAE and Mohammad Shahzad for Afghanistan

Rohan Mustafa scored the first boundary four and also the first boundary six of the tournament while the first wicket was captured by Rashid Khan of Afghanistan who had the wicket of UAE opener Mohammad Khaleem for 25

The first 50 plus runs partnership of the tournament was posted by UAE openers Roshan Mustafa and Mohammd Khalim who added 83 runs for the first wicket

The credit of scoring the first half century of the tournament befell on Roshan Mustafa of UAE who scored 77 off 50 deliveries in a stay of 58 minutes with the help of seven boundary fours and four boundary sixes.

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan became the first bowler in the tournament to capture three wickets. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-25-3 in this game.

Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan became the first batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. He was dismissed run out for 21 in this game. Amir Hamza of Afghanistan became the first batsman to be dismissed stumped in the tournament. He was dismissed stumped by SP Patil off Rohan Mustafa for  4 in this game

Afghanistan became the first team in the tournament to be dismissed all out. It was dismissed all out for 160 in 19.5 overs

The first occasion of a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in the tournament was witnessed in this game. Afghanistan batsman Karim Sadiq scored 72 in this game, but his team ended up as a losing side

Roshan Mustafa scored 77 and captured 3 for 29 to provide the first occasion of an all-round performance of the tournament – 50 coupled with three wickets

Qualifying Group, 2nd Match: Hong Kong v Oman at Fatullah – Feb 19, 2016 – Oman 180/5 (20/20 ov); Hong Kong 175/7 (20/20 ov) – Oman won by 5 runs

Babar Hayat of Hong Kong scored the first century of the tournament when he made 122 in this game. His knock came in 60 deliveries with nine  boundary four and seven boundary sixes. Babar Hayat became the first batsman to score five or more boundary sixes in the tournament in the game played so far. 

His century provides the first occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain as Hong Kong lost the game by five runs

KD Shah of Hong Kong earned the dubious distinction of scoring the first duck of the tournament when he failed to open his account in this game. As he opened the innings he became the first opening batsman to score a duck in the tournament. Nizakat Khan of Hong Kong became the first batsman in the tournament to collect the first ball duck.

Zeeshan Maqsood of Oman became the first bowler in the tournament to be honoured with a “Bowler’s fifty”. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-54-1 in this game. As on date he is credit with the tag of most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in the tournament

Qualifying Group, 3rd Match: Afghanistan v Oman at Fatullah – Feb 20, 2016 – Oman 165/4 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 168/7 (19.3/20 ov) – Afghanistan won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Zeeahan Maqsood of Oman became the first batsman and also the first opening batsman in the tournament to be dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty. He was dismissed stumped after scoring 52 in this game.

Oman became the first team in the tournament to have two batsmen scoring fifties in an innings. Zeeshan Maqsood and Adnan Ilyas score 52 and 54 respectively in this game

This game witnessed the first occasion of rival opening batsmen scoring fifties in the tournament. Zeeshen Maqsood of Oman scored 52 and Noor Ali Zadran of Afghanistan scored 63 in this game.

This game witnessed the first occasion of two bowlers conceding 40 plus runs in the same innings.  AV Lalchta and M Ansari of Oman leaked 43 and 40 runs in this fame. M Ansari with his figures of none for 40 became the first bowler to leak 40 plus runs without a wicket in the tournament.

Mehran Khan of Oman with his 3 for 18 has the best bowling figures in the tournament matches played so far. The previous best was Roshan Mustafa’s 3 for 19 in the opening fixture of the tournament between UAE and Afghanistan at Fatulla on 19.02.16.

South Africa vs England – First Twenty20I at Cape Town on Feb 19 1996 – South Africa won by three wickets on the last ball of the match

South Africa vs England – First Twenty20I at Cape Town on Feb 19 1996 – South Africa won by three wickets on the last ball of the match

South Africa won this game on the last ball to provide the 16th occasion of a team winning a T20I on the last ball.  It also provides the first such occasion for South Africa.

No Winner Margin Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date
1 New Zealand 5 wickets 150 20.0 v India Wellington 27 Feb 2009
2 Netherlands 4 wickets 163 20.0 v England Lord’s 05 Jun 2009
3 Sri Lanka 5 wickets 164 20.0 v India Gros Islet 11 May 2010
4 England 1 wicket 158 20.0 v Australia Adelaide 12 Jan 2011
5 Scotland 4 wickets 136 20.0 v Canada Dubai (DSC) 23 Mar 2012
6 Bangladesh 2 wickets 141 20.0 v Ireland Belfast 21 Jul 2012
7 Netherlands 1 wicket 129 20.0 v Bangladesh The Hague 26 Jul 2012
8 England 6 wickets 178 20.0 v India Mumbai 22 Dec 2012
9 New Zealand 8 wickets 169 19.0 v South Africa East London 23 Dec 2012
10 Pakistan 2 wickets 153 20.0 v West Indies Kingstown 27 Jul 2013
11 Sri Lanka 3 wickets 121 20.0 v Bangladesh Chittagong 14 Feb 2014
12 Ireland 3 wickets 164 20.0 v Zimbabwe Sylhet 17 Mar 2014
13 Zimbabwe 5 wickets 141 20.0 v Netherlands Sylhet 19 Mar 2014
14 Hong Kong 5 wickets 162 20.0 v Afghanistan Dublin (Malahide) 21 Jul 2015
15 India 7 wickets 198 20.0 v Australia Sydney 31 Jan 2016
16 South Africa 3 wickets 135 20.0 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

It also provides the second win on the last ball of the match against England. Netherlands had registered a last ball win against England at Lord’s on 05.06.09. Netherlands had won this game by four wickets

No Winner Margin Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Netherlands 4 wickets 163 20.0 v England Lord’s 05 Jun 2009
2 South Africa 3 wickets 135 20.0 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

Imran Tahir captured four for 21 in this game to provide the 109th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a T20I. It also provides the 12th occasion of such a performance by a South African bowler.

Imran Tahir’s 4 for 21 represent his second four wicket haul in T20I. The other occasion was his four for 21 against Netherlands at Chittagong on 27.03.14. He became the third South African bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I on two occasions. Others are M Morel and DW Steyn

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 1 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016
                   
1 M Morkel 4.0 0 17 4 1 v New Zealand Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 M Morkel 3.0 0 20 4 2 v Afghanistan Bridgetown 05 May 2010
                   
1 DW Steyn 3.0 0 9 4 2 v West Indies Port Elizabeth 16 Dec 2007
2 DW Steyn 4.0 0 17 4 2 v New Zealand Chittagong 24 Mar 2014

Imran Tahir earned the distinction of becoming the only bowler in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to return with identical bowling figures on two occasions.  He returned with identical figures of 4.0-0-21-4 against Netherland at Chittagong on 27.03.14 and 4.0-0-21-4 against England at Cape Town on 19.02.16

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 1 v England Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

Imran Tahir became the eleventh bowler to capture four or more wickets in a T20I against England.  He is the first South African bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I against England and thus his 4 for 21 represents the best bowling figures by a South African bowler against England. Previous best was 3 for 14 by WD Parnell at Nottingham on 11.06.09. It also represents the best bowling figures by a South African bowler against England at home. The previous best was 3 for 33 by R McLaren at Johannesburg on 13.11.09

Imran Tahir became the third bowler to capture four wickets in a T20I at Cape Town. Others are 4 for 20 by SR Clarke of Australia Vs Sri Lanka on 20.09.07 and 4 for 31 by E Chigumbura of Zimbabwe Vs England at Cape Town on 13.09.07.

Imran Tahir became the second bowler to capture four wickets against England in a T20I at Cape Town after E Chigumbura of Zimbabwe is the other bowler. E Chigumbura had captured 4 for 31 against England at Cape Town on 13.09.07.

MM Ali collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 316th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in a T20I. It also provides the 27th occasion of an England batsman suffering from such an ignominy.

MM Ali’s first ball duck in this game represents his third first ball duck in T20Is. Only LJ Wright has collected more first ball ducks amongst England batsmen in T20Is. LJ Wright has collected four first ball ducks.

MM Ali’s first ball duck in this game provides the fifth occasion of an England batsman suffering from such an ignominy against South Africa.

CJ Jordan’s 3 for 23 in this game represents his best bowling figures in a T20I. His previous best was 3 for 39 against West Indies at Bridgetown on 13.03.14

CJ Jordan became the fourth England bowler to capture three wickets against South Africa in a T20I.

No Player O M R W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RJ Sidebottom 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
2 CJ Jordan 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Cape Town 19 Feb 2016
3 GP Swann 4.0 0 24 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
4 SCJ Broad 4.0 0 37 3 1 RSA Cape Town 16 Sep 2007

CJ Jordan and RJ Sidebottom with identical figures of 4.0-0-23-3 share the best bowling figures by an England bowler against South Africa in a T20I

No Player O M R W Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RJ Sidebottom 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Bridgetown 08 May 2010
2 CJ Jordan 4.0 0 23 3 2 RSA Cape Town 19 Feb 2016

The head to head results summary between the two teams at the end of this game read thus

Result summary                
Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied Tie+W Tie+L NR
England 2007-2016 10 3 6 0 0 0 1
South Africa 2007-2016 10 6 3 0 0 0 1

 

Pakistan Super League – reaches Qualifying Finals stage

Pakistan Super League – reaches Qualifying Finals stage

Pakistan Super League has reached the Qualifying Finals stage. Here are the results of the Leauge fixtures, Points table as at the end of the League fixtures and the fixtures between the teams which have reached the qualifying finals. The final is slated for Feb 23 2016 at Dubai {DSC}

1st Match: Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 4, 2016
Islamabad United 128/7 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 132/2 (16/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
 
2nd Match: Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 5, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 125/8 (20/20 ov); Karachi Kings 131/3 (15.5/20 ov)
Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
 
3rd Match: Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 5, 2016
Peshawar Zalmi 145/7 (20/20 ov); Islamabad United 121/9 (20/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs
 
4th Match: Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 6, 2016
Karachi Kings 147/7 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 153/2 (17.2/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
 
5th Match: Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 6, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 117/6 (20/20 ov); Peshawar Zalmi 118/1 (16/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 9 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
 
6th Match: Islamabad United v Karachi Kings at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 7, 2016
Islamabad United 132/8 (20/20 ov); Karachi Kings 130/9 (20/20 ov)
Islamabad United won by 2 runs
 
7th Match: Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 7, 2016
Peshawar Zalmi 135/7 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 139/7 (19.5/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
 
8th Match: Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 8, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 194/3 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 131 (16.2/20 ov)
Lahore Qalandars won by 63 runs
 
9th Match: Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars at Sharjah – Feb 10, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 166/6 (20/20 ov); Islamabad United 169/2 (15.5/20 ov)
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
 
10th Match: Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah – Feb 11, 2016
Peshawar Zalmi 182/4 (20/20 ov); Karachi Kings 179/9 (20/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 runs
 
11th Match: Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah – Feb 11, 2016
Islamabad United 117 (19.1/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 118/3 (16.1/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 7 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
 
12th Match: Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars at Sharjah – Feb 12, 2016
Karachi Kings 178/5 (20/20 ov); Lahore Qalandars 151/8 (20/20 ov)
Karachi Kings won by 27 runs
 
13th Match: Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah – Feb 12, 2016
Islamabad United 152/6 (20/20 ov); Peshawar Zalmi 153/3 (18.3/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
 
14th Match: Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah – Feb 13, 2016
Karachi Kings 126/9 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 127/5 (18.5/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
 
15th Match: Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah – Feb 13, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 164/3 (20/20 ov); Peshawar Zalmi 160/7 (20/20 ov)
Lahore Qalandars won by 4 runs
 
16th Match: Islamabad United v Karachi Kings at Sharjah – Feb 14, 2016
Karachi Kings 128/5 (20/20 ov); Islamabad United 131/5 (18.5/20 ov)
Islamabad United won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
 
17th Match: Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah – Feb 14, 2016
Quetta Gladiators 129 (18/20 ov); Peshawar Zalmi 130/2 (18.4/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 8 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
 
18th Match: Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 16, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 201/2 (20/20 ov); Quetta Gladiators 203/8 (20/20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
 
19th Match: Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 17, 2016
Karachi Kings 152/7 (20/20 ov); Peshawar Zalmi 158/5 (18.3/20 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
 
20th Match: Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 17, 2016
Lahore Qalandars 150/5 (20/20 ov); Islamabad United 151/5 (19/20 ov)
Islamabad United won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

 

Points Table
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied NR Pts Net RR For Against
Peshawar Zalmi 8 6 2 0 0 12 +0.573 1181/151.4 1153/159.5
Quetta Gladiators 8 6 2 0 0 12 +0.216 1132/148.1 1178/158.4
Islamabad United 8 4 4 0 0 8 -0.282 1101/153.4 1122/150.4
Karachi Kings 8 2 6 0 0 4 -0.036 1171/155.5 1159/153.3
Lahore Qalandars 8 2 6 0 0 4 -0.536 1268/160.0 1241/146.4

 

1st Qualifying Final: Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 19, 2016
2nd Qualifying Final: Islamabad United v Karachi Kings at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 20, 2016
3rd Qualifying Final: TBA v TBA at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 21, 2016
Final: TBA v TBA at Dubai (DSC) – Feb 23, 2016

 

Shahid Afridi’s feat – returns with the second best bowling figures by a captain in the history of Twenty20 games

Shahid Afridi’s feat – returns with the second best bowling figures by a captain in the history of Twenty20 games

Shahid Afridi captured 5 for 7 representing Peshwar Zalmi against Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah on 14.02.16 in the ongoing Pakistan Super League to provide the second best bowling figures by a captain in the history of Twenty20 games. The best figures are credited to Shakib Al Hasan who returned with figures of 2.4.-0-18-6 while leading Prime Bank against Moahammedan at Sylhet on 26.12.13.

Shahid Afrdi’s 5 for 7 gives him a distinction of becoming the only captain to capture five or more wickets conceding single digit runs in the history of Twenty20 games. The following table lists out 18 captains who have captured five or more wickets in a Twenty20 game

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Shakib Al Hasan 2.4 0 18 6 Prime Bank Mohammedan Sylhet 26.12.13
2 Shahid Afridi 4.0 1 7 5 Zalmi Quetta Glad Sharjah 14.02.16
3 IK Pathan 4.0 0 13 5 Baroda Assam Vadodara 02.01.16
4 SB Bangar 4.0 0 16 5 Railways Rajasthan Jaipur 06.04.07
5 Zahid Mahmood 4.0 0 16 5 Bulls S Stallions Karachi 19.09.14
6 A Mishra 4.0 1 19 5 Haryana J + K Delhi 22.10.10
7 LAS Sebastien 4.0 0 20 5 Dominica BVI Coolidge 27.01.08
8 AJ Hollioake 3.0 0 21 5 Surrey Hampshire Southampton 24.06.02
9 SC Serasinghe 4.0 1 22 5 Tamil Union SL Air SC Colombo (SSC) 28.03.12
10 Shoaib Akhtar 4.0 0 23 5 R Rams Quetta Bears Lahore 25.04.05
11 Shabbir Ahmed 4.0 0 23 5 United Bank PIA Karachi 07.07.13
12 DJ Bravo 4.0 0 23 5 Red Steel Tallawahs Port of Spain 23.07.15
13 KV Sharma 4.0 0 24 5 Railways Goa Vadodara 07.01.16
14 A Jacobs 4.0 0 26 5 Warriors Eagles Bloemfontein 21.02.7
15 Imran Farhat 4.0 0 26 5 L Eagles Hawks Karachi 02.03.10
16 DKH Mitchell 4.0 0 28 5 Worcs Northants Northampton 18.07.14
17 Shoaib Malik 4.0 0 29 5 S Stallions K Dolphins Rawalpindi 28.03.12
18 RAS Lakmal 4.0 0 34 5 Tamil Union Chilaw Colombo (NCC) 20.01.16