Match No 7 : Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba Elevens at Delhi on 11.10.09 : Delhi Daredevils won by 50 runs

V Sehwag’s run out for 66 in this game provides the 12^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. He becomes the first batsman in CLT20 games to be dismissed after scoring a fifty. He also becomes the fourth opening batsman to be dismissed run out. Other three are AP McLaren, BB McCullum and DA Warner

No	Batsman	Score	Team	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	McLaren	11	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
2	McCullum	21	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Warner	14	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

KRD Karthik was dismissed stumped for 61 in this game providing the fourth occasion of a batsman stumped in CLT20 games played so far. He earns the distinction of become the first wicket keeper batsman stumped in CLT20 games played so far. He is also the first wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed stumped after registering a fifty in CLT20 games played so far.

V Sehwag {66} and KRD Karthik {61} scored half centuries in Delhi’s innings in this game providing the third occasion of two batsmen registering fifties in the same innings. The three occasions are furnished 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
1	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
1	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

This game witnessed three half centuries in the match – V Sehwag {66} and KRD Karthik {61} for Delhi and DPMD Jayawardene {53} for Wayamba – providing the second occasion of three batsmen registering fifties in the game. The two occasions are furnished 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
1	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
2	Karthik	61	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamaba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

DPMD Jayawarden’s 53 in this game was in a losing cause and he became the third batsmen to witness a batsman’s fifty going in vain. The other two batsmen whose fifties have gone in vain in CLT20 games played so far are – RV Uthappa’s 51 and LRPL Taylor’s 53 not out

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	Wayamaba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

UWMBCA Welegedera earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler in CLT20 games to bowl a maiden over as the first over of the match. His first over in Delhi’s innings was a maiden over and the batsman who faced him was TM Dilshan.

UWMBCA Welegedera in Delhi’s innings and A Mishra in Wayambas’s innings bowled maiden overs providing the first occasion of rival bowlers bowling maiden overs in CLT20 games played so far.

UWMBCA Welegedera’s and A Mishra’s maiden overs in this game provide the fifth occasion of a bowler bowling maiden overs in CLT20 games played so far. The five occasions are listed below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Mascarenhas	Otago	Cobra	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Lee	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Welegedera	Waya’ba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Mishra	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

A Mishra became the third bowler to bowl a wicket maiden in CLT20 games played so far.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Lee	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Mascarenhas	Otago	Cobra	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Mishra	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

DP Nannes of Delhi Daredevils earned the distinction of becoming the first bowler to capture four wickets in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-24-4 in this game.

DP Nannes with his 4 for 24 became the eighth bowler to capture three or more wickets in CLT20 games played so far. The complete list of bowlers who have captured three or more wickets at the end of this game read as under

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

67 runs for the third wicket between V Sehwag and KRD Karthik in Delhi’s innings provide the third occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT0 games played so far. The three occasions are listed below

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

53 runs for the seventh wicket between DPMD Jayawardene and S de Zoysa in Wayamba Eleven’s innings provide the first occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the seventh wicket in CLT20 games played so far

This game witnessed two fifty plus runs partnerships – 67 runs for the third wicket between V Sehwag and KRD Karthik in Delhi’s innings and 53 runs for the seventh wicket between DPMD Jayawardene and S de Zoysa in Wayamba Eleven’s innings. These two fifty plus runs partnerships swell the number of fifty plus partnerships in CLT20 games played so far to eleven which are tabulated 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	5th	61	Duminy	Canning
			Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
4	2nd	79	Warner	Katich
			NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	1st	55	Quiney	Hodge
			Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
6	3rd	95	Puttick	Duminy
			Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
7	5th	54*	Puttick	Ontong
			Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
8	8th	50	Hildreth	Thomas
			Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
9	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
			NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
10	3rd	67	Sehwag	Karthik
			Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
11	7th	53	Jayawardene	de Zoysa
			Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09

J Mubarak’s zero in this game provides the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring zero in CLT20 matches played so far. He becomes the second captain to score a zero in the tournament.

J Mubarak was dismissed first ball for zero in this game and he became the fourth batsman to collect the first ball duck in the tournament. He also became the second captain – after EC Joyce of Sussex Sharks {vs Delhi at Delhi on 11.10.09} to collect the first ball duck

Delhi Daredevils won this game by 50 runs providing the third occasion of a game won by 50 plus runs margin in CLT20 games played so far. The three occasions are listed below

No	Winner	RunMargin	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	NSW	053	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Cobras	054	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Delhi	050	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

Match No 06 : New South Wales Blues vs Sussex Sharks at Delhi on 11.10.09 : New South Wales won by 35 runs

New South Wales’s DA Warner’s run out for 14 in this game provides the tenth occasion of a batman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. He is the third opening batsman to be dismissed run out. The other two are AP McLaren of Eagles vs NSW at Delhi on 09.10.09 and BB McCullum of Otago vs Cobras at Hyderabad on 10.10.09

With JS Gatting of Sussex also run out in this game, the number of run outs in CLT20 games played so far stands at ten.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored half centuries in this game which takes the number of half centuries in CLT20 games played so far to seven.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored half centuries in this game providing the second occasion of two batsmen registering half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far. The other occasion was – RV Uthappa {51} and LRPL Taylor {53*} scoring half centuries for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored unbeaten half centuries in this game providing the first occasion of two batsmen registering unbeaten half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far.

PJ Hughes {62*} and MC Henriques {51*} scored unbeaten half centuries in this game providing the fifth occasion of batsmen registering unbeaten half centuries in an innings in CLT20 games played so far. Others are – LRPL Taylor {53* for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, JP Duminy {99* for Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on 08.10.09} and AG Putick {104* for Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09}

PJ Hughes and MC Henriques added 90 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far.

PJ Hughes and MC Henriques added 90 runs in an unfinished stand for the third wicket in this game providing the second occasion of a ninety plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. The first occasion was – 95 runs partnership for the third wicket between AG Putick and JP Duminy for Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09.

EC Joyce was dismissed for zero in this game providing the sixth occasion of a batsman failing to open the account in CLT20 games played so far. He was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to become the third batsman to collect the first ball duck in CLT20 games played so far. The other two batsmen are – HH Gibbs of Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09 and B Lee of New South Wales Blues against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

EC Joyce became the first captain to score a zero and also the first captain to collect the first ball duck in CLT20 games played so far.

With PP Chawla also failing to score in this game, the number of zeroes scored by batsmen in the tournament swelled to seven.

MC Henriques scored 51 not out and captured 3 for 23 in this game and earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to perform the all-rounder’s feat of fifty coupled with three wickets in CLT20 games played so far

Sussex’s 95 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game provides the third occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs in CLT20 games played so far. The other two occasions are – 91 for 9 in 20.0 overs by Diamond Eagles vs New South Wales Blues at Delhi on 09.10.09 and 98 for 8 by Delhi Daredevils vs Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09.

Match No 05 : Somerset County Cricket Club vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 : Somerset County Cricket Club won by one wicket on the last ball of the match

Somerset won this game on the last ball of the match providing 41^st occasion of a T20 match won on the last ball.

Somerset won this game by one wicket providing the sixth occasion of a team wining a T20 game by one wicket when it had won the game on the last ball of the match

Somerset’s victory in this game by one wicket provides the 13^th occasion of a team winning a game by one wicket in the history of one day games.

Deccan Chargers deployed nine bowlers in Somerset’s innings providing just the second occasion of a team deploying nine bowlers in the history of T20 games. The other occasion was Sialkot Stallions utilizing the services of nine bowlers in the game against Multan Tigers at Lahore on 27.05.09.

BJ Philips {3 for 31} and RP Singh {3 for 23} captured three wickets each for Somerset and Deccan Chargers respectively in this game taking the number of three wickets to six in CLT20 games played so far.

BJ Philips {3 for 31} and RP Singh {3 for 23} captured three wickets each for Somerset and Deccan Chargers respectively in this game providing the first occasion of rival bowlers capturing three wickets in CLT20 games played so far

RP Singh’s 3 for 23 in this game was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a bowler’s three wicket haul going in vain in CLT20 games played so far. The other occasion was –Praveen Kumar’s 3 for 32 going in vain for Royal Challenger Bangalore against Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the first occasion of a bowler to have figures of “four for forty four” in CLT20 games played so far,

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the second occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs without a wicket. The other bowler who has suffered this ignominy in CLT20 games played so far is Cape Cobras’s RK Klienveldt. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-45-0 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 08.10.09.

CM Wiiloughby returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 in this game providing the fifth occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs in CLT20 games played so far.

JC Heldreth and AC Thomas added 50 runs for the eighth wicket in this game providing the eighth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far.

JC Heldreth and AC Thomas added 50 runs for the eighth wicket in this game providing the 21^st occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in the history of T20 games. It also represent the first occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for the eighth wicket on Indian soil

It is interesting to note that all the three Indian teams participating in CLT20 have lost their first game in the tournament. – Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09, Delhi Daredevils lost to Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09 and Deccan Chargers lost to Somerset County Cricket Club at Hyderabad on 10.10.09.

PP Ojah’s run out in this game swelled the number of run out dismissals in CLT20 games played so far to nine.

Fidel Edwards who was handed over the ball to bowl the 17^th over was taken off by the umpires as he bowled a beamer {high full toss} to JL Hildreth. It was the second beamer he bowled in the match, the first one being, the very first ball of the innings, to ME Trescothick. After he was taken off, the over was completed by SB Styris.

AC Gilchrist and SB Styris hit a six each in this match to take their tally of sixes to 62 and 61 in T20 games.

AG Puttick’s 104 not out for Cape Cobras against Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 represents the 58^th hundred in the history of T20 games. His knock represents the second hundred by a Cape Cobras’s batsman in T20 games, the first being H Davids who had made 112 not out against Warriors at Cape Town on 23.01.09. The following table lists out all the 58 hundreds arranged chronologically

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Harvey	100*	Gloucs	Warshire	Bham	23.06.03
2	Symonds	112	Kent	Msex	Maidstone	02.07.04
3	Hick	116*	Worcs	Nhants	Luton	05.07.04
4	Thomas	116*	Ggan	Sset	Taunton	05.07.04
5	Maddy	111	Leics	Yshire	Leeds	08.07.04
6	Harvey	108*	Yshire	Lshire	Leeds	14.07.04
7	Bosman	104	Eagles	Lions	P’stroom	10.04.05
8	Moin Khan	112	KDolphins	L Lions	Lahore	25.04.05
9	Harvey	109	Yshire	Dshire	Leeds	28.06.05
10	SGLaw	101	Lshire	Yshire	Mchester	01.07.05
11	GCSmith	105	Sset	Nhants	Taunton	02.07.05
12	Loye	100	Lshire	Durham	Mchester	03.07.05
13	BFSmith	105	Worcs	Grgan	Worster	06.07.05
14	BJHodge	106	Victoria	NSW	Sydney	21.01.06
15	Gaffaney	101	Otago	Cenl Dist	Dunedin	27.01.06
16	T Umar	100*	L Lions	Lpards	Karachi	27.02.06
17	KManzoor	100	Zebras	Tigers	Karachi	27.02.06
18	IFarhat	115	L Eagles	Tigers	Karachi	01.03.06
19	White	116*	Somerset	Gloucs	Taunton	27.06.06
20	White	141*	Somerset	Worcs	Worster	09.07.06
21	M-ul-Haq	107*	Pak A	NZl A	Darwin	09.07.06
22	Irani	100*	Essex	Sussex	Hove	11.07.06
23	Dighton	111	Tasmania	NSW	Sydney	10.01.07
24	Harris	100	Canterbury	Auckland	Chchurch	21.01.07
25	RSharma	101*	Mumbai	Gujarat	Mum-BS	04.04.07
26	Goodwin	102*	Sussex	Essex	Chsford	22.06.07
27	Wright	103	Sussex	Kent	Cbury	26.06.07
28	Klusener	111*	Northants	Worcs	K’minster	29.06.07
29	Hick	110	Worcs	Nhants	K’minster	29.06.07
30	HMarshall	100	Gloucs	Worcs	K’minster	01.07.07
31	Gayle	117	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	11.09.07
32	Taylor	111*	Cen Dist	North Dis	Hamilton	25.01.08
33	Eugene	100*	StM’rten	StViGren	Coolidge	01.02.08
34	Masakadza	101*	Easterns	Westerns	Harare	19.03.08
35	McCullum	158*	Kolkata	B’ore	B’ore	18.04.08
36	MHussey	116*	Chennai	Mohali	Mohali	19.04.08
37	Symonds	117*	Deccan	Rajasthan	HydInd	24.04.08
38	Gilchrist	109*	Deccan	Mumbai	Mumbai	27.04.08
39	Jayasuriya	114*	Mumbai	Chennai	Mumbai	14.05.08
40	SMarsh	115	Mohali	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
41	GMSmith	100*	Dshire	Yshire	Leeds	12.06.08
42	Trescothick	107	Sset	Worcs	Taunton	22.06.08
43	Vincent	102*	Lshire	Dshire	Mchester	23.06.08
44	Napier	152*	Essex	Sussex	Chsford	24.06.08
45	Malan	103	Msex	Lshire	Oval	08.07.08
46	DHussey	100*	Victoria	Tasmania	Hobart	28.12.08
47	Davids	112*	CCobras	Warriors	CTown	23.01.09
48	Redmond	100*	Otago	CenDist	Dunedin	18.02.09
49	de Villiers	105*	Delhi	Chennai	Durban	23.04.09
50	Vermeulen	108	Werns	Centrals	Bwayo	13.05.09
51	Chigumbura	103*	Nherns	Centrals	Bwayo	14.05.09
52	MPandey	114*	B’ore	Deccan	Centurion	21.05.09
53	ARazzaq	109	L Lions	Q Bears	Lahore	26.05.09
54	Allenby	110	Leics	Notts	Leicester	03.06.09
55	Lumb	124*	Hampshire	Essex	Shampton	04.06.09
56	Solanki	100	Worcs	Grgan	Worster	24.06.09
57	Cook	100*	Essex	Surrey	Oval	25.06.09
58	Puttick	104*	CCobras	Otago	HydInd	10.10.09

Match No 04 : Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts at Hyderabad on 10.10.09 : Cape Cobras won by 54 runs

AD Mascarenhas became the second bowler in CLT20 games to bowl a maiden over. His first over which was the second over of this game was a maiden over. It was a wicket maiden also.

AG Puttick with his 104 not out in this game earned the distinction of scoring the first hundred of CLT20 games. His knock represents the highest individual score in CLT20 games played so far. The previous best was also by Cape Cobra batsman – JP Duminy who had scored 99 not out against Royal Challengers, Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09

AG Puttick registered his maiden T20 hundred when he made 104 not out in this game. His previous best score was 86 for Western Province Boland against Dolphins at Durban on 15.04.05. It was also his fifth fifty in T20 games {01 century and 04 half centuries}

AG Puttick’s 104 not out in this game represent the 58^th hundred registered by a batsman in the history of T20 games.

Otago Volts became the first team in CLT20 games to insert the opposition and lose the match.

Cape Cobra’s score of 193 for 4 in 20.0 overs represent the highest team total in CLT20 games played so far. Previous best was also by Cape Cobras when it had made 184 for 7 in 19.4 over against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

Otagao Volts became the first team to be dismissed all out in CLT20 games played so far. They were all out for 139 in 17.1 overs in this game.

BB McCullum was run out in this game for 21 providing the second instance of an opening batsman dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far. The first batsman was AP McLaren of Diamond Eagels for 11 runs against NSW at Delhi on 09.10.09.

BB McCullum {21}, CD Cumming {18} and NT Broom {05} were dismissed run out in this game taking the number of run out dismissals in CLT20 games played so far to eight.

CD Cumming was dismissed run out in this game providing the first occasion of a captain dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far.

BB McCullum {21}, CD Cumming {18} and NT Broom {05} were dismissed run out in this game providing the first occasion of three batsmen dismissed run out in CLT20 games played so far.

N Wagner and IJ Butler of Otago Volts conceded 42 and 48 runs respectively in this game providing the fourth occasion of a bowler conceding 40 plus runs in CLT20 games played so far.

N Wagner’s 4.0-0-48-1 in this game represents the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded in CLT20 games played so far. The previous expensive bowling figures in terms of runs was credited to RK Kleinveldt of Cape Cobras who had figures of 4.0-0-45-0 against Royal Challengers, Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09.

N Wagner and IJ Butler of Otago Volts conceded 42 and 48 runs respectively in this game providing the first occasion of two bowler conceding 40 plus runs in the same innings in CLT20 games played so far.

AG Puttcik with his 104 not out in this game became the second captain in CLT20 games to score a fifty. SM Katich of New South Wales Blues was the other captain to score a fifty {53 against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09}

AG Puttcik with his 104 not out in this game won the Man of the Match award to became the second captain to get the MoM award in CLT20 games played so far. SM Katich of New South Wales Blues was the other captain to get a MoM award for his 53 against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

AD Mascarenhas captured his 75^th T20 wicket when he claimed the wicket of HH Gibbs caught at the wicket by DC de Boorder for 1 in this game. At the end of this game, his total aggregate of T20 wickets stood at 76 {he captured two wickets in this game}

Cape Cobras won this game by 54 runs margin which represent the largest margin of victory in CLT0 games played so far. The previous best was 53 runs victory by New South Wales Blues over Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

Otago team comprised of two cricketers whose fathers represented New Zealand in Test Cricket. AJ Redmond is the son of RE Redmons who played one test and two ODIs for New Zealand. AJ Redmond has played seven tests, two ODIs and three T20 Internationals for New Zealand. HD Rutherford is the son of KR Rutherford who played 56 tests and 121 ODIs for New Zealand.

There were two fifty plus runs partnerships in this game taking the number of 50 plus runs partnership in CLT20 games to seven.

AG Putick and JP Duminy added 95 runs for the third wicket and AG Putick and JL Ontong added 54 runs in an unfinished stand for the fifth wicket.

95 runs partnership between AG Putick and JP Duminy for the third wicket in this game represent the highest partnership in CLT20 games played so far replacing the 79 runs partnership between DA Warner and SM Katich for the second wicket for New South Wales Blues against Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09

Match Number 03: Delhi Daredevils vs Victorian Bushrangers at Delhi on 09.10.09 : Victorian Bushrangers won by seven wickets.

Delhi’s 98 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game represent the second occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs in CLT20 games. Diamond Eagles has made 91 for 9 in 20.0 overs against New South Wales Bulls at Delhi on 09.10.09

Delhi’s 98 for 8 in 20.0 overs in this game represent the first occasion of a team scoring less than 100 runs while batting first in CLT20 games.

TM Dilshan who had become the first batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs the calendar year 1002 to be exact – added 18 more runs in this game – to take his total to 1020 in 2009. At the end of this he has an aggregate of 1261 runs from 52 matches and 49 innings.

For the first time in the history of one day games in a T20 match played outside Australia, a team contained two batsmen with an aggregate of 2000 plus T20I runs. When Victorian Bushrangers met Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 09.10.09, two batsmen of Victorian Bushrangers – B Hodge and DJ Hussey – had an aggregate of 2000 T20I runs. At the start of the match B Hodge had an aggregate of 2288 runs while DJ Hussey had totaled 2033 runs. At the end of the match, their aggregates read 2297 and 2040 runs respectively as they scored 9 and 7 in this game.

KRD Karthik became the first wicket keeper to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games. He was run out for 8 in this game. He is the fifth batsman to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games.

OA Shah collected his third T20 duck when he was dismissed for zero in this game. He became the fourth batsman to score a duck in CLT20 games played so far. Other batsmen are HH Gibbs, B Lee and MN van Wyk

RJ Quieny and B Hodge were concerned in a first wicket stand of 55 runs providing the first occasion of a first wicket partnership of fifty plus runs in CLT20 games. This stand also provides the fifth occasion of 50 plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. All the five partnerships are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	2nd	79	Warner	Katich
	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	2nd	68	Uthappa	Dravid
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
4	5th	61	Duminy	Canning
	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
5	1st	55	Quiney	Hodge
	Victoria	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09

CJ Mckay of Victoria became the third bowler to capture three wickets in CLT20 games played so far. He returned with figure of 4.0-0-17-3 in this game. Other bowlers to capture three wickets are – Praveen Kumar of RCB {3 for 32 vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09} and SR Clark of NSW {3 for 12 vs Eagles at Delhi on 09.10.09}

Match Number 2 : Diamond Eagles vs New South Wales at Delhi on 09.10.09. New South Wales won by 53 runs

MHN van Wyk became the eleventh wicket keeper to appear in 50 plus T20 game. This game was his 50^th T20 appearance. Wicket keepers who have 50 plus T20 appearances are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Mat
1	BB McCullum	63
2	PA Nixon	60
3	JS Foster	58
4	BJM Scott	55
5	N Pothas	53
6	P Mustard	52
7	MA Wallace	51
8	KC Sangakkara	51
9	Kamran Akmal	51
10	JN Batty	51
11	MN van Wyk	50

SM Katich scored a fifty {53} in this game to become the first captain to register a fifty in CLT20 games. It was his fifth fifty as a batsman and first fifty as captain in T20 games

B Lee scored zero in this game which was his third T20 duck. He was dismissed run out for zero. The other two occasions in which he failed to open the account are – in the game between Kings Eleven Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on 21.04.08 and in the game between Australia and Pakistan at Dubai on 07.05.09

B Lee collected the first ball duck in this game to become the second batsman in CLT20 to collect the first ball duck after HH Gibbs of Cape Cobras {vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}

B Lee became the second batsman to be dismissed run out in CL20 games after R Dravid {RCB vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, In Eagles’s innings, AP McLaren and RT Bailey were run out and joined R Dravid and B Lee to become the third and fourth batsman to be dismissed run out in CLT20 games

MH van Wyk who was playing his 50^th T20 game was out for duck in this game. He was caught by caught by PJ Hughes of SR Clark for zero. It was his third T20 duck

It is interesting to note that the margin of victory in this game was 53 runs and was identical with the score by NSW Captain SM Katich {he scored 53 runs}

Diamond Eagle’s score of 91 for 9 in this game represents the first team total of less than 100 runs in CLT20 games.

DA Warner and SM Katich added 79 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 games played so far. This stand represents the highest partnership for any wicket in CLT20 games played so far..

SM Katich was named Man of the Match in this game. He earned the distinction of becoming the first captain to be awarded Man of the Match in CLT20 games.

SR Clark of NSW became the second bowler to capture three wickets in CLT20 games played so far. He returned with figure of 4.0-0-12-3 in this game.

SM Katich with his 53 in this game became the fourth batsman to register a fifty in CLT20 games played so far. Others are RV Uthappa of RCB {51 vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09}, LRPL Taylor of RCB {53* vs Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09} and JP Duminy of Cobras {99* vs RCB at Bangalore on 08.10.09}

Australia announced its team for the ensuing tour of India in October – November 2009. Australia will play seven one day games against India at the following venues

No	ODI	Venue	Date
1st	ODI	Vadodara	25.10.09
2nd	ODI	Nagpur	28.10.09
3rd	ODI	Delhi	31.10.09
4th	ODI	Mohali	02.11.09
5th	ODI	Hyderabad	05.11.09
6th	ODI	Guwahathi	08.11.09
7th	ODI	Mumbai	11.11.09

Australia squad
1	Ricky Ponting	Captain
2	Michael Hussey	Vice captain
3	Doug Bollinger
4	Jon Holland
5	Nathan Hauritz
6	Ben Hilfenhaus
7	James Hopes
8	Mitchell Johnson
9	Brett Lee
10	Shaun Marsh
11	Tim Paine	Wicket keeper
11	Peter Siddle
13	Adam Voges
14	Shane Watson
15	Cameron White

Four Injured players – Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin Callum Ferguson and Nathen Bracken – are not part of this contingent but played in the series against England in England which Australia won by 6-1 margin. The new faces in the team are Shaun Marsh and Jon Holland.

Match Number 1 : Cape Cobras vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 08.10.09 : Cape Cobras won by five wickets with two balls to spare

RV Uthappa was playing his 50^th T20 game and celebrated it by scoring a half century – 51. It was his third half century, the other two being – 50 representing India against Pakistan at Durban on 14.09.07 and 66 not out representing RCB against Mumbai Indians at Johannesburg on 03.05.99. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 925 T20 runs from 50 games and 47 innings

RV Uthappa and R Dravid added 68 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the first occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in CLT20 Championship. RV Uthappa earned the distinction of registering the first fifty of CLT20 Championship.

R Dravid was run out in this game for 28 providing the second occasion of run out dismissal in T20 games. The other occasion was – he was run out for 10 in the game between RCB against Mumbai Indians at Port Elizabeth on 03.05.99.

LRPL Taylor hit four boundary sixes in his knock of 53 not out. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 76 sixes in T20 games. He now occupies the joint second place in the list of batmen who have hit most sixes in T20 games. BB McCulllum is the other batsman who has scored 76 sixes. Only DJ Hussey has scored more sixes than LRPL Taylor and BB McCullum with 92 sixes to his credit and occupies the first place in the list.

LRPL Taylor hit four boundary fours in his knock of 53 not out. At the end this game he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours in T20 games. He became the 57^th batsman to aggregate 100 boundary fours in T20 games.

LRPL Taylor with his 53 not out in this game registered his eighth T20 fifty and seventh T20 half century.

JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20 games when he was on 12 during the course of his knock of 99 not out in this game. Prior to the start of this game he had an aggregate of 1488 runs. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1587

JP Duminy became the ninth batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1500 runs. Others are BJ Hodge {2288}, DJ Hussey {2053}, HD Ackerman {1463}, GC Smith {1723}, BB McCullum {1695}, IJL Trott {1617}, M van Jaarseveld {1573} and ST Jayasuriya {1547}

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game became the third batsman in the history of T20 games to register a score of 99 not out. The other two batsmen are – Ashfaq Ahmed {99 not out for Lahore Eagles against Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi on 27.02.06} and Salman Butt {99 not out for Lahore Lions against Quetta Bears at Lahore on 04.10.08}

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game registered his 13^th T20 fifty. His 13 fifties puts him in the third in the list of batsmen who have scored most T20 fifty. BJ Hodge {18} and HD Ackerman {17} occupy the first and second places in the list

JP Duminy with his 99 not out in this game registered his 13^th T20 half century. His 13 half centuries puts him in the second in the list of batsmen who have scored most T20 half centuries. BJ Hodge and HD Ackerman share the first place with 17 half centuries to their credit

JP Duminy’s 99 not out in this game represents the 60^th occasion of a batsman registering individual ninety in the history of T20 games.

HH Gibbs who already holds the record for most zeroes in T20 games {12} prior to this game, extended his record by adding one more duck to his T20 career. He was dismissed for zero in this game. At the end of this game, he has 13 T20 ducks.

JP Duminy registered his T20 highest score when he made 99 not out in this game. His previous best was 93 representing Cape Cobras against Titans at Cape Town on 07.03.07. His 99 not out in this game represents his sixth half century for his state team Cape Cobras. JP Duminys’ thirteen half centuries are listed below

No	Runs	Match	Venue	Date
1	67*	Cape Cobras v Dolphins	Cape Town	20.01.06
2	93	Cape Cobras v Titans	Cape Town	07.03.07
3	52	Cape Cobras v Titans	Cape Town	20.04.08
4	78	SAF vs Aus	Melbourne	11.01.09
5	69*	SAF vs Aus	Brisbane	13.01.09
6	56	Cape Cobras v Lions	Pot’stroom	04.02.09
7	53*	Cape Cobras v Dolphins	Durban	18.02.09
8	59	Mum v KEP	Durban	29.04.09
9	52*	Mum v KKR	ELondon	01.05.09
10	52	Mum v Dec	Centurion	06.05.09
11	59*	Mum RCB	PElizabeth	10.05.09
12	62	Mum v CSK	PElizabeth	16.05.09
13	99*	Cape Cobras v RCB	B’lore	08.10.09

The following are the various firsts in Champions League Twenty20 observed in the first match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Cape Cobras at Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 08.10.09

Firsts in Champion League T20
1	First Match	Royal Challengers vs Cape Cobras
	Venue	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
	Time and Date	08.00 PM on 08.10.09
2	Rival Captain	A Kumble {RCB} AG Puttick {Cobras}
3	Toss won by	Anil Kumble of RCB
	Elected to	Bat first
4	First ball faced by	JH Kallis
5	First ball bowled by	CK Langveldt
6	First run scored by	JH Kallis
		one run of the 2nd ball of the match
7	Second over bowled by	RK Klienveldt
8	First Four scored by	JH Kallis
		the fifth ball of the 2nd over
	Bowler to concede the first four	RK Klienveldt
9	First Six scored by	RV Uthappa
		the 1st ball of the 10th over of the match
	Bowler to concede the first six	M Zondeki
10	First wicket to fall	JH Kallis
11	First wicket to fall at	14
12	First wicket captured by	CK Langveldt
13	First catch taken by	R Canning
14	First catch taken by Wk	R Canning
15	First run out dismissal	R Dravid for 28
16	First stumping dismissal	V Kohli
17	First Zero scored by	HH Gibbs
18	First fifty scored by	RV Uthappa – 51
19	First ninety scored by	JP Duminy – 99 not out
20	First 50 partnership	68 runs – between RV Uthappa and R Dravid for 2nd wicket
21	First unbeaten fifty	R Taylor – 53 not out
22	First bowler to take 3 wkts	Praveen Kumar of RCB – 4,0-0-32-2
23	First bowler to concede 40 runs	RK Klienveldt of Cobras – 4.0-0-45-0
24	First left hander to bat	AG Puttick of Cape Cobras
25	First left handed captain	AG Puttik of Cape Cobras
26	First left handed bowler	CW Henderson