The following are the statsitics of first ever BCCI Inter Corporate Touranment which was concluded on 08.09.09 with Air India Red winning the Trophy.

Results of the matches
Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
AIPSSPB	TSC	TSC	071 runs	Dharamsala	01.09.09
AI B	ITC	Abandoned		Mohali	01.09.09
AI R	BSNL	no result		B’lore	01.09.09
BPCL	MRF	MRF	012 runs	Vizag	01.09.09
I Cem	BSNL	I Cem	025 runs	B’lore	02.09.09
AIPSSPB	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	02.09.09
I Rev	ITC	I Rev	006 runs	Mohali	02.09.09
MRF	ONGC	ONGC	071 runs	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	03.09.09
AI B	I Rev	AI B	143 runs	Mohali	03.09.09
AI R	I Cem	AI R	007 wkts	B’lore	03.09.09
BPCL	ONGC	abandoned		Vizag	03.09.09
Semi finals
AI R	ONGC	AI R	005 wkts	B’lore	05.09.09
AI B	TSC	AI B	005 wkts	Mohali	06.09.09
Finals
AI B	AI R	AI R	093 runs	B’lore	08.09.09

250 plus runs by teams
Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Date
AI B	362-01	42.0	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
ONGC	329-09	50.0	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
AI R	284-08	50.0	V AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
TSC	267-10	50.0	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
BSNL	258-07	50.0	v AI R	B’lore	01.09.09
MRF	258-09	50.0	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
I Rev	255-8	50.0	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
I Cem	253-05	47.0	V BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09

CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Uthappa	157*	AI R	V AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
Bisla	152*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Shrikhande	121	I Rev	v AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
C Madan	114	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Chowdhury	110*	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Sriram	108	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
Dhoni	106*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Khoda	105	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09

HALF CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Gavaskar	93	TSC	AIPSSPB	Dharamsala	01.09.09
Raina	92*	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
Badrinath	91	I Cem	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
Badrinath	90	I Cem	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
Madan	85	AI B	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
A Das	82	BSNL	AI R	B’lore	01.09.09
Marathe	80*	AI R	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
Madan	74	AI B	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Kohli	73	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Dravid	66	I Cem	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
Dravid	63	I Cem	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
Gambhir	63	ONGC	AI R	B’lore	05.09.09
Shetty	63	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Mohit Sharma	61	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Ojha	59	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
Agarkar	56	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
M Kaif	56	AI B	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
Gambhir	54	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	54	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	53	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Jaggi	52	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Kapoor	51	BSNL	I Cem	B’lore	02.09.09
P Singh	51	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Thakur	50	AIPSSPB	TSC	Dharamsala	01.09.09

THREEE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
Dharma	8.0	0	75	5	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
P Singh	10.0	0	41	4	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Joshi	10.0	0	54	4	I Rev	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Harbhahan	10.0	0	55	4	AI B	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
Dharma	7.0	0	22	3	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Chavan	7.5	0	29	3	AI R	AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
Yuvraj	10.0	0	30	3	AI R	AI B	B;lore	08.09.09
Salvi	9.0	1	37	3	BPCL	MRF	Vizag	01.09.09
Kulakarni	10.0	0	40	3	AI R	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
Patel	10.0	0	48	3	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Netravalkar	9.0	1	48	3	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
RP Singh	10.0	0	57	3	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2	Date
1	2nd	200*	Bisla	Dhoni
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
2	1st	162	Madan	Bisla
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
3	2nd	142	Madan	Kaif
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
4	3rd	133	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
5	3rd	127	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
6	4th	112*	Khoda	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
7	2nd	109	Ojha	Raina
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
8	4th	107	Sriram	YG Rao
	MRF	Vs	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
9	3rd	106	Gambhir	Khoda
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2
1	2nd	94	Uthappa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
2	3rd	92	Gambhir	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	AI R	B’lore	05.09.09
3	2nd	90	A Das	V Kumar
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	B’lore	01.09.09
4	5th	86	Chowdhury	Velaskar
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
5	5th	84	P Singh	B Sharma
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
6	3rd	80	Jaggi	Shetty
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
7	2nd	79	Uthapa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
8	6th	74	Shrikanade	Joshi
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
9	2nd	74	C Madan	M Kaif
	AI B	Vs	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
10	1st	71	Bisla	Madan
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
11	1st	70	Mohapatra	A Das
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	B’lore	01.09.09
12	3rd	70	Raina	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
13	3rd	69	Shetty	Gavaskar
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
14	6th	68	Agarkar	Mota
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
15	6th	67	Gavaskar	Shetty
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
16	6th	67*	Marathe	Chavan
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
17	2nd	66	M Sharma	V Tyagi
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
18	6th	63	YG Rao	S Kumar
	MRF	V	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
19	8th	63	Chowdhury	Ankit Sharma
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
20	4th	61	Kapoor	Kakkar
	BSNL	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	02.09.09
20	3rd	57	Uthappa	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	AI B	Blore	08.09.09
21	4th	52	Shrikanade	Banerjee
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
22	2nd	52	Shrikanade	Chowdhury
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09

Finals : Air India Red vs Air India Blue at Bangalore on 08.09.09 : Air India Red won by 93 runs

It was all the way for Robin Uthappa for Air India Blue. He scored 157 not out, the highest individual score in the first ever BCCI Inter Corporate Tournament in the finals against Air India Blue at Bangalore on 08.09.09. His essay contained eleven boundary fours and six boundary sixes and he occupied the crease for 214 minutes and faced 148 deliveries. He forged two successive fifty plus runs stands – 79 runs for the second wicket with SH Marathe and 57 runs for the third wicket with his skipper Yuvraj Singh. SH Marathe {36} and SK Raina {28} were the other contributors to the Air India Blue’s total of 284 for 8 in 50.0 overs. For Air India Blue, skipper Harbhajan Singh accounted for four wickets conceding 55 runs.

Air India Blue were dismissed for 191 runs. Batsman in form – C Madan shone amidst ruins as he scored 85 runs. Barring M Kaif who scored 32 runs, none of the Air India Blue batsmen got going. MS Dhoni was dismissed for a duck – a first ball duck – caught and bowled by Yuvraj Singh. C Madan and M Kaif were concerned in a 74 runs stand for the second wicket. Wickets tumbled regularly and C Madan was watching them falling from the other end. He was the ninth batsman dismissed at the score of 191 and the next wicket also fell at the same score leaving Air India Red victors by 97 runs. Skipper Yuvraj Singh and AA Chavan were the pick of the bowlers for Air India Red as they bagged three wickets each conceding 30 and 29 runs respectively.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Col-RPS on 08.09.09 : Sri Lanka won by 97 runs. Points : Sri Lanka – 05 Points : New Zealand – Zero points

TT Samaraweera registered his maiden hundred in this game when he made 104. It was an improvement over his previous best of 38 not out against Pakistan at Dambulla on 01.08.09.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 1009^th hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 98^th hundred by a Sri Lankan batsman in one day games.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred while batting at number five. The other six occasions are – A Ranatunga {101* vs Pakistan at Durban on 02.12.94}, A Ranatunga {102* vs Pakistan at Gujranwala on 29.09.95}, DPMD Jayawardene {120 vs England at Adeliade on 23.01.99}, RP Arnold {103 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 12.12.99}, TM Dilshan {117* vs Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06} and LPC Silva {107* vs India at Vizag on 17.02.07}

TT Samaraweera earned the distinction of becoming the first Sri Lankan batsman to register a hundred while batting at number five on home soil. The previous best was 93 not out by SHT Kandamby against India at Col-RPS on 31.01.09

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred at Col-RPS against various oppositions. He became the second batsman to score a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS. RS Mahanama with his 107 was the first batsman to register a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 13.12.92

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the 24^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred against various oppositions on home soil.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 35^th occasion of a batsman registering a one day hundred at Col-RPS. It also represents the second hundred registered against New Zealand at Col-RPS. RS Mahanama with his 107 was the first batsman to register a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 13.12.92

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 57th occasion of a batsman registering a one day hundred on Sri Lankan soil. It also represents the fourth hundred registered against New Zealand on Sri Lanan soil. The other three are – 107 by RS Mahanama of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 13.12.92, 102 by A Ranatuna of Sri Lanka at Col-SSC on 05.07.98, 100 by V Sehwag of India at Col-SSC on 02.08.01.

DPMD Jayawardene’s duck in this game provides the 24^th duck of his one day career.

It also represents the 49^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand.

DPMD Jaywardene’s collected his third duck against New Zealand in one day games. The other two occasions are – at Col-RPS on 25.07.01 and at Auckland on 06.01.07. He became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to score three or more ducks against New Zealand in one day games. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {05}, WPUJC Vaas {04}, RS Kaluwitharana {03}, RS Mahanama {03} and CPH Ramanayake {03}.

DPMD Jayawardene becomes the sixth batsman in the history of one day internationals to score 24 or more ducks. The other five are ST Jayasuriya {33}, Wasim Akram {28}, M Muralitharan {25}, WPUJC Vaas {25} and RS Kaluwitharana {24}.

It is interesting to note out of the six batsmen who have scored 24 or more ducks in one day game, five are Sri Lankan batsman, the other being a Pakistan batsman in Wasim Arkram.

AD Mathews registered his second half century in one day games, the first being his 52 not out against Zimbabwe at Dhaka {SBNS} on 12.01.09

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 1755^th three figure partnership posted by batsmen in the history of one day games. This stand also represents the 175^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various countries.

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the tenth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket against various opposition which are furnished in the list below

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	PA de Silva	Kalpage	109	Win	Kolkata	25.11.93
2	Kalpage	Ranatunga	132	Ind	Hyd-Ind	18.02.94
3	PA de Silva	Mahanama	115	Aus	Col-RPS	30.08.96
4	Arnold	S Perera	103*	NZl	Col-RPS	25.07.01
5	Atapattu	U Chandana	107	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.02
6	Dilshan	Jayasuriya	103	Ind	Col-RPS	27.07.04
7	Arnold	TM Dilshan	131*	Ind	Ahm’bad	06.11.05
8	Arnold	MS Atapattu	133	Ind	Vadodara	12.11.05
9	Kapugedera	LPC Silva	159	Win	Trinidad	10.04.09
10	A Mathews	Samaraweera	127	NZl	Col-RPS	08.09.09

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game which represent the record sixth wicket stand against New Zealand. The previous best was 103 runs unfinished stand between RP Arnold and ASA Perera at Col-RPS on 25.07.01.

BB McCullum completed 3000 ODI runs when he was on 13 during his knock of 14 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 3001 .

BB McCullum became the eleventh New Zealand batsman to aggregate 3000 plus ODI runs. The other ten are – SP Fleming {8007}, NJ Astle {7090}, CL Cairns {4881}, CD McMillan {4707}, MD Crowe {4704}, CZ Harris {4379}, JG Wright {3891}, SB Styris {3715}, AC Parore {3314} and KR Rutherford {3143}

NL McCullum made his one day debut in this game to become the 156^th New Zealand cricketer to make debut in one day games.

BB McCullum and NL McCullum became the eighth pair of brothers including one set of three brothers to represent New Zealand in One day games. The others are – BP and JG Bracewell, JJ and MD Crowe, MJ and PA Horne, GP and HJ Howarth, JAH and HJH Marshall – identical twins, JM and NM Parker and BG, DR and RJ Hadlee

New Zealand’s eight pair of brothers including one set of three brothers is a record for any country to have most pair of brothers representing in one day games.

ND McCullum collected his first ball duck on his one day debut {he was bowled by SL Malinga of the very first ball he faced}, providing the 40^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck on debut in the history of one day internationals.

ND McCullum is the third New Zealand batsman to collect the first ball duck on debut against various oppositions. The other two batsmen are – MS Sinclair vs Australia ar Christchurch on 26.02.00 and TK Canning vs Pakistan at Lahore on 01.12.03.

ND McCullum is the fourth batsman to collect the first ball duck on debut against Sri Lanka in a one day game. The other three are – PJW Allot of England at Col-SSC on 13.02.82, SK Raina of India at Dambulla on 30.07.05 and Fawad Alam of Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 22.05.07.

ND McCullum is the third New Zealand batsman to collect the first ball duck against Sri Lanka in a one day game in Sri Lanka. The other two batsmen are – CD McMillan at Col-SSC on 31.07.01 and DL Vettori at Col-SSC on 31.07.01

JD Ryder’s zero in this game provides the 13^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring zero against Sri Lanka in a one day game. JD Ryder becomes the first opening batsman to score a zero against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

JD Ryder’s zero in this game provides the 95^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring zero against various opposition in a one day game.

JD Ryder’s zero and ND McCullum’s zero in this game provides the 10^th and 11^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

KC Sangakkara effected his one day career’s 65^th stumping dismissal when he stumped DR Tuffey of BAW Mendis for 2 in this game. KC Sangakkara with 65 stumping dismissal to his credit stands third in the list of wicket keepers who have effected most stumping dismissals in one day games. RS Kaluwitharana {75} and Moin Khan {73} are the other two wicket keepers to have effected more stumping dismissals than KC Sangakkara.

New Zealand lost its six wickets for 41 runs in this game providing the fifth occasion of a team losing its six wickets for exact 41 runs in the history of one day games. The other four occasions are – Sri Lanka losing six wickets for 41 runs against West Indies at Manchester on 07.06.05, West Indies losing six wickets for 41 runs against Pakistan at Melbourne on 20.01.97, West Indies losing six wickets for 41 runs against Australia at Adelaide on 26.01.01 and Zimbabwe losing six wickets for 41 runs against Pakistan at Harare on 30.11.02

SL Malinga returned with figures of 6.1-0-28-4 in this game providing the 818^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games. SL Malinga’s 4 for 28 in this game represent the 75^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game.

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent the fifth occasion of his capturing exact four wickets in one day games. He becomes the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to capture exact four wickets on five or more occasions. The others are – M Muralitharan {14}, WPUJC Vaas {09} and ST Jayasuriya {08}.

SL Malinga’s 4 for 28 in this game represent the 107th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing four or more wickets in a one day game.

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent the fifth occasion of his capturing exact four wickets in one day games. The other four occasions are – 4 for 44 vs England at Leeds on 01.07.06, 4 for 53 vs South Africa at Ahmedabad on 24.10.06, 4 for 54 vs South Africa at Providence on 28.03.07 and 4 for 47 vs Australia at Perth on 15.02.08

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures. The previous best was his 4 for 47 vs Australia at Perth on 15.02.08

New Zealand’s 119 all out in this game provide the 16^th occasion of being all out for a total of 119 and less than 119 in one day games against various oppositions. New Zealand’s total of 119 in this game provide the third occasion of being all out for a total of 119 and less than 119 against Sri Lanka in a one day game. The other two occasions are – 73 at Auckland on 06.01.07 and 116 at Moratuwa on 31.03.84.

Sri Lanka’s win in this game by 97 runs provide the 31^st occasion of Sri Lanka winning a one day game against New Zealand – 16 times by runs margin and 15 times by wickets margin.

At the end of this game, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have played 69 games. Sri Lanka has won 31 games, lost 34 games, one game was tied and three games ended in no result.

{Samaraweera’s Photo Courtesy : AFP}

Sri Lanka-India-New Zealand One day series in Sri Lanka

The triangular one day series between Sri Lanka-India-New Zealand in Sri Lanka will start with a game between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Col-RPS on 08.09.09. The match will start at 2.30 PM local time. The fixtures are as under

1	Srl	Vs	NZl	Col-RPS	08.09.09	2.30 PM Local
2	Ind	Vs	NZl	Col-RPS	11.09.09	2.30 PM Local
3	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09	2.30 PM Local

The finals between two teams who secures most points would be played on 14.09.09 at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo which would start at 2.30 PM Local

“That is when I thought, we should have 25 overs first for one side and then the other, and then once again 25 overs for one side and then the other. Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss. We know how the conditions will affect the two teams. But it [his idea] is not too dependent on the toss because, for example, in a day-night match both the teams will have to bat under lights. The conditions change very dramatically but this would ensure that it’s same for everyone.”

Tendulkar’s statement that “Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss is incorrect”

Ric Finlay, one of the distinguished member of ACS England, has this to say regarding Tendulkar’s statement

In a recent news article, Cricinfo has quoted Sachin Tendulkar thus: “Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss”. In the article Tendulkar is said to be in favour of splitting each innings in ODIs to reduce the “advantage” gained in winning the toss.

In the 2759 ODIs that have come to a definite conclusion, the side winning the toss has won 1406 times, less than 51%. Since 2000, the corresponding figures are 640 out of 1221 matches (52.4%), and since 2005, 314 out of 601 (52.2%). Even in the last 12 months, it has been 58 out of 115. I would suggest winning the toss is not a determinant of the result of the match, one way or the other, which is as it should be.

Perhaps Sachin, after doing his research, has decided that these percentages are close to 75%.

It is a pity that cricketing notables make these claims, because the fawning public tend to believe them, and as a consequence, there is pressure put on administrators to make bad decisions.

Can someone put him right?

Ric

The following are the updated statistics of the ongoing BCCI Inter Coroporate Tournament as at the end of the second semi finals

Results of the matches
Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
AIPSSPB	TSC	TSC	071 runs	Dharamsala	01.09.09
AI B	ITC	Abandoned		Mohali	01.09.09
AI R	BSNL	no result		Bangalore	01.09.09
BPCL	MRF	MRF	012 runs	Vizag	01.09.09
I Cem	BSNL	I Cem	025 runs	Bangalore	02.09.09
AIPSSPB	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	02.09.09
I Rev	ITC	I Rev	006 runs	Mohali	02.09.09
MRF	ONGC	ONGC	071 runs	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	03.09.09
AI B	I Rev	AI B	143 runs	Mohali	03.09.09
AI R	I Cem	AI R	007 wkts	Bangalore	03.09.09
BPCL	ONGC	abandoned		Vizag	03.09.09
Semi finals
AI R	ONGC	AI R	005 wkts	Bangalore	05.09.09
AI B	TSC	AI B	005 wkts	Mohali	06.09.09

250 plus runs by teams
Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Date
AI B	362-01	42.0	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
ONGC	329-09	50.0	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	267-10	50.0	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
BSNL	258-07	50.0	v AI R	Bangalore	01.09.09
MRF	258-09	50.0	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
I Rev	255-8	50.0	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
I Cem	253-05	47.0	V BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09

CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Bisla	152*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Shrikhande	121	I Rev	v AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
C Madan	114	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Chowdhury	110*	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Sriram	108	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
Dhoni	106*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Khoda	105	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09

HALF CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Gavaskar	93	TSC	AIPSSPB	Dharamsala	01.09.09
Raina	92*	AI R	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
Badrinath	91	I Cem	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
Badrinath	90	I Cem	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
A Das	82	BSNL	AI R	Bangalore	01.09.09
Marathe	80*	AI R	ONGC	Bangaloer	05.09.09
Madan	74	AI B	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Kohli	73	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Dravid	66	I Cem	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
Dravid	63	I Cem	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
Gambhir	63	ONGC	AI R	Bangalore	05.09.09
Shetty	63	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Mohit Sharma	61	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Ojha	59	AI R	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
Agarkar	56	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
M Kaif	56	AI B	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
Gambhir	54	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	54	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	53	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Jaggi	52	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Kapoor	51	BSNL	I Cem	Bangalore	02.09.09
P Singh	51	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Thakur	50	AIPSSPB	TSC	Dharamsala	01.09.09

THREEE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Dharma	8.0	0	75	5	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
P Singh	10.0	0	41	4	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Joshi	10.0	0	54	4	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Dharma	7.0	0	22	3	MRF	v BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Salvi	9.0	1	37	3	BPCL	v MRF	Vizag	01.09.09
Kulakarni	10.0	0	40	3	AI R	V ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
Patel	10.0	0	48	3	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Netravalkar	9.0	1	48	3	AI R	V I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
RP Singh	10.0	0	57	3	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2	Date
1	2nd	200*	Bisla	Dhoni
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
2	1st	162	Madan	Bisla
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
3	2nd	142	Madan	Kaif
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
4	3rd	133	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
5	3rd	127	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
6	4th	112*	Khoda	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
7	2nd	109	Ojha	Raina
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
8	4th	107	Sriram	YG Rao
	MRF	Vs	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
9	3rd	106	Gambhir	Khoda
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2
1	2nd	94	Uthappa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
2	3rd	92	Gambhir	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	AI R	Bangalore	05.09.09
3	2nd	90	A Das	V Kumar
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	Bangalore	01.09.09
4	5th	86	Chowdhury	Velaskar
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
5	5th	84	P Singh	B Sharma
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
6	3rd	80	Jaggi	Shetty
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
7	6th	74	Shrikanade	Joshi
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
8	1st	71	Bisla	Madan
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
9	1st	70	Mohapatra	A Das
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	Bangalore	01.09.09
10	3rd	70	Raina	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
11	3rd	69	Shetty	Gavaskar
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
12	6th	68	Agarkar	Mota
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
13	6th	67	Gavaskar	Shetty
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
14	6th	67*	Marathe	Chavan
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
15	2nd	66	M Sharma	V Tyagi
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
16	6th	63	YG Rao	S Kumar
	MRF	V	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
17	8th	63	Chowdhury	Ankit Sharma
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
18	4th	61	Kapoor	Kakkar
	BSNL	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	02.09.09
19	4th	52	Shrikanade	Banerjee
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
20	2nd	52	Shrikanade	Chowdhury
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09

Second Semi Finals : Air India Blue edge Tata SC in second semi finals at Mohali and make it an all Air India affair in Finals

Thanks to a forceful hundred by wicket keeper opening batsman C Madan who scored 114 runs, Harbhajan Singh lead Air India Blue made it to the finals of first BCCI Inter Corporate Tournament. Air India Blue beat Tata SC by five wickets under VJ Method at Mohali in the second semi finals at Mohali on 06.09.09.

Put into bat, Tata SC amassed 267 for 9 in 50 overs, thanks to the useful contributions from IR Jaggi {52}, NS Shetty {63} and skipper AB Agarkar {56}. Tata SC’s innings was built around by two useful stands of 50 plus runs partnerships – 80 runs stand for the third wicket between IR Jaggi and NS Shetty and 68 runs stand for the seventh wicket between AB Agarkar and WA Mota. RP Singh {3 for 57} and Pankaj Singh {4 for 41} were the successful bowlers for Air India Blue. Tata SC had lost its six wickets for 164 runs on the board. Skipper AB Agarkar useful contribution of 56 and his stand of 68 runs for the seventh wicket in the company of WA Mota, a cameo knock of 24 runs in just nine balls by wicket keeper batsman SM Sheikh, ensured Tata SC reach a modest total of 267 all out 49.4 overs.

MS Bisla and C Madan laid the foundation with an opening stand of 71 runs which was followed by a three figure stand of 142 runs between C Madan and M Kaif for the second wicket, ensured Air India Blue a facile win by five wickets. C Madan’s 114 came in 129 deliveries and contained 13 boundary four and a six. He was at the crease for 168 minutes. M Kaif’s 52 contained seven fours. The duo added 142 runs in 23.5 overs. RR Powar bagged two for 56 for Tata SC

With Air India Blue winning this semi finals, finals will be an all Air India affair. Air India Red and Air India Blue will clash in the finals slated for 08.09.09 at Bangalore

England vs Australia : Second One day International at Lord’s : 06.09.09 : Australia won by 39 runs

England won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 25^th occasion of England doing so against Australia in one day games.

England lost the game after inserting Australia providing the tenth occasion of England losing a one day after doing so. England has lost to Australia after it has inserted the opposition for the second time at Lord’s – the first occasion being its loss by 19 runs on 23.05.1993

England has lost the match on 54 occasions including the present one against various oppositions after it has inserted the oppositions. England’s loss in this match after it has inserted the opposition provides the seventh such occasion against various oppositions at Lord’s. The complete list is furnished below

Team	Result	Margin	Toss	Bat	Opp	Ground	Date
Eng	lost	36 runs	won	2nd	Win	Lord’s	28.08.76
Eng	lost	92 runs	won	2nd	Win	Lord’s	23.06.79
Eng	lost	19 runs	won	2nd	Aus	Lord’s	23.05.93
Eng	lost	02 runs	won	2nd	Pak	Lord’s	12.06.01
Eng	lost	20 runs	won	2nd	Srl	Lord’s	17.06.06
Eng	lost	51 runs	won	2nd	NZl	Lord’s	28.06.08
Eng	lost	39 runs	won	2nd	Aus	Lord’s	06.09.09

CJ Ferguson’s 55 in this game provide the 23^rd occasion of an Australian batsman registering a fifty against various oppositions at Lord’s in a one day game. It also represents the 13^th occasion of an Aussie batsman registering a fifty in a one day game at Lord’s against England.

MJ Clarke was dismissed for four in this innings providing the 29^th occasion of an Australian captain dismissed for a score between zero and nine against England. MJ Clarke is the third Australian captain to be dismissed for a score between zero and nine against England at Lord’s. The other two are – KJ Hughes for six on 09.06.79 and RT Ponting for 7 on 02.07.05.

SR Watson and TD Paine added 62 runs for the first wicket providing the third occasion of Australian batsman adding fifty plus runs for the first wicket against England at Lord’s. The other two occasions are – 56 between AM Hilditch and WM Darling on 09.06.79 and 50 between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden on 02.07.05

SR Watson and TD Paine added 62 runs for the first wicket providing the record first wicket partnership for the first wicket against England at Lord’s. The previous best was 56 runs between AM Hilditch and WM Darling on 09.06.79.

MG Johnson’s 43 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Australian batsman batting at number eight against England at Lord’s. The previous best was 18 by RJ Bright on 04.06.81.

MJ Johnson registered his highest one day score in this game when he made 43 not out, an improvement over his previous best of 30 against South Africa at Centurion on 05.04.09.

MJ Hussey’s dismissal for eight runs in this game provides the 18^th occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit including zero in an One day game. It also provides the fourth occasion of his being dismissed for such a score against England. The other three occasions are – for 5 at Chester-le-Street on 23.06.05, for 6 at Sydney on 02.02.07 and for zero at Sydney on 11.02.07. It was his first dismissal for single digit at Lord’s in three outings.

PD Collingwood completed 4000 ODI runs when he was on 14 during his knock of 56 in this game. Prior to the start of this game he had an aggregate of 3986 runs. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 4042

PD Collingwood became the fifth England batsman to aggregate 4000 runs in ODIs. The other four are AJ Stewart {4677}, ME Trescothick {4335}, GA Gooch {4290} and AJ Lamb {4010}.

PD Collingwood becomes the 72^nd batsman in the world to complete 4000 runs in the history of one day internationals.

AJ Strauss and RS Bopara added 74 runs for the first wicket providing the fourth occasion of England batsman posting fifty plus runs partnership against Australia in a one day game at Lord’s.

AJ Strauss and RS Bopara added 74 runs for the first wicket providing the 13th occasion of England batsman posting fifty plus runs partnership against various oppositions in a one day game at Lord’s.

OA Shah became the ninth England batsman to be dismissed run out against Australia at Lord’s. He was dismissed run out for 12 in this game. His run out dismissal also represent the 27^th occasion of an England batsman dismissed run out against various oppositions at Lord’s.

OA Shah becomes the first England batsman to be dismissed run out on three occasions against various oppositions at Lord’s. The three occasions are – against Pakistan for 62 on 12.06.01, against West Indies for 42 on 01.06.07 and against Australia for 12 on 06.09.09.

Other England batsmen who have been dismissed run out against various oppositions at Lord’s are – IR Bell, PD Collingwood and NV Knight.

SR Watson claimed his 75^th one day wicket when he had England opener RS Bopara leg before wicket for 27 in this game. At the end of this game, SR Watson has captured 76 ODI wickets.

PD Collingwood’s 56 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 16^th occasion of a England batsman’s fifty in a one day game going in vain against Australia at Lord’s. It was the second fifty by PD Collingwood that has gone in vain against Australia at Lord’s – the first being his 53 on 02.07.05

PD Collingwood becomes the third England batsman to witness two or more fifties go in vain against Australia at Lord’s. The other two are – GA Gooch {04} and AJ Stewart {02}.

PD Collingwood registered his 26^th fifty when he made 56 in this game. Other England batsman who have scored 25 plus fifties in one day games are – ME Trescothick {33}, GA Hick {32}, AJ Stewart {32}, GA Gooch {31}, NV Knight {30}, AJ Lamb {30} and KP Pietersen {27}

Australia with this win has won 436 one day games and 54 one day games against England. At the end of this game, England and Australia had met on ten occasions at Lord’s. England had won four games and Australia has won five games while one game was tied.

MJ Clarke scored four runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of his scoring single digit runs as captain. The other three occasions are – 5 runs against West Indies at Basaterre on 06.07.08, 1 run against Bangladesh at Darwin on 03.09.08 and 04 runs against Pakistan at Dubai on 22.04.09.

MJ Clarke scored four runs in this game providing the forty fourth occasion of his scoring single digit runs including zero as batsman.

First Semi Finals : Air India Red prevail over ONGC and make it to the finals

Put into bat, ONGC put up a modest total of 213 in 48.0 overs. ONGC’s innings was built around skipper G Gambhir {63} and V Kohli {46} and their 92 runs stand for the second wicket. G Gamnhir played an useful skipper’s knock and occupied the crease for 99 minutes. He faced 75 deliveries and his knock contained four boundary fours. V Kohli was the aggressive of the two. His essay contained four fours and a six. He was at the crease for 69 minutes and faced 57 deliveries. Their partnership of 92 runs came in 17.5 overs. T Srivastav was the other batsman who scored 29 before he was run out. Barring these three, none of the other ONGC batsmen contributed to their team’s total. DS Kulakarni was the pick of the Air India Red bowlers with a bag of three wickets conceding 40 runs. SN Netravalkar {2 for 38} and M Mangela {2 for 41} were the other bowlers who were amongst the wickets.

The much better bowling attack of ONGC comprising of the present India Internationals – Praveeen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra and former test cricketer Sarandeep Singh held no terrors for Air India Red batsmen as they went past the target with consummate ease. NV Ojha {1}, SK Raina {4} and skipper Yuvraj Singh {6} failed with the willow. RV Uthappa and SH Marathe forged a useful partnership of 94 runs for the second wicket on which Air India Red gained their victory. RV Uthappa at last found his form by scoring 45 runs in 49 deliveries with seven fours. Air India Red were in a spot of bother as they lost their star batsmen – SK Raina and Yuvraj Singh – in quick succession. When the latter was dismissed – who miscued the bouncer by Ishant Sharma and was caught at the wicket – the score board read 123 for four. SK Raina had earlier left the middle – bowled by Sarandeep Singh – going for an expansive drive with head high – with the score card reading 106 for three. HH Kanitkar was the next to leave {148 for five}. AA Chavan partnered SH Marathe and guided to Air India Red to a five wicket win. AA Chavan was enterprising in his approach and hit six fours in his innings of 41 not out. SH Marathe and AA Chavan were concerned in an unfinished stand of 67 runs for the sixth wicket. AA Chavan with his 41 runs was the dominant partner in the sixth wicket stand. Sarandeep Singh was the most successful bowler with a bag of 2 for 36 in ONGC’s ranks.

SH Marathe, promoted to number three, in this game, played a matured innings of 80 not out. He occupied the crease for 181 minutes and faced 106 deliveries. His essay contained eight boundaries. The break up of his 80 not out against each bowler he faced read thus – P Kumar {05 runs – 11 balls}, MM Patel {20 runs – 16 balls}, A Mishra {14 runs – 18 balls}, I Sharma {14 runs – 25 balls}, Sarandeep Singh {25 runs – 34 balls} and T Srivastav {2 runs – 2 balls}.

With this comfortable win Air India Red has reached the finals and will meet – the winners of other semi finals between Air India Blue and Tata Sports Club to be played at Mohali on 06.09.09 – in the finals to be played at Bangalore on 08.06.09.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand : Second T20 International : Col-RPS on 04.09.09 : New Zealand won by 22 runs and also the series 2-0

BB McCullum became the first batsman in T20 International to aggregate 700 runs. He reached the milestone of the very first ball he faced in this game. He took three runs of KMDN Kulasekhara. Prior to this game he had an aggregate of 698 runs and he needed two more runs for 700. At the end of this game, he had amassed 747 runs. He made 49 runs in this game.

BB McCullum and JD Ryder added 84 runs for the first wicket in this game which is the second best opening partnership by New Zealand batsmen in T20I games against various oppositions. The best is 130 runs between BB McCullum and JD Ryder against West Indies at Hamilton on 28.12.08.

BB McCullum and JD Ryder added 84 runs for the first wicket in this game which is the best opening partnership by New Zealand batsmen in T20I games against Sri Lanka. This stand was an improvement over the previous best of 80 runs between BB McCullum and SP Fleming at Wellington on 22.12.06.

BB McCullum and JD Ryder added 84 runs for the first wicket in this game which is the not only the highest opening partnership by New Zealand batsmen in T20I games against Sri Lanka but also the highest opening stand for various wickets against Sri Lanka.

BB McCullum and JD Ryder added 84 runs for the first wicket in this game which represent the sixth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership for various wickets against Sri Lanka which are listed below.

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Wkt	Runs	Ground	Date
1	BB McCullum	JD Ryder	1	84	Col-RPS	04.09.09
2	SP Fleming	BB McCullum	1	80	Wellington	22.12.06
3	PG Fulton	LRPL Taylor	3	70	Jo’burg	15.09.07
4	MJ Guptill	LRPL Taylor	3	53	Col-RPS	02.09.09
5	SP Fleming	BB McCullum	1	51	Auckland	26.12.06
6	JDP Oram	LRPL Taylor	6	51	Jo’burg	15.09.07

JD Ryder scored 52 in this game providing the 15^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman registering a half century in a T20I game against various oppositions. JD Ryder’s 52 in this game represent his second T20I half century, the other one being his 62 against West Indies at Hamilton on 28.12.08

JD Ryder earns the distinction of becoming the fourth New Zealand batsman to register two or more T20I fifties. Others are BB McCullum {05}, LRPL Taylor {03} and JDP Oram {02},

JD Ryder becomes the second batsman to register a half century against Sri Lanka in T20I games and his 52 in this game represent the third occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a half century against Sri Lanka. The other two occasions are – 62 by LRPL Taylor at Jo’burg on 15.09.07 and 60 by LRPL Taylor at Col-RPS on 02.09.09.

BB McCullum and JD Ryder added 84 runs for the first wicket in this game which represent the 23rd occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership against various oppositions. It is interesting to note that in these 23 partnerships, BB McCullum has been one of the partners in 17 partnerships. The following table lists out all these 17 partnerships.

No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JD Ryder	1	130	Win	Hamilton	28.12.08
2	JD Ryder	1	84	Srl	Col-RPS	04.09.09
3	SP Fleming	1	80	Srl	Wellington	22.12.06
4	L Vincent	1	68	RSA	Durban	19.09.07
5	NT Broom	3	61	Aus	Sydney	15.02.09
6	JDP Oram	4	*60	Ind	Christchurch	25.02.09
7	PG Fulton	2	58	Ind	Jo’burg	16.09.07
8	GD Elliott	4	58	Aus	Sydney	15.02.09
9	LRPL Taylor	3	56	Ind	Wellington	27.02.09
10	LRPL Taylor	3	56	RSA	Lord’s	09.06.09
11	MJ Guptill	2	54	Ind	Christchurch	25.02.09
12	JD Ryder	1	53	Ind	Wellington	27.02.09
13	SP Fleming	1	51	Srl	Auckland	26.12.06
14	JD Ryder	1	51	Sco	The Oval	06.06.09
15	AJ Redmond	1	51	Ire	Nottingham	11.06.09
16	L Vincent	1	50	Pak	Cape Town	22.09.07
17	LRPL Taylor	3	50	Ind	Christchurch	25.02.09

BB McCullum has partnered another New Zealand batsman in nine opening stands which has yielded 50 plus runs. The complete list read thus

No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JD Ryder	1	130	Win	Hamilton	28.12.08
2	JD Ryder	1	84	Srl	Col-RPS	04.09.09
3	SP Fleming	1	80	Srl	Wellington	22.12.06
4	L Vincent	1	68	RSA	Durban	19.09.07
5	JD Ryder	1	53	Ind	Wellington	27.02.09
6	SP Fleming	1	51	Srl	Auckland	26.12.06
7	JD Ryder	1	51	Sco	The Oval	06.06.09
8	AJ Redmond	1	51	Ire	Nottingham	11.06.09
9	L Vincent	1	50	Pak	Cape Town	22.09.07

New Zealand’s 170 for 4 in 20.0 overs in this game provide the fifth occasion of New Zealand posting a total in excess of 170 runs in T20I games. The other four are – 198 for 5 against Ireland at Nottingham on 11.06.09, 191 for 9 against West Indies at Hamilton on 28.12.08, 190 all out against India at Jo’burg on 16.09.07 and 170 all out against Australia at Auckland on 17.02.05.

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 20^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against various oppositions.

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket against various oppositions. The other three are – 53 runs between DPMD Jayawardne and LPC Silva against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07, 50 runs between DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkar against New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.09.09 and 50 runs between TM Dilshan and LPC Silva against West Indies at The Oval on 19.06.09

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the record partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen for the fourth wicket against various oppositions. The previous best was 53 runs between DPMD Jayawardene and LPC Silva against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07.

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the record partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen for the fourth wicket against New Zealand. The previous best was 50 runs between DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara against New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.09.09.

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against New Zealand for various wickets. The five partnerships are listed below.

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Wkt	Runs	Ground	Start Date
1	Jayasuriya	Tharanga	1	82	Jo’burg	15.09.07
2	Jayasuriya	Jayawardene	3	50	Jo’burg	15.09.07
3	Dilshan	Sangakkara	3	62	Not’ham,	16.06.09
4	Jayawardene	Sangakkara	4	50	Not’ham	16.06.09
5	Jayawardene	Sangakkara	4	67	Col-RPS	04.09.09

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the second occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership against various oppositions on home soil. The other occasion was – 59 runs opening stand between TM Dilhan and ST Jayasuriya at Col-RPS on 10.02.09

DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game provides the record stand by Sri Lankan batsmen against various oppositions on home soil.

KC Sangakkara scored 69 in this game which represent the 23^rd occasion of a captain registering a half century in T20I games.

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game represent his third T20I half century as captain. The other two occasions are – 55 not out against Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09 and 64 not out against Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09. This his 69 in this game represent his highest individual score as captain.

KC Sangakkara becomes the third captain in T20I games to register three or more half centuries. The others are CH Gayle of West Indies {04} and GC Smith of South Africa {03}.

KC Sangakkara becomes the third captain in T20I games to register a half century while batting at number five and his 69 in this game provides the fifth occasion of a captain registering a half century while batting at number five. The other four occasions are – PD Collingwood of England {79 vs West Indies at The Oval on 28.06.07}, PD Collingwood of England {54 vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 07.02.08}, Shoiab Malik of Pakistan {57 vs Sri Lanka at Jo’burg on 17.09.07} and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {52* vs Australia at Jo’burg on 18.09.07}

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game represent the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain registering a half century in T20I games. The other five occasions are – DPMD Jayawardene – 65 vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.10.07, TM Dilshan – 61 vs India at Col-RPS on 10.02.09, KC Sangakkara – 55 not out against Australia at Nottingham on 08.06.09 and KC Sangakkara – 64 not out against Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09.

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan captain in T20I games. The previous best was by DPMD Jayawardene who had scored 65 against Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.10.07

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game is listed seventh among the captains who have scored most runs in T20I games which are listed below.

No	Captain	Runs	Team	vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RT Ponting	98*	Aus	Vs	NZl	Auckland	17.02.05
2	GC Smith	89*	RSA	Vs	Aus	Jo’burg	24.02.06
3	CH Gayle	88	Win	Vs	Aus	The Oval	06.06.09
4	PD Collingwood	79	Eng	Vs	Win	The Oval	28.06.07
5	RT Ponting	76	Aus	Vs	Ind	Mum-BS	20.10.07
6	GC Smith	71*	RSA	Vs	Pak	Jo’burg	02.02.07
7	KC Sangakkara	69	Srl	Vs	NZl	Col-RPs	04.09.09

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause and provides the tenth occasion of a captain’s half century going in vain in T20I games which are listed below.

No	Captain	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Smith	61	SAF	Vs	NZl	Jo’burg	21.10.05
2	Collingwood	79	Eng	Vs	Win	The Oval	28.06.07
3	Gayle	61	Win	Vs	Eng	The Oval	29.06.07
4	Ponting	76	Aus	Vs	Ind	Mum-BS	20.10.07
5	Dilshan	61	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	10.02.09
6	McCullum	57	NZl	Vs	RSA	Lord’s	09.06.09
7	Younis Khan	50	Pak	Vs	Srl	Lord’s	12.06.09
8	Gayle	63*	Pak	Vs	Srl	The Oval	19.06.09
9	Sangakkara	64*	Srl	Vs	Pak	Lord’s	21.06.09
10	Sangakkara	69	Srl	Vs	NZl	Col-RPS	04.09.09

KC Sangakkara remains the only captain in T20I games to witness two of his half centuries in a losing cause – 64 not out against Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 69 against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.

KC Sangakkara’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause and provides the 40th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in T20I games. It also represents the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s half century in a losing cause in T20I games. The other three are – 61 by TM Dilshan against India at Col-RPS on 10.02.09, 64* by KC Sangakkara against Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09, 57 by TM Dilshan against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 02.09.09.

Thus KC Sangakkara’s 69 represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsaman going in vain.

BB McCullum hit two sixes in this game to take his aggregate of sixes in T20I games to 27. Only Yuvraj Singh of India has more sixes – 30 – than BB McCullum in T20I games.

With two sixes in this game, BB McCullum has now 76 sixes in T20 games. He is the second batsman to aggregate 75 plus sixes in T20 games after DJ Hussey who has 92 sixes to his credit. ST Jayasuriya {74}, Yuvraj Singh {73}, LRPL Taylor {72} and CL White {72} are the other batsmen who have an aggregate of 70 plus sixes in T20 games.

BB McCullum hit four boundary fours in this game to take his aggregate of boundary fours to 163 in T20 games. He became the 11^th batsman in the history of T20 games to have an aggregate of 160 plus boundary fours. The complete list read thus – BJ Hodge {249}, GC Smith {218}, IJ Harvey {202}, HD Ackerman {190}, ST Jayasuriya {173}, M van jaarsvald {173}, AD Brown {172}, G Gambhir {168}, MJ Lumb {166}, BB McCullum {163} and IJL Trott {161}

KMDN Kulasekhara returned with figures of 4.0-0-40-0 in this game providing the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 40 plus runs in a T20I game. It also represent the second occasion in which KMDN Kulasekhara has conceded forty plus runs in a T20I game. The first occasion was his figures of 4.0-0-47-1 against Ireland at Lord’s on 14.06.09

KMDN Kulasekhara became the second Sri Lankan bowler to concede 40 plus runs on two occasions after SL Malinga who had returned with figures of 4.0-0-43-4 against Pakistan at Jo’burg on 17.09.07 and 4.0-0-45-2 against West Indies at Nottingham on 10.06.09

KMDN Kulasekhara’s figures – 4.0-0-40-0 in this game represent the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding forty plus runs without a wicket in a T20I game. The five bowlers are tabulated in the following list

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	R Perera	4.0	0	49	0	NZl	Auckland	26.12.06
2	Jayasuriya	4.0	0	64	0	Pak	J0’burg	17.09.07
3	Fernando	4.0	0	44	0	Ind	Col-RPS	10.02.09
4	I Udana	4.0	0	44	0	Pak	Lord’s	21.06.09
5	Kulasekara	4.0	0	40	0	NZl	Col-RPS	04.09.09