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World T20: The top batsmen and bowlers

By Harish Kotian
September 18, 2012 17:06 IST
Highest individual innings:
Player Runs Balls Vs Venue Date
CH Gayle (WI) 117 57 South Africa Johannesburg 11-09-2007
SK Raina (Ind) 101 60 South Africa Gros Islet 02-05-2010
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 100 64 Zimbabwe Providence 03-05-2010
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 98* 56 West Indies Bridgetown 07-05-2010
CH Gayle (WI) 98 66 India Bridgetown 09-05-2010
TM Dilshan (SL) 96* 57 West Indies The Oval 19-06-2009
HH Gibbs (SA) 90* 55 West Indies Johannesburg 11-09-2007

Leading run-scorers:
Player Mts Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 18 615 100 41.00 146.77 1 4 0
KP Pietersen (Eng) 15 580 79 44.61 148.33 0 4 0
TM Dilshan (SL) 18 453 96* 32.35 132.45 0 3 2
G Gambhir (Ind) 16 444 75 29.60 119.35 0 4 1
CH Gayle (WI) 11 442 117 44.20 153.47 1 3 1
KC Sangakkara (SL) 18 420 68 26.25 109.37 0 3 1
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 20 412 73 25.75 121.89 0 3 2
JH Kallis (SA) 10 409 73 45.44 122.08 0 3 0

Most sixes in an innings:
6s Batsman Runs Balls Vs Venue Date
10 CH Gayle (WI) 117 57 South Africa Johannesburg 11-09-2007
7 Yuvraj Singh (Ind) 58 16 England Durban 19-09-2007
7 DA Warner (Aus) 72 42 India Bridgetown 07-05-2010
7 CH Gayle (WI) 98 66 India Bridgetown 09-05-2010
6 JM Kemp (SA) 89* 56 New Zealand Durban 19-09-2007
6 CH Gayle (WI) 88 50 Australia The Oval 06-06-2009
6 AB de Villiers (SA) 79* 34 Scotland The Oval 07-06-2009
6 SR Watson (Aus) 54 32 India Bridgetown 07-05-2010
6 RG Sharma (Ind) 79* 46 Australia Bridgetown 07-05-2010
6 CL White (Aus) 85* 49 Sri Lanka Bridgetown 09-05-2010
6 MEK Hussey (Aus) 60* 24 Pakistan Gros Islet 14-05-2010

Most sixes by a batsman:
Player 6s Inns 6s/ Inns
CH Gayle (WI) 27 11 2.45
Yuvraj Singh (Ind) 24 15 1.60
KP Pietersen (Eng) 17 15 1.13
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 17 18 0.94
JA Morkel (SA) 16 13 1.23
DJ Hussey (Aus) 15 9 1.67
AB de Villiers (SA) 15 16 0.94
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 15 18 0.83

Best strike-rate:
Player Mts Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0
CH Gayle (WI) 11 442 117 44.20 153.47 1 3 1
Yuvraj Singh (Ind) 16 375 70 28.84 153.06 0 3 0
MEK Hussey (Aus) 15 282 60* 47.00 150.80 0 1 0
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 20 358 54* 21.05 148.54 0 2 3
KP Pietersen (Eng) 15 580 79 44.61 148.33 0 4 0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 18 615 100 41.00 146.77 1 4 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 6 265 73* 88.33 144.80 0 4 0
JA Morkel (SA) 16 256 43 25.60 143.82 0 0 1

Worst strike-rate:
SR Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 0
77.14 MJ Clarke (Aus) 14 10 0 108 27 10.80 0 0 1
83.58 Tamim Iqbal (Ban) 8 8 0 112 32 14.00 0 0 0
93.86 MV Boucher (SA) 16 13 4 153 36 17.00 0 0 0
93.91 WTS Porterfield (Ire) 7 7 1 108 40 18.00 0 0 0
98.02 BJ Haddin (Aus) 11 11 1 149 42 14.90 0 0 0
98.19 RR Sarwan (WI) 13 11 3 163 28* 20.37 0 0 1

Most ducks:
0s Inns Player
4 18 ST Jayasuriya (SL)
3 8 ADS Fletcher (WI)
3 15 LJ Wright (Eng)
3 19 Shahid Afridi (Pak)

Highest partnership for each wicket:
Wicket Runs Batsmen Teams Venue Date
1st 145 CH Gayle & DS Smith WI v SA Johannesburg 11-09-2007
2nd 166 DPMD Jayawardene & KC Sangakkara SL v WI Bridgetown 07-05-2010
3rd 120* HH Gibbs & JM Kemp SA v WI Johannesburg 11-09-2007
4th 101 Younis Khan & Shoaib Malik Pak v SL Johannesburg 17-09-2007
5th 119* Shoaib Malik & Misbah-ul-Haq Pak v Aus Johannesburg 18-09-2007
6th 101* CL White & MEK Hussey Aus v SL Bridgetown 09-05-2010
7th 74 MEK Hussey & SPD Smith Aus v Ban Bridgetown 05-05-2010
8th 53* MEK Hussey & MG Johnson Aus v Pak Gros Islet 14-05-2010
9th 36 RG Sharma & Zaheer Khan Ind v Aus Bridgetown 07-05-2010
10th 20 NO Miller & SJ Benn WI v Aus Gros Islet 11-05-2010

Best bowling figures in a match:
Player Figures For Vs Venue Date
Umar Gul 5-6 Pakistan New Zealand The Oval 13-06-2009
MR Gillespie 4-7 New Zealand Kenya Durban 12-09-2007
Shahid Afridi 4-11 Pakistan Netherlands Lord's 09-06-2009
RP Singh 4-13 India South Africa Durban 20-09-2007
WD Parnell 4-13 South Africa West Indies The Oval 13-06-2009
M Morkel 4-17 South Africa New Zealand Durban 19-09-2007
Mohammad Asif 4-18 Pakistan India Durban 14-09-2007
AR Cusack 4-18 Ireland Sri Lanka Lord's 14-06-2009
DP Nannes 4-18 Australia Bangladesh Bridgetown 05-05-2010
Shahid Afridi 4-19 Pakistan Scotland Durban 12-09-2007
LMP Simmons 4-19 West Indies Sri Lanka Nottingham 10-06-2009
Zaheer Khan 4-19 India Ireland Nottingham 10-06-2009
Saeed Ajmal 4-19 Pakistan Ireland The Oval 15-06-2009
CK Langeveldt 4-19 South Africa Pakistan Gros Islet 10-05-2010

Hat-tricks:
* Brett Lee (3-27) Australia v Bangladesh (Cape Town) 16-09-2007
(victims- Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza,Alok Kapali)

Leading wicket takers:
Player Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg RPO SR 4W
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 20 80 1 519 27 4-11 19.22 6.48 17.78 2
Umar Gul (Pak) 14 52.1 0 313 26 5-6 12.03 6.00 12.04 2
SL Malinga (SL) 18 60.1 0 446 25 3-17 17.84 7.41 14.44 0
Saeed Ajmal (Pak) 13 50.2 0 332 23 4-19 14.43 6.59 13.13 2
MG Johnson (Aus) 14 52.1 0 351 20 3-15 17.55 6.72 15.65 0
SCJ Broad (Eng) 17 55.5 0 428 19 3-17 22.52 7.66 17.63 0
DL Vettori (NZ) 13 51.1 0 289 18 4-20 16.05 5.64 17.06 1
M Morkel (SA) 10 39 0 262 17 4-17 15.41 6.71 13.76 2
BAW Mendis (SL) 12 44 0 271 16 3-9 16.93 6.15 16.50 0
DP Nannes (Net/ Aus) 9 34 1 239 15 4-18 15.93 7.02 13.60 1
GP Swann (Eng) 11 36 0 241 15 3-24 16.06 6.69 14.40 0
DJ Bravo (WI) 13 39.4 0 373 15 4-38 24.86 9.40 15.87 1

Best economy rate in an innings:
RPO Player O M R W For Vs Venue Date
2.00 Umar Gul 3 0 6 5 Pakistan New Zealand The Oval 13-06-2009
2.00 DW Steyn 3 0 6 2 South Africa Afghanistan Bridgetown 05-05-2010
2.18 DJG Sammy 3.4 0 8 3 West Indies Ireland Providence 30-04-2010
2.25 BAW Mendis 4 0 9 2 Sri Lanka West Indies The Oval 19-06-2009
2.47 MR Gillespie 2.5 0 7 4 New Zealand Kenya Durban 12-09-2007
2.50 Syed Rasel 4 1 10 1 Bangladesh West Indies Johannesburg 13-09-2007
2.50 Shoaib Malik 2 0 5 0 Pakistan Sri Lanka Lord's 12-06-2009
2.50 DJ Bravo 2 0 5 2 West Indies Ireland Providence 30-04-2010
2.50 SB Styris 2 0 5 3 New Zealand Zimbabwe Providence 04-05-2010
2.50 TT Bresnan 2 0 5 0 England Ireland Providence 04-05-2010

Most runs conceded in an innings:
Bowler O M R W RPO For Vs Venue Date
ST Jayasuriya 4 0 64 0 16.00 Sri Lanka Pakistan Johannesburg 17-09-2007
LN Onyango 4 0 61 0 15.25 Kenya Sri Lanka Johannesburg 14-09-2007
SCJ Broad 4 0 60 0 15.00 England India Durban 19-09-2007
NN Odhiambo 4 0 57 1 14.25 Kenya Sri Lanka Johannesburg 14-09-2007
Joginder Sharma 4 0 57 0 14.25 India England Durban 19-09-2007
B Lee 4 0 56 1 14.00 Australia West Indies The Oval 06-06-2009
Mohammad Ashraful 4 0 55 1 13.75 Bangladesh West Indies Johannesburg 13-09-2007
Mohammad Sami 4 0 54 1 13.50 Pakistan Australia Gros Islet 02-05-2010

Best economy rate overall:
Player Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg RPO SR 4WI
Hamid Hassan (Afg) 2 7 0 29 4 3-21 7.25 4.14 10.50 0
Samiullah Shenwari (Afg) 2 6 0 25 1 1-11 25.00 4.16 36.00 0
P Kumar (Ind) 2 4 0 17 2 2-14 8.50 4.25 12.00 0
GH Dockrell (Ire) 2 8 0 35 3 3-16 11.66 4.37 16.00 0
RR Sarwan (WI) 13 2 0 10 2 2-10 5.00 5.00 6.00 0
NO Miller (WI) 3 12 0 63 2 1-18 31.50 5.25 36.00 0
DJG Sammy (WI) 7 21.4 0 115 6 3-8 19.16 5.30 21.66 0
LPC Silva (SL) 12 2 0 11 0 - - 5.50 - 0
SW Tait (Aus) 7 23.4 2 131 9 3-20 14.55 5.53 15.78 0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 5 18 1 100 5 2-14 20.00 5.55 21.60 0
RW Price (Zim) 2 8 0 45 2 2-31` 22.50 5.62 24.00 0
DL Vettori (NZ) 13 51.1 0 289 18 4-20 16.05 5.64 17.06 1
WD Parnell (SA) 6 20.5 0 119 9 4-13 13.22 5.71 13.89 1
JAR Blain (Sco) 2 4 0 23 2 2-23 11.50 5.75 12.00 0
A Nel (SA) 1 4 0 23 0 - - 5.75 - 0

Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a match:
Keeper Dismissals Team Opposition Venue Date
AC Gilchrist 4 ( all ct) Australia v Zimbabwe Cape Town 12-09-2007
MJ Prior 4 (all ct) England v South Africa Cape Town 16-09-2007
Kamran Akmal 4 (all st) Pakistan v Netherlands Lord's 09-06-2009
NJ O'Brien 4 (3 ct, 1 st) Ireland v Sri Lanka Lord's 14-06-2009
MS Dhoni 4 (all ct) India v Afghanistan Gros Islet 01-05-2010

Leading wicketkeepers:
Player Mts Dis Ct St Dis / Match
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 20 21 7 14 1.05
MV Boucher (SA) 16 16 15 1 1.00
KC Sangakkara (SL) 18 16 9 7 0.88
D Ramdin (WI) 11 12 12 0 1.09
MS Dhoni (Ind) 17 12 9 3 0.71
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 6 9 9 0 1.50
NJ O'Brien (Ire) 6 8 6 2 1.33
Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) 9 8 5 3 0.88

Most catches by a fielder in a match:
Player Ct For Vs Venue Date
DJG Sammy 4 West Indies Ireland Providence 30-04-2010
B Lee 3 Australia Sri Lanka Cape Town 20-09-2007
SJ Benn 3 West Indies Australia The Oval 06-06-2009
LMP Simmons 3 West Indies India Lord's 12-06-2009
AB de Villiers 3 South Africa India Nottingham 16-06-2009
NL McCullum 3 New Zealand Sri Lanka Providence 30-04-2010
MEK Hussey 3 Australia Bangladesh Bridgetown 05-05-2010
Nawroz Mangal 3 Afghanistan South Africa Bridgetown 05-05-2010
HH Gibbs 3 South Africa New Zealand Bridgetown 06-05-2010
DA Warner 3 Australia Pakistan Gros Islet 14-05-2010

Most catches taken:
Player Mts Ct Ct / Match
AB de Villiers (SA) 16 16 1.00
MEK Hussey (Aus) 15 11 0.73
DA Warner (Aus) 9 9 1.00
MJ Clarke (Aus) 14 9 0.64
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 14 9 0.64
GC Smith (SA) 16 9 0.56

Most appearances:
Player Mts
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 20
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 20
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 20
TM Dilshan (SL) 18
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 18
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 18
SL Malinga (SL) 18
KC Sangakkara (SL) 18

Youngest players on debut:
Age Player For
17 yrs 55 days Mohammad Aamer Pak
17 yrs 196 days Ahmed Shehzad Pak
17 yrs 282 days GH Dockrell Ire
18 yrs 177 days Tamim Iqbal Ban

Oldest players on debut:
Age Player For
38 yrs 76 days ST Jayasuriya SL
37 yrs 318 days DR Brown Sco
37 yrs 52 days M Muralitharan SL
36 yrs 349 days J Smits Net
36 yrs 79 days SO Tikolo Ken
36 yrs 10 days DJ Reekers Net

Oldest players:
Age Player For
40 yrs 317 days ST Jayasuriya SL
38 yrs 20 days M Muralitharan SL
37 yrs 319 days DR Brown Sco
36 yrs 353 days J Smits Net
36 yrs 253 days CJO Smith Ken

Most matches as captain:
Player Mts Won Lost Tied NR Won%
PD Collingwood (Eng) 17 8 8 0 1 50.00
MS Dhoni (Ind) 17 8 7 1 1 53.12
GC Smith (SA) 16 11 5 0 0 68.75
KC Sangakkara (SL) 13 9 4 0 0 69.23
DL Vettori (NZ) 13 6 7 0 0 46.15
CH Gayle (WI) 9 5 4 0 0 55.55

Most man of the match awards:
Awards Player Matches
3 CH Gayle (WI) 11
3 KP Pietersen (Eng) 15
3 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 18
3 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 18
3 Shahid Afridi (Pak) 20
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