T20I TRI-SERIES

Statistical highlights: Record heist and a new T20I top run-getter

by Deepu Narayanan • Last updated on

Australia chased down a target of 244 with 1.1 overs to spare © Getty

Records tumbled as Australia pulled off a heist by chasing down 244 to beat the hosts New Zealand in their first Twenty20 International in New Zealand in nearly eight years. New Zealand opted to bat first and got off to a splendid start with the openers putting together 100 in under ten overs. Martin Guptill (105) went on to score his second T20I hundred while Colin Munro extended his good form, scoring a 33-ball 76. New Zealand lost their way in the last four overs as they scored 37 for four which eventually turned out to be the difference. Australia hit the ground running with openers David Warner (59) and D'Arcy Short (76) putting on 121. Glenn Maxwell (31 off 14) and Aaron Finch (36* off 14) ensured Australia remained unbeaten in the T20I tri-series, winning with more than an over to spare.

Statistical highlights from the run feast in Auckland

244 - The target of 244 chased down by Australia is the highest target successfully chased down in the history of 20-over cricket. The previous highest also came in a T20 International when Windies chased down 232 against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2015.

Highest targets chased down in 20-over cricket

488 - The match aggregate of 488 runs is the third highest in a 20-over match and second highest in T20Is after 489 in the match between Windies (245/6) and India (244/4). The highest in any T20 is 497 runs in the Super Smash contest between Otago and Central Districts at New Plymouth in 2016.

Target Chased by Against Venue Date Balls left 244 Aus NZ Auckalnd 16 Feb 18 7 232 WI SA Johannesburg 11 Jan 15 4 230 Eng SA Mumbai WS 18 Mar 16 2 226 Sussex Essex Chelmsford 25 Jul 14 9 225 Nottinghamshire Yorkshire Nottingham 30 Jul 17 5

Highest match aggregates in T20 Internationals

Team 1 Total 1 Team 2 Total 2 Runs Wkts Overs Ground Date Windies 245/6 India 244/4 489 10 40 Lauderhill 27 Aug 16 New Zealand 243/6 Australia 245/5 488 11 38.5 Auckland 16 Feb 18 South Africa 231/7 West Indies 236/6 467 13 39.2 Johannesburg 11 Jan 15 South Africa 229/4 England 230/8 459 12 39.4 Mumbai 18 Mar 16 Australia 248/6 England 209/6 457 12 40 Southampton 29 Aug 13

245 - Australia's total of 245 is the second highest total for a team in run chases in all 20-over cricket after 248 for four by Central Districts during their one-run loss against Otago at New Plymouth in 2016.

32 - Sixes hit in the match is the joint most in a T20I along with the Windies-India contest in Lauderhill in 2016. The record for most sixes in any 20-over game is 34 between the above-mentioned Otago-Central Districts game.

- Totals higher than 243 made by New Zealand in T20Is. They equaled their highest score of 243 which they made against the Windies last month. It was also the highest total made against Australia in T20Is surpassing 214 for six by New Zealand in Christchurch in 2010 which incidentally was Australia's last T20 International in New Zealand.

91 for no loss by Australia is the joint highest score in Powerplay in T20Is. Netherlands made 91 for one against Ireland in Sylhet during the World Twenty 20 in 2014 while Ireland also managed 91 for one against Afghanistan in Greater Noida last year.

2188 - Runs scored by Guptill in his T20I career - the most by any player in the format, going past his former teammate Brendon McCullum's tally of 2140 runs. Guptill now has 2188 runs from 71 innings at 34.18 with two centuries in this format.

Most runs in T20 Internationals

Player Mat Inngs Runs Highest Avg SR 100s 50s Martin Guptill 73 71 2188 105 34.18 132.84 2 13 Brendon McCullum 71 70 2140 123 35.66 136.21 2 13 Virat Kohli 55 51 1956 90* 52.86 137.84 0 18 Tillakaratne Dilshan 80 79 1889 104* 28.19 120.54 1 13 Shoaib Malik 92 86 1821 75 29.37 117.63 0 6 Mohammad Shahzad 60 60 1816 118* 31.85 136.23 1 12

- Previous instances of both teams registering 100-plus opening wicket stands in T20Is. Guptill and Colin Munro put together 132 for New Zealand while the Aussie opening pair of David Warner and D'Arcy Short hit 121 off just 51 balls. It was also the first instance of each of the two openers from both sides managing to score fifty-plus in the same match.

64 - Runs conceded by Andrew Tye in four overs and Ben Wheeler in his 3.1 overs before the latter got taken off from the attack for bowling two beamers. There have been only two other instances of a bowler conceding more in a T20I - 69 by Ireland's Barry McCarthy and 68 by Kyle Abbott. Wheeler's economy of 20.21 is the worst in a T20I innings for anyone who bowled more than two overs.

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