2007 ICC World Twenty20 statistics

The following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 which was played in South Africa. It started on 2007-09-11 and the final was played on 24 September 2007.

Records

Country	Venue	Date
	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2007-09-11
Most runs in BOUNDARIES in a single Twenty20 International match - 252 runs from 36 fours and 18 sixes by the West Indies and South Africa Most individual sixes in a single Twenty20 International innings – 10, by Chris Gayle (West Indies) Most individual fours in a single Twenty20 International innings - 14, by Herschelle Gibbs First hundred in a Twenty20 International innings – 117 runs (57 balls), by Chris Gayle (West Indies) Most individual runs in boundaries in a Twenty20 International innings - 88 runs (10 sixes, 7 fours), by Chris Gayle (West Indies) Most individual runs in total in a Twenty20 International innings - 117 runs (57 balls), by Chris Gayle (West Indies) Highest innings total batting second - 208, by South Africa Highest partnership for any wicket in a Twenty20 International – 145 runs, by Chris Gayle and Devon Smith (West Indies)
	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-12
Third lowest team total in a Twenty20 International innings (lowest at the time) - 73 runs (16.5 overs) by Kenya
	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2007-09-13
Fastest strike rate in a Twenty20 International innings - 414.28 (29 runs off 7 balls), by Dwayne Smith (West Indies)
	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2007-09-14
Highest total in Twenty20 Internationals - 260 for 6, by Sri Lanka Largest margin of victory by runs in a Twenty20 International - 172 runs, Sri Lanka over Kenya Most fours in a Twenty20 International innings by a team - 30, by Sri Lanka Most runs from boundaries in a Twenty20 International innings by a team - 186 runs (30 fours and 11 sixes), by Sri Lanka First time more than three bowlers have conceded more than 50 runs in a Twenty20 International innings - Nehemiah Odhiambo, Peter Ongondo and Lameck Onyango for Kenya
	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	2007-09-16
First hat-trick by a bowler in a Twenty20 International - Brett Lee
	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-19
Six sixes in an over (36 runs total) - first time in a Twenty20 International and fourth time in top-level cricket history (First-class, List A and T20s combined) - Yuvraj Singh Fastest Twenty20 International fifty - 12 balls, by Yuvraj Singh (India) Sehwag, Gambhir and Yuvraj struck fifties in the Indian innings, making it the first time that three batsmen have scored half-centuries in the same innings. Highest aggregate total in a match of 418 runs.
	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	2007-09-20
Largest margin of victory by wickets in a Twenty20 International - 10 wickets, Australia over Sri Lanka
	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-22
Longest Twenty20 International six - 119 metre, by Yuvraj Singh (India) in Brett Lee (Australia) ball

Team totals

Highest team total *(200 plus)*
Score (Overs)	Venue	Date
260-6	Johannesburg	2007-09-14
218-4	Durban	2007-09-19
208-2	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
205-6	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
200-6	Durban	2007-09-19
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Lowest team total *(Less than 100)*
Score (Overs)	Venue	Date
73 (16.5)	Durban	2007-09-12
74-1 (7.4)	Durban	2007-09-12
83 (15.5)	Johannesburg	2007-09-18
88 (19.3)	Johannesburg	2007-09-14
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Bowling

Most wickets in the tournament

Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.

Player	M	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Mdns	Avg	4WI	5WI	BBI	Econ	S/R
Umar Gul	7	27.4	155	13	0	11.92	1	0	4/25	5.60	12.7
Stuart Clark	6	24	144	12	0	12.00	1	0	4/20	6.00	12.00
R. P. Singh	7	24	152	12	0	12.66	1	0	4/13	6.33	12.0
Shahid Afridi	7	28	188	12	1	15.66	1	0	4/19	6.71	14.0
Daniel Vettori	6	24	128	11	0	11.63	1	0	4/20	5.33	13.09
Irfan Pathan	7	22	149	10	1	14.90	0	0	3/37	6.77	13.2
Mohammad Asif	7	26.5	212	10	0	21.20	1	0	4/18	7.90	16.1
Morne Morkel	5	20	120	9	0	13.33	1	0	4/17	6.00	13.3
Nathan Bracken	6	22.2	142	8	0	17.75	0	0	3/16	6.35	16.7
Mitchell Johnson	6	24	153	8	0	19.12	0	0	3/22	6.37	18.0
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Best bowling

Note: Only top ten performances listed.

Figures Wickets/Runs (Overs)	Bowler	Venue	Date
4/7 (2.5)	Mark Gillespie	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-12
4/13 (4)	R. P. Singh	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-20
4/17 (4)	Morne Morkel	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-19
4/18 (4)	Mohammad Asif	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-14
4/19 (4)	Shahid Afridi	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-12
4/20 (4)	Stuart Clark	Newlands, Cape Town	2007-09-20
4/20 (4)	Daniel Vettori	Wanderers, Johannesburg	2007-09-16
4/25 (4)	Umar Gul	Kingsmead, Durban	2007-09-12
4/31 (4)	Elton Chigumbura	Newlands, Cape Town	2007-09-13
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Maiden overs

Bowler	Over no.	Venue	Date	Wickets
Shane Bond	1	Durban	2007-09-12	Maurice Ouma bowled Tanmay Mishra caught Oram
Chris Martin	9	Durban	2007-09-12	Thomas Odoyo caught Taylor
Dewald Nel	2	Durban	2007-09-12	None
Syed Rasel	1	Johannesburg	2007-09-13	Chris Gayle caught Kapali
Chaminda Vaas	1	Johannesburg	2007-09-14	Maurice Ouma lbw
Irfan Pathan	9	Durban	2007-09-14	Kamran Akmal run out Younis Khan bowled
Shaun Pollock	1	Cape Town	2007-09-16	Luke Wright caught de Villiers
Dilhara Fernando	6	Johannesburg	2007-09-17	Mohammad Hafeez bowled
Shahid Afridi	9	Johannesburg	2007-09-18	Andrew Symonds bowled
Syed Rasel	2	Johannesburg	2007-09-18	None
Dilhara Fernando	4	Johannesburg	2007-09-18	Tamim Iqbal caught Malinga Aftab Ahmed bowled
Mark Gillespie	4	Durban	2007-09-19	AB de Villiers caught McCullum
Dilhara Fernando	2	Cape Town	2007-09-20	None
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	4	Durban	2007-09-22	None
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	2	Johannesburg	2007-09-24	None

Batting

Most runs in the tournament

Note : Only top 10 players shown.

Player	M	I	NO	Total	Avg	50s	100s	Best	S/R	4s	6s
Matthew Hayden	6	6	3	265	88.33	4	0	73*	144.80	32	10
Gautam Gambhir	7	6	0	227	37.83	3	0	75	129.71	27	5
Misbah-ul-Haq	7	7	3	218	54.50	2	0	66*	139.74	18	9
Shoaib Malik	7	7	2	195	39.00	2	0	57	126.62	15	5
Kevin Pietersen	5	5	0	178	35.60	1	0	79	161.81	17	6
Justin Kemp	5	5	3	173	81.50	1	0	89*	139.51	13	10
Adam Gilchrist	6	6	1	169	33.80	0	0	45	150.89	17	7
Craig McMillan	6	5	1	163	40.75	1	0	57	181.11	7	13
Aftab Ahmed	5	5	1	162	40.50	1	0	62*	129.60	18	3
Mahela Jayawardene	5	5	1	159	39.75	1	0	65	152.88	16	4
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Highest individual scores

Note: Only top ten scores listed.

Runs	Balls	Batsman	Venue	Date	Strike Rate
117	57	Chris Gayle	Johannesburg	2007-09-11	205.26
90*	55	Herschelle Gibbs	Johannesburg	2007-09-11	163.63
89*	56	Justin Kemp	Durban	2007-09-19	158.92
88	44	Sanath Jayasuriya	Johannesburg	2007-09-14	200.00
79	37	Kevin Pietersen	Cape Town	2007-09-13	213.51
75	54	Gautam Gambhir	Johannesburg	2007-09-24	138.88
73*	48	Matthew Hayden	Cape Town	2007-09-16	152.08
71	49	Junaid Siddique	Cape Town	2007-09-20	144.89
70	30	Yuvraj Singh	Durban	2007-09-22	233.33
68	42	Virender Sehwag	Durban	2007-09-19	155.81
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Highest partnerships of the tournament

Note: Top ten listed.

Runs (Balls)	Wicket	Partnerships	Venue	Date
145 (81)	1st	Chris Gayle/Devon Smith	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
136 (88)	1st	Gautam Gambhir/Virender Sehwag	Durban	2007-09-19
120* (57)	3rd	Herschelle Gibbs/Justin Kemp	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
119* (75)	5th	Shoaib Malik/Misbah-ul-Haq	\|Johannesburg	2007-09-18
109 (62)	3rd	Aftab Ahmed/Mohammad Ashraful	Johannesburg	2007-09-13
104 (69)	1st	Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden	Cape Town	2007-09-16
102* (62)	1st	Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden	Cape Town	2007-09-22
101 (55)	4th	Younis Khan/Shoaib Malik	Johannesburg	2007-09-17
100 (45)	4th	Kevin Pietersen/Paul Collingwood	Cape Town	2007-09-13
95 (79)	2nd	Devon Smith/Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Johannesburg	2007-09-13
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Highest partnerships for each wicket

: Note: * denotes unfinished partnerships.

Wicket	Runs	Partnerships	Venue	Date
1st	145	Chris Gayle/Devon Smith	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
2nd	95	Devon Smith/Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Johannesburg	2007-09-13
3rd	120*	Herschelle Gibbs/Justin Kemp	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
4th	101	Younis Khan/Shoaib Malik	Johannesburg	2007-09-17
5th	119*	Shoaib Malik/Misbah-ul-Haq	Johannesburg	2007-09-18
6th	73	Craig McMillan/Jacob Oram	Johannesburg	2007-09-16
7th	45*	Jehan Mubarak/Gayan Wijekoon	Johannesburg	2007-09-14
8th	40	Jehan Mubarak/Chaminda Vaas	Newlands, Cape Town	2007-09-17
9th	27	Jimmy Kamande/Rajesh Bhudia	Durban	2007-09-12
10th	18	Majid Haq/Dewald Nel	Durban	2007-09-12
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Most sixes

In a match

Note: Only listing innings of 5 or more sixes.

Sixes	Player	Venue	Date
10	Chris Gayle	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
7	Yuvraj Singh	Durban	2007-09-19
6	Justin Kemp	Durban	2007-09-19
5	Jehan Mubarak	Johannesburg	2007-09-14
	Imran Nazir	Cape Town	2007-09-22
	Yuvraj Singh	Durban	2007-09-22
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated September 22.

In the tournament

: Note: Only player with 10 or more. Listed in the following order: Number of sixes, Player Name, Team and then innings.

Sixes	Player	Innings
13	Craig McMillan	5
12	Yuvraj Singh	5
10	Chris Gayle	2
	Justin Kemp	5
	Matthew Hayden	6
	Imran Nazir	7
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Per team

Total sixes hit in the tournament - 265

Sixes	Overs	Team
41	136.3	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
40	107.4	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
38	120	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
27	100	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
27	98.2	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
26	99	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
23	85.4	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
20	40	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
16	93	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
5	39.5	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
2	36.2	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
0	19.5	Source: Cricinfo.com.''
Last updated 2007-09-22.

Highest strike rate

: Note: Only top 5 players with a minimum 25 balls faced. Listed in the following order: Strike rate, Player Name, Team and then innings.

Strike rate	Player	Innings
197.82	Shahid Afridi	7
195.00	Chris Gayle	2
194.73	Yuvraj Singh	6
181.25	Mohammad Ashraful	6
181.11	Craig McMillan	5
Source: Cricinfo.

Fielding

Most catches in a match

: Note: excludes wicket-keepers.

Catches	Player	Versus	Venue	Date
3	Brett Lee		Cape Town	2007-09-20
2	24 players achieved this feat. <!--
Elton Chigumbura		Cape Town	2007-09-12
Ross Taylor		Durban	2007-09-12
Majid Haq		Durban	2007-09-12
Fraser Watts		Durban	2007-09-12
Imran Nazir		Durban	2007-09-12
Justice Chibhabha		Cape Town	2007-09-13
Hamilton Masakadza		Cape Town	2007-09-13
Luke Wright		Cape Town	2007-09-13
Mahela Jayawardene		Johannesburg	2007-09-14
Andrew Flintoff		Cape Town	2007-09-14
Lasith Malinga		Johannesburg	2007-09-15
Graeme Smith		Cape Town	2007-09-15
Daniel Vettori		Johannesburg	2007-09-16
Ricky Ponting		Cape Town	2007-09-16
Abraham de Villiers		Cape Town	2007-09-16
Tillakaratne Dilshan		Johannesburg	2007-09-17
Mohammad Hafeez		Johannesburg	2007-09-17
Younus Khan		Johannesburg	2007-09-17
Younus Khan		Johannesburg	2007-09-18
Harbhajan Singh		Durban	2007-09-19
Michael Clarke		Cape Town	2007-09-20
Graeme Smith		Durban	2007-09-20
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth		Johannesburg	2007-09-24 -->
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated September 19.

Most catches in the tournament

: Note: Only lists players with 4 catches or more. Excludes wicket-keepers.

Catches	Player	Matches
6	Abraham de Villiers	5
6	Younus Khan	7
5	Mohammad Hafeez	6
4	Michael Clarke	5
4	Andrew Flintoff	5
4	Lasith Malinga	5
4	Graeme Smith	5
4	Brett Lee	6
4	Ross Taylor	6
Source: Cricinfo.com.

Wicket-keeping

Most dismissals in a match

Note: only top 5 performances listed (sorted by date)

No.	Player	Venue	Date
4	Adam Gilchrist	Cape Town	2007-09-12
4	Matthew Prior	Cape Town	2007-09-16
3	Mark Boucher	Johannesburg	2007-09-11
	Mushfiqur Rahim	Johannesburg	2007-09-13
	Mark Boucher	Durban	2007-09-19
	Brendon McCullum	Durban	2007-09-19
	Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated September 20.

Most dismissals in the tournament

Note: Only top 5 players shown.

Dismissals (stumpings)	Player	Matches
9	Adam Gilchrist	6
7 (3)	Mushfiqur Rahim	5
7	Mark Boucher	5
6 (1)	Brendon McCullum	6
4	Matthew Prior	3
4 (2)	Kumar Sangakkara	5
4 (1)	Kamran Akmal	6
Source: Cricinfo.com, last updated September 22.

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