ICC World T20: Most Half Centuries Scored Nation-wise, World Cup Wise or by any Batsman

ICC World T20: Most Half Centuries Scored by any Batsman

With an outstanding temperament and fully flourished batting style, Mahela Jayawardene of Srilanka holds the top slot being the most half centuries maker in the history of ICC World T20. With an appetite for big scores not even in Test Cricket and One-Day Internationals but also he has shown his mastery in T20 game of Cricket. During 2007-2010 ICC World T20, he has scored five half centuries across the board at a strike rate of 159.6.

Being a specialist batsman of the Srilankan team, it is hoped that he will continue to cherish his fans in the forthcoming 2011 ICC World T20. His pairing with Kumara Sangakkara at the crease has done wonders quite a lot of times. Not only are the Srilankan cricket fans, his fans around the globe eagerly waiting for his magic with the bat at the 2011 ICC World Cup T20 tournament.

ICC World T20: Most Half Centuries World Cup Wise

Half Centuries in general stimulate round of applause and at times a standing ovation from the crowd in case of a nail biter when there is a dire need of runs to win a match. The batsman gets a pat on the back from his partner even an cuddle from his batting partner. In response to a 50, the batsman usually elevates his bat towards the stand and his team sitting in the pavilion. In case of a close match when batsmen score a half century they show their pleasure by hopping or kissing the bat or their helmet.

Such glimpses have also be seen in ICC World T20. The most frequent of batsmen who show such gestures and postures are Matthew Hayden (Australia), Tilikaratne Dilshan (Srilanka) and Mahela Jayawardene (Srilanka) who registered the most 50s in 2007, 2009 and 2010 ICC World T20 tournaments respectively

Player	Country	Matches	Strike Rate	No of 50s	ICC World T20
Matthew Hayden	Australia	6	144.8	4	2007-08
Tilikaratne Dilshan	Srilanka	7	144.76	3	2009
Mahela Jayawardene	Srilanka	6	159.78	2	2010

Most Half Centuries at ICC World T20: Nation Wise

Scoring a half century in a cricket match by a batsman gives a sound standing to his team. During 2007-2010 ICC World T20, quite a number of batsmen from different nations have scored half centuries. Nation wise list of most centuries scored in ICC world Cup T20 is as follows:

Players	Country	Innings	Strike Rate	50	50+
Mahela Jayawardene	Srilanka	18	146.77	4	5
Matthew Hayden	Australia	6	144.80	4	4
Chris Gayle	West Indies	11	153.47	3	4
Gautam Gambhir	India	15	119.35	4	4
KP Pieterson	England	15	148.33	4	4
Jaques Kallis	South Africa	10	122.08	3	3
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	18	121.89	3	3
Muhammad Arshaful	Bangladesh	9	148.73	2	2
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	3	124.21	1	1
Aaron Redmond	New Zealand	4	162.50	1	1

ICC World T20 Cricket: Most Fifties by an Opening Batsman

The Matthew Hayden, the iron man of the Australian batting line up  has marched to the apex of greatness, to the cricketing perpetuity, to an alcove where his name will be called out with great batsmen like Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulker or even  Sir Garry Sobers and Sir Don Bradman.

Another coveted record which Mathew Hayden Holds is being the best Opening Batsman at the T20 world Cup to date who has made most number of fifties . Mathew Hayden has played only one T20 World Cup which is 2007 ICC World T20, and recorded four half centuries with a phenomenal strike rate of  144.8. During the discussed tournament he averaged out his score at 88.2 as he played around his front pad, his strong spot. Though his career in T20 was limited to 2007 ICC World T20, if he would have been there, there was a strong possibility that he might have clutched all the batting records of T20 cricket.

Openers are important in any format of Cricket. However, as T20 Cricket is really limited over Cricket, it is important that the openers provide a good start to the team. A fifty (half century) scored by an opener in T20 puts the team’s effort in the right direction.

ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule and Fixtures

ICC World Cup 2011 is just around the corner. The honor of hosting the ICC World Cup 2011 by Asia has overwhelmed the hosting countries, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Grand finale of 2011 ICC World Cup will take place in the heart of India, Mumbai. ICC World Cup 2011 is the tenth World Cup so far by ICC. The co-hosting of 2011 ICC World Cup will be enjoyed for the first time by Bangladesh. The opening match of ICC World Cup 2011 will be played between Bangladesh and India on 19 February 2011. The cricket teams have been divided into two groups in 2011 ICC World Cup. These two groups comprise of:

Group A: Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Canada, Zimbabwe and Kenya

Group B: South Africa, England, India West Indies, Ireland, Bangladesh and Netherlands

The complete fixtures and schedule of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup are:

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19-Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20-Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20-Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21-Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22-Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23-Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24-Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25-Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25-Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26-Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27-Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12	28-Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28-Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1-Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2-Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3-Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3-Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4-Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4-Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5-Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6-Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6-Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7-Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8-Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9-Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10-Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11-Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11-Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12-Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13-Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13-Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	14-Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14-Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15-Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16-Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17-Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18-Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18-Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19-Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19-Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20-Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20-Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23-Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	24-Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	25-Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	26-Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	29-Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	30-Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	2-Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

ICC World T20: Most Centuries Scored by an Opener, Centuries in T20-World Cup and Nation Wise

ICC World T20: Most Centuries Scored by an Opener

A classy left handed batsman with stylish drives he is none other than Chris Gayle of West Indies. His marvel with bat in at the T20 World cups nominates him as the top class opener. Although in the presence of opening batsmen like Adam Gilchrist, Graeme Smith and Sanath Jayasuria, Chris Gayle has earned himself as the best performing opening batsman in T20 game of cricket.

Chris Gayle, playing against South Africa on their home ground, made 117 runs of just 57 balls in the very first match of 2007 ICC World T20. Not only that Gayle with the co- support of Devon Smith was able to build up a first wicket partnership of 166 runs and gave West Indies a solid start. However, with the departure of Devon Smith from the crease, Windies batting line thrashed out by Proteas bowling attack and South Africa won the match by 8 wickets.

Since then none of the batsmen has ever made a century in such a great fashion. Chris Gayle is still the undisputed opener with an excellent century in T20 World Cup history.

Most T20 Centuries Scored World Cup Wise

Looking at the historical centuries at the T20 cricket world Cups, the best ever century was scored in 2007 ICC World T20 by Chris Gayle of West Indies. Chris Gayle scored 117 runs of just 57 balls while maintaining an astounding strike rate of 205 against South Africa in an opening match of the very first ICC World T20 played in South Africa. Another player, who scored a century during 2007 ICC World T20, was Srilankan top batsman Mahela Jayawardene. Jayawardene scored a 100 against Zimbabwe at Providence South Africa, ensuing in a strike rate of 156 runs.

2009 ICC World T20, did not witnessed any batsman who could score a century in the tournament.

During 2010 ICC World T20 only one century was recorded and the player was Suresh Raina from India. Suresh scored 101runs of 60 balls against South Africa at Gros Islet, West Indies.

World T20: Nation Wise Best Centuries Scored

Scoring a century in a T20 match is never been an easy task as the game is of 20 overs that is the batsmen face 120 balls in an inning. To notch up a hundred by a single batsman in merely 120 balls is seems unattainable; however, three players have touched the 100 mark in the history of ICC World Cup T20. First is Chris Gayle of West Indies who made a stupendous 117 of just 57 balls against South Africa, however; it was unfortunate for Windies to lose the match against South Africa. India’s Suresh Raina scored a century for his team as he scored 101 runs of 60 balls against South Africa in 2010 ICC World T20. Srilanka’s Mahela Jayewardene scored 100 runs of 64 balls against a match in 2007ICC World T20.

Team	Player	Runs	Balls	Strike rate	ICC World T20
West Indies	CH Gayle	117	57	205.26	2007-08
India	SK Raina	101	60	168.33	2010
Sri Lanka	DPMD Jayawardene	100	64	156.25	2007-2008

 

ICC World T20: Most centuries scored

Scoring a century in a cricket match is always a batsman’s dream which he strives to fulfil in every other match whether it’s a test match a one day international or a T20 game of cricket.  ICC World T20 has not seen much of it’s a knotty task to achieve a century in a 20 overs game by a batsman. Despite that we see some outstanding performances in T20 World Cup tournaments as there are only three centuries scored by Chris Gayle of West Indies (117 runs), Suresh Raina of India (101 runs) And Mahela Jayewardene of Srilanka (100 runs)  in ICC World T20.

Chris Gayle, West Indies’ stylish left handed opener who in very first match of ICC World T20 scored the fastest century with flying colours. Chris Gayle made 117 runs of just 57 balls against South Africa at Johannesburg during 2007 ICC World T20 tournament. Although West Indies lost the match to South Africa, Chris Gayle was declared as player of the match on his pugnacious batting.

ICC World T20: Most Centuries by Middle Order Batsmen

As there are only three centuries scored in ICC World T20 i.e. by Chris Gayle (West Indies), Suresh Raina (India) and Mahela Jayawardene (Srilanka), the only middle order batsman amongst the three who demonstrated his skill consummately is Suresh Raina of India. Suresh Raina made 101 runs of 60 balls against South Africa in 2010 ICC World T20 played at Gros Islet, West Indies. Playing on a Middle Order position in the discussed match, Suresh Raina was instrumental in facilitating strength to Indian batting with a swashbuckling flourish. Indian scorecard was glittered with his outstanding 100 runs where his 6 other mates overall contributed 80 runs to the Indian score of 186 runs against South Africa.

India which was in troubled waters due to the fall of 2 early wickets won the match by 14 runs, where Suresh Raina was awarded as Player of the Match.

It is of utmost importance in Cricket to understand the value of Middle batting order. Middle order batting in cricket and especially T20 is very important. In the fast and short format of T20 Cricket, middle order can get exposed to the opponents when the ball is almost fully new and the main pace attack is still their. Centuries by middle Order batsmen thus can change the result of any cricket match.

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