9 April 2014

Last Words on the ICC World T20

ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 Team

Rohit Sharma (India) – 200 runs

Stephan Myburgh (Netherlands) – 224 runs

Virat Kohli (India) – 319 runs

JP Duminy (South Africa) – 187 runs

Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – 147 runs

MS Dhoni (India - capt, wk) – 50 runs, 6 dismissals

Darren Sammy (West Indies) – 101 runs

Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 11 wickets

Dale Steyn (South Africa) – 9 wickets

Samuel Badree (West Indies) – 11 wickets

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) – 5 wickets

12th Player: Krishmar Santokie (West Indies) – 8 wickets

David Boon of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees was the chairman of the independent jury that selected the Men’s Team of the Tournament. Other members of the panel included Marais Erasmus of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, ex-England captain Nasser Hussain, former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop and Utpal Shuvro, one of Bangladesh’s senior-most cricket correspondents.



ICC World T20 in Numbers

No team managed to score 200+ runs during the tournament.

±300 sixes were scored in the tournament.



Highest Total

South Africa scored 196/5 after 20 overs at 9.80 runs per over against England in Chittagong. Moreover, 389 runs were scored between them. South Africa won by 3 runs.



Lowest Total

Sri Lanka recorded a tournament best when they won by 9 wickets with 90 balls remaining after dismissing the Netherlands for 39 in 10.3 overs in Chittagong.



Largest Victory

West Indies beat Pakistan by 84 runs after they posted 167 in Dhaka.



Most Extras In An Innings

West Indies (171/7) recorded the most extras in an innings with 19 (10 byes, 1 leg bye, 7 wides and 1 no ball) against Bangladesh in Dhaka.



Most Runs

Virat Kohli was the top run scorer with 319 runs from 6 matches with a high score of 77. Although he did not score a century, Kohli scored 4 half centuries, 24 fours and 10 sixes.

Tom Cooper was second with 231 runs from 7 matches with a high score of 72*. Cooper scored 1 half century, 22 fours and 10 sixes.

Stephan Myburgh was third with 224 runs from 7 matches with a high score of 63. Myburgh scored 3 half centuries, 26 fours and 13 sixes.



High Scores

Alex Hales (116*) and Ahmed Shehzad (111*) were the only two players to score a centuries.

Alex Hales' 116* was the highest score in an innings by any batsman. He made his 116* from 64 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes against Sri Lanka in Chittagong.

Ahmed Shehzad scored an unbeaten 111*. His 111* came from 62 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Umar Akmal scored 94 runs off 54 deliveries, scoring 9 fours and 4 sixes against Australia in Dhaka.

Mahela Jayawardene scored 89 runs from 51 balls, managing 11 fours and 3 sixes against England in Chittagong.

JP Duminy scored an unbeaten 86* from 43 deliveries, scoring 10 fours, 3 sixes and an impressive strike rate of 200.00 against New Zealand in Chittagong.



Most Fifties

Virat Kohli scored 4 half centuries. These half centuries came from 24 fours, 10 sixes and a high score of 77.

Stephan Myburgh scored 3 half centuries with 26 fours, 13 sixes and a high score of 63.

Aaron Finch and Rohit Sharma both scored 2 half centuries. Finch scored his half centuries with 17 fours, 7 sixes and a high score of 71. Sharma scored his half centuries with 19 fours, 6 sixes and a high score of 71*.

These cricketers scored 1 half century each: Elton Chigumbura, Faf du Plessis, Subash Khakurel, Mohammad Shahzad, Andrew Poynter, Shafiqullah, Paul Stirling, Brendan Taylor, Ross Taylor, Ahmed Shehzad, Alex Hales, Brendon McCullum, Glenn Maxwell, Eoin Morgan, Umar Akmal, Kane Williamson, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Chris Gayle, Kumar Sangakkara, Dwayne Smith, Yuvraj Singh, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Kusal Perera, Tom Cooper and Shakib Al Hasan.



Most Ducks

Irfan Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal, Ziaur Rahman, Dwayne Bravo and Stephan Myburgh were dismissed with a duck twice.



Most Sixes

13 - Stephan Myburgh

12 - Glenn Maxwell

10 - Virat Kohli

10 - Tom Cooper

9 - Shakib Al Hasan

8 - JP Duminy

8 - Anamul Haque



Most Wickets

Imran Tahir and Ahsan Malik were joint top wicket takers with 12 wickets each. Tahir with a best of 4/21 and Malik with a best of 5/19.



4 Wickets In An Innings

Nadeem Ahmed, Tinashe Panyangara, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dale Steyn, Samuel Badree, Imran Tahir, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ahsan Malik each took four wickets in an innings.



5 Wicket Haul

Ahsan Malik and Rangana Herath each took a 5-wicket haul.

Nuwan Kulasekara finished with most maiden overs (3) in the tournament.

Ravichandran Ashwin finished with the most dot balls (74).



Most Dismissals (wk)

8 - Quinton de Kock

7 - Wesley Barresi

6 - Kamran Akmal, Luke Ronchi, Denesh Ramdin, MS Dhoni and Mushfiqur Rahim.



Most Catches

7 - Dwayne Bravo

6 - Glenn Maxwell

5 - Corey Anderson, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Virat Kohli and Peter Borren.



100+ Run Partnerships

152 - Alex Hales & Eoin Morgan

145 - Tillakaratne Dilshan & Mahela Jayawardene

118 - Aaron Finch & Glenn Maxwell

112 - Shakib Al Hasan & Mushfiqur Rahim

106 - Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli

101 - AD Poynter & Kevin O'Brien

100 - Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli


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Reliance ICC Player Rankings T20i

The Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings after the ICC World Twenty20.

Kohli was named player of the tournament for ending as the highest run-scorer of the tournament with 319 runs at an average of 106.33 and a strike rate of 129.14.

As a result, Kohli gained 68 ratings points to move up to a best-ever 889 ratings points, just three behind number-one ranked Australian batsman Aaron Finch.

Suresh Raina moved down 3 places to tenth place.

Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera, in fifth position, is the only batsman from his side in the top 10.

Faf du Plessis entered the top 10 for the first-time ever. He moved up 11 places to sixth place. While JP Duminy moved up one place to seventh.

Outside the top 20, the other batsmen to move upwards are Hashim Amla in 22nd place (up by two), Rohit Sharma in 26th (up by one), Dwayne Bravo in 29th (up by two), Angelo Mathews in 41st (up by six), Dwayne Smith in 47th (up by one), David Miller in 59th (up by two), Thisara Perera in 67th (up by three) and Ajinkya Rahane in 85th (up by four).



Ravichandran Ashwin now shares the third position on the bowlers’ table with Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal.

Ashwin finished with 11 wickets in the tournament at an average of 11.27 and an economy rate of 5.35 runs per over. Ashwin ended as the fourth highest wicket-taker in the tournament. He had spells of three for 22 in the semi-final against South Africa and one for 29 in the final against Sri Lanka. These efforts helped him gain 25 ratings points to end at a best-ever 711.

West Indies' Samuel Badree is still at the summit of the bowlers with teammate Sunil Narine in second place.

Inside the top 20, Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga moved up three places to 13th while South Africa's leg-spinner Imran Tahir entered the top 20 for the first-time ever as he rose four places to a best-ever 17th.

 

Outside the top 20, the bowlers who moved up are Marlon Samuels in 35th (up by five), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 54th (up by 10), Amit Mishra in 60th (up by 14), Rangana Herath in 70th (up by 31) and JP Duminy in 92nd (up by five).


Jayawardene & Sangakkara T20i Retirement

Mahela Jayawardene finished in 12th place on the batting table (down two) and Kumar Sangakkara ended at 17th place (up by one).

Jayawardene's highest position he ever reached was number two in March 2013. While Sangakkara’s best-ever ranking was the third position in December 2009.

Sri Lanka reclaimed the number-one position on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table, after beating India in the final to win the tournament for the first-time ever.