World T20 2016: England v West Indies – Statistical Highlights

Chris Gayle’s superb century helped West Indies to continue its unbeaten streak against England in WT20. Chasing 183 to win, West Indies lost an early wicket. Chris Gayle showed signs off his destruction with a four and six in very 2nd over. At a point, Gayle was away from strike for over 3 overs but he didn’t lose his concentration. He kept hitting boundaries whenever he took the strike. Smashing 11 sixes and 5 fours, Chris Gayle brought up his 2nd T20I century in just 47 balls to help his team to win by 6 wickets with 1 balls to spare.

Earlier England posted 182 for loss of 6 wickets after been put into bat. After a good start provided by openers, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan carried on the momentum to guide their side to a good total. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

Statistical Highlights – England v West Indies, WT20:

0 – Number of times England defeated West Indies at WT20. They played WI on 4 occasions and lost in all of them.

2 – Chris Gayle became the 2nd player to score 2 centuries in T20I Cricket. Brendon McCullum was the first one to do so.

3 – Chris Gayle now has a century in all 3 formats in India. He has scored centuries in all 3 formats in South Africa as well. Brendon McCullum, T Dilshan, Rohit Sharma and Shane Watson have scored centuries in all 3 formats in their respective countries while Mahela Jayawardene achieved the feat in West Indies.

5 – Number of Man of the Match awards Chris Gayle has received in WT20 so far, the joint most for a player.

6 – Number of centuries Chris Gayle has scored in Twenty20 Cricket in less than 47 balls. His century vs England was his 7th fastest century in T20 Cricket.

7 – Number of centuries Chris Gayle has scored in International Cricket in India. Among visiting batsmen in India, only AB de Villiers (8) have more 100s in India than Gayle.

9 – Number of Man of the Match awards Chris Gayle has received in T20I format. Only Shahid Afridi has more than Gayle in this format.

11 – Number of Sixes hit by Chris Gayle during the innings. These are the 3rd most sixes hit by a player in a T20I innings.

This was also the 2nd instance where Gayle hit more than 10 sixes in a T20I innings. He is now the only player to hit 10 or more sixes in a T20I innings on 2 different occasions.

12 – This was also the 2nd instance where Gayle hit more than 10 sixes in a T20I innings. Chris Gayle now has hit 10 or more sixes in Twenty20 innings on 12 different occasions. No other batsman has managed to do it on more than 2 different occasions.

15 – Number of fifty plus scores Chris Gayle has in T20I format, the joint most for any player in the format.

17 – Number of centuries Chris Gayle has scored in Twenty20 format, the most for any player in this format. Brendon McCullum stands next in the list with only 7 centuries.

44 – Number of Man of the Match awards Chris Gayle has received in overall Twenty20 format, most by any other player by a huge margin.

47 – Balls taken by Chris Gayle to score his century. This is the joint 3rd fastest century in T20I Cricket.

50 – Chris Gayle became the 3rd player to record 3 or more consecutive fifty-plus scores in T20Is on 2 different occasions. Martin Guptill scored 3 or more consecutive fifty-plus scores on 2 different occasions while Virat Kohli achieved it on 3 different occasions.

75 – Chris Gayle became the first player to record 3 consecutive 75+ scores in T20Is. 5 players have scored 2 consecutive 75+ scores before Gayle but no one did it in 3 consecutive innings.

61 – Number of Sixes Chris Gayle has hit in WT20 history. Next most is Yuvraj Singh with 31 sixes in the tournament.

90 – Chris Gayle became the 3rd player to record 2 consecutive 90+ scores in T20Is. Mahela Jayawardene and Brendon McCullum were the other two.

98 – Number of Sixes hit by Chris Gayle in T20I format, the most by any other player. He went past Brendon McCullum (91) during this innings.

100 – This match was Dwayne Bravo’s 100th Twnety20 game in India. However, it was his first T20I in India.