Statsman: Southee only the second bowler to pick two T20I hat-tricks

During the T20I series against India, Tim Southee became the second bowler — after Lasith Malinga — to claim a hat-trick in T20 Internationals on two separate occasions.

Tim Southee (right) celebrates after taking a hat-trick during the second T20I against India in Mount Maunganui on November 20. | Photo Credit: AFP

2 The number of bowlers to claim a hat-trick in T20 internationals on two separate occasions during their career. In the 2nd T20I in Mount Maunganui against India, New Zealand’s Tim Southee joined Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga to achieve this rare feat. However, the latter’s effort also includes a four-wicket haul in four balls against New Zealand in Pallekele in 2019. For the record, three Kiwi bowlers have claimed hat-tricks in T20Is and Southee’s recent hat-trick against India is the only occasion for a Kiwi bowler to be on the losing side. Incidentally, it was the only second T20I hat-trick against India after Sri Lankan Tissara Perera (3/33), who achieved this in Ranchi on 12 Feb 2016 (lost).

T20Is bowlers claiming hat-tricks on two occasions

#	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
1	Lasith Malinga (3/34)	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Colombo RPS	6 Apr 2017	Lost
	Lasith Malinga (5/6)	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Pallekele	6 Sep 2019	Won
2	Tim Southee (5/18)	New Zealand	Pakistan	Auckland	26 Dec 2010	Won
	Tim Southee (3/34)	New Zealand	India	Mt Maunganui	20 Nov 2022	Lost

New Zealand bowlers claiming hat-tricks in T20Is

#	Bowler	Against	Venue	Date	Result
1.	Jacob Oram (3/33)	Sri Lanka	Colombo RPS	2 Sep 2009	Won
2.	Tim Southee (5/18)	Pakistan	Auckland	26 Dec 2010	Won
3.	Michael Bracewell (3/5)	Irealand	Belfast	20 Jul 2022	Won
4.	Tim Southee (3/34)	India	Mt Maunganui	20 Nov 2022	Lost

3 The number of left-handed pairs used by India as openers in T20 international cricket. Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant became the latest left-handed pair for India after Parthiv Patel & Shikhar Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir & Irfan Pathan. The last-named pair appeared together 10 years ago. For the record, in Test cricket, India has had 10 left-handed opening pairs, while in ODIs, it has fielded three such pairs.

Left-handed opening pairs for India in T20Is

Stand	Pair	Against	Venue	Date	Result
13	Parthiv Patel/Shikhar Dhawan	West Indies	Port of Spain	4 June 2011	Won
24	Gautam Gambhir/Irfan Pathan	England	Colombo RPS	23 Sep 2012	Won
21	Gautam Gambhir/Irfan Pathan	Australia	Colombo RPS	28 Sep 2012	Lost
36	Ishan Kishan/Rishabh Pant	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	20 Nov 2022	Won
13	Ishan Kishan/Rishabh Pant	New Zealand	Napier	22 Nov 2022	Tied

7 The number of batters who have managed to register more than one century T20I cricket in a single calendar year. India’s Surya Kumar Yadav is the latest to achieve this year in T20Is.

100s	Batter	For	Year	Mts	Inns	Runs	Ave.	1st 100	2nd 100
2	Colin Munro	New Zealand	2017	8	8	277	39.57	101	109*
2	Rohit Sharma	India	2018	19	18	590	36.88	100*	111*
2	Sabawoon Davizi	Czech Republic	2022	15	15	612	51.00	115*	111*
2	Gustav Mckeon	France	2022	5	5	377	75.40	109	101
2	Faheem Nazir	Switzerland	2022	7	7	382	63.67	107*	113
2	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	2022	11	10	372	46.50	100*	109
2	Suryakumar Yadav	India	2022	31	31	1164	46.56	117	111*

Notes:

** Mckeon and Rossouw are the only players to register back-to-back centuries in T20I cricket. The former did it in two successive matches, while Rossouw’s two centuries came in three games (he did not bat in one of the matches).

** Incidentally, Mckeon, at 18 years, 280 days, became the only teenager to register a three-figure score in T20I cricket during his 109 against Switzerland in Vantaa on 25 Jul 2022.

** Faheem Nazir’s centuries came while captaining Switzerland.

4 The number of T20I matches where the Super Over was not utilised to achieve a result, so the game had to be considered as a tie in the record books. Under the ICC playing conditions for T20Is adopted on September 28, 2017, Law 16.3.1 reads: “If the scores are equal, the teams shall compete in a Super Over to determine the winner.”

However, in T20 international history, there have been a few instances when the Super Over was not used in the match to achieve a result. The recent Napier T20I match, which incidentally was the first T20I match involving two Test-playing nations in such circumstances, was left as a tie because the outcome was decided by the Duckworth, Lewis & Stein (DLS) method after which no play was possible because of rain.

T20I matches with tie results (where no Super over was used)

#	Date	Venue	Team1 (total)	Team2 (total)	Remarks
1.	17 Jun 2018	Deventer	Scotland (185/4 in 20 ov)	Ireland (185/6 in 20 ov)	No provision for Super over in the playing conditions+
2.	21 Apr 2021	Kirtipur	Netherlands (107/4 in 13 ov)	Malaysia (91/4 in 10 ov)	The match was decided on DLS
3.	25 Oct 2021	Valletta, Malta	Malta (145/10 in 19 ov)	Gibraltar (57/2 in 7.2 ov)	The match was decided on DLS
4.	22 Nov 2022	Napier	New Zealand (160/10 in 19.4 ov)	India (75/4 in 9 ov)	The match was decided on DLS

+ this decision came as a surprise to the players and officials after the match. It is said that the Super Over provision was inadvertently missed out in the playing conditions.

6 The number of occasions when Indians in batting positions from 1 to 3 made fifty-plus scores and yet lost the ODI match.

Top three batters in batting positions 1 to 3	Against	Venue	Date	Result
K. Srikkanth (75), Sunil Gavaskar (92), Dilip Vengsarkar (50)	Pakistan	Sharjah	18 Apr 1986	Lost by 1 wkt
K. Srikkanth (51), Navjot Sidhu (108), Mohinder Amarnath (88)	Pakistan	Sharjah	15 Oct 1989	Lost by 6 wkts
Ravi Shastri (109), K. Srikkanth (53), Sanjay Manjrekar (105)	South Africa	New Delhi (JNS)	14 Nov 1991	Lost by 8 wkts
Sourav Ganguly (53), Virender Sehwag (52), V. V. S. Laxman (71)	West Indies	Baroda	18 Nov 2002	Lost by 5 wkts
Virender Sehwag (73), Sachin Tendulkar (111), Gautam Gambhir (69)	South Africa	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011	Lost by 2 wkts
Shikhar Dhawan (72), Shubman Gill (50), Shreyas Iyer (80)	New Zealand	Auckland	25 Nov 2022	Lost by 7 wkts

145 Tom Latham’s unbeaten score against India in Auckland on 25 Nov 2022 in the first match of the ODI series. His score is now the highest by any ODI batter in a successful run chase at batting positions #5 and lower. The previous record was set in August this year when Zimbabwean Sikandar Raza made an unbeaten 135 at #5 against Bangladesh in Harare. Interestingly, the top three scores have come in the last four and half months.

Highest ODI scores in successful run chases by batters from positions #5 and lower

Runs	Batter	Bat#	For (total)	Against	Venue	Date
145*	Tom Latham	5	NZ (309/3)	India	Auckland	25 Nov 2022
135*	Sikandar Raza	5	Zim (307/5)	Bangladesh	Harare	5 Aug 2022
127*	Michael Bracewell	7	NZ (305/9)	Ireland	Dublin	10 Jul 2022
124*	Eoin Morgan	5	Eng (274/4)	Ireland	Dublin	3 Sep 2013
124	Ricardo Powell	6	WI (255/6)	India	Singapore	8 Sep 1999

4 The number of Indian batters while at batting positions from #7 and lower, registering an ODI fifty on New Zealand soil. Washington Sundar, batting at #7, made 51 in Christchurch on 30 Nov 2022 to become the latest entrant to this list. Among the players mentioned below, Ravindra Jadeja has the rare distinction of making a fifty on these batting positions on three occasions, including one at #8.

Highest ODI scores by Indians from batting positions #7 and lower on New Zealand soil.

Runs	Batter	Bat#	Opp	Venue	Date	Result	Batting
66*	Ravindra Jadeja	8	NZ	Auckland	25 Jan 2014	Tied	2nd
65	R. Ashwin	7	NZ	Auckland	25 Jan 2014	Tied	2nd
62*	Ravindra Jadeja	7	NZ	Hamilton	28 Jan 2014	Lost	1st
55	Ravindra Jadeja	7	NZ	Auckland	8 Feb 2020	Lost	2nd
51	Washington Sundar	7	NZ	Christchurch	30 Nov 2022	NR	1st
50	Kapil Dev	7	NZ	Auckland	14 Feb 1981	Lost	2nd

Note: In 2014, Jadeja made his fifties in successive matches in the same series, and in Auckland in 2014, Jadeja and R. Ashwin did so in the same match.

All records are correct and updated until 2 December 2022