Answer: Isuru Udana
Isuru Udana, playing for Wayamba Eleven's, took the hat-trick in the second edition of the ACLT20. His victims were Brad Patton, Matthew Sinclair, and George Worker of the Central District's Stags, New Zealand.
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Answer: David Warner and Phil Hughes
At the strike of 19:45 hrs IST, this match began. The openers weren't up to the mark. Warner made just 19 and Hughes made 3. By the 6th over, with the score at 32, both the openers were back in the pavilion.
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Answer: 4
The T-20 rules provide for 5 bowlers who can bowl a maximum of 4 overs each (5 x 4=20). In the 50 overs version of the game, each bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs. Of course, there is no restriction on the number of bowlers that can be used, the only restriction is on the maximum number of overs. In test cricket there is no restriction on number of overs that can be bowled by a bowler.
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Answer: England
Like most other forms of cricket, Twenty20 Cricket also originated in England. It was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003.
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Answer: Kingsmead Stadium, Durban
This was a decider of both the teams. There were more Indian cheer fans as India had only two matches at the Wanderers. All other matches were at Durban. England lost to New Zealand and South Africa, so they had to win against India to stay back. India lost against New Zealand in the while.
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Answer: Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum, playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders, scored the first century and 150+ score in the first match of the IPL, 2008, against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He remained not out throughout the innings.
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Answer: Simon Katich and Ben Rohrer
Both the players scored 16 runs; Simon Katich fell at 3-45. Ben Rohrer and Steven Smith made a partnership worth 28 runs until Rohrer fell at 5-75. NSW were looking for a strong build-up.
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Answer: When the result of the match is a tie
The bowl-out is a new football style concept. This is applicable whenever the match ends in a tie (scores level). In this case, five bowlers from each of side bowl in turns at the stumps; whoever hits the stumps (bowled) gets one point. The team getting the most points is declared the winner. The first bowl out in the history of T-20 cricket happened in the First T-20 World cup in South Africa in the match between India and Pakistan. India won the bowl out by a margin of 3-0. Bowl-out is not used in the 50 overs version of the game or in test cricket. If scores are level, the match will be called as a tie.
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Answer: Australia and New Zealand
It was played on February 17, 2005, at Eden Park in Auckland. The Aussies won by a convincing 44 runs. The first women's Twenty20 International was played on August 5, 2004, at Hove in England.
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Answer: Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel
They are very famous umpires and are most common in World Cups.
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Answer: Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry Gayle scored 117 not out against South Africa in the first match of the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007, being the first international T20 century. With this innings, he became the first person to carry his bat through the innings in all forms of the game.
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Answer: Steven Smith
Steven Smith made a partnership of 49 runs with Brett Lee but Steven Smith fell for 33 at 7-132.
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Answer: When the bowler bowls a no ball
Whenever a bowler bowls a no ball, a penalty of one run is awarded to the batting side and the batsman gets an extra delivery. However, in T-20 cricket apart from this penalty, a free hit is given in the next delivery. So if no-ball occurs, then the next ball is a free hit for the batsman, he can play any stroke and will not be given out (except run out).
Though this rule is loaded in favour of the batsman, in the opinion of great bowlers like Ian Bishop, this rule has helped bowlers to be more disciplined and control the number of no-balls. After the success of this rule in T-20 cricket, it has been extended to the 50 overs version. However, there is no free hit in test cricket.
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Answer: New Zealand
India won the first bowl-out in a World Cup match, but not in an ordinary T20 International. New Zealand defeated West Indies 3-0 on February 16, 2006. Both the sides scored 126 runs. The match between India and Pakistan was held on September 14, 2007, in which India defeated Pakistan by the same margin.
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Answer: Jacob Oram
Jacob Oram took the hat-trick on 2nd September, 2009, in a t20 international in Colombo, against Sri Lanka. His victims were Angelo Mathews, Malinga Bandara, and Nuwan Kulasekara. He was the second bowler to do so, after Brett Lee against Bangladesh.
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Answer: 9-159
Steven Smith fell for 33 at 7-132, leaving none other than Brett Lee as the saviour. Lee scored 48 off just 31 balls, which had a boundary and 5 sixes! So NSW got the saviour. They were 5-75 after overs and finished with 9-159 (i.e. 84 runs in 59 balls with 4 wickets lost).
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Answer: 6
Powerplay refers to the fielding restrictions in place during the start of the match. This is done to allow batsman to have a go at the bowlers and make the match more interesting. During the fielding restrictions, only 2 players are allowed outside the 30 yard circle and of the remaining players 2 (excluding the wicket keeper) have to be in a catching position. This opens up gaps in the field allowing the batsman to get quick runs. In T-20 matches, the powerplay is one for 6 overs. In 50 overs match, it is for 20 overs (10 fixed + 2 blocks of 5 overs used at the fielding side's discretion). There is no powerplay concept in test cricket.
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Answer: Ricky Ponting
Ponting made an unbeaten 98 in the first-ever Twenty20 international played(Australia v/s New Zealand). Gayle made 117 against South Africa in World Twenty20, making himself the first man in history to score a century in a Twenty20 International.
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Answer: 3
Well, one of them was on the shorter boundary. One was inside the crowd, and one was the one which went to back, and the fielder missed the catch.
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Answer: Shaun Marsh
Shaun Marsh, playing for King's XI Punjab, scored 616 runs in 11 matches that he played to bag the Ornage Cap Award. The award was presented to the player having scored the maximum number of runs, in IPL 2008.
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Answer: William Perkins
It was just the second ball of the innings and Brett Lee had struck; William Perkins bowled hin. Adrian Barath hit a quick 14 off 6 but got out at 2-21 at the end of the second over.
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Answer: Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in one over
Yuvraj Singh was the first one to hit six 6's in one over in any Twenty20 World Cup. In the world, Yuvraj Singh and Herschelle Gibbs are the first ones to hit six 6's in a World Cup separately. Gibbs against Netherlands (50 over World Cup) from March to April, and Yuvraj Singh in September's ICC Twenty20. India ended scoring 218/4. Yuvraj Singh also scored the fastest 50 in the Twenty20 World Cup in only 12 balls because of those 6 sixes. He ended up in 58 off 16 balls, and 7 sixes in his innings.
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Answer: Victoria Bushrangers
The Victorian Bushrangers won 3 years in succession, the first edition in 2005-06, 2006-07, and then 2007-08. The next year was won by New South Wales Blues, only for the Victorians to win it back again in 2009-10. They won the finals against Western Australia in 2007-08 by 32 runs.
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Answer: Kieron Pollard
Only Kieron Pollard scored 26 runs but eventually got out caught Brett Lee bowled Nathan Hauritz. Daren Ganga required just 1 run to get to the 20 run mark. He got out caught David Warner bowled Steven Smith for 19 runs off 20 balls.
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Answer: 75 minutes
The duration of each innings of a T-20 match is 1 hour 15 minutes, i.e, 75 minutes. One innings in a 50 over one day match has to be completed in three and a half hours. In test matches a minimum of ninety overs needs to be bowled in one day (six hours of play + permitted extra time).
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Answer: India
India had played only one match before the tournament (against South Africa in 2006), and still went on to win the Cup. Zimbabwe also had played only one match, but it had been suspended from Test matches at that time, and hence it was not an active Test playing nation at that time.
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Answer: Darren Maddy and Vikram Solanki
This was a very strong batting line up, but could England beat India? If yes, they can be in the series.
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Answer: Australia and New Zealand
This match was played on 17th February, 2005, at Eden Park, Auckland. Australia won this match quite comprehensively. Both teams were dressed in 1970s jerseys, attracting a crowd of over 20,000.
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Answer: Ravi Rampaul and Stuart Clark
Stuart Clark took 3-21 in 3.5 overs. On the other hand, Ravi Rampaul took 3-20 in 4 overs, being the most economical bowler in the match with a rate of 5.00 along with Brett Lee, who took 2-10 in 2 overs.
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Answer: 1
In both T-20, a bowler can bowl only one bouncer per over. A bouncer is defined as a fast delivery that goes above shoulder height of the batsman. If the bowler bowls a second bouncer, it is called a no ball. In test cricket and ODIs, a bowler can bowl two bouncers per over.
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Answer: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka had a net run rate of 4.72, hugely due to their massive win of 172 runs against Kenya. Kenya finished with a net run rate of -8.05, because of the same reason.
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Answer: 53
Irfan Pathan took the wicket of Darren Maddy.
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Answer: 3-0
This match which went in favour of New Zealand via bowl-out, saw both teams score a low total of 126. This game was also the last international appearance by New Zealand all-rounder, Chris Cairns.
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Answer: 118
New South Wales are the Inaugral Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Champions! They win by 41 runs (9-159 vs. 118); T&T ended up scoring 118 in 15.5 overs. Stuart Clark took 2 wickets in that last over. He took the wickets of Neil Stewart and Dave Mohammed.
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Answer: 0
No drinks breaks are allowed in a T-20 innings. This is because the objective is to finish the match as quickly as possible, with minimum breaks. There will only one break allowed, which will be in between innings which would be generally between 15-20 minutes. In 50 overs cricket, there would be two drinks break per innings. In test cricket, there would be a drinks break after every hour of play.
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Answer: Scotland
Scotland played only a single match (against Pakistan). Their match with India could not be played due to rain. Kenya and Zimbabwe played a couple of matches each. Bangladesh was the only team of the options which proceeded to the Super Eight Stage, and hence played more matches.
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Answer: 200-6
India won the match by 18 runs. Luke Wright was out on the second last ball of the English innings by Harbhajan, just one inch short of the six. Harbhajan balanced well, got the catch, and Andrew Flintoff hit a boundary of the final ball.
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Answer: Hampshire Royals
They started as underdogs against Essex Eagles in the semi-finals as well as in the finals against Somerset Sabres. Well led by their captain Dominic Cork, they won the finals at the Rose Bowl by virtue of losing lesser wickets, as the match had ended in a tie.
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Answer: Brett Lee
Brett Lee was awarded the Man of the Match for his splendid 48 off 31 comprising of a four and 5 sixes; and he took the important wickets of William Perkins for a duck and of Lendl Simmons for 4 runs. He took 2-10.
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Answer: To reach the field of play quickly
In test and 50 overs cricket, the two teams sit in the dressing room; but in T-20 cricket keeping in mind the time limitation, both teams sit in a baseball style dugout outside the boundary. In fact, on fall of a wicket the incoming batsman has to take guard within 1 minutes 30 seconds of the fall of wicket, failing which he will be declared timed out. In the 50 overs ODI and test cricket, a batsman can be timed out if he is not ready to take guard within 3 minutes of the fall of the previous wicket.
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