Australia’s World T20 journey in numbers

Australia easily the most dominant side in international cricket have never won the ICC T20 World Cup. There have been a few theories, from Australia not taking T20 format seriously to inability to perform as a unit in the shortest format; but with sufficient experience of sub-continent conditions and a superb leader in Steve Smith, Aussies will hope they get their hands to the silverware this time. Here we present statistical details of Australia’s T20 World Cup journey.

Team records:

Highest team totals for Australia in World T20 matches

Highest team totals against Australia in World T20 matches 

Lowest team totals for Australia in World T20 matches

Lowest team totals against Australia in World T20 matches 

Largest victory for Australia (by runs): 81 runs vs Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010

Largest victory for Australia (by balls remaining): 58 balls vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on September 20, 2007

Largest victory against Australia (by runs): West Indies – 74 runs at Colombo (RPS) on October 5, 2012

Largest victory against Australia (by balls remaining): West Indies – 25balls at The Oval on June 6, 2009

Batting records:

Most runs for Australia: Shane Watson (441 runs from 20 T20 WC matches)

Most runs against Australia: Chris Gayle (274 from 5 T20 WC matches)

Most sixes for Australia: Shane Watson (27 sixes from 20 T20 WC matches)

Most sixes against Australia: Chris Gayle (18 from 5 T20 WC matches)

Most fours for Australia: David Warner (45 fours from 19 T20 WC matches)

Most fours against Australia: Chris Gayle (23)

Highest score in an innings of a match for Australia: Cameron White (85* vs Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010)

Highest score in an innings of a match against Australia: Umar Akmal (94 at Dhaka on March 23, 2014)

Highest average for Australia: Matthew Hayden (88.33 from 11 T20 WC matches)

Highest average against Australia: Umar Akmal (88.50 from 4 T20 WC matches)

Highest strike rate for Australia (more than 169 runs scored): Matthew Hayden (144.80 from 6 T20 WC matches and scored 265 runs)

Highest strike rate against Australia (more than 46 runs scored): Chris Gayle (170.18 from 5 T20 WC matches)

Most fifty plus scores for Australia: Shane Watson (5)

Most fifty plus scores against Australia: Chris Gayle (4)

Most ducks for Australia: David Huseey (2) and David Warner (2)

Most ducks against Australia: Alok Kapali, Anamul Haque, N Deonarine, Imrul Kayes, F Maharoof, A Nehra, W Porterfield, T Taibu, M Mortaza, S Jayasuriya, Misbah-ul-Haq, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal and D Fernando – 1

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Bowling records:

Most Wickets for Australia: Mitchell Johnson (20)

Most Wickets against Australia: Saeed Ajmal (8)

Best average for Australia: Stuart Clark (12.00)

Best average against Australia (more than 3 wickets taken): Mohammad Amir (9.66 from 2 matches)

Best bowling figures for Australia in an innings: Dirk Nannes (4-0-18-4 vs Bangladesh at Bridgetown on May 5, 2010)

Best bowling figures against Australia in an innings: Ravi Ashwin (3.2-0-11-4 at Dhaka on March 30, 2014)

Most runs conceded in an innings for Australia: Brett Lee (56 runs from 4 overs vs West Indies at The Oval on June 6, 2009)

Most runs conceded in an innings against Australia: Mohammad Shami (54 runs from 4 overs at Gros Islet on May 2, 2010)

Best economy rates for Australia: Shaun Tait (5.53 from 7 matches)

Best economy rates against Australia (more than 4 overs bowled): Angelo Mathews (5.66 from 6 overs)

Best strike rate for Australia (more than 6 wickets taken): Dirk Nannes (11.1 from 7 matches by taking 14 wickets)

Best strike rate against Australia (more than 3 wickets taken): Mohammad Amir (8.0)

Wicketkeeping records:

Most dismissals for Australia: Adam Gilchrist (9)

Most dismissals against Australia: Kamran Akmal (4) and Denesh Ramdin (4)

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Fielding records:

Most catches for Australia: David Warner (15)

Most catches against Australia: S Benn (3), Dwayne Bravo (3) and Mohammad Hafeez (3)

Partnership records:

Highest partnership for Australia (by runs): Shane Watson and David Warner – 133 (vs India at Colombo (RPS) on September 28, 2012)

Highest partnership against Australia (by runs): Chris Gayle and Andre Fletcher – 133 (at The Oval on June 6, 2009)

Player records:

Most matches for Australia: Michael Hussey – 21 matches

Most matches against Australia: Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Denesh Ramdin and Shahid Afridi – 5 matches.