4 LBWs in a T20 game

Four New Zealand batsmen have been victim of leg before wicket during the game against Sri Lanka on 23.05.2010 at Lauderhill ground in the T20 International match. This is something rare in T20I so far.
This was the only second instance when a team lost their four wickets as LBW. AJ Redmond, Ross Taylor, RJ Nicol and KD Mills lost their respective wickets as LBW. Nuwan Kulasekhara has taken two of them.
Sri Lanka involved in both of these instance. Earlier on 12.10.2008 Sri Lankan bowlers have taken four wickets of Canada as LBW at the King City.
Incidentally Sri Lanka holds the record of most LBWs wickets in an ODI innings. They have taken 6 wickets of New Zealand at Auckland on 06.01.2007 and also 6 wickets of Zimbabwe at Harare on 30.11.2008 as LBW.

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TWO centuries and result

South Africa’s HA Amla and AB de Villiers scored hundreds against West Indies at North Sound on 22.05.2010 and South Africa won the match by 66 runs. (D/L method)
*** This was the 84th occasion when two batsmen from the same team scored century in the history of ODI.
*** This was the 6th time two batsmen from South Africa scored hundreds in the same ODI match. However South Africa won the five times while lost one match.
*** Incidentally on six occasion the rival team’s two batsmen posted centuries against South Africa and five of them were able to won the match.
*** India beat South Africa by 3 wickets at Cochin on 09.03.2000 when G Kirsten (115) and HH Gibbs (111) scored hundreds.
*** India is on top of the list as there are 21 occasion when TWO Indian batsmen scored centuries in the same ODI. The others are : Australia 10, Afghanistan 1, England 6, Ireland 1, Kenya 1, Netherlands 1, New Zealand 1, Pakistan 18, Scotland 1, South Africa 6, Sri Lanka 8, West Indies 7, Asia Xi 1 and Zimbabwe 1.

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Result by ONE run

*** South Africa beat West Indies by a run at North Sound in the second T20 International on 20.05.2010. This was the only fifth game when a team won the match by only ONE runs. *** The list is: Australia beat New Zealand at Sydney on 15.02.2009, South Africa beat New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.2009, England beat South Africa at Johannesburg on 13.11.2009, New Zealand beat Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.2010, and South Africa beat West Indies at North Sound, 20.05.2010.
*** This was the second instance when South Africa won the match by one run in T20I history.
*** New Zealand lost twice by a margin of one run in T20I history.
*** This was the second time when a team won the T20I match won by one run in last 12 days after New Zealand beat Pakistan on 06.05.2010.
*** South Africa won the TWO match series by 2-0. This was the 9th occasion when a team won the T20I bilateral series by 2-0. South Africa did it second time after they beat Australia at home in 2008-09.
*** 239 runs have been scored in this game without witnessing any half century from any side. This is the highest combined total involving South Africa when no half century has been scored. The previous record was 170 runs between South Africa and New Zealand at Bridgetown on 06.05.2010 during the recent T20 World Cup.
*** 239 runs have been scored in this game without witnessing any half century from any side. This is the highest combined total involving West Indies when no half century has been scored. The previous record was 141 runs between West Indies and Australia at Hobart on 21.02.2010.

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