South Africa’s JP Duminy and Australia’s Shane Watson have
joined the 1000 Twenty20 International runs club recently. JP Duminy became the
first South African batsman to complete 1000 runs during his match winning
knock of 51 in a low scoring game against Sri Lanka at Colombo’s R Premadasa
Stadium on August 2. Shane Watson became the second Australian batsman to
accomplish this feat against England at The Ageas Bowl, Southamption on August
29. A total of ten batsmen have completed 1000 Twenty20 International runs so
far. These include DPMD Jayawerdene 1332, TM Dishan 1203 and KC Sangakkara 1178
from Sri Lanka, DA Warner 1260 and Shane Watson 1024 from Australia, BB
McCullum 1882 and MJ Guptill 1168 from New Zealand, KP Pietersen 1176 from
England, Mohammad Hafeez 1093 from Pakistan and JP Duminy 1084 from South
Africa. SR Watson has the best strike rate (150.14) while KP Pietersen has the
best batting average (37.93) in the club. BBMcCullum is the only batsman who
has hit two centuries in Twenty20 Internationals. He also holds the record of
highest aggregates of sixes (75) and fours (183) in Twenty20 International
cricket.
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