In the Qualifiers of Champions League T20 2014 (CLT20), Saad Nasim scored 58 runs when all the other 10 batsmen of his team did not even reach double digits. Bharath Seervi lists some numbers on a single player completely dominating a T20 inning.
In the third qualifying match of ongoing CLT20 at Raipur, Lahore Lions were set a target of 171 runs by Northern Knights. Lions were reduced to 19 runs for five wickets by Knights bowlers Tim Southee and Trent Boult. When none of the batsmen were finding the form, Saad Nasim was the only one incrementing the scoreboard of Lions. Saad Nasim was out for 58 runs as the final wicket on the final ball of 18th over. Nasim scored 58 but the next highest score was just eight runs by Imran Ali.
Saad Nasim’s 58 runs is only the third occasion of a batsmen scoring half-century in a T20 when the other team-mates all scored less than ten runs. Before Nasim, Chris Gayle had scored 63 runs in a T20I for West Indies against Sri Lanka at The Oval in the 2009 ICC T20 World Cup when the other batsmen of the team did not reach double digits. Gayle’s 63 runs are the highest in such a case. The table below lists the complete details.
Players scoring 20 or more runs in a T20 innings when all the others scored single digits (all out innings only)
Runs
Batsman
Team
Against
Bat Pos.
Team Total
Venue
Year
63
Chris Gayle
West Indies
Sri Lanka
1
101
The Oval
2009
61
Jimmy Adams
Hampshire
Somerset
2
97
Southampton
2010
58
Saad Nasim
Lahore Lions
Northern Knights
5
98
Raipur
2014
45
Scott Styris
New Zealand
Pakistan
6
80
Christchurch
2010
44
Gulbadin Naib
Afghanistan
England
8
80
Colombo (RPS)
2012
42
Kane Williamson
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
2
60
Chittagong
2014
42
Loots Bosman
Eagles
Titans
4
94
Bloemfontein
2004
42
Jeevantha Kulatunga
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club
1
94
Colombo (CCC)
2012
35
Arun Karthik
Tamil Nadu
Bengal
7
59
Hyderabad
2011
33
James Franklin
Wellington
Canterbury
4
90
Wellington
2012
28
Glenn Foxcroft
Namibia
Northerns
8
28
Windhoek
2011
28
Tanmay Mishra
Kenya
Ireland
5
71
Dubai
2012
26
Irfan Pathan
India
Australia
7
74
Melbourne
2008
25
Donovan Matthews
Turks and Caicos Islands
Montserrat
4
67
Coolidge
2008
25
Naved-ul-Hasan
Sussex
Surrey
3
68
Hove
2007
25
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
3
72
Derby
2010
23
Danuja Nandana
Panadura Sports Club
Chilaw Marians
11
59
Colombo (CCC)
2012
23
David Hemp
Bermuda
Guyana
1
62
Coolidge
2008
20
Duvvarapu Sivakumar
Andhra
Kerala
8
69
Vizianagram
2014
The highest percentage of runs scored by a batsman in T20 innings is 70% by Kane Williamson. He scored 42 runs out of his team’s 60 runs in the ICC World Cup 2014 match against Sri Lanka at Chittagong. It is the highest percentage of runs by a batsman in any International cricket inning. There has been only one more instance of a batsman scoring more than 65% of team’s runs —Justin Kreusch for Warriors against Titans at Benoni in 2006. The next highest in an International T20 inning is 62.37% by Gayle (63 out of 101 runs). The table below lists all the instances of a batsman scoring 55% or more of the team’s runs.
Highest % of runs in a T20 innings (all out innings only)
% Runs
Runs
Team Total
Batsman
For
Against
Venue
Year
70.00
42
60
Kane Williamson
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Chittagong
2014
65.17
73
112
Justin Kruesch
Warriors
Titans
Benoni
2006
62.88
61
97
Jimmy Adams
Hampshire
Somerset
Southampton
2010
62.37
63
101
Chris Gayle
West Indies
Sri Lanka
Oval
2009
62.23
89
143
Wes Durston
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Chesterfield
2014
60.00
78
130
JP Duminy
South Africa
Australia
Melbourne
2009
59.32
35
59
ArunKarthik
Tamil Nadu
Bengal
Hyderabad
2011
59.18
58
98
Saad Nasim
Lahore Lions
Northern Knights
Raipur
2014
58.62
85
145
Naman Ojha
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Nagpur
2013
58.51
79
135
Rohit Sharma
India
Australia
Bridgetown
2010
58.18
64
110
Gihan Rupasinghe
Moors
Sinhalese
Colombo (RPS)
2012
57.69
60
104
Ryan ten Doeschate
Essex
Surrey
Chelmsford
2013
57.14
72
126
Farrukh Shehzad
SBP
United Bank
Lahore
2013
56.63
64
113
Dinesh Chandimal
Ruhuna
Wayamba
Moratuwa
2010
56.63
64
113
Robin Uthappa
Karnataka
Andhra
Chennai
2011
56.52
78
138
Nawroz Mangal
Afghanistan
Trinidad & Tobago
King City
2011
56.25
45
80
Scott Styris
New Zealand
Pakistan
Christchurch
2010
55.22
37
67
Chris Adams
Sussex
Hampshire
Hove
2004
55.00
44
80
Gulbadin Naib
Afghanistan
England
Colombo (RPS)
2012
(Bharath Seerviis a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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