Highest individual scores in T20 cricket by players in and of each country

Mukhtar Ahmed made 123 in Haier Mobile T20 Cup in Pakistan which is the highest individual score by a Pakistani in T20s as well as the highest in Pakistan.

Mukhtar Ahmed made 123 in Haier Mobile T20 Cup in Pakistan which is the highest individual score by a Pakistani in T20s as well as the highest in Pakistan. On the occasion, Bharath Seervi lists highest individual scores in T20s by players from each country and in each country.

Playing for Sialkot against Karachi Whites in the Haier Mobile T20-Cup on September 8, 2015, Mukhtar Ahmed smashed 123 off 67 balls. In the process he broke Imran Farhat’s record of 115 runs as the highest individual score by a Pakistani player in T20s across all venues. It was Mukhtar Ahmed’s second century in T20 cricket. He became the fifth batsman from Pakistan to score more than one century in T20s. On this occasion let us list similar records for players of all Test-playing nations and in all Test-playing nations.

Country	Score	Batsman	Team	Against	Venue	Date	Result
Australia	156	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Rose Bowl	29-Aug-13	Won
Bangladesh	130	Tamim Iqbal	UCB BCB XI	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Mirpur	29-Dec-13	Lost
England	153*	Luke Wright	Sussex	Essex	Chelmsford	25-Jul-14	Won
India	127	Murali Vijay	CSK	RR	Chepauk	03-Apr-14	Won
New Zealand	158*	Brendon McCullum	KKR	RCB	Chinnaswamy	18-Apr-08	Won
	158*	Brendon McCullum	Warwickshire	Derbyshire	Edgbaston	03-Jul-15	Won
Pakistan	123	Mukhtar Ahmed	Sialkot	Karachi Whites	Rawalpindi	08-Sep-15	Won
Sri Lanka	114*	Sanath Jayasuriya	Mumbai Indians	CSK	Wankhede	14-May-08	Won
South Africa	140*	Pieter Malan	Western Province	Easterns	Newlands	07-Dec-14	Won
West Indies	175*	Chris Gayle	RCB	PWI	Chinnaswamy	23-Apr-13	Won
Zimbabwe	108	Mark Vermeulen	Westerns	Centrals	Bulawayo	13-May-09	Tied

–          Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies have players with 150s.

–          Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe do not have players with 125s.

–          T20 cricket’s top two highest individual scores have come at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in IPL.

–          The highest individual scores for Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies have come in overseas venues.

–          Only for Australia the highest individual score in T20s have come in a T20 international (T20I).

–          Brendon McCullum has two identical scores of 158*, the highest by a Kiwi; both have come outside New Zealand.

Host	Score	Batsman	Team	Against	Venue	Date	Result
Australia	117	Luke Wright	Melbourne Stars	Hobart Hurricanes	Bellerive	09-Jan-12	Won
Bangladesh	130	Tamim Iqbal	UCB BCB XI	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Mirpur	29-Dec-13	Lost
England	158*	Brendon McCullum	Warwickshire	Derbyshire	Birmingham	03-Jul-15	Won
India	175*	Chris Gayle	RCB	PWI	Chinnaswamy	23-Apr-13	Won
New Zealand	120*	Martin Guptill	Auckland	Canterbury	Rangiora	03-Jan-12	Won
Pakistan	123	Mukhtar Ahmed	Sialkot	Karachi Whites	Rawalpindi	08-Sep-15	Won
Sri Lanka	123	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekelle	21-Sep-12	Won
South Africa	140*	Pieter Malan	Western Province	Easterns	Cape Town	07-Dec-14	Won
West Indies	122*	Chris Gayle	Jamaica	Guyana	Gros Islet	19-Jan-13	Lost
Zimbabwe	121*	Ryan ten Doeschate	Mashonaland Eagles	Matabeleland Tuskers	Newlands	03-Dec-11	Won

–          Interestingly, Australian venues have the lowest ‘highest’ individual score in T20s — a mere 117.

–          Australians have scored big hundreds: Aaron Finch (156), Cameron White (141*), David Warner (135* and 123* in consecutive innings), but none of those came in Australia.

–          Before Mukhtar Ahmed’s 123, Pakistan had the lowest ‘highest’ individual score with (115 by Farhat).

–          Apart from Australia, every other Test-playing nation has seen at least one 120 including Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

–          Chris Gayle (in India and West Indies) and McCullum (in England and Sri Lanka) hold the record of the highest individual score in two countries each.

–          The highest individual scores in Australia, England, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are by overseas players.

–          Only in Sri Lanka, the highest individual score has come in a T20I.

–          Gayle has scored T20 centuries in seven Test-playing nations. He has missed out on New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Let us now check top individual scores by players from Associate Nations as well.

Score	Batsman	Nationality	Team	Against	Venue	Date	Result
145*	Louis van der Westhuizen	Namibia	Namibia	Kenya	Windhoek	07-Nov-11	Won
127*	William Porterfield	Ireland	Ireland	USA	Abu Dhabi	20-Nov-13	Won
125	Craig Williams	Namibia	Namibia	Kenya	Windhoek	06-Nov-11	Won
121*	Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	Mashonaland Eagles	Matabeleland Tuskers	Harare	03-Dec-11	Won
119	Kevin O’Brien	Ireland	Gloucestershire	Middlesex	Uxbridge	26-Jun-11	Won
116*	Jan Stander	Scotland	Scotland	Namibia	Windhoek	01-Oct-11	Won
116	Craig Williams	Namibia	Namibia	Scotland	Windhoek	04-Oct-11	Won

–          Louis van der Westhuizen and Craig Williams scored those big hundreds on consecutive days against the same opposition at the same ground.

–          Jan Stander was born in South Africa has played entirely for Scotland.

(Bharath Seervi is 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 @SeerviBharath and on Facebook here)

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