Pakistan remains most successful team

The last league match of Group C between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Wednesday (June 10) was the 100th match in Twenty-20 international cricket. It took four years and 115 days to complete a century of matches in Twenty-20 cricket as the first ever Twenty-20 match was played between Australia and New Zealand at Auckland on February 15,2005. Australia achieved a 44-run win in this match. They have won 14, lost four and tied one in 19 matches played so far. South Africa have won 13 out of 20 while Australia have won 11 out of 23. The 25th Twenty-20 international match was played between England and Zimbabwe at Newlands, Cape Town on September 13, 2007 while the match between South Africa and West Indies at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on December 16, 2007 was the 50th match in this form of cricket. Canada's Kings City witnessed the 75th match of Twenty-20 cricket. This match was played between Canada and Zimbabwe on October 13,2008. Zimbabwe achieved a 109-run victory which was their biggest and second biggest in Twenty-20 cricket. Australia and New Zealand share the record of playing the highest number of Twenty-20 matches. Both teams have played 23 matches apiece. Pakistan holds the record of winning the highest number of matches in this form of cricket. South Africa staged the highest number of Twenty-20 matches,(37), followed by England (11), Ireland (11), New Zealand (10), Canada (8), Australia (7), England (17), Kenya (3), West Indies (2), Bangladesh (1), Sri Lanka (1), India (1), Pakistan (1) and United Arab Emirates (1). Each team's performance in twenty-20 cricket: Team P W L T N/R Success% Ireland 5 4 - - 1 90.00 Pakistan 19 14 4 1 - 76.31 South Africa 20 13 7 - - 65.00 India 14 8 4 1 1 64.28 Sri Lanka 15 9 5 - - 64.28 Holland 6 3 2 - 1 60.00 West Indies 13 5 5 2 - 50.00 Australia 23 11 12 - - 47.82 New Zealand 23 9 12 2 - 43.47 England 17 7 10 - - 41.17 Zimbabwe 7 2 4 1 - 35.71 Canada 7 2 4 1 - 35.71 Scotland 8 2 5 - 1 28.57 Bangladesh 12 3 9 - - 25.00 Kenya 8 1 7 - - 12.50 Bermuda 3 - 3 - - 00.00 Total 100 93 93 4 2 96.96 ** The Result of match between West Indies and Sri Lanka is not included FAISEL FEATURES

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