Decoding teams with the highest powerplay totals in T20Is
Australia smashed the highest powerplay score in T20Is, attaing the record against Scotland in the first match of their 2024 tour. The visitors amassed a score of 113/1 in six overs. Opener Travis Head led the charge for the Aussies alongside Mitchell Marsh. Here we decode teams (matches involving at least one full member side) with the highest powerplay totals in T20Is
Australia vs Scotland - 113/1, Edinburgh 2024
Head (73 off 22) and Marsh (39 off 11) toyed with the Scottish bowlers in the powerplay (overs 1-6). Australia managed to hit 14 consecutive boundaries in the powerplay and 24 in total. They manged 17 fours and seven sixes. Australia became just the 2nd side to record 100-plus runs in the PP overs. Australia clocked a 7-wicket win. Head scored 80 (25 balls).
West Indies vs South Africa - 102/0, Centurion 2023
South Africa managed 102/0 against West Indies in 2023. SA needed 259 runs after WI scored 258 in the second T20I. Openers Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks helped SA get off to a solid start. De Kock managed 64 from 24 balls whereas Hendricks smashed a 12-ball 35 in the PP overs. SA managed 259/4 in 18.5 overs with de Kock slamming 100.
West Indies vs Sri Lanka - 98/4, Coolidge 2021
West Indies scored 98/4 in the powerplay, while chasing a target of 132. Keiron Pollard smashed six-sixes in the sixth over. Before that, Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis handed WI a solid start. Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran managed ducks. Pollard scored 38 from 10 balls in the powerplay. WI ended up with 134/6 in 13.1 overs. Jason Holder managed an unbeaten 29.
Ireland vs West Indies - 93/0, St Gerorge's 2020
Ireland's Paul Stirling smashed a 20-ball fifty to take the visitors to their highest powerplay total of 93/0 versus West Indies. Stirling managed 67 from 25 balls in the PP overs with Kevin O'Brien managing an 11-ball 23. Ireland hit 8 sixes and six fours. Stirling went on to manage 95 with O'Brien scoring 48 in Ireland's 208/7. WI scored 204/7 in the run-chase.
West Indies vs Afghanistan - 92/1, Gros Islet 2024
West Indies 92/1 in the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, posting the highest powerplay score in men's T20 World Cups. Nicholas Pooran, who arrived in the second over, attacked from the outset as he collected 36 runs off just 13 balls in this phase. Charles complimented him by scoring 35 off 19. Pooran managed 98 runs in WI's 218/5. Afghanistan folded for 114 thereafter.
