List of Australia Twenty20 International cricket records

This is a list of Australia Twenty20 International cricket records, that is record team and individual performances in Twenty20 International cricket. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records.

Australia played its first Twenty20 game against New Zealand in February 2005, and these records date from that game.

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted). Currently active players are listed in bold.

Australian team records

Overall results

Matches played (total)

Team First T20I Matches Won Lost Tied NR % Won
 Australia 17 February 2005 88 44 41 2 1 51.72
Last updated: 28 March 2016[1]

Matches played (by country)

Team Opponent First T20I Matches Won Lost Tied NR % Won
 Australia  New Zealand 17 February 2005 6 4 1 1 0 75.00
 England 13 June 2005 13 7 5 0 1 58.33
 South Africa 9 January 2006 17 11 6 0 0 64.70
 Zimbabwe 12 September 2007 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
 Bangladesh 16 September 2007 4 4 0 0 0 100.00
 Pakistan 18 September 2007 14 6 7 1 0 46.42
 Sri Lanka 20 September 2007 8 2 6 0 0 25.00
 India 22 September 2007 13 4 9 0 0 30.76
 West Indies 20 June 2008 11 5 6 0 0 45.45
 Ireland 19 September 2012 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Last updated: 28 March 2016[2]

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Rank Score Opponent Venue Date
1 6/248 (20 overs)  England Southampton 29 August 2013
2 5/221 (20 overs)  England Sydney 9 January 2007
3 4/214 (20 overs)  New Zealand Christchurch 28 February 2010
4 5/214 (20 overs)  New Zealand Auckland 17 February 2005
5 4/213 (20 overs)  England Hobart 29 January 2014
Last updated: 28 March 2016[3]

Highest match aggregate

Rank Score Teams Venue Date
1 12/457 (40 overs)  Australia (6/248) v  England (6/209) Southampton 29 August 2013
2 10/428 (40 overs)  New Zealand (6/214) v  Australia (4/214) Christchurch 28 February 2010
3 13/413 (40 overs)  Australia (4/213) v  England (9/200) Hobart 29 January 2014
4 12/409 (40 overs)  South Africa (7/204) v  Australia (5/205) Johannesburg 6 March 2016
5 11/403 (39.4 overs)  Australia (7/201) v  India (4/202) Rajkot 10 October 2013
Note: Teams are shown in batting order. Last updated: 28 March 2016[4]

Largest successful run chases

Rank Score Opponent Venue Date
1 5/205 (20 overs)  South Africa Johannesburg 6 March 2016
2 7/197 (19.5 overs)  Pakistan Gros Islet 14 May 2010
3 4/181 (19.2 overs)  South Africa Cape Town 9 March 2016
4 4/161 (18.5 overs)  South Africa Brisbane 13 January 2009
5 3/158 (17.3 overs)  Bangladesh Dhaka 1 April 2014
Last updated: 28 March 2016[5]

Lowest innings totals

Rank Score Opponent Venue Date
1 79 (14.3 overs)  England Southampton 13 June 2005
2 86 (16.2 overs)  India Dhaka 30 March 2014
3 89 (19.3 overs)  Pakistan Dubai 5 September 2012
4 108 (19.5 overs)  Pakistan Dubai 7 May 2009
5 7/117 (20 overs)  Pakistan Colombo 2 October 2012
Note: This list does not include innings scores where Australia batted second and successfully reached a victory target in under 20 overs. Last updated: 28 March 2016[6]

Lowest match aggregate

Rank Score Teams Venue Date
1 11/149 (28.5 overs)  India (74) v  Australia (1/75) Melbourne 1 February 2008
2 6/161 (13.4 overs)  South Africa (1/80) v  Australia (5/81) Durban 12 March 2014
3 13/179 (34.2 overs)  Australia (89) v  Pakistan (3/90) Dubai 5 September 2012
4 13/193 (34 overs)  Pakistan (9/96) v  Australia (4/97) Dubai 5 October 2014
5 6/199 (20.1 overs)  Australia (3/97) v  West Indies (3/102) Bridgetown 20 June 2008
Note: Teams are shown in batting order. Last updated: 28 March 2016[7]

Largest margin of victory (by wickets)

Rank Margin Teams Venue Date
1 10 wickets  Australia (0/102) beat  Sri Lanka (101) Cape Town 20 September 2007
2 9 wickets  Australia (1/124) beat  Bangladesh (8/123) Cape Town 16 September 2007
 Australia (1/75) beat  India (74) Melbourne 1 February 2008
 Australia (1/141) beat  India (140) Colombo 28 September 2012
5 8 wickets  Australia (2/136) beat  England (135) Cape Town 14 September 2007
 Australia (2/142) beat  West Indies (7/138) Sydney 23 February 2010
 Australia (2/153) beat  West Indies (7/150) Gros Islet 27 March 2012
 Australia (2/147) beat  South Africa (5/146) Colombo 30 September 2012
 Australia (2/131) beat  England (9/130) Melbourne 31 January 2014
Last updated: 28 March 2016[8]

Largest margin of victory (by runs)

Rank Margin Teams Venue Date
1 95 runs  Australia (3/209) beat  South Africa (114) Brisbane 9 January 2006
2 94 runs  Australia (7/168) beat  Pakistan (74) Dubai 10 September 2012
3 84 runs  Australia (6/195) beat  England (111) Sydney 2 February 2014
4 81 runs  Australia (5/168) beat  Sri Lanka (87) Bridgetown 9 May 2010
5 77 runs  Australia (5/221) beat  England (9/144) Sydney 9 January 2007
Last updated: 28 March 2016[8]

Largest margin of victory (by balls remaining)

Rank Margin Balls Teams Venue Date
1 10 wickets 58  Australia (0/102) beat  Sri Lanka (101) Cape Town 20 September 2007
2 9 wickets 52  Australia (1/75) beat  India (74) Melbourne 1 February 2008
3 8 wickets 50  Australia (2/142) beat  West Indies (7/138) Sydney 23 February 2010
4 7 wickets 44  Australia (3/102) beat  South Africa (7/101) Melbourne 7 November 2014
5 9 wickets 37  Australia (1/124) beat  Bangladesh (8/123) Cape Town 16 September 2007
Last updated: 28 March 2016[8]

Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Rank Margin Teams Venue Date
1 1 run  Australia (7/150) beat  New Zealand (5/149) Sydney 15 February 2009
2 2 runs  Australia (127) beat  Pakistan (9/125) Melbourne 5 February 2010
3 4 runs  Australia (7/147) beat  England (6/143) Melbourne 14 January 2011
4 13 runs  Australia (4/213) beat  England (9/200) Hobart 29 January 2014
5 17 runs (D/L)  Australia (1/100) beat  West Indies (8/191) Colombo 22 September 2012
Last updated: 28 March 2016[9]

Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)

Rank Margin Teams Venue Date
1 2 wickets  Australia (8/146) beat  South Africa (6/145) Sydney 9 November 2014
2 3 wickets  Australia (7/197) beat  Pakistan (6/191) Gros Islet 14 May 2010
 Australia (7/157) beat  Bangladesh (5/156) Bangalore 21 March 2016
5 5 wickets  Australia (5/147) beat  South Africa (7/146) Cape Town 13 October 2011
 Australia (5/81) beat  South Africa (1/80) Durban 12 March 2014
 Australia (5/205) beat  South Africa (7/204) Johannesburg 6 March 2016
Last updated: 28 March 2016[9]

Smallest margin of victory (by balls remaining)

Rank Margin Balls Teams Venue Date
1 5 wickets 0  Australia (5/205) beat  South Africa (7/204) Johannesburg 6 March 2016
2 3 wickets 1  Australia (7/197) beat  Pakistan (6/191) Gros Islet 14 May 2010
2 wickets  Australia (8/146) beat  South Africa (6/145) Sydney 9 November 2014
4 5 wickets 2  Australia (5/81) beat  South Africa (1/80) Durban 12 March 2014
5 5 wickets 3  Australia (5/147) beat  South Africa (7/146) Cape Town 13 October 2011
Last updated: 28 March 2016[9]

Tied matches

No. Teams Tiebreaker Winner Venue Date
1  Australia (4/214) tied with  New Zealand (6/214) Super Over  New Zealand Christchurch 28 February 2010
2  Australia (8/151) tied with  Pakistan (4/151) Super Over  Pakistan Dubai 7 September 2012
Last updated: 28 March 2016[9]

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Highest individual score

Rank Runs Player Opposition Venue Date
1 156 Aaron Finch  England Southampton 29 August 2013
2 124* Shane Watson  India Sydney 31 January 2016
3 98* Ricky Ponting  New Zealand Auckland 17 February 2005
4 96 Damien Martyn  South Africa Brisbane 9 January 2006
5 90* David Warner  Sri Lanka Sydney 26 January 2013
Last updated: 28 March 2016[10]

Most career runs

Rank Runs Player Innings Not outs Average
1 1633 David Warner 61 3 28.15
2 1462 Shane Watson 56 6 29.24
3 984 Cameron White 44 14 32.80
4 974 Aaron Finch 28 3 38.96
5 756 David Hussey 36 3 22.90
Last updated: 28 March 2016[11]

Highest career average

Rank Player Average Runs Innings Not outs
1 Aaron Finch 38.96 974 28 3
2 Michael Hussey 37.94 721 30 11
3 Cameron White 32.80 984 44 14
4 Shane Watson 29.24 1462 56 6
5 David Warner 28.15 1633 61 3
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 28 March 2016[12]

Highest career strike rate

Rank Player Strike rate Innings Balls faced Runs
1 Glenn Maxwell 153.90 30 397 611
2 Aaron Finch 150.07 28 649 974
3 Shane Watson 145.32 56 1006 1462
4 George Bailey 140.71 25 334 470
5 David Warner 139.81 61 1168 1633
Qualification: 250 balls. Last updated: 28 March 2016[13]

Most career sixes

Rank Sixes Player Balls faced
1 83 Shane Watson 1006
2 74 David Warner 1168
3 44 Cameron White 740
4 42 Aaron Finch 649
5 34 David Hussey 623
Last updated: 28 March 2016[14]

Most career fours

Rank Fours Player Balls faced
1 154 David Warner 1168
2 115 Shane Watson 1006
3 101 Aaron Finch 649
4 71 Cameron White 740
5 58 Michael Hussey 529
Last updated: 28 March 2016[15]

Fastest 50

Rank Balls Player Opposition Venue Date
1 18 David Warner  West Indies Sydney 23 February 2010
18 Glenn Maxwell  Pakistan Mirpur 23 March 2014
3 19 David Warner  South Africa Melbourne 11 January 2009
4 20 Shane Watson  Sri Lanka Pallekele 8 August 2011
5 21 Cameron White  New Zealand Christchurch 28 February 2010
Last updated: 28 March 2016[16]

Individual records (bowling)

Best figures in a match

Rank Bowling Player Opponent Venue Date
1 5/27 James Faulkner  Pakistan Mohali 25 March 2016
2 4/15 Shane Watson  England Adelaide 12 January 2011
3 4/18 Dirk Nannes  Bangladesh Bridgetown 5 May 2010
4 4/20 Stuart Clark  Sri Lanka Cape Town 20 September 2007
5 4/29 Michael Kasprowicz  New Zealand Auckland 17 February 2005
Last updated: 28 March 2016[17]

Most career wickets

Rank Wickets Player Matches BBI
1 48 Shane Watson 58 4/15
2 38 Mitchell Johnson 30 3/15
3 28 Shaun Tait 21 3/13
Brett Lee 25 3/23
5 27 Dirk Nannes 15 4/18
James Faulkner 19 5/27
Last updated: 28 March 2016[18]

Best career economy rate

Rank Economy rate Player Overs Runs
1 6.51 David Hussey 60.1 392
2 6.69 Pat Cummins 59.0 395
3 6.72 Mitchell Starc 75.3 508
4 6.97 Nathan Bracken 62.5 438
5 7.27 Glenn Maxwell 74.0 538
Qualification: 250 balls. Last updated: 28 March 2016[19]

Best career strike rate

Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Balls
1 11.7 Dirk Nannes 27 318
2 14.8 James Faulkner 27 401
3 16.8 Pat Cummins 21 354
4 17.0 Shaun Tait 28 478
5 17.1 Steve Smith 17 291
Qualification: 250 balls. Last updated: 28 March 2016[20]

Best career average

Rank Average Player Wickets Runs
1 14.92 Dirk Nannes 27 403
2 18.80 Pat Cummins 21 395
3 19.53 Mitchell Starc 26 508
4 20.29 James Faulkner 27 548
5 20.63 David Hussey 19 392
Qualification: 250 balls. Last updated: 28 March 2016[21]

Hat-tricks

No. Player Batsmen dismissed Opponent Venue Date
1 Brett Lee Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Alok Kapali  Bangladesh Cape Town 16 September 2007
Last updated: 28 March 2016[22]

Individual records (wicketkeeping )

Most dismissals in career

Rank Dismissals Player Matches Catches Stumpings
1 23 Brad Haddin 34 17 6
2 17 Adam Gilchrist 13 17 0
3 15 Matthew Wade 25 13 2
4 6 Ben Dunk 3 4 2
5 4 Tim Paine 5 4 0
Last updated: 28 March 2016[23]

Individual records (fielding)

Most catches (non-wicketkeeper)

Rank Catches Player Matches
1 30 David Warner 61
2 24 David Hussey 39
3 23 Cameron White 47
4 20 Michael Hussey 38
Shane Watson 58
Last updated: 28 March 2016[24]

Individual records (other)

Most matches played in career

Rank Matches Player Period
1 61 David Warner 2009–
2 58 Shane Watson 2006–2016
3 47 Cameron White 2007–
4 39 David Hussey 2008–2012
5 38 Michael Hussey 2005–2012
Last updated: 28 March 2016[25]

Partnership records

Record wicket partnerships

Partnership Runs Players Opponent Venue Date
1st wicket 133 Shane Watson & David Warner  India Colombo 28 September 2012
2nd wicket 114 Aaron Finch & Shaun Marsh  England Southampton 29 August 2013
3rd wicket 118 Aaron Finch & Glenn Maxwell  Pakistan Dhaka 23 March 2014
4th wicket 161 David Warner & Glenn Maxwell  South Africa Johannesburg 6 March 2016
5th wicket 83 Ricky Ponting & Simon Katich  New Zealand Auckland 17 February 2005
6th wicket 101* Cameron White & Michael Hussey  Sri Lanka Bridgetown 9 May 2010
7th wicket 74 Michael Hussey & Steve Smith  Bangladesh Bridgetown 5 May 2010
8th wicket 53* Michael Hussey & Mitchell Johnson  Pakistan Gros Islet 14 May 2010
9th wicket 23* Nathan Coulter-Nile & Clint McKay  West Indies Brisbane 13 February 2013
10th wicket 12 Dirk Nannes & Shaun Tait  Pakistan Birmingham 6 July 2010
Last updated: 28 March 2016[26]

*Note: An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or they reached the required score).

Highest partnerships

Rank Runs Wicket Players Opponent Venue Date
1 161 4th wicket David Warner & Glenn Maxwell  South Africa Johannesburg 6 March 2016
2 133 1st wicket Shane Watson & David Warner  India Colombo 28 September 2012
3 118 3rd wicket Aaron Finch & Glenn Maxwell  Pakistan Dhaka 23 March 2014
4 114 2nd wicket Aaron Finch & Shaun Marsh  England Southampton 29 August 2013
5 112 3rd wicket Steve Smith & Glenn Maxwell  England Cardiff 31 August 2015
Last updated: 28 March 2016[27]

*Note: An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or they reached the required score).

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