Stats: George Worker joins elite company with a debut 50

New Zealand won comfortably by 80 runs

New Zealand won the one-off T20 by a huge margin of 80 runs as debutant George Worker joined elite company with a 50 on his debut. Here are some of the most important numbers that we came across from this game:

Players who have scored a 50 on their T20I debut

Player	Country	Score	Opposition	Date	Ground
Ricky Ponting	Australia	98*	New Zealand	17 Feb 2005	Auckland
David Warner	Australia	89	South Africa	11 Jan 2009	Melbourne
H Patel	Canada	88*	Ireland	03 Feb 2010	Adelaide
RR Roussouw	South Africa	78	Australia	5 Nov 2014	Adelaide
Junaid Siddique	Bangladesh	71	Pakistan	20 Sep 2007	Cape Town
Scott Styris	New Zealand	66	Australia	17 Feb 2005	Auckland
AJ Redmond	New Zealand	63	Ireland	11 Jun 2009	Nottingham
George Worker	New Zealand	62	Zimbabwe	09 Aug 2015	Harare
Graeme Smith	South Africa	61	New Zealand	21 Oct 2005	Johannesburg
Dwayne Smith	West Indies	61	England	28 Jun 2007	Oval
Ajinkya Rahane	India	61	England	31 Aug 2011	Manchester
AP Devcich	New Zealand	59	Bangladesh	06 Nov 2013	Dhaka
Ryan Ten Doeschate	Netherlands	56	Kenya	02 Aug 2008	Belfast
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	51	England	28 Jun 2007	Oval

450 – International T20 Matches played so far since the first match on 17 February 2005 played at Auckland between Australia and New Zealand.

6-0 – New Zealand’s record in T20 International Matches vs Zimbabwe- most wins for NZ against any team. Second on the list is Sri Lanka against whom they have won 5 matches but lost 6.

3 – Number of teams which have never won a T20I match against New Zealand (minimum 2 matches). Apart from Zimbabwe (6 defeats), the other two are India (4) and Bangladesh (3).

37 – Number of T20I Matches won By New Zealand from 81 matches they played. They have lost an equal 37 matches which is the most for any team.

28 – defeats for Zimbabwe in T20Is- most for any team which has played a maximum of 40 matches. Their W/L (0.250) in T20Is is worst for any team which has played at least 10 matches.

62 – runs scored by George Worker in today’s game- 8th highest for any player making a debut in T20 Internationals. The record for the highest score on debut is held by Ricky Ponting when he scored an unbeaten 98 vs New Zealand at Auckland in the very first international 20-20 match.

13 – players before today’s match who have hit a half-century on debut in T20 International matches. George Worker became the 14th player overall and 5th New Zealander to do so.

199 the target given to Zimbabwe to chase down. It is the joint highest target Zimbabwe have been asked to pursue. Pakistan scored 198-4 at Harare against them on 16 Sep 2011.