T20 World Cup Special
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1 The team that scored just 39 once, recording the lowest-ever total made in a T20 World Cup match. (11)
5 T20 World Cup hat-tricks: 1. (Brett) Lee, 2. Campher, 3. ?, 4. Rabada (9)
8 Player of the match in the summit clash in 2021, he scored an unbeaten 77 runs. (5)
9 In 2007, he took just 12 balls to score a 50, a record that’s still unbroken in all of T20 cricket. (6)
11 Top wicket takers in tournament history: 3. Malinga, 2. Afridi, 1. ? (6)
13 The winner of the bowl-out in Durban in 2007. (5)
14 A match between South Africa and which team in 2016 saw a total of 459 runs being made, the highest aggregate for any World Cup T20 match till date. (7)
16 Player of the Tournament in the 2021 edition. (6)
17 South Africa-born Irish medium-fast bowler, who has a hat-trick to his name in this tournament. (7)
19 The team representing Namibia is nicknamed the ... (6)
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2 Former Australian international ... Campbell, who at the age of 44 debuted for Hong Kong against Zimbabwe in the 2016 edition. (4)
3 First nation to host the World Cup T20 tournament. (5,6)
4 Richie Berrington is its new captain. (8)
6 The only captain to win the T20 world title twice. (5)
7 The Mendis who got six wickets conceding just eight runs in the 2012 edition. (7)
10 Ahsan Raza and which other Pakistani umpire will officiate in the World Cup T20 matches. (5,3)
12 Sri Lanka scored 260 against this team in 2007, a record for most runs scored in a T20 World Cup innings. (5)
15 Only player to hit two centuries in the T20 World Cups. (5)
16 Represented South Africa in 2016, and Namibia in 2021. (5)
18 This team, in short, is nicknamed the Barramundis. (1,1,1)