Gabba Brisbane T20 records: The iconic venue will be hosting a T20 international match after almost three years today.
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A brief first leg of West Indies’ tour of Australia 2022 will come to an end with the second T20I to be played in Brisbane today. While the last international match here was an Ashes Test played 10 months ago, the last T20I at this venue was played between Australia and Sri Lanka almost three years ago.
Been part of all the five T20Is at the Gabba in the last 16 years, hosts and defending champions Australia have won four and lost one match. Interestingly, Australia’s only T20I loss at this stadium had come against West Indies nine years ago. Readers must note that that victory remains their only win against Australia in Australia in this century.
Although not in the most convincing of manners, Australia winning the first T20I had a lot of score for improvement. Meanwhile, the visitors would want to build on the inspiration from an unexpectedly close match at the Carrara Oval on Wednesday.
Gabba Brisbane T20 records (updated on October 30, 2022)
Highest T20I run-scorers at the Gabba are David Warner (142) Damien Martyn (96), Johnson Charles (86), Shikhar Dhawan (76) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (71).
Apart from Warner, Steve Smith (70), Glenn Maxwell (47), Tim David (42) and Marcus Stoinis (33) have had some good outings at this venue. Australia captain Aaron Finch, on the other hand, has scored only 46 runs across four T20I innings at a strike rate of 92 here.
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Highest wicket-takers in Brisbane T20Is are Adam Zampa (5), Mitchell Starc (4), James Hopes (4), Pat Cummins (4), Taskin Ahmed (3) and Alzarri Joseph (3). In addition to the Australian trio, their all-rounders Ashton Agar and Stoinis have dismissed a couple of batters each at this stadium.
Highest innings total in Brisbane T20Is (updated on October 30, 2022)
| Runs | Overs | Team | Opposition | Year |
| 209/3 | 20 | Australia | South Africa | 2006 |
| 191/6 | 20 | West Indies | Australia | 2013 |
| 178/7 | 20 | Australia | West Indies | 2022 |
| 169/7 | 17 | India | Australia | 2018 |
| 164/8 | 20 | Australia | West Indies | 2013 |
In what was only the fourth T20I and the first one to be played at the Gabba, it remains the only instance of a 200+ innings total here. The remaining 11 innings have witnessed only two 175+ innings total at this venue.
Both times by Australia, two out of six Brisbane T20Is have been won by the team batting second. Highest successful T20I run-chase at this venue had come 13 years ago when the home team had chased down a 158-run target against South Africa.
