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Largest victory margin in T20 cricket : runs, wickets and balls.

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Sri Lankan team holds the record for biggest victory in Twenty20 cricket, but runs! Sometimes, a match can be a big mis-match. On those days, one side plays the bully while other team finds no where to hide..

Following is a list containing the biggest victories in Twenty20 Internationals. but it ain't no easy table to understand cause a team wins a cricket match in two different ways = by runs and by wickets. another important list we've included is biggest T20 victories with number of balls remaining, meaning the overs which were left unplayed in second innings.

172 runs : was the margin between Sri Lanka and Kenya on 14 September, a league game of first ever T20 world cup in 2007. riding on Sanath Jayasuriya's two run a ball 88 and 27 ball 65 by captain Mahela Jayawardene, Srilankans set up 261 for minnow kenyans to chase who were bundled out in 19.3 overs to hand over 172 run defeat.. the biggest till date!

10 wicket : victory has happened twice as you can see in second table below. 4 wickets in 4 overs, Stuart Clark destroyed Srilankan middle order in that Group F match of first T20 world cup in South Africa. Adam Gilchrist (31 off 25 balls) and Mathew Hayden (58 off 38 balls) finished the game without being saperated. as did South African Graeme Smith (71 off 40 balls) & Loots Bosman (53 off 32 balls) against Pakistan while chasing below par 129 at Johannesburg.

74 balls : were left unplayed by New Zealand when they rapidly achieved their target of 73 against Kenya, another of first T20 world cup group C match. Mark Gillespie had tormented Kenya batsman with his 4 wickets from 17 balls. Peter Fulton, Brendon McCullum and Lou Vincent warped up the game with 12.2 overs remaining!

Largest victory margin in Twenty20 Cricket
Winning team (Score) Margin Opposition (Score) Venue Date
Sri Lanka (260) 172 Kenya (88) Johannesburg 14 Sep 2007
Zimbabwe (184) 109 Canada (75) King City 13 Oct 2008
Pakistan (203) 102 Bangladesh (101) Karachi 20 Apr 2008
England (179) 100 Australia (79) Southampton 13 Jun 2005
Australia (209) 95 South Africa (114) Brisbane 9 Jan 2006
Largest victory margin in Twenty20 Cricket : by wickets
Winning team Win Margin Balls unbowled Opposition Venue Date
South Africa 10 wickets 51 Pakistan Johannesburg 2 Feb 2007
Australia 10 Wickets 58 Sri Lanka Cape Town 12 Sep 2007
New Zealand 9 Wickets 74 Kenya Durban 12 Sep 2007
Largest victory margin in Twenty20 Cricket : by balls remaining
Winning team Balls left Margin Target Versus Ground Date
New Zealand 74 9 wickets 74 Kenya Durban 12 Sep 2007
Australia 58 10 wickets 102 Sri Lanka Cape Town 20 Sep 2007
Canada 57 8 wickets 71 Bermuda Belfast 5 Aug 2008
Australia 52 9 wickets 75 India Melbourne 1 Feb 2008
South Africa 51 10 wickets 130 Pakistan Johannesburg 2 Feb 2007



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