ICC World T20: Which T20I records are under threat this March?

With the planet's finest short-form players in action at the ICC World Twenty20, there must a fair chance that some new T20I records are set.

But who holds said records at the moment? Read on for details of an Aaron Finch smash-a-thon, a run-fest in Johannesburg, a 45-ball ton and an over Stuart Broad would rather you didn't mention...

156 - Highest score (Aaron Finch, AUSTRALIA v England, Ageas Bowl, 2013)
Opener Finch went berserk at The Ageas Bowl, smashing 14 sixes and 11 fours as he surpassed the previous best T20I innings, Brendon McCullum's 123 against Bangladesh in the 2012 World T20. So memorable was the knock that an exquisite 90 not out from 49 balls by Joe Root - who was smashed for three straight maximums by Finch - has been largely forgotten.

220-6 - Record team score (SRI LANKA v Kenya, Johannesburg, 2007)
With Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in your team, you're going to give someone a pummelling at some stage. Kenya were that someone. Sangakkara missed out, relatively speaking, with an 18-ball 30, leaving Jayasuriya (88 from 44) and Jayawardene (65 from 27) to do the brunt of the damage before Jehan Mubarak (46 from 10) ran riot at the end.

467 - Highest match aggregate (SOUTH AFRICA v WINDIES, J'burg, 2015)
South Africa must have been feeling pretty confident after Faf du Plessis' 119 from 56 balls helped them post 231-7 last January - yet they ended up on the losing side as Chris Gayle (90 from 43) and Marlon Samuels (60 from 39) set a base and Darren Sammy (20no from 7) blasted the Windies home, the tourists ending on 236-6 after Sammy mowed over square leg for six.

45 balls - Fastest ton (Richard Levi, SOUTH AFRICA v NZ, Hamilton, 2012)
Du Plessis' century came off 46 balls and Finch's from 47, meaning burly Levi remains the quickest man to three figures in a T20I. Levi, who now plays for Northamptonshire, went on to score an unbeaten 117 from 51 deliveries as the Proteas strolled past the Black Caps' 173 with exactly four overs to spare, AB de Villiers (39 from 36) relegated to support act - for once!

6 - Most sixes in an over (Yuvraj Singh, INDIA v ENGLAND, Durban, 2007)
Look away now, Stuart Broad! The England seamer must have cricked his neck in the 2007 World T20 as he watched Yuvraj muscle each delivery of his 19th over beyond the ropes - the Indian clearing, in chronological order, cow corner, deep backward square, extra cover, backward point, midwicket and mid-on while thumping the swiftest fifty in T20 history (12 balls).

19 - Record number of sixes in an innings (NETHERLANDS v Ireland, Sylhet, 2014)
Netherlands needed to chase down Ireland's 189 in 14.2 overs to make the Super 10s stage of the 2014 World T20. They did it 13.5. Stephan Myburgh nailed seven sixes, Tom Cooper hit six and Wesley Barresi a further three, including the one that sealed victory and lifted the Dutch above the 18 maximums Australia biffed in that Finch-inspired knock against England.

6-8 - Best bowling figures (Ajantha Mendis, SL v Zim, Hambantota, 2012)
Mendis, overlooked by Sri Lanka this year, is the only man to take two six-wicket hauls in a T20I. He got the 2012 World T20 off to a bang with 6-8 against Zimbabwe, though would have had 6-4 had he not bowled a rank leg-sider that Elton Chigumbura swept to the fence! Mendis also took 6-16 against Australia in 2011, Steve Smith and David Warner among his victims

171 - Highest partnership (Guptill & Williamson, NZ v Pak, Hamilton, 2016)
Guptill and Williamson put Pakistan's attack to the sword in January with their 171-run stand for the opening wicket, which pipped the 170 Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman plundered against England in 2009. Guptill (87) walloped four sixes but Williamson (72) hit none, his score the third highest in T20Is without a maximum, after Du Plessis (79no) and Ricky Ponting (76).

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