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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe : Second One dayer at Dhaka {SBNS} on 29.10.09 : Bangladesh won by seven wickets

S Matsikenyeri was making his 100^th one day appearance in this game. He became the eighth Zimbabwean cricketer to play 100 plus one day games. Others are – GW Flower {219}, A Flower {213}, ADR Campbell {188}, HH Streak {187}, GJ Whittal {147}, SV Carlisle {111} and T Taibu {109}

Abdul Razaak captured five for 29 in this game providing the second occasion of a Bangaldesh bowler capturing five or more wickets against Zimbabwe in one day games. The other occasion was by Abdul Razaak himself, when he returned with figures of 10.0-2-33-5 at Bogra on 05.12.06.

Abdul Razaak’s five for 29 in this game represent the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh bowler against Zimbabwe.

Abdul Razaak’s five for 29 in this game provides the sixth occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games against various oppositions. The following is the complete list.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AftabAhmed	5	31	NZl	Dhaka	05.11.04
2	MohammadRafique	5	47	Ken	Fatullah	23.03.06
3	MashrafeMortaza	6	26	Ken	NairobiG	15.08.06
4	AbdurRazzak	5	33	Zim	Bogra	05.12.06
5	FarhadReza	5	42	Ire	Mirpur	20.03.08
6	AbdurRazzak	5	29	Zim	Mirpur	29.10.09

Abdul Razaak with his 5 for 29 in this game became the only Bangladesh bowler to capture five or more wickets on two occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AbdurRazzak	5	33	Zim	Bogra	05.12.06
2	AbdurRazzak	5	29	Zim	Mirpur	29.10.09

Abdul Razaak’s five for 29 in this game represent the 318^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games.

Shakib Al Hassan registered his fourth one day hundred when he made 105 not out in this game. He now shares the record of most hundreds in one day games by a Bangladesh batsman jointly with Shahariar Nafeez who also has scored four hundreds to his credit

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	ShahriarNafees	118*	Harare	06.09.06
2	ShahriarNafees	123*	Jaipur	13.10.06
3	ShahriarNafees	105*	Khulna	30.11.06
4	ShahriarNafees	104*	St John’s	25.02.07
1	ShakibAlHasan	134*	St John’s	28.02.07
2	ShakibAlHasan	108	Multan	16.04.08
3	ShakibAlHasan	104	Bulawayo	11.08.09
4	ShakibAlHasan	105*	Mirpur	29.10.09

Shakib Al Hassan’s 105 not out in this game represent the 16^th hundred by a Bangladesh batsman in one day games.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MehrabHossain	101	Zim	Dhaka	25.03.99
2	MohdAshraful	100	Aus	Cardiff	18.06.05
3	RajinSaleh	108*	Ken	Fatullah	25.03.06
4	ShahriarNafees	118*	Zim	Harare	06.08.06
5	ShahriarNafees	123*	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
6	ShahriarNafees	105*	Zim	Khulna	30.11.06
7	ShahriarNafees	104*	Ber	St John’s	25.02.07
8	ShakibAlHasan	134*	Can	St John’s	28.02.07
9	Tamim qbal	129	Ire	Mirpur	22.03.08
10	ShakibAlHasan	108	Pak	Multan	16.04.08
11	MohdAshraful	109	UAE	Lahore	24.06.08
12	AlokKapali	115	Ind	Karachi	28.06.08
13	MohdAshraful	103*	Zim	Bulawayo	09.08.09
14	ShakibAlHasan	104	Zim	Bulawayo	11.08.09
15	TamimIqbal	154	Zim	Bulawayo	16.08.09
16	ShakibAlHasan	105*	Zim	Mirpur	29.10.09

Shakib Al Hassan completed 2000 one day runs when he was on 83 during his knock of 105 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 2022.

Shakib Al Hassan became the third Bangladesh batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in one day games. The other two are – Mohammad Ashraful {3072} and Habibul Bashar {2168}.

Shakib Al Hassan’s 105 not out in this game represent the third hundred in one day games by a Bangladesh captain.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MohdAshraful	109	UAE	Lahore	24.06.08
2	ShakibAlHasan	104	Zim	Bulawayo	11.08.09
3	ShakibAlHasan	105*	Zim	Mirpur	29.10.09

Shakib Al Hassan with his 105 not out in this game earned the distinction of becoming the only Bangladesh captain to score two hundreds.

Raqibul Hasan and Shakib Al Hassan added 165 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 35^th occasion of a three figure partnership by Bangladesh batsmen in one day games.

This stand also represents the fourth occasion of 150 plus runs partnership by Banglaesh batsmen in one day games. The other three are – 175 runs unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket between Habibul Bashar and Rajen Saleh against Kenya at Fatullah on 25.02.06, 170 runs partnership for the first wicket between Mehrab Hossain and Shahriar Hossain against Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 25.03.09 and 150 runs partnership for the second wicket between Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Rafique against Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 31.01.05.

Raqibul Hasan and Shakib Al Hassan added 165 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 14^th occasion of a three figure partnership by Bangladesh batsmen against Zimbabwe in one day games.

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
			Ground	Date
1	1	170	MHossain	ShahriarHossain
			Dhaka	25.03.99
2	4	115	HBashar	SanwarHossain
			Dhaka	25.11.01
3	1	103	Al ahariar	JavedOmar
			Dhaka	26.11.01
4	3	114	HBashar	RajinSaleh
			Harare	10.03.04
5	1	105	HSarkar	MIRana
			Harare	14.03.04
6	2	150	AAhmed	MohdRafique
			Dhaka	31.01.05
7	2	114*	AAhmed	SNafees
			Khulna	30.11.06
8	1	104	MHossain jnr	SNafees
			Bogra	03.12.06
9	4	105	HBashar	ShakibAlHasan
			Harare	04.02.07
10	4	100	MRahim	SNafees
			Harare	09.02.07
11	3	132	AAhmed	MRahim
			Harare	10.02.07
12	2	137	MAshraful	TIqbal
			Bulawayo	09.08.09
13	3	119	RaqibulHasan	TIqbal
			Bulawayo	16.08.09
14	4	165*	RaqibulHasan	ShakibAlHasan
			Mirpur	29.10.09

Raqibul Hasan and Shakib Al Hassan added 165 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a three figure partnership by Bangladesh batsmen against Zimbabwe for the fourth wicket in one day games.

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
			Ground	Date
1	4	115	HBashar	SanwarHossain
			Dhaka	25.11.01
2	4	105	HBashar	ShakibAlHasan
			Harare	04.02.07
3	4	100	MRahim	SNafees
			Harare	09.02.07
4	4	165*	RaqibulHasan	ShakibAlHasan
			Mirpur	29.10.09

Raqibul Hasan and Shakib Al Hassan added 165 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game provides the record fourth wicket three figure partnership by Bangladesh batsmen against Zimbabwe in one day games. The previous best was 115 runs partnership between Habibul Bashar and Sanwar Hossain at Dhaka on 25.11.01.

Bangladesh carved its 22^nd win over Zimbabwe when it won this game. At the end of this game both teams have won 22 games each out of the 44 encounters played between the two teams.

When West Indian pace bowler Jeromy Taylor captured five wickets conceding eleven runs against England at Kingston in/02/ 2009, his figures represented the 28^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets conceding less than 16 runs in a test innings. The following list tabulates all the 28 occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GA Lohmann	8	7	Eng	SAF	PElizabeth	13/02/1896
2	J Briggs	8	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	25/03/1889
3	SJ Harmison	7	12	Eng	Win	Kingston	11/03/2004
4	JJC Lawson	6	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08/12/2002
5	AER Gilligan	6	7	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14/06/1924
6	MJ Clarke	6	9	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03/11/2004
7	S Haigh	6	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	01/04/1899
8	Shoaib Akhtar	6	11	Pak	NZl	Lahore	01/05/2002
9	DL Underwood	6	12	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	25/02/1971
10	SLV Raju	6	12	Ind	Srl	Chandigarh	23/11/1990
11	HJ Tayfield	6	13	SAF	NZl	Johannesburg	29/01/1954
12	CTB Turner	6	15	Aus	Eng	Sydney	28/01/1887
13	MHN Walker	6	15	Aus	Pak	Sydney	06/01/1973
14	ERH Toshack	5	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28/11/1947
15	H Ironmonger	5	6	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12/02/1932
16	TBA/05/	5	9	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23/01/1993
17	IT Botham	5	11	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	30/07/1981
18	JE Taylor	5	11	Win	Eng	Kingston	04/02/2009
19	M Muralitharan	5	13	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	06/09/2001
20	HarbhajanSingh	5	13	Ind	Win	Kingston	30/06/2006
21	GOB Allen	5	14	Eng	NZl	The Oval	29/07/1931
22	TW Wall	5	14	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	27/11/1931
23	WJ O’Reilly	5	14	Aus	NZl	Wellington	29/03/1946
24	AR Caddick	5	14	Eng	Win	Leeds	17/08/2000
25	DK Lillee	5	15	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	10/07/1975
26	DR Parry	5	15	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	15/04/1978
27	ESH Giddins	5	15	Eng	Zim	Lord’s	18/05/2000
28	M Muralitharan	5	15	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	25/06/2007

JE Taylor became the third West Indian bowler to achieve such a feat. Others are JCC Lawson and DR Parry

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJC Lawson	6	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08/12/2002
2	JE Taylor	5	11	Win	Eng	Kingston	04/02/2009
3	DR Parry	5	15	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	15/04/1978

It is interesting to note that the following seven bowlers have captured five or more wickets conceding single digit runs.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ERH Toshack	5	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28/11/1947
2	H Ironmonger	5	6	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12/02/1932
3	TBA/05/	5	9	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23/01/1993
4	JJC Lawson	6	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08/12/2002
5	AER Gilligan	6	7	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14/06/1924
6	MJ Clarke	6	9	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03/11/2004
7	GA Lohmann	8	7	Eng	SAF	PElizabeth	13/02/1896

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Clarke	6	9	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03/11/2004
2	CTB Turner	6	15	Aus	Eng	Sydney	28/01/1887
3	MHN Walker	6	15	Aus	Pak	Sydney	06/01/1973
4	ERH Toshack	5	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28/11/1947
5	H Ironmonger	5	6	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12/02/1932
6	TBA/05/	5	9	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23/01/1993
7	TW Wall	5	14	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	27/11/1931
8	WJ O’Reilly	5	14	Aus	NZl	Wellington	29/03/1946
9	DK Lillee	5	15	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	10/07/1975
1	GA Lohmann	8	7	Eng	SAF	PElizabeth	13/02/1896
2	J Briggs	8	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	25/03/1889
3	SJ Harmison	7	12	Eng	Win	Kingston	11/03/2004
4	AER Gilligan	6	7	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14/06/1924
5	S Haigh	6	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	01/04/1899
6	DL Underwood	6	12	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	25/02/1971
7	IT Botham	5	11	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	30/07/1981
8	GOB Allen	5	14	Eng	NZl	The Oval	29/07/1931
9	AR Caddick	5	14	Eng	Win	Leeds	17/08/2000
10	ESH Giddins	5	15	Eng	Zim	Lord’s	18/05/2000
1	SLV Raju	6	12	Ind	Srl	Chandigarh	23/11/1990
2	HarbhajanSingh	5	13	Ind	Win	Kingston	30/06/2006
1	Shoaib Akhtar	6	11	Pak	NZl	Lahore	01/05/2002
1	HJ Tayfield	6	13	SAF	NZl	Johannesburg	29/01/1954
1	M Muralitharan	5	13	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	06/09/2001
2	M Muralitharan	5	15	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	25/06/2007
1	JJC Lawson	6	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08/12/2002
2	JE Taylor	5	11	Win	Eng	Kingston	04/02/2009
3	DR Parry	5	15	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	15/04/1978

M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka remains the only bowler to aehieve the feat on two occasions.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	5	13	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	06/09/2001
2	M Muralitharan	5	15	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	25/06/2007

Annals of test cricket witnessed a unique instance of rival captains registering double hundreds in Pakistan and Sri Lanka test series of 2008/09 at Karachi. Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene scored 240 while Pakistan captain Younis Khan came up with a triple hundred – 313

West Indian skipper Brian Lara scored a double hundred – 216 in the second test between Pakistan and West Indies at Multan in the second test of the 2006/07 series. This double hundred has a special significance in Test Cricket as it would become the fiftieth instance of a skipper registering a double hundred in a test innings.

After Lara’s double hundred at Multan, four more occasions of captains scoring double hundreds were witnessed in tests, which has taken the number of double hundreds to 54. The following is the list of 54 instances of a skippers registering double hundreds arranged in the descending order of runs scored.

No	Runs	Batsmen	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	400*	BC Lara	Win	Eng	St John’s	2003/04
2	374	MJayawardene	Srl	SAF	Col/SSC	2006/07
3	334*	MA Taylor	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998/99
4	313	Younis Khan	Pak	Srl	Karachi	2008/09
5	333	GA Gooch	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	1990
6	311	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	1964
7	299	MD Crowe	NZl	Srl	Wellington	1990/91
8	285*	PBH May	Eng	Win	Birmingham	1957
9	277	GC Smith	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	2003
10	274*	SP Fleming	NZl	Srl	Col/PSS	2003
11	262	SP Fleming	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	2005/06
12	270	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1936/37
13	259	GC Smith	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	2003
14	257*	Wasim Akram	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	1996/97
15	249	MS Atapattu	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	2004
16	242*	CH Lloyd	Win	Ind	Mumbai	1974/75
17	240	WR Hammond	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1938
18	240	MJayawardene	Srl	Pak	Karachi	2008/09
19	239	GT Dowling	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	1967/68
20	237	Saleem Malik	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	1994/95
21	235	GS Chappell	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	1979/80
22	234	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1946/47
23	233	CL Hooper	Win	Ind	Georgetown	2001/02
24	232	GC Smith	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	2007/08
25	225	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1965/66
26	219	DS Atkinson	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	1954/55
27	217	SR Tendulkar	Ind	NZl	Ahmedabad	1999/00
28	216	BC Lara	Win	Pak	Multan	2006/07
29	215	DI Gower	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	1985
30	203*	SCChanderpaul	Win	SAF	Georgetown	2004/05
31	213	MJayawardene	Srl	Eng	Galle	2007/08
32	213	BC Lara	Win	Aus	Kingston	1998/99
33	212	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1936/37
34	211	WL Murdoch	Aus	Eng	The Oval	1884
35	211	Javed Miandad	Pak	Aus	Karachi	1988/89
36	209	BC Lara	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	2003
37	208	AD Nourse	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	1951
38	207	RT Ponting	Aus	Pak	Sydney	2004/05
39	205	L Hutton	Eng	Win	Kingston	1953/54
40	205	ER Dexter	Eng	Pak	Karachi	1961/62
41	205	WM Lawry	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1968/69
42	205	SM Gavaskar	Ind	Win	Mumbai	1978/79
43	205	AR Border	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	1987/88
44	204	GS Chappell	Aus	Ind	Sydney	1980/81
45	203	HL Collins	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	1921/22
46	203*	MAK Pataudi	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1963/64
47	203*	Hanif Mohd	Pak	NZl	Lahore	1964/65
48	203*	Javed Miandad	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	1985/86
49	202	BC Lara	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	2003/04
50	202	SP Fleming	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	2004/05
51	201	DG Bradman	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947/48
52	201	RB Simpson	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	1964/65
53	201	GS Chappell	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1981/82
54	200*	AR Border	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1993

The country wise break up of 54 double hundreds are as under

Australian	Batsmen	17	Instances
England	Batsmen	06	Instances
Indian	Batsmen	03	Instances
New Zealand	Batsmen	05	Instances
Pakistan	Batsmen	06	Instances
SouthAfrican	Batsmen	04	Instances
Sri Lankan	Batsmen	04	Instances
WestIndian	Batsmen	09	Instances
Total	Batsmen	54	Instances

Prior to the Multan Test where Lara came up with a double hundred Don Bradman and Brian Lara shared the record for most double hundreds for a test captains in a test innings – four each. With his 216 at Multan, Lara obliterated Don Bradman’s record for the most double hundreds by a captain in a test innings, as Lara registered his fifth double hundred as a captain.

1	270	Bradman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1936/37
2	234	Bradman	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1946/47
3	212	Bradman	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1936/37
4	201	Bradman	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947/48
1	400*	Lara	Win	Eng	St John’s	2003/04
2	216	Lara	Win	Pak	Multan	2006/07
3	213	Lara	Win	Aus	Kingston	1998/99
4	209	Lara	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	2003
5	202	Lara	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	2003/04

Lara becomes the first West Indian captain to register a double hundred against Pakistan. The following is the list of five instances of a captain registering double hundred. It is noted that all the four were Australian captains and Lara with his 216 at Multan becomes the first captain other than Aussie captain to register a double hundred against Pakistan. Greg Chappell remains the only captain to register two double hundreds against Pakistan – 235 at Faisalabad in 1979/80 and 201 at Brisbane in 1981/82

1	334*	MATaylor	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998/99
2	235	GSChappell	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	1979/80
3	216	BCLara	Win	Pak	Multan	2006/07
4	207	RTPonting	Aus	Pak	Sydney	2004/05
5	201	GSChappell	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1981/82

The following list shows the captains who have scored three or more double hundreds in their test career.

No	Runs	Batsmen	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	400*	BC Lara	Win	Eng	St John’s	2003/04
2	216	BC Lara	Win	Pak	Multan	2006/07
3	213	BC Lara	Win	Aus	Kingston	1998/99
4	209	BC Lara	Win	Srl	Gros Islet	2003
5	202	BC Lara	Win	SAF	Johannesburg	2003/04
1	270	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1936/37
2	234	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1946/47
3	212	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1936/37
4	201	DG Bradman	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947/48
1	277	GC Smith	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	2003
2	259	GC Smith	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	2003
3	232	GC Smith	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	2007/08
1	235	GS Chappell	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	1979/80
2	204	GS Chappell	Aus	Ind	Sydney	1980/81
3	201	GS Chappell	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1981/82
1	374	MJayawardene	Srl	SAF	Col/SSC	2006/07
2	240	MJayawardene	Srl	Pak	Karachi	2008/09
3	213	MJayawardene	Srl	Eng	Galle	2007/08
1	311	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	1964
2	225	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1965/66
3	201	RB Simpson	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	1964/65
1	274*	SP Fleming	NZl	Srl	Col/PSS	2003
2	262	SP Fleming	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	2005/06
3	202	SP Fleming	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	2004/05

MS Dhoni’s 124 against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09 was his 37^th fifty which includes five hundreds. His 37 fifties are listed below for the viewers of crickick.com

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	148	v Pakistan	Vizag	05 Apr 2005
2	56	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Aug 2005
3	67*	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Sep 2005
4	183*	v Sri Lanka	Jaipur	31 Oct 2005
5	80	v Sri Lanka	Vadodara	12 Nov 2005
6	68	v Pakistan	Peshawar	06 Feb 2006
7	72*	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Feb 2006
8	77*	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Feb 2006
9	96	v England	Jamshedpur	12 Apr 2006
10	59	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	19 Apr 2006
11	51	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	26 Oct 2006
12	55	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 2006
13	62*	v West Indies	Nagpur	21 Jan 2007
14	67*	v Sri Lanka	Margao	14 Feb 2007
15	91*	v Bangladesh	Dhaka (SBNS)	10 May 2007
16	139*	v Africa XI	Chennai	10 Jun 2007
17	50	v England	Lord’s	08 Sep 2007
18	58	v Australia	Kochi	02 Oct 2007
19	50*	v Australia	Chandigarh	08 Oct 2007
20	63	v Pakistan	Guwahati	05 Nov 2007
21	88*	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	05 Feb 2008
22	50*	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	19 Feb 2008
23	64	v Pakistan	Dhaka (SBNS)	14 Jun 2008
24	109*	v Hong Kong	Karachi	25 Jun 2008
25	76	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Jul 2008
26	67	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	03 Jul 2008
27	76	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	24 Aug 2008
28	71	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 Aug 2008
29	50	v England	Cuttack	26 Nov 2008
30	61*	v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	28 Jan 2009
31	94	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	05 Feb 2009
32	53	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	08 Feb 2009
33	84*	v New Zealand	Napier	03 Mar 2009
34	68	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2009
35	95	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Jun 2009
35	56	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	14 Sep 2009
37	124	v Australia	Nagpur	28 Oct 2009

Third one day game at Delhi between India and Australia would be the 100^th one day game between the two countries. India and Australia would become the eighth opposition to play 100 plus one day games in the history of one day internationals. Other seven are – Australia vs West Indies {120}, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka {119}, Australia vs New Zealand {118}, India vs Pakistan {118}, Pakistan vs West Indies {114}, India vs Sri Lanka {113}, Australia vs England {101}. The following table shows the Matches played, won, lost, tied and no results between the eight oppositions prior to the Delhi encounter between India and Australia.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Aus	Vs	Win	120	59	57	2	2
2	Win	Vs	Aus	120	57	59	2	2
1	Pak	Vs	Srl	119	70	45	1	3
2	Srl	Vs	Pak	119	45	70	1	3
1	Aus	Vs	NZl	118	81	32	0	5
2	NZl	Vs	Aus	118	32	81	0	5
1	Ind	Vs	Pak	118	45	69	0	4
2	Pak	Vs	Ind	118	69	45	0	4
1	Pak	Vs	Win	114	48	64	2	0
2	Win	Vs	Pak	114	64	48	2	0
1	Ind	Vs	Srl	113	60	43	0	10
2	Srl	Vs	Ind	113	43	60	0	10
1	Aus	Vs	Eng	101	59	38	2	2
2	Eng	Vs	Aus	101	38	59	2	2
1	Aus	Vs	Ind	99	58	33	0	8
2	Ind	Vs	Aus	99	33	58	0	8

Australia would become the only country to play 100 matches against four oppositions in the history of one day internationals taking into account the Delhi game against India in advance. It has already played 100 plus matches against West Indies {120}, against New Zealand {118} and against England {101}

India would be playing its 100^th one day game against three oppositions. They have already played 100 plus one day games against Pakistan {118} and Sri Lanka {113}. Pakistan is the other country to have played 100 games against three oppositions – vs Sri Lanka {119, vs India {116} and vs West Indies {114}. The performance of Australia, India and Pakistan are furnished in the following table

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Aus	Vs	Win	120	59	57	2	2
2	Aus	Vs	NZl	118	81	32	0	5
3	Aus	Vs	Eng	101	59	38	2	2
4	Aus	Vs	Ind	99	58	33	0	8
1	Ind	Vs	Pak	118	45	69	0	4
2	Ind	Vs	Srl	113	60	43	0	10
3	Ind	Vs	Aus	99	33	58	0	8
1	Pak	Vs	Srl	119	70	45	1	3
2	Pak	Vs	Ind	118	69	45	0	4
3	Pak	Vs	Win	114	48	64	2	0

SR Tendulkar’s dismissal for 4 runs in the second one day game against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09 represents his 78th score of below 4 in one day games. Tendulkar has played 421 innings at the end of the first game against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09. The following table lists all the 78 scores below 4 runs

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
4	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
5	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
6	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
7	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
8	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
9	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
10	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
11	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
12	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
13	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
14	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
15	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
16	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
17	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
18	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
19	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
20	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08
21	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91
22	1	Win	Perth	06.12.91
23	1	Eng	Chandigarh	21.01.93
24	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.02.94
25	1	NZl	Mum-BS	29.11.95
26	1	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.96
27	1	Eng	Manchester	26.05.96
28	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	02.02.97
29	1	Win	Bridgetown	03.05.97
30	1	Win	Sharjah	16.12.97
31	1	Pak	Dhaka	16.01.98
32	1	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
33	1	NZl	Gwalior	11.11.99
34	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
35	1	Eng	Lord’s	29.06.02
36	1	NZl	Auckland	11.01.03
37	1	NZl	Hamilton	14.01.03
38	1	Pak	Kanpur	15.04.05
39	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	29.11.06
40	1	Srl	Margao	14.02.07
41	2	Win	Ahmedabad	16.11.93
42	2	RSA	Sharjah	14.04.96
43	2	Pak	Toronto	18.09.96
44	2	Srl	Mumbai	17.05.97
45	2	Pak	Hyd-Pak	28.09.97
46	2	Zim	Harare	30.09.98
47	2	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
48	2	NZl	Guwahati	14.11.99
49	2	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
50	2	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
51	2	RSA	Hyd-Ind	16.11.05
52	2	RSA	Bangalore	19.11.05
53	2	RSA	Kolkata	25.11.05
54	2	RSA	Cape Town	26.11.06
55	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
56	3	Eng	Bangalore	26.02.93
57	3	Zim	Faridabad	19.03.93
58	3	RSA	Mohali	22.11.93
59	3	Zim	Kanpur	06.03.96
60	3	Pak	Toronto	21.09.96
61	3	Pak	Sharjah	14.12.97
62	3	Srl	Sharjah	06.11.98
63	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
64	3	Ken	P Elizabeth	17.10.01
65	3	Zim	Perth	03.02.04
66	4	Srl	Cuttack	28.12.90
67	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
68	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
69	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
70	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
71	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
72	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
73	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
74	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
75	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
77	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
77	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
78	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

The following table shows the break up of 78 scores of below four runs – runs wise

No	Runs	Occ
1	0	20
2	1	20
3	2	15
4	3	10
5	4	13
Total		78

The following table shows the spread of Tendulkar’s 78 scores of below four runs

And the brean up country wise

No	Opp	0	1	2	3	4	Tot
1	Aus	2	1	1	1	4	09
2	Eng	0	3	0	1	0	04
3	Ire	0	0	0	0	1	01
4	Ken	0	0	0	1	0	01
5	NZl	4	4	1	0	0	09
6	Pak	5	3	3	2	4	17
7	RSA	1	3	5	1	1	11
8	Srl	3	2	3	1	1	10
9	Win	5	3	1	0	1	10
10	Zim	0	1	1	3	1	06
	Tot	20	20	15	10	13	78

India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Second One day at Nagpur – Jamta on 28.10.09 : India won by 99 runs and square the seven match series 1-1

Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 19^th occasion of Australia doing so in India-Australia one day series. Of the 19 matches, in which Australia has inserted India, two matches have ended in no result, Australia has won ten matches and lost nine matches.

SR Tendulkar was dismissed for 4 in this game providing the 78^th occasion of his dismissal for score of four and below four in one day games. He has been dismissed for exact four runs on 12 occasions which are listed below

No	Run	Opp	Venue	Date
1	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
2	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
3	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
4	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
5	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
6	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
7	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
8	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
9	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
10	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
11	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
12	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

SR Tendulkar has been dismissed for exact four runs against Australia on four occasions which are listed below

No	Run	Opp	Venue	Date
1	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
2	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
3	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
4	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

SR Tendulkar has been dismissed for score of four and below four on nine occasions which are shown below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
2	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
3	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
4	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
5	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
6	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
7	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
8	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
9	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 119 runs for the fourth wicket providing the 282^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. This stand also represents the 46^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against various oppositions.

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 119 runs for the fourth wicket providing the 36th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. This stand also represents the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the fourth wicket in one day games.

This stand represents the record partnership for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil. The previous best stand was 110 runs between M Azharuddin and R Dravid at Mohali on 03.11.96. Apart from these two fourth wicket three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil, 104 runs were added for the fourth wicket between M Azharuddin and A Jadeja at Kochi on 01.04.98, providing the third occasion of the three figure partnership for the fourth wicket.

G Gambhir’s 76 in this game represent his 18^th one day half century and 24^th one day fifty. It was his third fifty against Australia in one day games. The other two are – 113 at Sydney on 24.02.08 and 68 at Vadodara on 25,10.09. Thus his 76 in this game represents his highest individual score against Australia on home soil.

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represents his 37^th one day fifty – five hundreds and 32 half centuries. His knock represents his third fifty against Australia. The other two are – 58 at Kochi on 02.10.07 and 50* at Chandigarh on 02.10.07. Thus his knock of 124 in this game represents his highest individual score against Australia.

SK Raina with his 62 in this game registered his 13^th one day fifty – two hundreds and eleven half centuries. His knock represents his first fifty against Australia.

G Gambhir {76}, MS Dhoni {124} and SK Raina {62} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of fifties by Indian batsmen against Australia to 115.

MS Dhoni’s knock of 124 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

No	Captains	Runs	Ground	Date
1	MAzharuddin	93	Brisbane	01.02.92
2	MAzharuddin	82	Kochi	01.04.98
3	MAzharuddin	58	Sharjah	24.04.98
4	MSDhoni	58	Kochi	02.10.07
5	MSDhoni	50*	Chandigarh	08.10.07
6	MSDhoni	124	Nagpur	28.10.09
7	RDravid	59	Mumbai	01.11.03
8	RDravid	52	Mohali	29.10.06
9	SCGanguly	74	Margao	06.04.01
10	SCGanguly	82	Melbourne	09.01.04
11	SMGavaskar	80	Melbourne	11.01.81
12	NKapil Dev	58	Rajkot	07.10.86
13	K rikkanth	58	Bangalore	27.10.89
14	SRTendulkar	88	Bangalore	21.10.96
15	SRTendulkar	62	Mohali	03.11.96

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game was his third fifty against Australia and he emulated M Azharuddin who also has three fifties to his credit while leading India.

No	Captains	Runs	Ground	Date
1	MAzharuddin	93	Brisbane	01.02.92
2	MAzharuddin	82	Kochi	01.04.98
3	MAzharuddin	58	Sharjah	24.04.98
1	MSDhoni	58	Kochi	02.10.07
2	MSDhoni	50*	Chandigarh	08.10.07
3	MSDhoni	124	Nagpur	28.10.09

MS Dhoni became the first Indian captain to register a hundred against Australia in one day games, when he made 124 in this game. The previous best was 93 by M Azharuddin at Brisbane on 01.03.92

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game provides the tenth occasion of a captain registering a hundred against Australia in one day games and all the ten occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MSDhoni	124	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
2	STJayasuriya	122	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03
3	GCSmith	119*	RSA	Aus	Centurion	26.02.06
4	SPFleming	116*	NZl	Aus	Melbourne	21.01.98
5	MAAtherton	113*	Eng	Aus	The Oval	24.05.97
6	SPFleming	111*	NZl	Aus	Napier	12.02.98
7	CHLloyd	102	Win	Aus	Lord’s	21.06.75
8	DIGower	102	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	03.06.85
9	ADRCampbell	102	Zim	Aus	Ahmedabad	03.04.98
10	MDCrowe	100*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22.02.92

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the highest individual score by a captain against Australia. The previous best was 122 by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Sydney on 09.01.03

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the 143^rd occasion of a captain registering a hundred in the history of one day games. His knock also represents the 23^rd hundred by an Indian batsman against Australia in India-Australia one day series.

MS Dhoni with his 124 became the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred against Austrlia. The previous best was R Dravid’s 74 at Brisbane on 18,01,04. His knock represents the 60^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering hundreds in the history of one day internationals.

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent his fifth hundred as wicket keeper batsman. He becomes the fourth wicket keeper batsman in the world to register five or more hundreds. Others are AC Gilchirst {16}, KC Sangkkara {08} and Kamran Akmal {05}. MS Dhoni’s five hundreds include a hundred – 139 not out representing Asia Eleven against Africa Eleven at Chennai on 10.06.07

MS Dhoni’s 124 represent the fourth hundred as an Indian wicket keeper batsman and he shares the record for most hundreds by Indian wicket keepers with R Dravid.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MS Dhoni	148	Ind	Pak	Vizaf	05.04.05
2	MS Dhoni	183*	Ind	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
3	MS Dhoni	109*	Ind	HKG	Karachi	25.06.08
4	MS Dhoni	124	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
1	R Dravid	145	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
2	R Dravid	103*	Ind	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
3	R Dravid	109*	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	15.11.02
4	R Dravid	104	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16.07.04

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the third occasion of wicketkeeper captain registering hundred in the history of one day games. The other two occasions are – 116 by AC Gilchrist of Austrlia vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 29.01.06 and 109 not out by MS Dhoni vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 25.06.08.

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper captain to score two hundreds in the history of one day games. His 124 in this game represent the highest individual score by wicket keeper captain in one day games. The previous best was 116 by AC Gilchrist of Austrlia vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 29.01.06

India’s total of 354 for 7 represent the 20^th occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs after it was inserted. This also represents the highest total against Australia after being inserted in. The previous best was Sri Lanka’s 343 for 5 at Sydney on 09.01.03

India’s total of 354 for 7 in this game represent the 40^th occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs in the history of one day games. This total also represents the 12^th occasion of India posting a total of 350 plus in one day games. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	India	413/5	50.0	Ber	Port of Spain	19.03.07
2	India	392/4	50.0	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09
3	India	387/5	50.0	Eng	Rajkot	14.11.08
4	India	376/2	50.0	NZl	Hyd-Ind	08.11.99
5	India	374/4	50.0	HKG	Karachi	25.06.08
6	India	373/6	50.0	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
7	India	363/5	50.0	Srl	ColRPS	03.02.09
8	India	356/9	50.0	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
9	India	354/7	50.0	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
10	India	353/5	50.0	NZl	Hyd-Ind	15.11.03
11	India	351/3	50.0	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
12	India	350/6	50.0	Srl	Nagpur	25.10.05

India’s total of 354 for 7 in this game represent the fifth occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs against India in one day games. The previous best is 315 at Bangalore on 25.03.01. The other three occasions are – 309 for 5 at Kochi on 01.04.98, 307 for 8 at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and 303 for 4 at Brisbane on 18.01.04

India became the third team to post a total of 350 plus runs against Australia in one day game. The other two teams are – South Africa {438 for 9 at Johannesburg on 12.,03.06} and New Zealand {350 for 9 at Hamilton on 20.02.07}. Thus India’s 354 for 7 in this game represent the second highest team total recorded against Australia in the history of one day games

MS Dhoni and SK Raina added 136 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the the 283rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. This stand also represents the 29th occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket by Indian batsmen against various oppositions.

MS Dhoni and SK Rainia added 136 runs for the fifth wicket providing the 37th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. This stand also represents the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the fifth wicket in one day games.

This stand represents the record partnership for the fifth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil. The previous best stand was 121 runs between A Jadeja and HH Kanitkar at Kochi on 01.04.98. Apart from these two fifth wicket three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil, 100 runs were added for the fifth wicket between V Sehwag and R Dravid at Bangalore on 25.03.01, providing the third occasion of the three figure partnership for the fifth wicket.

This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in Indian innings. 119 runs were added for the fourth wicket between G Gambhir and MS Dhoni which was followed by a fifth wicket partnership of 136 runs between MS Dhoni and SK Rainia.

These two three figure partnership by India in the same innings provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting two three figure stands against Australia in one day games. The other three instances were witnessed in the games at Kochi on 01.04.98, at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and at Brisbane on 18.01.04. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2	Venue	Date
1	4th	104	Azharuddin	AJadeja	Kochi	01.04.98
2	5th	121	AJadeja	HHKanitkar	Kochi	01.04.98
1	3rd	140	Dravid	Tendulkar	Dhaka	28.10.98
2	4th	132	Tendulkar	AJadeja	Dhaka	28.10.98
1	2nd	110	Tendulkar	Laxman	Brisbane	18.01.04
2	3rd	133	Laxman	Dravid	Brisbane	18.01.04
1	4th	119	Gambhir	Dhoni	Nagpur	28.10.09
2	5th	136	Dhoni	Raina	Nagpur	28.10.09

As on date there are 103 occasions of a team posting two or more three figure partnerships including the one witnessed in India’s innings in today’s game. As far as India is concerned, today’s instance provide the 21^st occasion. It also provides the eighth such instance against Australia.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the 40^th and 41^st occasion of Australian bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings.

BW Hilfenhaus’s 10.0-83-1 in this game provides the 88^th occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings. His figures represent ninth occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in one day games.

BW Hilfenhaus and B Lee share the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded against India. Both have conceded 83 runs – BW Hilfenhaus in this game and B Lee at Brisbane on 18.01.04. Both the bowlers returned with identical figures of 10.0-0-83-1.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the 57th occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the fifth occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings and the first such occasion against India.

G Gambhir and Praveen Kumar were run out in this game which swells the number of run out dismissals of Indian batsmen against Australia to 91. G Gambhir was run out after scoring 76 in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty.

MG Johnson’s figures 10.0-0-75-3 in this game represents the 35^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs coupled with three or more wickets in the history of one day games. MG Johnson’s figures in this game represent the fourth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing three plus wickets conceding 70 plus runs in one dayers. The other three are – MS Kasprowicz – 9.0-0-71-3 vs India at Dhaka on 28.10.98, JN Gillespie – 10.0-1-70-5 vs Pakistan at Nairobi on 07.09.02 and MJ Johnson – 10.0-0-81-3 vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07

MG Johnson became the fifth bowler in the history of one day internationals to capture three plus wickets conceding 70 plus runs on two occasions. The other four bowlers are – EA Brandes of Zimbabwe, A Nehra of India, BP Patterson of West Indies and Waqar Younis of Pakistan. The performance of these five bowlers are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	EABrandes	3	70	Zim	Srl	NPlymouth	23.02.92
2	EABrandes	3	74	Zim	NZl	Harare	08.11.92
1	MGJohnson	3	81	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
2	MGJohnson	3	75	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	28.10.09
1	ANehra	4	72	Ind	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
2	ANehra	3	72	Ind	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
1	BPPatterson	3	78	Win	Pak	Trinidad	18.03.88
2	BPPatterson	3	77	Win	Pak	Trinidad	20.03.88
1	WaqarYounis	4	73	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	WaqarYounis	3	70	Pak	NZl	Auckland	23.12.95

SE Marsh was stumped by MS Dhoni in this game providing the 47^th stumping dismissal for the Indian wicket keeper. He pouched a catch to dismiss Pm Siddle to take his aggregate of dismissals to 194 {147 catches and 48 stumpings} at the end of this game.

G Gambhir {76}, MS Dhoni {124} and SK Raina {62} scored fifties in this game to provide the seventh occasion of three or more Indian batsmen registering fifties in an innings against Australia.

MEK Hussey’s 53 in this game provide the 137^th occasion of an Australian batsman registering a fifty against India. His knock of 53 in this game represents the fourth half century against India and 28^th one day fifty {02 hundreds and 26 half centuries}.

India’s victory in this game is India’s 33^rd win against Australia in 99 encounters. It has lost 58 games while eight games have ended in no result.

Australia was all out for 255 in this game leaving India victorious by 99 runs. India carved its 350^th win in one day game to become the third country to register 350 plus wins in one day games. Others are Australia {445} and Pakistan {381}

Australia’s all out for 255 in this game provides the 24^th occasion of Australia being dismissed all out against India in India-Australia one day series. It also provides the 15^th occasion of Australia being dismissed all out while batting second against India.

NM Hauritz’s 30 not out in this game represent his highest individual one day score. His previous best was 24 not out against South Africa at Johannesburg on 17.04.09.

RT Ponting was making his 326^th one day game appearance in this game which made him the most capped Australian one day cricketer. He wrested the record from SR Waugh who had 325 one day appearances to his credit.

Yuvraj Singh hit a six in this game {of N Hauritz} to take his tally of sixes against Australia to 12. which puts him on par with N Kapil Dev who also has 12 sixes against Australia to his credit. Only SR Tendulkar with 31 sixes has hit more sixes than N Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh against Australia.

MS Dhoni has now seven stumping dismissals to his credit against Australia. He effected a stumping dismissal in this game – SE Marsh of RA Jadeja for 21. MS Dhoni is now on par with NR Mongia who also has seven stumping dismissals against Australia. Only CS Pandit with eight stumping dismissals to his credit has more stumpings dismissals against Australia than NR Mongia and MS Dhoni

SR Tendulkar has taken 29 catches against Australia at the end of this game. He pouched a catch to dismiss SR Watson of Ishant Sharma for 19 in this game. one more catch for him would give him 30 catches and with it the record of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 30 catches against Australia.

Karnataka will be meeting Uttar Pradesh in the first match of 2009-10 season. The key stats of Karnataka in Ranji Trophy and also between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh produced by the Domestic Champion Statistician Sri C Keshavamurthy, exclusively for the visitors of crickick.com

Karnataka in Rani Trophy
Played	348
Won	157
Lost	055
Drawn	136
Drawn games include
No Result Matches,	08
Lost on Run Quotient and	01
Lost on Spin of Coin	01

Key Statistics
Highest Total
For	Kar	791-6d	vs	Bengal	Calcutta	1990/91
Ag	Kar	912-8d	by	Holkar	Indore	1945/46
Lowest Total in a completed innings
For	Kar	028	vs	Bombay	Bangalore	1951/52
Ag	Kar	027	by	Kerala	Bangalore	1963/64

Highest Individual Score
For	Kar	283	RLBarrington	Vs	MP	Bangalore	2004/05
Ag	Kar	353	VVS Laxman	For	Hyd	Bangalore	1999/00
Best Innings Bowling
For	Kar	9/72	Chandrasekhar	Vs	Kerala	Bijapur	1969/70
Ag	Kar	9/61	CT Sarwate	For	Holkar	Indore	1945/46
Best Match Bowling
For	Kar	16/99	AKumble	Vs	Kerala	Tellicherry	1994/95
Ag	Kar	14/77	BRamprakash	for	Kerala	Palakkad	1996/97

Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh would be meeting on 03.11.09. It is a season’s opening game for the both the teams. The following tables show some of the key stats between the two teams

Head to Head
Played	4
Won	2
Drawn	2

Highest Total in an Innings
Kar	617-9d	Bangalore	1997/98
UP	567-10	Bangalore	2008/09
Lowest Total in an innings
Kar	337	Kanpur	2006/07
UP	112	Mohannagar	1977/78
Highest Individual Score
Kar	247	GRViswanath	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	159	TMSrivatsava	Bangalore	2008/09
Best Innings Bowling
Kar	6-024	BSChandrasekhar	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	9-152	RSHans	Mohannagar	1977/78
Best Match Bowling
Kar	12-081	BSChandrasekhar	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	09-152	RSHans	Mohannagar	1977/78

Centurions-Karnataka
1	GR Viswanath	247	Mohannagar	1977/78
2	BP Patel	100	Mohannagar	1977/78
3	RDravid	215	Bangalore	1997/98
4	VR Bharadwaj	122	Bangalore	1997/98
5	J Arunkumar	104	Bangalore	1997/98
6	B Akhil	135	Bangalore	2008/09
Centurions-Uttar Pradesh
1	TM Srivatsava	159	Bangalore	2008/09
2	M Kaif	112	Bangalore	2008/09

Five or more wickets in an innings -Karnataka
1	Chandrasekhar	6/057	Mohannagar	1977/78
2	Chandrasekhar	6/024	Mohannagar	1977/78
3	R Vinaykumar	5/047	Kanpur	2006/07
Five or more wickets in an innings -Uttar Pradesh
1	RS Hans	9/152	Mohannagar	1977/78
Ten or more wickets in a match – Karnataka
1	Chandrasekhar	12/81	Mohannagar	1977/78

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe : First One dayer at Dhaka {SBNS} on 27.10.09 : Zimbabwe won by five wickets

Bangladesh lost its first wicket at zero in this game providing just the second occasion of Bangladesh losing its first wicket at zero against Zimbabwe. The first occasion was at Bulwayo on 14.08.09.

Bangladesh lost its first wicket at zero in this game providing the 19th occasion of Bangladesh losing its first wicket at zero against various oppositions in one day games. It is the ninth such occasion for Bangladesh on home soil.

Zimbabwe inserted the opposition and won the game providing the 15^th occasion of Zimbabwe winning the game against various oppositions after inserting the oppositions. This win provides the fourth such win by Zimbabwe against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh score card read 6 for 62 in this game providing the 19^th occasion of Bangladesh losing its six wickets under 63 runs against various oppositions in one day games. It is the third such instance against Zimbabwe. The other two occasions are – 6 for 38 at Nairobi-Age on 14.10.97 and 6 for 49 at Harare on 07.04.01. This is the first occasion of Bangladesh losing six wickets under 63 runs against Zimbabwe on home soil and seventh occasion against various oppositions.

Dolar Mahmud scored 41 in this game providing the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman batting at number ten in one day games. The previous best was 39 by Mashrafe Mortaza against India at Dhaka on 27.12.04.

Dolar Mahmud scored 41 in this game provides the 13^th occasion of a batsman batting at number 10 scoring 41 plus runs in the history of one day games. The following table lists out all the 13 occasions.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DAMarillier	56*	Zim	Ind	Faridabad	07.03.02
2	IKPathan	50	Ind	NZl	Bulawayo	26.08.05
3	DBLPowell	48*	Win	RSA	St George’s	10.04.07
4	AbdulRazzaq	46*	Pak	RSA	Durban	03.04.98
5	DGough	46*	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	23.06.05
6	HarbhajanSingh	46	Ind	Aus	Vizag	03.04.01
7	MohammadSami	46	Pak	RSA	Centurion	04.02.07
8	KDMills	44*	NZl	Aus	Sydney	08.12.04
9	JNGillespie	44*	Aus	West	Adelaide	26.01.05
10	JSrinath	43	Ind	Pak	Toronto	16.04.98
11	HarbhajanSingh	41*	Ind	Eng	The Oval	03.09.04
12	ESchiferli	41	Net	Bre	Potchefstroom	08.04.09
13	DolarMahmud	41	Ban	Zim	DhakaSBNS	27.10.09

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the fifth occasion of a ninth wicket stand of fifty plus runs by Bangladesh batsmen in one day games.

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the record ninth wicket stand by Bangladesh batsmen against Zimbabwe in one day games. The previous best was 37 runs unfinished stand between Mohamad Rafique and Mohamad Sharif at Harare on 07.04.01

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the record ninth wicket stand by Bangladesh batsmen against various oppositions on home soil. The previous best was the 48 runs stand between Mashrafe Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahman at Dhaka on 27.12.04.

E Chigumbara completed 2000 ODI runs when he was on 45 during his knock of 60 not out in this game. At the end this game his aggregate stood at 2015. He became the eleventh Zimbabwe batsman to aggregate 2000 plus ODI runs. Others are A Flower {6786}, G Flower {4536}, ADR Campbell {5185}, HH Streak {2543}, SV Carlisle {2740}, GJ Whittal {2705}, BRM Taylor {2376}. H Masakadza {2189}, T Taibu {2045}and S Matsikenyeri {2040}.

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman registering a half century in one day games. These eleven occasions are shared between Mushfiqur Rahim {four occasions} and Khaled Mashud {seven occasions}

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game which represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman on home soil. The previous best was Khaled Mashud’s 54 not out against Pakistan at Chittagong {MAA} on 22.01.02

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game represents the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman registering a half century on home soil.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MushfiqurRahim	56	Zim	DhakaSBNS	27.10.09
2	KhaledMashud	54*	Pak	ChittagongMAA	22.01.02
3	KhaledMashud	53*	Win	Dhaka	08.10.99
4	KhaledMashud	51	Zim	Dhaka	29.01.05
5	KhaledMashud	50*	Ind	ChittagongMAA	23.12.04

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game which represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman against Zimbabwe on home soil. The previous best was Khaled Mashud’s 51 at Dhaka on 29.01.05

Zimbabwe’s victory in this game represents its 22^nd win over Bangladesh in one day games and also represent its 94^th win in one day games

SR Tendulkar’s dismissal for 14 in the first one day game against Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09 represents his 153^rd score of below 15 in one day games. Tendulkar has played 420 innings at the end of the first game against Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. The following table lists all the 153 scores of below 15.

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	10	Srl	Sharjah	25.04.90
4	4	Srl	Cuttack	28.12.90
5	11*	Win	Sharjah	22.10.91
6	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
7	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
8	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91
9	1	Win	Perth	06.12.91
10	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
11	11	Aus	Brisbane	01.03.92
12	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
13	14	RSA	Adelaide	15.03.92
14	15	RSA	Cape Town	07.12.92
15	10	RSA	P Elizabeth	09.12.92
16	1	Eng	Chandigarh	21.01.93
17	3	Eng	Bangalore	26.02.93
18	5	Eng	Gwalior	04.03.93
19	3	Zim	Faridabad	19.03.93
20	8*	Zim	Guwahati	22.03.93
21	15	Srl	Col-RPS	12.08.93
22	2	Win	Ahmedabad	16.11.93
23	3	RSA	Mohali	22.11.93
24	15	RSA	Kolkata	24.11.93
25	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.02.94
26	11*	Srl	Hyd-Ind	18.02.94
27	15	NZl	Napier	25.03.94
28	6	Aus	Sharjah	19.04.94
29	11*	Srl	Col-RPS	04.09.94
30	6	Srl	Col-RPS	05.09.94
31	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
32	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
33	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
34	8	Win	Chennai	23.10.94
35	13	NZl	Napier	16.02.95
36	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
37	7	NZl	Pune	24.11.95
38	1	NZl	Mum-BS	29.11.95
39	3	Zim	Kanpur	06.03.96
40	1	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.96
41	2	RSA	Sharjah	14.04.96
42	6	Eng	Leeds	25.05.96
43	1	Eng	Manchester	26.05.96
44	7	Aus	Col-SSC	06.09.96
45	2	Pak	Toronto	18.09.96
46	3	Pak	Toronto	21.09.96
47	11	RSA	Hyd-Ind	17.10.96
48	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
49	6	Zim	Paarl	27.01.97
50	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	02.02.97
51	14	RSA	E London	04.02.97
52	13	Zim	Bulawayo	15.02.97
53	9	Win	Kingstown	30.04.97
54	1	Win	Bridgetown	03.05.97
55	2	Srl	Mumbai	17.05.97
56	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
57	6	Srl	Col-RPS	20.08.97
58	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
59	6	Pak	Toronto	20.09.97
60	2	Pak	Hyd-Pak	28.09.97
61	7	Pak	Lahore	02.10.97
62	3	Pak	Sharjah	14.12.97
63	1	Win	Sharjah	16.12.97
64	6	Srl	Margao	28.12.97
65	1	Pak	Dhaka	16.01.98
66	8	Aus	Kochi	01.04.98
67	5	Zim	Vadodara	05.04.98
68	1	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
69	15	Aus	Delhi	14.04.98
70	2	Zim	Harare	30.09.98
71	8	Win	Dhaka	31.10.98
72	3	Srl	Sharjah	06.11.98
73	11	Zim	Sharjah	11.11.98
74	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
75	5	NZl	Auckland	16.01.99
76	2	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
77	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
78	14	Aus	Galle	23.08.99
79	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
80	1	NZl	Gwalior	11.11.99
81	2	NZl	Guwahati	14.11.99
82	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
83	13	Pak	Brisbane	10.01.00
84	12	Aus	Melbourne	12.01.00
85	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
86	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
87	12	RSA	Faridabad	15.03.00
88	5	RSA	Sharjah	22.03.00
89	11	Pak	Sharjah	23.03.00
90	10	Pak	Sharjah	26.03.00
91	8	Zim	Sharjah	22.10.00
92	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
93	5	Srl	Sharjah	29.10.00
94	8	Zim	Ahmedabad	05.12.00
95	12	Aus	Margao	06.04.01
96	9	Zim	Bulawayo	27.06.01
97	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
98	3	Ken	P Elizabeth	17.10.01
99	12	Eng	Mumbai	03.02.02
100	1	Eng	Lord’s	29.06.02
101	14	Eng	Lord’s	13.07.02
102	7	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02
103	9*	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
104	7*	Srl	Col-RPS	30.09.02
105	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
106	1	NZl	Auckland	11.01.03
107	1	NZl	Hamilton	14.01.03
108	5	Ken	Cape Town	07.03.03
109	15	NZl	Centurion	14.03.03
110	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
111	14	NZl	Cuttack	06.11.03
112	5	Aus	Perth	01.02.04
113	3	Zim	Perth	03.02.04
114	8	Aus	Melbourne	06.02.04
115	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
116	7	Pak	Lahore	21.03.04
117	11	Srl	Dambulla	18.07.04
118	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
119	2	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
120	6	Pak	Jamshedpur	09.04.05
121	1	Pak	Kanpur	15.04.05
122	9	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
123	2	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
124	11	Srl	Pune	03.11.05
125	2	RSA	Hyd-Ind	16.11.05
126	2	RSA	Bangalore	19.11.05
127	2	RSA	Kolkata	25.11.05
128	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
129	2*	Srl	Col-SSC	18.08.06
130	12	Aus	K Lumpur	16.09.06
131	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
132	10	Aus	Mohali	29.10.06
133	2	RSA	Cape Town	26.11.06
134	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	29.11.06
135	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
136	1	Srl	Margao	14.02.07
137	7	Ban	Trinidad	17.03.07
138	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
139	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
140	8	RSA	Belfast	1.07.07
141	8	Eng	Birmingham	27.08.07
142	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
143	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
144	10	Aus	Brisbane	3.02.08
145	5	Aus	Adelaide	17.02.08
146	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08
147	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
148	11	Eng	Bangalore	23.11.08
149	5	Srl	Dambulla	28.01.09
150	6	Srl	Col-RPS	31.01.09
151	7	Srl	Col-RPS	03.02.09
152	8	Pak	Centurion	26.09.09
153	14	Aus	Vadodara	25.10.09

Tendulkar has been dismissed for Zero on 20 occasions which are listed below.

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
4	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
5	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
6	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
7	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
8	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
9	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
10	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
11	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
12	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
13	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
14	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
15	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
16	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
17	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
18	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
19	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
20	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08

SR Tendulkar’s break up of below 15 runs ranging from zero to 15 including not outs read as under

Runs	Occasions	NOs	Total
0	20	0	20
1	20	0	20
2	14	1	15
3	10	0	10
4	12	0	12
5	09	0	09
6	09	0	09
7	07	1	08
8	09	1	10
9	04	1	05
10	05	0	05
11	08	2	10
12	05	0	05
13	03	0	03
14	06	0	06
15	06	0	06
	147	6	153

SR Tendulkar’s break up of below 15 runs country wise is shown below. The table include zeros and Not outs against each country

Opp	0s	NOs	01 to 15	Total
Aus	2	0	21	23
Ban	0	0	01	01
Eng	0	1	10	11
Ire	0	0	01	01
Ken	0	0	02	02
NZl	4	0	11	15
Pak	5	0	21	26
RSA	1	0	19	20
Srl	3	4	18	25
Win	5	1	8	14
Zim	0	1	14	15
	20	7	126	153

India has won 59 games and lost 86 games when SR Tendulkar has scored below 15 runs. 2 games were tied and six games ended in no result. The break up country wise is tabulated below

No	Opposition	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Tot
1	Australia	2	18	1	3	24
2	Bangladesh	0	1	0	0	1
3	England	6	5	0	0	11
4	Ireland	1	0	0	0	1
5	Kenya	1	1	0	0	2
6	New Zealand	8	7	0	0	15
7	Pakistan	9	17	0	0	26
8	South Africa	5	15	0	0	20
9	Sri Lanka	12	10	0	3	25
10	West Indies	4	9	0	0	13
11	Zimbabwe	11	3	1	0	15
	Total	59	86	2	6	153