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Australia vs England – Third one day at Sydney on 23.01.11 : Australia won by four wickets

England capped CR Woakes for this game. He became the 216^th England cricketer to represent England in one day games. He is the 58^th Australian cricketer to make his one day debut against Australia.

MJ Prior’s duck in this game provided the following statistical accreditations. His duck provide the 90^th occasion of an England batsman scoring zero against Australia in one day games. His duck provide the 17^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring zero against Australia in one day games. His duck provide the fifth occasion of an England wicket keeper-opening batsman scoring zero against Australia in one day games. His duck provide the eleventh occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring zero against Australia in one day games.

MJ Prior’s duck in this game was his third against Australia in one day games. The other two are – at Southampton on 09.09.09 and at Hobart on 21.01.11.

With threo ducks to his credit, MJ Prior became the second England wicket keeper to collect three zeroes against Australia in one day games. AJ Stewart was the other wicket keeper to suffer such an ignominy – at Birmingham on 21.05.93 : at Brisbane on 10.01.99 and at Manchester on 14.06.01.

MJ Prior scored his second duck as wicket keeper opening batsman against Australia when he failed to open his account in this game. The first occasion was at Hobart on 21.01.11.

With two ducks to his credit, he became the second England wicket keeper opening batsman to collect two zeroes against Australia. AJ Stewart was the other wicket keeper opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy – at Birmingham on 21.05.99 and at Brisbane on 10.01.99

MJ Prior’s duck in this game provides his third duck against Australia in one day games as wicket keeper batsman. He shares the record for most ducks against Australia by an England wicket keeper with AJ Stewart who also has scored three ducks.

MJ Prior’s duck in this game provides his fifth duck of his one day career against various oppositions. He became the second England wicket keeper batsman to score five or more ducks after AJ Stewart who has ten zeroes to his credit.

IJL Trott’s 84 not out in this game provide his sixth one day half century and seventh fifty. It also represents the 117^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Australia. His knock represent the 23^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty against Australia

DJ Hussey scored 68 not out in this game providing the 49^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty against England.

BJ Haddin {54} and DJ Hussey {68*} scored fifties in this game providing the 143^rd and 144^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifty against England.

BJ Haddin {54} and DJ Hussey {68*} scored fifties in this game represent their maiden fifties against England. BJ Haddin’s previous best against England was 39 at Melbourne on 16.01.11. DJ Hussey’s previous best against England was 8 at Hobart on 21.01.11.

DJ Hussey’s 68 not out in this game represents his sixth one day fifty – 111 vs Scotland at Edinburgh on 26.08.09 : 79 vs New Zealand at Adelaide on 10.02.09 : 52 vs West Indies at Basseterre on 06.07.08 : 52 vs South Africa at Melbourne on 16.01.09 and 50 vs West Indies at Basseterre on 04.07.08. BJ Haddin’s 54 in this game represents his 11^th one day half century and 13^th fifty.

BJ Haddin’s 54 in this game represents the 14^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring fifty against England.

MJ Prior’s zero and BJ Haddin’s 54 in this game provide the first occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring zero and an Australian wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in England-Australia one day series.

Australia carved its 64^th one day win against England when they won this game by four wickets.

South Africa vs India – Fourth one day at Port Elizabeth on 21.01.11 : South Africa won by 48 runs on Duckworth Lewis Method

HM Amla {64}, F du Plessis {01} and RJ Petersen {31} were dismissed run out in this game which swelled the number of run outs of South African batsmen against India to 42

HM Amla {64}, F du Plessis {01} and RJ Petersen {31} were dismissed run out in this game providing the second occasion of three South African batsmen run out in an innings against India. The first such occasion was witnessed at Kolkata on 24.11.93. In this game WJ Cronje {13}, DJ Richardson {15} and PS de Villiers {zero} were the three South African batsmen were the batsmen who were dismissed run out

HM Amla completed 2000 runs when he was on 24 during his knock of 64 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 2040. He became the 14^th South African batsman to total 2000 plus runs.

HM Amla’s 64 in this game represent his 12^th one day half century and 18^th fifty. JP Dumininy’s 71 not out in this game represent his 12^th one day half century and 14^th fifty.

HM Amla {64} and JP Duminy {71 not out} scored fifties in this game providing the 86^th and 87^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring fifties against India in one day games

HM Amla registered his third fifty against India with his 64 in this game. He became the sixth South African batsman to score three or more fifties against India. Others are – G Kirsten {13} : HH Gibbs {05} : AC Hudson {04} : KC Wessels {04} and GC Smith {03}

JP Duminy and J Botha added 70 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs against India. The other six occasions are – 84* runs between JH Kallis and JM Kemp at Hyd-RGS on 16.11.05 : 60* runs between G Kirsten and BM McMillan at Sharjah on 19.04.96 : 55 runs between MV Boucher and L Klusener at Nairobi {Gym} on 13.10.00 and 52 runs between MV Boucher and AJ Hall at Belfast on 29.06.07

India deployed eight bowlers in this game providing the 31^st occasion of India deploying eight or more bowlers in an innings against various oppositions. India deploying eight bowlers in this game provides the fifth occasion of India deploying eight bowlers against South Africa.

V Kohli’s 87 not out in this game represent his 12^th one day half century and 16^th fifty. This knock also represents the 79^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa.

South Africa won this game by 48 runs {under DLM} providing the 38^th occasion of South Africa winning the game against India.

HM Amla {64} scored fifty in this game providing the 37^th occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring fifty against India in one day games

New Zealand vs Pakistan – First one day at Wellington on 22.01.11 : New Zealand won by nine wickets

Mohammad Hafeez. Umar Gul and Abdur Rehman scored zeroes in this game providing the 57^th, 58^th and 59^th occasion of Pakistan batsman scoring zero against New Zealand.

Mohammad Hafeez. Umar Gul and Abdur Rehman scored zeroes in this game providing the seventh occasion of three or more New Zealand batsmen scoring zeroes against New Zealand.

Mohammad Hafeez’s duck in this game provide the 14th occasion of Pakistan opening batsman scoring zero against New Zealand.

Mohammad Hafeez’s duck in this game represents his third duck against New Zealand. The other two occasions are – at Dambulla on 11.05.03 and at Dambulla on 23.05.03

Mohammad Hafeez with three ducks now owns the record of most zeroes by a Pakistan opening batsman against New Zealand. He wrested the record from Imran Nazir and Mohsin Khan who had two zeroes against New Zealand.

BB McCullum effected five dismissals {all caught} in this game providing the 74^th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in the history of one day games.

BB McCullums five dismissals in this game provide the fifth occasion of his effecting five or more dismissals in one day innings. He became the third wicket keeper in the history of one day games to effect five or more dismissals on five or more occasions. Others are – AC Gilchrist {12} and MV Boucher {08}.

BB McCullum became the first New Zealand wicket keeper to effect five dismissals against Pakistan when he pouched five catches in this game. He wrested the record from AC Parore who had effected five dismissals {all caught} at Napier on 28.12.92.

BB McCullum became the second wicket keeper to effect five dismissals in New Zealand-Pakistan one day series with his five dismissals in this game. Rashid Latif of Pakistan is the other wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals against New Zealand at Lahore on 06.03.96

At the end of this game, BB McCullum has an aggregate of 30 dismissals against Pakistan. He became the third wicket keeper to effect 30 or more dismissals in New Zealand-Pakistan one day series. The others are – Moin Khan {33} and Rashid Latif {31} – both of Pakistan against New Zealand.

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 50 in this game represent his tenth one day fifty. It also represents the 110^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand.

Pakistan was all out for 124 in this game providing the 20^th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out against New Zealand. Pakistan’s lowest completed innings total against New Zealand was 116 at Dambulla on 11.05.03

TG Southee returned with figures of 5 for 33 in this game provide the 339^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of one day games. It also provides the 30^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing five or more wickets against various oppostions and fifth occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing five or more wickets against Pakistan.

The five occasions are – 5 for 38 by RJ Hadlee at Dunedin on 06.02.89 : 5 for 46 by DK Morrison at Christchurch on 17.12.95 : 5 for 42 by CZ Harris at Sialkot on 06.12.96 : 5 for 46 at Nairobi {G) on 11.10.00 and 5 for 33 at Wellington on 22.01.11

Thus TG Southee’s 5 for 33 in this game represent the best bowling figures by a New Zealand bowler against Pakistan.

TG Southee’s 5 for 33 in this game represent his maiden five wicket haul in one day games. Prior to this, he had captured four wickets on three occasions – 4 for 36 vs Australia at Wellington on 13.03.10 : 4 for 38 vs England at Bristol on 21.06.10 and 4 for 49 vs India at Dambulls on 25.08.10. At the end of this game, TG Southee’s one day aggregate wickets stood at 50.

JD Ryder scored 55 in this game providing the 73^rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman and 28^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring fifties in an innings against Pakistan. JD Ryder’s 55 in this game represent his 12^th one day half century and 13^th fifty.

New Zealand won this game by nine wickets providing the 33^rd occasion of New Zealand winning a game against Pakistan. This win also represent the first nine wickets win ogainst Pakistan.

New Zealand vs Pakistan – Second Test at Wellington in Jan 2011 : Match drawn

This test witnessed 12 fifties providing the 34^th occasion of a test producing 12 or more fifties in the annals of test cricket. It is the second such occasion in a test match between New Zealand and Pakistan, the first such occasion was witnessed in the test at Napier in Dec 2009.

Adnan Akmal effected six dismissals in the first innings {all caught} providing the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting six or more dismissals in an innings. He is the third Pakistan wicket keeper to effect six or more dismissasl in an innings. Others are – Seven dismissals {all caught} by Wasim Bari vs New Zealand at Auckland in Feb 1979: six dismissals {all caught} by Rashid Latif vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in Mar 1998

Six New Zealand batsmen scored fifties in this test which swelled the number of fifties scored by New Zealand batsmen against Pakistan to 129

Six New Zealand batsmen scored fifties in this test providing the first occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring six fifties in New Zealand-Pakistan test series.

JD Ryder scored zero in the first innings and BJ Arnel scored zero in the second innings of this test providing the 148^th and 149^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a duck against Pakistan. Both JD Ryder and BJ Arnel collected the first ball duck in this test to provide the 24^th and 25^th occasion of New Zealand batsman collecting the first ball duck against Pakistan.

LRPL Taylor {78}, RA Young {57} and DL Vettori {110} scored fifties in the first innings and MJ Guptill {73}, BB McCullum {64} and LRPL Taylor {52} scored fifties in the second innings of this test providing the 15^th and 16^th occasion of three or four New Zealand batsman scoring fifties in an innings against Pakistan

DL Vettori scored 110 in the first innings of this test providing the 28^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a hundred against Pakistan. Vettori’s 110 in this test represent the 223^rd hundred by a New Zealand batsman against various oppositions.

DL Vettori’s 110 in this test represent his sixth test hundred. The other five ore – 140 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Aug 2009 : 137* vs Pakistan at Hamilton in Dec 2003 : 134 vs Pakistan at Napier in Dec 2009 : 127 vs Zimbabwe at Harare in Aug 2005 and 118 vs India at Hamilton.

DL Vettori’s 110 in this test represents his third hundred against Pakistan – 137* vs Pakistan at Hamilton in Dec 2003: 134 vs Pakistan at Napier in Dec 2009 and 110 vs Pakistan at Hamilton in Jan 2011. With three hundreds to his credit he now shares the record for most hundreds by a New Zealand batsman against Pakistan with JF Reid who also has scored three hundreds – 106 vs Hyd-Pak in Nov 1984 : 148 vs Wellington in Jan 1985 and 158* at Auckland in Jan 1985

DL Vettori’s 110 in this test provide the fifth occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring a hundred against Pakistan. Others are – 128 by JR Reid at Karachi in Apr 1965 : 108* by MD Crowe at Lahore in Oct 1990 : 192 by SP Fleming at Hamilton in Dec 2003 and 134 by DL Vettori at Napier in Dec 2009

DL Vettori became the first New Zealand captain to score two hundreds against Pakistan – 134 at Napier in Dec 2009 and 110 at Hamilton in Jan 2011.

DL Vettori’s 110 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a captain scoring a hundred batting at number eight in the annals of test cricket.

LRPL Taylor scored 78 and 52 in this game to provide the 70^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test match against Pakistan.

LRPL Taylor’s 78 and 52 in this test provides the third occasion of his scoring fifties in both innings of a test match. The other two occasions are – 53 and 55 vs England at Wellington in Mar 2008 and 94 and 59 vs Pakistan at Dunedin in Nov 2009.

LRPL Taylor became the eighth New Zealand batsman to score fifties in both innings of a test match on three or more occasions. Others are – SP Fleming {05} : KR Rutherford {04} : MD Crowe {04} : NJ Astle {03} : CL Cairns (03} : JF Reid {03} and MH Richardson {03}

LRPL Taylor’s 78 and 52 in this test provides the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Pakistan. Other occasions are – 93 and 64 by NS Harford at Lahore in Oct 1955 : 128 and 76 by JR Reid at Karachi in Apr 1955 : 59 and 119* at Dhaka in Nov 1969 : 107 and 56 by RE Redmond at Auckland in Feb 1973 : 57 and 84 by MD Crowe at Dunedin in Feb 85 : 59 and 51* by RG Twose at Christchurch inn Dec 95 : 204* and 50* by MS Sinclair at Christchurch in Mar 01 : 94 and 59 by LRPL Taylor at Dunedin in Nov 09

LRPL Taylor became the first New Zealand batsman to score fifties in both innings of a test match against Pakistan on two occasions – 94 and 59 by LRPL Taylor at Dunedin on Nov 09 and 78 and 52 at Wellington in Jan 2011

RA Young and DL Vettoi added 138 runs for the seventh wicket in this test providing the 39^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand also represents the fourth occasion of a three figure partnership for the seventh wicket against Pakistan. The other three occasions are – 186 runs between RJ Hadlee and WK Lees at Karachi in Oct 1976 : 101 runs between AC Parore and MS Sinclair at Christchurch in Mar 2001 and 164 runs between BB McCullum and DL Vettori at Durban in Nov 2009.

RA Young scored his maiden half century when he made 57 in this test: LRPL Taylor registered his 19^th test half century and 25^th fifty with his twin fifties in this test. DL Vettori’s 110 gave him his sixth test hundred and 28^th fifty.

Taufeeq Umar {70} : Azhar Ali {67} : Younis Khan {73} and Misbah-ul-Haq {99} scored fifties in this test providing the sevent
h occasion of four or more Pakistan batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against New Zealand.

Younis Khan {73 and 81} and Misbah-ul-Haq {99 and 70 not out} scored fifties in both innings of the test providing the 96^th and 97^th occasion of Pakistan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test match against various oppositions.

Younis Khan has scored fifties in both innings of a test on seven occasions which include the one in this test. He became the fourth Pakistan batsman to score twin fifties on seven or more occasions. Others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {11} : Javed Miandad {07} and Mohammad Yousuf {07}

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 99 in this test provide the 83^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a 99 or 99 not out in the annals of test cricket. His knock provides the 78^th occasion of a batsman scoring 99 in the annals of test cricket.

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 99 in this test provide the tenth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a 99 against various oppositions. Others are – Maqsood Ahmed vs India at Lahore in Jan 1955 : Majid Khan vs England at Karachi in Mar 1973 : Mushtaq Mohammad vs England at Karachi in Mar 1973 : Javed Miandad vs India at Bangalore in Sep 1983 : Saleem Malik vs England at Leeds in Jul 1987 : Saleem Malik vs South Africa at Jo’burg in Jan 1995 : Aamer Sohail vs Australia at Brisbane in Nov 1995 : Inzamam-ul-Haq vs Sri Lanka at Lahore in Mar 2002 and Asim Kamal vs South Africa at Lahore in Oct 2003

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 99 in this test provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring 99 or 99 not out against New Zealand.

Misbah-ul-Haq {99 and 70 not out} in this test provides the 156^th occasion of a captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. His feat provides the 12^th occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring twin fifties in a test against various oppositions.

Misbah-ul-Haq {99 and 70 not out} in this test provides the second occasion of his scoring twin fifties as a Pakistan captain. The other occasion was against South Africa at Abu Dhabi in Nov 2010.

Misbah-ul-Haq became the third Pakistan captain to score twin fifties on two or more occasions, Others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {05} and Mushtaq Ahmed {02}

Taufeeq Umar scored 70 and zero in this test to provide the 13^th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty and zero in a test. Taufeeq Umar is the second Pakistan batsman to perform such a feat against New Zealand. Saeed Anwar is the other Pakistan opening batsman who had scored 69 and zero at Christchurch in Feb 1994.

Taufeeq Umar’s 70 represent his eleventh test half century and 15^th fifty. Azhar Ali’s 67 represent his sixth test half century. Younis Khan’s 73 and 81 in this test gave him a total of 23 test half centuries and 40 fifties and Misbah-ul-Haq’s 90 and 70 not out gave him a total of ten test half centuries and 12 fifties.

Taufeeq Umar and Azhar Ali added 132 runs for the second wicket and Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq added 142 runs for the fourth wicket in this test providing the 46^th and 47^th occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a three figure partnership against New Zealand.

Taufeeq Umar and Azhar Ali added 132 runs for the second wicket providing the fifth occasion of Pakistan batsmen adding a three figure partnership for the second wicket against New Zealand

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq added 142 runs for the fourth wicket providing the eighth occasion of Pakistan batsmen adding a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against New Zealand

TG Southee {2 for 102} and DL Vettori {4 for 100} conceded 100 plus runs in this test to provide the 48^th and 49^th occasion of a New Zealand bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against Pakistan

At the end of this test, DL Vettori has conceded 100 plus runs in an innings on 12 occasions as captain, which is a record for a captain conceding 100 plus runs on most occasions. He wrested the record from A Kumble who has conceded 100 plus runs on eleven occasions while leading India.

MJ Guptill {73} and BB McCullum {64} scored fifties in the second innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of both the New Zealand opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Pakistan.

MJ Guptil with his 73 in this test registered his sixth test half century and seventh fifty, while BB McCullum with his 64 registered his 19^th test half century and 25^th fifty.

MJ Guptill and BB McCullum added 120 runs for the first wicket in the second innings of this test providing the 40^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand also represents the sixth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a century stand for the first wicket against Pakistan.

Abdur Rehman captured 3 for 119 in this test providing the 36th occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against New Zealand.

Taufeeq Umar scored zero in the second innings of this test providing the 40^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman and ninth occasion of Pakistan opening batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq added 118 runs for the fourth wicket in the second innings of this test providing the 48^th occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a three figure stand against New Zealand.

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq added 118 runs for the fourth wicket providing the ninth occasion of Pakistan batsmen adding a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against New Zealand

Younis Khan and Mi
sbah-ul-Haq partnered a century stand for the fourth wicket in both innings of this test – 142 in the first innings and 118 runs in the second innings – providing the first occasion of same partners adding a century stand for the same wicket by Pakistan batsmen against New Zealand.

At the end of this test CS Martin’s aggregate of wickets stood at 199 and he needs one more wicket for his 200 test wickets.

Australia vs England – Second one day at Hobart on 21.01.11 : Australia won by 46 runs

CL White and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 299^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions. This stand represents the 30^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against various oppositions.

CL White and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 46^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England and the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against England. The other five occasions are – 113 runs between MG Bevan and AC Gilchrist at The Oval on 24.05.77 : 100* runs between JP Maher and DR Martyn at Hobart on 11.01.03 : 105 runs between MJ Clarke and MEK Hussey at Bristol on 19.06.05 : 101 runs between MEK Hussey and A Symonds at Birmingham on 28.06.05 and 107 runs between MEK Hussey and SE Marsh at Lord’s on 03.07.10

SE Marsh scored 110 in this game providing the 22^nd hundred by an Australian batsman against England. It also represents the 156^th hundred by Australian batsman against various oppositions.

SE Marsh’s 110 represent the highest score by an Australian batsman against England at Hobart. His knock is an improvement over the previous best of 101 not out by DR Martin on 11.01.03

SE Marsh’s 110 represents his second one day hundred, the first being his 112 against India at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09.

SPD Smith and B Lee scored zeroes in this test providing the 74^th and 75^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring duck against England.

B Lee’s duck in this game represents his sixth duck against England. He now shares the record for most ducks against England who has also scored six ducks.

Australian batsmen set up a new record partnership for the ninth wicket against England when SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game. The previous best was 73 runs unfinished stand between MG Bevan and AJ Bichel at Port Elizabeth on 02.03.03. These two stands represents the two fifty plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen against England

Australian batsmen set up a new record partnership for the ninth wicket against various oppositions when SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game. The previous best was 77 runs stand between MG Bevan and SK Warne at Port of Spain on 18.04.99

SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by Australian batsman against various oppositions. The other eight occasions are – 77 runs between MG Bevan and SK Warne vs West Indies at Port of Spain on 18.04.99 : 73* runs between MG Bevan and AJ Bitchel at Port Elizabeth on 02.03.03 : 73* runs between JN Gillespie and B Lee vs West Indies at Adelaide on 26.01.05 : 60 runs between GB Hogg and JR Hopes vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 22,01.06 : 56 runs between AJ Bichel and IJ Harvey vs South Africa at Perth on 18.01.98 : 55 runs between DR Martyn and B Lee vs South Africa at Durban on 12.04.00 : 52 runs between SP O’Donnell and GM Wood vs West Indies at Sydney on 12.02.85 and 50 runs between TM Moody and SK Warne vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 25.04.99

DE Bollinger scored his best one day career score when he made 30 in this game. This knock represents his first double digit score. It was an improvement over his previous best of 3 against England at Manchester on 27.06.10

Australia was all out for 230 in this game providing the 18^th occasion of Australia dismissed all out against England.

MJ Prior and KP Pietersen scored zeroes in this game providing the 88^th and 89^th occasion of England batsman scoring ducks against Australia.

MJ Prior’s duck represent the 16^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against Australia. His duck also provide the fourth occasion of an England wicket keeper-opening batsman against England. Other three occasions are – AJ Stewart at Birmingham on 21.05.93 : AJ Stewart at Brisbane on 10.01.99 and C Kieswetter at Manchester on 27.06.10

MJ Prior’s duck in this game provide the tenth occasion of England wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against Australia. His duck in this game represent his second duck against England, the first was at Southampton on 09.09.09.

With two ducks to his credit, MJ Prior became the third England wicket keeper batsman to score two or more ducks against Australia. The other two are – AJ Stewart {03} and APE Knott {02}

KP Pietersen collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of an England batsman to suffer such an ignominy against Australia.

MJ Prior’s duck in this game represents his fourth duck of his one day career, while KP Pietersen’s duck represents his seventh one day duck

AJ Strauss was leading England for the 50^th occasion. He became the fourth England captain to lead in 50 plus one day games. Others are – MP Vaughan {60} and N Hussain {56} and GA Gooch {50}. AJ Strauss became the 42^nd captain to lead a team in 50 plus occasions.

DE Bollinger captured 4 for 28 in this game providing the 185^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against various oppositions. His figures represent the 25^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against England.

DE Bollinger’s 4 for 28 in this game provide the fourth occasion of his capturing four or more wickets in one day
games – 5 for 35 vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01.05.09 : 5 for 35 vs India at Guwahati on 08.11.09 : 4 for 28 vs West Indies at Adelaide on 09.02.10 and 4 for 28 vs England at Hobart on 21.01.11

DE Bollinger in his two five wickets hauls conceded similar number of runs {35} and in his two four wicket hauls conceded similar number of runs {28} – a strange statistical coincidence.

England was all out for 184 in this game providing the 40^th occasion of England dismissed all out against Australia.

Australia won this game by 46 runs providing its 466^th win overall and 230^th win on home soil. This win represents Australia’s 63^rd win against England and 32^nd win at home

The head to head count at the end of this game read thus – Played – 108: Won by Australia – 63: Won by England – 41: Tied Games – 02 and No Result games – 02

South Africa vs India – Third one day at Cape Town on 18.01.11 : India won by two wickets and lead the five match series by 2-1

South Africa capped F de Plessis for this game. He became the 98^th cricketer to represent South Africa in one day games. He is the 22^nd South African cricketer to make debut against India in one day games.

F de Plessis scored 60 in this game to become the 85^th batsman to score a fifty and 79^th batsman to score a half century on debut in one day games. He became the fourth South African batsman to perform the feat. Others are – 66* by SM Pollock vs England at Cape Town on 09.01.96: 51 by GH Bodi vs Zimbabwe at Bulwayo on 22.08.07 and 124 by CA Ingram vs Zimbabwe at Bloemfontien on 15.10.10

F de Plessis scored 60 in this game to become the first South African batsman to score a half century on debut against India. The previous best was 43 by AP Kuiper at Kolkata on 10.11.91

F de Plessis with his 60 in this game became the eleventh batsman to score a fifty on debut against India. Others are – 70 by MD Moxon of England at Nagpur on 23.01.85 : 58 by Younins Ahmed of Pakistan at Kolkata on 18.02.87 : 50 by GJ Crocker of Zimbabwe at Harare on 25.10.92 “ 90 by SP Fleming of New Zealand at Napier on 25.03.94 : 70 by Mazhar Hussain of UAE at Sharjah on 13.04.94 : 61 by SC Williams of West Indies at Faridabad on 17.10.94 : 65 by SO Tikolo of Kenya at Cuttack on 18.02.96 : 55 by Mohammad Tauqir of UAE at Dambulla on 16.07.04 : 50 by LJ Wright of England at The Oval on 05.09.07 and 67* by CR Ervine of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 28.05.10.

South Africa was all out for 220 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of being all out against India.

WD Parnell {05} and LL Tsotsobe {zero} were run out in this game providing the 38^th and 39^th occasion of a South African batsman run out against India.

LL Tsotsobe became the fourth South African batsman to be run out with out scoring against India. Others are – PS de Villiers at Kolkata on 24.11.93 : MV Boucher at Nairobi {Gym} on 26.09.99 and AB de Villiers at Belfast on 29.06.07.

LL Tsotsobe became the first South African batsman to be run out with out scoring against India in South Africa.

JP Duminy {52} and F du Plessia 60 scored fifties in this game to provide the 84^th and 85h occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India.

By a coincidence, F du Plessis’s 60 in this game represent the 85^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India and also represent the 85^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on his one day debut.

JP Duminy’s 52 in this game represents his eleventh one day half century and 13^th fifty, while F du Plessis’s 60 represent his first half century and first fifty

JP Duminy and F du Plessis added 110 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 24^th occasion of South African batsman posting a century partnership against India. This stand represents the third century partnership for the fifth wicket by South African batsman against India. The other two occasions are – 102* between WJ Cronje and JN Rhodes at Bloemfontien on 23.01.97 and 107 between ND McKenzie and MV Boucher at Dhaka on 18.04.03.

Thus the 110 runs stand between JP Duminy and F du Plessis for the fifth wicket in this game represent the record stand for the fifth wicket by South African batsmen against India.

Zaheer Khan with his three wickets in this game has an aggregate of 250 one day wickets. He became the 21^st bowler in the history of one day games to capture 250 plus wickets.

Zaheer Khan became the third left arm pace bowler in the history of one day games to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {502} and WPUJC Vaas {400}. It is interesting to note all these three bowlers belong to Indian subcontinent.

Zaheer Khan became the fifth Indian bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – A Kumble {337} : J Srinath {229} : AB Agarkar {288} and N Kapil Dev {253}

DW Steyn bowled a maiden over in this game and with this he has bowled 25 maiden overs in one day games. He became the 16^th South African bowler to bowl 25 plus maiden overs in their one day career.

RG Sharma opened the batting in this game providing the first occasion of his opening an innings in his one day career. He made 23. RG Sharma became the 60^th batsman who has opened an innings for India in one day games.

YK Pathan’s 59 in this game represent the 78^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa. His knock represent not only the highest score but also the first fifty scored by an Indian batsman batting at number seven against South Africa. The previous best was 47* by his brother IK Pathan at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.06

YK Pathan’s 59 represent his third one day half century and fourth fifty. Other three fifties are – 123* vs New Zealand at Bangalore on 07.12.10 : 59* vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 03.02.09 and 50* vs England at Indore on 17.11.08. YK Pathan’s 59 represent the only occasion of his getting dismissed amongst his four fifties.

India’s victory in this game provides its 24^th win against South Africa in one day games. India’s two wickets victory in this game represents its first two wickets win in one day games which is the narrowest victory margin in terms of wickets.

Australia vs England: First one day at Melbourne on 16.01.11: Australia won by six wickets

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 50^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 11th occasion of an England captain-opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 94^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against various oppositions in one day games.

AJ Strauss {63} and KP Pietersen (78} scored fifties for England in this game which took to number of fifties scored by England batsmen against Australia to 116.

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game represent his seventh fifty against Australia. He became the second England batsman to score seven or more fifties against Australia. GA Gooch is the other batsman with 13 fifties to his credit.

KP Pietersen with his 78 not out in this game scored his fifth fifty against Australia. He became the eighth England batsman to score five or more fifties against Australia. Others are – GA Gooch {13} : AJ Strauss {07} : G Boycott {06] : PD Collingwood {06} : DI Gower {05} : AJ Lamb {05} and ME Trescothick {05}

KP Pietersen completed 500 runs against Australia when he was on 13 during his knock of 73 in this game. At the end of this game his total stood at 565. He became the eleventh England batsman to total 500 plus runs against Australia. Others are – GA Gooch {1395} : PD Collingwood {899} : AJ Strauss {863} : DI Gower {794} : AJ Stewart {737} : AJ Lamb {710} : G Boycott {686} : IT Botham {678} : NV Knight {605} and ME Trescothick {507}

AJ Strauss was playing his 25^th game as an opening batsman against Australia and became England’s most capped opening batsman against Australia. He wrested the record from GA Gooch who had appeared in 24 one day games as an opening batsman against Australia.

AJ Strauss was playing his 30^th game against Australia and he became the sixth England cricketer to appear in 30 plus games against Australia. Others are – IT Botham {33} : PD Collingwood {32} : GA Gooch {32} : DI Gower {32} and AJ Stewart {30}

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game represent his 25^th one day half century and 30^th fifty. KP Pietersen’s 78 in this game represent his 21^st one day half century and 28^th fifty.

KP Pieterson was run out for 78 in this game providing the 80^th occasion of an England batsman run out against Australia. He became the eighth England batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Australia. The others are – BC Broad for 76 at Perth on 01.01.87 : CWJ Athey for 58 at Kolkata on 08.11.87 : JP Crawley for 53 at Lord’s on 25.05.97 : GA Hick for 109 at Adeliade on 26.01.99 : 69 by ME Trescothick at Bristol on 10.06.01 : PD Collingwood for 69 at Lord’s on 02.07.05 and JE Denly for 53 at Chester-le-Street on 20.09.09

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the 21^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against England in one day games.

His knock represents not only the first score of 150 plus runs but also represents the highest individual score an Australian batsman against England in one day game. He wrested the previous best of 145 by DM Jones at Brisbane on 16.12.90

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the 155^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a 150 plus runs in one day games. The complete list read thus = 181* by ML Hayden vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07: 173 by ME Waugh vs West Indies at Melbourne on 09.02.01: 172 by AC Gilchrist vs Zimbabwe at Hobart on 16.01.04 : 164 by RT Ponting vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 12.03.06 : 161* by SR Watson vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 158 by ML Hayden vs West Indies at North Sound on 27.03.07 :

156 by A Symonds vs New Zealand at Wellington on 07.12.05 : 154 by AC Gilchirst vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 07.02.99 and 151 by A Symonds vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12.02.06

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the 61^st occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day games.

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day games in Australia. The eight occasions are – 173 by ME Waugh of Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne on 09.02.01 : 172 of Australia by AC Gilchrist vs Zimbabwe at Hobart on 16.01.04 : 161* by SR Watson of Australia vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 158 by DI Gower of England vs New Zealand at Brisbane on 15.01.83 : 156 by BC Lara of West Indies vs Pakistan at Adelaide on 28.01.05 : 154 by AC Gilchrist of Australia vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 07.02.99 : 153* by IVA Richards of West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 09.12.09 and 151 by A Symonds of Australia vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12.02.06

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent his fifth hundred which read thus – 161* vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 136* vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09 : 126 vs West Indies at St George’s on 29.10.08 : 116* vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 03.05.09 and 105* vs New Zealand at Centurion on 05.10.09. This knock represents his highest score in one day games and is an improvement over his previous best of 136 not out vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game provide the eighth occasion of an Au
stralian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. The other seven occasions are – 136* by SR Watson at Melbourne on 02.10.09 : 124 by AC Gilchrist at Centurion on 15.12.02 : 121* by AC Gilchrist at The Oval on 12.07.05 : 114* by GM Wood at Lord’s on 03.06.05 : 111* by GR Marsh at Lord’s on 29.05.99 : 111 by TD Paine at Nottingham on 17.09.09 and 108 by GM Wood at Leeds on 08.06.81

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represents his second hundred as an opening batsman against England, The other occasion of his hundred was at Centurion on 02.10.09 when he scored 136 not out.

With two hundreds to his credit, SR Watson became the third Australian opening batsman to score two hundreds against England. The others are – AC Gilchrist and GM Wood

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the highest score by an Australian opening batsman against England in one day games. The previous best was 136 not out by SR Watson himself at Centurion on 02.10.09

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the highest score by an Australian opening batsman against England in one day games in Australia. The previous best was 124 by AC Gilchrist at Melbourne on 15.12.02

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 297^th and 298^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a century partnership in one day games.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 44^th and 45^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a century partnership in one day games against England.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket providing the 68^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against various oppositions.

MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket providing the 75^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against various oppositions.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket providing the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against England.

MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket providing the 12th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against England

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 109th occasion of a team posting two or more century partnerships in the same innings in the history of one day games.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 19th occasion of a Australian batsmen posting two century partnerships in the same innings against various oppositions

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a Australian batsmen posting two century partnerships in the same innings against England.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a team posting two century partnerships in the same innings against England.

TJ Bresnan returned with figures of 2 for 71 in this game providing the 38^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs against various oppositions. His figures also represent the fifth occasion of an England conceding 70 plus runs against Australia. The other four occasions are – 3 for 70 by D Gough at Birmingham on 28.06.05 : none for 81 at The Oval on 12.07.05 : 2 for 76 by T Bresnan at Nottingham o 15.09.09 : none for 75 by JM Anderson at Lord’s on 03.07.10

The head to head count at the end of this game read thus – Matches played – 107 : won by Australia – 62 : Won by England – 41 : Tied games – 02 and No Result games – 02

South Africa vs India – First one day game at Durban on 15.01.11 : India won by one run

SR Tendulkar was playing his 444^rd match and is on par with ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who also has played 444 one day games and share the record for most capped player in one day games

SR Tendulkar was playing his 433^rd one day innings and holds the record for a batsman to play most one day innings. He wrested the record from ST Jayasuriya who has played 432 innings.

India won this game by one run providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning a one day game by one run in the the history of one day internationals. India’s win represent its fourth win by one wicket margin. The other three are – vs New Zealand at Wellington on 06.03.90 : vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 25.07.93 : vs South Africa at Jaipur on 21.02.10

South Africa’s defeat in this game by one run provides its third defeat by one run margin in one day games. The other two are – against Australia at Bloemfontein on 08.04.94 and against India at Jaipur on 21.02.10.

India’s two one run wins against South Africa made India the third team to win two or more games by one runs margin against a specific opposition. The other two teams are – New Zealand winnings three games against Australia and Australia winnings two games against India

V Kohli’s run out dismissal for 22 in this game provide the 73^rd occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a one day game against South Africa.

SR Tendulkar was dismissed bowled in this game providing the 66^th occasion of his being dismissed bowled in one day games. He is one of the three batsmen in the history of one day game to be dismissed bowled on 60 plus occasions. Other two are – SR Waugh {66} and Wasim Akram {60}

Yuvraj Singh scored 53 in this game which was his 45^th one day half century and 57^th fifty. His knock represent the 77^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against India.

Yuvraj Singh’s 53 in this game represent his fifth fifty against South Africa. The other occasions are – 62 at Col-RPS on 25.09.02 : 103 at Hyd-RGS on 16.11.05 : 53 at Kolkata on 25.11.05 and 61* at Belfast on 01.07.07. His knock in this game represents his first fifty on South African soil.

With five fifties to his credit, Yuvraj Singh became the fifth batsman to score five or more fifties against South Africa. Others are – R Dravid {14} : SR Tendulkar {12} : SC Ganguly {11} and M Azharuddin {07}

GC Smith completed 6000 one day runs when he was on 48 during the course of his knock of 77 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 6029. He became the 41^st batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 6000 plus runs. He is the fourth South African batsman to achieve the feat of scoring 6000 plus runs. Others are – JH Kallis {11002} : HH Gibbs {8094} and G Kirsten {6798}

GC Smith completed 6000 runs one day runs as an opening batsman when he was on 63 during his knock of 77 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 6014. He became the twelfth opening batsman in the history of one day games to complete 6000 plus runs. Others are – SR Tendulkar {14513} : ST Jayasuriya {12738] : AC Gilchrist {9200} : SC Ganguly {9146} : DL Haynes {8648} : Saeed Anwar {8156} : CH Gayle {7637} : G Kirsten {6647} : V Sehwag {6625} : NJ Astle {6176} and HH Gibbs {6103}

GC Smith became the third South African batsman to aggregate 6000 plus runs in one day games. Others are – G Kirsten {6647} and HH Gibbs {6103}

LL Tsotsobe returned with figures of 4 for 22 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a South African bowler to capture four or more wickets against India. This is second four wicket haul against India, the first being his 4 for 31 at Durban on 12,01.11, the first one day game of the ongoing series.

With two four wickets haul to his credit against India, LL Tsotsobe became the second South African bowler to have two four wicket hauls against India. SM Pollock is the other bowler to perform such a feat – 5 for 37 at Centurion on 10.10.01 and 4 for 26 at Cape Town on 26.11.06

LL Tsotsobe captured four wickets haul in consecutive games – 4 for 31 vs India at Durban on 12.01.11 and 4 for 22 vs India at Johannesburg on 15.01.11. His feat provides the 49^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in two or three consecutive matches. He became the second South African bowler to perform such a feat, after SM Pollock. SM Pollock had captured 4 for 24 vs Bangladesh at Kimberley on 09.10.02 and 4 for 18 vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 27.11.02

LL Tsotsobe’s 4 for 22 in this game represent his best innings bowling effort in one day games. His effort was an improvement over his previous best of 4 for 27 against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 29.10.10

LL Tsotsobe’s 4 for 22 in this game represent his fourth four wicket haul in one day games. Other occasions are – 4 for 27 against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 29.10.10 : 4 for 3` vs India at Durban on 12.01.11 and 4 for 50 vs Australia at Perth on 30.01.09

MM Patel captured 4 for 29 in this game providing the 130^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. His figures represent the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. The seven occasions are – 4 for 40 by A Kumble at Hamilton on 18.02.95 : 4 for 25 at Mumbai on 06.11.96 : 4 for 27 at Mumbai on 14.12.96 : 5 for 6 by SB Joshi at Nairobi {Gym} at 26.09.99 : 4 for 38 at Jamshedpur on 12.03.00 : 4 for 56 at Faridabad on 15.03.00 and 4 for 29 by MM Patel at Johannesburg on 15.01.11

MM Patel’s 4 for 29 in this game represent the first occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four w
ickets against South Africa in South Africa. The previous best was 3 fpr 23 by N Kapil Dev at Durban on 17.12.92.

LL Tsotsobe {4 for 22} and MM Patel {4 for 29} captured four wickets in this match respectively providing the 97^th occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a match in the history of one day games.

LL Tsotsobe {4 for 22} and MM Patel {4 for 29} captured four wickets in this match respectively providing the first occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a match in India-South Africa one day series.

DW Steyn was dismissed run out in this game providing the 37^th occasion of a South African batsman run out against India. .

Australia vs England – Second T20 at Melbourne on 14.01.11 : Australia won by four runs

CL White was dismissed without scoring in this game providing the 24th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20I. He became the second Australian captain to suffer the ignominy and his duck provide the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero in a T20I. RT Ponting was the other captain to collect two ducks – vs England at Southampton on 13.06.05 and vs West Indies at The Oval on 06.06.09.

CL White became the second Australian captain to score duck against England, after RT Ponting who had collected a duck at Southampton on 13.06.05.

CL White became the fourth captain to collect a duck against England in T20I. Others are – RT Ponting of Australia at Southampton on 13.06.05: DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka at Southampton on 15.06.05 and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10

CL White’s duck provide the 311^th occasion of a batsman scoring duck in the history of T20I games. His duck provide the 25^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck in T20I games. CL White became the fifth batsman to score a duck against England in T20I games. The other four are – A Symonds at Southampton on 13.06.05 : MJ Clarke at Southampton on 13.06.05 : RT Ponting at Southampton on 13.06.05 and DJ Hussey at Manchester on 30.08.09.

AJ Finch scored 53 not out in this game providing the fifth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in T20I against England. The other four are – 67* by ML Hayden at Cape Town on 14.09.07 : 55 by CL White at Manchester on 30.08.09 : 59 by DJ Hussey at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 and 59 by SR Watson at Adelaide on 12.01.11.

AJ Finch’s 53 not out provide the 27^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against various oppositions. Australia went past Pakistan which 26 fifties scored by its batsmen.

His knock provides the 199^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20I games. Break up of 199 occasions team wise – Australia {27} : Pakistan {26} : South Africa {24} : India {22} : Sri Lanka {21} : England {20} : New Zealand {18} : West Indies {15} : Zimbabwe {07} : Bangladesh {05} : Kenya {05} : Canada {03} : Afghanistan {02} : Ireland {02} : Netherlands {01} and Scotland {01}

MJ Johnson with his two wickets in this game has an aggregate of 34 wickets in T20I and leads the table of most wickets by Australian bowlers. MJ Johnson is one of the nine bowlers who have captured 30 plus wickets in T20I games. The complete list is – Shahid Afridi {53} : Umar Gul {47} : Saeed Ajmal {41} : SCJ Broad {35} : SL Malinga {35} : DL Vettori {35} : MG Johnson {34} : BAW Mendis {33} and GP Swann {32}

GP Swann with his two wickets in this game took his aggregate of wickets to 32. He became the second England bowler to total 32 plus wickets in T20I games after SCJ Broad who has an aggregate of 35 wickets.

SR Watson with his two wickets in this game has an aggregate of 16 wickets in T20I. He became the eighth bowler to total 15 plus wickets. The complete list read thus – MG Johnson {34} : SW Tait {28} : DP Nannes {27} : NW Bracken {19} : B Lee {18} : DJ Hussey {16} : SPD Smith {16} and SR Watson {16}

DA Warner and CL White were playing his 25^th T20I game. They became the 35^th and 36^th cricketers to appear in 25 or more T20I games in the history of T20Is. They became the fifth and sixth Australian cricketers to appear in 25 plus T20I games. Others are – MJ Clarke {34} : DJ Hussey {28} : MEK Hussey {27} and MG Johnson {25}

Australia’s win by four wickets in this game provides its 22^nd victory in T20I games. This win represents the third Australia win by a single digit margin. The other two occasions are – by two runs vs Pakistan at Melbourne on 05.02.10 and by one run vs New Zealand at Sydney on 15.02.09

Australia’s win by four wickets in this game provides its third victory against England in T20I games. Other two wins are – by 77 runs at Sydney on 09.01.07 and by eight wickets at Cape Town on 14.09.07

Australia vs England – First T20I at Adelaide on 12.01.11 – England won by one wicket on the last ball of the match

Australia was led by CL White in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of a captain leading a team in T20Is. He became the fifth captain to lead Australia in T20Is. CL White became the 18^th captain to lead a team against England in T20Is

England won this game on the last ball of the match providing the fourth occasion of a team winning a T20I on the last ball of the match. The other three occasions are – New Zealand won by five wickets against India at Wellington on 27.02.09 : Netherlands won by four wickets against England at Lord’s on 05.06.09 and Sri Lanka won by five wickets at Gros Islet on 11.05.10

However England’s win in this game provide a team winning a game on the last ball of the match by least number of wickets margin.

England’s victory by one wicket in this game represents not only the first win by a margin of one wicket but also represents the first win by a margin of one wicket on the last ball of the match in the history of T20 Internationals.

Australia capped AJ Finch for this game. He became the 48^th cricketer to represent Australia in T20I. He became the seventh Australian cricketer to make his T20I debut against England.

England capped AJ Finch for this game. He became the 51st cricketer to represent England in T20I. He became the 17th England cricketer to make his T20I debut against Australia. England is the only team in the history of T20I to cap 50 plus cricketers. England is followed by Australia which has capped 48 cricketers and New Zealand which has capped 47 cricketers.

SR Watson became the first cricketer to score a fifty and capture four wickets in a T20I. He scored 59 with the willow and captured four for 15 with the leather.

SR Watson’s 59 in this game provide the 26^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in T20I.

SR Watson’s 59 in this game represents his fourth T20I fifty. Others are – 62* vs West Indies at Sydney o 23.02.10 : 81 vs Pakistan at Gros Islet on 02.05.10 : 54 vs India at Bridgetown on 07.05.10

With four fifties to his credit, Watson now shares the record for most fifties by an Australian batsman in T20Is with ML Hayden and DA Warner who also have scored four fifties.

SR Watson with four fifties became the 19^th batsman in the history of T20Is to score four or more fifties.

KP Pietersen’s lone six in this game gave him an aggregate of 25 sixes in T20I. He became the first England batsman to aggregate 25 sixes and 13^th batsman in the history of T20Is to tatal 25 or more sixes.

SR Watson’s 4 for 15 in this game provide the 48^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in T20Is. SR Watson became the fourth Australian bowler to capture four or more wickets in T20Is. Others are – 4 for 29 by MS Kasprowicz vs New Zealand at Auckland on 17.02.05 : 4 for 20 by SR Clark vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town on 20.09.07 : 4 for 18 by DP Nannes vs Bangladesh at Bridgetown on 05.05.10.

SR Watson became the first Australian bowler to capture four wickets against England in a T20I when he captured 4 for 15 in this game

SR Watson became the second bowler to capture four wickets against England when he captured 4 for 15 in this game. E Chigumbara of Zimbabwe with his 4 for 31 at Cape Town in 13.09.07 is the other bowler to capture four wickets against England. SR Watson’s 4 for 15 in this game represent the best bowling effort by a bowler against England in T20I

DA Warner and SR Watson added 83 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the eleventh occasion of Australian batsman posting a fifty plus runs stand for the first wicket in T20I. This stand represents the second such stand by Australian batsmen against England, the first being the 78 runs partnership between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden at Cape Town in 14.09.07. Thus the 83 runs partnership between DA Warner and SR Watson in this game represents the best stand by Australian batsman against England.

DA Warner and SR Watson added 83 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of Australian batsman posting a fifty plus runs stand against England. The six partnerships are – 69 runs for the second wicket between AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting at Sydney on 09.01.07 : 66 runs for the unfinished sixth wicket partnership between CL White and A Symonds at Sydney on 09.01.07 : 78 runs for the first wicket between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden at Cape Town on 14.09.07 : 78 runs for the fourth wicket between MJ Clarke and CL White at Manchester on 30.08.09 : 50 runs for the fifth wicket between DJ Hussey and CL White at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 and 83 runs for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson on 12.01.11

Thus the 83 runs stand for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson in this game represents the best stand by Australian batsmen against England for all wickets in T20Is.

The 83 runs stand for the first wicket between DA Warner and SR Watson in this game represents the 73^rd occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the first wicket in the history of T20I games.

England’s win in this game represents its eighth consecutive win which is a record for most consecutive wins in T20Is. England wrested the record from South Africa and Pakistan which had registered seven consecutive wins.

England’s record eight consecutive win read thus – by six wickets vs Pakistan at Bridgetown on 06.05.10 : by 39 runs vs South Africa at Bridgetown on 08.05.10 : by three wickets vs New Zealand at Gros Islet on 10.05.10 : by seven
wickets vs Sri Lanka at Gros Islet on 13.05.10 : by seven wickets vs Australia at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 : by five wickets vs Pakistan at Cardiff on 05.09.10 : by six wickets vs Pakistan at Cardiff on 07.09.10 and by one wicket vs Australia at Adelaide on 12.01.11

MH Yardy collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 128^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in the history of T20I games. MH Yardy’s first ball duck provide the 14^th occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20I games.

MH Yardy with his first ball duck in this game became the third England batsman to collect the first ball duck against Australia. Others are – MP Vaughan at Southampton on 13.06.05 and JL Denly at Manchester on 30.08.09

LJ Wright and MH Yardy scored zeroes in this game providing the fourth and fifth occasion of England batsman scoring duck against Australia.

LJ Wright and MH Yardy scored zeroes in this game providing the 25^th and 26^th occasion of England batsman scoring duck against various oppositions.

LG Wright’s zero in this game represents his fifth duck in T20I which read thus – vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 13.09.07 : vs South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07 : vs South Africa at Bridgetown on 08.05.10 : vs Pakistan at Cardiff on 05.09.10 and vs Australia at Adelaide on 12.01.11.

LG Wright holds the record for most zeroes by an England batsman in T20Is with his five ducks.

JP Duminy of South Africa, ADS Flecther of West Indies, Umar Gul of Pakistan and LG Wright of England with five zeroes games share the record for most ducks in T20I games

Summarised Scores : Australia – 157 for 4 in 20 overs {SR Watson 59, DA Warner 30, DJ Hussey 28, MH Yardy 2 for 28} lost to England – 158 for 9 in 20 overs {EJG Morgan 43, IR Bell 27, KP Pietersen 25, SR Watson 4 for 15} by one wicket on last ball of the match.