England vs Australia : Fifth One day International at Nottingham : 15.09.09 : Australia won by four wickets and lead the series 5-0

England set a target of 300 for a win in this game after being all out for 299. England became the first team in the history of one day games to be dismissed for a total of 299 batting first and setting the opponent a target of 300 for a win.

Australia’s win in this game provides the 30^th occasion of a team winning a one day game by scoring 300 plus runs while batting second. As far as Australia is concerned, this win provides the third occasion of Australia winning a game by scoring 300 plus while batting second. The other two occasions are – 316 for 4 against Pakistan at Lahore on 10.11.98 and 330 for 7 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 06.04.02

EJG Morgan registered his sixth half century in one day game with his 58 in this game. This half century was his first half century while representing England.

Australia’s 302 for 6 in this game represent the 58^th occasion of Australia posting a total of 300 plus runs against various oppositions. This total also represent the second occasion of Australia posting a total of 300 plus runs against England in one day games. The other occasion was at Melbourne on 15.12.02, when Australia made 318 for 6.

Australia’s 302 for 6 in this game provide the 20^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs against England and eighth such occasion against England in England.

Australia’s 302 for 6 in this game provide the 330^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the history of one day games.

MG Johnson returned with figure of 10.0-0-80-2 in this game providing the 84^th occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in one day games. MG Johnson’s figure provide the eighth occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in a one day innings. The eight occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	0	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	B Lee	10.0	1	85	1	Pak	Cardiff	09.06.01
2	B Lee	10.0	0	83	1	Ind	Brisbane	18.01.04
3	B Lee	10.0	0	85	1	NZl	Wellington	07.12.05
4	ML Lewis	10.0	0	113	0	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
5	SR Clark	07.0	0	87	0	Win	K Lumpur	18.09.06
6	MG Johnson	10.0	0	81	3	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
7	SR Watson	10.0	0	88	2	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
8	MG Johnson	10.0	0	80	2	Eng	Nottingham	15.09.09

MG Johnson’s figures of 10.0-0-80-2 in this game represent the second occasion of his conceding 80 plus runs in a one day game. The other occasion was against New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07 when he returned with figures of 10.0-0-81-3.

MG Johnson becomes the second Australian bowler to concede 80 plus runs on two or more occasions after B Lee who has conceded 80 plus runs on three occasions.

MG Johnson’s figures – 10.0-0-80-2 – in this game represent the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs against England. The previous record was held by DJ Colley who had figures of 11.0-1-72-0 at Lord’s on 26.08.72. DJ Colley’s record stood for 27 years and 18 days.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent his 27^th one day hundred and only SR Tendulkar of India {44} and ST Jayasuriya {28} are ahead of RT Ponting in terms of hundreds scored by them

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent his 1012nd hundred scored in the history of one day interenationals. It also represents the 145^th hundred by an Australian batsman in one day internationals.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the 17^th hundred by Australian batsman against England. His knock provide the highest individual innings by an Australian batsman against England in one day games in England. The previous best was 125 not out by GS Chappell at The Oval on 06.06.77. RT Ponting’s hundred in this game represent the 11^th hundred by Australian batsman against England in England.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the 16^th hundred by an Australian batsman against various oppositions in England. RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Australian batsman in a one day game at Nottingham. The previous best was 110 by TM Chappell against India on 13.06.83.

RT Ponting has now scored three hundreds against England in England which read thus – 102 at Bristol on 10.06.01, 111 at Lord’s on 10.07.05 and 126 at Nottingham on 15.09.09. RT Ponting has the record of scoring most hundreds by an Australian batsman against England in England. ME Waugh and GM Wood were the other two batsmen who have two hundreds against England in England to their credit.

RT Ponting has now scored four hundreds against England which read thus – 102 at Bristol on 10.06.01, 119 at Melbourne on 15.12.02, 111 at Lord’s on 10.07.05 and 126 at Nottingham on 15.09.09. RT Ponting has the record of scoring most hundreds by an Australian batsman against England in England. Previous record was three hundreds which was credited to DM Jones – 104 at Perth on 01.01.87, 101 at Brisbane on 18.01.87 and 145 at Brisbane on 16.12.90

RT Ponting has now scored three hundreds against England while leading Australia which read thus – 119 at Melbourne on 15.12.02 , 111 at Lord’s on 10.07.05 and 126 at Nottingham on 15.09.09. RT Ponting has the record of scoring most hundreds by a captain against England. ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka and GC Smith of South Africa are the three captains who have scored two hundreds against England.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the 140^th occasion of a captain registering hundred in the history of one day games. His knock also represents the 30^th occasion of an Australian captain scoring hundred in one day games.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the 19^th one hundred for him as captain. SC Ganguly of India with 11 hundreds and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka with 10 hundreds are the other two captains to register ten or more hundreds in the history of one day internationals

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game provide the 52^nd occasion of a captain registering a hundred while batting second in one day games. His knock also provides the tenth occasion of Australian captain scoring hundred while batting second.

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent his fifth hundred as captain while batting second in one day games. The five hundreds are

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	106*	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	21.01.03
2	111	v England	Lord’s	10.07.05
3	104	v New Zealand	Melbourne	04.02.07
4	107*	v New Zealand	Adelaide	14.12.07
5	126	v England	Nottingham	15.09.09

RT Ponting becomes the third captain in the history of one day games to register five or more hundreds while batting second. The other two are SP Fleming of New Zealand {07} and GC Smith of South Africa {05|

RT Ponting’s 126 in this game represent the 113rd one day hundred by a batsman on England soil which include the England batsman. His knock represents the 32^nd one day hundred by an overseas batsman in England.

RT Ponting has now scored three hundreds against England in England which read thus – 119 at Melbourne on 15.12.02, 111 at Lord’s on 10.07.05 and 126 at Nottingham on 15.09.09. RT Ponting becomes the third overseas batsman to register three hundreds against England in England. Others are ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, IVA Richards of West Indies,

RT Ponting and MJ Clarke added 133 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 282^nd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. With this three figure stand, Australia went ahead of India which has 281 three figure partnerships. This partnership also represent the 1758^th three figure partnership in the history of one day games.

RT Ponting and MJ Clarke added 133 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 53rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one day games. This stand also represents the tenth occasion of a three figure partnership of the third wicket by Australian batsman against England. This stand represents the 39^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure stand for various wickets against England.

RT Ponting and MJ Clarke added 133 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 62^nd occasion for RT Ponting to share a three figure partnership in one day games. Only SR Tendulkar {90} and SC Ganguly {66} are ahead of RT Ponting in terms of sharing a three figure partnership in one day games.

At the end of this game, RT Ponitng has led Australia in one day games on 186 occasions. He has won 136 games, lost 39 games, two games were tied and nine games have ended in no result.

RT Ponting’s skipper knock of 126 and Australia winning this game provide the 104^th occasion of a team winning a one day game when its captain has scored a hundred in the history of one day games. The win against England in this game provide the 25^th win for Australia when its captain scored a hundred.