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At the end of the League stage of Namma Mantri-Karnataka Premier League, the semi finalists were spotted. The following tables enlist the Points Table at the end of the League Stage, Four teams qualifying for the semi finals of the tournament and the semi finals fixtures.

Points Table at the end of the League Stage
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	NR	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
BBR	7	6	1	0	12	+0.967	934/120.2	898/132.1
PRB	7	5	2	0	10	+0.573	1002/128.0	919/126.4
BIJ	7	4	3	0	8	+0.217	1101/133.5	1096/136.5
BEL	7	4	3	0	8	+0.065	1022/135.1	982/131.0
MYM	7	3	4	0	6	-0.310	918/122.2	969/124.0
MAG	7	2	5	0	4	-0.122	749/108.3	774/110.1
MAN	7	2	5	0	4	-0.332	1100/137.0	1119/133.5
SDD	7	2	5	0	4	-1.266	713/111.5	782/102.2

Teams qualifying for the Semi Finals
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	NR	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
BBR	7	6	1	0	12	+0.967	934/120.2	898/132.1
PRB	7	5	2	0	10	+0.573	1002/128.0	919/126.4
BIJ	7	4	3	0	8	+0.217	1101/133.5	1096/136.5
BEL	7	4	3	0	8	+0.065	1022/135.1	982/131.0

Semi Finals Fixtures
Semi Final	Team	Vs	Team	Venue	Date
First	BBR	Vs	BEL	B’lore	22.09.09
Second	PRB	Vs	BIJ	B’lore	22.09.09

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The following table lists out the fixtures of the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2009 FIXTURES
Date and Time	Match
Tue Sep 22	Group B – South Africa v Sri Lanka
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion
Wed Sep 23	Group A – Pakistan v West Indies
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Johannesburg
Thu Sep 24	Group B – South Africa v New Zealand
09:30 local | 07:30 GMT : 13.00 IST	Centurion
Fri Sep 25	Group B – England v Sri Lanka
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Johannesburg
Sat Sep 26	Group A – Australia v West Indies
09:30 local | 07:30 GMT : 13.00 IST	Johannesburg
Sat Sep 26	Group A – India v Pakistan
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion
Sun Sep 27	Group B – New Zealand v Sri Lanka
09:30 local | 07:30 GMT : 13.00 IST	Johannesburg
Sun Sep 27	Group B – South Africa v England
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion
Mon Sep 28	Group A – Australia v India
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion
Tue Sep 29	Group B – England v New Zealand
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Johannesburg
Wed Sep 30	Group A – Australia v Pakistan
09:30 local | 07:30 GMT : 13.00 IST	Centurion
Wed Sep 30	Group A – India v West Indies
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Johannesburg
Fri Oct 2	1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion
Sat Oct 3	2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Johannesburg
Mon Oct 5	Final – TBC v TBC
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT : 18.00 IST	Centurion

England vs Australia : Seventh One day International at Chester-le-Street : 20.09.09 : England won by four wickets and Australia won the seven matches series by 6-1

Australia were all out in this game providing the 42^nd occasion of Australia being all out against various oppositions in a bilateral series. This also provides the 20^th occasion of Australia being all out against various oppositions when it had batted first in a bilateral series.

Australia were all out in this game providing the 61st occasion of Australia being all out against various oppositions in one day games when it had batted first. This also provides the 146th occasion of Australia being all out against various oppositions in one day games

G Onions was capped by England in this game. He became the 212^th England Cricketer to make one day debut. He became the 56^th England Cricketer to make one day debut against England. His debut performance with the leather read 9.0-1-28-1 and he did not bat in England’s innings. His first one day victim was Tim Paine caught by Matt Prior for 4.

RT Ponting scored 53 in this game which represents his 40^th half century while leading Australia and his fifth half century against England while captaining Australia.

RT Ponting holds the record for most half centuries for captains in one day games. He registered his 40^th half century in this game while leading Australia. SP Fleming of New Zealand {38}. Mohd Azaruddin of India {37}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {37} are the other captains who have scored 35 plus half centuries while leading their respective countries.

SR Watson’s zero in this game provides the 74^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring zero in one day games. It also provides the 13^th occasion of Australian opening batsman scoring zero in one day games against England

MJ Clarke’s run out for 38 in this game provide the 74^th occasion of an Australian batsman getting dismissed run out in a one day game against England.

GP Swann’s five for 28 in this game provide the 315^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of one day games. This also provides the 20^th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games against various oppositions and the fourth such occasion by an England bowler against Australia. The four occasions are listed below.

No	Bowler	W	R	Ground	Date
1	M Hendrick	5	31	The Oval	20.08.80
2	D Gough	5	44	Lord’s	23.05.97
3	SJ Harmison	5	33	Bristol	19.06.05
4	GP Swann	5	28	Ch-le-St	20.09.09

GP Swann’s 5 for 28 in this game represent the best figures by an England bowler against Australia. The previous best was five for 31 by Mike Hendrick at The Oval on 20.08.80.

SR Watson and Bret Lee scored zeroes in this game. For SR Watson it was his sixth zero of his one day career, while Bret Lee’s zero represents his eleventh one day duck.

RT Pontings’ 53 in this game represent his 95^th one day fifty – 27 centuries and 68 half centuries. Only ST Tendulkar {135 fifites} and ST Jayasuriya {96 fifites} are ahead of Ponting in terms of fifties.

RT Ponting’s 53 in this game is his 68^th half century which put him on par with ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who has also scored 68 half centuries. Only SR Tendulkar {91 half centuries} is ahead of RT Ponting and ST Jayasuriya in terms of half centuries.

JL Denley was run out in this game after scoring 53 providing the 22^nd occasion of an England opening run out after scoring a fifty in one day games.

JL Denley became the third England opening batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. The other two batsmen were – BC Broad {run out for 76 at Perth on 01.01.87} and ME Trecosthick {run out for 69 at Bristol on 10.06.01}

Australia lost this game by four wickets, but won the seven match series 6-1. The following table list out the results of all the seven or more matches series played in the history of one day internationals

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M	Winner	Margin
1	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1993	94	8	Drawn	4-4 (8)
2	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7	Win	6-1 (7)
3	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7	RSA	5-2 (7)
4	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	1995	96	7	RSA	6-1 (7)
5	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1996	97	7	Aus	4-3 (7)
6	RSA	Vs	Win	RSA	1998	99	7	RSA	6-1 (7)
7	Win	Vs	Aus	Win	1998	99	7	Drawn	3-3 (7)
8	Win	Vs	RSA	Win	2000	01	7	RSA	5-2 (7)
9	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	2001	02	7	Aus	5-1 (7)
10	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7	NZl	5-2 (7)
11	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7	Win	4-3 (7)
12	Win	Vs	Aus	Win	2002	03	7	Aus	4-3 (7)
13	Win	Vs	Eng	Win	2003	04	7	Drawn	2-2 (7)
14	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	2004	05	7	RSA	4-1 (7)
15	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7	Ind	6-1 (7)
16	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7	Ind	5-1 (7)
17	Win	Vs	Zim	Win	2006		7	Win	5-0 (7)
18	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7	Eng	4-3 (7)
19	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7	Aus	4-2 (7)
20	Eng	Vs	Aus	Eng	2009		7	Aus	6-1 (7)

West Indies, South Africa {twice}, India and Australia are the four teams to have won seven matches one day series with a margin of 6-1 in the history of one day internationals. West Indies and Australia are the two teams to have registered the series win 6-1 on away soil.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M	Winner	Margin
1	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7	Win	6-1 (7)
2	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	1995	96	7	RSA	6-1 (7)
3	RSA	Vs	Win	RSA	1998	99	7	RSA	6-1 (7)
4	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7	Ind	6-1 (7)
5	Eng	Vs	Aus	Eng	2009		7	Aus	6-1 (7)

GP Swann’s 5 for 28 in this game represent his one day career best bowling figures. His previous best was 4 for 34 against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 07.10.07. These are the two occasions on which GP Swann has captured four or more wickets in one day games.

Of the 20 seven or more match one day series, five series have been won by Australia. This is Australia’s first series win in a seven match series by 6-1 margin and their first series win in a seven match series against England

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M	Winner	Margin
1	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1996	97	7	Aus	4-3 (7)
2	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	2001	02	7	Aus	5-1 (7)
3	Win	Vs	Aus	Win	2002	03	7	Aus	4-3 (7)
4	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7	Aus	4-2 (7)
5	Eng	Vs	Aus	Eng	2009		7	Aus	6-1 (7)

England vs Australia : Sixth One day International at Nottingham : 17.09.09 : Australia won by 111 runs and lead the seven match series 6-0

TD Paine registered his maiden hundred in his seventh game when he made 111 in this game. His previous best was 51 at Lord’s on 12. 09.09 in the ongoing seven match series against England.

TD Paine’s 111 in this game represent the 1013rd hundred in the history of One day Internationals. His knock also represent the 145th hundred by Australian batsmen in one day games. TD Paine’s hundred in this game represents the 81^st hundred scored by batsmen of various countries against England.

TD Paine’s 111 in this game represent the 18^th hundred by Australian batsman againt England in one day games.

TD Paine’s 111 in this game represent the 37^th occasion of a batsman scoring a Nelson {111 or 111*} in the history of One day games. TD Paine’s knock represent the eighth occasion of an Australian batsman registering 111 or 111 not out in One day games which are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DC Boon	111	Ind	Jaipur	07.09.86
2	GR Marsh	111*	Eng	Lord’s	29.05.89
3	ML Hayden	111	Ind	Vizag	03.04.01
4	AC Gilchrist	111	Ind	Bangalore	12.11.03
5	RT Ponting	111	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.05
6	RT Ponting	111	NZl	Perth	28.01.07
7	DJ Hussey	111	Sc	Edinburgh	28.08.09
8	TD Paine	111	Eng	Nottingham	17.09.09

TD Paine became the third Australian batsman to register 111 or 111 not out in a one day game against England. The other two are GR Marsh {111* at Lord’s on 29.05.89} and RT Ponting {111 at Lord’s on 10.07.05|

TD Paines’s 111 in this game represent the 77th occasion of an Australian opening batsman registering hundred England in one day game. It also represents the sixth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a hundred against England. The other five occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GM Wood	108	v England	Leeds	08.06.81
2	GM Wood	114*	v England	Lord’s	03.06.85
3	GR Marsh	111*	v England	Lord’s	29.05.89
4	AC Gilchrist	124	v England	Melbourne	15.12.02
5	AC Gilchrist	121*	v England	The Oval	12.07.05
6	TD Paine	111	v England	Nottingham	17.09.09

TD Paine’s 111 in this game provide the 36^th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman registering a hundred in the history of one day games. His knock also represent the 18^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper opening batsman registering a hundred in one day game and TD Paine is the third Australian batsman to achieve the feat against England. The other two are AC Gilchrist {16 hundreds} and BJ Haddin {one hundred}

TD Paine’s 111 in this game represent the 59^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering a hundred in one day games. His knock also represents the 18^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman registering a hundred in a one day game.

JM Anderson’s 4 for 55 in this game represent the 819^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 89^th occasion of a England bowler achieving such a feat.

JM Anderson’s 4 for 55 represents the 13^th occasion of an England bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game against Australia.

JM Anderson’s 4 for 55 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 244^th occasion of a bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain in the history of one day internationals.

JM Anderson’s 4 for 55 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 22nd occasion of a England bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain. JM Anderson become the fourth England bowler to witness a four plsus wickets haul to go in vain against Australia/

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Ground	Date
1	DeFreitas	10.0	1	35	4	Adelaide	26.01.87
2	Caddick	9.0	2	35	4	P Elizabeth	02.03.83
3	Lewis	10.0	2	36	4	Brisbane	19.01.07
4	Anderson	10.0	0	55	4	Nottingham	17.09.09

TD Paine and MEK Hussey added 163 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 40^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets against England. This partnership also represents the record partnership by Australian batsmen against England for the third wicket. The previous best was 159 runs partnership between DC Boon and AR Border at Sharjah on 09.04.87.

TD Paine and MEK Hussey added 163 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 283rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions.

Australia won this game by 111 runs providing the 46^th occasion of Australia winning a one day game by 100 plus run margin. It is their fourth win by 100 plus run margin against England

No	Australia	Won by	Margin	Venue	Date
1	Australia	Won by	162 runs	Melbourne	13.02.99
2	Australia	Won by	125 runs	Manchester	14.06.01
3	Australia	Won by	111 runs	Nottingham	17.09.09
4	Australia	Won by	109 runs	Melbourne	01.02.87

AJ Strauss scored zero in this game providing the 40^th occasion of England captain scoring zero in a one day game against various oppositions. AJ Stauss’s zero in this game represents the eleventh occasion of England captain scoring zero in a one day game against Australia.

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ICC Champions Trophy Knock Tournament – Statistical Preview

The first edition of ICC Champions Trophy was played under the name Wills International Cup in 1998-99 in Bangladesh. Since then there has been four editions of the Trophy {totaling five} and the ensuing edition to be played in South Africa would be the sixth edition. The particulars of the venue, season and the winner of the trophy are furnished in the following table

No	Trophy	Venue	Season	Winner/Joint Winner
1	Wills International Cup	Bangladesh	1998/99	South Africa
2	ICC KnockOut	Kenya	2000/01	New Zealand
3	ICC Champions Trophy	Sri Lanka	2002/03	Ind-Srl -Shared
4	ICC Champions Trophy	England	2004	West Indies
5	ICC Champions Trophy	India	2006/07	Australia

Highest Total and the Lowest Total by teams.

347 for 4 in 50.0 overs by New Zealand vs USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 remains the the highest team total posted by a team in the tournament. The lowest completed total in an innings is credited to USA when it was bundled out for 65 by Australia at Southampton on 13.09.04

300 plus runs by teams

There have been four occasions of a team posting total in excess of 300 runs in the tournament which read thus – 316 for 5 in 50.0 overs by South Africa vs Kenya at Col-RPS on 20.09.02, 307 for 8 in 50.0 overs by India vs Australia at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and 302 for 8 in 50.0 overs by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh at Mohali on 07.10.06

Less than 100 runs by teams

There have been eight occasions of teams scoring less than 100 runs in the tournament which are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	USA	65	24.0	Aus	Southampton	13.09.04
2	Ban	77	19.3	NZl	Col-RPS	23.09.02
3	Win	80	30.4	Srl	Mum-BS	14.10.06
4	Zim	85	30.1	Win	Ahmedabad	08.10.06
5	Net	86	29.3	Srl	Col-RPS	16.09.02
6	Pak	89	25.0	RSA	Mohali	27.10.06
7	Ban	93	31.3	RSA	Birmingham	12.09.04
8	Ken	94	32.0	Pak	Birmingham	14.09.04

Most runs in the tournament

CH Gayle has most aggregate runs in the tournament – He has amassed 695 runs from 14 matches. The following are the other batsmen to have an aggregate of 500 plus runs in the tournament. SC Ganguly of India {665}, SC Chanderpaul of West Indies {587}, JH Kallis of South Africa {564}, R Dravid of India {547} and ST Jayasuriya {502}.

Centurions

As many as 31 hundreds have been scored by 22 batsmen in the championship so far. NJ Astle of New Zealand with his 145 not out against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 has the honour of registering the highest individual score in the tournament.

The first hundred of the tournament has been scored by AD Campbell of Zimbabwe who scored an exact hundred – 100 against New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.90.

Shahariar Nafeez of Bangladesh is credited with scoring the only one-two-three of the tournament, when he made 123 not out against Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06.

Nelsons have been scored by two batsmen – Mohd Kaif of India and BC Lara of West Indies. Mohd Kaif registerd 111 not out against Zimbabwe at Col-RPS on 14.09.02 while BC Lara came up with 111 against Kenya at Col-SSC on 17.09.02.

AD Campbell of Zimbabwe remains the only batsman to register the only exact hundred – 100 against New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.90.

Out of 31 hundreds registered in the tournament, 13 batsmen have remained not out with hundreds to their credit.

Most hundreds

SC Ganguly of India, CH Gayle of West Indies and HH Gibbs of South Africa share the record of registering most hundreds in the tournament. They have scored three hundreds each. The details are as under

SC Ganguly of India – 141* vs South Africa at Narobi {Gym} on 13.10.00, 117* vs England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 and 117 vs New Zealand at Nairobi {Gym} on 15.10.00

CH Gayle of West Indies – 133* vs South Africa at Jaipur on 02.11.06, 104* vs Bangladesh at Jaipur on 11.10.06 and 101 vs England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06

HH Gibbs of South Africa – 116 retd not out vs India at Col-RPS on 25.09.02, 116 vs Kenya at Col-RPS on 20.09.02 and 101 vs West Indies at The Oval on 18.09.04

Most hundreds in a single edition

CH Gayle of West Indies remains the only batsman to register three hundreds in a single edition of the tournament. In 2006 edition held in India, he registered three hundreds which read thus – 133* vs South Africa at Jaipur on 02.11.06, 104* vs Bangladesh at Jaipur on 11.10.06 and 101 vs England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06

Hundreds – Team wise break up

India and West Indies share the record for most hundreds in the tournament with six hundreds each. Sri Lanka comes next with five hundreds. South African batsmen {04 hundreds}, England batsman {03 hundreds}, New Zealand batsmen {02 hundreds}, Pakistan batsmen {02 hundreds}, Zimbabwe batsmen {02 hundreds} and Bangladesh batsman {one hundred} share the 31 hundreds scored in the tournament

Hundreds – Edition wise break up

Dhaka edition in 1998 witnessed four hundreds, Nairobi edition in 2000 witnessed six hundreds, Sri Lanka edition in 2002 witnessed ten hundreds, England edition in 2004 witnessed four hundreds and Indian edition in 2006 witnessed seven hundreds.

Hundreds – Groundwise break up

R Premadasa stadium, Colombo has witnessed most hundreds in the tournament – nine. The following table shows the break up of hundreds at each venue on which the matches are played.

No	Ground	No	Hundreds
1	Colombo-RPS	9	hundreds
2	Nairobi-Gym	6	hundreds
3	Dhaka-BNS	4	hundreds
4	The Oval	3	hundreds
5	Ahmedabad-Motera	3	hundreds
6	Jaipur	3	hundreds
7	Chandigarh-Mohali	1	hundreds
8	Colombo-SSC	1	hundreds
9	Southampton	1	hundreds
	Total	31	hundreds

Hundreds by Captains

Only on five occasions, hundreds have been registered by captains in ICC Knock out Trophy. The five hundreds are as under

No	Captain	Score	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Campbell	100	Zim	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
2	Ganguly	141*	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi-G	13.10.00
3	Ganguly	117	Ind	Vs	NZl	Nairobi-G	15.10.00
4	Jayasuriya	102*	Srl	Vs	Pak	Col-RPS	12.09.02
5	Ganguly	117*	Ind	V	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02

The credit of registering most hundreds by a captain as well as registering the highest individual innings by a captain is credited to SC Ganguly of India. He has registered three hundreds as captain. His 141 not out against South Africa at Nairobi-Gym on 13.10.00 remains the highest individual innings by a captain.

Hundreds by Wicket keeper batsmen

A Flower of Zimbabwe remains the only wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred in the tournament. He scored 145 against India at Colombo-RPS on 14.09.02

Ninety nine by batsman in the tournament

CH Gayle of West Indies remains the only batsman to be dismissed for 99 in the tournament. He was dismissed for 99 against Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04

Individual Nineties

As many as ten batsmen have registered individual nineties in the tournament which are listed below.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Gayle	99	Win	Vs	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
2	Kallis	97	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
3	Fleming	96	NZl	Vs	Zim	Dhaka	24.10.98
4	N Hussain	95	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi-G	05.10.00
5	Tikolo	93	Ken	Vs	Win	Col-SSC	17.09.02
6	Gilchrist	92	Aus	Vs	Win	Mum-BS	18.10.06
7	Ranatunga	90*	Srl	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	26.10.98
8	Morton	90*	Win	Vs	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
9	Pietersen	90*	Eng	Vs	Win	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
10	Ganguly	90	Ind	Vs	Ken	S’hampton	11.09.04

Hundreds in losing cause

Out of 31 hundreds that have been registered in the tournament, ten of them have ended up in a losing cause. The following table enlists all the ten hundreds

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Campbell	100	Zim	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
2	Wallace	103	Win	Vs	RSA	Dhaka	01.11.98
3	Saeed Anwar	104	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
4	Ganguly	117	Ind	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
5	A Flower	145	Zim	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
6	Gibbs	116*	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
7	Gibbs	101	RSA	Vs	Win	Oval	18.09.04
8	Trescothick	104	Eng	Vs	Win	Oval	25.09.04
9	Gayle	101	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
10	DJ Bravo	112*	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.08

HH Gibbs of South Africa remains the only batsman in the tournament to witness two of his hundreds go in vain – 116* against India at Col-RPS on 25.09.02 and 101 against West Indies at The Oval on 18.09.04

CH Gayle {101} and DJ Bravo {112*} scored hundreds against England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06 which went in vain. This is the only occasion in the tournament when hundreds by two batsmen from the same side went in vain.

West Indies has witnessed most hundreds in a losing cause – three. PA Wallace’s 103 against South Africa at Dhaka on 01.11.98, CH Gayle’s 101 against England at Ahmedabad and DJ Bravo’s 112* against England at Ahmedabad

Captain’s hundreds in vain

AD Campbell of Zimbabwe {100 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.98} and SC Ganguly of India {117 vs New Zealand at Nairbi-Gymkhana on 15.10.00} are the only two captains who have witnessed their hundreds going in vain. AD Campbell’s hundred represent the first ever hundred of the tournament.

Wicket keeper batsman’s hundreds in vain

A Flower of Zimbabwe remains the only wicket keeper batsman to witness his hundred going in vain. He scored 145 against India at Colombo-RPS on 14.09.02. A Flower remains the only wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred in the tournament

Most boundary fours in an innings

There are six batsmen who have scored fifteen or more boundary fours in an innings. V Sehwag of India scored 21 boundary fours in his innings of 126 against England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 which is a record for most boundary fours in an innings in the tournament. In fact, V Sehwag remains the only batsman to register 20 plus boundary fours in an innings in the tournament. The list of six batsmen who have scored 15 plus boundary fours is as under

No	Batsmen	Runs	4s	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	V Sehwag	126	21	Ind	Vs	Eng	ColRPS	22.09.02
2	Gunawardene	132	19	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00
3	S Nafees	123*	17	Ban	Vs	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
4	CH Gayle	133*	17	Win	Vs	RSA	Jaipur	02.11.06
5	Saeed Anwar	104	16	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
6	HH Gibbs	116*	16	RSA	Vs	In	ColRPS	25.09.02

Most sixes in an innings

Seven batsmen have scored five or more sixes in an innings as furnished in the list below. CD McMillan of New Zealand with seven sixes to his credit in his innings of 65 not out against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 holds the record for most sixes in an innings in the tournament

No	Batsmen	Runs	6s	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	McMillan	64*	7	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
2	Ganguly	141*	6	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
3	S Afridi	55*	6	Pak	Vs	Net	Col-SSC	21.09.01
4	Astle	145*	6	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
5	Kallis	113*	5	RSA	Vs	Srl	Dhaka	30.10.98
6	Wallace	103	5	Win	Vs	SAF	Dhaka	01.11.98
7	N Hussain	95	5	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi	05.10.00

200 plus minutes stay at the crease by batsmen

Six batmen have occupied the crease for more than 200 minutes in the tournament. SC Ganguly of India hold the record for most minutes stay at the crease – 216 minutes – during his knock of 141 not out against South Africa at Nairobi-Gymkhana on 13.10.00

No	Batsmen	Runs	Mins	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ganguly	141*	216	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
2	A Flower	145	215	Zim	Vs	Ind	ColRPS	14.09.02
3	Trescothick	104	214	Eng	Vs	Win	Oval	25.09.02
4	Kallis	97	201	RSA	Vs	Ind	ColRPS	25.09.02
5	S Nafees	123*	201	Ban	Vs	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
6	Gunawardene	132	200	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00

Scoring hundreds in least number of minutes stay at the crease

Only two batsmen – A Flintoff of England and JH Kallis of South Africa – have scored hundreds in 120 minutes and less A Flintoff of England occupied the crease of 120 minutes while scoring 104 against Sri Lanka at Southampton on 17.09.04, while JH Kallis was at the crease for 107 minutes for his 113 not out against Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 31.10.98. JH Kallis holds the record for occupying the crease for least number of minutes while scoring a hundred in the tournament

Scoring hundreds in most number of deliveries {150 plus deliveries}.

Three batsmen have scored hundreds in 150 plus deliveries – A Flower of Zimbabwe took 164 deliveries for his 145 vs India at Col-RPS on 14.09.02, Shahriar Nafeez of Bangladesh took 161 deliveries for his 123 not out vs Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06 and NJ Astle of New Zealand took 151 deliveries of his 145 not out vs USA at The Oval on 10.09.04. A Flower holds the record for most deliveries – 151 – while scoring a hundred.

Half Centuries

As many as 124 half centuries have been registered by 80 batsmen in the tournament. S Chanderpaul of West Indies, R Dravid of India and DR Martyn of Australia share the record for most half centuries in the tournament. All the three batsmen have registered five half centuries.

Half Centuries – Team wise break up

England batsmen have scored most half centuries in the tournament – 18 and were closely followed by Indian batsmen who have 17 half centuries to their credit. The break up of half centuries team wise read thus – England – {14 batsmen – 18 half centuries}, India – {09 batsmen – 17 half centuries}, South Africa – {10 batsmen – 16 half centuries}, Australia – {07 batsmen – 15 half centuries}, New Zealand – {07 batsmen – 14 half centuries}, West Indies – {07 batsmen – 14 half centuries}, Sri Lanka – {08 batsmen – 10 half centuries}, Pakistan – {07 batsmen – 08 half centuries}, Zimbabwe – {05 batsmen – 05 half centuries}, Kenya – {03 batsmen – 04 half centuries} and Bangladesh – {03 batsmen – 03 half centuries}

Team wise break up sixes scored by teams

A total of 259 sixes have been scored in the tournament. West Indian batsmen have scored most boundary sixes – 49 – in the tournament and the break up of sixes by each team is furnished below.

No	Team	Sixes
1	West Indies	49
2	India	36
3	South Africa	31
4	England	28
5	New Zealand	28
6	Pakistan	22
7	Australia	20
8	Sri Lanka	14
9	Zimbabwe	13
10	Bangladesh	12
11	Netherlands	03
12	Kenya	02
13	USA	01
	Total	259

Team wise break up boundary fours scored by teams

A total of 2676 sixes have been scored in the tournament. West Indian batsmen have scored most boundary fours – 372 – in the tournament and the break up of sixes by each team is furnished below

No	Team	Fours
1	West Indies	372
2	India	341
3	Sri Lanka	335
4	South Africa	288
5	Australia	270
6	New Zealand	261
7	England	258
8	Pakistan	186
9	Bangladesh	128
10	Zimbabwe	127
11	Kenya	072
12	Netherlands	019
13	USA	019
	Total	2676

Break up of fifties in the tournament

As many as 31 hundreds and 124 half centuries totaling to 155 fifties have been registered in the tournament. Indian batsmen lead the table with 23 fifties and are closely followed by England batsmen who have registered 21 fifties. The break up of fifties scored by each team is shown in the following table which also includes the hundreds and half centuries scored by each team.

No	Team	C	F	F+
1	India	6	17	23
2	England	3	18	21
3	South Africa	4	16	20
4	West Indies	6	14	20
5	New Zealand	2	14	16
6	Australia	0	15	15
7	Sri Lanka	5	10	15
8	Pakistan	2	08	10
9	Zimbabwe	2	05	07
10	Bangladesh	1	03	04
11	Kenya	0	04	04
12	Netherlands	0	00	00
13	USA	0	00	00
	Total	31	124	155

Zeroes in the tournament

As many as 125 zeroes have been scored by 108 batsmen in the tournament. NJ Astle of New Zealand and Habib-ul-Bashar of Bangladesh share the record for most zeroes in the tournament. Both the batsmen have failed to open their account on three occasions

Best Bowling figures in an innings

MF Mahroof of Sri Lanka has the best bowling figures in the tournament. He returned with figures of 9.0-0-14-6 in the match between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Mumbai {BS} on 14.10.06

Five or more wickets in an innings

As many as eight bowler have captured five or more wickets in an innings in the tournament which are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Maharoof	6	14	Srl	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
2	S Afridi	5	11	Pak	Ken	Birmingham	14.09.04
3	Ntini	5	21	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
4	Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	Southampton	15.09.04
5	Kallis	5	30	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
6	Oram	5	36	NZl	USA.	The Oval	10.09.04
7	McGrath	5	37	Aus	NZl	Col-SSC	15.09.02
8	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Pak	Nairobi	11.10.00

Four wickets in an innings

There are twenty occasions of bowlers capturing exact four wickets in an innings in the tournament which are listed below.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Kasprowicz	4	14	Aus	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
2	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
3	Gillespie	4	15	Aus	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
4	Bond	4	21	NZl	Ban	Col-SSC	23.09.02
5	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06
6	N Hasan	4	25	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
7	Arthurton	4	31	Win	Pak	Dhaka	29.10.98
8	S Akhtar	4	36	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
9	Irani	4	37	Eng	Zim	Col-RPS	18.09.02
10	Tendulkar	4	38	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
11	Mills	4	38	NZl	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
12	Wiseman	4	45	NZl	Zim	Nairobi-G	09.10.00
13	Z Khan	4	45	Ind	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02
14	Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
15	Taylor	4	49	Win	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
16	A Razzaq	4	50	Pak	Srl	Jaipur	17.10.06
17	SL Malinga	4	53	Srl	RSA	Ahmedabad	24.10.06
18	M Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02
19	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
20	A Mahmood	4	65	Pak	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00

Bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on two occasions

DT Hondo of Zimbabwe. M Dillon of West Indies and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka are the only three bowlers who have captured four plus wickets on two occasions and their performance is listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	DT Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
2	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
1	M Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
2	M Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02
1	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
2	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06

Four or more wickets in an innings – Team wise break up

Australian bowlers have captured four or more wickets on three occasions with GD McGrath’s 5 for 37 as the best against New Zealand at Col-SSC on 15.09.02

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	McGrath	5	37	Aus	NZl	Col-SSC	15.09.02
2	Kasprowicz	4	14	Aus	USA.	Southampton	13.09.04
3	Gillespie	4	15	Aus	U.S.A.	Southampton	13.09.04

RC Irani remains the only England bowler to capture four or more wickets in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4 for 37 against Zimbabwe at Col-RPS on 18.09.02

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	RC Irani	4	37	Eng	Zim	Col-RPS	18.09.02

SR Tendulkar {4 for 38 vs Aus at Dhaka on 28.10.98} and Zaheer Khan {4 for 45 vs Zim at Col-RPS on 14.09.02} remain the two Indian bowlers to capture four or more wickets in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulkar	4	38	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
2	Z Khan	4	45	Ind	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02

Five New Zealand bowlers have accounted for four or more wickets in the tournament with JDP Oram’s 5 for 36 against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 as the best figures

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Oram	5	36	NZl	USA.	The Oval	10.09.04
2	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Pak	Nairobi Gym	11.10.00
2	Bond	4	21	NZl	Ban	Col-SSC	23.09.02
4	Mills	4	38	NZl	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
5	Wiseman	4	45	NZl	Zim	Nairobi-G	09.10.00

Five Pakistan bowlers have captured four or more wickets in the tournament. Shahid Afridi’s five for 11 against Kenya at Birmingham on 14.09.04 remains the best bowling figures by a Pakistan bowler in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Shahid Afridi	5	11	Pak	Ken	Birmingham	14.09.04
2	Naved-ul-Hasan	4	25	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
3	Shoaib Akhtar	4	36	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
4	Abdul Razzaq	4	50	Pak	Srl	Jaipur	17.10.06
5	Azhar Mahmood	4	65	Pak	NZl	Nairobi-G	11.10.00

M Ntini {5 for 21 vs Pakistan at Mohali on 27.10.06} and JH Kallis {5 for 30 vs West Indies at Dhaka on 01.11.98} are the two South African bowlers to capture four or more wickets in the tournament. M Ntini has the best bowling figures for a South African bowler

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Ntini	5	21	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
2	Kallis	5	30	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98

Three Sri Lankan bowlers on four occasions have captured four or more wickets in the tournament. MF Mahroof’s 6 for 31 vs West Indies at Mumbai-BS on 14.10.06 is not only the best figures by a Sri Lankan bowler but also represent the best bowling figures of the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Maharoof	6	14	Srl	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
2	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
3	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06
4	Malinga	4	53	Srl	RSA	Ahmedabad	24.10.06

M Dillon’s 5 for 29 vs Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04 remains the best bowling figures by a West Indian bowler in the tournament among the three bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on four occasions

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	Southampton	15.09.04
2	Arthurton	4	31	Win	Pak	Dhaka	29.10.98
3	Taylor	4	49	Win	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
4	Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02

DT Hondo remains the only Zimbabwe bowler to account for four or more wickets in the tournament. He has captured four wickets on two occasions. His 4 for 45 against England at Col-RPS on 18.09.02 remains the best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean bowler in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	DT Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
2	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02

Most Expensive bowling in terms of runs

T Payangara of Zimbawe conceded most runs in the tournament. He returned with figures of 10.0-0-86-1 against England at Birmingham on 10.09.04

Seventy plus runs conceded by bowlers

As many as seven bowlers have conceded seventy plus runs in the tournament, the details of which are furnished below

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	V	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Panyangara	10.0	0	86	1	Zim	Vs	Eng	Bir’ham	10,09.04
2	Obuya	10.0	0	77	2	Ken	Vs	RSA	Col-RPS	20.09.02
3	Staple	10.0	0	76	2	USA	Vs	NZl	The Oval	10.09.04
4	Anderson	10.0	0	72	0	Eng	Vs	Win	Ah’bad	28.10.06
5	Kasprowicz	9.0	0	71	3	Aus	Vs	Ind	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	Kallis	10.0	0	71	2	RSA	Vs	Ind	Nairobi-G	13.10.00
7	Aga	9.0	0	70	0	Ken	Vs	Ind	S’hampton	11,09.04

Three figure Partnerships

As many as 46 three figure partnerships have been posted in the tournament. The highest three figure partnership in the team is shared by two countries – India and West Indies

First it was the turn of India to post 192 runs partnership through SC Ganguly and V Sehwag against England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02. West Indian batsmen CH Gayle and WW Hinds were concerned in a 192 run stand against Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04

Three figure Partnerships – Break up Team wise

South African batsmen have posted the record number of three figure partnerships – eight – in the tournament, closely followed by India and New Zealand who have forged seven three figure partnerships. The break up of three figure partnerships – team wise {only the teams which have posted three figure partnerships} are furnished below

No	Team	Partners	TFP	High
1	South Africa	7	8	178*
2	India	7	7	192
3	New Zealand	7	7	163
4	Sri Lanka	6	6	165
5	West Indies	5	6	192
6	Australia	5	5	118
7	England	5	5	175
8	Pakistan	1	1	105*
9	Zimbabwe	1	1	118
	Total	44	46	192

Three figure Partnerships – Break up wicket wise

The following table shows the break up of 46 three figure partnerships wicket wise and also the spread across various teams

No	Wkt	TFP	Aus	Eng	RSA	Win	NZl	Ind	Pak	Srl	Zim
1	First	9	01	00	03	03	00	02	00	00	00
2	Second	10	00	03	01	02	00	02	01	01	00
3	Third	8	01	00	01	00	02	01	00	03	00
4	Fourth	9	02	00	02	00	02	01	00	01	01
5	Fifth	4	01	00	00	01	01	00	00	01	00
6	Sixth	5	00	02	01	00	01	01	00	00	00
7	Seventh	1	00	00	00	00	01	00	00	00	00
	Total	46	05	05	08	06	07	07	01	06	01

150 plus runs partnerships

The tournament has witnessed thirteen occasions of 150 plus runs partnerships which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner-1	Partner-2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	1st	192	Ganguly	Sehwag
	Ind	Vs	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
2	1st	192	Gayle	WW Hinds
	Win	Vs	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
3	2nd	178*	Gibbs	Kallis
	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
4	2nd	175	N Hussain	Stewart
	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi-G	05.10.00
5	2nd	174	Bravo	Gayle
	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
6	3rd	165	Sangakkara	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Zim	Ahm’bad	10.10.06
7	1st	164*	Chanderpaul	Gayle
	Win	Vs	Ban	Jaipur	11.10.06
8	3rd	163	Astle	Styris
	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
9	2nd	161	Ganguly	Laxman
	Ind	Vs	Ken	S’hampton	11.09.04
10	3rd	160	Gunawardene	Jayawardene
	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi-G	04.10.00
11	1st	159	Gibbs	Smith
	RSA	Vs	Ken	Col-RPS	20.09.02
12	3rd	156*	A de Silva	Jayasuriya
	Srl	Vs	Pak	Col-RPS	12.09.02
13	1st	154*	Chanderpaul	Gayle
	Win	Vs	RSA	Jaipur	02.09.06

SR Tendulkar earns the distinction of sharing ninety three figure partnerships in one day games

SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 110 runs fothe second wicket in the finals of the Compaq Cup against Sri Lanka on 14.09.09, providing the 90^th occasion of Tendulkar sharing three figure stand in one day games. The following table lists out 18 partners and the number of three figure partnerships he has forged with them

Break up of STendulkar’s partnerships with various partners
No	Partner	Inns	TFP
1	SC Ganguly	176	26
2	R Dravid	096	11
3	V Sehwag	090	11
4	A Jadeja	041	09
5	M Azharuddin	077	08
6	VVS Laxman	023	04
7	MS Dhoni	014	04
8	Yuvraj Singh	038	03
9	IK Pathan	012	02
10	M Prabhakar	025	02
11	G Gambhir	027	02
12	VG Kambli	020	02
13	SV Manjrekar	025	01
14	NS Sidhu	036	01
15	HK Badani	006	01
16	RR Singh	007	01
17	M Kaif	011	01
18	RG Sharma	001	01

The following list shows the ninety three figure partnerships of STendulkar in chronological order

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.

Compaq Cup Finals – Sri Lanka vs India at Col-RPS on 14.09.09 : India won by 46 runs

For the first time in the history of one day internationals, a team has opened its batting through openers who had a combined appearance of 764 one day games. SR Tendulkar was playing his 428^th one day game, while R Dravid was playing his 336^th one day game.

SR Tendulkar completed 1000 runs at Col-RPS when he was on 42 during the course of his knock of 138 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate at Col-RPS stood at 1096. He earned the distinction of becoming the first overseas batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs at Col-RPS. His 1000 plus runs at Col-RPS provide the 32^nd occasion of a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs at a specific venue.

SR Tendulkar becomes the sixth batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs at Col-RPS. Others are ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2514}, MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka {1467}, PA de Silva {1196}, DPMD Jayawardene {1181} and KC Sangakkara {1148}

ST Jayasuriya became the first batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2500 plus runs at a specific venue. He completed 2500 runs at Col-RPS when he was on 22 during his knock of 36 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate at Col-RPS stood at 2514.

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2514 at Col-RPS}, Inzamam-ul-Huq of Pakistan {2464 at Shajah} and Saeed Anwar of Pakistna {2179 at Sharjah] are the only three batsmen in the history of one day games to aggregate 2000 plus runs at a specific venue.

SR Tendulkar became the sixth batsman in the world to aggregate 1000 runs against two specific venues – 1096 at Col-RPS and 1778 at Sharjah. Others are AR Border, MS Atapattu, PA de Silva, RT Ponting and ST Jayasuriya. The performance of these batsmen are listed below

No	Batsmen	Team	Runs	Venue-1	Runs	Venue-2
1	Border	Aus	1561	Sydney	1516	Melbourne
2	Atapattu	Srl	1467	Col-RPS	1271	Sharjah
3	de Silva	Srl	1402	Sharjah	1196	Col-RPS
4	Ponting	Aus	1279	Sydney	1995	Melbourne
5	Tendulkar	Ind	1778	Sharjah	1096	Col-RPS
6	Jayasuriya	Srl	2514	Col-RPS	1831	Sharjah

SR Tendulkar registered his 43^rd one day hundred when he scored 138 in this game. It was his eighth hundred against Sri Lanka – the most by any batsman against Sri Lanka. The previous record for most hundreds against Sri Lanka was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had scored seven hundreds.

SR Tendulkar with his 138 in this game which was his eight hundred against Sri Lanka remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to score eight hundreds against two specific oppositions. He has scored eight hundreds against Australia and eight hundreds against Sri Lanka which are listed below.

Hundreds against Australia
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	110	v Australia	Col-RPS	09.09.94
2	100	v Australia	Kanpur	07.04.09
3	143	v Australia	Sharjah	22.04.98
4	134	v Australia	Sharjah	24.04.98
5	141	v Australia	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	139	v Australia	Indore	31.03.01
7	100	v Australia	Gwalior	26.10.03
8	117*	v Australia	Sydney	02.03.08
Hundreds against Sri Lanka
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	112*	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	09.04.95
2	137	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02.03.96
3	110	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	128	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	07.07.98
5	120	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29.08.99
6	101	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20.10.00
7	113	v Sri Lanka	Bristol	11.07.02
8	138	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14.09.09

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and Saeed Anwar of Pakistan have registered seven hundreds against India and Sri Lanka resepectively.

SR Tendulkar’s 138 in this game represent his highest individual score against Sri Lanka – an improvement over his previous best of 137 at Delhi on 02.03.96.

SR Tendulkar completed 2000 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka when he was on 112 during his knock of 138 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2026. SR Tendulkar remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2000 plus runs against Sri Lanka. The previous record was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had amassed 1999 runs against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar with his 2026 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka now holds the world record for aggregating 2000 plus runs against three specific countries. He has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against Australia {2489} and Pakistan {2165} while opening the innings. Other opening batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against two specific countries are DL Haynes of West Indies{2390 vs Pakistan and 2262 vs Australia} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2690 vs India and 2334 vs Pakistan}

No	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	Runs
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Aus	2489
2	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Pak	2165
3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Srl	2026
1	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Pak	2390
2	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Aus	2262
1	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Ind	2690
2	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Pak	2334

SR Tendulkar with his 138 in this game has now 23 fifties against Sri Lanka {08 centuries and 15 half centuries}. The other batsman to have 23 fifties against a specific opposition is IVA Richards of West Indies who also has 23 fifties {03 centuries and 20 half centuries} against Australia. Thus SR Tendulkar and IVA Richards share the record for most fifties against a specific opposition.

Other batsmen to score 20 or more fifties against a specific opposition are – DL Haynes of West Indiies against Pakistan – 22 fifties {04 C plus 18 HC}, SR Tendulkar of India against Australia – 22 fifties {08 C plus 14 HC}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka against India – 21 fifties {07 C plus 14 HC}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka against Pakistan – 21 fifties {03 C plus 18 HC} and Saeed Anwar of Pakistan against Sri Lanka – 20 fifties {07 C plus 13 HC}

SR Tendulkar with his 138 in this game which was his 23^rd fifty against Sri Lanka improved his own record of 22 fifties against Australia.

SR Tendulkar and ST Jayasuriya are the only two batsmen in the world to have scored 20 plus fifties against two specific oppositions – SR Tendulkar has registered 23 fifites against Sri Lanka and 22 fifties against Australia, while ST Jayasuriya has registered 21 fifties against India and 21 fifties against Pakistan

SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 110 runs for the second wicket in this game which represent the 281^st three figure partnership by Indian batsmen against various oppositions. This stand puts India on par with Australia who also have 281 three figure partnerships.

SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 110 runs for the second wicket provide the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure stand for the second wicket against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar and MS Dhoni added 110 runs for the second wicket provide the 60th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure stand for the second wicket against various oppositions.

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game represents his 32^nd one day half century, while Yuvraj Singh’s 56 not out represents his 41^st one day half century.

Three Sri Lankan bowlers – T Tushara {71}, SL Malinga {81} and BAW Mendis {70} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the tenth occasion of three or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games. As far Sri Lanka is concerned, this instance provides the first such occasion.

Three Sri Lankan bowlers – T Tushara {71}, SL Malinga {81} and BAW Mendis {70} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the third occasion of three or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against India. The two such occasion are – Three Pakistan bowlers – Mohammad Sami {74}, Naved-ul-Hasan {73} and Abdul Razak {83} conceded seventy plus runs at Karachi on 13.03.04 and three England bowlers – SCJ Broad {74}, SJ Harmison {75} and SR Patel {78} conceded seventy plus runs at Rajkot on 14.11.08

SL Malinga returned with figures of 10.0-0-81-1 providing the 16^th occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings against India in a one day game. He is the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to concede 80 plus runs in a one day innings against India.

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ground	Date
1	Vaas	10.0	0	84	1	Taunton	26.05.99
2	Upashantha	10.0	0	80	0	Taunton	26.05.99
3	Maharoof	10.0	0	82	1	Nagpur	25.10.05
4	Chandana	10.0	0	83	0	Jaipur	31.10.05
5	Malinga	10.0	0	81	1	Col-RPS	14.09.09

SL Malinga’s figures – 10.0-0-81-1 – in this game represent the most expensive bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler against India in Sri Lanka. SL Malinga’s figures also represent the most expensive figures by a Sri Lankan bowler in Sri Lanka against all oppositions.

SL Malinga’s figures – 10.0-0-81-1 – in this game represent the second most expensive bowling figures by a bowler in Sri Lanka. The expensive bowling figures are credited to MA Suji of Kenya who had figures of 9.0-0-85-1 against Sri Lanka at Kandy on 06.03.96.

SL Malinga’s figures – 10.0-0-81-1 – in this game represent the 83^rd occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in one day games. His figures also represent the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in one day games.

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ALF de Mel	10.0	0	97	1	Win	Karachi	13.10.86
2	Ramanayake	10.0	0	82	1	Aus	Sharjah	02.05.90
3	Jayasuriya	10.0	0	94	3	Pak	Nairobi-G	04.10.96
4	Vaas	10.0	0	84	1	Inds	Taunton	26.05.99
5	Upashantha	10.0	0	80	0	Ind	Taunton	26.05.99
6	Maharoof	10.0	0	82	1	Ind	Nagpur	25.10.05
7	Chandana	10.0	0	83	0	Inds	Jaipur	31.10.05
8	Muralitharan	10.0	0	99	0	Aus	Sydney	12.01.06
9	Malinga	10.0	0	81	1	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.09

India’s 319 for 5 in this game represent the 329^th occasion of a team posting a total in excess of 300 in the history of one day games. This total also represents the 53rd occasion of India posting 300 plus runs in one day games.

India’s 319 for 5 in this game represent the tenth occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs against Sri Lanka. It is interesting to note that out of these ten occasions, India has posted.300 plus runs on five occasions at Col-RPS and on Sri Lankan soil

India’s 319 for 5 in this game represent the 40^th occasion of various teams posting a total of 300 plus runs against Sri Lanka.

KC Sangakkara was dismissed hit wicket in this game providing the 52^nd occasion of a batsman dismissed hit wicket in the history of one day games. This was the second hit wicket dismissal for KC Sangakkara in one day games – the other occasion was against New Zealand at Dambulla on 13.05.03

KC Sangakkara becomes the sixth batsman in the history of one day games to be dimissed hit wicket on two occasions. Others are – SFA Bacchus of West Indies, AR Border of Australia, SL Campbell of West Indies, RS Kaluwitharana of Sri Lanka and MO Odumbe of Kenya

KC Sangakkara’s dismissal hit wicket in this game provides the eighth occasion of a captain dimissed hit wicket in one day games. The other seven occasions are – JG Wright of New Zealand, AR Border of Australia {twice}, MO Odumbe of Kenya, JV Harris of Canada, BC Lara of West Indies and T Taibu of Zimbabwe.

KC Sangakkara becomes the second captain wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed hti wicket in one day games after T Taibu of Zimbabwe who was dismissed hit wicket against England at Birmingham on 10.09.04.

KC Sangakkara’s dismissal hit wicket in this game provide the eighth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in one day games. The other seven occasions are – NR Mongia of India, DJ Riichardson of South Africa, RS Kaluwitharna of Sri Lanka {twice}, AC Parore of New Zealand, RD Jacobs of West Indies and T Taibu of Zimbabwe.

KC Sangkakra’s dismissal hit wicket in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed hit wicket in one day games. The seven occasiona are – RL Dias, HDPK Dharmasena, RS Kaluwithrana {twice}, KC Sangakkara {twice} and ST Jayasuriya.

Yousuf Pathan collected his first ball duck in this game providing the 144^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in one day games. Yousuf Pathan’s first ball duck in this game represent the 24th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting his first ball duck in a one day game against Sri Lanka,

SL Malinga collected his first ball duck in this game providing the 129^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting the first ball duck in one day games. As far SL Malinga is concerned it was his fifth first ball duck. SL Malinga becomes the ninth Sri Lankan batsman to collect five or more first ball ducks. The others are – UDU Chandana {05}, PA de Silva {06}, ST Jayasuriya {09} RS Kaluwithrana {06} and RS Mahanama {06}, M Muralitharan {11}, WPUJC Vaas {09} and GP Wickramasinghe {07

SL Malinga’s first ball duck in this game provide the 28^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting the first ball duck against India in one day games

Harbhajhan Singh’s five for 56 in this game provide the 314^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game. Harbhajan Singh’s 5 for 56 provide the 33^rd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game.

As far as Harbhajan Singh is concerned, this is the third occasion of his capturing five wickets in a one day game. The other two occasions are – 5 for 45 vs England at Mumbai-BS on 03.02.02 and 5 for 31 against England at Delhi on 28.03.06

Harbhajhan Singh’s five for 56 in this game provide the 20th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game in Sri Lanka. Harbahajan Singh is the second Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in Sri Lanka, the first being A Nehra who had figures of 6 for 59 against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 09.08.05.

Harbhajan Singh’s five for 56 in this game provide the eighth occasion of Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka.

No	Bowler	W	R	Ground	Date
1	J Srinath	5	24	Kanpur	07.11.93
2	M Prabhakar	5	35	Hyd-Ind	18.02.94
3	RR Singh	5	22	Guwahati	22.12.97
4	RR Singh	5	31	Taunton	26.05.99
5	A Nehra	6	59	Col-RPS	09.08.05
6	AB Agarkar	5	44	Pune	03.11.05
7	Z Khan	5	42	Margao	14.02.07
8	Harbhajan Singh	5	56	Col-RPS	14.09.09

World records for ST Jayasuriya and SR Tendulkar in the finals of the Compaq Cup

ST Jayasuriya became the first batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2500 plus runs at a specific venue. He completed 2500 runs at Col-RPS when he was on 22 during his knock of 36 in the game against India on 14.09.09. At the end of this game, his aggregate at Col-RPS stood at 2514.

SR Tendulkar registered his 44th one day hundred when he scored 138 in this game. It was his eighth hundred against Sri Lanka – the most by any batsman against Sri Lanka. The previous record for most hundreds against Sri Lanka was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had scored seven hundreds.

SR Tendulkar’s hundred – 138 – in this game represents the 40^th hundred while he was opening the innings. It was his seventh hundred against Sri Lanka while opening the innings and this hundred puts him on par with Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who also has scored seven hundreds against Sri Lanka while opening the innings.

SR Tendulkar completed 2000 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka when he was on 112 during his knock of 138 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2026. SR Tendulkar remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2000 plus runs against Sri Lanka. The previous record was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had amassed 1999 runs against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar with his 2026 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka now holds the world record for aggregating 2000 plus runs against three specific countries. He has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against Australia {2489} and Pakistan {2165} while opening the innings. Other opening batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against two specific countries are DL Haynes of West Indies{2390 vs Pakistan and 2262 vs Australia} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2690 vs India and 2334 vs Pakistan}

No	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	Runs
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Aus	2489
2	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Pak	2165
3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Srl	2026
1	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Pak	2390
2	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Aus	2262
1	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Ind	2690
2	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Pak	2334

SR Tendulkar with his 138 in this game which was his eight hundred against Sri Lanka remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to score eight hundreds against two specific oppositions. He has scored eight hundreds against Australia and eight hundreds against Sri Lanka which are listed below.

Hundreds against Australia
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	110	v Australia	Col-RPS	09.09.94
2	100	v Australia	Kanpur	07.04.09
3	143	v Australia	Sharjah	22.04.98
4	134	v Australia	Sharjah	24.04.98
5	141	v Australia	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	139	v Australia	Indore	31.03.01
7	100	v Australia	Gwalior	26.10.03
8	117*	v Australia	Sydney	02.03.08
Hundreds against Sri Lanka
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	112*	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	09.04.95
2	137	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02.03.96
3	110	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	128	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	07.07.98
5	120	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29.08.99
6	101	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20.10.00
7	113	v Sri Lanka	Bristol	11.07.02
8	138	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14.09.09

England vs Australia : Fourth One day International at Lord’s : 12.09.09 : Australia won by 07 wickets : Australia lead the seven match one day series 4-0.

Bret Lee’s five for 49 in this game provide the 313^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. Bret Lee’s figures also provide the 56^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickts in one day games.

B Lee’s five for 49 in this game provide the ninth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in one day games. He now stands third in the list of bowlers who have captured most five wicket hauls in one day games. Waqar Younis of Pakistan and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka with 13 and 10 five wicket hauls respectively are ahead of B Lee in terms of five wicket hauls.

B Lee’s five of 49 in this game represent the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket. The nine occasions are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Vs	Opp	Date
1	GJ Gilmour	5	48	Aus	Vs	Win	21.06.75
2	J Garner	5	38	Win	Vs	Eng	23.06.79
3	D Gough	5	44	Eng	Vs	Aus	25.05.97
4	M Muralitharan	5	34	Srl	Vs	Eng	20.09.98
5	DL Vettori	5	30	NZl	Vs	Win	10.07.04
6	MS Kasprowicz	5	47	Aus	Vs	Pak	04.09.04
7	B Lee	5	41	Aus	Vs	Eng	10.07.05
8	FH Edwards	5	45	Win	Vs	Eng	01.07.07
9	B Lee	5	49	Aus	Vs	Eng	12.09.09

B Lee with his 5 for 49 in this game earned the distinction of becoming the only bowler in the history of one day game to capture five wickets on two occasions at Lord’s. His performance read thus

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Vs	Opp	Date
1	B Lee	5	41	Aus	Vs	Eng	10.07.05
2	B Lee	5	49	Aus	Vs	Eng	12.09.09

B Lee’s nine five wicket hauls are listed below. He has three five wicket hauls against England, four against India and one each against South Africa and New Zealand

No	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	5	27	Ind	Adelaide	26.01.00
2	5	30	Eng	Melbourne	25.01.03
3	5	42	NZl	P Elizabeth	11.03.03
4	5	41	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.05
5	5	22	RSA	Melo’ne- Dock	20.01.06
6	5	38	Ind	Kuala Lumpur	22.09.06
7	5	27	Ind	Brisbane	03.02.09
8	5	58	Ind	Sydney	24.02.08
9	5	49	Eng	Lord’s	12.09.09

B Lee’s five for 49 in this game provide the seventh occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets against England. The complete list read thus

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	GJ Gilmour	6	14	Leeds	18.06.75
2	GS Chappell	5	20	Birmingham	04.06.77
3	GJ Cosier	5	18	Birmingham	04.06.77
4	B Lee	5	30	Melbourne	25.01.03
5	AJ Bichel	7	20	P Elizabeth	02.03.03
6	B Lee	5	41	Lord’s	10.07.05
7	B Lee	5	49	Lord’s	12.09.09

B Lee’s five for 49 in this game represent his third five wicket haul against England. With his five for 49 in this game, B Lee earns the record for most five wicket haul against England. Other bowlers to have captured five or more wickets against England on two occasions are – J Garner of West Indies and Harbhajan Singh of India.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 105th occasion of an England batsman registering a fifty in a one day game against Australia

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 13th occasion of a England captain registering a fifty in a one day game against Australia. It also represents the second fifty by AJ Strauss as captain in a one day game against Australia.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 83rd occasion of a England captain registering a fifty in a one day game against various oppositions. It also represents the eighth fifty by AJ Strauss as captain in a one day game against various oppositions.

AJ Strauss became the fifth England captain to register eight or more fifties against various oppositions. The other four are – N Hussain {13}, MP Vaughan {11}, MA Atherton {10} and GA Gooch {08}.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 39th occasion of an England captain-cum-opening batsman registering a fifty in a one day game against various oppositions. It also represents the eight fifty by AJ Strauss as captain-cum-opening batsman in a one day game against various oppositions.

AJ Strauss became the third England captain-cum-opening batsman to register seven or more fifties. The other two are – MA Atherton {09} and GA Gooch {08).

AJ Strauss became the sixth captain to register a fifty at Lord’s when he made 63 in this game. Others are MA Atherton of England – 127 vs West Indies on 28.05.95, AJ Stewert of England – 88 vs Sri Lanka on 14.05.99. JM Brearley of England – 64 vs West Indies on 23.06.79, AJ Strauss of England – 63 vs Australia on 12.09.09, DI Gower of England – 61 vs Australia on 29.05.89 and MA Taylor of Australia – 57 vs England on 23.05.99

AJ Strauss with his 63 in this game became the second England captain to register a fifty against Australia at Lord’s. DI Gower of England who had scored 61 on 29.05.89 was the other England captain. Thus AJ Strauss’s 63 represent the highest individual score by an England captain against Australia at Lord’s.

TD Paines’ 51 and MJ Clarke’s 62 not out in this game provide the 123^rd and 124^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against England. It was the first fifty for TD Paine and fourth fifty for MJ Clarke against Australia.

TD Paine with his 51 in this game registered his maiden one day fifty. It also represents the 39^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman registering a fifty against England.

TD Paine became the sixth Australian opening batsman to register a fifty against England at Lord’s. The complete list read thus

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Stackpole	52	Eng	Lord’s	26.08.72
2	GM Wood	*114	Eng	Lord’s	03.06.85
3	GR Marsh	*111	Eng	Lord’s	29.05.89
4	MA Taylor	57	Eng	Lord’s	23.05.93
5	ME Waugh	95	Eng	Lord’s	25.05.97
6	TD Paine	51	Eng	Lord’s	12.09.09

TD Paine earns the distinction of becoming the first Australian wicket keeper opening batsman to register a fifty against England at Lord’s with his 51 in this game. He also became the first Australain wicket keeper to score a fifty at Lord’s.

TD Paine’s 59 in this game represent the third fifty by an Australian wicket keeper at Lord’s against various oppositions. Others are – AC Gilchirst – 54 vs Pakistan on 20.06.99 and AC Gilchrist – 76* vs Pakistan on 23.06.01.

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a captain registering a fifty at Lord’s. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Date
1	JM Brearley	64	Eng	Vs	Win	23.06.79
2	DI Gower	61	Eng	Vs	Aus	29.05.89
3	MA Taylor	57	Aus	Vs	Eng	23.05.93
4	MA Atherton	127	Eng	Vs	Win	28.05.95
5	AJ Stewart	88	Eng	Vs	Srl	14.05.99
6	SC Ganguly	60	Ind	Vs	Eng	13.07.02
7	SP Fleming	67	NZl	Vs	Win	10.07.04
8	SC Ganguly	90	Ind	Vs	Eng	05.09.04
9	AJ Strauss	63	Eng	Vs	Aus	12.09.09

TD Paine’s 51 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering a fifty at Lord’s in a one day game. TD Paine’s knock also represent the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman registering a fifty at Lord’s.

England’s loss in this game represents its 19^th loss against various teams at Lord’s in a one day game. This loss also represents England’s sixth loss against Australia at Lord’s. The complete list read thus

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	lost	005 wkts	Aus	Lord’s	26.08.72
2	Eng	lost	006 wkts	Aus	Lord’s	29.05.89
3	Eng	lost	019 runs	Aus	Lord’s	23.05.93
4	Eng	lost	007 wkts	Aus	Lord’s	10.07.05
5	Eng	lost	039 runs	Aus	Lord’s	06.09.09
6	Eng	lost	007 wkts	Aus	Lord’s	12.09.09