First Semi Finals : Australia vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09 : Australia won by nine wickets and advances to Finals

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the 79th occasion of two batsmen registering hundreds in an innings in the history of one day games. As far as Australia is concerned the feat by Watson and Ponting provides the tenth such instance.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 24th occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket in the history of one day games. This stand also represents the fourth occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket by England batsmen in one day games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 150^th occasion of a three figure stand by England batsmen in one day games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the second occasion of a three figure stand for the seventh wicket in the ICC Trophy Championship Trophy games. The other occasion was 103 runs stand between JDP Oram and DL Vettori in the match between New Zealand and Australia at Mohali on 01.11.06. Thus the 107 runs stand between LJ Wright and TM Bresnan in this game represents the record seventh wicket partnership in the tournament.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 52nd occasion of a three figure stand for various wickets in the ICC Trophy Championship Trophy games.

LJ Wright and TM Bresnan added 107 runs for the seventh wicket providing the 35^th occasion of a three figure stand by England batsmen against Australia in one day games. This stand represent the first three figure stand for the seventh wicket by England batsmen against Australia in one day games. The previous best was 93 run stand between KP Pietersen and VS Solanki at The Oval on 12.07.05

TT Bresnan registered his maiden one day fifty when he made 80 in this game. His previous best was 31 not out against Australia at Southampton on 09.09.09 and 31 not out against Australia at Nottingham on 17.09.09

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the third occasion of two batsmen registering hundreds in an innings in the tournament. The other two occasions are witnessed in the game between India and England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 {Indian batsmen – V Sehwag – 126 and SC Ganguly – 117*} and England and West Indies at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06 {West Indian batsmen – CH Gayle – 101 and DJ Bravo – 112*}

There are two curious coincidences in these three occasions. The first was that the all the three occasions of two batsmen scoring hundreds have come against England. The second is that in all the three occasions, at least an opening has scored a hundred. V Sehwag and SC Ganguly on the first occasion, CH Gayle on the second occasion and ST Watson on the third occasion

SR Watson {136*] and RT Ponting {111*} registered hundreds in this game providing the fourth occasion of two batsmen registering unbeaten hundreds in thee history of one day games. The other three occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
	Batsman	Score	Batsman	Score
1	Sri Lanka	vs	Pakstan	Lahore	05.11.97
	ST Jayasuriya	102*	RS Mahanama	102*
2	India	Vs	Zimbabwe	Cuttack	09.04.98
	MA Azharddin	153*	AD Jadeja	116*
3	India	Vs	Kenya	Bristol	23.05.99
	R Dravid	104*	SR Tendulkar	140*

SR Watson’s 136 in this game represent his third one day hundred and also his highest one day score. The other two hundreds are – 126 vs West Indies at St George’s 29.06.08 and 116 not out against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 03.05.09

RT Ponting registered his 28^th one day hundred and 98th one day fifty when he made 111 not out in this game. His 98 one day fifties puts him second in the list of batsmen who have scored 90 plus one day fifties. The following is the list of batsmen who have scored 90 plus fifties in one day games – SR Tendulkar {135}, RT Ponting {98}, ST Jayasuriya {96}, R Dravid {94}, SC Ganguly {94} and Inzamam-ul-Huq {93}.

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 252 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game providing the tenth occasion of a 250 plus runs partnership in the history of one day games. The ten partnerships are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Second	331	Dravid	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	NZl	Hyd-Ind	08.11.99
2	Second	318	Dravid	Ganguly
	Ind	Vs	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
3	First	286	Jayasuriya	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
4	Fourth	275*	Azharuddin	A Jadeja
	Ind	Vs	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
5	First	274	McCullum	JMarshall
	NZl	Vs	Ire	Aberdeen	01.07.08
6	Second	263	A Sohail	Inzamam
	Pak	Vs	NZl	Sharjah	20.04.94
7	First	258	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
8	Second	257	A Razzaq	S Elahi
	Pak	Vs	RSA	PElizabeth	11.12.02
9	Second	252*	Watson	Ponting
	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
10	First	252	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	Vs	Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game provides the second 250 plus runs stand against England in one day games. The two stands are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	First	286	Jayasuriya	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
2	Second	252*	Watson	Ponting
	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game provides the second 200 plus runs stand in the ICC Trophy Championship games. The other stand of 200 plus runs was 206 runs partnership between Shoaib Malik and Mohd Yousuf in the match between Pakistan and India at Centurion on 26.09.09. Thus the 252 runs unfinished stand between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game represents the highest three figure partnership in the tournament.

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game represents the record three figure partnership by Australian batsmen in one day games. Their previous best stand was 237 runs stand between RT Ponting and A Symonds against Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12.02.06.

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game represents the 70^th occasion of 200 plus runs partnerships in the history of one day games.

252 runs unfinished partnership between SR Watson and RT Ponting in this game represents the 14th occasion of 200 plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen in one day games. India {15}, Australia {14} and Pakistan {13} are the only three teams to have posted 200 plus runs partnerships on 13 or more occasions.

RT Ponting’s 111 not out in this game provide the 38^th occasion of a batsman scoring 111 or 111 not out in the history of one day games. It was the third occasion for RT Ponting to score 111 or 111 not out in one day games. The other two occasions are – 111 against England at Lord’s on 10.07.05 and 111 against New Zealand at Perth on 28.01.07.

RT Ponting with his scores of 111 or 111 not out is now on par with BC Lara of West Indies who also has to his credit three scores of 111 or 111 not out. It is interesting to note that both these two batsmen have scored 111 or 111 not out on two occasions against South Africa and England.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	BC Lara	111*	Win	Vs	RSA	Bloemfontein	23.02.93
2	BC Lara	111	Win	Vs	RSA	Karachi	11.03.96
3	BC Lara	111	Win	Vs	Ken	Col-SSC	17.09.02
1	RT Ponting	111	Aus	Vs	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.05
2	RT Ponting	111	Aus	Vs	NZl	Perth	28.01.07
3	RT Ponting	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

RT Ponting’s 111 not out in this game represent the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring 111 or 111 not out against England in one day games, which are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Gratebatch	111	NZl	Vs	Eng	The Oval	25.05.90
2	GR Marsh	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Lor’ds	29.05.90
3	TD Paine	111	Aus	Vs	Eng	Nottingham	17.09.09
4	RT Ponting	111	Aus	Vs	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.05
5	RT Ponting	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

RT Ponting remains the only batsman to score 111 or 111 not out on two occasions against England.

RT Ponting becomes the third batsman in the world to register two scores of 111 or 111 not out against a specific opposition. The other two batsmen are – SC Ganguly of India {vs Kenya} and BC Lara of West Indies {vs South Africa}

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RT Ponting	111	Aus	Vs	Eng	Lord’s	10.07.05
2	RT Ponting	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
1	SC Ganguly	111	Ind	Vs	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
2	SC Ganguly	111*	Ind	Vs	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
1	BC Lara	111*	Win	Vs	RSA	Bloemfontein	23.02.93
2	BC Lara	111	Win	Vs	RSA	Karachi	11.03.96

TD Paine pouched five catches in this game and his effort provides the 68^th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in the history of one day games. His five catches effor in this game represent the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals against England in one day games.

TD Paine’s five catches haul in this game represent the fourth occasion of an Australin wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals against England in one day games. The other three occasions are – RW Marsh (five – all caught} at Leeds on 08.06.81, AC Gilchrist {six – five ct plus 01 st} at Sydney on 23.01.03 and AC Gilchrist {five – all caught} at Jaipur on 21.10.06.

TD Paine’s five catches haul in this game represent the second occasion of a wicket keeper effecting five dismissals in the tournament. The other wicket keeper who has effected five dismissals is AC Gilchrist {five – all caught} at Jaipur on 21.10.06.

SR Watson {136*} and RT Ponting {111*} became the sixth and seventh batsmen to register hundreds in the semi final fixture of ICC Championship Trophy games. This is the first occasion that Australian batsmen have scored hundreds in semi finals of the tournament. The batsmen who have registered hundreds are listed below with their performances.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Kallis	113*	RSA	Vs	Srl	Dhaka	30.10.98
2	S Anwar	104	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
3	Ganguly	141*	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
4	Gibbs	116*	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
5	Gayle	133*	Win	Vs	RSA	Jaipur	02.11.06
6	Watson	136*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
7	Ponting	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

Australia’s nine wickets win in this game provides the eighthoccasion of a win by nine wickets in the tournament, which are listed below

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Pak	9 wkts	195	Srl	Nairobi	08.10.00
2	Aus	9 wkts	130	Ban	Col-SSC	19.09.02
3	Pak	9 wkts	137	Net	Col-SSC	21.09.02
4	RSA	9 wkts	94	Ban	Birmingham	12.09.04
5	Aus	9 wkts	66	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
6	Win	9 wkts	86	Zim	Ahmedabad	08.10.06
7	Srl	9 wkts	81	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
8	Aus	9 wkts	258	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

Australia is the only team in the tournament to win a game by nine wickets in the tournament which include the win in this game

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	9 wkts	130	Ban	Col-SSC	19.09.02
2	Aus	9 wkts	66	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
3	Aus	9 wkts	258	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09

Australia win by nine wickets in this game provides the sixth occasion of a team winning the game by chasing a target of 250 plus in the tournament. Australia remains the only team to win by a margin of nine wickets while chasing a target of 250 plus runs.

No	Team	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RSA	6 wkts	282	Eng	Dhaka	25.10.98
2	Ind	8 wkts	270	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
3	Eng	6 wkts	260	Aus	Birmingham	21,09.04
4	Win	6 wkts	259	RSA	Jaipur	02.11.06
5	Aus	9 wkts	258	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
6	Aus	6 wkts	250	Ind	Mohali	29.10.06

England earns a dubious record of losing most games {three games} in the tournament after setting a target of 250 plus runs which includes this game.

No	Team	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RSA	6 wkts	282	Eng	Dhaka	25.10.98
2	Ind	8 wkts	270	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
3	Aus	9 wkts	258	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09