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RT Ponting completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 69 during his knock of 74 in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. At the end of the game he had an aggregate of 1005.

With the aggregate of 1005 runs in 2009, RT Ponting has aggregate 1000 plus runs in six calendar years – in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman and third batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1000 plus runs in six or more calendar years. The other two are SR Tendulkar {seven} and SC Ganguly {six}. SR Tendulkar’s 1000 plus runs in seven calendar years remains the world record for a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in most calendar years in the history of one day games.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	Ganguly	Ind	38	1338	113	41.81	1997
2	Ganguly	Ind	36	1328	124	41.50	1998
3	Ganguly	Ind	41	1767	183	46.50	1999
4	Ganguly	Ind	32	1579	144	56.39	2000
5	Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
6	Ganguly	Ind	32	1240	098	44.28	2007
1	Ponting	Aus	24	1166	145	53.00	1998
2	Ponting	Aus	32	1038	87*	39.92	1999
3	Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
4	Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
5	Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
6	Ponting	Aus	24	1005	126	43.69	2009
1	Tendulkar	Ind	25	1089	115	47.34	1994
2	Tendulkar	Ind	32	1611	137	53.70	1996
3	Tendulkar	Ind	39	1011	117	30.63	1997
4	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1894	143	65.31	1998
5	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1328	146	39.05	2000
6	Tendulkar	Ind	21	1141	152	57.05	2003
7	Tendulkar	Ind	33	1425	100*	47.50	2007

When B Lee got the wicket of Indian opening batsman V Sehwag caught by TD Paine in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09, he captured his 50th wicket against India. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee’s feat of 50 wickets in India provides the 43rd occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets against a specific opposition. All the 43 occasions are listed in the descending order of wickets taken by bowlers

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W	Best
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Pak	63	2318	94	5/23
2	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Srl	59	1929	92	4/24
3	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Win	64	2276	89	5/38
4	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	Srl	51	2046	84	6/26
5	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	NZl	37	1252	79	6/30
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74	7/30
7	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	V	Pak	82	2587	71	5/17
8	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	V	Ind	61	2213	70	5/14
9	CEL Ambrose	Win	V	Pak	44	1473	69	5/53
10	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	NZl	39	1261	68	5/09
11	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Aus	49	1838	67	5/21
12	CA Walsh	Win	V	Pak	52	1787	65	4/16
13	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	NZl	38	1187	64	5/19
14	CJ McDermott	Aus	V	Win	35	1224	63	4/34
15	CEL Ambrose	Win	V	Aus	41	1330	61	5/17
16	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	V	Pak	56	2012	61	3/30
17	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	Win	43	1618	60	5/52
18	SK Warne	Aus	V	RSA	45	1718	60	4/29
19	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60	4/35
20	GD McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59	5/37
21	GD McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58	4/24
22	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	RSA	32	1444	58	5/25
23	GD McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57	5/27
24	SM Pollock	RSA	V	Aus	45	1673	57	5/36
25	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	V	Ind	36	1390	57	5/45
26	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Zim	30	832	56	5/23
27	Aaqib Javed	Pak	V	Ind	39	1331	54	7/37
28	J Garner	Win	V	Aus	34	1076	54	5/31
29	Imran Khan	Pak	V	Win	49	1559	54	4/37
30	A Kumble	Ind	V	Pak	34	1310	54	4/12
31	J Srinath	Ind	V	Pak	36	1657	54	4/49
32	B Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53	5/30
33	GD McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53	4/25
34	IR Bishop	Win	V	Pak	31	1261	52	5/25
35	MA Holding	Win	V	Aus	35	1185	52	5/26
36	EJ Chatfield	NZl	V	Aus	34	1049	51	5/34
37	D Gough	Eng	V	RSA	29	1084	51	4/29
38	B Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51	5/42
39	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Aus	37	1585	51	4/27
40	SM Pollock	RSA	V	Srl	35	1219	51	4/18
41	J Srinath	Ind	V	NZl	30	1041	51	4/23
42	SK Warne	Aus	V	Win	27	1045	50	5/33
43	B Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50	5/27

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India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : First One day game: at Vadodara on 25.10.09 : Australia won the match four runs and lead the seven match series 1-0

The seven match one day series between India and Australia is the 21^st one day series in which seven or more matches are played. The following table shows the twenty series played prior to the start of this series.

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

This seven match one day series against Australia is India’s sixth home series involving seven games and second home series against Australia. India has played two seven match home series against West Indies in 1987-88 and 2002-03. India has played one seven match home series against Australia in 2007-08

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7
2	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7
3	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7
4	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7
5	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7

Apart from five home seven match one day series, India has played three such series on away soil – in South Africa {1992-93}, in New Zealand {2002-03} and in England {2007}

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
2	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7
3	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7

India has played eight seven match one day series and would be playing its ninth series against Australia. India playing nine seven match one day series – six on home soil and three on away series – is a record in the history of one day games, as no other country has played nine seven match one day series.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7
2	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
3	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7
4	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7
5	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7
6	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7
7	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7
8	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7

India by playing its ninth seven match one day series against Australia, wrested South Africa’s record of eight seven match one day series – seven at home and one away

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1993	94	8
2	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
3	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	1995	96	7
4	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1996	97	7
5	RSA	Vs	Win	RSA	1998	99	7
6	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	2001	02	7
7	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	2004	05	7
8	Win	Vs	RSA	Win	2000	01	7

Today’s game is Australia’s its 721^st One day game. Of the previous 720 games it has won 444 games, lost 245 games, tied eight games and 23 games have ended as No result games. India on the other hand would be playing 722^nd one day game. Of the previous 721 games, it has won 349 games, lost 346 games, tied three games and 33 games have ended as No result games

India remains the only country in the history of one day games to win 300 plus games and lose 300 plus games.

Australia carved its 142^nd win under RT Ponting’s captaincy. He has led Australia in 194 games.

Australia’s win by four runs in this game provides the 15^th four run win in the history of one day games. The 15 wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Won	Margin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Ind	won	4 runs	Pak	Quetta	01.10.78
2	Pak	won	4 runs	Ind	Sharjah	23.10.91
3	Win	won	4 runs	Pak	Adelaide	12.12.92
4	Aus	won	4 runs	Win	Melbourne	15.12.92
5	RSA	won	4 runs	Win	Cape Town	17.02.93
6	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	Manchester	19.05.93
7	Ind	won	4 runs	Win	Vizag	07.11.94
8	Win	won	4 runs	Srl	Sharjah	16.10.95
9	NZl	won	4 runs	Win	Georgetown	03.04.96
10	Srl	won	4 runs	RSA	Johannesburg	17.01.01
11	NZl	won	4 runs	Pak	Wellington	17.01.04
12	Ind	won	4 runs	Srl	Col-RPS	27.07.04
13	Ire	won	4 runs	Ken	Dublin	12.07.09
14	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	The Oval	04.09.09
15	Aus	won	4 runs	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

Australia carved its fourth four run win which are listed below. It is their second four run win in less than two months. On 04.09.09, it had held its nerves to beat England at The Ova by four runa

No	Team	Won	Margin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Aus	won	4 runs	Win	Melbourne	15.12.92
2	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	Manchester	19.05.93
3	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	The Oval	04.09.09
4	Aus	won	4 runs	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

Australia won the toss in this game and elected to bat first providing the 36^th occasion of Australia winning the toss and electing to bat first in India-Australia one day series. This instance also provide the 14^th such instance on Indian soil

RT Ponting was playing his 50^th one day game against India. He became the second Australian cricketer to play 50 plus one day games against India after SR Waugh who has played 53 one day games.

RT Ponting was playing his 50^th one day innings against India when he batted in this game to become the first Australian batsman to play 50 innings against India.

RT Ponting hit a six of Ashish Nehra which gave him the Australian record for most sixes against India. It was his 28^th six against India and he wrested the record of 27 sixes scored by A Symonds. At the end of this game, RT Ponting has 29 sixes to his credit against India

RT Ponitng has another Australian record against India. It was the captaincy record. He now has led Australia on 28 occasions against India – the most number of occasions by an Australian captain. The previous record was 27 which was held by AR Border.

RT Ponting was leading Australia on 194^th occasion in this game, which places him second in the list of captains who have led their country on most occasions. SP Fleming who has captained New Zealand on 218 occasions to his credit is at the top of the list. While gaining the second place, RT Ponting went past A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka who had led Sri Lanka on 193 occasions.

TD Paine became Ishant Sharma’s 50^th one day victim. Ishant Sharma had an aggregate of 49 one day wickets prior to the start of this game and his three wickets in this game swelled his total aggreagate of wickets to 52

TD Paine made exact 50 in this game which provides the 16^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring fifty plus runs against India. TD Paine registered his second fifty against India, the first one being his 56 at Centurion on 28.09.09.

TD Paine’s 50 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman who has opened the innings registering a fifty against India.

TD Paine became the 35^th wicket keeper batsman to score 50 or 50 not out in the history of one day internationals. He is the fifth wicket keeper opening batsman to register exact 50 in one day games. The five wicket keeper batsmen are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Zoehrer	50	Aus	Win	Sydney	06.02.87
2	Stewart	50	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	20.05.92
3	Kaluwitharana	50	Srl	Win	Perth	14.01.96
4	Nevin	50	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	15.04.01
5	Paine	50	Aus	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

RT Ponting scored 74 in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of his scoring a fifty when he was leading Australia {20 centuries and 43 half centuries}. His knock represents the 99^th fifty as a batsman {28 hundreds and 71 half centuries}

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the 35^th occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals. As far as Australia is concerned, this instance provides the fifth such occasion. The other four occasions are – against Sri Lanka at The Oval on 11.06.75, against New Zealand at Christchurch on 10.12.05, against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06 and against West Indies at Basseterre on 06.07.08

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the first occasion of four Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India.

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the very first occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India in the history of one day games

Praveen Kumar conceded 77 runs in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings. Praveen Kumar conceded 77 runs without a wicket in this game providing the 18th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs without capturing a wicket

Praveen Kumar’s 10.0-0-77-0 provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding seventy plus runs against Australia. He becomes the fourth Indian bowler to concede seventy plus runs without a wicket against Australia. The other three are J Srinath {none of 87 at Jo’burg on 23.02.03}, A Nehra {none for 80 at Bangalore on 12 Nov 03} and IK Pathan {none for 73 at Sydney on 24.02.08}

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-70-2 in this game providing the 15^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy runs in India-Australia one day series. SR Watson became the seventh Australian bowler to concede seventy plus runs against India.

Praveen Kumar of India and SR Watson of Australia conceded 77 runs and 70 runs respectively in this game providing the second occasion of rival bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in India-Australia one day series. The other occasion as Bangalore on 12.11.03 when A Nehra {Ind} and IJ Harvey {Aus} conceded 80 and 71 respectively

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Nehra	0	80	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
2	Harvey	2	71	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	12.11.03
1	PKumar	0	77	Ind	Aus	Vadodara	25.10.09
2	Watson	2	70	Aus	Ind	Vadodara	25.1.0.09

SR Watson’s figures of 10.0-0-70-2 in this game provide the 39^th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs against various oppositions.

Praveen Kumar of India and SR Watson of Australia conceded 77 runs and 70 runs respectively in this game providing the 28th occasion of rival bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in the history of one day games.

Harbhajan Singh’s lone wicket in this game – that of AC Voges – gave him the 25^th Australian wicket.

CL White registered his fourth one day fifty when he made 51 in this game. It was his first fifty against India. The other three are – 105 vs England at Southampton on 09.09.09, 62 vs New Zealand at Centurion on 06.10.09 and 53 vs England at The Oval on 04.10.09. MEK Hussey scored 73 in this game which was his 25^th one day half century and 27^th one day fifty.

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of half centuries by Australian batsman against India to “Nelson” – 111

Prior to the start of the series, RT Ponting has played 324 one day games. His appearance in the first one day game of the series gave him 325 one day appearances which put him on par with SR Waugh who also has 325 appearances. {RT Ponting’s 324 appearances prior to the start of the game include one appearance for ICC Eleven}

When B Lee got the wicket of Indian opening batsman V Sehwag caught by TD Paine he captured his 50th wicket against India. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee became the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. The six bowlers list is furnished below

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74
2	Vaas	Srl	V	Ind	61	2213	70
3	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60
4	SaqlainMushtaq	Pak	V	Ind	36	1390	57
5	AaqibJaved	Pak	V	Ind	39	1331	54
6	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50

B Lee became the second Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions, after GD McGrath. B Lee has an aggregate of 53 wickets against England and 51 wickets against New Zealand and 50 wickets against India. GD McGrath has an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against four specific oppositions – 59 against New Zealand, 58 against South Africa, 57 against Pakistan and 53 against England.

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
2	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
3	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50
1	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
2	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
3	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
4	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53

B Lee, with 50 wickets against India, became the fifth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions. The other four are GD McGrath of Australia {against four oppositions}, Waqar Younis of Pakistan {against four oppositions}, M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {against five oppositions} and Wasim Akram of Pakistan {against five oppositions}

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
2	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
3	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50
1	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
2	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
3	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
4	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53
1	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	Srl	51	2046	84
2	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	NZl	37	1252	79
3	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	Win	43	1618	60
4	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	RSA	32	1444	58
1	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Pak	63	2318	94
2	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74
3	Muralitharan	Srl	V	NZl	39	1261	68
4	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Zim	30	0832	56
5	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Aus	37	1585	51
1	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Srl	59	1929	92
2	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Win	64	2276	89
3	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Aus	49	1838	67
4	WasimAkram	Pak	V	NZl	38	1187	64
5	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60

B Lee’s 50 wickets aggregate against India provide the 43rd occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets against a specific opposition. His 50 wickets against India provides the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing fifty plus wickets against a specific opposition.

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	Ws
1	McDermott	Aus	V	Win	35	1224	63
2	Warne	Aus	V	RSA	45	1718	60
3	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
4	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
5	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
6	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
7	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53
8	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
9	Warne	Aus	V	Win	27	1045	50
10	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50

Praveen Kumar’s 40 not out in this game provides the highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number nine against Australia in one day games. The previous best was Zaheer Khan’s 31 not out at Mumbai on 17.10.07

RT Ponting took one catch in this game to take his aggregate of catches to 141. He now stands third in the list of fieldsmen who have most catches in one dayers. DPMD Jayawardene {165} and M Azharuddin {156} occupy the first two places in the list.

RT Ponting took one catch in this game to take his aggregate of catches to 15 against India. Other Australian fieldsmen who have 15 or more catches against India are – AR Border {17}, SR Waugh {16}, A Symonds {15} and ME Waugh {15}.

G Gambhir’s 68 in this game represent the 90^th half century by an Indian batsman against Australia in one day games. This knock also represents the 19^th half century by an Indian batsman batting at number three against Australia.

RT Ponting {74} and G Gambhir {68} scored fifties respectively while batting at number in this game providing the fourth occasion of rival batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number three in India-Australia one day series. The other three occasions are – at Sharjah on 05.04.87 {DC Boon-52 and Azharuddin-84}, at Dunedin on 22.02.95 {RT Ponting-62 and NS Sidhu-54} and at Sydney on 24.02.08 {RT Ponting-124 and G Gambhir-113}

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents India’s record partnership for the eighth wicket in one day games. The previous best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsman was the 82 runs unfinished stand between Kapil Dev and KS More against New Zealand at Bangalore on 14.10.87

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents India’s record partnership against Australia for the eighth wicket in one day games. The previous best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsman against Australia was the 42 runs stand between MS Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh at Brisbane on 03.02.08

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents the third best stand for the eighth wicket against Australia. The other two partnerships are by Pakistan batsmen – 92 runs between Mohd Yousuf and Shoiab Akthar at Karchi on 08.11.98 and 88 runs unfinished stand between Mohd Yousuf and Wasim Akram at Brisbane on 19.06.02

RT Ponting completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 69 during his knock of 74 in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. At the end of the game he had an aggregate of 1005.

With the aggregate of 1005 runs in 2009, RT Ponting has aggregate 1000 plus runs in six calendar years – 1166 runs in 1998, 1038 runs in 1999, 1154 runs in 2003, 1191 runs in 2005, 1424 runs in 2007 and 1005 runs in 2009.

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman and third batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1000 plus runs in six or more calendar years. The other two are SR Tendulkar {seven} and SC Ganguly {six}. SR Tendulkar’s 1000 plus runs in seven calendar years remains the world record for a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in most calendar years in the history of one day games.

Harbhajan Singh completed 1000 runs of his ODI Career during this game when he was on 43 during his knock of 49 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 1006. He became 29^th Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in one day games

Harbhajan Singh’s 49 in this game represent his highest individual score in one day games. His previous best was 46 against Australia at Vizag on 03.04.01

Crickick.com brings to its viewers the second part of the Approaching milestones ahead of the seven match one day series between India and Australia. The first match starts at Vadodara on 25.10.09, that is, tomorrow. It is a day game. Read on the interesting and researched article on Approaching milestones

Bret Lee {49} holds the record for most wickets by an Australian bowler against India. B Lee’s 49 wickets is a India-Australia series record for most wickets by a bowler.. He needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. He would then become the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. He would earn the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee would become the second Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions, after GD McGrath. B Lee has an aggregate of 53 wickets against England and 51 wickets against New Zealand and needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. GD McGrath has an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against four specific oppositions – 59 against New Zealand, 58 against South Africa, 57 against Pakistan and 53 against England.

B Lee, if he gets one wicket against India, would become the fifth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions. The other four are GD McGrath of Australia {against four oppositions}, Waqar Younis of Pakistan {against four oppositions}, M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {against five oppositions} and Wasim Akram of Pakistan {against five oppositions}

RT Ponting and A Symonds share the Australian record for most sixes against India. Both the batsman have hit 27 sixes. One more six for RT Ponting would give him 28 sixes against India and with it the record for most sixes against India.

Yuvraj Singh and Kapil Dev have scored 11 sixes against Australia. One more six by Yuvraj Singh would give him 12 sixes and with it the second place amongst the Indian batsmen who have hit most sixes against Australia. SR Tendulkar has to his credit 31 sixes against Australia.

R Dravid has hit 82 boundary fours against Australia. SC Ganguly and K Srikkanth have 83 boundary fours to their credit. Two more boundary fours for R Dravid would give him 84 boundary fours against Australia and with it the second place amongst the Indian batsmen who have hit most boundary fours against Australia. SR Tendulkar has to his credit 289 boundary fours against Australia.

SR Tendulkar has to his credit 39 not outs in his one day career. He needs two more not outs to surpass R Dravid’s 40 not outs and if he gets there he would be the third Indian batsman who have most not outs in their one day career. The other two are M Azharudding {54} and A Kumble {47}. One more not out for SR Tendulkar would place him in the joint third place with R Dravid who has 40 not outs to his credit.

A double Nelson – 222 runs – would give RT Ponting 2000 runs against India. Prior to the start of the series he has an aggregate of 1778 runs against India. If he gets 2000 plus runs against India, RT Ponting would become the fourth batsman in the world to aggregate 2000 plus runs against India. The other three are – ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2848}, Inzamam-ul-Huq of Pakistan {2403} and Saeed Anwar of Pakistan {2002}.

If RT Ponting gets 2000 runs against India, he would become the first Australian batsman and also first non-Asian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against India.

If RT Ponting gets 2000 runs against India, he would become the first Australian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition. He would become the 14^th batsman in the world to aggregate 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition.

RT Ponting and BA Williams share the record for most ducks by an Australian batsman against India. Both the batsmen have failed to open the account on three occasions. One more duck for RT Ponitng would give him his fourth duck against India and with it the record of most ducks by an Australian batsman against India.

MS Dhoni has six stumping dismissals to his credit against Australia. CS Pandit {08} and NR Mongia {07} have more stumping dismissals than MS Dhoni. Three more stumping dismissals for MS Dhoni would give him nine stumping dismissals and with it the record of most stumping dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper against Australia.

SR Tendulkar has taken 28 catches against Australia prior to the start of this series. Two more catches for him would give him 30 catches and with it the record of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 30 catches against Australia.

SR Tendulkar’s 30 catches against Australia would make him sixth fieldsman in the world to pouch 30 plus catches against a specific opposition. The others are M Azharuddin of India against Pakistan {44}, AR Border of Australia against New Zealand {33 catches}, CL Hooper of West Indies against Pakistan {33}, RS Mahanama of Sri Lanka against Pakistan {32} and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka against Pakistan {31}

SR Tendulkar’s 30 catches against Australia would make him the second Indian fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches against a specific opposition after M Azharuddin who has pouched 44 catches against Pakistan which represent the world record for most catches against a specific opposition.

The following are the key statistics of the Champions League T20 which was concluded yesterday.

The only tied game of the tournament was between Diamond Eagles and Sussex Sharks at Delhi on 13.10.09. Diamond Eagles won the game on one over eliminator.

Trinidad & Tobago’s 214 for 3 against Diamond Eagles at Hyderabad on 18.10.09 is the highest total posted by a team in the tournament. This total also represent the only occasion of a team posting a total in excess of 200 runs in the tournament.

Cape Cobra’s 84 all out against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 19.10.09 remains the only total of a team dismisses all out for a total of less than 100 runs in the tournament. This total also represent the lowest completed innings in the tournament

JP Duminy of Cape Cobras {224}, DA Wanrer of New South Wales {207} and PJ Hughes of New South Wales {202} are the three batsmen who have aggregated 200 plus runs in the tournament. JP Duminy with 224 runs has the most runs in the tournament.

AG Puttick of Cape Cobras with his 104 not out against Otago Volts remains the only centurion of the tournament. His knock not only represents the highest individual score by a batsman but also represent the only hundred by a captain in the tournament.

LRPL Taylor of Royal Challengers Bangalore, JP Duminy of Cape Cobras and PJ Hughes of New South Wales share the record for most fifties in the tournament. All the three batsmen have registered two fifties.

RJ Quiney of Victoria holds the record for most zeroes in the tournament with three zeroes to his credit.

KA Pollard of Trinidad & Tobago with his 14 sixes holds the record for most sixes by a batsman in the tournament. LRPL Taylor of Royal Challengers, Bangalore with 11 sixes and JP Duminy of Cape Cobras with 10 sixes are the other two batsmen who have scored ten or more sixes in the tournament.

Most sixes in an innings in the tournament is five and is shared by JP Duminy of Cape Cobras, KA Pollard of Trinidad & Tobago and B Lee of New South Wales.

DJ Bravo of Trinidad & Tobago with 12 wickets to his earned the record for most wickets in the tournament. MC Henriques of New South Wales and CJ Mckay of Victoria with ten wickets each are the other two bowlers to aggregate ten or more wickets in the tournament.

CJD de Villers of Diamond Eagles, AB McDonald of Victoria, DJ Bravo of Trinidad & Tobago and DP Nannes of Delhi Daredevils are the four bowlers who have caprured four wickets in the tournament.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	deVilliers	4	17	Eagles	Somerset	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
2	McDonald	4	21	Victoria	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09
3	DJBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
4	Nannes	4	24	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09

CJD de Villers of Diamond Eagles with his 4 for 17 against Somerset at Hyderabad on 16.10.09 has the best bowling figures in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4.0-2-17-4 and earned the distinction of becoming the only bowler in the tournament to bowl two maiden overs which are also wicket maidens.

A Mishra of Delhi Daredevils conceded most runs by a bowler in the tournament. He retunred with figures of 4.0-0-59-0 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore on 17.10.09. His figure not only represent the mose expensive figures in terms of runs conceded but also represent the most expensive by a bowler who has conceded fifty plus runs without capturing a wicket. In fact, A Mishra remains the only bowler in the tournament to concede fifty plus runs without capturing a wicket.

D Ramdin of Trinidad & Tobago and DLR Smith of New South Wales share the record for most dismissals in the tournament with four dismissals each.

D Ramdin of Trinidad & Tobago holds the record for most catches in the tournament by a wicket keeper with four catches to his credit. DLR Smith of New South Wales holds the record for most stumpings in the tournament with three stumpings to his credit

RCC Canning of Cape Cobras, AC Gilchrst of Deccan Chargers and D Ramdin of Trinidad & Tobago share the record for most dismissals in an innings. All the three wicket keepers have effected two disimssals.

SM Katich of New South Wales and KA Pollard of Trinidad & Tobago share the record for most cathes in the tournament. Both have pouched five catches each. SM Katich of New South Wales with three catches against Victoria Bushrangers at Delhi on 21.10.09 holds the record for most cathes in an innings.

121 runs partnership for the first wicket between DA Warner and PJ Hughes of New South Wales against Trinidad and Tobago at Hyderabad on 16.10.09 remains the only three figure partnership of the tournament.

Finals : New South Wales Blues vs Trinidad & Tobago at Hyderabad on 23.10.09. New South Wales Blues won by 41 runs

DA Warner completed 1000 T20 runs in this game when he was on 14 during his knock of 19. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1005. DA Warner became the 63^rd batsman in the history of T20 game to aggregate 1000 plus runs.

DA Warner is the fourth batsman to complete 1000 T20 runs in Champions League T20. Others are JH Kallis, JL Langer and SM Katich.

DA Warner completed 200 runs in the tournament when he was on 12 during the course of his knock of 19 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 207 runs.

PJ Hughes completed 200 runs in the tournament when he was on one during the course of his knock of three runs in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 202 runs.

PJ Hughes {202} and DA Warner {207} became the second and third batsman after JP Duminy {224} aggregate 200 plus runs in the tournament.

Both New South Wales Blue’s opening batsmen – DA Warner {207} and PJ Hughes {202} completed 200 plus runs in the tournament.

New South Wales Blues won this game by 41 runs margin providing the 12^th occasion of a team winning the game by runs margin. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Winnrer	By		Runs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	RCB	By	080	Runs	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
2	NSW	By	079	Runs	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09
3	Cobras	By	054	Runs	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	NSW	by	053	Runs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
5	Delhi	By	050	Runs	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
6	Tri-Tob	By	044	Runs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
7	NSW	By	035	Runs	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
8	Delhi	By	030	Runs	Cobras	Delhi	20.10.09
9	Tri-Tob	By	024	Runs	Eagles	Hyd’bad	18.10.09
10	Wayamba	By	015	Runs	Victoria	Delhi	13.10.09
11	Tri-Tob	By	003	Runs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
12	NSW	By	041	Runs	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

Trinidad & Tobago inserted the opposition and lost the game providing the fourth occasion of a team inserting the opposition and losing the game

No	Winner	V	Team	Venue	Date
1	Cobras	V	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Tri-Tob	V	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
3	Delhi	V	Cobras	Delhi	19.10.09
4	NSW	V	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

At the end of this tournament, both the finalists, that is New South Wales and Trinidad & Tobago share the Man of Match awards on five occasions each.

No	Winner	Opposition	Venue	Date	MOM
1	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09	Katich
2	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09	Henriques
3	NSW	Somerset	Hyd’bad	18.10.09	Clark
4	NSW	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09	Warner
5	NSW	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09	Lee
1	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09	SGanga
2	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09	DJBravo
3	Tri-Tob	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09	Pollard
4	Tri-Tob	Eagles	Hyd’bad	18.10.09	Barath
5	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09	DJBravo

WKD Perkins was dismissed for zero in this game which swelled the number of zeroes by batsmen to 29 in the tournament. WKD Perkins zero in this game provides the tenth occasion of an opening batsman scoring zero in the tournament. WKD Perkins became the first Trinidad & Tobago opening batsman to score a zero in the tournament. His zero represents the first occasion of an opening batsman scoring a zero in the tournament at Hyderabad.

No	Batsman	Team1	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Gibbs	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Quiney	Victoria	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09
3	Joyce	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Quiney	Victoria	Cobras	B’lore	17.10.09
5	Hodge	Victoria	Cobras	B’lore	17.10.09
6	Gambhir	Delhi	Cobras	Delhi	19.10.09
7	Gibbs	Cobras	Delhi	Delhi	19.10.09
8	Quiney	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
9	Hodge	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
10	Perkins	TriTob	NSW	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

NM Hauritz’s run out in this game provides the 35^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. NM Hauritz is the fifth New South Wales batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Score	Vs	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Lee	00	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Warner	14	Vs	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	Warner	48	Vs	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09
4	Katich	26	Vs	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09
5	Hauritz	10	Vs	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

SR Clark became the second bowler after DJ Bravo to capture three or more wickets on three occasions. The performances of these two bowlers are listed below.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SR Clark	3	12	NSW	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09
2	SR Clark	3	15	NSW	Somerset	Hyd’bad	18.10.09
3	SR Clark	3	21	NSW	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09
1	DJ Bravo	4	23	TriTob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DJ Bravo	5	24	TriTob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
3	DJ Bravo	3	31	TriTob	NSW	Hyd’bad	14.10.09

LMP Simmons was caught and bowed by B Lee for four runs in this game providing the tenth occasion of a batsman caught and bowled in the tournament

No	Batsman	Runs	Team 1	Vs	Team 2	Venue	Date
1	Sehwag	21	Delhi	Vs	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Waller	00	Somerset	Vs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	DMBravo	09	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
4	H-Brown	06	Sussex	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	13.10.09
5	DMBravo	14	Tri-Tob	Vs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
6	Pandey	39	RCB	Vs	Victoria	B’lore	15.10.09
7	Trego	06	Somerset	Vs	Eagles	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
8	Dilshan	20	Delhi	Vs	RCB	B’lore	17.10.09
9	Davids	07	Cobras	Vs	TriTob	Hyd’bad	22.10.09
10	Simmons	04	Tri-Tob	Vs	NSW	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

B Lee hit five sixes during his knock of 48 in this game which makes him the third batsman to score five sixes in an innings in the tournament. Others are JP Duminy of Cape Cobras and KA Pollard of Trinidad & Tobago

No	Batsmen	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Duminy	99*	5	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Pollard	54*	5	TriTob	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
3	Lee	48	5	NSW	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

WKD Perkins fell in the first over of Trinidad & Tobago’s innings providing the seventh occasion of a wicket falling in the first over of the tournament

No	Batsmen	Wkt	Over	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Gibbs	1	0.6	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Rossouw	1	0.6	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
3	Joyce	1	0.3	Sussex	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
4	Quiney	1	0.1	Victoria	Cobras	B’lore	16.10.09
5	Hodge	2	0.3	Victoria	Cobras	B’lore	16.10.09
6	Gibbs	1	0.2	Cobras	Delhi	Delhi	19.10.09
7	Perkins	1	0.2	TriTob	NSW	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

B Lee was dismissed by the last ball of the New South Wales’s innings providing the fifth occasion of a wicket falling to the last ball of the innings in the tournament.

No	Batsmen	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Sangwan	Delhi	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Willoughby	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Rohrer	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
4	Tiwary	Delhi	RCB	B’lore	17.10.09
5	Lee	NSW	TriTob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

At the end of the tournament, 180 sixes have been scored by batmsen of various teams. Trinidad & Tobago has scored most sixes – 46 and also conceded most sixes – 34. Teams batting first have scored 99 sixes, while teams batting second have scored 81 sixes, thus totaling 180 sixes in the tournament.

R Rampauls’s 3 for 20 and SR Clark’s – 3 for 21 – in this game provides the 23^rd and 24^th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

R Rampauls’s 3 for 20 and SR Clark’s – 3 for 21 – in this game provides the fifth occasion of rival bowlers capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Phillips	3	31	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	RPSingh	2	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
1	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
2	DJBravo	4	23	Tri-Tob	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
1	Edwards	3	32	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
2	DJBravo	3	24	Tri-Tob	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
1	Mckay	3	27	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
2	Henriques	3	11	NSW	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09
1	Rampaul	3	20	Tri-Tob	NSW	Hyd’bad	23.10.09
2	Clark	3	21	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

R Rampaul’s 3 for 20 in this game was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of a bowler’s three wickets going in vain

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	RPSingh	3	23	Deccan	Somerset	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
2	Willoughby	3	35	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
3	Harwood	3	14	Victora	Wayamba	Delhi	13.10.09
4	Edwards	3	32	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
5	Mckay	3	27	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
5	Rampaul	3	20	Tri-Tob	NSW	Hyd’bad	23.10.09

The finals of the first ever Champions League T20 will be between New South Wales Blues and Trinidad & Tobago. The finals is slated for 23.10.09 at Hyderabad and starts at 8.00 PM IST

The following tables show how the two teams made it to the finals of the tournament. New South Wales won four matches out of the five matches it played in the tournament – the only loss it suffered was against Trinidad & Tobago – whom they will meet in the finals. Trinidad & Tobago, on the other hand, has an unblemished record in the tournament, winning all the five games it has played,

HOW NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES MADE IT TO THE FINALS
No	Team	Vs	Opposition	Venue	Date	Result of the match
1	NSW	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	09.10.09	Won	by	053	Runs
2	NSW	Vs	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09	Won	By	035	Runs
3	TriTob	Vs	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09	Lost	By	004	Wkts
4	NSW	Vs	Somerset	Hyd’bad	18.10.09	Won	By	006	Wkts
5	NSW	Vs	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09	Won	By	079	Runs

HOW TRINIDAD & TOBAGO MADE IT TO THE FINALS
No	Winner	Vs	Opposition	Venue	Date	Result of the match
1	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09	Won	By	044	Runs
2	Tri-Tob	Vs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09	Won	By	003	Runs
3	Tri-Tob	Vs	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09	Won	By	004	Wkts
4	Tri-Tob	Vs	Eagles	Hyd’bad	18.10.09	Won	By	024	Runs
5	Tri-Tob	Vs	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09	Won	By	007	Wkts

India and Australia meet each other on 25.10.09 in the first one dayer of the seven match series at Vadodara in a day game. Crickick.com looks at the comprehensive statistical highlights of the series.

India and Australia have played 97 one day games prior to the start of the series. India has won 32 games, lost 57 games and eight games have ended as No Result games.

Australia has posted totals of 300 plus runs on ten occasions. Australia’s highest total against India is its 359 for 2 at Johannesburg on 23.03.03 and 359 for 5 at Sydney on 08.03.04,. India on its part has posted 300 plus runs on four occasions. 315 all out at Bangalore on 25.03.01 represent India’s highest team total.

Australia has never been dismissed all out for a total less than 100 by India in one day games. Australia’s lowest completed innings total is 101 at Perth on 08.12.91. Australia has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 150 runs on five occasions. India has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs only once. India’s lowest completed innings total is 63 at Sydney on 08.01.81. India has been dismissed for all out for a total of less than 150 runs on five occasions.

India has won three games by 100 plus runs margin against Australia. India’s largest margins of victory in terms of runs are – by 118 runs at Chelmsford on 10.06.83 and by 118 runs at Indore on 31.03.01. Australia has won one game by 200 plus runs margin – by 208 runs at Sydney on 08.02.04 – which represents its largest margin of victory in terms of runs. Apart from this 200 plus runs win, Australia has carved four wins by 100 plus runs margin.

Australia has won five games by nine wickets margin, while India is yet to carve a nine wickets win over Australia. It has won two games by eight wickets margin.

As many as eight Australian batsmen have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against India. They are RT Ponting {1778}, AC Gilchrist {1622}, ML Hayden {1450}, DC Boon {1212}, SR Waugh {1117}, AR Border {1104}, MG Bevan {1081} and A Symonds {1067}. RT Ponting with 1778 runs to his credit has the most aggregate runs against India

On India’s part, it has only one batsman in its ranks with an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against Australia. SR Tendulkar with 2730 runs has the most run aggregate against Australia

Australian batsmen have posted 25 hundreds against India. RT Ponting’s 140 not out at Johannesburg on 23.03.03 remain the highest individual score. RT Ponting also holds the record of scoring most hundreds against India. He has five hundreds to his credit

Indian batsmen have registered 22 hundreds against Australia. SR Tendulkar’s 143 at Sharjah on 22.04.98 remain the highest individual score. SR Tendulkar also holds the record of scoring most hundreds against Australia. He has eight hundreds to his credit.

SR Tendulkar’s 2730 runs, his 143 at Sharjah on 22.04.98 and his eight hundreds are the records in India-Australia one day series for most run aggregate, highest individual score and most hundreds by a batsmen.

As many as eleven hundred by Indian batsmen have gone in vain as India failed to win the game. SR Tendulkar’s 143 at Sharjah remain the highest individual score when India ended on a losing side. Only four hundreds by Australian batsmen have gone in vain. DC Boon’s 111 at Jaipur on 07.09.86 remain the highest individual innings by an Australian batsman in a losing cause.

Australian batsmen have scored individual nineties on eight occasions against India. ML Hayden’s 99 at Bangalore on 245.03.91 remains the only ninety nine registered by an Australian batsman against India. ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist and AR Border are the three Australian batsmen who have scored nineties on two occasions.

Indian batsmen have scored individual nineties on six occasions against Australia. M Azharuddin and SR Tendulkar are the two Indian batsmen who have scored nineties on two occasions. M Azharuddin’s 94 at Mohali on 03.11.96 remain the highest individual score amongst the nineties scored by Indian batsmen.

SR Tendulkar has scored 22 fifties for India against Australia while the most number of fifties by Australian batsmen is 13 against India is shared by ML Hayden and AC Gilchrist. RT Ponting {11} is the other batsman with ten or more fifties to his credit. SR Tendulkar’s 22 fifties is a series record.

Most number of sixes by a batsman in India-Australia one day series is 31 which is credited to SR Tendulkar, which incidentally is also an Indian record against Australia. RT Ponting and A Symonds with 27 sixes to their credit share the Australian record against India.

Bret Lee {49} and N Kapil Dev {45} hold the record for most wickets by an Australian bowler and Indian bowler respectively in the series. B Lee’s 49 wickets is a series record. He needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. He would then become the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. H would earn the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee holds the record for most number of four plus wickets on four occasions against India {all these four occasions are five fors}, while Indian record for most four plus wickets is three and is credited to AB Agarkar {three occasions}

Murali Karthik’s 6 for 27 at Mumbai on 17.10.07 remain the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler against Australia, while KH Macleay’s 6 for 39 at Nottingham on 13.06.83 remain the best bowling figures by an Australian bowler against India. AB Agarkar of India is the other bowler to capture six wickets against Australia {6 for 42 at Melbourne on 09.01.04

There are 15 occasions of bowlers capturing five or more wickets in India-Australia one day series which includes three occasion of six wickets performances. Indian bowlers have captured five or more wickets on five occasions {of which two are six wickets performances}, while Australian bowlers have captured five or more wickets on ten occasions {of which one is a six wicket performance}.

Australian bowlers have captured exact four wickets against India on thirteen occasions, while Indian bowlers have captured exact four wickets against Australia on eleven occasions,

India has lost the match on five occasions when its bowlers have captured four or more wickets, while Australia has not lost a single match against India when its bowlers have captured four or more wickets. Australian bowlers have captured four or more wickets on three occasions in a No result game.

There are 43 occasions of Australian batsmen posting three figures partnerships for various wickets against India which includes three 200 plus runs partnerships. 234 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket between RT Ponting and DR Martyn remain the highest three figure partnership by Australian batsmen against India. There are seven partnerships of 150 plus runs posted by Australian batsmen against India.

Indian batsmen have posted 35 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Australia which includes one partnership of 200 plus runs. 213 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh remain the highest partnership by Indian batsmen against Australia. There are five partnerships of 150 plus runs posted by Indian batsmen against Australia

Second Semi Finals : Trinidad & Tobago vs Cape Cobras at Hyderabad on 22.10.09 : Trinidad & Tobago won by seven wickets

Cape Cobras won the toss in this game but lost the game providing the eighth occasion of a team losing the match after it had won the toss and elected to bat first

No	Winner	V	Team	Venue	Date
1	Cobras	v	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Victoria	v	Delhi	Delhi	09.10.09
3	Eagles	V	Sussex	Delhi	13.10.09
4	Victoria	V	RCB	B’lore	15.10.09
5	Eagles	V	Somerset	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
6	Tri-Tob	V	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
7	Cobras	V	Victoria	B’lore	17.10.09
8	Tri-Tob	V	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

DJ Bravo bagged the Man of the Match award in this game which makes him the only cricketer to bag Man of the Match award on two occasions in the tournament

No	Winner	V	Team	Venue	Date	MOM
1	Tri-Tob	V	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09	DJBravo
2	Tri-Tob	V	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09	DJBravo

With DJ Bravo bagging the Man of the Match award in this game, Trinidad & Tobago bagged five MoM awards, which is record for most MoMs bagged by a team in the tournament. The details are as under.

No	Winner	V	Team	Venue	Date	MOM
1	Tri-Tob	V	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09	SGanga
2	Tri-Tob	V	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09	DJBravo
3	Tri-Tob	V	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09	Pollard
4	Tri-Tob	V	Eagles	Hyd’bad	18.10.09	Barath
5	Tri-Tob	V	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09	DJBravo

JP Duminy {61*} and DJ Bravo {58*} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of fifties in the tournament to 22.

JP Duminy with his 61 not out in this game became the third batsman to register fiftie on two occasions. Others are LRPL Taylor of Royal Challengers Bangalore and PJ Hughes of New South Wales

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Duminy	61*	Cobras	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	21.10.09
1	Taylor	65	RCB	Delhi	B’lore	17.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
1	Hughes	83	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
2	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09

DJ Bravo’s 58 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by a batsman batting at number five in the tournament. The previous best was LRPL Taylor’s 53 in the game between RCB and Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	DJBravo	58*	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	21.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09

JP Duminy’s 61 not out and DJ Bravo’s 58 not out in this game provides the ninth and tenth occasion of a batsman scoring unbeaten fifties in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Puttick	104*	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Hughes	62*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Henriques	51*	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
6	Kallis	73*	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
7	Pollard	54*	TriTob	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
8	Davids	69*	Cobras	Victoria	B’lore	17.10.09
9	Duminy	61*	Cobras	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	21.10.09
10	DJBravo	58*	TriTob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	21.10.09

JP Duminy’s 61 not out in this game makes him the only batsman to regiser unbeaten fifties on two

Occasions in the tournament

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Duminy	61*	Cobras	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	21.10.09

JP Duminy’s 61 not out and DJ Bravo’s 58 not out in this game provides the second occasion of rival batsman scoring unbeaten fifties in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Duminy	99*	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
1	Duminy	61*	Cobras	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	21.10.09
2	DJBravo	58*	TriTob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	21.10.09

JP Duminy’s 61 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the eighth occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the tournament

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Uthappa	51	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Taylor	53*	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Jayawardene	53	Wayamba	Delhi	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Gilchrist	51	Deccan	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
5	Durston	57	Somerset	Eagles	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
6	Warner	63	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
7	Hughes	83	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
8	Duminy	61*	Cobras	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

This game witnessed two fifty plus runs partnerships in Trinidad & Tobogo’s innings which took the number of fifty plus runs partnerships in the tournament to 30. WKD Perkins and A Barath added 53 runs for the first wicket and D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket.

D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game which represent the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in the tournament. This stand obliterated the previous best of 58 runs between D du Preez and HH Dippenaar for Ealges against Trinidad & Tobago at Hydeabad on 18.10.09.

D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game represent the fifth stand of 90 plus runs in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1st	121	Warner	Hughes
	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
2	3rd	95	Puttick	Duminy
	NSW	Sussex	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	2nd	93	Dravid	Taylor
	NSW	Sussex	B’lore	17.10.09
4	4th	93*	DGanga	Bravo
	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09
5	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09

WKD Perkins and A Barath added 53 runs for the first wicket in this game represent the ninth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the tournament.

D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game represent the seventh stand of 50 plus runs in an unbroken stand in the tournament which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	4th	93*	DGanga	DJBravo
	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09
2	3rd	90*	Hughes	Henriques
	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
3	3rd	88*	Davids	Duminy
	Cobras	Victoria	B’lore	17.10.09
4	5th	65*	Taylor	Pandey
	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
5	5th	54*	Puttick	Ontong
	Cobras	Otago	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	3rd	54*	Kallis	Taylor
	RCB	Otago	B’lore	12.10.09
7	7th	53*	Pollard	SGanga
	Tri-Tob	NSW	Hyd’bad	16.10.09

D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game represent the highest unbroken partnership in the tournament.

WKD Perkins and A Barath added 53 runs for the first wicket and D Ganga and DJ Bravo added 93 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket represent the fifth occasion of two fifty plus runs partnerships in an innings.

DJ Bravo conceded 46 runs in this game providing the 12^th occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs in the tournament. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Vinaykumar	1	40	RCB	Cobras	B’lore	08.10.09
3	Wagner	1	42	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
4	Butler	1	48	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
5	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
6	Phillips	1	43	Somerset	Tri-Tob	B’lore	12.10.09
7	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09
8	Henriques	1	49	NSW	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
9	Mishra	0	59	Delhi	RCB	B’lore	17.10.09
10	duPreez	1	54	Eagles	Tri-Tob	Hyd’bad	19.10.09
11	Siddle	0	43	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
12	Bravo	0	46	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

DJ Bravo conceded 46 runs with out a wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of a bowler conceding forty plus runs with out a wicket in the tournament. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Klienveldt	0	45	Cobras	RCB	B’lore	08.10.09
2	Wiilouhby	0	44	Somerset	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Butler	0	42	Otago	RCB	B’lore	12.10.09
4	Mishra	0	59	Delhi	RCB	B’lore	17.10.09
5	Siddle	0	43	Victoria	NSW	Delhi	21.10.09
6	Bravo	0	46	Tri-Tob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

WKD Perkins was run out for 20 in this game providing the 34^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament. WKD Perkins run out for 26 in this game provides the seventh occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Score	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	McLaren	11	Eagles	NSW	Delhi	09.10.09
2	McCullum	21	Otago	Cobras	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	Warner	14	NSW	Sussex	Delhi	11.10.09
4	Sehwag	66	Delhi	Wayamba	Delhi	11.10.09
5	Brand	29	Cobras	Victoria	B’lore	17.10.09
6	Warner	48	NSW	Victoria	Delhi	21.10.09
7	Perkins	20	TriTob	Cobras	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

H Davids was caught and bowled by D Mohammad in this game providing the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed caught and bowled in the tournament.

No	Batsman	Score	Team 1	Vs	Team 2	Venue	Date
1	Sehwag	21	Delhi	Vs	Victoria	Delhi	09.10.09
2	Waller	00	Somerset	Vs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	10.10.09
3	DMBravo	09	Tri-Tob	Vs	Somerset	B’lore	12.10.09
4	H-Brown	06	Sussex	Vs	Eagles	Delhi	13.10.09
5	DMBravo	14	Tri-Tob	Vs	Deccan	Hyd’bad	14.10.09
6	Pandey	39	RCB	Vs	Victoria	B’lore	15.10.09
7	Trego	06	Somerset	Vs	Eagles	Hyd’bad	16.10.09
8	Dilshan	20	Delhi	Vs	RCB	B’lore	17.10.09
9	Davids	07	Cobras	Vs	TriTob	Hyd’bad	22.10.09

JP Duminy of Cape Cobras became the first batsman to aggregate 200 plus runs in the tournament. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 224. Other batsmen to aggregate 150 plus runs in the tournament are – PJ Hughes of New South Wales {199}, DA Warner of New South Wales {188} and LRPL Taylor of Royal Challlengers Bangalore {152}

HH Gibbs completed 1500 T20 runs when he was on 18 during the course of his knock of 44 in this game. Prior to the start of this game, he had an aggregate of 1482 runs and at the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1526 runs

He became the tenth batsman in the history of T20 games to total 1500 plus runs. The complete list read thus – BJ Hodge {2366}, DJ Hussey {2113}, HD Ackerman {1811}, GC Smith {1727}, BB McCulllum {1721}, JP Duminy {1712}, IJL Trott {1617}, M van Jaarsveld {1573}, ST Jayasuriya {1547} and HH Gibbs {1526}

Crickick.com brings its viewers one day career averages of the touring Australian team as well as the Indian contingent selected for the first and second one dayers.

It may be noted that in the previous articles posted, we had furnished the career averages of the touring Australian team against India and the Indian contingent selected for the first two one dayers against Australia

Australian cricketers career averages
No	Player	M	Runs	HS	Ave	W	R	Best	Ave
1	Bollinger	3	–	–	–	5	101	5-35	20.20
2	Hauritz	32	157	24*	22.42	40	1104	4-29	27.60
3	Hilfenhaus	13	13	5	6.50	16	562	2-42	35.12
4	Hopes	66	986	63*	24.04	54	1784	3-30	33.03
5	MHussey	120	3310	109*	51.71	2	167	1-22	83.50
6	Johnson	67	329	73*	14.30	102	2618	5-26	25.66
7	Lee	185	897	57	16.61	323	7428	5-22	22.99
8	Marsh	15	582	81	41.57	–	–	–	–
9	Paine	13	389	111	32.41	–	–	–	–
10	Ponting	323	11929	164	42.91	3	104	1-12	34.66
11	Siddle	8	8	8*	–	9	231	3-55	25.66
12	Voges	2	88	72	88.00	0	51	–	–
13	Watson	90	2020	136*	40.40	89	2648	4-39	29.75
14	White	41	700	105	31.81	12	345	3-05	28.75
15	Holland	Yet to make his test debut

Career averages of Indian Cricketers for the 1st and 2nd ODIs
No	Player	M	Runs	HS	Ave	W	R	Best	Ave
1	Dhoni	142	4495	183*	48.85	1	14	1-14	14.00
2	Gambhir	81	2657	150	37.42	0	13	–	–
3	Harbhajan	193	933	46	12.95	215	7114	5-31	33.08
4	Jadeja	3	67	60*	33.50	0	86	–	–
5	Kohli	9	256	79*	42.66	0	21	–	–
6	Pkumar	26	63	15	7.87	33	997	4-31	30.21
7	Mishra	5	–	–	–	4	139	1-27	34.75
8	Nehra	79	87	24	7.25	108	3145	6-23	29.12
9	MPatel	41	52	15	7.42	46	1464	4-49	31.82
10	Raina	71	1657	116*	35.25	3	170	1-14	56.66
11	Sehwag	195	6314	130	34.69	85	3415	3-25	40.17
12	ISharma	35	33	13	5.50	49	1539	4-38	31.40
13	Tendulkar	430	16903	186*	44.48	154	6806	5-32	44.19
14	Yuvraj	236	7006	139	37.66	75	2910	4-06	38.80
15	S Tyagi	Yet to make his one day debut