Australia vs West Indies : Third One day game at Sydney on 12.02.10 : No result due to rain intervention

Australia was dismissed all out for 225 in this game providing the 149^th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in one day games.

Australia was dismissed all out for 225 in this game providing the 26th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in one day game against West Indies. The previous occasion when Australia was all out against West Indies was at St George’s on 30.05.2003 – 6 years 8 months and 13 days to be exact. Australia had made 252 in this game. This is the longest interval between the two occasions in which Australia was dismissed all out by West Indies in a one day game.

Australia was dismissed all out for 225 in 49.5 overs in this game providing the second occasion of Australia’s all out against West Indies with one ball remaining. The first occasion was at Melbourne on 22.01.84 when Australia was all out for 226 in 49.5 overs

Australia was dismissed all out for 225 in 49.5 overs in this game providing the seventh occasion of Australia’s all out against an opposition with one ball remaining. The other six occasions are – 226 {49.5} vs West Indies on 22.01.84, 235 {49.5} vs South Africa at Melbourne on 23.01.98, 265 {49.5} vs Pakistan at Leeds on 23.05.99, 228 {49.5} vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 16.04.00 and 228 {49.5} vs South Africa at Brisbane on 15.01.06

Australia’s all out fof 225 in 49.5 overs in this game provides the 63^rd occasion of Australia being all out while batting in the first innings. It also provides the eleventh such occasion against West Indies.

Australia’s all out for 225 in this game provides the 19^th occasion of a team being all out in a no result match. As far as Australia is concerned it is the third such occasion. The other two occasions are – 180 vs New Zealand at Sydney on 21.01.81 and 244 vs India at Kuala Lumpur on 16.09.06

R Rampaul’s figures of 4 for 61 in this game represent the 12^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a no result match. The other eleven occasions are –

P Lever of England – 4 for 35 vs New Zealand at Wellington on 09.03.75, TM Hogan of Australia – 4 for 33 vs India at Trivandrum on 01.10.84, MN Hart of New Zealand – 5 for 22 vs India at Margao on 26.10.94, CC Lewis of England – 4 for 40 vs India at The Oval on 23.05.96, BKV Prasad of India – 4 for 15 vs Pakistan at Col-SSC on 20.07.97, GB Brent of Zimbabwe – 4 for 53 vs Sri Lanka at Bulawayo on 11.12.99, JN Gillespie of Australia – 5 for 70 vs Pakistan at Nairobi {Gym} on 07.09.02, VC Drakes of West Indies – 4 for 26 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on 29.11.02, MG Johnson of Australia – 4 for 11 vs India at Kuala Lumpur on 16.09.06, AJ Hall of South Africa – 4 for 35 vs Pakistan at Port Elizabeth on 09.02.07 and B Lee of Australia – 5 for 27 vs India at Brisbane on 03.02.08

R Rampaul’s figures of 4 for 61 in this game represent the second occasion of a West Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in a no result match. The other occasion was VC Drakes‘s 4 for 26 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on 29.11.02

RT Ponting was captaining Australia in a no result game for the 11^th occasion. Only SP Fleming of New Zealand has captained in a no result game on more occasions than RT Ponting – 13 games. SP Fleming and RT Ponting are the only two captains who have led their sides in ten or more no result games in the history of one day games.

R Rampaul’s 4 for 61 in this game represent his third occasion of capturing a four wicket haul in one day games. The other two occasions are – 4 for 37 vs India at Kingston on 28.06.09 and 4 for 41 vs England at Birmingham on 04.07.07.