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South Africa won its one day series against West Indies 5-0 providing the 24^th occasion of a team winning one day series 5-0 in the history of one day games. All the 24 occasions are listed below

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Venue	Series
1	West Indies	5	v India	India	1983-84
2	West Indies	5	v New Zealand	West Indies	1984-85
3	West Indies	5	v Pakistan	West Indies	1987-88
4	West Indies	5	v India	West Indies	1988-89
5	New Zealand	5	v West Indies	New Zealand	1999-00
6	England	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2001-02
7	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2002-03
8	Pakistan	5	v Bangladesh	Pakistan	2003
9	Pakistan	5	v New Zealand	Pakistan	2003-04
10	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2004
11	Sri Lanka	5	v South Africa	Sri Lanka	2004
12	Australia	5	v New Zealand	New Zealand	2004-05
13	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2004-05
14	Sri Lanka	5	v England	England	2006
15	Bangladesh	5	v Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2006-07
16	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa	2007-08
17	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Pakistan	2007-08
18	Pakistan	5	v Bangladesh	Pakistan	2007-08
19	Australia	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2008
20	India	5	v England	India	2008-09
21	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2008-09
22	Zimbabwe	5	v Kenya	Kenya	2009-09
23	Australia	5	v Pakistan	Australia	2009-10
24	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2010

West Indies and Zimbabwe are the two teams to lose the series 5-0 on five or more occasions. Zimbabwe holds the record of losing most series {six} while West Indies have lost five series

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Venue	Series
1	New Zealand	5	v West Indies	New Zealand	1999-00
2	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2004-05
3	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa	2007-08
4	Australia	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2008
5	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2010
1	England	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2001-02
2	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2002-03
3	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2004
4	Bangladesh	5	v Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2006-07
5	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Pakistan	2007-08
6	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2008-09

South Africa is the only team to win the series 5-0 against West Indies on three occasions. Australia and New Zealand are the other two teams to win the series 5-0 against West Indies

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Venue	Series
1	Australia	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2008
1	New Zealand	5	v West Indies	New Zealand	1999-00
1	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2004-05
2	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa	2007-08
3	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2010

Pakistan holds the record of winning the most series by 5-0 margin. West Indies {04} and Sri Lanka {03} have won the series on four occasions, while Australia {03} and South Africa {03} have won the series on three occasions

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Venue	Series
1	Pakistan	5	v Bangladesh	Pakistan	2003
2	Pakistan	5	v Bangladesh	Pakistan	2007-08
3	Pakistan	5	v New Zealand	Pakistan	2003-04
4	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2002-03
5	Pakistan	5	v Zimbabwe	Pakistan	2007-08
1	Sri Lanka	5	v England	England	2006
2	Sri Lanka	5	v South Africa	Sri Lanka	2004
3	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2004
4	Sri Lanka	5	v Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2008-09
1	West Indies	5	v India	India	1983-84
2	West Indies	5	v India	West Indies	1988-89
3	West Indies	5	v New Zealand	West Indies	1984-85
4	West Indies	5	v Pakistan	West Indies	1987-88
1	Australia	5	v New Zealand	New Zealand	2004-05
2	Australia	5	v Pakistan	Australia	2009-10
3	Australia	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2008
1	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2004-05
2	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa	2007-08
3	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2010

West Indies is the only team to win the series 5-0 on four occasions and lose the series 5-0 on five occasions

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Venue	Series
1	West Indies	5	v India	India	1983-84
2	West Indies	5	v India	West Indies	1988-89
3	West Indies	5	v New Zealand	West Indies	1984-85
4	West Indies	5	v Pakistan	West Indies	1987-88
1	New Zealand	5	v West Indies	New Zealand	1999-00
2	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2004-05
3	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa	2007-08
4	Australia	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2008
5	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies	2010

Fifth one day game – West Indies vs South Africa at Port of Spain on 03.06.10 : South Africa won by one wicket

S Chanderpaul completed 1500 runs against West Indies when he was on 39 during his knock of 67 in this game. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 1528. He became the first West Indian batsman to total 1500 runs against South Africa.

SC Chanderpaul became the second batsman to aggregate 1500 plus runs in West Indies-South Africa one day series. JH Kallis with 1662 runs to his credit is the other batsman

SC Chanderpaul scored 67 in this game which was his 12th half century against South Africa. He now holds the record for most half centuries jointly with JH Kallis in West Indies-South Africa one day series. JH Kallis scored 57 in this game which was his 12th half century against West Indies

SC Chanderpaul’s 67 in this game represents his 13^th fifty against South Africa {01 century and 12 half centuries}

SC Chanderpaul’s fifty {67) in this game represents his 59^th one day half century and 70^th fifty. He became the third West Indian batsman to score 70 plus fifties. Others are BC Lara {82} and DL Haynes {74}.

BC Lara {63}, S Chanderpaul {59} and DL Haynes {57} are the three West Indian batsman to score 50 plus half centuries in one day games.

MV Boucher became the second fieldsman in the history of one day games to pouch 400 catches. AC Gikchirst is the other fieldsman with 417 catches to his credit. MV Boucher’s 400 catches break up is 399 catches as a wicket keeper and one catch as a fieldsman, while AC Gilchrist’s 417 catches are held when he was the wicket keeper.

DM Bravo was caught by MV Boucher in this game and it was the first catch taken by MV Boucher when he was not keeping the wickets.

CH Gayle was caught by GC Smith which game him his 70^th catch as captain in one day games. He held one more catch to dismiss KA Pollard of JH Kallis for 25 to take his number of catches to 71; GC Smith became the sixth captain to pouch 70 plus catches in one day games. Others are – SP Fleming {106}, RT Ponting {106}, AR Border {103}, M Azharuddin {83} and MS Dhoni {72}

At the end of this game, SC Chanderpaul and DL Haynes share the second place with 8648 runs amongst the most run getters for West Indies in one day games. BC Lara with 10348 runs holds the first place.

N Deonarine’s 53 not out in this game represents his fourth one day fifty – 65* vs Zimbabwe at Providence on 06.03.00, 57 vs Ireland at Kingston on 15.04.10, 53* vs South Africa at Port of Spain on 03.06.00 and 53 vs Australia at Brisbane on 14.02.10

SC Chanderpaul’s 67 and N Deonarine’s 53 not out represent the 52^nd and 53^rd occasion of a West Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa.

JH Kallis scored 57 in this game which represents his 16^th fifty against South Africa {04 centuries and 12 half centuries}

JH Kallis with his 57 in this game scored his 95^th one day fifty which places him fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in one day games. SR Tendulkar {139}, RT Ponting {107} and ST Jayasuriya {96} have scored more fifties than JH Kallis

At the end of this game, JH Kallis and RT Ponting with 78 half centuries to their credit share the fourth place jointly in the list of batsmen who have scored most half centuries in one day games. AR Border {93}, Inzamam-ul-Huq {83} and R Dravid {82} are the other batsmen who have scored more half centuries than JH Kallis and RT Ponting.

JH Kallis {57} and JP Duminy {51} scored fifties in this game which provides the 72^nd and 73^rd occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day games.

JH Kallis scored his ninth fifty on away soil against West Indies when he made 57 in this game. He became the sixth batsman in the history of one day games to score nine more fifties on away soil against a specific opposition. Others are – IVA Richards of West Indies vs Sri Lanka {21}, DL Haynes of West Indies vs Australia {14}, M Azharuddin of India vs Sri Lanka {09}, BC Lara of West Indies vs Australia {09} and ME Waugh of Australia vs New Zealand {09}

JH Kallis’s 57 in this game was his 16^th fifty against West Indies. He became the only South African in the list of batsmen who have scored 16 or more fifties against a specific opposition. There are 18 such occasions in the history of one day games.

JP Duminy’s 51 in this game represent his seventh one day half century and eighth fifty. It was his second fifty against West Indies, the first being his 79* at Centurion on 20.01.08.

SC Chanderpaul {67} and JH Kallis {57} scored fifties in this game while batting at number three providing the fifth occasion of batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number three in West Indies-South Africa one day series

JH Kallis’s 57 in this game represent his 50^th half century while batting at number three. He became the second batsman in the history of one day games to score fifty half centuries while batting at number three. RT Ponting has scored 71 half centuries at number three.

JH Kallis completed 5000 one day runs while batting at number three when he was on 38 during his knock of 57 in this game. His aggregate at the end of the game stood at 5019. He is the second batsman in the history of one day games to total 5000 plus runs while batting at number three. RT Ponting has scored 7913 runs at number three.

South Africa won this game with two balls to spare providing the fifth occasion of South Africa winning a game with single digit balls to spare. It was the second occasion that South Africa has won the game against West Indies with two balls to spare. The first occasion was at Johannesburg on 04.02.04 when South Africa had won by four wickets.

South Africa won this game by one wicket providing the very first occasion of South Africa winning a game by one wicket margin against West Indies

South Africa won this game by one wicket providing the 39^th occasion of a team winning a game by one wicket margin in the history of one day games It was the third one wicket win for South Africa in one day games. The other two are – vs Australia at Jo’burg on 12.03.06 and vs Sri Lanka at Providence on 28.03.07

South Africa won this game with two balls to spare providing the sixth occasion of a team winning a game with two balls to spare in the history of one day games. The complete list read thus – Netherlands winning the game against Canada at Benoni on 01.12.06, New Zealand winning the game against West Indies at Christchurch on 06.02.89, South Africa winning the game against West Indies at Port of Spain on 03.06.10, Sri Lanka winning the game against England at Adelaide on 23.01.99, West Indies winning the game against Pakistan at Birmingham on 11.06.75 and Zimbabwe winning the game against India at Faridabad on 07.03.02

South Africa won the series 5-0 providing the 24^th occasion of a team winning all the five matches in a series.

West Indies has lost five series by 5-0 margin – vs New Zealand in New Zealand 1999-00, vs South Africa in West Indies 2004-05, vs South Africa in South Africa 2007-08, vs Australia in West Indies 2008 and vs South Africa in West Indies 2010.

Zimbabwe holds the record of losing most series by 5-0 margin. It has lost six series. Zimbabwe and West Indies are the two teams to lose five or more one day series by 5-0 margin.

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Rahul Dravid has scored five double hundreds. The uniqueness of these double hundreds is that they are in the arithmetical progression. No other batsman has achieved such a feat.

The following are his double hundreds in chronological order – 200 not out vs Zimbabwe at Delhi in Nov 2000, 217 vs England at The Oval in Sep 2002, 222 vs New Zealand at Ahmedabad in Oct 2003, 233 vs Australia at Adelaide in Dec 2003 and 270 vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi in Apr 2004

Match Number 4 : India vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 02.06.10 ; Zimbabwe won by seven wickets

Zimbabwe won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 14^th occasion of Zimbabwe doing so against India. Out of these 14 occasions, four have been at Harare – on 25.10.92, on 19.02.03, on 29.08.05 and 03.06.10

M Vijay was stumped in this game for 21 providing the 37^th occasion of Indian opening batsman dismissed stumped in one day games. Vijay’s stumped dismissal provides the fifth occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed stumped against Zimbabwe. The other four occasions are – SM Gavaskar for 43 at Mumbai on 17.10.87, M Prabhakar for 91 at Indore on 18.11.93, SC Ganguly for 28 at Sharjah on 08.11.98 and SC Ganguly for 57 at Faridabad on 07.03.02

T Taibu completed 100 catches as a wicket keeper in one day games when he caught V Kohli of P Utseya for 18 in this game. He became the second Zimbabwean wicket keeper to achieve the feat after A Flower who has 133 catches to his credit. Taibu became the 20^th wicket keeper in the history of one day game to pouch 100 catches.

SK Raina and RG Sharma were dismissed run out in this game providing the 37^th and 38^th occasion of an Indian batsman run out in a one day game against Zimbabwe.

SK Raina’s run out dismissal for 3 in this game provide the 45^th occasion of an Indian captain run out against various oppositions in one day games. SK Raina is the tenth Indian captain to be run out for single digit {zero to nine} in one day games. SK Raina is the second Indian captain dismissed run out against Zimbabwe. SC Ganguly was the other captain. He was run out for 86 at Mohali on 10.03.02

BRM Taylor was playing his 100^th match. He became the eleventh Zimbabwe cricketer to play 100 or more one day games – GW Flower {219}, A Flower {213}, HH Streak {189}, ADR Campbell {188},GJ Whittall {147}, T Taibu {118}, SV Carlisle {111}, E Chigumbara {111}, S Matsikenyeri {109}, P Utseya {109} and BRM Taylor {100}

Zimbabwe had four cricketers with 100 plus appearances to their credit for this game – viz., T Taibu {118}, E Chigumbara {111}, P Utseya {109} and BRM Taylor {100}

AM Blignaut’s captured his 50^th one day wicket when he claimed the wicket of RA Jadeja for 51. He became the 13^th Zimbabwean bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in one day games – HH Streak {239}, GW Flower {104}, PA Strang {96}, GJ Whittall {88}, P Utseya {82}, E Chigumbara {79}, GB Brent {75}, RW Price {73}, EA Brandes {70}, DT Hondo {61}, HK Olonga {58}, T Mupariwa {55} and AM Blignaut {50}

PP Ojha opened the bowling for India in this game providing the ninth occasion of a Indian spin bowler sharing the new ball in one day games. The other eight occasions are – BS Bedi vs New Zealand at Leeds on 13.06.79, A Kumble vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata on 13.03.96, RK Chauhan vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 17.08.97, RK Chauhan vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 20.08.97, RK Chauhan vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC on 23.08.97, RK Chauhan vs Sri Lanka at Indore on 25.12.97, V Sehwag vs Australia at Mumbai on 01.11.03 and Harbhajan Singh at Australia at Vadodara on 11.10.07

Of the above nine occasions, BS Bedi and PP Ojha are the two left arm spinners who have shared the new ball in a one day game

BRM Taylor celebrated his 100^th appearance by scoring a fifty – 74 – and also shared a first wicket partnership of 128 runs in the company of H Masakadza.

H Masakadza and BRM Taylor added 128 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 98th occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. This stand also represents the 17^th occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day game

This stand represents the second occasion of a first wicket three figure stand by Zimbabwe batsmen against India. The other occasion was the 121 runs stand between ADR Campbell and GW Flower at Vadodara on 05.04.98. Thus the 128 runs partnership between H Masakadza and BRM Taylor represents the record first wicket partnership by Zimbabwe batsmen against India.

H Masakadza and BRM Taylor added 128 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 12^th occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India for various wickets

H Masakadza {66} and BRM Taylor {74} scored fifties in this game providing the eleventh occasion of both the Zimbabwe openers scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It is the second such occasion against India; the first occasion was at Vadodara on 05.04.98 when GW Flower {57} and ADR Campbell {60} had scored fifties.

H Masakadza {66} and BRM Taylor {74} scored fifties in this game providing the 20^th and 21^st occasion of Zimbabwe openers scoring fifties in one day games against India.

HH Masakadza’s 66 represent his 16^th one day half century and 19^th fifty. BRM Taylor’s 74 represent his 19^th one day half century and 20^th fifty.

Zimbabwe won the game by seven wickets. It is their tenth one day win against India and 98^th over all.

With the seven wickets win in this game Zimbabwe has won two games after it had inserted India. The first occasion was at Bulawayo on 15.02.77 when Zimbabwe won by eight wickets

The seven wicket victory in this game represent the 16^th win for Zimbabwe after it had inserted the opposition in one day games.

Rahul Dravid became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 100 tests while batting number three. He achieved the feat when he batted at number against Rickie Ponting led Australia on his home ground Bangalore in Oct 2008. He celebrated the occasion by scoring a half century – 51 – in the first innings and five in the second innings. As on date he has played 113 tests batting at number three.

RT Ponting is the second batsman to play 100 tests while batting at number three. He achieved the feat against Pakistan at Sydney in Jan 2010. He scored zero and 11 in this test. As on date he has played 103 test while batting at number three

TM Dilshan’s 61 on his first outing as captain against India at Bulawayo on 30.05.10 made him the 40^th captain in the history of one day game to score a fifty on first appearance as captain. He is third Sri Lankan captain after ST Jayasuriya and MS Atapattu to achieve the feat. The following table lists out all the forty captains arranged chronologically

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	DD	MM	YY
1	IM Chappell	53	Aus	Eng	Manchester	24	08	72
2	MH Denness	66	Eng	Win	Leeds	05	09	73
3	RB Kanhai	55	Win	Eng	Leeds	05	05	73
4	AL Wadekar	67	Ind	Eng	Leeds	13	07	74
5	Asif Iqbal	53	Pak	Aus	Leeds	07	06	75
6	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07	06	75
7	Majid Khan	60	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11	06	75
8	GS Chappell	59	Aus	Win	Adelaide	20	12	75
9	DL Murray	51	Win	Aus	St John’s	22	02	78
10	DAG Fletcher	69*	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09	06	83
11	AR Border	73	Aus	Win	Melbourne	06	01	85
12	RJ Shastri	50	Ind	Pak	Indore	27	01	87
13	AJ Lamb	55*	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	03	04	90
14	RB Richardson	106*	Win	Pak	Sharjah	17	10	91
15	KC Wessels	81*	RSA	Aus	Sydney	26	02	92
16	MA Atherton	86	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	16	02	94
17	Aamer Sohail	55	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	09	03	96
18	SR Tendulkar	110	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	28	08	96
19	SR Waugh	91	Aus	RSA	Bloemfontein	13	04	97
20	ST Jayasuriya	102	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	26	01	98
21	Aminul Islam	70	Ban	Ind	Mohali	14	05	98
22	A Jadeja	50	Ind	Ken	Bangalore	20	05	98
23	AC Gilchrist	98	Aus	Win	Brisbane	14	01	01
24	GP Thorpe	62*	Eng	Srl	Dambulla	23	03	01
25	MS Atapattu	53*	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	27	03	01
26	GJ Whittall	58*	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	27	06	01
27	ME Trescothick	52	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	10	10	01
28	Habibul Bashar	61	Ban	Zim	Harare	10	03	04
29	T Taibu	96*	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20	04	04
30	T Duffin	53	Zim	Ken	Bulawayo	25	02	06
31	RR Watson	80	Sco	Pak	Edinburgh	27	06	06
32	MEK Hussey	109*	Aus	Win	Kuala Lumpur	18	09	06
33	Misbah-ul-Haq	70*	Pak	Ind	Karachi	02	07	08
34	BB McCullum	71	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	08	03	09
35	AJ Strauss	79*	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	29	03	09
36	GM Hamilton	119	Sco	Can	Aberdeen	07	07	09
37	ShakibAlHasan	54	Ban	Win	Roseau	26	07	09
38	AN Cook	64	Eng	Ban	Dhaka	28	02	10
39	LRPL Taylor	70	NZl	Aus	Napier	03	03	10
40	TM Dilshan	61	Srl	Ind	Bulawayo	30	05	10

Mohinder Amarnath of India is the only batsman in the history of one day games to be dismissed in two unusual ways of dismissals – Handled the ball and Obstructing the field

He was dismissed handled the ball when he was on 15 against Australia at Melbourne on 09.02.86 and was dismissed obstructing the field with a score of 28 against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on 22.10.89

AJ Strauss scored 83 and 82 in the just concluded first test against Bangladesh at Lord’s providing the 30^th occasion of an England captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test match.

AJ Strauss became the fourth England captain to score twin fifties in a test at Lord’s. The other three are – GA Gooch {333 and 123 vs India in Jul 1990}, N Hussain {57 and 68 vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s in May 2002} and MP Vaughan {103 and 101* vs West Indies in Jul 2004}

Twin fifties by Engalnd captains
No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	v Aus	Sydney	Dec 1897
2	JWHT Douglas	50	60	v Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1921
3	L Hutton	72	77	v Win	Bridgetown	Feb 1954
4	ER Dexter	57	62	v Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1961
5	ER Dexter	70	99	v Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1962
6	ER Dexter	93	52	v Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1962
7	MJK Smith	54	87	v NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1966
8	MC Cowdrey	148	71	v Win	Port of Spain	Mar 1968
9	MC Cowdrey	59	82	v Win	Georgetown	Mar 1968
10	AW Greig	116	76*	v Win	Leeds	Jul 1976
11	KWR Fletcher	69	60*	v Ind	Kolkata	Jan 1982
12	MW Gatting	61	150*	v Pak	The Oval	Aug 1987
13	GA Gooch	333	123	v Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
14	GA Gooch	85	88	v Ind	The Oval	Aug 1990
15	GA Gooch	59	54	v Aus	Sydney	Jan 1991
16	GA Gooch	87	117	v Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1991
17	GA Gooch	65	133	v Aus	Manchester	Jun 1993
18	MA Atherton	94*	118	v NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1997
19	AJ Stewart	107	52	v Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1998
20	N Hussain	82	70*	v SAF	Port Elizabeth	Dec 1999
21	N Hussain	57	68	v Srl	Lord’s	May 2002
22	N Hussain	75	72	v Aus	Sydney	Jan 2003
23	MP Vaughan	52	105	v Srl	Kandy	Dec 2003
24	MP Vaughan	103	101*	v Win	Lord’s	Jul 2004
25	MP Vaughan	82*	54	v SAF	Johannesburg	Jan 2005
26	A Flintoff	70	51	v Ind	Mohali	Mar 2006
27	A Flintoff	50	50	v Ind	Mumbai	Mar 2006
28	MP Vaughan	87	61	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	Dec 2007
29	AJ Strauss	55	75	v Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009
30	AJ Strauss	83	82	v Ban	Lord’s	May 2010

South Africa won the fourth one day game against West Indies at Roseau on 30.05.10 providing the 31^st occasion of a team winning a one day game of the last ball of the match.

West Indies set a target of 304 in this game which was achieved by South Africa providing the second occasion of target in excess of 300 being set when the game was on the last ball of the match. The first such occasion was witnessed at Ahmedabad on 12.04.05 when India set a target of 316 for Pakistan. Pakistan reached the target on the last ball to win the match by three wickets. This game was a 48 overs a side.

The following table shows the 31 occasions of a team winning an one day game on the last ball of the match.

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	3 wkts	209	35.0×8	v Pak	Sahiwal	23.12.77
2	Aus	2 wkts	140	35.0	v Win	Castries	12.04.78
3	Win	4 wkts	128	40.0	v Pak	Karachi	21.11.80
4	Pak	1 wkt	214	35.0	v NZl	Multan	07.12.84
5	Aus	2 wkts	178	50.0	v Eng	Sharjah	24.03.85
6	Eng	5 wkts	230	37.0	v Win	Trinidad	04.03.86
7	Pak	1 wkt	246	50.0	v Ind	Sharjah	18.04.86
8	Pak	1 wkt	217	50.0	v Win	Lahore	16.10.87
9	Win	3 wkts	215	50.0	v Eng	Kingston	03.03.90
10	Eng	4 wkts	224	48.0	v Ind	Jaipur	18.01.93
11	Aus	1 wkt	173	43.0	v Win	Sydney	01.01.96
12	NZl	5 wkts	259	50.0	v Zim	Dhaka	24.10.98
13	RSA	2 wkts	160	27.0	v Win	Jo’burg	22.01.99
14	RSA	2 wkts	192	40.0	v NZl	Napier	26.03.99
15	Pak	2 wkts	196	49.0	v Ind	Brisbane	10.01.00
16	Zim	2 wkts	223	50.0	v RSA	Durban	02.02.00
17	RSA	3 wkts	257	50.0	v NZl	Cape Town	04.11.00
18	Win	3 wkts	201	50.0	v RSA	Kingston	28.04.01
19	Win	4 wkts	292	50.0	v NZl	Kingstown	16.06.02
20	RSA	2 wkts	239	49.0	v Win	Col-SSC	13.09.02
21	Win	4 wkts	284	50.0	v Ind	Jamshedpur	06.11.02
22	Pak	3 wkts	316	48.0	v Ind	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
23	Zim	2 wkts	237	50.0	v Ban	Harare	02.08.06
24	NZl	1 wkt	225	50.0	v Srl	Queenstown	31.12.06
25	Sco	3 wkts	281	50.0	v Ire	Nairobi-G	30.01.07
26	RSA	2 wkts	249	50.0	v NZl	Durban	25.11.07
27	Win	1 wkt	236	50.0	v Srl	Trinidad	10.04.08
28	NZl	1 wkt	246	50.0	v Eng	The Oval	25.06.08
29	NZl	2 wkts	182	50.0	v Aus	Perth	01.02.09
30	Aus	2 wkts	206	50.0	v Pak	Centurion	30.09.09
31	RSA	7 wkts	304	50.0	v Win	Roseau	30.05.10

Match Number 3 : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 01.06.10 ; Sri Lanka won by nine wickets

The match was reduced to 26 overs a side as the start was delayed to rain interference.

Sri Lanka capped LD Chandimal and BAMJ Mendis for this game. They became the 144^th and 145^th cricketers to represent Sri Lanka in one day games. They also became the 12^th and 13^th Sri Lankan cricketers to make debut against Sri Lanka

LD Chandimal who made his one day debut in this game became the 17^th wicket keeper batsman to represent Sri Lanka in one day games.

LD Chandimal effected three dismissals in this game {02 ct plus 01 st}. He holds the record for most dismissals by a Sri Lankan wicket keeper on debut. Other wicket keepers who have effected two dismissals on debut are HM Goonatilake, SAR Silva, AM de Silva, AGD Wickremasinghe, PB Dassanayake, CI Dunusinghe and SKL de Silva.

BAW Mendis with his two wickets in this game took his one day aggregate of wickets to 75.

BMAJ Mendis on his one day debut captured two wickets – his first wicket being Zimbabwe captain E Chigumbara bowled for 1

H Masakadza completed 2500 runs in this game during the course of his knock of 62 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2528. He is the eighth Zimbabwe batsman to total 2500 runs in one day games. Others are – A Flower {6786}, GW Flower {6536}, ADR Campbell {5185}, HH Streak {2901}, SV Carlisle {2740}, GJ Whittal {2785} and BRM Taylor {2677}

H Masakadza’s 62 in this game represent his 15^th one day half century and 18^th fifty. He became the fifth Zimbabwe batsman to score 15 or more one day half centuries. Others are – A Flower {55}, GW Flower {40}, ADR Campbell {40} and BRM Taylor {18}

H Masakadza’s 62 in this game represent the 35^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka in one day games. His knock also represents the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka. It represents the highest score by a Zimbabwe opening batsman against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo. Previous best was 56 by ADR Campbell on 12.12.99

Zimbabwe was all out for 118 in this game providing the 24^th occasion of it being dismissed all out against Sri Lanka in one day games

TM Dilshan scored 60 not out in this game which was his 18^th one day half century and 24^th fifty. His lone six in his knock of 60 not out in this game gave him an aggregate of 25 sixes. Other Sri Lankan batsmen to score 25 plus sixes are – ST Jayasuriya {270}, PA de Silva {102}, A Ranatunga {64}, DPMD Jayawardene {52}, AP Gurusinha {42} and KC Sangakkara {36}

TM Dilshan’s 60 not out in this game provides the eight occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe. His knock represent the highest individual innings by a Sri Lankan captain against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. The previous best was 54 by ST Jayasuriya on 11.12.99.

WU Tharanga was dismissed run out for 40 in this game providing the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman dismissed run out against Zimbabwe – RS Kaluwitharana {54 at Bulwayo on 11.12.99}, RS Kaluwitharana {25 at Sharjah on 25.10.99}, DA Gunwardene {5 at Sharjah on 26.10.01}, ST Jayasuriya {9 at Ahmedabad on 10.10.06}, WU Tharanga {zero at Harare on 20.11.08} and WU Tharanga {40 at Bulawayo on 01.06.10}

RS Kaluwitharana and WU Tharanga are the two Sri Lankan opening batsmen who have been dismissed run out on two occasions against Zimbabwe in one day games.

Sri Lanka’s win by nine wickets in this game provide the 37^th win against Zimbabwe in one day games. It is Sri Lanka’s fifth win by nine wickets margin. The other four occasions are – at Col-SSC on 08.12.01, at Bulawayo on 22.04.04, at Harare on 25.04.04 and at Harare on 22.11.08