Third one day game: England vs Australia at Manchester on 27.06.10 : England won by one wicket and lead the five match series 3-0

SR Watson’s 61 in this game provide the 43^rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty against England in one day games. This knock provides the third fifty for Watson against England. The other two occasions are – 136* at Centurion on 02.10.09 and 57 at Cardiff on 24.06.10. He became the seventh Australian opening batsman to score three or more fifties against England. Others are – AC Gilchrist {07}, GR Marsh {05}, ML Hayden {04}, ME Waugh {04}, MA Taylor {03} and GM Wood {03}

RT Ponting scored three runs in this game providing the 41^st occasion of his scoring runs between zero and three in one day games. This is the third occasion of his dismissal for exact three runs. The other two occasions are – vs South Africa at Potchefstroom on 27.03.2002 and vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 27.06.2002,

An astonishing coincidence! RT Ponting has scored exact three runs on three occasions in matches played on date 27.

RT Ponting was dismissed stumped for 3 in this game providing his 14th stumped dismissal in his 349 match and 340 innings one day career. He holds the Australian record for a batsman who has been dismissed stumped on most occasions. Wasim Akram with 15 stumped dismissals hold the record for a batsman dismissed stumped on most occasions in the history of one day games.

GP Swann captured 4 for 37 in this game providing the 115^th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games and 94^th occasion of capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

GP Swann’s 4 for 37 in this game provide the 19^th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia. It was the second four wicket haul for GP Swann against Australia, the first being his 5 for 28 at Chester-le-Street on 20.09.09. He became the second England bowler after M Hendrick to capture four or more wickets against Australia on two occasions

AJ Strauss’s run aggregate against Australia at the end of this game stood at 757. He became the sixth England batsman to total 700 runs against Australia. Others are – GA Gooch {1395}, DI Gower {794}, PD Collingwood {789}, AJ Stewart {737} and AJ Lamb {710}

PD Collingwood who had become the England’s highest run getter in the previous game extended his run aggregate to 4733 by adding 40 more runs in this game.

AJ Strauss’s 87 in this game provide his 21^st one day half century and 24^th fifty. It was his fourth fifty as captain against Australia which is a record for an England captain. He wrested the record from MP Vaughan who had scored three fifties.

AJ Strauss’s 87 in this game represent his sixth fifty against Australia as a batsman. Others to score six or more fifties against Australia are – GA Gooch {13} and G Boycott. His knock also represents the sixth half century against Australia. GA Gooch is the other batsman who has scored more half centuries than AJ Strauss – nine half centuries

At the end of this game AJ Strauss’s catches tally against Australia stood at 10. He became fifth England fieldsman to have an aggregate of 10 or more catches. Others are – GA Gooch {14}, PD Collingwood {11}, DI Gower {10}, DW Randall {10}

AJ Strauss pouched three catches in this game to become the fifth England fieldman to pouch three catches against Australia. Other four are – CWJ Athey at Sydney on 22.01.87, NH Fairbrother at Mancheter on 19.05.93, AF Giled at Port Elizabeth on 02.03.03 and ME Trescothick at Birmingham on 21.09.04

AJ Struss with three catches in this game earned the distinction of becoming the first England captain to pouch three catches in an innings against Australia. His three catches in this game provides the fifth occasion of an England captain pouching three catches against various oppositions in one day games. Other occasions are – AJ Hollioake vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 01.04.98, MP Vaughan vs India at The Oval on 03.09.04, MP Vaughan vs New Zealand at Hobart on 16.01.07 and PD Collingwood vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 07.10.07

AJ Strauss scored 87 and C Kieswetter scored zero in this game providing the 15^th occasion of England openers scoring a fifty and zero in one day games

AJ Strauss’s 87 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia. It was AJ Strauss’s fourth fifty as captain against Australia – 65 at Southampton on 09.09.09, 63 at Lord’s on 12.09.09, 51 at Cardiff on 24.06.10 and 87 at Manchester on 27.06.10. He now holds the record for most fifties by an England captain against Australia. He wrested the record from MP Vaughan who had scored three fifties.

AJ Strauss registered his 11^th fifty as England captain against various oppositions when he scored 87 in this game. Other England captains to score ten or more fifties are – N Hussain {13}, MP Vaughan {11} and MA Atherton {10}.

AJ Strauss registered his 10^th half century as England captain against various oppositions when he scored 87 in this game. Other England captains to score ten or more half centuries are – N Hussain {12} and MP Vaughan {10}

C Kieswetter scored zero in this game providing the 39^th occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring zero against various oppositions in one day games. His zero also provide the ninth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring zero against Australia

C Kieswetter scored zero in this game providing the 11^th occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring zero against various oppositions in one day games. His zero also provide the third occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring zero against Australia – AJ Stewart at Birmingham on 21,05.93 and at Brisbane on 10.01.99

England won this game by one wicket with five balls to spare providing the sixth occasion of England winning a one day game against Australia with single digit balls remaining. This is England’s first win against Australia by one wicket