The history of one day games witnessed the 3000^th game when England and Australia met at Rose Bowl on 22.06.10

The first ever one day game was played on 05.01.1971 between Australia and England at Melbourne. It is quite befitting that the same two teams are playing the 3000^th one day, albeit with a difference. The first one day game was played in Australia while the 3000^th one day game is played in England.

The following are the progressive milestones of one day game in terms of 500 matches

Number	Team	Opponent	Ground	Date
First	Australia	England	Melbourne	05.01.71
0500th	India	West Indies	Gwalior	22.01.88
1000th	England	West Indies	Nottingham	24.05,95
1500th	Pakistan	West Indies	Toronto	16.09.99
2000th	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	10.04.03
2500th	Netherlands	Scotland	Nairobi {Jaff}	02.02.07
3000th	England	Australia	Rose Bowl	22.06.10

It is interesting to note that England and Australia have never met each other in the captioned mile stones of 500 matches except for the first game and 3000^th game.

For reference, the number of test matches played so far is 1961