Australia vs England: First one day at Melbourne on 16.01.11: Australia won by six wickets

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 50^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 11th occasion of an England captain-opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

AJ Strauss scored 63 in this game to provide the 94^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against various oppositions in one day games.

AJ Strauss {63} and KP Pietersen (78} scored fifties for England in this game which took to number of fifties scored by England batsmen against Australia to 116.

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game represent his seventh fifty against Australia. He became the second England batsman to score seven or more fifties against Australia. GA Gooch is the other batsman with 13 fifties to his credit.

KP Pietersen with his 78 not out in this game scored his fifth fifty against Australia. He became the eighth England batsman to score five or more fifties against Australia. Others are – GA Gooch {13} : AJ Strauss {07} : G Boycott {06] : PD Collingwood {06} : DI Gower {05} : AJ Lamb {05} and ME Trescothick {05}

KP Pietersen completed 500 runs against Australia when he was on 13 during his knock of 73 in this game. At the end of this game his total stood at 565. He became the eleventh England batsman to total 500 plus runs against Australia. Others are – GA Gooch {1395} : PD Collingwood {899} : AJ Strauss {863} : DI Gower {794} : AJ Stewart {737} : AJ Lamb {710} : G Boycott {686} : IT Botham {678} : NV Knight {605} and ME Trescothick {507}

AJ Strauss was playing his 25^th game as an opening batsman against Australia and became England’s most capped opening batsman against Australia. He wrested the record from GA Gooch who had appeared in 24 one day games as an opening batsman against Australia.

AJ Strauss was playing his 30^th game against Australia and he became the sixth England cricketer to appear in 30 plus games against Australia. Others are – IT Botham {33} : PD Collingwood {32} : GA Gooch {32} : DI Gower {32} and AJ Stewart {30}

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game represent his 25^th one day half century and 30^th fifty. KP Pietersen’s 78 in this game represent his 21^st one day half century and 28^th fifty.

KP Pieterson was run out for 78 in this game providing the 80^th occasion of an England batsman run out against Australia. He became the eighth England batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Australia. The others are – BC Broad for 76 at Perth on 01.01.87 : CWJ Athey for 58 at Kolkata on 08.11.87 : JP Crawley for 53 at Lord’s on 25.05.97 : GA Hick for 109 at Adeliade on 26.01.99 : 69 by ME Trescothick at Bristol on 10.06.01 : PD Collingwood for 69 at Lord’s on 02.07.05 and JE Denly for 53 at Chester-le-Street on 20.09.09

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the 21^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against England in one day games.

His knock represents not only the first score of 150 plus runs but also represents the highest individual score an Australian batsman against England in one day game. He wrested the previous best of 145 by DM Jones at Brisbane on 16.12.90

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the 155^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

SR Watson scored 161 not out in this game providing the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a 150 plus runs in one day games. The complete list read thus = 181* by ML Hayden vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07: 173 by ME Waugh vs West Indies at Melbourne on 09.02.01: 172 by AC Gilchrist vs Zimbabwe at Hobart on 16.01.04 : 164 by RT Ponting vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 12.03.06 : 161* by SR Watson vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 158 by ML Hayden vs West Indies at North Sound on 27.03.07 :

156 by A Symonds vs New Zealand at Wellington on 07.12.05 : 154 by AC Gilchirst vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 07.02.99 and 151 by A Symonds vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12.02.06

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the 61^st occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day games.

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day games in Australia. The eight occasions are – 173 by ME Waugh of Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne on 09.02.01 : 172 of Australia by AC Gilchrist vs Zimbabwe at Hobart on 16.01.04 : 161* by SR Watson of Australia vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 158 by DI Gower of England vs New Zealand at Brisbane on 15.01.83 : 156 by BC Lara of West Indies vs Pakistan at Adelaide on 28.01.05 : 154 by AC Gilchrist of Australia vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 07.02.99 : 153* by IVA Richards of West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne on 09.12.09 and 151 by A Symonds of Australia vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 12.02.06

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent his fifth hundred which read thus – 161* vs England at Melbourne on 16.01.11 : 136* vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09 : 126 vs West Indies at St George’s on 29.10.08 : 116* vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 03.05.09 and 105* vs New Zealand at Centurion on 05.10.09. This knock represents his highest score in one day games and is an improvement over his previous best of 136 not out vs England at Centurion on 02.10.09

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game provide the eighth occasion of an Au
stralian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. The other seven occasions are – 136* by SR Watson at Melbourne on 02.10.09 : 124 by AC Gilchrist at Centurion on 15.12.02 : 121* by AC Gilchrist at The Oval on 12.07.05 : 114* by GM Wood at Lord’s on 03.06.05 : 111* by GR Marsh at Lord’s on 29.05.99 : 111 by TD Paine at Nottingham on 17.09.09 and 108 by GM Wood at Leeds on 08.06.81

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represents his second hundred as an opening batsman against England, The other occasion of his hundred was at Centurion on 02.10.09 when he scored 136 not out.

With two hundreds to his credit, SR Watson became the third Australian opening batsman to score two hundreds against England. The others are – AC Gilchrist and GM Wood

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the highest score by an Australian opening batsman against England in one day games. The previous best was 136 not out by SR Watson himself at Centurion on 02.10.09

SR Watson’s 161 not out in this game represent the highest score by an Australian opening batsman against England in one day games in Australia. The previous best was 124 by AC Gilchrist at Melbourne on 15.12.02

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 297^th and 298^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a century partnership in one day games.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 44^th and 45^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a century partnership in one day games against England.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket providing the 68^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against various oppositions.

MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket providing the 75^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against various oppositions.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket providing the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against England.

MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket providing the 12th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against England

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 109th occasion of a team posting two or more century partnerships in the same innings in the history of one day games.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 19th occasion of a Australian batsmen posting two century partnerships in the same innings against various oppositions

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a Australian batsmen posting two century partnerships in the same innings against England.

SR Watson and BJ Haddin added 110 for the first wicket and SR Watson and MJ Clarke added 103 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a team posting two century partnerships in the same innings against England.

TJ Bresnan returned with figures of 2 for 71 in this game providing the 38^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs against various oppositions. His figures also represent the fifth occasion of an England conceding 70 plus runs against Australia. The other four occasions are – 3 for 70 by D Gough at Birmingham on 28.06.05 : none for 81 at The Oval on 12.07.05 : 2 for 76 by T Bresnan at Nottingham o 15.09.09 : none for 75 by JM Anderson at Lord’s on 03.07.10

The head to head count at the end of this game read thus – Matches played – 107 : won by Australia – 62 : Won by England – 41 : Tied games – 02 and No Result games – 02