Australia and Sri Lanka World Cup game at Sydney on 08.03.15 witnessed Australia’s four batsman batting  at No 3, No 4, No 5 and No6 scoring fifties to provide the fourth occasion of batsmen batting at No 3, No 4, No 5 and No6 scoring fifties in the  history of one day games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Pos	No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	3	1	N Hussain	73
	4	2	GA Hick	56
	5	3	GP Thorpe	64*
	6	4	A Flintoff	84	Eng	Pak	Karachi	24.10.00
2	3	1	Younis Khan	79
	4	2	Mohd Yousuf	72
	5	3	Shoaib Malik	63
	6	4	Misbah-ul-Haq	55	Pak	Zim	Karachi	21.01.08
3	3	1	Kamran Akmal	55
	4	2	Younis  Khan	50
	5	3	Misbah-ul-Haq	65
	6	4	Umar Akmal	71	Pak	Ken	Hambantota	23.02.11
4	3	1	SPD Smith	72
	4	2	MJ Clarke	68
	5	3	GJ Maxwell	102
	6	4	SR Watson	67	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08.03.15

 

This game witnessed Australia’s four batsman batting  at No 3, No 4, No 5 and No 6 scoring fifties to provide the second occasion of batsmen batting at No 3, No 4, No 5 and No 6 scoring fifties in the  history of World Cup. All such occasions are listed below. The first such occasion in the World Cup was witnessed in the game between Pakistan and Kenya at Hambantota on 23.02.11 – when Pakistan batsmen batting at No 3, No 4, No 5 and No 6 scored fifties

 

No	Pos	No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	3	1	Kamran Akmal	55
	4	2	Younis  Khan	50
	5	3	Misbah-ul-Haq	65
	6	4	Umar Akmal	71	Pak	Ken	Hambantota	23.02.11
2	3	1	SPD Smith	72
	4	2	MJ Clarke	68
	5	3	GJ Maxwell	102
	6	4	SR Watson	67	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08.03.15

 

SPD Smith {72}, MJ Clarke {68}, GJ Maxwell {102} and SR Watson {67} scored fifties in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in World Cup. It also provides the second such occasion by Australian batsmen. The first such occasion was also against Sri Lanka at The Oval on 11.06.75 when RB McKosker {73}, A Turner {101}, GS Chappell {50} and KD Walters {59} scored fifties.