Match Number 05 – Australia owns the record for most No Result games in the Champions Trophy

Match Number 05 – Australia owns the record for most No Result games in the Champions Trophy

Match No 5 – Australia v Bangladesh – at The Oval on 05.06.17 – No Result game due to rain interference

 

Tamim Iqbal scored 95 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below. Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a ninety in the tournament.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 99 Win Ban Southampton 15 Sep 2004
2 OA Shah 98 Eng RSA Centurion 27 Sep 2009
3 JH Kallis 97 RSA Ind Colombo (RPS) 25 Sep 2002
4 Misbah-ul-Haq 96* Pak Win The Oval 07 Jun 2013
5 SP Fleming 96 NZl Zim Dhaka 24 Oct 1998
6 N Hussain 95 Eng Ban Nairobi (Gym) 05 Oct 2000
7 AD Hales 95 Eng Ban The Oval 01 Jun 2017
8 Tamim Iqbal 95 Ban Aus The Oval 05 Jun 2017
9 SO Tikolo 93 Ken Win Colombo (SSC) 17 Sep 2002
10 AC Gilchrist 92 Aus Win Mumbai (BS) 18 Oct 2006
11 IR Bell 91 Eng Aus Birmingham 08 Jun 2013
12 RG Sharma 91 Ind Pak Birmingham 04 Jun 2017
13 KP Pietersen 90* Eng Win Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
14 SC Ganguly 90 Ind Ken Southampton 11 Sep 2004
15 A Ranatunga 90* Srl NZl Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
16 RS Morton 90* Win Aus Mumbao (BS) 18 Oct 2006

 

Tamim Iqbal scored 95 in this game to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the Champions Trophy against Australia. Others are IR Bell of England and RS Morton of West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 Tamim Iqbal 95 Ban Aus The Oval 05 Jun 2017
2 IR Bell 91 Eng Aus Birmingham 08 Jun 2013
3 RS Morton 90* Win Aus Mumbao (BS) 18 Oct 2006

 

Tamim Iqbal’s 95 in this game provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Match Date
1 SC Ganguly 90 Ind Ken Southampton 11 Sep 2004
2 CH Gayle 99 Win Ban Southampton 15 Sep 2004
3 AC Gilchrist 92 Aus Win Mumbai (BS) 18 Oct 2006
4 IR Bell 91 Eng Aus Birmingham 08 Jun 2013
5 AD Hales 95 Eng Ban The Oval 01 Jun 2017
6 RG Sharma 91 Ind Pak Birmingham 04 Jun 2017
7 Tamim Iqbal 95 Ban Aus The Oval 05 Jun 2017

 

Tamim Iqbal scored 128 against England at The Oval on 01.06.17 and 95 against Australia at The Oval on 05.06.17. He became the fourth batsman to score a hundred and a ninety in the Champions Trophy. Others are – CH Gayle, JH Kallis and SC Ganguly. The performance of these four batsmen are tabulated below

 

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 104* 2 Win Ban Jaipur 11 Oct 2006
  CH Gayle 101 1 Win En Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
  CH Gayle 133* 2 Win RSA Jaipur 02 Nov 2006
  CH Gayle 99 1 Win Ban Southampton 15 Sep 2004
               
2 JH Kallis 113* 1 RSA Srl Dhaka 30 Oct 1998
  JH Kallis 97 2 RSA Ind Colombo (RPS) 25 Sep 2002
               
3 SC Ganguly 141* 1 Ind RSA Nairobi (Gym) 13 Oct 2000
  SC Ganguly 117 1 Ind NZl Nairobi (Gym) 15 Oct 2000
  SC Ganguly 117* 2 Ind Eng Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002
  SC Ganguly 90 1 Ind Ken Southampton 11 Sep 2004
               
4 Tamim Iqbal 128 1 Ban Eng The Oval 01 Jun 2017
  Tamim Iqbal 95 1 Ban Aus The Oval 05 Jun 2017

 

MA Starc captured four wickets conceding 29 runs in this game to provide the 44th occasion of a bowler capturing four plus wickets in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in the tournament. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GD McGrath 7.0 1 37 5 2 v New Zealand Colombo (SSC) 15 Sep 2002
2 MS Kasprowicz 7.0 1 14 4 1 v U.S.A. Southampton 13 Sep 2004
3 JN Gillespie 6.0 1 15 4 1 v U.S.A. Southampton 13 Sep 2004
4 JR Hazlewood 9.0 0 52 6 1 v New Zealand Birmingham 02 Jun 2017
5 MA Starc 8.3 2 29 4 1 v Bangladesh The Oval 05 Jun 2017

 

DA Warner completed 4000 runs when he was on 36 during his knock of 40 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 4004. He became the 16th Australian batsman and 104th batsman overall to aggregate 4000 plus runs in one day internationals

 

DA Warner’s 4000 one day runs came in his 96th match and 93rd innings. The following table details the batsmen who have completed 4000 runs in less than 100 matches  and 100 innings.

 

No Player Team Oppn Ground Mat Date Debut on Time Mat Inns
1 HM Amla RSA Ind Durban 08.12.13 09.03.08 05y 274d 084 81
2 IVA Richards Win NZl Albion 14.04.85 07.06.75 09y 311d 096 88
3 V Kohli Ind Eng Ranchi 19.01.13 18.08.08 04y 154d 096 93
4 DA Warner Aus Ban The Oval 05.06.17 18.01.09 08y 107d 095 93
5 CG Greenidge Win Eng Leeds 21.05.88 11.06.75 12y 345d 097 96
6 KS Williamson NZl Ban Christchurch 26.12.16 10.08.10 06y 138d 102 96

 

The following table furnishes the list of No result games in the tournament. This game provides the sixth  No Result game of the tournament.

 

No Team 1 Team 2 Winner Ground Match Date
1 Sri Lanka India No Result Colombo (RPS) Sep 29, 2002
2 Sri Lanka India No Result Colombo (RPS) Sep 30, 2002
3 Australia India No Result Centurion Sep 28, 2009
4 Australia New Zealand No Result Birmingham Jun 12, 2013
5 Australia New Zealand No Result Birmingham Jun 02, 2017
6 Australia Bangladesh No Result The Oval Jun 05, 2017

 

Australia is one of the teams to be involved in most No Result games – four games, while India in involved in three such games in the Champions Trophy. The following table lists No Result games of the two teams

 

No Team 1 Team 2 Winner Ground Match Date
1 Australia India No Result Centurion Sep 28, 2009
2 Australia New Zealand No Result Birmingham Jun 12, 2013
3 Australia New Zealand No Result Birmingham Jun 02, 2017
4 Australia Bangladesh No Result The Oval Jun 05, 2017
           
1 Sri Lanka India No Result Colombo (RPS) Sep 29, 2002
2 Sri Lanka India No Result Colombo (RPS) Sep 30, 2002
3 Australia India No Result Centurion Sep 28, 2009

 

This game was Australia’s 900th game in one day internationals. Australia became the second team in the history of one day internationals to play 900 games after India. India has played 908 games at the end of this game

 

Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR
India 1974-2017 908 460 402 7 39
Australia 1971-2017 900 554 303 9 34

 

India and New Zealand  share the record  for most No Result games in the history of one day internationals with 39 No result games. New Zealand’s No result game against Australia on 02.06.17 – the  second game of  the ongoing Champions Trophy 2017 was its 39th No Result game

 

Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR
India 1974-2017 908 460 402 7 39
New Zealand 1973-2017 726 323 358 6 39

 

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