AJ Finch of Australia  and JJ Roy of England scored 107 and  180 respectively in the first one day game between Australia and England at Melbourne on 14.01.18 to provide the 14^th occasion of rival batsman batting at number one  scoring centuries in the annals of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below.  JJ Roy’s 180 in this game provides the first occasion of rival opening batsman scoring in excess of 150 plus runs in  this category of statistics

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GM Wood	114*	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
	2	GA Gooch	117*	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
2	1	GR Marsh	104	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
	2	K Srikkanth	102	2	Ind	Aus	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
3	1	BC Broad	106	1	Eng	NZl	Napier	16 Mar 1988
	2	JG Wright	101	2	NZl	Eng	Napier	16 Mar 1988
4	1	GA Gooch	136	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	29 May 1989
	2	GR Marsh	111*	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	29 May 1989
5	1	RA Smith	129	1	Eng	Ind	Gwalior	04 Mar 1993
	2	NS Sidhu	134*	2	Ind	Eng	Gwalior	04 Mar 1993
6	1	Saeed Anwar	140	1	Pak	Ind	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998
	2	SC Ganguly	124	2	Ind	Pak	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998
7	1	GW Flower	112	1	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Jan 1998
	2	ST Jayasuriya	102	2	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	26 Jan 1998
8	1	ME Waugh	106	1	Aus	Zim	Bulawayo	21 Oct 1999
	2	NC Johnson	110	2	Zim	Aus	Bulawayo	21 Oct 1999
9	1	SC Ganguly	127	1	Ind	RSA	Jo’burg	05 Oct 2001
	2	G Kirsten	133*	2	RSA	Ind	Jo’burg	05 Oct 2001
10	1	ME Trescothick	121	1	Eng	Srl	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
	2	WU Tharanga	109	2	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01 Jul 2006
11	1	Anamul Haque	100	1	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	04 Mar 2014
	2	Ahmed Shehzad	103	2	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	04 Mar 2014
12	1	AJ Finch	109	1	Aus	RSA	Canberra	19 Nov 2014
	2	HM Amla	102	2	RSA	Aus	Canberra	19 Nov 2014
13	1	H Masakadza	111	1	Zim	Srl	Hambantota	06 Jul 2017
	2	N Dickwella	102	2	Srl	Zim	Hambantota	06 Jul 2017
14	1	AJ Finch	107	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
	2	JJ Roy	180	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018

AJ Finch of Australia  and JJ Roy of England scored 107 and  180 respectively in the first one day game between Australia and England at Melbourne on 14.01.18 to provide the third occasion of rival batsman batting at number one  scoring centuries in Australia-England one day series.  All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GM Wood	114*	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
	2	GA Gooch	117*	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
2	1	GA Gooch	136	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	29 May 1989
	2	GR Marsh	111*	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	29 May 1989
3	1	AJ Finch	107	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
	2	JJ Roy	180	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018

AJ Finch of Australia  and JJ Roy of England scored 107 and  180 respectively in the first one day game between Australia and England at Melbourne on 14.01.18 to provide the second occasion of rival batsman batting at number one  scoring centuries in one day games on Australian soil.  Both the occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	AJ Finch	109	1	Aus	RSA	Canberra	19 Nov 2014
	2	HM Amla	102	2	RSA	Aus	Canberra	19 Nov 2014
2	1	AJ Finch	107	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018
	2	JJ Roy	180	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14 Jan 2018