Australia vs Pakistan: First one day at Brisbane on 22.01.10. Australia won by five wickets

Salman Butts’s 72 in this game provide the 226^th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman registering a half century in one day games. It also represents the 20^th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman registering a half century against Austrlaia.

Salman Butts’ 72 in this game represent his third half century against Australia as an opening batsman. He became the third Pakistan opening batsman to register three or more half centuries against Pakistan. The other two are – Mudassar Nazar {05} and Aamir Sohail {03}.

Kamran Akmal became SR Watson’s 100^th one day victim when he was caught by MJ Clarke for 34 in this game. At the end of this game, Watson had an aggregate of 103 wickets.

SR Watson became the 15^th Australian bowler to capture 100 plus one day wickets. Others are GD McGrath {380}, B Lee {324}, SK Warne {291}, CJ McDermott {203}, SR Waugh {195}, NW Bracken {174}, GB Hogg {156}, JN Gillespie {142}, DW Fleming {134}, A Symonds {133}, MG Johnson {111}, SP O’Donnell {108}, PR Reiffel {106}, DK Lilee {103}.

SR Watson became the 12^th Australian pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 173^rd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 26th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Pakistan

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 116th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four in one day games.

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-36-4 providing the 15th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four in one day games against Pakistan

SR Watson’s 10.0-0-36-4 in this game represents his third four wicket haul in one day games, the other two being – 7.5-0-39-4 vs ICC World Eleven at Melbourne {Docklands} on 09.10.05 and 8.0-0-43-4 vs West Indies at Kuala Lampur on 12.09.05. Thus his figures of 10.0-0-36-4 in this game represent his best bowing figures in ODIs.

MJ Clarke completed 5000 runs in one day games when he was on 55 during the course of his knock of 58 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 5003 runs.

MJ Clarke became the 56^th batsman in the history of one day games to complete 5000 runs in one day games. He is the 12^th Australian batsman to reach the milestone. The complete list read as under

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	RT Ponting	331	322	36	12338	164	42.88
2	AC Gilchrist	286	278	11	9595	172	35.93
3	ME Waugh	244	236	20	8500	173	39.35
4	SR Waugh	325	288	58	7569	120*	32.90
5	MG Bevan	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58
6	AR Border	273	252	39	6524	127*	30.62
7	ML Hayden	160	154	15	6131	181*	44.10
8	DM Jones	164	161	25	6068	145	44.61
9	DC Boon	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04
10	DR Martyn	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80
11	A Symonds	198	161	33	5088	156	39.75
12	MJ Clarke	164	148	31	5003	130	42.76

MJ Clarke was dismissed run out for 58 in this game providing the 97^th occasion of an Australian batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games.

MJ Clarke has been dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on four occasions which reads thus – vs Sri Lanka for 80 at Adelaide on 10.02.06, vs South Africa for 92 at Basaterre on 24.03.07, vs India for 130 at Bangalore on 29.09.07 and vs Pakistan for 58 at Brisbane on 22.01.10.

MJ Clarke becomes the eighth Australian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on four or more occasions. Others are – RT Ponting {14}, ME Waugh {13}, DM Jones {08}, MA Taylor {06}, DR Martyn {04}, A Symonds {04} and SR Waugh {04}

MJ Clarke became the 22^nd allrounder in the history of one day games to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets. He is the fifth Australian all rounder to achieve such a feat

No	Allrounders	Team	Mat	Runs	Bat Av	Wkts	Bowl Av
1	SR Waugh	Aus	325	7569	32.90	195	34.67
2	A Symonds	Aus	198	5088	39.75	133	37.25
3	ME Waugh	Aus	244	8500	39.35	85	34.56
4	AR Border	Aus	273	6524	30.62	73	28.36
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	164	5003	42.76	52	35.25

CL White’s 105 in this game represent his second one day hundred and also the 151^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundred in one day games. CL White’s 105 provide the 14^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundred in one day games against Pakistan.

MJ Clarke and CL White added 102 runs for the fourth wicket in one day providing the 26^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand also represents the ninth occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against Pakistan.

This stand also represents the 56^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against various oppositions.

This stand also represents the 287th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. Only India is ahead with 291 three figure partnerships.