Australia vs Pakistan one day series : Australia win the third one day at Adelaide and also the series
Australia vs Pakistan : Third one day game at Adelaide on 26.01.10. : Australia won by 40 runs
Younis Khan was playing his 200th ODI game when he appeared in this game. He became the 12th Pakistan cricketer to play 200 plus one day games. Others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {378}, Wasim Akram {356}, Shahid Afridi {291}, Salim Malik {283}, Mohammad Yousuf {281}, Waqar Younis {262}, Izaz Ahmed {250}, Saeed Anwar {247}, Abdul Razzaq {237}, Javed Miandad {233} and Moin Khan {219}. Younis Khan scored 12 in his 200th game.
CL White was playing his 50th one day game when he appeared in this game. He scored 28 in this game.
SE Marsh’s 83 in this game represent his sixth one day half century and seventh one day fifty.
MJ Clarke scored 80 runs in this game which represents his 40th one day half century and 44th one day fifty.
RT Ponting failed to score in this game providing the 18th occasion of his collecting duck in one day games. AC Gilchrist with 19 zeroes to his credit holds the record for most zeroes by an Australian batsman,
RT Ponting’s zero in this game was his eighth zero as captain of Australia. He is now on par with SR Waugh who also has scored eight zeroes while leading Australia.
Umar Gul conceded 80 runs in this game providing the 50th occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 70 plus runs in a one day game. It was the third occasion for Umar Gul to concede 70 plus runs. The other two are – against India at Kanpur on 11.01.07 when he had returned with figures of 10.0-0-70-1 and against Australia at Sydney on 24.01.10 when he retuned with figures of 10.0-0-70-1.
Umar Gul’s figures of 10.0-1.80-2 represent his most expensive one day figures. His figures represent the tenth occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 80 plus runs in a one day game
It is interesting to note that Umar Gul is the only bowler to bowl a maiden over amongst the Pakistan bowlers who have conceded 80 plus runs.
Umar Gul became the ninth bowler in the history of one day games to bowl a maiden over when a bowler has conceded 80 plus runs. The following table lists out all the nine occasions
| No | Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | KD Ghavri | 11.0 | 1 | 83 | 0 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 07.06.75 |
| 2 | MC Snedden | 12.0 | 1 | 105 | 2 | NZl | Eng | The Oval | 09.06.83 |
| 3 | PJW Allott | 12.0 | 1 | 82 | 1 | Eng | Srl | Taunton | 11.06.83 |
| 4 | B Lee | 10.0 | 1 | 85 | 1 | Aus | Pak | Cardiff | 09.06.01 |
| 5 | DJ Bravo | 10.0 | 2 | 80 | 0 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 06.07.04 |
| 6 | R Telemachus | 10.0 | 1 | 87 | 2 | SAF | Aus | Jo’burg | 12.03.06 |
| 7 | M Ntini | 9.0 | 1 | 80 | 1 | SAF | Win | Durban | 01.02.08 |
| 8 | Mahbubul Alam | 9.0 | 1 | 84 | 2 | Ban | Zim | Bulawayo | 14.08.09 |
| 9 | Umar Gul | 10.0 | 1 | 80 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Adelaide | 26.01.10 |
RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game. It was his second one day game. His figures of 10.0-0-43-5 represent the 323rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games.
RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game providing the 58th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 12th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets against Pakistan in an one day game
RJ Harris captured 5 for 43 in this game providing the 35th occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets in one day games against Pakistan. It is interesting to note that no bowler has captured five or more wickets against Pakistan in one day games.