Australia vs Pakistan one day series : Final One day game at Perth : Australia wins its 150th one day game under RT Ponting
Australia vs Pakistan: Fifth one day at Perth on 31.01.10. Australia won by two wickets
Australia’s win by two wickets in this game was its 150th victory under RT Ponting. RT Ponting remains the only captain in the history of one day games to win 150 games.
Pakistan opening batsmen – Salman Butt and Khalid Latif were dismissed for zeroes in the fifth and final one day game providing the 31st occasion of both the openers dismissed for zeroes in the history of one day games.
Pakistan opening batsmen – Salman Butt and Khalid Latif were dismissed for zeroes in the fifth and final one day game providing the third occasion of Pakistan’s both openers dismissed for zeroes in the history of one day games. All the three occasions are listed below.
| No | Team | Ins | Opp | Ground | Date | Batsman | Batsmen |
| 1 | Pak | 2 | NZl | Birmingham | 11.06.83 | Mohsin Khan | M Nazar |
| 2 | Pak | 1 | Aus | Hobart | 07.01.97 | Aamer Sohail | Zahoor Elahi |
| 3 | Pak | 1 | Aus | Perth | 31.01.10 | Salman Butt | Khalid Latif |
Umar Akmal registered his fourth one day half century and fifth one day fifty when he scored 67 in this game
Fawad Alam registered his second one day half century when he made 63 in this game. The other fifty scored by him was his 63 not out against Hong Kong at Karachi on 24.06.08 which is also his highest individual score in his one day career.
CJ Mckay returned with figures of 9.3-3-35-4 in this game providing the 832nd occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the history of one day games.
CJ Mckay returned with figures of 9.3-3-35-4 in this game providing the 117th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four wickets in the history of one day games.
CJ Mckay returned with figures of 9.3-3-35-4 in this game providing the 16th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four wickets against Pakistan.
CJ Mckay returned with figures of 9.3-3-35-4 in this game providing the 100th occasion of bowlers from various countries capturing exact four wickets against Pakistan.
Pakistan remains the only team in one day games against whom the bowlers have captured exact four wickets on 100 occasions
At the end of this game, B Haddin has pouched 75 catches. Younis Khan was his 75th victim. He was caught by Haddin of the bowling of CJ McKay for 3 in this game.
CJ Mckay returned with figures of 9.3-3-35-4 in this game providing his maiden four wicket haul in one day games. His previous best was 3 for 15 against Pakistan at Sydney on 24.01.10, in the second one day game of this series.
RT Ponting registered his 74th one day half century and 102nd fifty when he scored 55 in this game. Only SR Tendulkar of India {45 centuries and 138 fifties} has scored more centuries and more fifties than RT Ponting in the history of one day internationals.
RT Ponting’s 55 in this game represents his eight one day half century and ninth fifty against Pakistan.
RT Ponting’s 55 in this game represent his 46th one day half century and 66th fifty as captain. He has an aggregate of 7636 runs from 204 games and 195 innings at the end of this game. His 20 centuries and 46 half centuries are the records for most centuries and most half centuries by a captain in one day games.
RT Ponting at the end of this game has an aggregate of 1101 boundary fours. He became the fifth batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1100 plus boundary fours. The other four are – SR Tendulkar {1901}, ST Jayasuriya {1500}, AC Gilchrist {1162}, SC Ganguly {1122}.
RT Ponting at the end of this game has an aggregate of 1101 boundary fours. He became the second Australian batsman to aggregate 1100 plus boundary fours after AC Gilchrist who has an aggregate of 1162 boundary fours
RT Ponting’s 55 in this game was his 74th one day half century. He became the fifth batsman in the history of one day games to register 74 or more one day half centuries. The other four are – SR Tendulkar {93}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {83}, R Dravid {82} and JH Kallis {74}.
Australia made a clean sweep of the five match series by trouncing Pakistan 5-0. This is Australia’s third occasion of winning the one day series 5-0. The other two occasions were against New Zealand in New Zealand in 2004/05 and against West Indies in West Indies in 2008. Thus this series victory by 5-0 margin against Pakistan is its first series win by 5-0 margin on home soil.
| No | Team | Mat | Opposition | Venue | Series |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2004/05 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | West Indies | West Indies | 2008 |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | Pakistan | Australia | 2009/10 |