Chappell-Hadlee Series : New Zealand wins the final day at Wellington : Styris, Bond and Southee excel
Chappell-Hadlee series: Fifth one day game at Wellington on 13.03.10. New Zealand won by 51 runs
SB Styris scored 55 in this game which was his 24th one day half century and 28th one day fifty.
SB Styris’s 55 in this game provide the 123rd occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games. It was Styris’s fourth fifty against Australia. The other three are – 54 at Guwahati on 09.11.03, 101 at Christchurch on 10.12.05 and 75 at Hobart on 20.12.07.
This game was the 50th game against New Zealand for RT Ponting. He became the second Australian cricketer to play 50 one day games against New Zealand after SR Waugh who has played 60 one day games.
RT Ponting failed to score in this game and it was his second duck against New Zealand. The first occasion he failed to score against New Zealand was at Adelaide on 26.01.02.
RT Ponting’s zero in this game provide the 41st occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against various oppositions in one day games.
RT Ponting’s zero in this game was his ninth duck as captain and he now holds the record for most zeroes by an Australian captain. He wrested the record from SR Waugh who had scored eight zeroes.
RT Ponting collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 16th occasion of an Australian captain collecting the first ball duck against various oppositions in one day games.
RT Ponting is the third Australian captain to collect the first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games. The other two are – AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88 and GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.91.
RT Ponting’s zero in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Australian captain scoring zero against New Zealand. The other five occasions are – GS Chappell at Dunedin on 17.02.82, AR Border at Melbourne on 07.01.88, GR Marsh at Melbourne on 15.01.92, AR Border at Wellington on 24.03.93 and SR Waugh at Melboune on 17.12.97. RT Ponting failed to open the account as captain for the first time against New Zealand.
At the end of the Chappell Hadlee series, RT Ponting has an aggregate of 1428 runs against New Zealand as captain. Only A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka has scored more runs than RT Ponting as captain against a specific opposition. A Ranatunga has an aggregate of 1468 runs against Pakistan and holds the record for most runs by a captain against a specific opposition.
The following is the list of eleven captains who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against specific opposition – A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1468 runs vs Pakistan}, RT Ponting of Australia {1428 runs vs New Zealand}, RT Ponting of Australia {1283 runs vs India}, SP Fleming {1214 runs vs South Africa}, A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {1168 runs vs India}, RT Ponting of Australia {1168 runs vs South Africa}, SP Fleming of New Zealand {1145 runs vs Australia}, RT Ponting of Australia {1082 runs vs England}, MS Dhoni of India {1038 runs vs Sri Lanka}, M Azharuddin of India {1036 runs vs Sri Lanka} and Imran Khan of Pakistan {1032 runs vs Pakistan}.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 846th and 847th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 70th and 71st occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 99th and 100th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.
SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 100th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 24th and 25th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.
SE Bond’s four wickets in this game provide the 25th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 40th occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the history of one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the very first occasion of two New Zealand bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games.
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the fourth occasion of two capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Australia. The other three occasions are – Indian bowlers at Chelmsford on 20.06.83, {S Madan lal – 4 for 20 and RMH Binny – 4 for 29} South African bowlers at Birmingham on 17.06.99 {SM Pollock – 5 for 36 and AA Donald – 4 for 32} and South African bowlers at Centurion on 05.04.99 {DW Steyn – 4 for 27 and WD Parnell – 4 for 25}.
DR Tuffey’s 36 in this game represent his highest individual score in one day games. It was an improvement over his previous best of 34 against Australia at Auckland on 11.03.10, the previous game of this series.
SR Watson’s 53 in this game represent his 15th one day half century and 19th fifty. It was his fourth fifty against New Zealand. The other three are – 68 at Hamilton on 20.02.07, 65* at St George’s on 20.04.07 and 105* at Centurion on 05.10.09
TG Southee’s 4 for 36 in this game is his second four wicket haul in one day games, the other being his 4 for 38 against England at Bristol on 21.06.08. Thus his 4 for 36 in this game represents his best one day bowling effort.
SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his seventh four wicket haul his 11th four plus wickets haul in one day games
TG Southee {4 for 36} and SE Bond {4 for 26} captured four wickets in this game providing the 130th and 131st occasion of bowlers capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games.
SE Bond’s four for 26 in this game represents his sixth four plus wicket haul against Australia in one day games. The other five occasions are – 5 for 25 at Adelaide on 26.01.02, 4 for 38 at Melbourne on 29.01.02, 6 for 23 at Port Elizabeth on 11.03.03, 4 for 61 at Hobart on 14.01.07, 5 for 23 at Wellington on 16.02.07.
SE Bond holds the record for most four plus wicket hauls against Australia – six hauls. Three other bowlers – AA Donald of South Africa, SM Pollock of South Africa and Wasim Akram of Pakistan – have four four plus wickets hauls against New Zealand.
At the end of this five match series, SE Bond has an aggregate of 44 wickets against Australia. EJ Chatfield {51}. DL Vettori {48} and RJ Hadlee {46} are the other three New Zealand bowlers who have captured more wickets than SE Bond against Australia.
At the end of this game, head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played 123 : won by New Zealand – 34 : won by Australia – 84 and No result games – 05.