Only ODI – Ireland vs Australia at Dublin on 17.06.10 : Australia won by 39 runs

This is the second one day game played between Australia and Ireland. The first game was at Bridgetown on 13.04.07 which was won by Australia by nine wickets

RT Ponting completed 12000 runs while batting at number three when he was on 21 during his innings of 33 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 12033. He became the first batsman in the history of one day game to reach the milestone of 12000 runs while batting at number three.

MJ Clarke scored zero in this game which was his 10^th one day duck. He became the 13^th Australian batsman to collect ten or more one day ducks. The complete list read thus – AC Gilchrist {19}, RT Ponting {19}, ME Waugh {16}, CJ Mc Dermott {15}, A Symonds {15}, SR Waugh {15}, GD McGrath {13}, KJ Hughes {12}, B Lee {12}, AR Border {11}, MJ Clarke {10}, DR Martyn {10} and SK Warne {10}

TD Paine became the first batsman to score a half century against Ireland. He scored 81 in this game. The previous best by an Australian batsman against Ireland was CL White’s 42 in this very game.

At the end of this game RT Ponting has an aggregate of 1147 boundary fours. Only AC Gilchrist with 1162 boundary fours has more boundary fours amongst the Australian batsmen.

WTS Porterfield’s 39 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Ireland batsman against Australia. The previous best was 36 by PR Stirling in this very game.

TD Paine took three catches in this game to take his catches aggregate to 25. Coupled with four stumping dismissals he has an aggregate of 29 dismissals at the end of this game.

JR Hopes captured five wickets conceding 14 runs in this game providing the 326^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the history of one day games. His figures provide the 60^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in one day games.

JR Hope’s 5 for 14 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures and also provide his maiden five wicket haul in one day games. His previous best was 3 for 30 vs Bangladesh at Darwin on 06.09.08

NJ O’Brien pouched three catches in this game. His feat of three catches in this game provides the fourth occasion of Ireland fieldsman taking three catches in an innings. The others are – EJG Morgan vs New Zealand at Providence on 09.04.07, WTS Porterfield vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 22.03.08 and WTS Porterfield vs Kenya at Dublin on 09.07.09.

By a coincidence all the three catches pouched by NJ O’Brien are of the bowling of KJ O’Brien – NJ and KJ O’Brien are brothers.