One hundredth occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in one dayers
AJ Strauss for Eng {63} and MJ Clarke for Aus {52} registered fifties in the third one day game between England and Australia at Southampton on 09.09.09 providing the 100th occasion of rival captains registering fifties in the history of one day games.
As far as the England-Australia one day series is concerned, AJ Strauss’s 63 and MJ Clarke’s 52 provide the fifth occasion of rival captains registering fifties. The other four are – at The Oval on 06.06.77 {JM Brearely for Eng {78} and GS Chappell for Aus {125*}, at Lord’s on 29.05.89 {DI Gower for Eng {61} and AR Border for Aus {53}, at Hyderabad {Deccan} on 19.10.89 {AR Border for Aus {84*} and GA Gooch for Eng {56} and at Sydney on 06.12.84 {MA Taylor for Aus {57} and MA Atherton for Eng {60}.