Australia vs England – Second one day at Hobart on 21.01.11 : Australia won by 46 runs

CL White and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 299^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions. This stand represents the 30^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against various oppositions.

CL White and SE Marsh added 100 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 46^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England and the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against England. The other five occasions are – 113 runs between MG Bevan and AC Gilchrist at The Oval on 24.05.77 : 100* runs between JP Maher and DR Martyn at Hobart on 11.01.03 : 105 runs between MJ Clarke and MEK Hussey at Bristol on 19.06.05 : 101 runs between MEK Hussey and A Symonds at Birmingham on 28.06.05 and 107 runs between MEK Hussey and SE Marsh at Lord’s on 03.07.10

SE Marsh scored 110 in this game providing the 22^nd hundred by an Australian batsman against England. It also represents the 156^th hundred by Australian batsman against various oppositions.

SE Marsh’s 110 represent the highest score by an Australian batsman against England at Hobart. His knock is an improvement over the previous best of 101 not out by DR Martin on 11.01.03

SE Marsh’s 110 represents his second one day hundred, the first being his 112 against India at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09.

SPD Smith and B Lee scored zeroes in this test providing the 74^th and 75^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring duck against England.

B Lee’s duck in this game represents his sixth duck against England. He now shares the record for most ducks against England who has also scored six ducks.

Australian batsmen set up a new record partnership for the ninth wicket against England when SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game. The previous best was 73 runs unfinished stand between MG Bevan and AJ Bichel at Port Elizabeth on 02.03.03. These two stands represents the two fifty plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen against England

Australian batsmen set up a new record partnership for the ninth wicket against various oppositions when SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game. The previous best was 77 runs stand between MG Bevan and SK Warne at Port of Spain on 18.04.99

SE Marsh and DE Bollinger added 88 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by Australian batsman against various oppositions. The other eight occasions are – 77 runs between MG Bevan and SK Warne vs West Indies at Port of Spain on 18.04.99 : 73* runs between MG Bevan and AJ Bitchel at Port Elizabeth on 02.03.03 : 73* runs between JN Gillespie and B Lee vs West Indies at Adelaide on 26.01.05 : 60 runs between GB Hogg and JR Hopes vs Sri Lanka at Sydney on 22,01.06 : 56 runs between AJ Bichel and IJ Harvey vs South Africa at Perth on 18.01.98 : 55 runs between DR Martyn and B Lee vs South Africa at Durban on 12.04.00 : 52 runs between SP O’Donnell and GM Wood vs West Indies at Sydney on 12.02.85 and 50 runs between TM Moody and SK Warne vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 25.04.99

DE Bollinger scored his best one day career score when he made 30 in this game. This knock represents his first double digit score. It was an improvement over his previous best of 3 against England at Manchester on 27.06.10

Australia was all out for 230 in this game providing the 18^th occasion of Australia dismissed all out against England.

MJ Prior and KP Pietersen scored zeroes in this game providing the 88^th and 89^th occasion of England batsman scoring ducks against Australia.

MJ Prior’s duck represent the 16^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck against Australia. His duck also provide the fourth occasion of an England wicket keeper-opening batsman against England. Other three occasions are – AJ Stewart at Birmingham on 21.05.93 : AJ Stewart at Brisbane on 10.01.99 and C Kieswetter at Manchester on 27.06.10

MJ Prior’s duck in this game provide the tenth occasion of England wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against Australia. His duck in this game represent his second duck against England, the first was at Southampton on 09.09.09.

With two ducks to his credit, MJ Prior became the third England wicket keeper batsman to score two or more ducks against Australia. The other two are – AJ Stewart {03} and APE Knott {02}

KP Pietersen collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of an England batsman to suffer such an ignominy against Australia.

MJ Prior’s duck in this game represents his fourth duck of his one day career, while KP Pietersen’s duck represents his seventh one day duck

AJ Strauss was leading England for the 50^th occasion. He became the fourth England captain to lead in 50 plus one day games. Others are – MP Vaughan {60} and N Hussain {56} and GA Gooch {50}. AJ Strauss became the 42^nd captain to lead a team in 50 plus occasions.

DE Bollinger captured 4 for 28 in this game providing the 185^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against various oppositions. His figures represent the 25^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against England.

DE Bollinger’s 4 for 28 in this game provide the fourth occasion of his capturing four or more wickets in one day
games – 5 for 35 vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01.05.09 : 5 for 35 vs India at Guwahati on 08.11.09 : 4 for 28 vs West Indies at Adelaide on 09.02.10 and 4 for 28 vs England at Hobart on 21.01.11

DE Bollinger in his two five wickets hauls conceded similar number of runs {35} and in his two four wicket hauls conceded similar number of runs {28} – a strange statistical coincidence.

England was all out for 184 in this game providing the 40^th occasion of England dismissed all out against Australia.

Australia won this game by 46 runs providing its 466^th win overall and 230^th win on home soil. This win represents Australia’s 63^rd win against England and 32^nd win at home

The head to head count at the end of this game read thus – Played – 108: Won by Australia – 63: Won by England – 41: Tied Games – 02 and No Result games – 02