Australia vs England – Sixth one day at Sydney on 02.02.11: Australia won by two wickets

AJ Strauss completed 2000 runs as captain when he was on 30 during his knock of 63 in this game. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 2033 runs. He earned the distinction of becoming the first England captain to total 2000 plus runs. He is the 23^rd captain in the annals of one day games to aggregate 2000 plus runs

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game provide his 15^th one day half century and 18^th fifty as captain and 26^th one day half century and 31^st fifty as batsman.

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game provide the 17^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia. AJ Strauss registered his sixth fifty as England captain against Australia. It is interesting to note that out of his six fifties four are scores of 63 – 63 at Southampton on 09.09.09: 63 at Lord’s on 12.09.09: 63 at Melbourne on 16.01.01 and 63 at Sydney on 02.02.01

AJ Strauss’s 63 in this game provide the 12th occasion of an England captain-cum-opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia. AJ Strauss registered his sixth fifty as England captain-cum-opening batsman against Australia.

IJL Trott scored 137 in this game providing the 1111^th hundred in one day games. His knock represents the 100^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred against various oppositions. His knock also represents the 24^th hundred by an England batsman against Australia.

IJL Trott’s 137 in this game were providing the 272^nd occasion of a batsman’s hundred in a losing cause in the annals of one day games. It also represents the 36^th hundred by an England batsman going in vain against various oppositions and tenth occasion of an England batsman’s hundred in a losing cause against Australia.

IJL Trott and IR Bell added 104 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 37^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia. This stand also provide the seventh occasion of a century partnership for the fourth wicket agaisst Australia

AJ Strauss and IJL Trott scored 63 and 137 in this game providing the 120^th and 121^st occasion of an England batsman scoring fifties against Australia

Australia deployed eight bowlers in this game providing the fourth occasion of Australia deploying eight bowlers in an innings in a one day game against England. The other three occasions are – at Brisbane on 16.12.90: at Adelaide on 26.01.99 and at Hobart on 21.01.11

AJ Strauss and MJ Clarke scored 63 and 82 not out in this game providing the 107^th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in an one day game. It also provides the sixth occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in Australia-England one day series.

MJ Clarke’s 82 in this game provide the 27^th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty against England. His 82 in this game provides the third occasion of his scoring a fifty against England. The other two occasions are – 52 at Southampton on 15.09.09 and 54 at Brisbane on 30.01.11, Thus his 82 in this game represents his highest score as captain against England

SR Watson {51}, MG Johnson {57} and MJ Clarke {82} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of fifties scored by Australian batsman against England to 149.

SR Watson {51}, MG Johnson {57} and MJ Clarke {82} scored fifties in this game providing the ninth occasion of three Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings asgainst England

in Australia-England one day series.

MJ Clarke was dismissed run out for 82 in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of a captain run out against England. MJ Clarke’s run out for 82 in this game provide the 14^th occasion of an Australian captain run out after scoring a fifty.

CT Ferguson {46}, MJ Clarke {82} and SPD Smith {zero} were run out in this game providing the 59^th occasion of three or more Australian batsmen run out in an innings against various oppositions.

CT Ferguson {46}, MJ Clarke {82} and SPD Smith {zero} were run out in this game providing the seventh occasion of three or more Australian batsmen run out in an innings against England

SPD Smith was dismissed run out for zero in this game providing the 14^th occasion of an Australian batsman run out for a duck against England

AJ Strauss {63} and SR Watson {51} scored fifties in this game providing the 19^th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in a game in Australia-England one day games.

SR Watson’s 51 in this game represent the 19^th one day half century and 24^th fifty. MJ Clarke’s 2 in this game represent his 45^th one day half century and 50^th fifty. MG Johnson’s 57 in this game represent his second one day half century

England scored 333 for 6 in this game providing the 368^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the annals of one day games. This total represents the 25^th occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games

Australia scored 334 for 8 in this game providing the 369^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the annals of one day games. This total represents the 62nd occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games

England and Australia scored 333 for 6 and 334 for 8 in this game prov
iding the 54^th occasion of both the teams scoring 300 plus runs in one day game. This is the first occasion of both the teams scoring 300 plus runs in Australia-England one day series.

England lost this game by two wickets providing the 56^th occasion of a team losing a game after scoring 300 plus runs. It also provides the seventh occasion of England losing a game after scoring 300 plus runs against Australia

JM Anderson {1 for 91} and CR Woakes {none for 70} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the 39th and 40^th occasion of England bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against Australia

JM Anderson with his 1 for 91 became the second England bowler to concede 90 plus runs in an innings after SJ Harmison who had leaked 97 runs without capturing a wicket vs Sri Lanka at Leeds on 01.07.06.

JM Anderson with his 1 for 91 became the seventh occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against Australia. JM Anderson with his 1 for 91 became the most expensive England bowler in terms of runs conceded against Australia. The earlier record was held by SJ Harmison who had figures of none for 80 at The Oval on 12.06.05

CR Woakes returned with figures of none for 73 in this game providing the 15h occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs without a wicket against various oppositions. He also became the third England bowler to concede 70 plus runs without a wicket against Australia. The other two bowlers are – none for 81 by SJ Harmison at The Oval on 12.07.08 and none for 75 by JM Anderson at Lord’s on 03.07.10

JM Anderson conceded 91 runs in this game provide the 20^th occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs in one day games

JM Anderson with his 1 for 91 became the third bowler to concede 90 plus runs against Australia. The other two bowlers are – RJ van Vuuren of Namibia who had figures of none for 92 at Potchefstroom on 27.02.03 and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka who had figures of none for 95 at Sydney on 12.02.06

JM Anderson {91} and CR Woakes {73} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the 66^th occasion of two or more England bowlers conceding 70 plus runs against various oppositions. It also provides the fourth occasion of two England bowlers conceding 70 plus runs against Australia

England’s 333 for 6 in this game provide the first occasion of England posting a total of 300 plus runs against Australia in Australia. Its previous best was 299 for 8 at Adelaide on 26.01.11