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India vs New Zealand at Col-RPS on 11.09.09 : India won by six wickets : Points : India – 04 Points : New Zealand – Zero Points

New Zealand’s all out for 155 in this game provides the 36^th occasion of New Zealand being all out in a one day game after it had won the toss and batted first against various oppositions

New Zealand’s all out for 155 in this game provides the fourth occasion of New Zealand being all out in a one day game after it had won the toss and batted first against India. The other three occasions are – 215 at Bulwayo on 26.08.05, 168 at Wellington on 08.01.03 and 142 at Auckland on 27.03.94

New Zealand’s all out for 155 in this game provide the 164^th occasion of New Zealand being all out in a one day game against various oppositions and also provide the 20^th such occasion against India.

JD Ryder’s zero in this game provide the 96^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman failing to open his account in a one day game against various oppositions. It also provides the 13^th such occasion against India.

Yuvraj Singh captured his 75^th one day wicket in this game when he NT Broom caught by SK Raina for 21.

Yuvraj Singh’s bowling figures of 10.0-31-3 represent his best bowling figures against New Zealand in a one day game. His previous best figures were 10.0-0-24-2 at Col-RPS on 26.07.01.

A Nehra’s 8.3-0-24-3 in this game represents his second three wicket haul in one day games against New Zealand, the other occasion being his 9.1-1-30-3 at Col-SSC on 02.08.01. His figures in this game represent his best bowling figures against New Zealand.

A Nehra captured his 100^th one day wicket when he had New Zealand opening batsman BB McCullum for 3 in this game. At the end of the game, he has an aggregate of 101 wickets. A Nehra’s 101 wickets include two wickets captured by him while representing Asia Eleven.

A Nehra became the 95^th bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games. He is the 13th Indian bowler to achieve this landmark. The complete list read thus – A Kumble {337}, J Srinath {315}, AB Agarkar {288}, N Kapil Dev (253}, Zaheer Khan {225}, Harbhajan Singh {210}, BK Venkatesh Prasad {196}, M Prabhakar {157}, SR Tendulkar {154}, Irfan Pathan {152}, RJ Shastri {129}, A Nehra {101} and SC Ganguly {100}. The total aggregate of wickets captured by A Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra and SC Ganguly include the wickets captured by them while representing Asia Eleven

A Nehra became the 14^th left arm bowler in the world to capture 100 plus wickets in the history of one day games. A Nehra became the seventh left arm medium pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in one day games. The complete list read thus – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {502}, WPUJC Vaas of Sri Lanka and Asia Eleven {400}, Zaheer Khan of India and Asia Eleven {225}, NW Bracken of Australia {170}, Irgan Pathan of India {152}, DNT Zoysa of Sri Lanka {108} and A Nehra of India and Asia Eleven {101}

KD Karthik became the 19^th opening partner for SR Tendulkar in one day games. Other eighteen batsmen who have opened the innings with SR Tendulkar in one day games are A Jadeja, G Gambhir, M Prabhakar, NR Mongia, NS Sidhu, PA Patel, R Dravid, RV Uthappa, S Ramesh, S Somasunder, S Sriram, SC Ganguly, SV Manjrekar, V Rathour, V Sehwag, VVS Laxman, W Jaffer and WV Raman

At the end of this game, SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 1750 runs against New Zealand. He scored 46 in this game. Only RT Ponting of Australia {1794} has more runs against New Zealand than SR Tendulkar.

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid added 60 runs for the second wicket in this game. With this partnership, SR Tendulkar and R Dravid have an aggregate of 3987 runs as partners in one day games. They need 13 more runs to have an aggregate of 4000 runs as parners.

KY Mills captured his 150^th one day wicket when he had Indian opener KD Karthik leg before for four in this game. KY Mills became the 49^th bowler in the history of one day games to capture 150 plus wickets.

KY Mills became the 35^th medium pace bowler to capture 150 plus wickets in one day games. With his 150 wickets, KY Mills earns the distinction of becoming 30^th right arm medium pace bowler to capture 150 plus one day wickets.

KY Mills with his 150 wickets earns the distinction of becoming New Zealand’s fifth bowler to capture 150 plus one day wickets. Other are DL Vettori {236}, CZ Harris {203}, CL Cairns {200} and RJ Hadlee {158}.

SK Raina his two sixes in his innings and his second six {of the bowling of Guptlll} provided the 1600th six by Indian batsmen in one day games. Only Pakistan batsmen {1618} have scored more sixes than Indian batsmen {Note – this statistics is based on available information}. Pakistan and India are the only two countries in the history of one day games to have an aggregate of 1600 plus sixes.

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid added 60 runs for the second wickets in this game providng the 142^nd occasion of SR Tendulkar being a partner in a half century stand in one day games. Coupled with 89 three figure partnerships, SR Tendulkar at the end of this game has 231 fifty plus runs partnerships to his credit.

For R Dravid, the 60 runs stand for the second wicket provides the 119^th half century stand in one day games. Coupled with 55 three figure stands, R Dravid at the end of this game has 174 fifty plus runs partnerships to his credit

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid at the end of this game has 24 fifty plus runs partnerships to their credit – 11 three figure partnerships and 13 half century partnerships. The 60 runs stand in this game was the 13^th half century stand and 24^th fifty plus runs stand.

MS Dhoni led India in 56^th consecutive game when he led in this game. He has overtaken Sri Lanka’s A Ranatunga who led in 55 consecutive games. The following is the list of captains who have led their team in 56 or more consecutive games.

No	Captain	Cou	Mat	Date	To	Date
1	WJ Cronje	RSA	130	06.12.94	To	27.03.00
2	M Azharuddin	Ind	98	06.12.91	To	26.05.96
3	SM Pollock	RSA	89	12.04.00	To	03.03.03
4	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	85	19.03.06	To	08.02.09
5	ADR Campbell	Zim	76	26.08.96	To	24.10.99
6	LRD Mendis	Srl	60	19.03.83	To	30.10.87
7	SP Fleming	NZl	56	25.03.99	To	28.02.01
8	MS Dhoni	Ind	56	29.09.07	To	09.09.09

At the end of this game, India and New Zealand have played 81 one day games. India has 40 games, lost 36 games and five games have ended in no result

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 100^th 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}.

England vs Australia : Third One day International at Southampton : 09.09.09 : Australia won by six wickets : Australia lead the seven match series 3-0

MJ Prior scored zero in this game providing the eighth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring duck in a one day game against Australia. The other seven occasions are APE Knott at Leeds on 18.06.75. APE Knott at Birmingham on 04.06.77, AJ Stewart at Birmingham on 21.05.93, AJ Stewart at Brisbane on 10.01.99, AJ Stewart at Manchester in 14.06.01, CMW Read at Jaipur on 21.10.06 and PA Nixon at Melbourne on 12.01.07

MJ Prior registered the third duck of his one day career – the other two being against India at Lord’s on 08.09.07 and against South Africa at Lord’s on 31.08.08.

MJ Prior’s zero in this game provides the 38^th occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring zero against various oppositions,

MJ Prior became the fourth England wicket keeper batsman to score zero on three or more occasions. The other three are AJ Stewart {10}, CMW Read {04} and CJ Richards {03}.

NW Bracken captured his 170^th one day wicket when he had RS Bopara caught by JR Hopes for 10 in this game. NW Bracken became the fourth left arm pace bowler in the history of one day internationals to capture 170 plus one day wickets. The others are Wasim Akram of Pakistan {504}, WPCUJ Vaas of South Africa {400} and Zaheer Khan of India {225}.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 104^th occasion of a England batsman registering a fifty in a one day game against Australia

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 12th occasion of a England captain registering a fifty in a one day game against Australia. It also represents the first fifty by AJ Strauss as captain in a one day game against Australia.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 82nd occasion of a England captain registering a fifty in a one day game against various oppositions. It also represents the seventh fifty by AJ Strauss as captain in a one day game against various oppositions.

AJ Strauss became the fifth England captain to register seven or more fifties against various oppositions. The other four are – N Hussain {13}, MP Vaughan {11}, MA Atherton {10} and GA Gooch {08}.

AJ Strauss’s fifty {63} in this game provide the 38^th occasion of an England captain-cum-opening batsman registering a fifty in a one day game against various oppositions. It also represents the seventh fifty by AJ Strauss as captain-cum-opening batsman in a one day game against various oppositions.

AJ Strauss became the third England captain-cum-opening batsman to register seven or more fifties. The other two are – MA Atherton {09} and GA Gooch {08).

TM Bresnan and RJ Sidebottom added 40 runs for the ninth wicket in this game which represent the second best ninth wicket stand by England batsmen against Australia in one day games. The best is the 42 run unfinished stand between RDB Croft and D Gough at Brisbane on 10.01.99.

TM Bresnan registered his highest individual innings in his one day career when he made 31 not out in this game. His previous best was 20 against Sri Lanka at Manchester on 28.06.06

RJ Sidebottom registered his highest individual innings in his one day career when he made 24 in this game. His previous best was 15 against West Indies at Birmingham on 04.07.07.

CL White registered his maiden one day hundred when he made 105 in this game. His previous best was 53 in the first one day game at The Oval on 04.09.09 in the on going one day series.

CL White’s 105 in this game represent the 1010^th hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 144^th hundred by Australian batsmen in one day games. CL White’s 105 in this game represents the 80^th hundred scored by batsmen of various countries against England.

CL White’s 105 in this game represent the 16^th hundred by Australian batsmen in one day games against England.

CL White’s 105 in this game provide the 218^th occasion of a batsman registering a hundred while batting at number three in a one day game. It also represents the 36^th occasion of an Australian batsman registering a one day hundred while batting at number three. CL White became the fifth Australian batsman to register a hundred while batting at number three. The other four are – GS Chappell {02}, DM Jones {07}, ME Waugh {02} and RT Ponting {24}.

CL White’s 105 in this game represent the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in a one day game while batting at number three against England.

CL White and MJ Clarke added 143 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 1756^th three figure partnership in the history of one day games. It also represent the 281^st three figure partnership posted by Australian batsmen against various oppositions in one day games.

Australia now has most three figure partnerships in the history of one day games. With the three figure partnership for the third wicket between CL White and MJ Clarke in this game, they went past India’s 280 three figure partnerships.

CL White and MJ Clarke added 143 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 38th occasion of a three figure partnership by Australian batsmen against England for various wickets.

CL White and MJ Clarke added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game which represent the second best third wicket stand by Australian batsmen against England in a one day game. The best stand is 159 runs between DC Boon and AR Border at Sharjah on 09.04.87.

CL White and MJ Clarke added 143 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket by Australian batsmen against England. All the nine three figure partnerships are listed below

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Runs	Ground	Date
1	AR Border	DM Jones	103	Melbourne	08.02.87
2	DC Boon	AR Border	159	Sharjah	09.04.87
3	AR Border	GR Marsh	113	Lord’s	29.05.89
4	DC Boon	MA Taylor	108	Lord’s	23.05.93
5	DS Lehmann	ME Waugh	115	Sydney	17.01.99
6	DR Martyn	RT Ponting	120	Lord’s	10.07.05
7	MJ Clarke	RT Ponting	133*	Melbourne	12.01.07
8	MJ Clarke	RT Ponting	112	North Sound	08.04.07
9	MJ Clarke	CL White	143	Southampton	08.09.09

MJ Clarke registered his 36^th half century and his 40^th fifty of his one day career when he made 52 in this game.

MJ Clarke’s 52 in this game provide the 21^st occasion of an Australian captain registering a fifty in a one day game against England. It also represents MJ Clarke’s first fifty as Australian captain against England.

MJ Clarke became the seventh Australian captain to register a fifty against England in one day games. Others are IM Chappell {01}, GS Chappell {03}, AR Border {07}, MA Taylor {02}, SR Waugh {01} and RT Ponting {06}

AJ Strauss {63} and MJ Clarke {52} registered fifties in this game providing the 100^th 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}.

JM Anderson captured his 75^th one day wicket in this game when he had SR Watson leg before wicket for 7.

At the end of this game, the head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played 96 : Won by Australia – 55 : Won by England – 37 : Tied : 02 and No Result games : 02.

The following are the statsitics of first ever BCCI Inter Corporate Touranment which was concluded on 08.09.09 with Air India Red winning the Trophy.

Results of the matches
Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
AIPSSPB	TSC	TSC	071 runs	Dharamsala	01.09.09
AI B	ITC	Abandoned		Mohali	01.09.09
AI R	BSNL	no result		B’lore	01.09.09
BPCL	MRF	MRF	012 runs	Vizag	01.09.09
I Cem	BSNL	I Cem	025 runs	B’lore	02.09.09
AIPSSPB	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	02.09.09
I Rev	ITC	I Rev	006 runs	Mohali	02.09.09
MRF	ONGC	ONGC	071 runs	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	03.09.09
AI B	I Rev	AI B	143 runs	Mohali	03.09.09
AI R	I Cem	AI R	007 wkts	B’lore	03.09.09
BPCL	ONGC	abandoned		Vizag	03.09.09
Semi finals
AI R	ONGC	AI R	005 wkts	B’lore	05.09.09
AI B	TSC	AI B	005 wkts	Mohali	06.09.09
Finals
AI B	AI R	AI R	093 runs	B’lore	08.09.09

250 plus runs by teams
Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Date
AI B	362-01	42.0	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
ONGC	329-09	50.0	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
AI R	284-08	50.0	V AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
TSC	267-10	50.0	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
BSNL	258-07	50.0	v AI R	B’lore	01.09.09
MRF	258-09	50.0	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
I Rev	255-8	50.0	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
I Cem	253-05	47.0	V BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09

CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Uthappa	157*	AI R	V AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
Bisla	152*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Shrikhande	121	I Rev	v AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
C Madan	114	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Chowdhury	110*	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Sriram	108	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
Dhoni	106*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Khoda	105	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09

HALF CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Gavaskar	93	TSC	AIPSSPB	Dharamsala	01.09.09
Raina	92*	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
Badrinath	91	I Cem	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
Badrinath	90	I Cem	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
Madan	85	AI B	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
A Das	82	BSNL	AI R	B’lore	01.09.09
Marathe	80*	AI R	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
Madan	74	AI B	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Kohli	73	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Dravid	66	I Cem	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
Dravid	63	I Cem	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
Gambhir	63	ONGC	AI R	B’lore	05.09.09
Shetty	63	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Mohit Sharma	61	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Ojha	59	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
Agarkar	56	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
M Kaif	56	AI B	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
Gambhir	54	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	54	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	53	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Jaggi	52	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Kapoor	51	BSNL	I Cem	B’lore	02.09.09
P Singh	51	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Thakur	50	AIPSSPB	TSC	Dharamsala	01.09.09

THREEE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
Dharma	8.0	0	75	5	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
P Singh	10.0	0	41	4	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Joshi	10.0	0	54	4	I Rev	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Harbhahan	10.0	0	55	4	AI B	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
Dharma	7.0	0	22	3	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Chavan	7.5	0	29	3	AI R	AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
Yuvraj	10.0	0	30	3	AI R	AI B	B;lore	08.09.09
Salvi	9.0	1	37	3	BPCL	MRF	Vizag	01.09.09
Kulakarni	10.0	0	40	3	AI R	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
Patel	10.0	0	48	3	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Netravalkar	9.0	1	48	3	AI R	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
RP Singh	10.0	0	57	3	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2	Date
1	2nd	200*	Bisla	Dhoni
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
2	1st	162	Madan	Bisla
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
3	2nd	142	Madan	Kaif
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
4	3rd	133	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	AI R	B’lore	03.09.09
5	3rd	127	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	BSNL	B’lore	02.09.09
6	4th	112*	Khoda	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
7	2nd	109	Ojha	Raina
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
8	4th	107	Sriram	YG Rao
	MRF	Vs	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
9	3rd	106	Gambhir	Khoda
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2
1	2nd	94	Uthappa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
2	3rd	92	Gambhir	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	AI R	B’lore	05.09.09
3	2nd	90	A Das	V Kumar
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	B’lore	01.09.09
4	5th	86	Chowdhury	Velaskar
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
5	5th	84	P Singh	B Sharma
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
6	3rd	80	Jaggi	Shetty
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
7	2nd	79	Uthapa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	AI B	B’lore	08.09.09
8	6th	74	Shrikanade	Joshi
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
9	2nd	74	C Madan	M Kaif
	AI B	Vs	AI R	B’lore	08.09.09
10	1st	71	Bisla	Madan
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
11	1st	70	Mohapatra	A Das
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	B’lore	01.09.09
12	3rd	70	Raina	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	03.09.09
13	3rd	69	Shetty	Gavaskar
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
14	6th	68	Agarkar	Mota
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
15	6th	67	Gavaskar	Shetty
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
16	6th	67*	Marathe	Chavan
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	B’lore	05.09.09
17	2nd	66	M Sharma	V Tyagi
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
18	6th	63	YG Rao	S Kumar
	MRF	V	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
19	8th	63	Chowdhury	Ankit Sharma
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
20	4th	61	Kapoor	Kakkar
	BSNL	Vs	I Cem	B’lore	02.09.09
20	3rd	57	Uthappa	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	AI B	Blore	08.09.09
21	4th	52	Shrikanade	Banerjee
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
22	2nd	52	Shrikanade	Chowdhury
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09

Finals : Air India Red vs Air India Blue at Bangalore on 08.09.09 : Air India Red won by 93 runs

It was all the way for Robin Uthappa for Air India Blue. He scored 157 not out, the highest individual score in the first ever BCCI Inter Corporate Tournament in the finals against Air India Blue at Bangalore on 08.09.09. His essay contained eleven boundary fours and six boundary sixes and he occupied the crease for 214 minutes and faced 148 deliveries. He forged two successive fifty plus runs stands – 79 runs for the second wicket with SH Marathe and 57 runs for the third wicket with his skipper Yuvraj Singh. SH Marathe {36} and SK Raina {28} were the other contributors to the Air India Blue’s total of 284 for 8 in 50.0 overs. For Air India Blue, skipper Harbhajan Singh accounted for four wickets conceding 55 runs.

Air India Blue were dismissed for 191 runs. Batsman in form – C Madan shone amidst ruins as he scored 85 runs. Barring M Kaif who scored 32 runs, none of the Air India Blue batsmen got going. MS Dhoni was dismissed for a duck – a first ball duck – caught and bowled by Yuvraj Singh. C Madan and M Kaif were concerned in a 74 runs stand for the second wicket. Wickets tumbled regularly and C Madan was watching them falling from the other end. He was the ninth batsman dismissed at the score of 191 and the next wicket also fell at the same score leaving Air India Red victors by 97 runs. Skipper Yuvraj Singh and AA Chavan were the pick of the bowlers for Air India Red as they bagged three wickets each conceding 30 and 29 runs respectively.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Col-RPS on 08.09.09 : Sri Lanka won by 97 runs. Points : Sri Lanka – 05 Points : New Zealand – Zero points

TT Samaraweera registered his maiden hundred in this game when he made 104. It was an improvement over his previous best of 38 not out against Pakistan at Dambulla on 01.08.09.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 1009^th hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 98^th hundred by a Sri Lankan batsman in one day games.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred while batting at number five. The other six occasions are – A Ranatunga {101* vs Pakistan at Durban on 02.12.94}, A Ranatunga {102* vs Pakistan at Gujranwala on 29.09.95}, DPMD Jayawardene {120 vs England at Adeliade on 23.01.99}, RP Arnold {103 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 12.12.99}, TM Dilshan {117* vs Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06} and LPC Silva {107* vs India at Vizag on 17.02.07}

TT Samaraweera earned the distinction of becoming the first Sri Lankan batsman to register a hundred while batting at number five on home soil. The previous best was 93 not out by SHT Kandamby against India at Col-RPS on 31.01.09

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred at Col-RPS against various oppositions. He became the second batsman to score a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS. RS Mahanama with his 107 was the first batsman to register a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 13.12.92

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game provide the 24^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred against various oppositions on home soil.

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 35^th occasion of a batsman registering a one day hundred at Col-RPS. It also represents the second hundred registered against New Zealand at Col-RPS. RS Mahanama with his 107 was the first batsman to register a hundred against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 13.12.92

TT Samaraweera’s 104 in this game represent the 57th occasion of a batsman registering a one day hundred on Sri Lankan soil. It also represents the fourth hundred registered against New Zealand on Sri Lanan soil. The other three are – 107 by RS Mahanama of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 13.12.92, 102 by A Ranatuna of Sri Lanka at Col-SSC on 05.07.98, 100 by V Sehwag of India at Col-SSC on 02.08.01.

DPMD Jayawardene’s duck in this game provides the 24^th duck of his one day career.

It also represents the 49^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand.

DPMD Jaywardene’s collected his third duck against New Zealand in one day games. The other two occasions are – at Col-RPS on 25.07.01 and at Auckland on 06.01.07. He became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to score three or more ducks against New Zealand in one day games. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {05}, WPUJC Vaas {04}, RS Kaluwitharana {03}, RS Mahanama {03} and CPH Ramanayake {03}.

DPMD Jayawardene becomes the sixth batsman in the history of one day internationals to score 24 or more ducks. The other five are ST Jayasuriya {33}, Wasim Akram {28}, M Muralitharan {25}, WPUJC Vaas {25} and RS Kaluwitharana {24}.

It is interesting to note out of the six batsmen who have scored 24 or more ducks in one day game, five are Sri Lankan batsman, the other being a Pakistan batsman in Wasim Arkram.

AD Mathews registered his second half century in one day games, the first being his 52 not out against Zimbabwe at Dhaka {SBNS} on 12.01.09

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the 1755^th three figure partnership posted by batsmen in the history of one day games. This stand also represents the 175^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various countries.

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game providing the tenth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket against various opposition which are furnished in the list below

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	PA de Silva	Kalpage	109	Win	Kolkata	25.11.93
2	Kalpage	Ranatunga	132	Ind	Hyd-Ind	18.02.94
3	PA de Silva	Mahanama	115	Aus	Col-RPS	30.08.96
4	Arnold	S Perera	103*	NZl	Col-RPS	25.07.01
5	Atapattu	U Chandana	107	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.02
6	Dilshan	Jayasuriya	103	Ind	Col-RPS	27.07.04
7	Arnold	TM Dilshan	131*	Ind	Ahm’bad	06.11.05
8	Arnold	MS Atapattu	133	Ind	Vadodara	12.11.05
9	Kapugedera	LPC Silva	159	Win	Trinidad	10.04.09
10	A Mathews	Samaraweera	127	NZl	Col-RPS	08.09.09

TT Samaraweera and AD Mathews added 127 runs for the sixth wicket in this game which represent the record sixth wicket stand against New Zealand. The previous best was 103 runs unfinished stand between RP Arnold and ASA Perera at Col-RPS on 25.07.01.

BB McCullum completed 3000 ODI runs when he was on 13 during his knock of 14 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 3001 .

BB McCullum became the eleventh New Zealand batsman to aggregate 3000 plus ODI runs. The other ten are – SP Fleming {8007}, NJ Astle {7090}, CL Cairns {4881}, CD McMillan {4707}, MD Crowe {4704}, CZ Harris {4379}, JG Wright {3891}, SB Styris {3715}, AC Parore {3314} and KR Rutherford {3143}

NL McCullum made his one day debut in this game to become the 156^th New Zealand cricketer to make debut in one day games.

BB McCullum and NL McCullum became the eighth pair of brothers including one set of three brothers to represent New Zealand in One day games. The others are – BP and JG Bracewell, JJ and MD Crowe, MJ and PA Horne, GP and HJ Howarth, JAH and HJH Marshall – identical twins, JM and NM Parker and BG, DR and RJ Hadlee

New Zealand’s eight pair of brothers including one set of three brothers is a record for any country to have most pair of brothers representing in one day games.

ND McCullum collected his first ball duck on his one day debut {he was bowled by SL Malinga of the very first ball he faced}, providing the 40^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck on debut in the history of one day internationals.

ND McCullum is the third New Zealand batsman to collect the first ball duck on debut against various oppositions. The other two batsmen are – MS Sinclair vs Australia ar Christchurch on 26.02.00 and TK Canning vs Pakistan at Lahore on 01.12.03.

ND McCullum is the fourth batsman to collect the first ball duck on debut against Sri Lanka in a one day game. The other three are – PJW Allot of England at Col-SSC on 13.02.82, SK Raina of India at Dambulla on 30.07.05 and Fawad Alam of Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 22.05.07.

ND McCullum is the third New Zealand batsman to collect the first ball duck against Sri Lanka in a one day game in Sri Lanka. The other two batsmen are – CD McMillan at Col-SSC on 31.07.01 and DL Vettori at Col-SSC on 31.07.01

JD Ryder’s zero in this game provides the 13^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring zero against Sri Lanka in a one day game. JD Ryder becomes the first opening batsman to score a zero against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

JD Ryder’s zero in this game provides the 95^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring zero against various opposition in a one day game.

JD Ryder’s zero and ND McCullum’s zero in this game provides the 10^th and 11^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

KC Sangakkara effected his one day career’s 65^th stumping dismissal when he stumped DR Tuffey of BAW Mendis for 2 in this game. KC Sangakkara with 65 stumping dismissal to his credit stands third in the list of wicket keepers who have effected most stumping dismissals in one day games. RS Kaluwitharana {75} and Moin Khan {73} are the other two wicket keepers to have effected more stumping dismissals than KC Sangakkara.

New Zealand lost its six wickets for 41 runs in this game providing the fifth occasion of a team losing its six wickets for exact 41 runs in the history of one day games. The other four occasions are – Sri Lanka losing six wickets for 41 runs against West Indies at Manchester on 07.06.05, West Indies losing six wickets for 41 runs against Pakistan at Melbourne on 20.01.97, West Indies losing six wickets for 41 runs against Australia at Adelaide on 26.01.01 and Zimbabwe losing six wickets for 41 runs against Pakistan at Harare on 30.11.02

SL Malinga returned with figures of 6.1-0-28-4 in this game providing the 818^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games. SL Malinga’s 4 for 28 in this game represent the 75^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game.

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent the fifth occasion of his capturing exact four wickets in one day games. He becomes the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to capture exact four wickets on five or more occasions. The others are – M Muralitharan {14}, WPUJC Vaas {09} and ST Jayasuriya {08}.

SL Malinga’s 4 for 28 in this game represent the 107th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing four or more wickets in a one day game.

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent the fifth occasion of his capturing exact four wickets in one day games. The other four occasions are – 4 for 44 vs England at Leeds on 01.07.06, 4 for 53 vs South Africa at Ahmedabad on 24.10.06, 4 for 54 vs South Africa at Providence on 28.03.07 and 4 for 47 vs Australia at Perth on 15.02.08

SL Malinga’s four for 28 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures. The previous best was his 4 for 47 vs Australia at Perth on 15.02.08

New Zealand’s 119 all out in this game provide the 16^th occasion of being all out for a total of 119 and less than 119 in one day games against various oppositions. New Zealand’s total of 119 in this game provide the third occasion of being all out for a total of 119 and less than 119 against Sri Lanka in a one day game. The other two occasions are – 73 at Auckland on 06.01.07 and 116 at Moratuwa on 31.03.84.

Sri Lanka’s win in this game by 97 runs provide the 31^st occasion of Sri Lanka winning a one day game against New Zealand – 16 times by runs margin and 15 times by wickets margin.

At the end of this game, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have played 69 games. Sri Lanka has won 31 games, lost 34 games, one game was tied and three games ended in no result.

{Samaraweera’s Photo Courtesy : AFP}

Sri Lanka-India-New Zealand One day series in Sri Lanka

The triangular one day series between Sri Lanka-India-New Zealand in Sri Lanka will start with a game between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Col-RPS on 08.09.09. The match will start at 2.30 PM local time. The fixtures are as under

1	Srl	Vs	NZl	Col-RPS	08.09.09	2.30 PM Local
2	Ind	Vs	NZl	Col-RPS	11.09.09	2.30 PM Local
3	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09	2.30 PM Local

The finals between two teams who secures most points would be played on 14.09.09 at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo which would start at 2.30 PM Local

“That is when I thought, we should have 25 overs first for one side and then the other, and then once again 25 overs for one side and then the other. Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss. We know how the conditions will affect the two teams. But it [his idea] is not too dependent on the toss because, for example, in a day-night match both the teams will have to bat under lights. The conditions change very dramatically but this would ensure that it’s same for everyone.”

Tendulkar’s statement that “Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss is incorrect”

Ric Finlay, one of the distinguished member of ACS England, has this to say regarding Tendulkar’s statement

In a recent news article, Cricinfo has quoted Sachin Tendulkar thus: “Today, we can tell the result of close to 75% of matches after the toss”. In the article Tendulkar is said to be in favour of splitting each innings in ODIs to reduce the “advantage” gained in winning the toss.

In the 2759 ODIs that have come to a definite conclusion, the side winning the toss has won 1406 times, less than 51%. Since 2000, the corresponding figures are 640 out of 1221 matches (52.4%), and since 2005, 314 out of 601 (52.2%). Even in the last 12 months, it has been 58 out of 115. I would suggest winning the toss is not a determinant of the result of the match, one way or the other, which is as it should be.

Perhaps Sachin, after doing his research, has decided that these percentages are close to 75%.

It is a pity that cricketing notables make these claims, because the fawning public tend to believe them, and as a consequence, there is pressure put on administrators to make bad decisions.

Can someone put him right?

Ric

The following are the updated statistics of the ongoing BCCI Inter Coroporate Tournament as at the end of the second semi finals

Results of the matches
Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Date
AIPSSPB	TSC	TSC	071 runs	Dharamsala	01.09.09
AI B	ITC	Abandoned		Mohali	01.09.09
AI R	BSNL	no result		Bangalore	01.09.09
BPCL	MRF	MRF	012 runs	Vizag	01.09.09
I Cem	BSNL	I Cem	025 runs	Bangalore	02.09.09
AIPSSPB	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	02.09.09
I Rev	ITC	I Rev	006 runs	Mohali	02.09.09
MRF	ONGC	ONGC	071 runs	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	IOC	abandoned		Dharamsala	03.09.09
AI B	I Rev	AI B	143 runs	Mohali	03.09.09
AI R	I Cem	AI R	007 wkts	Bangalore	03.09.09
BPCL	ONGC	abandoned		Vizag	03.09.09
Semi finals
AI R	ONGC	AI R	005 wkts	Bangalore	05.09.09
AI B	TSC	AI B	005 wkts	Mohali	06.09.09

250 plus runs by teams
Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Date
AI B	362-01	42.0	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
ONGC	329-09	50.0	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
TSC	267-10	50.0	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
BSNL	258-07	50.0	v AI R	Bangalore	01.09.09
MRF	258-09	50.0	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
I Rev	255-8	50.0	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
I Cem	253-05	47.0	V BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09

CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Bisla	152*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Shrikhande	121	I Rev	v AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
C Madan	114	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Chowdhury	110*	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Sriram	108	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
Dhoni	106*	AI B	v I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Khoda	105	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09

HALF CENTURIES
Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Gavaskar	93	TSC	AIPSSPB	Dharamsala	01.09.09
Raina	92*	AI R	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
Badrinath	91	I Cem	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
Badrinath	90	I Cem	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
A Das	82	BSNL	AI R	Bangalore	01.09.09
Marathe	80*	AI R	ONGC	Bangaloer	05.09.09
Madan	74	AI B	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
Kohli	73	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Dravid	66	I Cem	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
Dravid	63	I Cem	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
Gambhir	63	ONGC	AI R	Bangalore	05.09.09
Shetty	63	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Mohit Sharma	61	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Ojha	59	AI R	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
Agarkar	56	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
M Kaif	56	AI B	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
Gambhir	54	ONGC	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	54	MRF	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
YG Rao	53	MRF	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Jaggi	52	TSC	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Kapoor	51	BSNL	I Cem	Bangalore	02.09.09
P Singh	51	ITC	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
Thakur	50	AIPSSPB	TSC	Dharamsala	01.09.09

THREEE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
Dharma	8.0	0	75	5	MRF	v ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
P Singh	10.0	0	41	4	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
Joshi	10.0	0	54	4	I Rev	v ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
Dharma	7.0	0	22	3	MRF	v BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
Salvi	9.0	1	37	3	BPCL	v MRF	Vizag	01.09.09
Kulakarni	10.0	0	40	3	AI R	V ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
Patel	10.0	0	48	3	ONGC	v MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
Netravalkar	9.0	1	48	3	AI R	V I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
RP Singh	10.0	0	57	3	TSC	V AI B	Mohali	06.09.09

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2	Date
1	2nd	200*	Bisla	Dhoni
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
2	1st	162	Madan	Bisla
	AI B	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	03.09.09
3	2nd	142	Madan	Kaif
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
4	3rd	133	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	AI R	Bangalore	03.09.09
5	3rd	127	Badrinath	Dravid
	I Cem	Vs	BSNL	Bangalore	02.09.09
6	4th	112*	Khoda	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
7	2nd	109	Ojha	Raina
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
8	4th	107	Sriram	YG Rao
	MRF	Vs	ONGC	Vizag	02.09.09
9	3rd	106	Gambhir	Khoda
	ONGC	Vs	MRF	Vizag	02.09.09
FIFTY PLUS RUNS PARTNERSHIPS
No	Wkts	Runs	Part-1	Part-2
1	2nd	94	Uthappa	Marathe
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
2	3rd	92	Gambhir	Kohli
	ONGC	Vs	AI R	Bangalore	05.09.09
3	2nd	90	A Das	V Kumar
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	Bangalore	01.09.09
4	5th	86	Chowdhury	Velaskar
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
5	5th	84	P Singh	B Sharma
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
6	3rd	80	Jaggi	Shetty
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
7	6th	74	Shrikanade	Joshi
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
8	1st	71	Bisla	Madan
	AI B	Vs	TSC	Mohali	06.09.09
9	1st	70	Mohapatra	A Das
	BSNL	Vs	AI-R	Bangalore	01.09.09
10	3rd	70	Raina	Yuvraj Singh
	AI R	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	03.09.09
11	3rd	69	Shetty	Gavaskar
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
12	6th	68	Agarkar	Mota
	TSC	Vs	AI B	Mohali	06.09.09
13	6th	67	Gavaskar	Shetty
	Tata	Vs	AIPSSPB	Dharamshala	01.09.09
14	6th	67*	Marathe	Chavan
	AI R	Vs	ONGC	Bangalore	05.09.09
15	2nd	66	M Sharma	V Tyagi
	ITC	Vs	I Rev	Mohali	02.09.09
16	6th	63	YG Rao	S Kumar
	MRF	V	BPCL	Vizag	01.09.09
17	8th	63	Chowdhury	Ankit Sharma
	I Rev	Vs	ITC	Mohali	02.09.09
18	4th	61	Kapoor	Kakkar
	BSNL	Vs	I Cem	Bangalore	02.09.09
19	4th	52	Shrikanade	Banerjee
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09
20	2nd	52	Shrikanade	Chowdhury
	I Rev	Vs	AI B	Mohali	03.09.09

Second Semi Finals : Air India Blue edge Tata SC in second semi finals at Mohali and make it an all Air India affair in Finals

Thanks to a forceful hundred by wicket keeper opening batsman C Madan who scored 114 runs, Harbhajan Singh lead Air India Blue made it to the finals of first BCCI Inter Corporate Tournament. Air India Blue beat Tata SC by five wickets under VJ Method at Mohali in the second semi finals at Mohali on 06.09.09.

Put into bat, Tata SC amassed 267 for 9 in 50 overs, thanks to the useful contributions from IR Jaggi {52}, NS Shetty {63} and skipper AB Agarkar {56}. Tata SC’s innings was built around by two useful stands of 50 plus runs partnerships – 80 runs stand for the third wicket between IR Jaggi and NS Shetty and 68 runs stand for the seventh wicket between AB Agarkar and WA Mota. RP Singh {3 for 57} and Pankaj Singh {4 for 41} were the successful bowlers for Air India Blue. Tata SC had lost its six wickets for 164 runs on the board. Skipper AB Agarkar useful contribution of 56 and his stand of 68 runs for the seventh wicket in the company of WA Mota, a cameo knock of 24 runs in just nine balls by wicket keeper batsman SM Sheikh, ensured Tata SC reach a modest total of 267 all out 49.4 overs.

MS Bisla and C Madan laid the foundation with an opening stand of 71 runs which was followed by a three figure stand of 142 runs between C Madan and M Kaif for the second wicket, ensured Air India Blue a facile win by five wickets. C Madan’s 114 came in 129 deliveries and contained 13 boundary four and a six. He was at the crease for 168 minutes. M Kaif’s 52 contained seven fours. The duo added 142 runs in 23.5 overs. RR Powar bagged two for 56 for Tata SC

With Air India Blue winning this semi finals, finals will be an all Air India affair. Air India Red and Air India Blue will clash in the finals slated for 08.09.09 at Bangalore