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Tendulkar only current player in ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI. Four Australians and three West Indians make it to the side. Warne, Gilchrist and Akram other recent players to feature

Sachin Tendulkar is the only current player in ESPNcricinfo’s all-time Test World XI, which is dominated by Australians and West Indians, reflecting their pre-eminence in Test cricket over the years.

Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Wasim Akram were the other players from the last two decades to make it to the XI, which featured seven players who made their debuts after 1970.

Four Australians, three West Indians, two Englishmen, an Indian and a Pakistani make up the XI.

Three players were unanimous choices, figuring in the first XIs of each of the 12 members of the jury (each juror was asked to pick a first XI and a second) – Don Bradman, Garry Sobers and Shane Warne, each of whom got the maximum points possible in the exercise, 60. Tendulkar followed with 51 points.

Perhaps the biggest surprise the XI threw up was the gap between Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, the two leading wicket-takers in cricket history. Murali made it to ESPNcricinfo’s World Second XI, tallying 34 points fewer than Warne.

The closest battles were for one of the opening spots and for No. 5. Sunil Gavaskar lost out to Jack Hobbs by one point and George Headley by two to Viv Richards.

Len Hutton (47 points) partners Hobbs at the top. They are followed by Bradman, Tendulkar, Richards and Sobers. While there was no competition to Sobers for the allrounder’s spot, Imran Khan (19) narrowly edged out Keith Miller to make it to the Second XI.

Adam Gilchrist beat Alan Knott to the wicketkeeper’s spot by eight points. The next closest contender was Kumar Sangakkara, who got nine points.

The bowling positions were all decided by handsome margins. Three of cricket’s most highly rated fast bowlers – Dennis Lillee, leading with 48 points, Wasim Akram and Malcolm Marshall (in addition to Sobers, who could bowl left-arm fast, spin and chinamen) -accompany Warne.

Four players figured in either the first or second XIs of each of the 12 jury members – Bradman, Sobers, Warne and Viv Richards. Five players were in 11 – Tendulkar, Akram, Hutton, Gilchrist and Marshall.

The jury comprised one former captain from each of the top Test-playing teams – Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Tony Greig, Duleep Mendis, Ali Bacher, Intikhab Alam, John Wright, Ajit Wadekar – and four cricket historians and writers.

The World XI is the final instalment in ESPNcricinfo’s all-time XI series, in which all-time sides have been picked for the leading Test teams. The shortlists that the members of the jury picked their World XIs from consisted of the players who made it to the country XIs.

ESPNcricinfo readers were invited to pick their XIs in parallel, and six of the jury’s choices made it to the readers’ XI: Bradman, Tendulkar, Sobers, Gilchrist, Warne and Akram. Virender Sehwag and Gavaskar were the overwhelming favourites for the opening slots, while Brian Lara edged out Richards for a place in the middle order. The readers went with a two-spin, two-quicks bowling combination – their XI has Warne and Murali bowling in tandem. And Glenn McGrath and Akram comfortably beat competition from all the West Indian bowlers in the shortlist.

“It was only natural that our all-time XI series for the top Test-playing countries should culminate in an all-time World XI,” Sambit Bal, editor of ESPNcricinfo, said. “It’s the apt finale to what has been hugely successful exercise. Not only have these features been widely read, our readers have participated in huge numbers in picking their own XIs.”

“We have taken great care in choosing the jury for the world XI. All the cricketers on the panel have been captains, and are thus well-versed in the business of selecting teams. Also, they have either played alongside, or watched first-hand, a significant number of the nominees.”

The World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee

The Second XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, George Headley, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O’Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan, SF Barnes

Readers’ XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenna McGrath

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New Zealand announces its test squad to tour India for the three tests to be played in Novemer 2010

Squad: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brent Arnel, Hamish Bennett, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Tim McIntosh, Andy McKay, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

Of the above 15 member squad, three cricketers – AJ McKay. H Bennett and KS Williamson – are yet to make their test debut. The career records of the squad is furnished below

No	Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St
1	BJ Arnel	2	10	7	2.50	0	5	3/77	50.00	0	1	0
2	MJ Guptill	11	672	189	35.36	1	3	3/37	15.66	0	8	0
3	GJ Hopkins	1	27	15	13.50	0	–	–	–	–	3	0
4	BB McCullum	52	2862	185	34.90	5	–	–	–	–	162	11
5	TG McIntosh	13	683	136	29.69	1	–	–	–	–	9	0
6	CS Martin	56	89	12*	2.28	0	181	6/54	35.03	8	12	0
7	JS Patel	11	153	27*	12.75	0	37	5/110	42.89	1	6	0
8	JD Ryder	11	898	201	49.88	2	4	2/7	53.00	0	8	0
9	TG Southee	9	199	77*	18.09	0	25	5/55	40.88	1	3	0
10	LRPL Taylor	25	1941	154*	43.13	5	0	–	–	0	45	0
11	DL Vettori	99	3954	140	30.89	5	324	7/87	33.62	18	55	0
12	BJ Watling	4	195	60*	27.85	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
13	AJ McKay	Yet to make his test debut
14	H Bennett	Yet to make his test debut
15	KS Williamson	Yet to make his test debut

Third one day : India va Australia at Margao on 24.10.10 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

This game was abandoned without a ball being bowled providing the 76^th such occasion in the history of one day internationals.

This game provides the eighth occasion of an abandoned game in India. The eight occasions are – vs New Zealand at Jammu on 19.12.88: vs New Zealand at Margao on 21.11.95: vs Australia at Cuttack on 27.10.96: vs South Africa at Chennai on 22.11.05: vs England at Guwahathi on 09.04.06: vs Australia at Mum-DYP on 11.11.09: vs Australia at Kochi on 17.10.10 and vs Australia at Margao on 24.10.10

India is second in the list of countries with most abandoned games. Sri Lanka leads the list with 12 abandoned games.

Countrywise break up of 76 abandoned games read thus – Australia {03} : Bangladesh {02} : Canada {03}: England {05}: India {08}: Ireland {02} : Kenya {04} : Netherlands {03} : New Zealand {05} : Pakistan {06} : Scotland {05}: South Africa {06} : Sri Lanka {12} : West Indies {06} and Zimbabwe {05}.

Margao is the only ground in India to witness two abandoned games – vs New Zealand on 21.11.95 and vs Australia on 24.10.10.

Other grounds to witness two or more abandoned games are – Amstelveen {03} : Auckland {02} : Bulawayo {03} : Col-RPS {07} : Col-SSC {02} : East London {02} : Galle {03} : Glasgow {02} : Gujranwala {02} : Guyana {02} : Harare {02} : Jamaica {02} : Johannesburg {02} : Melbourne {02} : Nairobi-Gym (04} : Rawalpindi {02} and Wellington {02}

Col-RPS leads the list with seven abandoned game and closely followed by Nairobi-Gymkhana with four such games.

Third ODI : South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Benoni on 22.10.10 : South Africa won by 272 runs

South Africa’s margin of victory in this game – by 272 runs – provides the second largest victory in terms of runs in the history of one day internationals. The best is New Zealand’s 290 runs win against Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.08

South Africa’s victory in this game represents the 29th win by a team with a margin of 200 plus runs.

This game provides the third occasion of team setting a target of 400 plus runs for a victory when the team has won by 200 plus runs in one day games. The other two occasions are – New Zealand setting a target of 403 against Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.08 {New Zealand won by 290 runs} : India setting a target of 414 runs against Bermuda at Port of Spain on 19.03.07 {India won by 257 runs}

South Africa’s total of 399 for 6 in this game provide the tenth occasion of team setting a target of 400 plus runs for a team to win in the history of one day internationals

JP Duminy {129} and AB de Villiers {109} scored hundreds in South Africa’s innings providing the 89th occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in the same innings.

AB de Villers’s 109 in this game provide the 63^rd occasion of a batsman scoring hundreds in consecutive games. His feat provides the ninth occasion of South African batsmen performing such a feat

Ab de Villers has performed the feat of scoring consecutive hundreds on three occasions. He is the first South African batsman to perform such a feat. Others to perform such a feat on three or more occasions are – Saeed Anwar of Pakistan {04}: CH Gayle {03}: ST Jayasuriya {03} and BC Lara {03}

AB de Villers’s 109 in this game provide the 73^rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring hundreds in one day. His feat provides the fifth occasion of South African wicket keeper batsmen scoring a hundred in one day games.

JP Duminy and AB de Villers added 219 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 76^th occasion of 200 runs plus partnership in one day games. This stand provides the 17^th occasion of 200 runs plus partnership for the third wicket in one day games. This stand represents the record stand for the third wicket by South African batsman in one day games. The previous best was 186 runs stand between AB de Villiers and JA Morkel vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 26.08.07.

JP Duminy and AB de Villers added 219 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of 200 runs plus partnership by South African batsmen in one day games. The other three occasions are – 235 runs for the first wicket between HH Gibbs and G Kirsten vs India at Kochi on 09.03.00: 232 for the fourth wicket between DJ Cullinan and JN Rhodes vs Pakistan at Nairobi {G} on 29.09.96 and 209 for the second wicket between G Kirsten and ND McKenzie vs Kenya at Cape Town on 22.10.01

This match witnessed nine Zimbabwean bowlers bowling to South African batsmen providing 13^th such occasion in the history of one day internationals.

At the end of this series, South Africa has won 82 games under GC Smith. Other captains to have won 80 plus one day games are – RT Ponting of Australia {160}: AR Border of Australia {107}: WJ Cronje of South Africa {99}: SP Fleming of New Zealand {98}: M Azharuddin of India {90} : and A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {89}.

AB de Villiers {109} and JP Duminy {129} scored hundreds in this game to provide the 99^th and 100^th hundred by South African batsmen in one day games. JP Duminy’s hundred was the 100^th hundred scored by South African batsman in one day games.

South Africa became the sixth team to post 100 hundreds in one day games. Others are – India {177}: Australia {154}: Pakistan {144}: West Indies {132} and Sri Lanka {109}

JP Duminy scored 129 in this game while Zimbabwe was all out for 127 providing the 39th occasion of a batsman’s individual score greater than the team’s total.

SW Masakadza conceded 95 runs in this game providing the 19^th occasion of a bowler conceding 90 plus runs in one day games.

SW Masakadza became the second Zimbabwean bowler to concede 90 plus runs in one day games, the first bowler being AM Blignaut who had returned with figures of 9.0-0-96-2 against New Zealand at Bulawayo on 24.08.05,

SW Masakadza conceded 95 runs in this game providing the seventh occasion of a Zimbabwean bowler conceding 80 plus runs in one day games.

SW Masakadza {95} and IA Nicolson {74} conceded seventy plus runs in this game to provide the eighth occasion of two or more Zimbabwean bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in an innings.

South Africa’s margin of victory in this game – by 272 runs – provides the second largest victory in terms of runs in the history of one day internationals. The best is New Zealand’s 290 runs win against Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.08

South Africa’s victory in this game represents the 29th win by a team with a margin of 200 plus runs. All the twenty-nine wins are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	New Zealand	290	Runs	v Ireland	Aberdeen	01.07.08
2	South Africa	272	Runs	v Zimbabwe	Benoni	22.10.10
3	India	257	Runs	v Bermuda	Port of Spain	19.03.07
4	Australia	256	Runs	v Namibia	Potchefstroom	27.02.03
5	India	256	Runs	v Hong Kong	Karachi	25.06.08
6	Sri Lanka	245	Runs	v India	Sharjah	29.10.00
7	Sri Lanka	243	Runs	v Bermuda	Port of Spain	15.03.07
8	Sri Lanka	234	Runs	v Pakistan	Lahore	24.01.09
9	Pakistan	233	Runs	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02.06.00
10	Australia	232	Runs	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	28.01.85
11	Australia	229	Runs	v Netherlands	Basseterre	18.03.07
12	Australia	224	Runs	v Pakistan	Nairobi-Gym	30.08.02
13	South Africa	221	Runs	v Netherlands	Basseterre	16.03.07
14	Pakistan	217	Runs	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	17.04.02
15	Australia	215	Runs	v New Zealand	St George’s	20.04.07
16	South Africa	212	Runs	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	10.11.09
17	New Zealand	210	Runs	v U.S.A.	The Oval	10.09.04
18	South Africa	209	Runs	v West Indies	Cape Town	25.01.04
19	South Africa	208	Runs	v Kenya	Cape Town	22.10.01
20	Australia	208	Runs	v India	Sydney	08.02.04
21	West Indies	208	Runs	v Canada	Kingston	13.04.10
22	New Zealand	206	Runs	v Australia	Adelaide	27.01.86
23	Sri Lanka	206	Runs	v Netherlands	Col-RPS	16.09.02
24	Australia	203	Runs	v Scotland	Basseterre	14.03.07
25	England	202	Runs	v India	Lord’s	07.06.75
26	South Africa	202	Runs	v Kenya	Nairobi-Gym	03.10.96
27	Zimbabwe	202	Runs	v Kenya	Dhaka	27.03.99
28	India	200	Runs	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11.04.03
29	New Zealand	200	Runs	v India	Dambulla	10.08.10

JP Duminy scored 129 while Zimbabwe was all out for 127 in the third one day game between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Benoni on 22.10.10, providing the 39th occasion of a batsman’s individual score greater than the opponent’s team total. The following list shows all the 39 occasions

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Opp	Total	Diff	Ground	Date
1	DL Amiss	Eng	137	Ind	132-03	05	Lord’s	07.06.75
2	GM Turner	NZl	171*	EAF	128-08	43	Birmingham	07.06.75
3	IVA Richards	Win	189*	Eng	168-10	21	Manchester	31.05.84
4	CG Greenidge	Win	067	Srl	051-10	16	Sharjah	03.12.85
5	DM Jones	Aus	099*	Srl	091-10	08	Adelaide	28.01.85
6	AR Border	Aus	118*	Srl	091-10	27	Adelaide	28.01.85
7	DL Haynes	Win	145*	NZl	129-10	16	Berbice	14.04.85
8	RB Richardson	Win	109	Srl	051-10	58	Sharjah	03.12.85
9	CG Greenidge	Win	100	Aus	091-10	09	Perth	04.01.87
10	IVA Richards	Win	181	Srl	169-04	12	Karachi	13,10.87
11	Izaz Ahmed	Pak	124*	Ban	111-06	13	Chittagong	29.10.88
12	DM Jones	Aus	107*	NZl	094-10	13	Christchurch	04.03.90
13	DL Haynes	Win	096	Pak	081-10	15	Sydney	17.12.92
14	PA de Silva	Srl	107*	Zim	105-10	02	Harare	06.11.94
15	G Kirsten	RSA	188*	UAE	152-08	36	Rawalpindi	16.02.96
16	G Flower	Zim	140	Ken	123-10	17	Dhakla	27.03.99
17	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	189	Ind	054-10	135	Sharjah	29.10.01
18	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	125	NZl	122-10	03	Karachi	21.04.02
19	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	129	Srl	078-09	51	Sharjah	17.04.02
20	ML Hayden	Aus	146	Pak	108-10	38	Nairobi	30.08.02
21	M Atapattu	Srl	101	Net	086-10	15	Col-RPS	17.09.02
22	HH Gibbs	RSA	153	Ban	133-10	20	Potchefstroom	04.10.02
23	SR Tendulkar	Ind	152	Nam	130-10	22	Pietermaritzburg	23.02.03
24	ML Hayden	Aus	088	Nam	045-10	43	Potchefstroom	27.02.03
25	CH Gayle	Win	119	Ken	104-10	15	Kimberley	03.03.03
26	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	102*	Ban	077-10	25	Dhaka	11.04.03
27	JH Kallis	RSA	109*	Win	054-10	55	Cape Town	25.01.06
28	NJ Astle	NZl	145*	USA	137-10	08	The Oval	10.09.04
29	JH Kallis	RSA	119*	Ind	091-10	28	Durban	22.11.06
30	KC Sangakkara	Srl	079	NZl	073-10	06	Auckland	01.01.09
31	DPMDJayawardne	Srl	085	Ber	078-10	07	Port of Spain	15.03.07
32	JAH Marshall	NZ l	161	Ire	112-10	49	King City {NW}	01.07.08
33	BB McCullum	NZl	166	Ire	112-10	54	King City {NW}	01.07.08
34	SE Marsh	Aus	076	Ban	070-10	02	Darwin	30.08.08
35	MEK Hussey	Aus	085	Ban	070-10	11	Darwin	30.08.08
36	TM Dilshan	Srl	137*	Pak	075-10	62	Lahore	24.01.09
37	LRPL Taylor	NZl	095	Ind	088-10	07	Damblla	10.08.10
38	SB Styris	NZl	089	Ind	088-10	01	Damblla	10.08.10
39	JP Duminy	RSA	129	Zim	127-10	02	Benoni	22.10.10

JP Duminy’s feat provides the fifth occasion of South African batsman performing such a feat. Others are – G Kirsten, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis {on two occasions}. All the five occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Opp	Total	Diff	Ground	Date
1	G Kirsten	RSA	188*	UAE	152-08	36	Rawalpindi	16.02.96
2	HH Gibbs	RSA	153	Ban	133-10	20	Potchefstroom	04.10.02
3	JH Kallis	RSA	109*	Win	054-10	55	Cape Town	25.01.06
4	JH Kallis	RSA	119*	Ind	091-10	28	Durban	22.11.06
5	JP Duminy	RSA	129	Zim	127-10	02	Benoni	22.10.10

MS Dhoni’s performance in India’s 50 wins in each match and the results of those matches is furnished below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date	Team	Won	Margin
1	50*	Aus	Chandigarh	08.10.07	India	won	008	runs
2	5	Aus	Mumbai	17.10.07	India	won	002	wkts
3	63	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07	India	won	005	wkts
4	49	Pak	Kanpur	11.11.07	India	won	046	Runs
5	45*	Pak	Gwalior	15.11.07	India	won	006	wkts
6	17*	Aus	Melbourne	10.02.08	India	won	005	wkts
7	50*	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08	India	won	002	wkts
8	DNB	Srl	Hobart	26.02.08	India	won	007	wkts
9	15*	Aus	Sydney	02.03.08	India	won	006	wkts
10	36	Aus	Brisbane	04.03.08	India	won	009	Runs
11	24	Pak	Dhaka	10.06.08	India	won	140	Runs
12	DNB	Ban	Dhaka	12.06.08	India	won	007	wkts
13	109*	HKG	Karachi	25.06.08	India	won	256	Runs
14	26*	Pak	Karachi	26.06.08	India	won	006	wkts
15	DNB	Ban	Karachi	28.06.08	India	won	007	wkts
16	67	Srl	Karachi	03.07.08	India	won	006	wkts
17	39	Srl	Dambulla	20.08.08	India	won	003	wkts
18	76	Srl	Col-RPS	24.08.08	India	won	033	Runs
19	71	Srl	Col-RPS	27.08.08	India	won	046	Runs
20	39	Eng	Rajkot	14.11.08	India	won	158	Runs
21	15	Eng	Indore	17.11.08	India	won	054	Runs
22	29*	Eng	Kanpur	20.11.08	India	won	016	Runs
23	9	Eng	Bangalore	23.11.08	India	won	019	Runs
24	50	Eng	Cuttack	26.11.08	India	won	006	wkts
25	61*	Srl	Dambulla	28.01.09	India	won	006	wkts
26	23	Srl	Col-RPS	31.01.09	India	won	015	Runs
27	35*	Srl	Col-RPS	03.02.09	India	won	147	Runs
28	94	Srl	Col-RPS	05.02.09	India	won	067	Runs
29	84*	NZl	Napier	03.03.09	India	won	053	Runs
30	68	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09	India	won	058	Runs
31	DNB	NZl	Hamilton	11.03.09	India	won	084	Runs
32	41	Win	Kingston	26.06.09	India	won	020	Runs
33	46*	Win	Gros Islet	03.07.09	India	won	006	wkts
34	35*	NZl	Col-RPS	11.09.09	India	won	006	wkts
35	56	Srl	Col-RPS	14.09.09	India	won	046	Runs
36	DNB	Win	Johannesburg	30.09.09	India	won	007	wkts
37	124	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09	India	won	099	Runs
38	71*	Aus	Delhi	31.10.09	India	won	006	wkts
39	72	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09	India	won	006	wkts
40	101*	Ban	Dhaka	07.01.10	India	won	008	Wkts
41	DNB	Srl	Dhaka	10.01.10	India	won	006	wkts
42	32	Ban	Dhaka	11.01.10	India	won	001	Run
43	26	SAF	Jaipur	21.02.10	India	won	153	Runs
44	68*	SAF	Gwalior	24.02.10	India	won	007	wkts
45	38*	Ban	Dambulla	16.06.10	India	won	006	wkts
46	56	Pak	Dambulla	19.06.10	India	won	003	wkts
47	38	Srl	Dambulla	24.06.10	India	won	081	Runs
48	23*	Srl	Dambulla	16.08.10	India	won	006	wkts
49	38	NZl	Dambulla	25.08.10	India	won	105	Runs
50	0	Aus	Vizag	20.10.10	India	won	005	wkts

MS Dhoni became the 19^th captain in the history of one day games to win 50 plus one day games. Vizag victory by five wickets against Australia was his 50^th one day win. The batting performance of all the 19 captains are furnished below

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	Z
1	RT Ponting	Aus	160	152	20	6894	141*	52.22	20	42	4
2	AR Border	Aus	107	96	23	3026	127*	41.45	2	21	2
3	WJ Cronje	SAF	99	91	17	3230	94	43.64	0	27	2
4	SP Fleming	NZL	98	96	14	3442	134*	41.97	6	22	4
5	M Azharuddin	Ind	90	81	21	3002	153*	50.03	2	22	2
6	A Ranatunga	Srl	89	83	27	3139	131*	56.05	2	24	5
7	GC Smith	SAF	81	81	8	3599	134*	49.30	7	28	5
8	SC Ganguly	Ind	76	75	10	3359	144	51.67	9	19	6
9	Imran Khan	Pak	75	61	23	1924	102*	50.63	1	14	1
10	IVA Richards	Win	67	54	11	2044	181	47.53	3	15	1
11	SR Waugh	Aus	67	51	13	1580	120*	41.57	2	8	3
12	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	66	66	4	3127	189	50.43	9	18	4
13	Wasim Akram	Pak	66	49	12	725	52	19.59	0	1	2
14	CH Lloyd	Win	64	48	16	1470	102	45.93	1	8	0
15	SM Pollock	SAF	60	24	12	337	69*	28.08	0	2	3
16	BC Lara	Win	59	56	13	2216	156	51.53	3	13	1
17	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	57	55	10	1936	126*	43.02	4	11	7
18	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	52	43	14	1695	81*	58.44	0	13	0
19	MS Dhoni	Ind	50	44	18	2114	124	81.30	3	16	1

He is the third Indian captain to win 50 plus one day games. Others are – M Azharuddin {90} and SC Ganguly {76}. The batting performance of all the three captains are furnished below

No	Captain	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	Z
1	M Azharuddin	Ind	90	81	21	3002	153*	50.03	2	22	2
2	SC Ganguly	Ind	76	75	10	3359	144	51.67	9	19	6
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	50	44	18	2114	124	81.30	3	16	1

Second one day : India vs Australia at Vishakapatnam on 20.10.10 : India won by five wickets

S Dhawan and SS Tiwary were capped by India in this game. They became the 188^th and 189^th cricketers to represent India in one day games. They became the 18^th and 19^th Indian cricketers to make their one day debut against Australia

Australia capped JW Hastings and MA Starc were capped by Australia in this game. They became the 184^th and 185^th cricketers to represent Australia in one day games. They became the 12^th and 13^th Australian cricketers to make their one day debut against India

India won the toss and elected to field providing the 19^th occasion of India inserting the opposition in one day games.

MJ Clarke and MEK Hussey added 144 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 45^th occasion of a three figure partnership posted by Australian batsman against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of a three figure partnership posted by Australian batsmen against India for the third wicket. The other six occasions are – 100 runs between AR Border and KJ Hughes at Sydney on 15.01.91 : 137 runs between AR Border and DM Jones at Adelaide on 15.12.91 : 110 runs between MG Bevan and ML Hayden at Bangalore on 25.03.01 : 234* runs between DR Martyn and RT Ponting at Johannesburg on 23.03.03 : 149* runs between DR Martyn and RT Ponting at Bangalore on 12.11.03 and 157 runs between ML Hayden and DR Martyn at Sydney on 08.02.04.

MJ Clarke and CL White added 129 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 46th occasion of a three figure partnership posted by Australian batsman against India. It also provides the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership posted by Australian batsmen against India for the fourth wicket. The other five occasions are – 113 runs between SG Law and SR Waugh at Col-SSC on 06.09.96 : 122 runs between AC Gilchrist and A Symonds at Perth on 01.02.04 : 123 runs between MJ Clarke and A Symonds at Hyd-LBS on 05.10.07 : 102 runs between RT Ponting and A Symonds at Sydney an 24.02.08 and 100 runs between ML Hayden and A Symonds at Sydney on 02.03.08.

These two three figure stands gave an aggregate of 296 three figure partnerships by Australian batsmen in one day games, which put them on par with India who also had 296 three figure partnerships at the end of Australia’s innings. However, India went ahead of Australia with the 137 runs partnership between V Kohli and Yuvraj Singh for the third wicket to have 297 three figure partnerships at the end of the match, India owns the record for most three figure partnerships at the end of this match – 297.

SE Marsh failed to open the account in this game to provide the 52^nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck against India. His duck in this game provides the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck against India in one day games.

MJ Clarke {111*}, MEK Hussey {69} and CL White {89*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 145^th, 146^th and 147^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in one day games against India. It also provides the 13^th occasion of three or more Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game provide the 27^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against India in one day games.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game provide the 156th occasion of a captain scoring a hundred in one day games. This knock represents the 33^rd occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred in one day games.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game represent his second hundred while captaining Australia, the first occasion being 100 not out against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01.05.09

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game represent his fifth one day hundred. Others are – 130 vs India at Bangalore on 29.09.07 : 105* vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 29.05.04 : 103* vs Pakistan at Sydney on 23.01.05 and 100* vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 01.05.09.

MEK Hussey’s 69 in this game represents his 32^nd half century and 34^th fifty, while CL Whote’s 89 not out represents his 11^th half century and 13^th fifty,

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game represent the 158^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against India in one day games. It also represents the fifth occasion of an Australian captain scoring a hundred against India in one day games. The other four are – 105 by MA Taylor at Bangalore on 21.10.96 : 140* by RT Ponting at Jo’burg on 22.03.03 : 108* by RT Ponting at Bangalore on 12.11.03 and 124 by RT Ponting at Sydney on 24.02.08

R Vinay kumar conceded 71 runs in this game to provide the 64^th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in one day games. His figures of none for 71 represent the 24^th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket.

R Vinay kumar conceded 71 runs in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings against Australia in one day games. His figures of none for 71 represent the sixth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket against Australia. The other five occasions are – none for 87 by J Srinath at Jo’burg on 22.03.03 : none for 80 by A Nehra at Bangalore on 12.11.03 : none for 73 at Sydney on 24.02.08 : none for 77 by Praveen Kumar at Vadodara on 25.10.09 and none for 73 by MM Patel at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09.

S Dhawan failed to open his account on his one day debut in this game. He became the 163^rd batsman in the history of one day games to collect a duck on his one day debut. S Dhawan became the 17^th Indian batsman to suffer such an ignominy. He is the third Indian batsman to score a duck on debut against Australia. The other two are – RMH Binny who had failed to open his account at Melbourne on 06.12.80 and AK Patel at New Delhi on 28.0
9.84.

SK Dhawan collected his “two ball debut duck” in this game to become the fourth Indian batsman to suffer from such an ignominy. The other three are – BS Bedi vs England at Leeds on 13.07.74 : SR Tendulkar vs Pakistan at Gujranwala on 18.12.89 and GK Pandey vs Pakistan at Jaipur on 24.03.99.

V Kohli and Yuvraj Singh added 137 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 40^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia. This stand also represents the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the third wicket. The other seven occasions are – 115 runs between SM Gavaskar and RJ Shastri at Indore on 06.10.84 : 102 runs between SM Gavaskar and DB Vengsarkar at Melbourne on 31.01.86 : 102 runs between R Lamba and DB Vengsarkar at Delhi on 02.10.86 : 102 runs between SV Manjrekar and SR Tendulkar at Hobart on 10.12.91 : 120 runs between M Azharuddin and SR Tendulkar at Sharjah on 24.04.99 : 140 runs between R Dravid and SR Tendulkar at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and 133 runs R Dravid and VVS Laxman at Brisbane on 18.01.04.

V Kohli and Yuvraj Singh added 137 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the second best stand for the third wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia. The best is the 140 runs stand between R Dravid and SR Tendulkar at Dhaka on 28.10.98

S Dhawan and MS Dhoni failed to open their accounts this game to provide the 69^th and 70^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against Australia.

MS Dhoni’s duck in this game provide the fifth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck against Australia in one day games. Others are – N Kapil Dev at Sydney on 05.02.86 : M Azharuddin at Dhaka on 28.10.98 : A Jadeja at Col-SSC on 28.08.99 and SC Ganguly at Indore on 31.03.01

MS Dhoni collected the first ball duck in this game providing the 88^th occasion of a captain scoring a first ball duck in one day games. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian captain to suffer from such an ignominy. The break up of 14 occasions read thus – SM Gavaskar {01} : N Kapil Dev {03} : M Azharuddin {04} : SC Ganguly {04} : R Dravid {01} and MS Dhoni {01}

MS Dhoni is the second Indian captain to be dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia. N Kapil Dev is the other captain. He got his first ball duck at Sydney on 05.02.86.

MS Dhoni scored his first duck while leading India in one day games when he failed to open his account in this game. It was also his sixth duck of his one day career. The other five are – vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on 23.12.04: vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on 06.11.05: vs Bangladesh at Trinidad on 17.03.07: vs Sri Lanka at Trinidad on 23.03.07 and vs South Africa at Belfast on 29.06.07.

V Kohli’s 118 in this game provide the 177^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games, His knock also provide the 25^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred against Australia.

V Kohli’s 118 in this game represent his third hundred in one day games. The other two are – 107 vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata on 24.12.09 and 102* vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 11.01.10. Thus his 118 in this game represents his highest individual score in one day games.

V Kohli {118}, Yuvraj Singh {58} and SK Raina {71 not out} scored fifties in this game providing the 122^nd, 123^rd and 124^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties against Australia. It also provides the eighth occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Australia.

This match contained six fifties – three each by Indian and Australian batsmen – providing the very first occasion of a match with six fifties in India-Australia one day series. It also provides the 37^th occasion of match containing six or more fifties in the history of one day internationals.

Yuvraj Singh’s 58 in this game represent his 44^th one day half century and 56^th fifty. SK Raina’s 71 not out represents his 16^th one day half century and 19^th fifty.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game provide the 41^st occasion of a batsman scoring 111 ar 111 not out in one day games. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 111 or 111 not out in one day games.

DC Boon {111 at Jaipur on 07.09.86}, ML Hayden {111 at Vishakapanam on 03.04.11}, AC Gilchrist {111 at Banglaore on 12.11.03} and MJ Clarke {111 not out at Vishakapatnam on 28,10.10 are the four Australian batsmen who have scored 111 or 111 not out against India in one day games.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the 26^th occasion of an Australian batsman’s hundred going in vain. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Australian batsman’s hundred in a losing cause against India. The other four are – 104 by GR Marsh at Jaipur on 07.09.86 : 111 by DC Boon at Jaipur on 07.09.86 : 105 by MA Taylor at Bangalore on 21.10.96 and 109 by ML Hayden at Brisbane on 18.01.04, Thus MJ Clarke’s 111 not out provides the highest score by an Australian batsman in a losing cause against India.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the 39^th occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian captain’s hundred in a losing cause. The other five are – 108 by GS Chappell vs New Zealand at Auckland on 13.02.82 : 105 by MA Taylor vs India at Bangalore on 21.10.96 : 164 by RT Ponting vs South Africa at Jo’burg on 12.03.06 : 109* by MEK Hussey vs West Indies at Kuala Lampur on 18.09.06 and 105 by MEK Hussey vs New Zealand at Auckland on 18.02.07.

MJ Clarke’s 111 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain against India. The other occasion was at Bangalore on 21.10.96, when MA Taylor’s 105 went in vain.

MS Dhoni became the 19^th capta
in in the history of one day games to win 50 plus one day games. Vizag victory by five wickets against Australia was his 50^th one day win. He is the third Indian captain to win 50 plus one day games. Others are – M Azharuddin {90} and SC Ganguly {76}.

At the end of this game, head to head count between the two teams read thus – Played – 104 : won by India – 35 : won by Australia – 61 : No result games – 08 :

New Zealand will tour India in November-December 2010 to play three tests and five one day games. The itinerary is as under

Thu Nov 4 – Mon Nov 8	1st Test – India v New Zealand
09:30 local	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Nov 12 – Tue Nov 16	2nd Test – India v New Zealand
09:30 local	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sat Nov 20 – Wed Nov 24	3rd Test – India v New Zealand
09:30 local	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Sun Nov 28	1st ODI – India v New Zealand
08:30 local	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Wed Dec 1	2nd ODI – India v New Zealand
14:30 local	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat Dec 4	3rd ODI – India v New Zealand
14:30 local	Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Tue Dec 7	4th ODI – India v New Zealand
14:30 local	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Dec 10	5th ODI – India v New Zealand
14:30 local	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai