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SR Watson {93}, SM Katich {98}, RT Ponting {57}, MEK Hussey {82} and NM Hauritz {75} scored half centuries in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing test against Pakistan at Melbourne, providing the third instance of first five batsman scoring half centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

No	Batsmen	Score	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	MTGElloit	69	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug	97
2	MATaylor	76	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug	97
3	GS Blewett	50	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug	97
4	MEWaugh	68	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug	97
5	SRWaugh	75	1	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug	97
1	ImranFarhat	61	2	Pak	NZl	Napier	Dec	09
2	SalmanButt	66	2	Pak	NZl	Napier	Dec	09
3	Faisal Iqbal	67	2	Pak	NZl	Napier	Dec	09
4	MohdYousuf	89	2	Pak	NZl	Napier	Dec	09
5	UmarAkmal	77	2	Pak	NZl	Napier	Dec	09
1	SRWatson	93	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec	09
2	SMKatich	98	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec	09
3	RTPonting	57	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec	09
4	MEKHussey	82	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec	09
5	NMHauritz	75	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec	09

There are 17 occasions of first five or six batsman scoring fifties in a test innings which are furnished below.

No	Team	Inns	Opp	Ground	Season	C	HC	F
1	Eng	1	Win	Kingston	1929/30	2	4	6
2	Pak	2	Ind	Lahore	1989/90	3	3	6
3	Ind	2	Aus	Kolkata	1997/98	1	5	6
4	Pak	3	Ind	Karachi	2005/06	1	5	6
5	Eng	2	Aus	Lord’s	1926	2	3	5
6	Eng	4	SAF	Durban	1938/39	3	2	5
7	NZl	2	Pak	Lahore	1964/65	1	4	5
8	Pak	2	Aus	Melbourne	1972/73	2	3	5
9	Aus	1	Eng	Lord’s	1993	3	2	5
10	Aus	1	Eng	Nottingham	1997	0	5	5
11	Ind	3	NZl	Mohali	1999/00	2	3	5
12	Aus	1	Eng	The Oval	2001	3	2	5
13	Eng	3	Srl	Lord’s	2002	2	3	5
14	Aus	2	Ind	Delhi	2008/09	1	4	5
15	Ind	2	Srl	Mum/BS	2009/10	1	4	5
16	Pak	3	NZl	Napier	2009/10	0	5	5
17	Aus	1	Pak	Melbourne	2009/10	0	5	5

GC Smith was run out for 75 in the first innings at Durban against England in the ongoing first test providing the eighth occasion of a captain-cum-opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out all the eight occasions

No	Captain/Opener	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	TL Goddard	60	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Jan 1965
2	MA Taylor	59	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1994
3	MA Taylor	2	Aus	Eng	Perth	Feb 1997
4	MA Taylor	45	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1998
5	STJayasuriya	3	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Aug 2001
6	STJayasuriya	18	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	May 2002
7	GC Smith	18	SAF	Eng	TheOval	Sep 2003
8	GC Smith	75	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 2009

GC Smith has been run out on two occasions in a test innings as a captain-cum-opener. He was dismissed run out for 18 against England at The Oval in Sep 2003 and for 75 against England at Durban in Dec 2009.

MA Taylor of Australia {three occasions}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {two occasions} and GC Smith of South Africa {two occasions} are the three captain-cum-opening batsmen who have been dismissed run out on two or more occasions.

GC Smith {75}, TL Goddard {60} and MA Taylor {59} are the three captain-cum-opening batsmen who have registered a half century before they were dismissed run out. TL Goddard of South Africa scored 60 against England at Jo’burg in Jan 1965 before he was dismissed run out. MA Taylor of Australia scored 59 against England at Brisbane in Nov 94 before he was dismissed run out.

GC Smith’s 75 remains the highest individual score registered by a captain-cum-opening batsman who was dismissed run out in a test innings

Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamer became the 17^th bowler to concede 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings at Melbourne. The following is the complete list of bowlers who have suffered such ignominy

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Mon/Yr
1	A Cotter	37.0	5	125	0	Aus	Eng	Feb 1912
2	RKTyldesley	35.0	3	130	0	Eng	Aus	Jan 1925
3	JM Gregory	22.0	1	102	0	Aus	Eng	Feb 1925
4	MW Tate	62.0	26	108	0	Eng	Aus	Mar 1929
5	PI Philpott	30.0	2	133	0	Aus	Eng	Dec 1965
6	S Abid Ali	20.0	0	106	0	Ind	Aus	Dec 1967
7	JR Thomson	17.0	1	100	0	Aus	Pak	Dec 1972
8	RJ Hadlee	25.0	4	104	0	NZl	Aus	Dec 1973
9	B Andrews	19.0	2	100	0	NZl	Aus	Dec 1973
10	ImranKhan	22.0	0	115	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
11	SaleemAltaf	17.0	2	117	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
12	AA Mallett	35.0	9	104	0	Aus	Eng	Feb 1980
13	DK Lillee	36.3	9	104	0	Aus	Pak	Dec 1981
14	SJHarmison	36.0	7	108	0	Eng	Aus	Dec 2002
15	Z Khan	25.0	4	103	0	Ind	Aus	Dec 2003
16	Mohd Sami	23.0	2	102	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2004
17	Mohd Aamer	27.0	7	101	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2009

Mohammad Aamer is the fourth Pakistan bowler to concede 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings at Melbourne. The other three are – Imran Khan, Saleem Altaf and Mohammad Sami.

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Mon/Yr
1	ImranKhan	22.0	0	115	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
2	SaleemAltaf	17.0	2	117	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
3	Mohd Sami	23.0	2	102	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2004
4	Mohd Aamer	27.0	7	101	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2009

Mohammad Aamer is the eleventh visiting bowler to concede 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings at Melbourne. The following table lists out the performance of these eleven bowlers.

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Mon/Yr
1	RKTyldesley	35.0	3	130	0	Eng	Aus	Jan 1925
2	MW Tate	62.0	26	108	0	Eng	Aus	Mar 1929
3	S Abid Ali	20.0	0	106	0	Ind	Aus	Dec 1967
4	RJ Hadlee	25.0	4	104	0	NZl	Aus	Dec 1973
5	B Andrews	19.0	2	100	0	NZl	Aus	Dec 1973
6	ImranKhan	22.0	0	115	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
7	SaleemAltaf	17.0	2	117	0	Pak	Aus	Jan 1977
8	SJHarmison	36.0	7	108	0	Eng	Aus	Dec 2002
9	Z Khan	25.0	4	103	0	Ind	Aus	Dec 2003
10	Mohd Sami	23.0	2	102	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2004
11	Mohd Aamer	27.0	7	101	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2009

Zaheer Khan and Mohammad Aamer are the only two left arm pace bowlers among the seventeen bowlers who have conceded 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings at Melbourne.

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Mon/Yr
1	Z Khan	25.0	4	103	0	Ind	Aus	Dec 2003
2	Mohd Aamer	27.0	7	101	0	Pak	Aus	Dec 2009

India and Sri Lanka created a world record in team totals in 2009/10 one day series. Both the teams registered 300 plus runs in the same match on three occasions, a feat unparalleled in the one day history in a bilateral series. The summary and detailed performance of the teams in such occasions is furnished below.

Pakistan has scored 300 plus runs on four occasions against Zimbabwe in 2002-03 and holds the record for posting 300 plus runs on most occasions in a bilateral series.

No	Team	Opposition	Series	300+
1	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	2002/03	4
2	West Indies	India	2002/03	3
3	Pakistan	India	2004/05	3
4	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2006	3
5	Asia XI	Africa XI	2007	3
6	India	England	2007	3
7	Australia	India	2007/08	3
8	Pakistan	Pakistan	2007/08	3
9	India	India	2009/10	3
10	Sri Lanka	India	2009/10	3

No	No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	Pak	302/4	50.0	Zim	Bulawayo	23.11.02
	2	Pak	344/5	50.0	Zim	Bulawayo	24.11.02
	3	Pak	323/3	50.0	Zim	Harare	27.11.02
	4	Pak	300/7	50.0	Zim	Harare	01.12.02
2	1	Win	300/5	50.0	Ind	Rajkot	12.11.02
	2	Win	324/4	50.0	Ind	Ahmedabad	15.11.02
	3	Win	315/6	50.0	Ind	Vijayawada	24.11.02
3	1	Pak	319/9	50.0	Ind	Jamshedpur	09.04.05
	2	Pak	319/7	48.0	Ind	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
	3	Pak	303/8	50.0	Ind	Delhi	17.04.05
4	1	Srl	319/6	50.0	Eng	The Oval	20.06.06
	2	Srl	318/7	50.0	Eng	Manchester	28.06.06
	3	Srl	324/2	37.3	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
5	1	Asia	317/9	50.0	Afr	Bangalore	06.06.07
	2	Asia	337/7	50.0	Afr	Chennai	09.06.07
	3	Asia	331/8	50.0	Afr	Chennai	10.06.07
6	1	Ind	329/7	50.0	Eng	Bristol	24.08.07
	2	Ind	324/6	50.0	Eng	Leeds	02.09.07
	3	Ind	317/8	49.4	Eng	The Oval	05.09.07
7	1	Aus	307/7	50.0	Ind	Bangalore	29.09.07
	2	Aus	306/6	50.0	Ind	Kochi	02.10.07
	3	Aus	317/8	50.0	Ind	Nagpur	14.10.07
8	1	Pak	322/5	50.0	Ban	Lahore	08.04.08
	2	Pak	308/7	50.0	Ban	Lahore	13.04.08
	3	Pak	329/9	50.0	Ban	Karachi	19.04.08
9	1	Ind	414/7	50.0	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
	2	Ind	301/7	50.0	Srl	Nagpur	18.12.09
	3	Ind	317/3	48.1	Srl	Kolkata	24.12.09
10	1	Srl	411/8	50.0	Ind	Rajkot	15.12.09
	2	Srl	302/7	50.0	Ind	Nagpur	18.12.09
	3	Srl	315/6	48.1	Ind	Kolkata	24.12.09

G Gambhir {150*} and V Kohli {107} scored hundreds in the fourth one day game at Kolkata against Sri Lanka on 24.12.09 providing the eleventh occasion of two batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings of which one is score of 150 plus runs or both scores are 150 plus runs. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DL Haynes	105
	IVARichards	181	Win	Srl	Karachi	13.10.87
2	M Azharuddin	153*
	AD Jadeja	116	Ind	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
3	SCChanderpaul	150
	CLHooper	108	Win	RSA	ELondon	24.11.98
4	SC Ganguly	183*
	R Dravid	145	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
5	SR Tendulkar	186*
	R Dravid	153	Ind	NZl	Hyd/LBS	08.11.99
6	SR Tendulkar	152
	SC Ganguly	112*	Ind	Nam	PMBurg	23.02.03
7	CHGayle	153*
	BC Lara	113	Win	Zim	Bulawayo	22.11.03
8	AJStrauss	152
	PDCollingwood	112*	Eng	Ban	Manchester	21.06.05
9	STJayasuriya	152
	WUTharanga	109	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
10	JMMarshall	161
	BBMcCullum	166	NZl	Ire	Aberdeen	01.07.08
11	G Gambhir	150*
	V Kohli	107	Ind	Srl	Kolkata	24.12.09

WU Tharanga {118}, G Gambhir {150*} and/Kohli {107} scored hundreds in the fourth one day game between India and Sri Lanka at Kolkota on 24.12.09 providing the 17^th occasion of three or more batsman scoring hundreds in an one day game in the history of one day internationals. All the seventeen occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Match	Ground	Date
1	BM Wood	114*	Aus	Eng/Aus	Lord’s	03.06.85
	GAGooch	117*	Eng	Eng/Aus	Lord’s	03.06.85
	DIGower	102	Eng	Eng/Aus	Lord’s	03.06.85
2	GRMarsh	104	Aus	Ind/Aus	Jaipur	07.09.86
	DC Boon	111	Aus	Ind/Aus	Jaipur	07.09.86
	KSrikkanth	102	Ind	Ind/Aus	Jaipur	07.09.86
3	SaeedAnwar	115	Pak	Pak/Srl	Nairobi	04.10.96
	SAfridi	102	Pak	Pak/Srl	Nairobi	04.10.96
	PA de Silva	123	Srl	Pak/Srl	Nairobi	04.10.96
4	BC Lara	102	Win	Aus/Win	Brisbane	05.01.97
	CL Hooper	110*	Win	Aus/Win	Brisbane	05.01.97
	ME Waugh	102	Aus	Aus/Win	Brisbane	05.01.97
5	M Azharuddin	111*	Ind	Srl/Ind	Col-RPS	17.08.97
	AD Jadeja	119	Ind	Srl/Ind	Col-RPS	17.08.97
	MS Atapattu	118	Srl	Srl/Ind	Col-RPS	17.08.97
6	SaeedAnwar	140	Pak	Pak/Ind	Dhaka	18.01.98
	IzazAhmed	117	Pak	Pak/Ind	Dhaka	18.01.98
	SCGanguly	120	Ind	Pak/Ind	Dhaka	18.01.98
7	MAzaruddin	153*	Ind	Ind/Zim	Cuttack	07.04.98
	AD Jadeja	116	Ind	Ind/Zim	Cuttack	07.04.98
	GWFlower	102	Zim	Ind/Zim	Cuttack	07.04.98
8	SRTendulkar	120	Ind	Ind/Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
	SCGanguly	109	Ind	Ind/Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
	PA deSilva	105	Srl	Ind/Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
9	IzazAhmed	111	Pak	Pak/Aus	Lahore	10.11.98
	MohdYousuf	100	Pak	Pak/Aus	Lahore	10.11.98
	ACGilchrist	103	Aus	Pak/Aus	Lahore	10.11.98
	RTPonting	124*	Aus	Pak/Aus	Lahore	10.11.98
10	SCGanguly	127	Ind	RSA/Ind	Jo’burg	05.10.01
	SRTendulkar	101	Ind	RSA/Ind	Jo’burg	05.10.01
	GKirsten	133*	RSA	RSA/Ind	Jo’burg	05.10.01
11	JHKallis	107	RSA	Eng/RSA	The Oval	28.06.03
	METrescothick	114*	Eng	Eng/RSA	The Oval	28.06.03
	V Solanki	106	Eng	Eng/RSA	The Oval	28.06.03
12	VVS Laxman	131	Ind	Ind/Zim	Adelaide	24.01.04
	SErvine	100	Zim	Ind/Zim	Adelaide	24.01.04
	SVCarlisle	109	Zim	Ind/Zim	Adelaide	24.01.04
13	A Flintoff	123	Eng	Eng/Win	Lord’s	06.07.04
	AJStrauss	100	Eng	Eng/Win	Lord’s	06.07.04
	CHGayle	132*	Win	Eng/Win	Lord’s	06.07.04
14	METrescothick	123	Eng	Eng/Srl	Leeds	01.07.06
	WUTharanga	109	Srl	Eng/Srl	Leeds	01.07.06
	STJayasuriya	152	Srl	Eng/Srl	Leeds	01.07.06
15	MLHayden	117	Aus	Aus/NZl	Perth	28.01.07
	RTPonting	111	Aus	Aus/NZl	Perth	28.01.07
	JDPOram	101*	NZl	Aus/NZl	Perth	28.01.07
16	GWHamilton	119	Sco	Sco/Can	Aberdeen	07.07.09
	DFWatts	101	Sco	Sco/Can	Aberdeen	07.07.09
	SJyoti	117	Can	Sco/Can	Aberdeen	07.07.09
17	WUTharanga	118	Srl	Ind/Srl	Kolkata	24.12.09
	GGambhir	150*	Ind	Ind/Srl	Kolkata	24.12.09
	V Kohli	107	Ind	Ind/Srl	Kolkata	24.12.09

Australian openers SR Watson and SM Katich scored 93 and 98 respectively in the first innings of the first test against Pakistan at Melbourne providing the fourth occasion of both the openers registering nineties in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

The other three occasions are as under

First occasion – SM Gavaskar {97} and CPS Chauhan {93} – Indian openers in the second innings of the test match between India and Pakistan at Lahore in 1978-79

Second occasion – VVS Laxman {95} and NS Sidhu {97} – Indian openers in the first innings of the test match between India and Australia at Kolkata in 1997-98

Third occasion – Mohammad Hafeez {95} and Imran Farhat {91} – Pakistan openers in the first innings of the test match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s in 2006

RT Ponting of Australia registered his 50^th test half century when he scored 57 in the first innings against Pakistan at Melbourne in the first test of 2009/10 test series.

Ponting became the seventh batsman in the world to register 50 fities in a test innings. Others are AR Border of Australia {63}, R Dravid of India {58}, SR Tendulkar of India {54}, S Chanderpual of West Indies {53}, JH Kallis of South Africa {52} and SR Waugh of Australia {50}.

Ponting is the third Australian batsman to achieve the feat of scoring 50 fifties in a test innings. Other two are AR Border {63} and SR Waugh {50}. AR Border with 63 fifties to his credit holds the record for most fifties. Ponting’s 50 fifties are listed below

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	96	v Sri Lanka	Perth	Dec 1995
2	71	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	Dec 1995
3	88	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 1996
4	73*	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 1997
5	62	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 1998
6	60	v India	Kolkata	Mar 1998
7	76*	v Pakistan	Peshawar	Oct 1998
8	96	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999
9	51	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999
10	67	v India	Melbourne	Dec 1999
11	92	v West Indies	Adelaide	Dec 2000
12	51	v West Indies	Sydney	Jan 2001
13	72	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
14	62	v England	The Oval	Aug 2001
15	54	v South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001
16	89	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2002
17	68	v England	Perth	Nov 2002
18	59	v Bangladesh	Cairns	Jul 2003
19	53*	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
20	54	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
21	50	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
22	92	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	Mar 2004
23	51	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 2004
24	68	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
25	98	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
26	62*	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2004
27	86*	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
28	61	v England	Birmingham	Aug 2005
29	54	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
30	56	v West Indies	Adelaide	Nov 2005
31	71	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
32	53	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
33	74	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2006
34	52	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Apr 2006
35	60*	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
36	75	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
37	56	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Nov 2007
38	53*	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	Nov 2007
39	55	v India	Sydney	Jan 2008
40	65	v West Indies	North Sound	May 2008
41	87	v India	Delhi	Oct 2008
42	79	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2008
43	99	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
44	53	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2009
45	83	v South Africa	Jo’burg	Feb 2009
46	81	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
47	78	v England	Leeds	Aug 2009
48	66	v England	The Oval	Aug 2009
49	55	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2009
50	57	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2009

Fifth one day game at Delhi : Match abandoned due to the poor state of the pitch : India wins the series 3-1

WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games. It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03

Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}

The match was abandoned after 23.3 over due to the poor state of the pitch when Sri Lanka’s score card read 83 for 5.

ST Jayasuriya hit five fours in this game and completed 1500 boundary fours in one day games. He became the second batsman to score 1500 boundary fours in one dayers after SR Tendulkar of India who has 1901 boundary fours to his credit.

TM Dilhan completed 1000 runs in calendar year 2009 when he was on 20 during his knock of 20 on this game. At the end of the game he has an aggregate of 1000 runs. He has already completed 1000 runs in tests in the calendar year 2009. His aggregate is tests is 1097 from 11 matches

It is interesting to note that out of these seven batsmen who have achieved the feat, four are Sri Lankans – PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya, DPMD Jayawardene and TM Dilshan

TM Dilshan has to credit 1000 plus runs in 2009 in T20 games – 1086 from 37 mat hes. Thus TM Dilshan has an unique distinction of scoring 1000 runs in 2009 in Tests, ODIs and also T20 games, a feat which has no parallel.

TM Dilshan became the sixth batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009. Other five are – MS Dhoni {1198}, RT Ponting {1198}, MEK Hussey {1166}, H Masakadza {1087} and SR Watson {1013}.

India capped S Tyagi in this match. He is the 179^th Indian cricketer to appear in one day games and 21^st Indian cricketer to make his one day debut against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka capped M Pushpakumar for this game. He became the 142^nd cricketer to appear for Sri Lanka in one day games and 27^th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his one day debut against India.

WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games.

It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03

Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}

WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games.

It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03

Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Venue	Year
1	SCGanguly	WPUJCVaas	Ind/Srl	Mumbai	1997
2	CJNevin	WPUJCVaas	NZl/Srl	Sharjah	2000/01
3	VSehwag	WPUJCVaas	Ind/Srl	ColSSC	2001
4	DDEbrahim	WPUJCVaas	Zim/Srl	ColSSC	2001/02
5	HannanSarkar	WPUJCVaas	Ban/Srl	PMburg	2002/03
1	AFlower	WasimAkram	Zim/Pak	Karachi	1993/94
2	ACParore	WasimAkram	NZl/Pak	Auckland	2000/01
3	ACGilchrist	WasimAkram	Aus/Pak	Mel’one/CS	2002
4	HHGibbs	WasimAkram	SAF/Pak	Tangier	2002
1	JGBracewell	CJMcDermott	NZl/Aus	Adelaide	1985/86
2	JGWright	CJMcDermott	NZl/Aus	Auckland	1991/92
3	RSMahanama	CJMcDermott	Srl/Aus	ColRPS	1992
1	PAWallace	SMPollock	Win/SAF	ELondon	1998/99
2	ACGilchrist	SMPollock	Aus/SAF	Melbourne	2001/02
3	ACGilchrist	SMPollock	Aus/SAF	Brisbane	2005/06
1	MSSinclair	ZaheerKhan	NZl/Ind	ColRPS	2001
2	STJayasuriya	ZaheerKhan	Srl/Ind	ColRPS	2002/03
3	WUTharanga	ZaheerKhan	Srl/Ind	Delhi	2009/10