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Third one day game at Delhi between India and Australia would be the 100^th one day game between the two countries. India and Australia would become the eighth opposition to play 100 plus one day games in the history of one day internationals. Other seven are – Australia vs West Indies {120}, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka {119}, Australia vs New Zealand {118}, India vs Pakistan {118}, Pakistan vs West Indies {114}, India vs Sri Lanka {113}, Australia vs England {101}. The following table shows the Matches played, won, lost, tied and no results between the eight oppositions prior to the Delhi encounter between India and Australia.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Aus	Vs	Win	120	59	57	2	2
2	Win	Vs	Aus	120	57	59	2	2
1	Pak	Vs	Srl	119	70	45	1	3
2	Srl	Vs	Pak	119	45	70	1	3
1	Aus	Vs	NZl	118	81	32	0	5
2	NZl	Vs	Aus	118	32	81	0	5
1	Ind	Vs	Pak	118	45	69	0	4
2	Pak	Vs	Ind	118	69	45	0	4
1	Pak	Vs	Win	114	48	64	2	0
2	Win	Vs	Pak	114	64	48	2	0
1	Ind	Vs	Srl	113	60	43	0	10
2	Srl	Vs	Ind	113	43	60	0	10
1	Aus	Vs	Eng	101	59	38	2	2
2	Eng	Vs	Aus	101	38	59	2	2
1	Aus	Vs	Ind	99	58	33	0	8
2	Ind	Vs	Aus	99	33	58	0	8

Australia would become the only country to play 100 matches against four oppositions in the history of one day internationals taking into account the Delhi game against India in advance. It has already played 100 plus matches against West Indies {120}, against New Zealand {118} and against England {101}

India would be playing its 100^th one day game against three oppositions. They have already played 100 plus one day games against Pakistan {118} and Sri Lanka {113}. Pakistan is the other country to have played 100 games against three oppositions – vs Sri Lanka {119, vs India {116} and vs West Indies {114}. The performance of Australia, India and Pakistan are furnished in the following table

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Aus	Vs	Win	120	59	57	2	2
2	Aus	Vs	NZl	118	81	32	0	5
3	Aus	Vs	Eng	101	59	38	2	2
4	Aus	Vs	Ind	99	58	33	0	8
1	Ind	Vs	Pak	118	45	69	0	4
2	Ind	Vs	Srl	113	60	43	0	10
3	Ind	Vs	Aus	99	33	58	0	8
1	Pak	Vs	Srl	119	70	45	1	3
2	Pak	Vs	Ind	118	69	45	0	4
3	Pak	Vs	Win	114	48	64	2	0

SR Tendulkar’s dismissal for 4 runs in the second one day game against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09 represents his 78th score of below 4 in one day games. Tendulkar has played 421 innings at the end of the first game against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09. The following table lists all the 78 scores below 4 runs

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
4	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
5	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
6	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
7	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
8	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
9	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
10	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
11	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
12	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
13	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
14	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
15	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
16	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
17	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
18	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
19	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
20	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08
21	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91
22	1	Win	Perth	06.12.91
23	1	Eng	Chandigarh	21.01.93
24	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.02.94
25	1	NZl	Mum-BS	29.11.95
26	1	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.96
27	1	Eng	Manchester	26.05.96
28	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	02.02.97
29	1	Win	Bridgetown	03.05.97
30	1	Win	Sharjah	16.12.97
31	1	Pak	Dhaka	16.01.98
32	1	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
33	1	NZl	Gwalior	11.11.99
34	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
35	1	Eng	Lord’s	29.06.02
36	1	NZl	Auckland	11.01.03
37	1	NZl	Hamilton	14.01.03
38	1	Pak	Kanpur	15.04.05
39	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	29.11.06
40	1	Srl	Margao	14.02.07
41	2	Win	Ahmedabad	16.11.93
42	2	RSA	Sharjah	14.04.96
43	2	Pak	Toronto	18.09.96
44	2	Srl	Mumbai	17.05.97
45	2	Pak	Hyd-Pak	28.09.97
46	2	Zim	Harare	30.09.98
47	2	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
48	2	NZl	Guwahati	14.11.99
49	2	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
50	2	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
51	2	RSA	Hyd-Ind	16.11.05
52	2	RSA	Bangalore	19.11.05
53	2	RSA	Kolkata	25.11.05
54	2	RSA	Cape Town	26.11.06
55	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
56	3	Eng	Bangalore	26.02.93
57	3	Zim	Faridabad	19.03.93
58	3	RSA	Mohali	22.11.93
59	3	Zim	Kanpur	06.03.96
60	3	Pak	Toronto	21.09.96
61	3	Pak	Sharjah	14.12.97
62	3	Srl	Sharjah	06.11.98
63	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
64	3	Ken	P Elizabeth	17.10.01
65	3	Zim	Perth	03.02.04
66	4	Srl	Cuttack	28.12.90
67	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
68	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
69	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
70	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
71	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
72	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
73	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
74	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
75	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
77	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
77	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
78	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

The following table shows the break up of 78 scores of below four runs – runs wise

No	Runs	Occ
1	0	20
2	1	20
3	2	15
4	3	10
5	4	13
Total		78

The following table shows the spread of Tendulkar’s 78 scores of below four runs

And the brean up country wise

No	Opp	0	1	2	3	4	Tot
1	Aus	2	1	1	1	4	09
2	Eng	0	3	0	1	0	04
3	Ire	0	0	0	0	1	01
4	Ken	0	0	0	1	0	01
5	NZl	4	4	1	0	0	09
6	Pak	5	3	3	2	4	17
7	RSA	1	3	5	1	1	11
8	Srl	3	2	3	1	1	10
9	Win	5	3	1	0	1	10
10	Zim	0	1	1	3	1	06
	Tot	20	20	15	10	13	78

India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Second One day at Nagpur – Jamta on 28.10.09 : India won by 99 runs and square the seven match series 1-1

Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 19^th occasion of Australia doing so in India-Australia one day series. Of the 19 matches, in which Australia has inserted India, two matches have ended in no result, Australia has won ten matches and lost nine matches.

SR Tendulkar was dismissed for 4 in this game providing the 78^th occasion of his dismissal for score of four and below four in one day games. He has been dismissed for exact four runs on 12 occasions which are listed below

No	Run	Opp	Venue	Date
1	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
2	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
3	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
4	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
5	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
6	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
7	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
8	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
9	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
10	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
11	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
12	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

SR Tendulkar has been dismissed for exact four runs against Australia on four occasions which are listed below

No	Run	Opp	Venue	Date
1	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
2	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
3	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
4	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

SR Tendulkar has been dismissed for score of four and below four on nine occasions which are shown below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
2	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
3	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
4	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
5	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
6	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
7	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
8	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
9	4	Aus	Nagpur-J	28.10.09

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 119 runs for the fourth wicket providing the 282^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. This stand also represents the 46^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against various oppositions.

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 119 runs for the fourth wicket providing the 36th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. This stand also represents the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the fourth wicket in one day games.

This stand represents the record partnership for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil. The previous best stand was 110 runs between M Azharuddin and R Dravid at Mohali on 03.11.96. Apart from these two fourth wicket three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil, 104 runs were added for the fourth wicket between M Azharuddin and A Jadeja at Kochi on 01.04.98, providing the third occasion of the three figure partnership for the fourth wicket.

G Gambhir’s 76 in this game represent his 18^th one day half century and 24^th one day fifty. It was his third fifty against Australia in one day games. The other two are – 113 at Sydney on 24.02.08 and 68 at Vadodara on 25,10.09. Thus his 76 in this game represents his highest individual score against Australia on home soil.

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represents his 37^th one day fifty – five hundreds and 32 half centuries. His knock represents his third fifty against Australia. The other two are – 58 at Kochi on 02.10.07 and 50* at Chandigarh on 02.10.07. Thus his knock of 124 in this game represents his highest individual score against Australia.

SK Raina with his 62 in this game registered his 13^th one day fifty – two hundreds and eleven half centuries. His knock represents his first fifty against Australia.

G Gambhir {76}, MS Dhoni {124} and SK Raina {62} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of fifties by Indian batsmen against Australia to 115.

MS Dhoni’s knock of 124 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

No	Captains	Runs	Ground	Date
1	MAzharuddin	93	Brisbane	01.02.92
2	MAzharuddin	82	Kochi	01.04.98
3	MAzharuddin	58	Sharjah	24.04.98
4	MSDhoni	58	Kochi	02.10.07
5	MSDhoni	50*	Chandigarh	08.10.07
6	MSDhoni	124	Nagpur	28.10.09
7	RDravid	59	Mumbai	01.11.03
8	RDravid	52	Mohali	29.10.06
9	SCGanguly	74	Margao	06.04.01
10	SCGanguly	82	Melbourne	09.01.04
11	SMGavaskar	80	Melbourne	11.01.81
12	NKapil Dev	58	Rajkot	07.10.86
13	K rikkanth	58	Bangalore	27.10.89
14	SRTendulkar	88	Bangalore	21.10.96
15	SRTendulkar	62	Mohali	03.11.96

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game was his third fifty against Australia and he emulated M Azharuddin who also has three fifties to his credit while leading India.

No	Captains	Runs	Ground	Date
1	MAzharuddin	93	Brisbane	01.02.92
2	MAzharuddin	82	Kochi	01.04.98
3	MAzharuddin	58	Sharjah	24.04.98
1	MSDhoni	58	Kochi	02.10.07
2	MSDhoni	50*	Chandigarh	08.10.07
3	MSDhoni	124	Nagpur	28.10.09

MS Dhoni became the first Indian captain to register a hundred against Australia in one day games, when he made 124 in this game. The previous best was 93 by M Azharuddin at Brisbane on 01.03.92

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game provides the tenth occasion of a captain registering a hundred against Australia in one day games and all the ten occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MSDhoni	124	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
2	STJayasuriya	122	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03
3	GCSmith	119*	RSA	Aus	Centurion	26.02.06
4	SPFleming	116*	NZl	Aus	Melbourne	21.01.98
5	MAAtherton	113*	Eng	Aus	The Oval	24.05.97
6	SPFleming	111*	NZl	Aus	Napier	12.02.98
7	CHLloyd	102	Win	Aus	Lord’s	21.06.75
8	DIGower	102	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	03.06.85
9	ADRCampbell	102	Zim	Aus	Ahmedabad	03.04.98
10	MDCrowe	100*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22.02.92

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the highest individual score by a captain against Australia. The previous best was 122 by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Sydney on 09.01.03

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the 143^rd occasion of a captain registering a hundred in the history of one day games. His knock also represents the 23^rd hundred by an Indian batsman against Australia in India-Australia one day series.

MS Dhoni with his 124 became the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred against Austrlia. The previous best was R Dravid’s 74 at Brisbane on 18,01,04. His knock represents the 60^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering hundreds in the history of one day internationals.

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent his fifth hundred as wicket keeper batsman. He becomes the fourth wicket keeper batsman in the world to register five or more hundreds. Others are AC Gilchirst {16}, KC Sangkkara {08} and Kamran Akmal {05}. MS Dhoni’s five hundreds include a hundred – 139 not out representing Asia Eleven against Africa Eleven at Chennai on 10.06.07

MS Dhoni’s 124 represent the fourth hundred as an Indian wicket keeper batsman and he shares the record for most hundreds by Indian wicket keepers with R Dravid.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MS Dhoni	148	Ind	Pak	Vizaf	05.04.05
2	MS Dhoni	183*	Ind	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
3	MS Dhoni	109*	Ind	HKG	Karachi	25.06.08
4	MS Dhoni	124	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
1	R Dravid	145	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
2	R Dravid	103*	Ind	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
3	R Dravid	109*	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	15.11.02
4	R Dravid	104	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16.07.04

MS Dhoni’s 124 in this game represent the third occasion of wicketkeeper captain registering hundred in the history of one day games. The other two occasions are – 116 by AC Gilchrist of Austrlia vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 29.01.06 and 109 not out by MS Dhoni vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 25.06.08.

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper captain to score two hundreds in the history of one day games. His 124 in this game represent the highest individual score by wicket keeper captain in one day games. The previous best was 116 by AC Gilchrist of Austrlia vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 29.01.06

India’s total of 354 for 7 represent the 20^th occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs after it was inserted. This also represents the highest total against Australia after being inserted in. The previous best was Sri Lanka’s 343 for 5 at Sydney on 09.01.03

India’s total of 354 for 7 in this game represent the 40^th occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs in the history of one day games. This total also represents the 12^th occasion of India posting a total of 350 plus in one day games. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	India	413/5	50.0	Ber	Port of Spain	19.03.07
2	India	392/4	50.0	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09
3	India	387/5	50.0	Eng	Rajkot	14.11.08
4	India	376/2	50.0	NZl	Hyd-Ind	08.11.99
5	India	374/4	50.0	HKG	Karachi	25.06.08
6	India	373/6	50.0	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
7	India	363/5	50.0	Srl	ColRPS	03.02.09
8	India	356/9	50.0	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
9	India	354/7	50.0	Aus	Nagpur	28.10.09
10	India	353/5	50.0	NZl	Hyd-Ind	15.11.03
11	India	351/3	50.0	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
12	India	350/6	50.0	Srl	Nagpur	25.10.05

India’s total of 354 for 7 in this game represent the fifth occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs against India in one day games. The previous best is 315 at Bangalore on 25.03.01. The other three occasions are – 309 for 5 at Kochi on 01.04.98, 307 for 8 at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and 303 for 4 at Brisbane on 18.01.04

India became the third team to post a total of 350 plus runs against Australia in one day game. The other two teams are – South Africa {438 for 9 at Johannesburg on 12.,03.06} and New Zealand {350 for 9 at Hamilton on 20.02.07}. Thus India’s 354 for 7 in this game represent the second highest team total recorded against Australia in the history of one day games

MS Dhoni and SK Raina added 136 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the the 283rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. This stand also represents the 29th occasion of a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket by Indian batsmen against various oppositions.

MS Dhoni and SK Rainia added 136 runs for the fifth wicket providing the 37th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. This stand also represents the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia for the fifth wicket in one day games.

This stand represents the record partnership for the fifth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil. The previous best stand was 121 runs between A Jadeja and HH Kanitkar at Kochi on 01.04.98. Apart from these two fifth wicket three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen against Australia on home soil, 100 runs were added for the fifth wicket between V Sehwag and R Dravid at Bangalore on 25.03.01, providing the third occasion of the three figure partnership for the fifth wicket.

This game witnessed two three figure partnerships in Indian innings. 119 runs were added for the fourth wicket between G Gambhir and MS Dhoni which was followed by a fifth wicket partnership of 136 runs between MS Dhoni and SK Rainia.

These two three figure partnership by India in the same innings provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting two three figure stands against Australia in one day games. The other three instances were witnessed in the games at Kochi on 01.04.98, at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and at Brisbane on 18.01.04. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2	Venue	Date
1	4th	104	Azharuddin	AJadeja	Kochi	01.04.98
2	5th	121	AJadeja	HHKanitkar	Kochi	01.04.98
1	3rd	140	Dravid	Tendulkar	Dhaka	28.10.98
2	4th	132	Tendulkar	AJadeja	Dhaka	28.10.98
1	2nd	110	Tendulkar	Laxman	Brisbane	18.01.04
2	3rd	133	Laxman	Dravid	Brisbane	18.01.04
1	4th	119	Gambhir	Dhoni	Nagpur	28.10.09
2	5th	136	Dhoni	Raina	Nagpur	28.10.09

As on date there are 103 occasions of a team posting two or more three figure partnerships including the one witnessed in India’s innings in today’s game. As far as India is concerned, today’s instance provide the 21^st occasion. It also provides the eighth such instance against Australia.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the 40^th and 41^st occasion of Australian bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings.

BW Hilfenhaus’s 10.0-83-1 in this game provides the 88^th occasion of a bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings. His figures represent ninth occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in one day games.

BW Hilfenhaus and B Lee share the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded against India. Both have conceded 83 runs – BW Hilfenhaus in this game and B Lee at Brisbane on 18.01.04. Both the bowlers returned with identical figures of 10.0-0-83-1.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the 57th occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings.

BW Hilfenhaus and MJ Johnson conceded 83 and 75 runs respectively in this game to provide the fifth occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings and the first such occasion against India.

G Gambhir and Praveen Kumar were run out in this game which swells the number of run out dismissals of Indian batsmen against Australia to 91. G Gambhir was run out after scoring 76 in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty.

MG Johnson’s figures 10.0-0-75-3 in this game represents the 35^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs coupled with three or more wickets in the history of one day games. MG Johnson’s figures in this game represent the fourth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing three plus wickets conceding 70 plus runs in one dayers. The other three are – MS Kasprowicz – 9.0-0-71-3 vs India at Dhaka on 28.10.98, JN Gillespie – 10.0-1-70-5 vs Pakistan at Nairobi on 07.09.02 and MJ Johnson – 10.0-0-81-3 vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07

MG Johnson became the fifth bowler in the history of one day internationals to capture three plus wickets conceding 70 plus runs on two occasions. The other four bowlers are – EA Brandes of Zimbabwe, A Nehra of India, BP Patterson of West Indies and Waqar Younis of Pakistan. The performance of these five bowlers are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	EABrandes	3	70	Zim	Srl	NPlymouth	23.02.92
2	EABrandes	3	74	Zim	NZl	Harare	08.11.92
1	MGJohnson	3	81	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
2	MGJohnson	3	75	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	28.10.09
1	ANehra	4	72	Ind	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
2	ANehra	3	72	Ind	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
1	BPPatterson	3	78	Win	Pak	Trinidad	18.03.88
2	BPPatterson	3	77	Win	Pak	Trinidad	20.03.88
1	WaqarYounis	4	73	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	WaqarYounis	3	70	Pak	NZl	Auckland	23.12.95

SE Marsh was stumped by MS Dhoni in this game providing the 47^th stumping dismissal for the Indian wicket keeper. He pouched a catch to dismiss Pm Siddle to take his aggregate of dismissals to 194 {147 catches and 48 stumpings} at the end of this game.

G Gambhir {76}, MS Dhoni {124} and SK Raina {62} scored fifties in this game to provide the seventh occasion of three or more Indian batsmen registering fifties in an innings against Australia.

MEK Hussey’s 53 in this game provide the 137^th occasion of an Australian batsman registering a fifty against India. His knock of 53 in this game represents the fourth half century against India and 28^th one day fifty {02 hundreds and 26 half centuries}.

India’s victory in this game is India’s 33^rd win against Australia in 99 encounters. It has lost 58 games while eight games have ended in no result.

Australia was all out for 255 in this game leaving India victorious by 99 runs. India carved its 350^th win in one day game to become the third country to register 350 plus wins in one day games. Others are Australia {445} and Pakistan {381}

Australia’s all out for 255 in this game provides the 24^th occasion of Australia being dismissed all out against India in India-Australia one day series. It also provides the 15^th occasion of Australia being dismissed all out while batting second against India.

NM Hauritz’s 30 not out in this game represent his highest individual one day score. His previous best was 24 not out against South Africa at Johannesburg on 17.04.09.

RT Ponting was making his 326^th one day game appearance in this game which made him the most capped Australian one day cricketer. He wrested the record from SR Waugh who had 325 one day appearances to his credit.

Yuvraj Singh hit a six in this game {of N Hauritz} to take his tally of sixes against Australia to 12. which puts him on par with N Kapil Dev who also has 12 sixes against Australia to his credit. Only SR Tendulkar with 31 sixes has hit more sixes than N Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh against Australia.

MS Dhoni has now seven stumping dismissals to his credit against Australia. He effected a stumping dismissal in this game – SE Marsh of RA Jadeja for 21. MS Dhoni is now on par with NR Mongia who also has seven stumping dismissals against Australia. Only CS Pandit with eight stumping dismissals to his credit has more stumpings dismissals against Australia than NR Mongia and MS Dhoni

SR Tendulkar has taken 29 catches against Australia at the end of this game. He pouched a catch to dismiss SR Watson of Ishant Sharma for 19 in this game. one more catch for him would give him 30 catches and with it the record of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 30 catches against Australia.

Karnataka will be meeting Uttar Pradesh in the first match of 2009-10 season. The key stats of Karnataka in Ranji Trophy and also between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh produced by the Domestic Champion Statistician Sri C Keshavamurthy, exclusively for the visitors of crickick.com

Karnataka in Rani Trophy
Played	348
Won	157
Lost	055
Drawn	136
Drawn games include
No Result Matches,	08
Lost on Run Quotient and	01
Lost on Spin of Coin	01

Key Statistics
Highest Total
For	Kar	791-6d	vs	Bengal	Calcutta	1990/91
Ag	Kar	912-8d	by	Holkar	Indore	1945/46
Lowest Total in a completed innings
For	Kar	028	vs	Bombay	Bangalore	1951/52
Ag	Kar	027	by	Kerala	Bangalore	1963/64

Highest Individual Score
For	Kar	283	RLBarrington	Vs	MP	Bangalore	2004/05
Ag	Kar	353	VVS Laxman	For	Hyd	Bangalore	1999/00
Best Innings Bowling
For	Kar	9/72	Chandrasekhar	Vs	Kerala	Bijapur	1969/70
Ag	Kar	9/61	CT Sarwate	For	Holkar	Indore	1945/46
Best Match Bowling
For	Kar	16/99	AKumble	Vs	Kerala	Tellicherry	1994/95
Ag	Kar	14/77	BRamprakash	for	Kerala	Palakkad	1996/97

Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh would be meeting on 03.11.09. It is a season’s opening game for the both the teams. The following tables show some of the key stats between the two teams

Head to Head
Played	4
Won	2
Drawn	2

Highest Total in an Innings
Kar	617-9d	Bangalore	1997/98
UP	567-10	Bangalore	2008/09
Lowest Total in an innings
Kar	337	Kanpur	2006/07
UP	112	Mohannagar	1977/78
Highest Individual Score
Kar	247	GRViswanath	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	159	TMSrivatsava	Bangalore	2008/09
Best Innings Bowling
Kar	6-024	BSChandrasekhar	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	9-152	RSHans	Mohannagar	1977/78
Best Match Bowling
Kar	12-081	BSChandrasekhar	Mohannagar	1977/78
UP	09-152	RSHans	Mohannagar	1977/78

Centurions-Karnataka
1	GR Viswanath	247	Mohannagar	1977/78
2	BP Patel	100	Mohannagar	1977/78
3	RDravid	215	Bangalore	1997/98
4	VR Bharadwaj	122	Bangalore	1997/98
5	J Arunkumar	104	Bangalore	1997/98
6	B Akhil	135	Bangalore	2008/09
Centurions-Uttar Pradesh
1	TM Srivatsava	159	Bangalore	2008/09
2	M Kaif	112	Bangalore	2008/09

Five or more wickets in an innings -Karnataka
1	Chandrasekhar	6/057	Mohannagar	1977/78
2	Chandrasekhar	6/024	Mohannagar	1977/78
3	R Vinaykumar	5/047	Kanpur	2006/07
Five or more wickets in an innings -Uttar Pradesh
1	RS Hans	9/152	Mohannagar	1977/78
Ten or more wickets in a match – Karnataka
1	Chandrasekhar	12/81	Mohannagar	1977/78

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe : First One dayer at Dhaka {SBNS} on 27.10.09 : Zimbabwe won by five wickets

Bangladesh lost its first wicket at zero in this game providing just the second occasion of Bangladesh losing its first wicket at zero against Zimbabwe. The first occasion was at Bulwayo on 14.08.09.

Bangladesh lost its first wicket at zero in this game providing the 19th occasion of Bangladesh losing its first wicket at zero against various oppositions in one day games. It is the ninth such occasion for Bangladesh on home soil.

Zimbabwe inserted the opposition and won the game providing the 15^th occasion of Zimbabwe winning the game against various oppositions after inserting the oppositions. This win provides the fourth such win by Zimbabwe against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh score card read 6 for 62 in this game providing the 19^th occasion of Bangladesh losing its six wickets under 63 runs against various oppositions in one day games. It is the third such instance against Zimbabwe. The other two occasions are – 6 for 38 at Nairobi-Age on 14.10.97 and 6 for 49 at Harare on 07.04.01. This is the first occasion of Bangladesh losing six wickets under 63 runs against Zimbabwe on home soil and seventh occasion against various oppositions.

Dolar Mahmud scored 41 in this game providing the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman batting at number ten in one day games. The previous best was 39 by Mashrafe Mortaza against India at Dhaka on 27.12.04.

Dolar Mahmud scored 41 in this game provides the 13^th occasion of a batsman batting at number 10 scoring 41 plus runs in the history of one day games. The following table lists out all the 13 occasions.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DAMarillier	56*	Zim	Ind	Faridabad	07.03.02
2	IKPathan	50	Ind	NZl	Bulawayo	26.08.05
3	DBLPowell	48*	Win	RSA	St George’s	10.04.07
4	AbdulRazzaq	46*	Pak	RSA	Durban	03.04.98
5	DGough	46*	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	23.06.05
6	HarbhajanSingh	46	Ind	Aus	Vizag	03.04.01
7	MohammadSami	46	Pak	RSA	Centurion	04.02.07
8	KDMills	44*	NZl	Aus	Sydney	08.12.04
9	JNGillespie	44*	Aus	West	Adelaide	26.01.05
10	JSrinath	43	Ind	Pak	Toronto	16.04.98
11	HarbhajanSingh	41*	Ind	Eng	The Oval	03.09.04
12	ESchiferli	41	Net	Bre	Potchefstroom	08.04.09
13	DolarMahmud	41	Ban	Zim	DhakaSBNS	27.10.09

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the fifth occasion of a ninth wicket stand of fifty plus runs by Bangladesh batsmen in one day games.

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the record ninth wicket stand by Bangladesh batsmen against Zimbabwe in one day games. The previous best was 37 runs unfinished stand between Mohamad Rafique and Mohamad Sharif at Harare on 07.04.01

Mushfqar Rahim and Dolar Mahmud added 54 runs for the ninth wicket providing the record ninth wicket stand by Bangladesh batsmen against various oppositions on home soil. The previous best was the 48 runs stand between Mashrafe Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahman at Dhaka on 27.12.04.

E Chigumbara completed 2000 ODI runs when he was on 45 during his knock of 60 not out in this game. At the end this game his aggregate stood at 2015. He became the eleventh Zimbabwe batsman to aggregate 2000 plus ODI runs. Others are A Flower {6786}, G Flower {4536}, ADR Campbell {5185}, HH Streak {2543}, SV Carlisle {2740}, GJ Whittal {2705}, BRM Taylor {2376}. H Masakadza {2189}, T Taibu {2045}and S Matsikenyeri {2040}.

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman registering a half century in one day games. These eleven occasions are shared between Mushfiqur Rahim {four occasions} and Khaled Mashud {seven occasions}

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game which represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman on home soil. The previous best was Khaled Mashud’s 54 not out against Pakistan at Chittagong {MAA} on 22.01.02

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game represents the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman registering a half century on home soil.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MushfiqurRahim	56	Zim	DhakaSBNS	27.10.09
2	KhaledMashud	54*	Pak	ChittagongMAA	22.01.02
3	KhaledMashud	53*	Win	Dhaka	08.10.99
4	KhaledMashud	51	Zim	Dhaka	29.01.05
5	KhaledMashud	50*	Ind	ChittagongMAA	23.12.04

Mushfiqur Rahim made 56 in this game which represents the highest individual score by a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman against Zimbabwe on home soil. The previous best was Khaled Mashud’s 51 at Dhaka on 29.01.05

Zimbabwe’s victory in this game represents its 22^nd win over Bangladesh in one day games and also represent its 94^th win in one day games

SR Tendulkar’s dismissal for 14 in the first one day game against Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09 represents his 153^rd score of below 15 in one day games. Tendulkar has played 420 innings at the end of the first game against Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. The following table lists all the 153 scores of below 15.

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	10	Srl	Sharjah	25.04.90
4	4	Srl	Cuttack	28.12.90
5	11*	Win	Sharjah	22.10.91
6	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
7	4	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
8	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91
9	1	Win	Perth	06.12.91
10	4	Aus	Melbourne	18.01.92
11	11	Aus	Brisbane	01.03.92
12	4	Win	Wellington	10.03.92
13	14	RSA	Adelaide	15.03.92
14	15	RSA	Cape Town	07.12.92
15	10	RSA	P Elizabeth	09.12.92
16	1	Eng	Chandigarh	21.01.93
17	3	Eng	Bangalore	26.02.93
18	5	Eng	Gwalior	04.03.93
19	3	Zim	Faridabad	19.03.93
20	8*	Zim	Guwahati	22.03.93
21	15	Srl	Col-RPS	12.08.93
22	2	Win	Ahmedabad	16.11.93
23	3	RSA	Mohali	22.11.93
24	15	RSA	Kolkata	24.11.93
25	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.02.94
26	11*	Srl	Hyd-Ind	18.02.94
27	15	NZl	Napier	25.03.94
28	6	Aus	Sharjah	19.04.94
29	11*	Srl	Col-RPS	04.09.94
30	6	Srl	Col-RPS	05.09.94
31	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
32	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
33	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
34	8	Win	Chennai	23.10.94
35	13	NZl	Napier	16.02.95
36	4	Pak	Sharjah	07.04.95
37	7	NZl	Pune	24.11.95
38	1	NZl	Mum-BS	29.11.95
39	3	Zim	Kanpur	06.03.96
40	1	Pak	Sharjah	12.04.96
41	2	RSA	Sharjah	14.04.96
42	6	Eng	Leeds	25.05.96
43	1	Eng	Manchester	26.05.96
44	7	Aus	Col-SSC	06.09.96
45	2	Pak	Toronto	18.09.96
46	3	Pak	Toronto	21.09.96
47	11	RSA	Hyd-Ind	17.10.96
48	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
49	6	Zim	Paarl	27.01.97
50	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	02.02.97
51	14	RSA	E London	04.02.97
52	13	Zim	Bulawayo	15.02.97
53	9	Win	Kingstown	30.04.97
54	1	Win	Bridgetown	03.05.97
55	2	Srl	Mumbai	17.05.97
56	4	Pak	Chennai	21.05.97
57	6	Srl	Col-RPS	20.08.97
58	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
59	6	Pak	Toronto	20.09.97
60	2	Pak	Hyd-Pak	28.09.97
61	7	Pak	Lahore	02.10.97
62	3	Pak	Sharjah	14.12.97
63	1	Win	Sharjah	16.12.97
64	6	Srl	Margao	28.12.97
65	1	Pak	Dhaka	16.01.98
66	8	Aus	Kochi	01.04.98
67	5	Zim	Vadodara	05.04.98
68	1	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
69	15	Aus	Delhi	14.04.98
70	2	Zim	Harare	30.09.98
71	8	Win	Dhaka	31.10.98
72	3	Srl	Sharjah	06.11.98
73	11	Zim	Sharjah	11.11.98
74	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
75	5	NZl	Auckland	16.01.99
76	2	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
77	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
78	14	Aus	Galle	23.08.99
79	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
80	1	NZl	Gwalior	11.11.99
81	2	NZl	Guwahati	14.11.99
82	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
83	13	Pak	Brisbane	10.01.00
84	12	Aus	Melbourne	12.01.00
85	1	Aus	Sydney	14.01.00
86	3	Aus	Perth	30.01.00
87	12	RSA	Faridabad	15.03.00
88	5	RSA	Sharjah	22.03.00
89	11	Pak	Sharjah	23.03.00
90	10	Pak	Sharjah	26.03.00
91	8	Zim	Sharjah	22.10.00
92	4	Zim	Sharjah	26.10.00
93	5	Srl	Sharjah	29.10.00
94	8	Zim	Ahmedabad	05.12.00
95	12	Aus	Margao	06.04.01
96	9	Zim	Bulawayo	27.06.01
97	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
98	3	Ken	P Elizabeth	17.10.01
99	12	Eng	Mumbai	03.02.02
100	1	Eng	Lord’s	29.06.02
101	14	Eng	Lord’s	13.07.02
102	7	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02
103	9*	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
104	7*	Srl	Col-RPS	30.09.02
105	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
106	1	NZl	Auckland	11.01.03
107	1	NZl	Hamilton	14.01.03
108	5	Ken	Cape Town	07.03.03
109	15	NZl	Centurion	14.03.03
110	4	Aus	Jo’burg	23.03.03
111	14	NZl	Cuttack	06.11.03
112	5	Aus	Perth	01.02.04
113	3	Zim	Perth	03.02.04
114	8	Aus	Melbourne	06.02.04
115	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
116	7	Pak	Lahore	21.03.04
117	11	Srl	Dambulla	18.07.04
118	4	Pak	Kochi	02.04.05
119	2	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
120	6	Pak	Jamshedpur	09.04.05
121	1	Pak	Kanpur	15.04.05
122	9	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
123	2	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
124	11	Srl	Pune	03.11.05
125	2	RSA	Hyd-Ind	16.11.05
126	2	RSA	Bangalore	19.11.05
127	2	RSA	Kolkata	25.11.05
128	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
129	2*	Srl	Col-SSC	18.08.06
130	12	Aus	K Lumpur	16.09.06
131	4	Aus	K Lumpur	22.09.06
132	10	Aus	Mohali	29.10.06
133	2	RSA	Cape Town	26.11.06
134	1	RSA	P Elizabeth	29.11.06
135	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
136	1	Srl	Margao	14.02.07
137	7	Ban	Trinidad	17.03.07
138	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
139	4	Ire	Belfast	23.06.07
140	8	RSA	Belfast	1.07.07
141	8	Eng	Birmingham	27.08.07
142	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
143	4	Pak	Guwahati	05.11.07
144	10	Aus	Brisbane	3.02.08
145	5	Aus	Adelaide	17.02.08
146	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08
147	2	Aus	Sydney	24.02.08
148	11	Eng	Bangalore	23.11.08
149	5	Srl	Dambulla	28.01.09
150	6	Srl	Col-RPS	31.01.09
151	7	Srl	Col-RPS	03.02.09
152	8	Pak	Centurion	26.09.09
153	14	Aus	Vadodara	25.10.09

Tendulkar has been dismissed for Zero on 20 occasions which are listed below.

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	0	Pak	Gujranwala	18.12.89
2	0	NZl	Dunedin	01.03.90
3	0	Pak	Sharjah	25.10.91
4	0	Srl	Col-SSC	17.09.94
5	0	Win	Faridabad	17.10.94
6	0	Win	Mumbai	20.10.94
7	0	RSA	B’fontein	23.01.97
8	0	Pak	Toronto	18.09.97
9	0	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99
10	0	Aus	The Oval	04.06.99
11	0	Win	Singapore	08.09.99
12	0	NZl	Delhi	17.11.99
13	0	Win	Harare	07.07.01
14	0	NZl	Wellington	08.01.03
15	0	Pak	Peshawar	19.03.04
16	0	Pak	Multan	16.02.06
17	0	Win	Cuttack	24.01.07
18	0	Srl	Trinidad	23.03.07
19	0	Aus	Bangalore	29.09.07
20	0	Srl	Adelaide	19.02.08

SR Tendulkar’s break up of below 15 runs ranging from zero to 15 including not outs read as under

Runs	Occasions	NOs	Total
0	20	0	20
1	20	0	20
2	14	1	15
3	10	0	10
4	12	0	12
5	09	0	09
6	09	0	09
7	07	1	08
8	09	1	10
9	04	1	05
10	05	0	05
11	08	2	10
12	05	0	05
13	03	0	03
14	06	0	06
15	06	0	06
	147	6	153

SR Tendulkar’s break up of below 15 runs country wise is shown below. The table include zeros and Not outs against each country

Opp	0s	NOs	01 to 15	Total
Aus	2	0	21	23
Ban	0	0	01	01
Eng	0	1	10	11
Ire	0	0	01	01
Ken	0	0	02	02
NZl	4	0	11	15
Pak	5	0	21	26
RSA	1	0	19	20
Srl	3	4	18	25
Win	5	1	8	14
Zim	0	1	14	15
	20	7	126	153

India has won 59 games and lost 86 games when SR Tendulkar has scored below 15 runs. 2 games were tied and six games ended in no result. The break up country wise is tabulated below

No	Opposition	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Tot
1	Australia	2	18	1	3	24
2	Bangladesh	0	1	0	0	1
3	England	6	5	0	0	11
4	Ireland	1	0	0	0	1
5	Kenya	1	1	0	0	2
6	New Zealand	8	7	0	0	15
7	Pakistan	9	17	0	0	26
8	South Africa	5	15	0	0	20
9	Sri Lanka	12	10	0	3	25
10	West Indies	4	9	0	0	13
11	Zimbabwe	11	3	1	0	15
	Total	59	86	2	6	153

RT Ponting completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 69 during his knock of 74 in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. At the end of the game he had an aggregate of 1005.

With the aggregate of 1005 runs in 2009, RT Ponting has aggregate 1000 plus runs in six calendar years – in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman and third batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1000 plus runs in six or more calendar years. The other two are SR Tendulkar {seven} and SC Ganguly {six}. SR Tendulkar’s 1000 plus runs in seven calendar years remains the world record for a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in most calendar years in the history of one day games.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	Ganguly	Ind	38	1338	113	41.81	1997
2	Ganguly	Ind	36	1328	124	41.50	1998
3	Ganguly	Ind	41	1767	183	46.50	1999
4	Ganguly	Ind	32	1579	144	56.39	2000
5	Ganguly	Ind	32	1114	117*	38.41	2002
6	Ganguly	Ind	32	1240	098	44.28	2007
1	Ponting	Aus	24	1166	145	53.00	1998
2	Ponting	Aus	32	1038	87*	39.92	1999
3	Ponting	Aus	34	1154	140*	46.16	2003
4	Ponting	Aus	29	1191	141*	45.80	2005
5	Ponting	Aus	27	1424	134*	79.11	2007
6	Ponting	Aus	24	1005	126	43.69	2009
1	Tendulkar	Ind	25	1089	115	47.34	1994
2	Tendulkar	Ind	32	1611	137	53.70	1996
3	Tendulkar	Ind	39	1011	117	30.63	1997
4	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1894	143	65.31	1998
5	Tendulkar	Ind	34	1328	146	39.05	2000
6	Tendulkar	Ind	21	1141	152	57.05	2003
7	Tendulkar	Ind	33	1425	100*	47.50	2007

When B Lee got the wicket of Indian opening batsman V Sehwag caught by TD Paine in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09, he captured his 50th wicket against India. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee’s feat of 50 wickets in India provides the 43rd occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets against a specific opposition. All the 43 occasions are listed in the descending order of wickets taken by bowlers

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W	Best
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Pak	63	2318	94	5/23
2	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Srl	59	1929	92	4/24
3	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Win	64	2276	89	5/38
4	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	Srl	51	2046	84	6/26
5	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	NZl	37	1252	79	6/30
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74	7/30
7	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	V	Pak	82	2587	71	5/17
8	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	V	Ind	61	2213	70	5/14
9	CEL Ambrose	Win	V	Pak	44	1473	69	5/53
10	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	NZl	39	1261	68	5/09
11	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Aus	49	1838	67	5/21
12	CA Walsh	Win	V	Pak	52	1787	65	4/16
13	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	NZl	38	1187	64	5/19
14	CJ McDermott	Aus	V	Win	35	1224	63	4/34
15	CEL Ambrose	Win	V	Aus	41	1330	61	5/17
16	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	V	Pak	56	2012	61	3/30
17	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	Win	43	1618	60	5/52
18	SK Warne	Aus	V	RSA	45	1718	60	4/29
19	Wasim Akram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60	4/35
20	GD McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59	5/37
21	GD McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58	4/24
22	Waqar Younis	Pak	V	RSA	32	1444	58	5/25
23	GD McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57	5/27
24	SM Pollock	RSA	V	Aus	45	1673	57	5/36
25	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	V	Ind	36	1390	57	5/45
26	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Zim	30	832	56	5/23
27	Aaqib Javed	Pak	V	Ind	39	1331	54	7/37
28	J Garner	Win	V	Aus	34	1076	54	5/31
29	Imran Khan	Pak	V	Win	49	1559	54	4/37
30	A Kumble	Ind	V	Pak	34	1310	54	4/12
31	J Srinath	Ind	V	Pak	36	1657	54	4/49
32	B Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53	5/30
33	GD McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53	4/25
34	IR Bishop	Win	V	Pak	31	1261	52	5/25
35	MA Holding	Win	V	Aus	35	1185	52	5/26
36	EJ Chatfield	NZl	V	Aus	34	1049	51	5/34
37	D Gough	Eng	V	RSA	29	1084	51	4/29
38	B Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51	5/42
39	M Muralitharan	Srl	V	Aus	37	1585	51	4/27
40	SM Pollock	RSA	V	Srl	35	1219	51	4/18
41	J Srinath	Ind	V	NZl	30	1041	51	4/23
42	SK Warne	Aus	V	Win	27	1045	50	5/33
43	B Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50	5/27

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India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : First One day game: at Vadodara on 25.10.09 : Australia won the match four runs and lead the seven match series 1-0

The seven match one day series between India and Australia is the 21^st one day series in which seven or more matches are played. The following table shows the twenty series played prior to the start of this series.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1993	94	8
2	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7
3	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
4	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	1995	96	7
5	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1996	97	7
6	RSA	Vs	Win	RSA	1998	99	7
7	Win	Vs	Aus	Win	1998	99	7
8	Win	Vs	RSA	Win	2000	01	7
9	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	2001	02	7
10	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7
11	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7
12	Win	Vs	Aus	Win	2002	03	7
13	Win	Vs	Eng	Win	2003	04	7
14	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	2004	05	7
15	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7
16	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7
17	Win	Vs	Zim	Win	2006		7
18	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7
19	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7
20	Eng	Vs	Aus	Eng	2009		7

This seven match one day series against Australia is India’s sixth home series involving seven games and second home series against Australia. India has played two seven match home series against West Indies in 1987-88 and 2002-03. India has played one seven match home series against Australia in 2007-08

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7
2	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7
3	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7
4	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7
5	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7

Apart from five home seven match one day series, India has played three such series on away soil – in South Africa {1992-93}, in New Zealand {2002-03} and in England {2007}

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
2	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7
3	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7

India has played eight seven match one day series and would be playing its ninth series against Australia. India playing nine seven match one day series – six on home soil and three on away series – is a record in the history of one day games, as no other country has played nine seven match one day series.

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	Ind	vs	Win	Ind	1987	88	7
2	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
3	Ind	Vs	Win	Ind	2002	03	7
4	NZl	Vs	Ind	NZl	2002	03	7
5	Ind	Vs	Srl	Ind	2005	06	7
6	Ind	Vs	Eng	Ind	2005	06	7
7	Eng	Vs	Ind	Eng	2007		7
8	Ind	Vs	Aus	Ind	2007	08	7

India by playing its ninth seven match one day series against Australia, wrested South Africa’s record of eight seven match one day series – seven at home and one away

No	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Season		M
1	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1993	94	8
2	RSA	Vs	Ind	RSA	1992	93	7
3	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	1995	96	7
4	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	1996	97	7
5	RSA	Vs	Win	RSA	1998	99	7
6	RSA	Vs	Aus	RSA	2001	02	7
7	RSA	Vs	Eng	RSA	2004	05	7
8	Win	Vs	RSA	Win	2000	01	7

Today’s game is Australia’s its 721^st One day game. Of the previous 720 games it has won 444 games, lost 245 games, tied eight games and 23 games have ended as No result games. India on the other hand would be playing 722^nd one day game. Of the previous 721 games, it has won 349 games, lost 346 games, tied three games and 33 games have ended as No result games

India remains the only country in the history of one day games to win 300 plus games and lose 300 plus games.

Australia carved its 142^nd win under RT Ponting’s captaincy. He has led Australia in 194 games.

Australia’s win by four runs in this game provides the 15^th four run win in the history of one day games. The 15 wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Won	Margin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Ind	won	4 runs	Pak	Quetta	01.10.78
2	Pak	won	4 runs	Ind	Sharjah	23.10.91
3	Win	won	4 runs	Pak	Adelaide	12.12.92
4	Aus	won	4 runs	Win	Melbourne	15.12.92
5	RSA	won	4 runs	Win	Cape Town	17.02.93
6	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	Manchester	19.05.93
7	Ind	won	4 runs	Win	Vizag	07.11.94
8	Win	won	4 runs	Srl	Sharjah	16.10.95
9	NZl	won	4 runs	Win	Georgetown	03.04.96
10	Srl	won	4 runs	RSA	Johannesburg	17.01.01
11	NZl	won	4 runs	Pak	Wellington	17.01.04
12	Ind	won	4 runs	Srl	Col-RPS	27.07.04
13	Ire	won	4 runs	Ken	Dublin	12.07.09
14	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	The Oval	04.09.09
15	Aus	won	4 runs	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

Australia carved its fourth four run win which are listed below. It is their second four run win in less than two months. On 04.09.09, it had held its nerves to beat England at The Ova by four runa

No	Team	Won	Margin	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Aus	won	4 runs	Win	Melbourne	15.12.92
2	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	Manchester	19.05.93
3	Aus	won	4 runs	Eng	The Oval	04.09.09
4	Aus	won	4 runs	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

Australia won the toss in this game and elected to bat first providing the 36^th occasion of Australia winning the toss and electing to bat first in India-Australia one day series. This instance also provide the 14^th such instance on Indian soil

RT Ponting was playing his 50^th one day game against India. He became the second Australian cricketer to play 50 plus one day games against India after SR Waugh who has played 53 one day games.

RT Ponting was playing his 50^th one day innings against India when he batted in this game to become the first Australian batsman to play 50 innings against India.

RT Ponting hit a six of Ashish Nehra which gave him the Australian record for most sixes against India. It was his 28^th six against India and he wrested the record of 27 sixes scored by A Symonds. At the end of this game, RT Ponting has 29 sixes to his credit against India

RT Ponitng has another Australian record against India. It was the captaincy record. He now has led Australia on 28 occasions against India – the most number of occasions by an Australian captain. The previous record was 27 which was held by AR Border.

RT Ponting was leading Australia on 194^th occasion in this game, which places him second in the list of captains who have led their country on most occasions. SP Fleming who has captained New Zealand on 218 occasions to his credit is at the top of the list. While gaining the second place, RT Ponting went past A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka who had led Sri Lanka on 193 occasions.

TD Paine became Ishant Sharma’s 50^th one day victim. Ishant Sharma had an aggregate of 49 one day wickets prior to the start of this game and his three wickets in this game swelled his total aggreagate of wickets to 52

TD Paine made exact 50 in this game which provides the 16^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring fifty plus runs against India. TD Paine registered his second fifty against India, the first one being his 56 at Centurion on 28.09.09.

TD Paine’s 50 in this game represent the 15^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman who has opened the innings registering a fifty against India.

TD Paine became the 35^th wicket keeper batsman to score 50 or 50 not out in the history of one day internationals. He is the fifth wicket keeper opening batsman to register exact 50 in one day games. The five wicket keeper batsmen are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Zoehrer	50	Aus	Win	Sydney	06.02.87
2	Stewart	50	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	20.05.92
3	Kaluwitharana	50	Srl	Win	Perth	14.01.96
4	Nevin	50	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	15.04.01
5	Paine	50	Aus	Ind	Vadodara	25.10.09

RT Ponting scored 74 in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of his scoring a fifty when he was leading Australia {20 centuries and 43 half centuries}. His knock represents the 99^th fifty as a batsman {28 hundreds and 71 half centuries}

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the 35^th occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals. As far as Australia is concerned, this instance provides the fifth such occasion. The other four occasions are – against Sri Lanka at The Oval on 11.06.75, against New Zealand at Christchurch on 10.12.05, against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06 and against West Indies at Basseterre on 06.07.08

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the first occasion of four Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India.

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game providing the very first occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against India in the history of one day games

Praveen Kumar conceded 77 runs in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings. Praveen Kumar conceded 77 runs without a wicket in this game providing the 18th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs without capturing a wicket

Praveen Kumar’s 10.0-0-77-0 provides the eighth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding seventy plus runs against Australia. He becomes the fourth Indian bowler to concede seventy plus runs without a wicket against Australia. The other three are J Srinath {none of 87 at Jo’burg on 23.02.03}, A Nehra {none for 80 at Bangalore on 12 Nov 03} and IK Pathan {none for 73 at Sydney on 24.02.08}

SR Watson returned with figures of 10.0-0-70-2 in this game providing the 15^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy runs in India-Australia one day series. SR Watson became the seventh Australian bowler to concede seventy plus runs against India.

Praveen Kumar of India and SR Watson of Australia conceded 77 runs and 70 runs respectively in this game providing the second occasion of rival bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in India-Australia one day series. The other occasion as Bangalore on 12.11.03 when A Nehra {Ind} and IJ Harvey {Aus} conceded 80 and 71 respectively

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Nehra	0	80	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
2	Harvey	2	71	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	12.11.03
1	PKumar	0	77	Ind	Aus	Vadodara	25.10.09
2	Watson	2	70	Aus	Ind	Vadodara	25.1.0.09

SR Watson’s figures of 10.0-0-70-2 in this game provide the 39^th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding seventy plus runs against various oppositions.

Praveen Kumar of India and SR Watson of Australia conceded 77 runs and 70 runs respectively in this game providing the 28th occasion of rival bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in the history of one day games.

Harbhajan Singh’s lone wicket in this game – that of AC Voges – gave him the 25^th Australian wicket.

CL White registered his fourth one day fifty when he made 51 in this game. It was his first fifty against India. The other three are – 105 vs England at Southampton on 09.09.09, 62 vs New Zealand at Centurion on 06.10.09 and 53 vs England at The Oval on 04.10.09. MEK Hussey scored 73 in this game which was his 25^th one day half century and 27^th one day fifty.

TD Paine {50}, RT Ponting {74}, CL White {51} and MEK Hussey {73} scored fifties in this game which swelled the number of half centuries by Australian batsman against India to “Nelson” – 111

Prior to the start of the series, RT Ponting has played 324 one day games. His appearance in the first one day game of the series gave him 325 one day appearances which put him on par with SR Waugh who also has 325 appearances. {RT Ponting’s 324 appearances prior to the start of the game include one appearance for ICC Eleven}

When B Lee got the wicket of Indian opening batsman V Sehwag caught by TD Paine he captured his 50th wicket against India. He earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee became the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. The six bowlers list is furnished below

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74
2	Vaas	Srl	V	Ind	61	2213	70
3	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60
4	SaqlainMushtaq	Pak	V	Ind	36	1390	57
5	AaqibJaved	Pak	V	Ind	39	1331	54
6	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50

B Lee became the second Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions, after GD McGrath. B Lee has an aggregate of 53 wickets against England and 51 wickets against New Zealand and 50 wickets against India. GD McGrath has an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against four specific oppositions – 59 against New Zealand, 58 against South Africa, 57 against Pakistan and 53 against England.

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
2	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
3	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50
1	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
2	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
3	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
4	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53

B Lee, with 50 wickets against India, became the fifth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions. The other four are GD McGrath of Australia {against four oppositions}, Waqar Younis of Pakistan {against four oppositions}, M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {against five oppositions} and Wasim Akram of Pakistan {against five oppositions}

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	W
1	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
2	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
3	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50
1	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
2	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
3	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
4	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53
1	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	Srl	51	2046	84
2	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	NZl	37	1252	79
3	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	Win	43	1618	60
4	WaqarYounis	Pak	V	RSA	32	1444	58
1	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Pak	63	2318	94
2	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Ind	61	2279	74
3	Muralitharan	Srl	V	NZl	39	1261	68
4	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Zim	30	0832	56
5	Muralitharan	Srl	V	Aus	37	1585	51
1	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Srl	59	1929	92
2	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Win	64	2276	89
3	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Aus	49	1838	67
4	WasimAkram	Pak	V	NZl	38	1187	64
5	WasimAkram	Pak	V	Ind	48	1509	60

B Lee’s 50 wickets aggregate against India provide the 43rd occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets against a specific opposition. His 50 wickets against India provides the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing fifty plus wickets against a specific opposition.

No	Bowlers	Team	V	Opp	Mat	Runs	Ws
1	McDermott	Aus	V	Win	35	1224	63
2	Warne	Aus	V	RSA	45	1718	60
3	McGrath	Aus	V	NZl	32	1170	59
4	McGrath	Aus	V	RSA	41	1380	58
5	McGrath	Aus	V	Pak	32	1089	57
6	Lee	Aus	V	Eng	28	1183	53
7	McGrath	Aus	V	Eng	33	1217	53
8	Lee	Aus	V	NZl	27	1062	51
9	Warne	Aus	V	Win	27	1045	50
10	Lee	Aus	V	Ind	29	1035	50

Praveen Kumar’s 40 not out in this game provides the highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number nine against Australia in one day games. The previous best was Zaheer Khan’s 31 not out at Mumbai on 17.10.07

RT Ponting took one catch in this game to take his aggregate of catches to 141. He now stands third in the list of fieldsmen who have most catches in one dayers. DPMD Jayawardene {165} and M Azharuddin {156} occupy the first two places in the list.

RT Ponting took one catch in this game to take his aggregate of catches to 15 against India. Other Australian fieldsmen who have 15 or more catches against India are – AR Border {17}, SR Waugh {16}, A Symonds {15} and ME Waugh {15}.

G Gambhir’s 68 in this game represent the 90^th half century by an Indian batsman against Australia in one day games. This knock also represents the 19^th half century by an Indian batsman batting at number three against Australia.

RT Ponting {74} and G Gambhir {68} scored fifties respectively while batting at number in this game providing the fourth occasion of rival batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number three in India-Australia one day series. The other three occasions are – at Sharjah on 05.04.87 {DC Boon-52 and Azharuddin-84}, at Dunedin on 22.02.95 {RT Ponting-62 and NS Sidhu-54} and at Sydney on 24.02.08 {RT Ponting-124 and G Gambhir-113}

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents India’s record partnership for the eighth wicket in one day games. The previous best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsman was the 82 runs unfinished stand between Kapil Dev and KS More against New Zealand at Bangalore on 14.10.87

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents India’s record partnership against Australia for the eighth wicket in one day games. The previous best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsman against Australia was the 42 runs stand between MS Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh at Brisbane on 03.02.08

Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar added 84 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represents the third best stand for the eighth wicket against Australia. The other two partnerships are by Pakistan batsmen – 92 runs between Mohd Yousuf and Shoiab Akthar at Karchi on 08.11.98 and 88 runs unfinished stand between Mohd Yousuf and Wasim Akram at Brisbane on 19.06.02

RT Ponting completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 69 during his knock of 74 in the first one day game between India and Australia at Vadodara on 25.10.09. At the end of the game he had an aggregate of 1005.

With the aggregate of 1005 runs in 2009, RT Ponting has aggregate 1000 plus runs in six calendar years – 1166 runs in 1998, 1038 runs in 1999, 1154 runs in 2003, 1191 runs in 2005, 1424 runs in 2007 and 1005 runs in 2009.

RT Ponting became the first Australian batsman and third batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 1000 plus runs in six or more calendar years. The other two are SR Tendulkar {seven} and SC Ganguly {six}. SR Tendulkar’s 1000 plus runs in seven calendar years remains the world record for a batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in most calendar years in the history of one day games.

Harbhajan Singh completed 1000 runs of his ODI Career during this game when he was on 43 during his knock of 49 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 1006. He became 29^th Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in one day games

Harbhajan Singh’s 49 in this game represent his highest individual score in one day games. His previous best was 46 against Australia at Vizag on 03.04.01

Crickick.com brings to its viewers the second part of the Approaching milestones ahead of the seven match one day series between India and Australia. The first match starts at Vadodara on 25.10.09, that is, tomorrow. It is a day game. Read on the interesting and researched article on Approaching milestones

Bret Lee {49} holds the record for most wickets by an Australian bowler against India. B Lee’s 49 wickets is a India-Australia series record for most wickets by a bowler.. He needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. He would then become the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. He would earn the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee would become the second Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions, after GD McGrath. B Lee has an aggregate of 53 wickets against England and 51 wickets against New Zealand and needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. GD McGrath has an aggregate of 50 plus wickets against four specific oppositions – 59 against New Zealand, 58 against South Africa, 57 against Pakistan and 53 against England.

B Lee, if he gets one wicket against India, would become the fifth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three or more specific oppositions. The other four are GD McGrath of Australia {against four oppositions}, Waqar Younis of Pakistan {against four oppositions}, M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {against five oppositions} and Wasim Akram of Pakistan {against five oppositions}

RT Ponting and A Symonds share the Australian record for most sixes against India. Both the batsman have hit 27 sixes. One more six for RT Ponting would give him 28 sixes against India and with it the record for most sixes against India.

Yuvraj Singh and Kapil Dev have scored 11 sixes against Australia. One more six by Yuvraj Singh would give him 12 sixes and with it the second place amongst the Indian batsmen who have hit most sixes against Australia. SR Tendulkar has to his credit 31 sixes against Australia.

R Dravid has hit 82 boundary fours against Australia. SC Ganguly and K Srikkanth have 83 boundary fours to their credit. Two more boundary fours for R Dravid would give him 84 boundary fours against Australia and with it the second place amongst the Indian batsmen who have hit most boundary fours against Australia. SR Tendulkar has to his credit 289 boundary fours against Australia.

SR Tendulkar has to his credit 39 not outs in his one day career. He needs two more not outs to surpass R Dravid’s 40 not outs and if he gets there he would be the third Indian batsman who have most not outs in their one day career. The other two are M Azharudding {54} and A Kumble {47}. One more not out for SR Tendulkar would place him in the joint third place with R Dravid who has 40 not outs to his credit.

A double Nelson – 222 runs – would give RT Ponting 2000 runs against India. Prior to the start of the series he has an aggregate of 1778 runs against India. If he gets 2000 plus runs against India, RT Ponting would become the fourth batsman in the world to aggregate 2000 plus runs against India. The other three are – ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2848}, Inzamam-ul-Huq of Pakistan {2403} and Saeed Anwar of Pakistan {2002}.

If RT Ponting gets 2000 runs against India, he would become the first Australian batsman and also first non-Asian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against India.

If RT Ponting gets 2000 runs against India, he would become the first Australian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition. He would become the 14^th batsman in the world to aggregate 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition.

RT Ponting and BA Williams share the record for most ducks by an Australian batsman against India. Both the batsmen have failed to open the account on three occasions. One more duck for RT Ponitng would give him his fourth duck against India and with it the record of most ducks by an Australian batsman against India.

MS Dhoni has six stumping dismissals to his credit against Australia. CS Pandit {08} and NR Mongia {07} have more stumping dismissals than MS Dhoni. Three more stumping dismissals for MS Dhoni would give him nine stumping dismissals and with it the record of most stumping dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper against Australia.

SR Tendulkar has taken 28 catches against Australia prior to the start of this series. Two more catches for him would give him 30 catches and with it the record of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 30 catches against Australia.

SR Tendulkar’s 30 catches against Australia would make him sixth fieldsman in the world to pouch 30 plus catches against a specific opposition. The others are M Azharuddin of India against Pakistan {44}, AR Border of Australia against New Zealand {33 catches}, CL Hooper of West Indies against Pakistan {33}, RS Mahanama of Sri Lanka against Pakistan {32} and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka against Pakistan {31}

SR Tendulkar’s 30 catches against Australia would make him the second Indian fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches against a specific opposition after M Azharuddin who has pouched 44 catches against Pakistan which represent the world record for most catches against a specific opposition.