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TM Dilshan scored 123 in the second one day game between Sri Lanka and India at Nagpur on 18.12.09 providing the 17^th occasion of a batsman registering One-two-three or one-two-three not out in the history of one day internationals. All the seventeen occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Zaheer Abbas	123	Pak	Srl	Lahore	29.03.82
2	DL Haynes	123*	Win	Aus	Melbourne	06.01,85
3	K Srikkanth	123	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	18.02.87
4	RT Ponting	123	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	09.01.96
5	R Dravid	123*	Ind	NzL	Taupo	09.01.99
6	MS Atapattu	123*	Srl	RSA	Benoni	01.12.02
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	123	Pak	Ind	Lahore	21.03.04
8	A Flintoff	123	Eng	Win	Lord’s	06.07.04
9	SR Tendulkar	123	Ind	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
10	HH Dippenaar	123	RSA	Win	Bridgetown	11.05.05
11	CH Gayle	123	Win	Ind	Kingston	18.05.06
12	Shahriar Nafees	123*	Ban	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
13	RR Watson	123*	Sco	Can	Mombasa	18.01.07
14	BJ Hodge	123	Aus	Net	Basseterre	08.03.07
15	Younis Khan	123*	Pak	Ind	Karachi	02.07.08
16	DPMDJayawardene	123	Srl	Pak	Dambulla	03.08.09
17	TM Dilshan	123	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	18.12.09

TM Dilshan’s 123 provides the the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman after MS Atapattu and DPMD Jayawardene to register One-two-three or one-two-three not out in the history of one day internationals. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MS Atapattu	123*	Srl	RSA	Benoni	01.12.02
2	DPMDJayawardene	123	Srl	Pak	Dambulla	03.08.09
3	TM Dilshan	123	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	18.12.09

TM Dilshan registered consecutive hundreds – 160 at Rajkot and 123 at Nagpur in the first and second one day games against India in the ongoing series. TM Dilshan’s feat provides the 58^th occasion of a batsman registering two or more consecutive hundreds in one day games. The following is the complete list of batsmen who have achieved this feat arranged in alphabetical order.

No	Batsmen	Country	100s
1	Gibbs HH	South Africa	3
2	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	3
3	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	3
4	Chanderpaul SC	West Indies	2
5	Collingwood PD	England	2
6	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2
7	Dias RL	Sri Lanka	2
8	Dilshan TM	Sri Lanka	2
9	Dravid R	India	2
10	Flintoff A	England	2
11	Ganguly SC	India	2
12	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
13	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
14	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
15	Gibbs HH	South Africa	2
16	Gooch GA	England	2
17	Gower DI	England	2
18	Greatbatch MJ	New Zealand	2
19	Greenidge CG	West Indies	2
20	Hayden ML	Australia	2
21	Haynes DL	West Indies	2
22	Hick GA	England	2
23	Hinds WW	West Indies	2
24	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2
25	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
26	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
27	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
28	JayawardeneDPMD	Sri Lanka	2
29	Jones DM	Australia	2
30	Kallis JH	South Africa	2
31	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2
32	Knight NV	England	2
33	Lara BC	West Indies	2
34	Lara BC	West Indies	2
35	Lara BC	West Indies	2
36	Laxman VVS	India	2
37	Mahanama RS	Sri Lanka	2
38	Marsh GR	Australia	2
39	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	2
40	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	2
41	Ponting RT	Australia	2
42	Porterfield WTS	Ireland	2
43	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan	2
44	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
45	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
46	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
47	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan	2
48	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2
49	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2
50	Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	2
51	Smith GC	South Africa	2
52	Stewart AJ	England	2
53	Tendulkar SR	India	2
54	Tharanga WU	Sri Lanka	2
55	Trescothick ME	England	2
56	Watson SR	Australia	2
57	Waugh ME	Australia	2
58	Yuvraj Singh	India	2

TM Dilshan’s feat of registering consecutive hundreds provides the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring consecutive hundreds. All the ten occasions are furnished below

No	Batsmen	Country	100s
1	Dias RL	Sri Lanka	2
2	Dilshan TM	Sri Lanka	2
3	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
4	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
5	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
6	JayawardeneDPMD	Sri Lanka	2
7	Mahanama RS	Sri Lanka	2
8	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2
9	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2
10	Tharanga WU	Sri Lanka	2

The following batsmen have registered consecutive hundreds on two or more occasions. Saeed Anwar of Pakistan remains the only batsman in the history of one day game to register two or more consecutive hundreds on four occasions. CH Gayle of West Indies, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and BC Lara of West Indies are the three batsman to have scored hundreds in consecutive games on three occasions, Mohd Yousuf of Pakistan, HH Gibbs of South Africa and KC Sangakkara are the three batsmen to have scored consecutive hundreds on two or more occasions, The performances of these batsmen are furnished below

No	Batsmen	Country	100s
1	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	3
2	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
3	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
4	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	2
1	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
2	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
3	Gayle CH	West Indies	2
1	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
2	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
3	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	2
1	Lara BC	West Indies	2
2	Lara BC	West Indies	2
3	Lara BC	West Indies	2
1	MohammadYousuf	Pakistan	2
2	MohammadYousuf	Pakistan	2
1	Gibbs HH	South Africa	3
2	Gibbs HH	South Africa	2
1	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2
2	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2

Second One day game at Nagpur on 18.12.09 : Sri Lanka won by three wickets and level the five match series 1-1

Sri Lanka capped S Randiv and RAS Lakmal in this game providing the 139^th and 140^th Sri Lankan cricketer to appear in one day games. They became the 24^th and 25^th cricketers to be capped by Sri Lanka against India.

SR Tendulkar was dismissed stumped in this game for 43 providing the 11^th occasion of his being dismissed stumped in a one day games. The eleven occasions are furnished below

No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	90	2	2	Aus	Mumbai	27.02.96
2	65	1	2	Srl	Kolkata	13.03.96
3	100	2	1	Pak	Singapore	05.04.96
4	114	1	1	RSA	Mumbai	14.12.96
5	91	4	2	Eng	Sharjah	11.12.97
6	67	2	1	Pak	Dhaka	11.01.98
7	128	2	1	Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
8	45	2	1	NZl	Wellington	14.01.99
9	54	4	2	Srl	Rajkot	11.02.07
10	72	2	2	Aus	Nagpur	14.10.07
11	43	2	1	Srl	Nagpur	18.12.09

Amongst the Indian batsmen, SR Tendulkar and SC Ganguly are the two batsmen who have been dismissed on eleven occasions. Wasim Akrmam {15}, RT Ponting {13}, ADR Campbell {12}, Inzamam-ul-Huq {12}, ST Jayasuriya {12} and ME Waugh {11} and A Flower {10} are the other batsmen who have been dismissed stumped on ten or more occasions.

SR Tendulkar and SC Ganguly are the two Indian opening batsmen who have been dismissed stumped on nine occasions. ST Jayasuriya holds the record for most stumped dismissals as an opening batsman. He has been dismissed stumped on ten occasions.

ST Tendulkar’s stumped dismissal for 43 in this game provide the 36^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed stumped in Indian games.

V Kohli registered his third one day half century when he made 54 in this game. The other two half centuries are – 79* vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 30.09.09 and 54 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 27.08.08. With 54 in this game, he equaled his highest score against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli’s 54 in this game represent the 131^st half century by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in one day games, while MS Dhoni’s in this game represents the 132^nd half century.

S Randiv captured his first one day wicket when he had V Kohli leg before wicket for 54 in this game

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represent the 178th fifty by an Indian captain in its one day games.

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represent his 23^rd fifty as captain in one day games. M Azharuddin {41}, SC Ganguly {41}, R Dravid {27} are the other Indian captains who have scored more fifties than MS Dhoni.

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represent his 35^th fifty as wicket keeper batsman. AC Gilchrist {54}, KC Sangakkara {48}, A Flower {46} are the other wicket keeper batsmen who have scored more fifties than MS Dhoni.

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represents his eleventh fifty as captain against Sri Lanka, He now shares the record of most fifties by a captain of any team against Sri Lanka with M Azharuddin who also has scored eleven fifties

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represent the 16^th hundred scored by a captain of various teams against Sri Lanka in one day games. It also represents the sixth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a hundred against Sri Lanka.

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game represent the 145^th hundred by a captain in the history of one day games. It also represents the 29^th hundred by an Indian captain in one day games

MS Dhoni’s 107 in this game was in a losing cause and represent the 37^th occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day games. It also represents the eighth hundred by an Indian captain in a losing cause against all oppositions.

KC Sangakkara’s run out for 21 in this game provide the 60^th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain dismissed run out in one day game. As far KC Sangakkara is concerned, this is the second occasion he was dismissed run out while leading Sri Lanka. The other occasion was against Pakistan at Dambulla on 01.08.09

KC Sangakkara’s run out for 21 in this game provide the 17th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain dismissed run out in one day game against India.

KC Sangakkara’s run out for 21 in this game provide the 33^rd occasion captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in the history of one day internationals.

KC Sangakkara became the second captain-cum-wicket keeper to be dismissed run out in one day game against India. IA Healy of Australia is the other captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out against India – at Col-SSC on 06.09.96 after scoring four runs.

KC Sangakkara run out for 21 in this game provide the 50^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a one day game against India.

KC Sangakkara run out for 21 in this game provide the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a one day game against India. KC Sangakkara holds the record for most run out dismissals – he has been dismissed on three occasions.

India scored 414 for 4 at Rajkot and 301 for 7 at Nagpur providing the 29^th occasion of a team scoring 300 plus runs in consecutive one day games.

Sri Lanka scored 411 for 8 at Rajkot and 302 for 7 at Nagpur providing the 30th occasion of a team scoring 300 plus runs in consecutive one day games.

India conceded 411 at Rajkot and 302 at Nagpur against Sri Lanka providing the 28^th occasion of a team conceding 300 plus runs in consecutive matches.

Sri Lanka conceded 414 at Rajkot and 301 at Nagpur against India providing the 29th occasion of a team conceding 300 plus runs in consecutive matches.

India lost the match after scoring 301 for 7 in this game providing the 52^nd occasion of a team losing a match after scoring 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. It also provides the eleventh occasion of India losing a one day game after scoring 300 plus runs.

TM Dilshan scored 100 in consecutive games – 160 at Rajkot and 123 at Nagpur providing the 58^th occasion of a batsman registering hundreds in two or more consecutive games.

TM Dilshan’s feat of consecutive hundreds provides the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering consecutive hundreds in one day games. Other batsmen are RL Dias, RS Mahanama, ST Jayasuriya {on three occasions}, KC Sangakkara {on two occasions}, DPMD Jayawardene and WU Tharanga.

Ashish Nehra of India wrote himself into record books as a bowler who has conceded seventy plus runs on most occasions in the history of one day internationals. His figures of 10.0-0-74-1 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur on 18.12.09 provided the eighth occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs. He wrested the record from Waqar Younis of Pakistan who had conceded seventy plus runs on seven occasions.

S Randiv’s 3 for 51 in this game provide the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing three or more wickets on one day debut. Randiv’s figures of 3 for 51 represent the best bowling figures by a Sri Lankan debutant against Sri Lanka

Ashish Nehra of India wrote himself into record books as a bowler who has conceded seventy plus runs on most occasions in the history of one day internationals. His figures of 10.0-0-74-1 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur on 18.12.09 provided the eighth occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs. He wrested the record from Waqar Younis of Pakistan who had conceded seventy plus runs on seven occasions. The performance of these two bowlers are listed below

A Nehra of India
No	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	10.0	0	74	2	Pak	Centurion	01.03.03
2	10.0	0	80	0	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
3	10.0	0	72	4	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
4	09.0	0	75	0	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
5	10.0	0	72	3	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
6	10.0	0	79	1	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09
7	10.0	0	81	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
8	10.0	0	74	1	Srl	Nagpur	18.12.09
Waqar Younis of Pakistan
No	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	11.0	0	73	4	Eng	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	10.0	0	73	2	Srl	Centurion	04.12.94
3	09.0	0	70	3	NZl	Auckland	23.12.95
4	10.0	0	73	1	RSA	Durban	03.04.98
5	10.0	0	86	2	Srl	Benoni	15.04.98
6	10.0	0	77	1	Srl	Tangier	14.08.02
7	08.4	0	71	2	Ind	Centurion	01.03.03

Paul Collingwood took four catches in South African first innings in the first test at Centurion providing the 20^th occasion of an England fieldsman taking four catches in a test innings. Paul Collingwood became the first England fieldsman to take four catches in an innings against South Africa. The complete list of twenty occasions is furnished below

No	Fieldsmen	Ct	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	LCBraund	4	1	Aus	Sheffield	Jul	02
2	WRhodes	4	3	Aus	Manchester	Jul	05
3	LCBraund	4	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec	07
4	FEWoolley	4	4	Aus	Sydney	Feb	12
5	APFChapman	4	1	Win	The Oval	Aug	28
6	HLarwood	4	4	Aus	Brisbane	Nov	28
7	JEMcConnon	4	2	Pak	Manchester	Jul	54
8	PBHMay	4	1	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	55
9	PHParfitt	4	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jul	73
10	AWGreig	4	3	Pak	Leeds	Jul	74
11	PHEdmonds	4	2	NZl	Christchurch	Feb	78
12	AJLamb	4	2	NZl	Lord’s	Aug	83
13	GAHick	4	1	Pak	Leeds	Jul	92
14	GAHick	4	1	Pak	Kolkata	Jan	93
15	GAHick	4	1	NZl	Nottingham	Jun	94
16	NVKnight	4	3	NZl	Christchurch	Feb	97
17	GPThorpe	4	1	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov	00
18	METrescothick	4	1	Srl	Lord’s	May	02
19	METrescothick	4	3	Zim	Lord’s	May	03
20	PDCollingwood	4	1	SAF	Centurion	Dec	09

GA Hick is the only England fieldsman who has taken four catches in an innings on three occasions, while LC Braund and ME Trescothick have taken four catches in an innings on two occasions

No	Fieldsmen	Ct	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	GAHick	4	1	Pak	Leeds	Jul	92
2	GAHick	4	1	Pak	Kolkata	Jan	93
3	GAHick	4	1	NZl	Nottingham	Jun	94
1	LCBraund	4	1	Aus	Sheffield	Jul	02
2	LCBraund	4	2	Aus	Sydney	Dec	07
1	METrescothick	4	1	Srl	Lord’s	May	02
2	METrescothick	4	3	Zim	Lord’s	May	03

Bharat Raj, pens a tribute on Stan McCabe, one of the greatest batsman that Australia produved. Read on ………

In the history of test cricket only few cricketers have been able to captivate the imagination of cricket enthusiasts with their cricketing skills. Here I am thinking about cricketers who could fill the stadiums with their magical cricketing skills and of cricketers whose performances would be talked about for a long time to come.

In Stan McCabe we can think of a player who with his batting prowess enchanted the cricket fans. His knocks are even now talked about by cricket enthusiasts!

McCabe made his first class debut for New South Wales in 1928/29. He didn’t have the best of starts to his first class career as he got dropped once the senior players came back to the side from international duty. He had his breakthrough season in 1929/30 when he scored 844 runs at 56.27 though he couldn’t score a century.

He was selected to tour England in 1930 under the captaincy of Bill Woodfull mainly because he could also bowl brisk medium pace. It was an inexperienced Australian side that toured England, yet they were able to defeat a strong England side which had legendary names like Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Leyland, Tate, Duleepshinji, Lawrood, mainly thanks to Bradman’s heroics. McCabe though in his first series didn’t do well, as he made just one fifty and picked a few key wickets and he even thought of giving up the game as he found English conditions tough to handle but for a timely advise by his teammate – Clarrie Grimmett, he changed his mind. Grimmet asked McCabe to play with a full face of the bat which helped him to perform a touch better as the tour progressed.

He again had moderate success against the touring Caribbean and the South African side in 1931/32 and 1932/33 respectively. It has to be said that with the likes of Griffith, Francis and Constantine in the side the Caribbean line up did not have a bad attack and even the South African side had the likes of Bell and the left arm medium pacer, Quinn who was rated highly by none other than Bradman himself. The Australian side was too strong as they crushed both the West Indies and the South African side but McCabe found runs hard to come by. So there were question marks over McCabe’s ability to succeed at the highest level.

The next season though changed it all as McCabe had his breakthrough series against England. The series played in 1932/33 in Australia is famously known as the bodyline series for Jardine’s tactics of employing maximum fielders on the leg side which allowed the bowlers to bowl down the leg side and that made runs scoring risky and difficult as any batsman had to get runs through a packed leg side field. It was mainly done to curb the run machine, Don Bradman from scoring runs.

The series started with England thumping Australia at Sydney by 10 wickets by using Bodyline tactics. The match though would be remembered more for McCabe’s courageous knock of 187. Larwood and Voce were employing the deadly bodyline tactic but McCabe met fire with fire and scored 187. He was said to be a courageous hooker and puller but everyone who saw that knock were said to be astonished by the fact that how he could safely pull and hook the likes of Larwood and company. One has to consider that England were employing the dangerous Bodyline tactics. His courageous batting made England’s hard nosed captain Jardine to even remove Larwood from the attack and had to bowl Hammond and Verity. He received a thunderous applause from the 46000 strong crowd who had come to witness the match. It is interesting to note that he had told his mother to refrain from rushing to his side if he got knocked over, before proceeding to hook Larwood out of the attack in Sydney. He was praised by many cricket enthusiasts and even the fearsome Larwood who throughout the series bowled that bodyline attack praised him.

Wisden about that knock,

“He scored off Larwood’s bowling in a style which for daring and brilliance was not approached by any other Australian during the tour”

McCabe about that knock,

“it was really an impulsive, senseless innings, a gamble that should not have been made but came off against all the odds”

The 1932/33 series was won by England as Jardine’s bodyline tactic was successful because they were able to restrict Bradman from being a run machine but the protagonists of that tactics – Larwood and Jardine – both were not in the squad when Australia toured England in 1934. Larwood was sacked and one can say that he was harshly treated as he was just following the captain’s orders and Jardine was no more in the side too. It was a series which was won by Australia 2-1 as Bradman was back to his old ways of plundering opposition bowling attacks but everyone was impressed by McCabe’s batting prowess in that series. He was in sublime touch as he made 483 runs at 60.37 and was effective even with his medium pace bowling as he took a few key wickets in that series.

Wisden about his batting in that series in 1934

“In 1930 he gave the impression of still having a good deal to learn; he was inclined to be somewhat slapdash in his methods. The intervening years had clearly made a great difference in him. Losing nothing of his power, he displayed a wider and safer range of strokes.”

He was in great touch when Australia toured South Africa in 1935 as he scored 2 hundreds. South Africa had a very good batting line up at that time as they had the likes of Mitchell, Rowan and Dudley Nourse though the bowling attack may not have been that good but one can’t take the credit away from McCabe as he was at the peak of his prowess.

In 1936/37 when England toured Australia, he didn’t had the best of starts to that series as Australia found themselves 2-0 down. It was even said that McCabe’s relationship wasn’t exactly very good with Bradman. At that time McCabe was the vice captain with Bradman being the captain of the side and it is said that there was a divide in the side with some players supporting Bradman and others McCabe. It wasn’t a great time for Australia as they were 2-0 down in that series and it is even said that McCabe and few others were called by the Australian board to pacify the situation. In that context it is remarkable to see that Australia came back so strongly in that series as they won all the last 3 tests to win the series 3-2. McCabe came back to form with the highlight being his 112 in the final test at Melbourne as Australia retained the series.

The 1938 tour of England was McCabe’s last tour of Australia. He was again appointed as the vice captain of the side with the series being drawn, 1-1 but as Australia had won the previous series they were able to retain the Ashes. McCabe made his mark in that series too with an amazing knock of 232 at Trent bridge. It is still said that McCabe’s knock of 232 at Trent Bridge is one of the greatest knocks of all time. McCabe scored 232 in just 235 minutes facing 277 deliveries and hit 34 fours and a six in that knock! He came in at 111 for 2 after England had made a massive score of 8 for 658 declared and from 111 for 2 it soon became 194 for 6 as McCabe kept losing partners at the other end but McCabe continued to smash England’s bowlers all over the park. He took most of the strike as he took a heavy toll on the leg spinner, Wright by scoring 44 runs of a 3 over spell from the leg spinner. It is amazing to see that he and the last man Fleetwood Smith put on 77 runs and 72 of them were scored by McCabe! Hammond is said to have tried everything to stop McCabe from scoring runs but nothing could stop McCabe from playing one of the greatest knocks of all time. The match ended in a draw mainly thanks to McCabe’s knock. The crowd who came to watch that match were said to be spellbound and even Bradman after that knock said, “If I could play an innings like that, I’d be a proud man, Stan”

It sadly was the last time McCabe played for Australia as foot injuries and the world war ended his career. He played his last first class match in 1941/42 for New South Wales.

It is amazing to see that a cricketer who wasn’t even properly coached went onto capture the hearts of so many cricket aficionadas by taking on the quickest of bowlers and succeeding with aplomb. He is no doubt one of the true greats of the game.

Finally the legendary Sir Len Hutton on McCabe,

“I knew him well. It would be hard to think of a greater Australian batsman. He had qualities that even Bradman hadn’t got. I always liked to watch him bat and he was a most likeable fellow”

When GC Smith was dismissed without scoring in the first test against England at Centurion, he scored his ninth duck as captain of South Africa, thus owning the record of most ducks by a South African captain. The previous record was held by WJ Cronje who had failed to open on eight occasions while leading South Africa. The most ducks scored by a captain is credited to SP Fleming of New Zealand who has scored 13 ducks. The ducks scored by GC Smith are listed below

No	Runs	Dismissal	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	0	bowled	3	NZl	Auckland	Mar	04
2	0	caught	1	Ind	Kolkata	Nov	04
3	0	caught	1	Eng	P Elizabeth	Dec	04
4	0	bowled	4	Eng	Sydney	Oct	05
5	0	caught	2	Aus	Durban	Mar	06
6	0	caught	2	Pak	Centurion	Jan	07
7	0	lbw	3	Eng	The Oval	Aug	08
8	0	caught	2	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb	09
9	0	caught	1	Eng	Centurion	Dec	09

MS Dhoni completed 5000 ODI runs when he was on 46 during his knock of 72 in this game. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 5026 runs. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman after AC Gilchrist {9410}, KC Sangakkara {6857} and A Flower {5845} to aggregate 5000 plus runs in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni became the eighth Indian batsman to aggregate 5000 plus runs in one day games. The others are SR Tendulkar {17247}, SC Ganguly {11363}, R Dravid {10765}, M Azharuddin {9378}, Yuvraj Singh {7226}, V Sehwag {6876}.

MS Dhoni of India/Asia effected 50^th stumping when he stumped WU Tharanga of SK Raina. At the end of this game, MS Dhoni has 51 stumping dismissal to his credi. He became the fifth wicket keeper in the history of one day games to effect 50 or more stumpings. Others are – RS Kaluwitharana {75}, Moin Khan of Pakistan {73}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka/ICC/Asia {64}, AC Gilchrist of Australia/ICC {55}.

MS Dhoni’s second stumping – ST Jayasuriya of Harbhajan Singh – in this game gave him 200 dismissals behind the stumps {149 catches and 51 stumpings}. He is the first Indian wicket keeper to achieve this distinction. His 200 dismissals include three dismissals he effected while representing Asia Eleven.

MS Dhoni with his 200 dismissals became the ninth wicket keeper in the history of one day game to effect 200 plus dismissals. Others are AC Gilchrist {472}, MV Boucher {414}, KC Sangakkara {290}, Moin Khan {287}, IA Healy {233}, Rashid Latif {220}, RS Kaluwitharana {206} and PJ Dujon {204}

First One day game at Rajkot on 15.12.09 : India won by three runs and lead the five match series 1-0

One day games witnessed for the first time, the first two wickets producing 150 plus runs. V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar added 153 runs for the first wicket which was followed by 156 runs stand between V Sehwag and MS Dhoni.

V Sehwag {146}, SR Tendulkar {69} and MS Dhoni {72} scored fifties in this game providing the 57^th occasion of first three batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings.

V Sehwag {146}, SR Tendulkar {69} and MS Dhoni {72} scored fifties in this game providing the 14th occasion of first three Indian batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings.

No	Ind	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ind	1	Pak	Sharjah	18.04.86
2	Ind	1	Pak	Sharjah	15.10.89
3	Ind	1	RSA	Gwalior	12.11.91
4	Ind	1	RSA	New Delhi	14.11.91
5	Ind	1	Zim	Faridabad	19.03.93
6	Ind	1	NZl	Wellington	30.03.94
7	Ind	2	Srl	Col-RPS	19.06.98
8	Ind	1	Ken	Paarl	24.10.01
9	Ind	1	Win	Vadodara	18.11.02
10	Ind	2	Eng	Indore	15.04.06
11	Ind	1	Pak	Abu Dhabi	19.04.06
12	Ind	1	Eng	Leeds	02.09.07
13	Ind	1	Pak	Mirpur	10.06.08
14	Ind	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09

V Sehwag {146}, SR Tendulkar {69} and MS Dhoni {72} scored fifties in this game providing the second occasion of first three Indian batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings against Sri Lanka. The first such occasion was at Col-RPS on 19.06.08, when SC Ganguly {80}, SR Tendulkar {60} and M Azharuddin {55*} had scored fifties.

V Sehwag’s 146 in this game provide the 30^th occasion of Indian batsman registering a hundred against Sri Lanka and the 166^th occasion of Indian batsman registering a hundred against various oppositions.

153 runs first wicket partnership between V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus runs for the first wicket against Sri Lanka. The other three occasions are – 252 runs partnership between SC Ganguly and SR Tendulkar at Col-RPS on 07.07.98, 161 runs partnership between M Prabhakar and SR Tendulkar at Sharjah on 09.04.95 and 153 runs partnership between V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar at Jo’burg on 10.03.03. It is interesting to note that SR Tendulkar has been a partner in all the four occasions.

153 runs first wicket partnership between V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar provide the record partnership for the first wicket by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka at home. The previous best was 133 runs stand between RJ Shastri and NS Sidhu at Nagpur on 01.12.90.

In this game, V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar added 153 runs for the first wicket and V Sehwag and MS Dhoni added 156 runs for the second wicket providing the 14^th and 15^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 150 plus runs for various wickets in one day games.

The second wicket partnership of 156 runs between V Sehwag and MS Dhoni provided India its 287^th three figure partnership in one day games. India now has record of most three figure partnerships in one day games. Australia is close behind with 286 three figure partnerships.

India’s 414 for 7 and Sri Lanka’s 411 for 8 in this game provide the seventh and eighth occasion of a team posting a total of 400 plus runs in one day games. The seven occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	434/4	50.0	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
2	RSA	438/9	49.5	Aus	Jo’burg	12.03.06
3	Srl	443/9	50.0	Net	Amstelveen	04.07.06
4	RSA	418/5	50.0	Zim	Pot’stroom	20.09.06
5	Ind	413/5	50.0	Ber	Trinidad	19.03.07
6	NZl	402/2	50.0	Ire	Aberdeen	01.07.08
7	Ind	414/7	50.0	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
8	Srl	411/8	50.0	Ind	Rajkot	15.12.09

India’s 414 for 7 in this game provide the second occasion of India posting a total of 400 plus in one day games.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ind	413/5	50.0	Ber	Trinidad	19.03.07
2	Ind	414/7	50.0	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09

India, South Africa and South Africa are the only three teams as on date to post a total of 400 plus runs on two occasions in one day games

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ind	413/5	50.0	Ber	Trinidad	19.03.07
2	Ind	414/7	50.0	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
1	RSA	438/9	49.5	Aus	Jo’burg	12.03.06
2	RSA	418/5	50.0	Zim	Pot’stroom	20.09.06
1	Srl	443/9	50.0	Net	Amstelveen	04.07.06
2	Srl	411/8	50.0	Ind	Rajkot	15.12.09

India’s 414 for 7 in this game represent its highest one day team total. The previous best was 413 for 5 against Bermuda on 19.03.07.

153 runs partnership for the first wicket between V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar provide the 125th occasion of 150 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in one day games, while the 156 runs partnership for the second wicket provide the 103^rd occasion of 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

ST Jayasuirya returned with figures of 7-0-76-0 providing the 35^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding seventy plus runs in one day games. He is the first Sri Lankan bowler to have an economy rate of 10.85. He is the eleventh Sri Lankan bowler to concede seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket.

ST Jayasuirya returned with figures of 7-0-76-0 providing the second occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs in one day games. The first occasion was against Pakistan at Nairobi (Gym} on 04.10.96 when he returned with figures of 10.0-0-94-3.

ST Jayasuirya returned with figures of 7-0-76-0 providing the first occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in one day games.

SR Tendulkar’s 69 in this game was his 92^nd one day half century and 135^th fifty, while V Sehwag’s 146 in this game represents his 12^th one day hundred and 47^th fifty.

MS Dhoni’s 72 represents his 34^th one day half century and 39^th fifty.

India’s 414 for 7 in this game provide the third occasion of a team posting a total of 400 plus runs after being inserted by the opposition. The other two occasions are India posting a total of 413 for 5 against Bermuda at Trinidad on 19.03.07 and New Zealand posting a total of 402 for 2 against Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.08

India’s 414 for 7 in this game represent the highest team total by team after being inserted by the opposition.

MS Dhoni completed 2500 one day runs as captain when he was on 23 during the course of his knock of 72, At the end of the game he has an aggregate of 2549 runs. He became the 17^th captain to aggregate 2500 runs in one day games

In India’s innings, V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar added 153 runs for the first wicket and in Sri Lanka’s innings, WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan added 150 plus runs for the first wicket providing the first instance of rival teams adding 150 plus runs for the first wicket in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni of India/Asia effected 50^th stumping when he stumped WU Tharanga of SK Raina. At the end of this game, MS Dhoni has 51 stumping dismissal to his credi. He became the fifth wicket keeper in the history of one day games to effect 50 or more stumpings. Others are – RS Kaluwitharana {75}, Moin Khan of Pakistan {73}, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka/ICC/Asia {64}, AC Gilchrist of Australia/ICC {55}.

Thus for the first time in one day games, an one day game had rival wicket keepers with 50 plus stumping dismissals to their credit.

WU Tharnanga {67}, TM Dilshan {160} and KC Sangkkara {90} scored fifties in Sri Lankan innings providing the 58^th occasion of first three batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings.

WU Tharnanga {67}, TM Dilshan {160} and KC Sangkkara {90} scored fifties in Sri Lankan innings providing the sixth occasion of first three Sri Lankan batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings.

WU Tharnanga {67}, TM Dilshan {160} and KC Sangkkara {90} scored fifties in Sri Lankan innings providing the second occasion of first three Sri Lankan batsmen registering fifties in a one day innings against India. The other occasion was at Col-RPS on 17.08.97, when ST Jayasuriya {73}, MS Atapattu {118} and RS Mahanama {53} had scored fifties.

This game witnessed the world record of first three batsmen from each team scoring fifties – In Indian innings, V Sehwag {146}, SR Tendulkar {69} and MS Dhoni {72} scored fifties. In Sri Lankan innings, WU Tharanga {67}, TM Dilshan {160} and KC Sangkkara {90} scored fifties. This is the first occasion of first three batsmen from both the teams scoring fifties in the history of one day games.

India’s 414 for 7 and Sri Lanka’s 411 for 8 in this game provide the second occasion of both the teams registering 400 plus runs in one day games. The other occasion was at Johannesburg on 12.03.06, when Australia and South Africa had registered 400 plus runs

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	434/4	50.0	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
2	RSA	438/9	49.5	Aus	Jo’burg	12.03.06
1	Ind	414/7	50.0	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
2	Srl	411/8	50.0	Ind	Rajkot	15.12.09

India became the first team to win a match after scoring 400 plus runs batting first in the history of One day games.

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the 67^th occasion of captain registering an individual ninety in one day games. He is the ninth Sri Lankan captain to score an individual ninety in one day games. He is fourth Sri Lankan captain to score an individual ninety against India. The other three are – A Ranatunga {98 at Hyderabad-LBS on 18.02.94}, ST Jayasuriya {99 at Col-RPS on 05.08.01 and DPMD Jayawardene {94 at Col-RPS on 24.08.09}

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the 39th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a ninety in one day games. His 90 in this game provide the first occasion of his getting dismissed in nineties.

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the 62nd occasion of a batsman registering a ninety against India in one day games.

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the tenth occasion of a captain registering a ninety in one day games against India.

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman registering a ninety in one day games. The other four are – AC Giclhrist of Australia {98 vs West Indies at Brisbane on 14.01.01}, T Taibu of Zimbabwe {96* vs Sri Lanka at Bulawayo on 20.04.04}, MS Dhoni of India {94 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 05.02.09} and MS Dhoni of India {95 vs West Indies at Kingston on 28.06.09}

KC Sangakkara’s 90 in this game provide the 26th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering a ninety in one day games. His 90 in this game provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman registering a ninety. The other two occasions are – RS Kaluwitharana {95* vs Australia at Col-RPS on 31.08.99} and RS Kaluwitharana {99 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 18.12.99}

MS Dhoni’s second stumping – ST Jayasuriya of Harbhajan Singh – in this game gave him 200 dismissals behind the stumps {149 catches and 51 stumpings}. He is the first Indian wicket keeper to achieve this distinction. His 200 dismissals include three dismissals he effected while representing Asia Eleven.

MS Dhoni with his 200 dismissals became the ninth wicket keeper in the history of one day game to effect 200 plus dismissals. Others are AC Gilchrist {472}, MV Boucher {414}, KC Sangakkara {290}, Moin Khan {287}, IA Healy {233}, Rashid Latif {220}, RS Kaluwitharana {206} and PJ Dujon {204}

TM Dilshan’s 160 in this game provide the 56^th occasion of a batsman registering 150 plus runs in one day games. His knock also provides the 39^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games.

TM Dilshan’s 160 in this game was in a losing cause providing the seventh occasion of a bastman’s 150 plus runs going in vain. The complete list read thus

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RA Smith	167*	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	21.05.93
2	CH Gayle	152*	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	04.02.04
3	RT Ponting	164	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
4	ML Hayden	181*	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
5	CK Coventry	194*	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	16.08.09
6	SR Tendulkar	175	Ind	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09
7	TM Dilshan	160	Srl	Ind	Rajkot	15.12.09

TM Dilshan became the first Sri Lankan batsman to witness a score of 150 plus in a losing cause.

TM Dilshan registered his highest individual one day score when he scored 160 in this game. His previous best was 137 not out against Pakistan at Lahore on 24.01.09. It was his fourth one day hundred and first against India. His previous best against India was his 97 at Col-RPS on 08.02.09.

TM Dilshan completed 1000 runs against India when he was on 84 during his knock of 160 in this game. At the end the game, he has an aggregate of 1074. He became the eighth Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs against India. The other seven are ST Jayasuriya {2853}, PA de Silva {1786}, DPMD Jayawardene {1596}, MS Atapattu {1570}, KC Sangakkara {1459}, A Ranatunga {1455} and RS Mahanama {1152}.

TM Dilshan’s 160 in this game provide the 21^st occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a hundred against India. TM Dilshan’s 160 in this game represent the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering 150 plus runs against India. The other two occasions are – 189 by ST Jayasuriya at Sharjah on 29.10.00 and 151 not out by ST Jayasuriya at Mumbai-WS on 17.05.97.

MS Dhoni {72} and KC Sangakkara {90} registered fifties in this game providing the 103^rd occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni {72} and KC Sangakkara {90} registered fifties in this game providing the very first occasion of rival captain-cum-wicket keepers scoring fifties in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni {72} and KC Sangakkara {90} registered fifties in this game providing the 37th occasion of rival wicket keepers scoring fifties in the history of one day games.

A Nehra {81} and Zaheer Khan {88} conceded 80 plus runs in this game providing the 89^th and 90^th occasion of bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in the history of one day games.

A Nehra {81} and Zaheer Khan {88} conceded 80 plus runs in this game providing the eighth and ninth occasion of Indian bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in one day games.

Zaheer Khan with his bowling figures of 10.0-0-88-0 now has the most expensive bowling figures by an Indian bowler in terms of runs conceded in one day games. The previous expensive figure by an Indian bowler was credited to J Srinath who had conceded 10.0-0-87-0 against Australia at Johannesburg on 23.03.03.

Zaheer Khan became the seventh Indian bowler to concede eighty plus runs without capturing a wicket. His bowling figures 10.0-0-88-0 represent the most expensive bowling figures by an Indian bowler in terms of runs conceded without capturing a wicket in one day games. The previous expensive figure without a wicket by an Indian bowler was credited to J Srinath who had conceded 10.0-0-87-0 against Australia at Johannesburg on 23.03.03.

A Nehra {81} and Zaheer Khan {88} conceded 80 plus runs in this game providing the seventh occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games.

Ashish Nehra conceded 81 runs in this game providing the seventh occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs in an innings. With these seven occasions he is now on par with Waqar Younis of Pakistan who has also conceded seventy plus runs on seven occasions. Thus A Nehra and Waqar Younis share the record of conceding seventy plus runs on most occasions in one day games. The performances of these two bowlers are tabulated below.

A Nehra of India
No	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	10.0	0	74	2	Pak	Centurion	01.03.03
2	10.0	0	80	0	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
3	10.0	0	72	4	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
4	09.0	0	75	0	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
5	10.0	0	72	3	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
6	10.0	0	79	1	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09
7	10.0	0	81	1	Srl	Rajkot	15.12.09
Waqar Younis of Pakistan
No	O	M	R	W	Opp	Ground	Date
1	11.0	0	73	4	Eng	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	10.0	0	73	2	Srl	Centurion	04.12.94
3	09.0	0	70	3	NZl	Auckland	23.12.95
4	10.0	0	73	1	RSA	Durban	03.04.98
5	10.0	0	86	2	Srl	Benoni	15.04.98
6	10.0	0	77	1	Srl	Tangier	14.08.02
7	08.4	0	71	2	Ind	Centurion	01.03.03

Harbhajan Singh captured his 50^th wicket against Sri Lanka when he had ST Jayasuriya stumped for 5. He captured one more wicket – that of TM Dilshan – to take his tally of Sri Lankan wickets to 51 at the end of this game. Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against Sri Lanka. He wrested the record from AB Agarkar who had captured 49 wickets against Sri Lanka.

Harbhajan Singh’s 51 wickets against Sri Lanka provide the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing fifty plus wickets against a specific opposition. The other three occasions are – 54 wickets by A Kumble against Pakistan, 54 wickets by J Srinath against Pakistan, 51 wickets by J Srinath against New Zealand.

MS Dhoni completed 5000 ODI runs when he was on 46 during his knock of 72 in this game. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 5026 runs. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman after AC Gilchrist {9410}, KC Sangakkara {6857} and A Flower {5845} to aggregate 5000 plus runs in the history of one day games.

MS Dhoni became the eighth Indian batsman to aggregate 5000 plus runs in one day games. The others are SR Tendulkar {17247}, SC Ganguly {11363}, R Dravid {10765}, M Azharuddin {9378}, Yuvraj Singh {7226}, V Sehwag {6876}.

V Sehwag registered his highest score in one day games when he scored 146 in this game. His previous best was 130 against New Zealand at Hyderabad {LBS} on 15.11.03.

The Rajkot One day game between India and Sri Lanka on 15.12.09, witnessed the world record of first three batsmen from each team scoring fifties – In Indian innings, V Sehwag {146}, SR Tendulkar {69} and MS Dhoni {72} scored fifties. In Sri Lankan innings, WU Tharnanga {67}, TM Dilshan {160} and KC Sangkkara {90} scored fifties