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A Patel of Kings Eleven Punjab performed the bowler’s dream of Hat trick against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on 01.05.16 to provide the 12^th occasion of bowling performing the hat trick in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

No	Bowler	Taam	Oppn	Venue	Date	Victims	Over
1	L Balaji	Chennai	Punjab	Chennai	10.05.08	I Pathan	19.3
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-24-5				PP Chawla	19.4
						VRV Singh	19.5
2	A Mishra	Delhi	Deccan	Delhi	15.05.08	Ravi Teja	19.1
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-17-5				PP Ojha	19.2
						RP Singh	19.3
3	M Ntini	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	17.05.08	SC Ganguly	04.6
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-21-4				DB Das	16.1.
						DJ Hussey	16.2.
4	Yuvraj Singh	Punjab	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09	RV Uthappa	11.5
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-22-3				JH Kallis	11.6
						MV Boucher	13.1
5	RG Sharma	Deccan	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09	AM Nayar	15.5
	Bowling figs	2.0-0-06-4				Harbhajan	15.6
						JP Duminy	17.1
6	Yuvraj Singh	Rajasthan	Deccan	Jo’burg	17.05.09	HH Gibbs	11.6
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-13-3				A Symoonds	13.1
						YVG Rao	13.2
7	Praveen Kumar	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Bangalore	18.03.10	DR Martyn	16.2
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-18-3				S Narwal	16.3
						P Dogra	16.4
8	A Mishra	Punjab	Deccan	Dharmasala	21.05.11	R Mclaren	15.3
	Bowling figs	4.0-1-09-4				Mandeep Singh	15.4
						RJ Harris	15.5
9	A Chandila	Rajasthan	Pune	Pune-SRS	13.05.12	JD Rydur	01.5
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-13-4				SC Ganguly	01.6
						RV Uthappa	02.1
10	PV Tambe	Rajasthan	Kolkata	Ahmedabad	05.05.14	MK Pandey	15.1
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-26-3				YK Pathan	15.1
						RN ten Doeschate	15.2
11	SR Watson	Rajasthan	Sunrisers	Ahmedabad	08.05.14	S Dhawan	03.6
	Bowling figs	2.0-0-13-3				MC Henriques	16.1
						KV Sharma	16.2
12	A Patel	Punjab	Gujarat	Rajkit	01.05.16	KD Karthik	06.5
	Bowling figs	4.0-0-21-4				DJ Bravo	06.6
						RA Jadeja	10.1

Sri Lanka was led by AD Mathews as SL Malinga its regular captain was not available to lead the team due to injury and was declared unfit to play.

Bangladesh openers Mohammad Mithun and Soumya Sarkar did not open their account in this game to provide the tenth occasion of both the openers scoring ducks in an innings in the history of T20I. It also provides the second such occasion by Bangladesh openers. The first such occasion was against Australia at Bridgetown on 05.05.10.  Imrul Kayes and Mohammad Ashraful had failed to score in this game.

The ducks scored by these two batsmen provide the 45^th and 46th occasion of Bangladesh batsmen scoring ducks in a T20I. They also provide the 13^th and 14^th occasion of Bangladesh opening batsmen scoring ducks in a T20I

Sabbir Rahman scored 80 in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. He became the fourth Bangladesh batsman to score 80 plus runs in a T20I. Others are – 88 not out by Tamim Iqbal vs West Indies at Mirpur on 10.12.12, 84 by Shakib Al Hasan vs Pakistan at Pallekele on 25.09.12 and 81 by Nazimuddin vs Pakistan at Dhaka on 02.09.07

Sabbir Rahman’s 80 provides the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman against Sri Lanka apart from being the second score of fifty plus runs. The previous best and the first fifty plus runs score was 58 by Anamul Haque at Chittagong on 12.02.14. It also provides the second best score by a Bangladesh number three batsman in T20Is. The best is 84 by Shakib Al Hasan vs Pakistan at Pallekele on 25.09.12.

AD Mathews returned with figure of 3.0-0-8-1 in this game to provide the 43^rd occasion of a captain conceding single digit runs in the history of T20I and also provide the sixth such occasion by a Sri Lankan captain in T20Is

AD Mathews conceded single digit runs in this game to provide the third occasion of his doing so in a T20I. He became the fifth captain in the history of T20Is to concede single digit runs on three or more occasions. Others are – CH Gayle of West Indies {03}, P Khadka of Nepal {05}, Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan {03} and DJ Sammy of West Indies {05}.

AD Mathews returned with figure of 3.0-0-8-1 in this game to provide the eight occasion of a captain sharing the new ball conceding single digit runs in the history of T20I and also provide the third such occasion by a Sri Lankan captain in T20Is and all the three occasions credited to AD Mathews.

AD Mathews now owns the record for a captain conceding single digit runs while sharing the new ball. P Khadka of Nepal and Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan are the other two captains who have conceded single digits on two occasions while opening the bowling.

KMDN Kulasekara conceded 44 runs in four overs in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of an opening bowler conceding 44 runs in four overs in the history of T20Is. He became the second Sri Lankan opening bowler to concede 44 runs in four overs after I Udana. I Udana had returned with figures of 4.0-0-44-0 against Pakistan at Lord’s on 23.06.09. KMDN Kualsekhara’s figures provide the 39th occasion of a bowler conceding 44 runs in four overs in the history of T20Is and also provide the fifth such occasion by a Sri Lankan bowler in T20Is.

Mashrafe Mortaza was dismissed run out for 2 in this game to provide the 75th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in the history of T20Is and also the fourth such occasion by a Bangladesh captain.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Mashrafe Mortaza were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 42^nd and 43^rd occasion of a Bangladesh batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed run out for the sixth occasion and he now shares the record for most run out dismissals amongst Bangladesh batsman with Mahmudullah. Mahmudullah was also dismissed run out on six occasions in T20Is.

Mushfiqur Rahim became the tenth batsman in the history of T20Is to be dismissed run out on six or more occasions. Others are – Samiullah Shenwari of Afghanistan {07}, Umar Akmal of Pakistan {07}, KS Williamson of New Zealand {07}, MS Dhoni of India {06}, Mahmudullah of Bangladesh {06}, Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan {06}, WTS Porterfield of Ireland {06}, LRPL Taylor of New Zealand and DL Vettori of New Zealand {06}.

AD Mathews took two catches in this game which gave him an aggregate of 21 catches in T20Is. He became the second Sri Lankan fieldsman other than wicket keeper to pouch 20 plus catches sfter TM Dilshan. TM Dilshan has pouched 26 catches. AD Mathews became the 27^th fieldsman other than wicket keepers to pouch 20 plus catches in the history of T20Is

Bangladesh won its 17^th T20I when it won this game by 23 runs. It also provides its first win against Sri Lanka in a T20I. Bangladesh has played 53 matches so far. It has won 17 games, lost 35 games and one game ended in no result, Against Sri Lanka it has played five games, won one game and lost four games.

Bangladesh with its 35 loses became the sixth team to suffer 35 or more losses in the history of T20I games. Others are – New Zealand {39}, Pakistan {39}, Australia {38}, England {38} and Zimbabwe {37}

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 46th occasion of Australia doing so against India.

UT Yadav bowled a maiden over – the first over of the innings – to provide the second occasion of Indian bowler bowling a maiden over in the ongoing one-day series. B Sran had bowled a maiden over at Brisbane. His third over and the fifth over of the innings was a maiden over

DA Warner and AJ Finch added 187 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 347^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 80^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games

DA Warner and AJ Finch added 187 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 58th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India It also provide the 17th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games against India

DA Warner and AJ Finch added 187 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the ground record partnership for the first wicket at Manuka Oval, Canberra. The previous best was the 118 runs partnership between the same pair against South Africa on 19.11.14

DA Warner and AJ Finch added 187 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnerships against India. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership against India for the first wicket.

DA Warner and AJ Finch added 187 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the first wicket by Australian batsmen against India in Australia. The previous best was the 163 runs partnership between AC Gilchrist and ME Waugh at Adelaide on 26.01.00

DA Warner scored 93 in this game to provide the 15^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety against India in one day games.

AJ Finch scored 107 in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century against India in one day games.

AJ Finch {107} and DA Warner {93} scored a century and a ninety in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in the annals of one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Opener-1	Runs	Opener-2	Runs
1	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	13.02.83	GM Wood	91	SB Smith	117
2	Ind	Eng	Cuttack	27.12.84	K Srikkanth	99	RJ Shastri	102
3	Eng	NZl	Manchester	18.07.86	GA Gooch	91	CWJ Athey	142
4	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	26.01.00	AC Gilchrist	92	ME Waugh	116
5	Aus	Win	Brisbane	14.01.01	AC Gilchrist	98	ME Waugh	112
6	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	24.08.05	L Vincent	172	SP Fleming	93
7	RSA	Zim	Harare	25.08.07	GC Smith	96	HH Gibbs	111
8	Aus	Ind	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09	SR Watson	93	SE Marsh	112
9	Ind	Aus	Jaipur	16.10.13	RG Sharma	141	S Dhawan	95
10	Zim	Afg	Bulawayo	20.07.14	H Masakadza	93	S Raza	141
11	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	02.09.14	AM Rahane	107	S Dhawan	97*
12	Aus	Ind	Canberra	20.01.16	AJ Finch	107	DA Warner	93

AJ Finch {107} and DA Warner {93} scored a century and a ninety in this game to provide the fifth occasion of Australian opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Opener-1	Runs	Opener-2	Runs
1	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	13.02.83	GM Wood	91	SB Smith	117
2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	26.01.00	AC Gilchrist	92	ME Waugh	116
3	Aus	Win	Brisbane	14.01.01	AC Gilchrist	98	ME Waugh	112
4	Aus	Ind	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09	SR Watson	93	SE Marsh	112
5	Aus	Ind	Canberra	20.01.16	AJ Finch	107	DA Warner	93

AJ Finch {107} and DA Warner {93} scored a century and a ninety in this game to provide the third occasion of Australian opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a century against Indian in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date	Opener-1	Runs	Opener-2	Runs
1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	26.01.00	AC Gilchrist	92	ME Waugh	116
2	Aus	Ind	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09	SR Watson	93	SE Marsh	112
3	Aus	Ind	Canberra	20.01.16	AJ Finch	107	DA Warner	93

AJ Finch completed 2000 runs of his one-day career when he was on 35 during his knock of 107 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 2072. He became the 24th Australian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in one day games.

SPD Smith completed 2000 runs of his one-day career when he was on 38 during his knock of 51 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 2013. He became the 25th Australian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in one day games.

SPD Smith scored 51 in this game to provide the 32^nd occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty against India.

 

JP Faulkner collected his first ball duck in this game to provide the 20^th occasion of an Australian batsman collecting a first ball duck against Australia in one day games.

MS Wade failed to score in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Australian wicket keeper scoring a duck against India in one day games. All the four occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RW Marsh	0	2	v India	Chelmsford	20 Jun 1983
2	AC Gilchrist	0	1	v India	Kochi	02 Oct 2007
3	AC Gilchrist	0	1	v India	Melbourne	10 Feb 2008
4	MS Wade	0	1	v India	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

MS Wade was dismissed run out without scoring in this game to provide the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out without scoring against India in a one-day game.

MS Wade earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first Australian wicket keeper to be dismissed run out without scoring against India in one day games. It also provides the 52^nd occasion of a wicket keeper dismissed run out without scoring in the annals of one day games and the fifth occasion of an Australian wicket keeper dismissed in such a manner. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	IA Healy	0	1	v South Africa	Sydney	25 Jan 1994
2	IA Healy	0	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	08 Mar 1995
3	AC Gilchrist	0	1	v South Africa	Guwahati	01 Nov 1996
4	TD Paine	0	1	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2009
5	MS Wade	0	1	v India	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

I Sharma captured 4 for 77 in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 13th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

I Sharma returned with figures of 4 for 77 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler to concede 70 plus runs against Australia while capturing four or more wickets after UT Yadav. UT Yadav had returned with figures of 4 for 72 at Sydney on 26.03.15. Thus I Sharma earns the dubious distinction of becoming the most expensive Indian bowler in terms of runs conceded against Australis while capturing four or more wickets.

I Sharma’s 4 for 77 in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets conceding 70 plus runs in the annals of one day games. He also became the third Indian bowler to capture four wickets conceding 70 plus runs in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	E	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Nehra	10.0	0	72	4	2	Pak	Vizag	05 Apr 2005
2	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
3	I Sharma	10.0	0	77	4	1	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

Australia posted 348 for 8 in this game to provide the 89^th occasion of Australia posting a team total of 300 plus runs against various oppositions and the 20^th such occasion against India in one day games.

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game and yet India lost this game. This is the 13^th occasions in the annals of one-day game when a team has posted 200 plus runs partnership in a losing cause. All the thirteen occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	212	1	Aus	Ind	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986
2	M Azharuddin, A Jadeja	5	223	2	In	Srl	Col-RPS	17 Aug 1997
3	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	3	230	1	Pak	Ind	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998
4	HH Gibbs, G Kirsten	1	235	1	RSA	Ind	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
5	VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh	4	213	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
6	SV Carlisle, SM Ervine	4	202	2	Zim	Ind	Adelaide	24 Jan 2004
7	A Flintoff, AJ Strauss	4	226	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	06 Jul 2004
8	KJ O’Brien, WTS Porterfield	4	227	1	Ire	Ken	Nairobi (R)	02 Feb 2007
9	GM Hamilton, DF Watts	1	203	1	Sco	Can	Aberdeen	07 Jul 2009
10	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	200	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
11	Mohd Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed	1	224	1	Pak	Ind	Dhaka	18 Mar 2012
12	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
13	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game and yet India lost this game. This is the fourth occasions when India posted 200 plus runs partnership in a losing cause. All the thirteen occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin, A Jadeja	5	223	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	17 Aug 1997
2	VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh	4	213	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
4	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game and yet India lost this game. This is the third occasion when a team has posted 200 plus runs partnership in a losing cause against Australia. All the thirteen occasions are listed below. By a coincidence on all the three occasions it was India which has ended up in a losing cause

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh	4	213	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
3	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 111^th occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 24th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in one day games

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in the annals of one day games against Australia. All the seven occasions are listed belo

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Haynes, IVA Richards	2	205	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	09 Dec 1979
2	GA Gooch, DI Gower	2	202	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	03 Jun 1985
3	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	237	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
4	VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh	4	213	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
5	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	3	206	2	RSA	Aus	Harare	27 Aug 2014
6	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
7	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in one day games against Australia. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh	4	213	1	v Australia	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
3	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	v Australia	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 380th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 85^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game provide the 52^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 212 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Australia in the ongoing one-day series. It is interesting to note that in each of the four games, Indian batsmen posted a three figure partnership for the second wicket. It is interesting to note that V Kohli is one of the partners in all the four occasions. All the four occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	125	1	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
3	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	119	1	v Australia	Melbourne	17 Jan 2016
4	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	212	2	v Australia	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan {126} and V Kohli {106} score centuries in this game to provide the 237^th and 238^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provide the 36^th and 37^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a century in one day games against Australia.

V Kohli’s 106 in this game represent his 25^th century of his one-day career. He became the fifth batman in the annals of one-day games to score 25 plus centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {49}, RT Ponting {30}, ST Jayasuriya {28} and KC Sangakkara {25}

S Dhawan’s 126 in this game provide the 483^rd occasion of a left hand batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 66th occasion of an Indian left hand batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

S Dhawan’s 126 in this game provide the 38th occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of Indian left hand opening batsman scoring a century against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Ganguly	100	2	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 2000
2	S Dhawan	100	2	v Australia	Nagpur	30 Oct 2013
3	S Dhawan	126	2	v Australia	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

Thus S Dhawan’s 126 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian left hand opening batsman against Australia

S Dhawan’s 126 in this game represent his ninth century as Indian left hand opening batsman. He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian left hand batsmen who have scored most centuries. He went past G Gambhir who had scored eight centuries in this category of statistics. SC Ganguly holds the first place with 19 centuries to his credit  

S Dhawan’s aggregate of his nine centuries works out to 1027. He became the fifth Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs with the help of centuries. The following table lists the five batsmen and with their centuries arranged in the descending order of runs scored.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	SR Tendulkar	45	45	12	5664	200*	171.63	45	0	0	540	90
2	SC Ganguly	19	19	7	2401	183	200.08	19	0	0	197	61
3	V Sehwag	14	14	2	1808	219	150.66	14	0	0	216	44
4	RG Sharma	8	8	2	1334	264	222.33	08	0	0	122	52
5	S Dhawan	9	9	1	1027	137	128.37	09	0	0	119	16

India posted 323 in this game to provide the 89^th occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 13^th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs against Australia

At the end of this game, India and Australia share the record for posting 300 plus runs on most occasions. Both the teams have posted 300 plus runs on 89 occasions

India lost the match after posting 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 92^nd occasion of a team losing the one day game after posting 300 plus runs in the annals of one day games

Australia posted 348 for 8 and India posted 323 in this game to provide the 90th occasion of both the teams posting 300 plus runs in the same one day game in the annals of one day games.

India was dismissed all out for 323 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of a team dismissed all out while chasing 300 plus runs target. It also provides the fifth occasion of India dismissed all out while chasing 300 plus runs target. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Margin	Oppn	Ground	Start Dateg
1	India	306	47.0	2	lost	43 runs	NZl	Rajkot	05 Nov 1999
2	India	310	48.5	2	lost	10 runs	RSA	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
3	India	317	48.4	2	lost	12 runs	Pak	Rawalpindi	16 Mar 2004
4	India	347	49.4	2	lost	03 runs	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
5	India	323	49.2	2	Lost	25 runs	Aus	Canberra	20 Jan 2016

KW Richardson captured five for 68 in this game to provide the 74^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against various oppositions. It also provides the 44^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the second innings of the match, that is while defending the target.

KW Richardson captured five for 68 in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India in one day games. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets against India in the second innings of the match, that is while defending the target.

I Sharma {4 for 77} and KW Richardson {5 for 68} captured four plus wickets in this game to provide the 111^th occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a one-day game in the annals of one day games.

S Dhawan’s 126 and V Kohli’s 106 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 23^rd occasion of a team losing a one day game when two of its batsmen has scored centuries. It also provides the sixth such occasion involving India. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Teams	Start Date
1	India (innings 1) v South Africa at New Delhi	14 Nov 1991
2	India (innings 2) v Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS)	17 Aug 1997
3	India (innings 1) v South Africa at Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
4	India (innings 1) v Australia at Sydney	22 Jan 2004
5	India (innings 1) v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad	06 Nov 2005
6	India (innings 2) v Australia at Canberra	20 Jan 2016

S Dhawan’s 126 and V Kohli’s 106 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of India losing a one-day game when two of its batsmen has scored centuries against Australia. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Teams	Start Date
1	India (innings 1) v Australia at Sydney	22 Jan 2004
2	India (innings 2) v Australia at Canberra	20 Jan 2016

India lost this game by 25 runs despite posting 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of India losing a one day game when it has posted 300 plus runs either in the first innings or second innings. India has lost ten games while defending the target and seven games while chasing the target.

I Sharma’s 4 for 77 was in a losing cause to provide the 27^th occasion of an Indian bowler’s four or more wicket going in vain. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Indian bowler’s exact four wickets going in vain.

I Sharma’s 4 for 77 was in a losing cause to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler’s four or more wicket going in vain against Australia It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian bowler’s exact four wickets going in vain against Australia

This game witnessed three centuries – AJ Finch {107}, S Dhawan {126} and V Kohli {106} to provide the 32^nd occasion of a one-day game in which three or more centuries are scored in the annals of one day games.

V Kohli scored back to back centuries in this series – 117 at Melbourne and 106 at Canberra – to provide the 94^th occasion of a batsman scoring two or more consecutive centuries in the annals of one day games. His feat provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat.

V Kohli scored back to back centuries in this series – 117 at Melbourne and 106 at Canberra – to provide the fourth occasion of his scoring two consecutive centuries in his one day career. He earned the distinction of becoming the third batsman in the annals of one day games to score two or more back to back centuries on four or more occasions. The other two are AB de Villlers who has performed the feat on record six occasions and Saeed Anwar on four occasions

No	No	Player	Country	Career	100s	From
1	1	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	26/08/2007
	2	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	3	24/02/2010
	3	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	17/10/2010
	4	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	24/02/2011
	5	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	22/01/2012
	6	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	22/10/2015
2	1	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	3	30/10/1993
	2	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	10/11/1996
	3	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	11/06/1999
	4	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	08/10/2000
3	1	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	20/10/2010
	2	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	28/02/2012
	3	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	18/03/2012
	4	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	17/01/2016

MS Dhoni failed to score in  this game to provide the 40th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck  in one day games. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck against Australia in one day games.

MS Dhoni failed to score in  this game to provide the 38th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck  in one day games. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against Australia in one day games.

MS Wade and MS Dhoni failed to open their accounts in this game to provide the eleventh  occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring ducks in the annals of one day games

Cricket and Spirituality

I used to be critical of those ardent cricket watchers glued to the television for hours, until I heard a spiritual friend of mine explain the connection between the above. Let us take the philosophy behind both Cricket and spirituality before we analyze the devotees of both the spiritual world and the cricket fans.

In either case conditioning of the human mind to a certain level is needed to progress in the respective field.

In spirituality many times a blind faith is needed to stop questioning the rituals and orthodoxy practiced irrespective of their logic. For example ignore the tons of milk and milk products poured over stone idols all over this poor country and several such acts. Logic is that my fore fathers were doing it and so I do it ignoring the fact that the temples were in fewer numbers and so was the population in the olden times. So the wastage was minimum.

Today’s situation is different with the population explosion and so is the case in the number of temples in corner to corner.

Similarly, what is wrong if you are one of those millions of lazy fellows who hour after hour, day after day, year after year watch sitting in one place as a couch potato one man throwing a ball on another holding a bat with a dozen fellows standing watch. Capping it all a person in a doctor’s outfit stands all the while waiting for someone to do something. He is often unmoved like a stone to the cries and howls of the bowler, or throws his hands across like a mad man or showing a finger towards the sky once in a while reminding the crowd that God is up there.

But how these two poles apart subjects get interconnected?

1) The three stumps behind the batsman

These are the three tools to condition the mind (Gyana, Bhakti, and Vairaghya)

Gyana	Knowledge	Knowledge of the game	Knowledge of the supreme
Bhakthi	Devotion	Devotion to players	Devotion to God
Vairaghya	Renunciation	Ignoring pending work	Detachment to material

These three are not independent they are inter related so two rollers connect the three stumps.

2) The six balls in an over represent the Shat Gunaas or the six bad qualities or virtues hindering the advancement in life.

1)	Kaama	Lust	or	Carnal love
2)	Krodha	Anger	or	Temper
3)	Madha	Egoism	or	Conceit
4)	Matsara	Jealousy	or	Rivalry
5)	Moha	Infatuation	or	Excessive Desires  or  Dilution
6)	Lobha	Greed	or	Stinginess

The intellect of the human mind has to tackle them to lead a good life.

3) The bat held by the batsman is the intellect to deal with the above six disturbances to divert them and not get affected or bowled over by them and give up to bad was of life.

-If the batsman just tries to keep blocking the balls and not scoring any runs the team can never win.

-If he just taps them and keeps running for singles, the overs pass as wasted, with no sign of victory. More over running up and down makes him tired and drain his energy.

-The batsman instead should try his best to hit the ball with all his tact and strength to drive the ball away beyond the boundaries and the stand for fours and sixes so the path to victory opens. (Like kicking away the bad thoughts with the intellect

-If he fails at least to block the balls and let it touch the stump he is gone forever from the innings. There is not even a certainty of another innings. It is suicidal. That is why the batsman walks away with head hanging down tucking his bat under his arm pit in shame.

Who knows that there would be another life after death?

Now what is the position of the spiritual seeker the batsman in real life?

While discharging the duties a karma yogi faces the six virtues listed above one by one to corrupt his righteousness.

-Instead of hitting hard and driving the bad qualities away as soon as they show up, any hesitation slowly tempts him to succumb to desires. He ends up just like the batsman. He makes no progress towards the final salvation.

Sucked in the whirlpool of the birth and death cycle he is born again and again in one or the other of the millions forms of life like the millions of fools who keep watching the two dozen fools playing with a ball and bat.

In all this drama there is one absolutely renounced soul. Who is it? – The God in the spiritual world.

A totally detached spectator with any actions or results. – The Umpire in the cricket world. A totally detached man with the victory or failure of either team but attached to the remuneration he gets anyway.

But there is a special class totally spiritual cricket fans whose hands never lay down the snacks and beer cans. Every loss of the wicket is like a bite. But every boundary is a kick

I revere those devout cricket fans. T.K.Jagannathan – Bangalore – tkjagannath@gmail.com – 8884931796

About the compiler of the article on Cricket and Spirituality 

“With superb local remedies at the backyard why reach the west for medicines loaded with side effects”

T.K.Jagannathan

A post graduate engineer taken VRS as a corporate executive in 2000. He then undertook a course on Vedanta and Yoga in Sivananda ashram at Rishikesh. At Rishikesh outside the ashram he learnt from some sadus, exponents in the art of Yoga and Pranayama specific therapeutic aspects for relief for a few chronic ailments. Ever since he has been teaching Pranayama, fusion of Yoga and Pranayama in Bangalore.

During his regular summer visits to Canada he has been conducting classes at the Chinmaya mission Ottawa, Canada and also in other places in North America. His courses on Full Pranayama, fusion courses like Arthritic cycle, are computers pain in the neck? , tone up the joints head to toe, Yoga for diabetics have been welcomed by many.

Apart from the above he has to his credit the following

Musical translation of Sant Purandara dasa’s devotional songs from Kannada to Tamil, Saint Tyagaraja’s devotional songs from Telugu to Tamil.

He has to his credit as a writer. Short stories in English and Tamil

A book on “Sri Ganesh” is published by Pustak Mahal in 2010.

Tamil Translation of the book on Pranayama  published by Sri Arbindo Kapali Shastri institute of Vedic Culture (SAKSHI) .

Translation of Dr.R.L.Kashyap’s English books to Tamil

Rig and Yajur Veda Taithiriya Samhitas.(SAKSHI publications) (6 out of 26 volumes already printed)

Was the Editor of The Senior Citizen’s Post for 3 years

He can be contacted at tkjagannath@gmail.com and on 8884931796

 

CJL  Rogers remained unbeaten on 158 not out  on the first day in the going second test at Lord’s between England and Australia to provide the tenth occasion of an Australian battsman scoring a hundred at Lord’s. The full list is furnished below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
3	AR Border	196	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985
4	W Bardsley	193*	1	v England	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
5	DC Boon	164*	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
6	W Bardsley	164	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
7	CJL Rogers	158*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
8	WM Woodfull	155	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
9	SR Waugh	152*	2	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
10	MJ Slater	152	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993

 

CJL Rogers became the second Australian batsman to score 150 plus runs while  batting at number one when he scored 158 not out on the first day in the going second test at Lord’s between England and Australia after WM Woodful. WM Woodful has scored 155 at Lord’s in June 1930. With his 158 not out in this innings, CJL Rogers now holds record for  most runs by an Australian batsman while batting at number one at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket.  It took CJL Rogers 85 years and 19 days to rewrite the record set by WM Woodfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

No	Player	Pos	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CJL Rogers	1	158*	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	WM Woodfull	1	155	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930

 

Match No 12 – Mumbai Indians vs. Rajasthan Royals at Mum-WS on 11.04.12 – Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs

 

KA Pollard became the first all rounder in IPL to score a fifty and capture four wickets in the same match. He scored 64 with the willow and captured 4 for 44 with the leather.

 

KA Pollard and MM Patel captured 4 for 44 and 4 for 28 respectively in this game to provide the first occasion of two bowlers capturing four wickets in the same innings in IPL. KA Pollard became the first bowler to return with 4 for 44 in IPL.

 

KA Pollard and MM Patel captured four wickets each in this game to provide the 49^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL.  It also represents the 40^th and 41^st occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in IPL.

 

MM Patel’s 4 for 28 in this game represent the third occasion of his capturing four or more wickets in IPL. He emulated A Kumble and L Balaji who have captured four or more wickets on three occasions in IPL. The performances of these three bowlers are furnished below

 

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	A Kumble	3.1	1	5	5	Bangalore	Rajasthan	Cape Town	18.04.09
2	A Kumble	4.0	0	16	4	Bangalore	Deccan	Johannesburg	24.05.09
3	A Kumble	3.3	0	16	4	Bangalore	Deccan	Mumbai	24.04.10
1	L Balaji	4.0	0	24	5	Super Kings	Punjab	Chennai	10.05.08
2	L Balaji	3.3	0	21	4	Super Kings	Rajasthan	Centurion	30.04.09
3	L Balaji	4.0	1	18	4	Kolkata	Bangalore	Bangalore	10.05.12
1	MM Patel	4.0	0	21	5	Mumbai	Punjab	Mohali	10.05.11
2	MM Patel	4.0	0	20	4	Mumbai	Deccan	Vizag	09.04.12
3	MM Patel	3.4	0	28	4	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Mum-WS	11.04.12

 

MM Patel became the first bowler in IPL to capture four wickets in consecutive games. His performance read thus

 

No	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	MM Patel	4.0	0	20	4	Mumbai	Deccan	Vizag	09.04.12
2	MM Patel	3.4	0	28	4	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Mum-WS	11.04.12

 

AT Rayudu and KA Pollard added 96 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 50^th occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also represents the eleventh occasion of Mumbai batsmen posting 50 plus runs for the fourth wicket in IPL. All the eleven occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	RVUthappa/DJBravo	113*	4th	KKR	Kolkata	29.04.08
2	SSTiwary/ATRayudu	110	4th	Royals	Mum-BS	13.03.10
3	ATRayudu/KAPollard	96	4th	Royals	Mumbai	11.04.12
4	RGSharma/ASymonds	87	4th	SuperKings	Mumbai	22.04.11
5	SRTendulkar/AMRahane	73	4th	Daredevils	Centurion	21.05.09
6	SSTiwary/ATRayudu	71	4th	Daredevils	Delhi	17.03.10
7	JPDuminy/AMNayar	65	4th	SuperKings	P Elizabeth	16.05.09
8	SSTiwary/ATRayudu	65	4th	Chargers	Mum-BS	03.04.10
9	SRTendulkar/JPDuminy	63	4th	Royals	Jaipur	11.04.10
10	STJayasuriya/DJBravo	60	4th	RCB	Jo’burg	03.05.09
11	RGSharma/KAPollard	53	4th	Royals	Mumbai	20.05.11

 

KD Karthik collected a first ball duck in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in IPL

 

No	Batsman	Runs	Balls	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	P Shah	00	01	Mumbai	Delhi	Delhi	24.05.08
2	RV Uthappa	00	01	Bangaloe	KEPunjab	Durban	24.04.09
3	AC Gilchrist	00	01	Deccan	Chennai	ELondon	04.05.09
4	KD Karthik	00	01	Delhi	Kolkata	Delhi	29.03.10
5	MS Dhoni	00	01	Chennai	Rajasthan	Chennai	03.04.10
6	AC Gilchrist	00	01	Deccan	Bangalore	Nagpur	12.04.10
7	AC Gilchrist	00	01	KEPunjab	Bangalore	Bangalore	06.05.11
8	AT Rayudu	00	01	Mumbai	Bangalore	Chennai	27.05.11
9	KD Karthik	00	01	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Mum-WS	11.04.11

  

OA Shah scored 76 in this game which could not win the game for Rajasthan providing the 131st occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. His knock also represents the eighth occasion of a Rajasthan batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in IPL. All eight occasions are listed below

 

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	NK Patel	57	Rajasthan	Punjab	Mohali	28.05.08
2	YK Pathan	100	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
3	AAJhunjhunwala	53*	Rajasthan	Delhi	Ahmedabad	15.03.10
4	NV Ojha	94*	Rajasthan	SuperKings	Chennai	02.04.10
5	SR Watson	60	Rajasthan	SuperKings	Chennai	02.04.10
6	R Dravid	66	Rajasthan	SuperKings	Chennai	04.05.11
7	AM Rahane	52	Rajasthan	SuperKings	Jaipur	09.05.11
8	OA Shah	76	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-WS	11.04.12

 

AM Rahane and OA Shah added 82 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 51^st occasion of Rajasthan batsmen posting 50 plus runs in IPL. This stand also represents the tenth occasion of Rajasthan batsman posting 50 plus runs for the third wicket in IPL which are listed below

 

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GC Smith/SR Watson	104	3rd	RCB	Bangalore	26.04.08
2	NV Ojha/SR Watson	97	3rd	SuperKings	Chennai	03.04.10
3	AM Rahane/OA Shah	82	3rd	Mumbai	Mum-WS	11.04.11
4	FY Fazal/SR Watson	77	3rd	Chargers	Nagpur	05.04.10
5	AM Rahane/BJ Hodge	75	3rd	KEPunjab	Jaipur	06.04.12
6	GC Smith/SR Watson	71	3rd	Daredevils	Jaipur	11.05.08
7	RJ Quiney/RA Jadeja	61	3rd	MumIndians	Durban	14.05.09
8	J Botha/LRPL Taylor	58*	3rd	Chargers	Hyd-RGS	09.04.11
9	GC Smith/YK Pathan	56	3rd	KKR	Cape Town	23.04.09
10	SA Asnodkar/YK Pathan	53	3rd	KKR	Jaipur	01.05.08
11	SA Asnodkar/SR Watson	53	3rd	Mum Indians	Mumbai	07.05.08
12	FY Fazal/YK Pathan	51	3rd	Kings XI	Mohali	24.03.10

 

RN ten Doeschate was awarded Man of the Match against England at Nagpur on 22.02.11 even though his team ended as a losing side. His getting the Man of the Match award provided the 20^th occasion of a cricketer being awarded the Man of the Match for a losing team in the world cup

RN ten Doeschate became the second Netherland cricketer to bag the MoM award for a losing team after TBM de Leede who was awarded MoM against India at Paarl on 12.02.03 in the world cup

JM Davision of Canada and DL Houghton of Zimbabwe have been awarded Man of the Match on two occasions even though their teams ended as losers in the world cup. The complete list is furnished below in the chronological order

No	Cricketer	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11 Jun 1975
2	Abdul Qadir	Pak	NZl	Birmingham	12 Jun 1983
3	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	13 Jun 1983
4	DL Houghton	Zim	Aus	Southampton	16 Jun 1983
5	DL Houghton	Zim	NZl	Hyd-LBS	10 Oct 1987
6	A Flower	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
7	SO Tikolo	Ken	Eng	Canterbury	18 May 1999
8	MO Odumbe	Ken	Srl	Southampton	30 May 1999
9	NC Johnson	Zim	Aus	Lord’s	09 Jun 1999
10	TBM de Leede	Net	Ind	Paarl	12 Feb 2003
11	AJ Burger	Nam	Eng	P Elizabeth	19 Feb 2003
12	JM Davison	Can	Win	Centurion	23 Feb 2003
13	AM Blignaut	Zim	Aus	Bulawayo	24 Feb 2003
14	JM Davison	Can	NZl	Benoni	03 Mar 2003
15	SE Bond	NZl	Aus	P Elizabeth	11 Mar 2003
16	AY Karim	Ken	Aus	Durban	15 Mar 2003
17	SC Williams	Zim	Win	Kingston	19 Mar 2007
18	SL Malinga	Srl	RSA	Providence	28 Mar 2007
19	RS Bopara	Eng	Srl	North Sound	04 Apr 2007
20	RN ten Doeschate	Net	Eng	Nagpur	22 Feb 2011

Match Number 05: England vs Netherlands at Nagpur on 22.02.11 : England won by six wickets

AJ Strauss and PW Borren led England and Netherlands in this game. AJ Struass became the tenth captain to lead England in the world cup. Others are – MW Gatting {08} : GA Gooch {08} : AJ Stewart {08} : MP Vaughan {09} : RGD Willis {07} : JM Brearley {05} : MH Denness {04} : MA Atherton {06} and N Hussain {04}. PW Borren became the fifth captain to lead Netherlands in world cup. Others are – J Smits {01} : LP van Troost {03} : RP Lefebre {06} and SW Lubbers {04}

England became the only team in the world cup to be led by ten captains – a record for this category of statistics.

RN ten Doeschate scored 119 in this game providing the eighth occasion of a Netherland batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. The other seven occasions are – 121 by JF Kloppenburg vs Namibia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03: 134* by KJJ van Noortwijk vs Nambia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03: 109* by RN ten Doeschate vs Bermuda at Nairobi {Ruaraka} on 04.02.07: 104 by DJ Reekers vs Ireland at Nairobi {Gym} on 05.02.07: 106* by RN ten Doeschate vs Kenya at Nairobi on 01.04.09: 109* by RN ten Doeschate vs Kenya at Nairobi {Gym} on 16.02.10 and 101 by TLW Cooper vs Afghanistan ot Vooburg on 07.07.10

RN ten Doeschate’s 119 in this game represent his fourth one day hundred. The other three occasions are – 109* vs Bermuda at {Ruaraka} on 04.02.07: 106* vs Kenya at Potchefstroom on 01.04.09 and 109* vs Kenya at Nairobi {Gym} on 16.02.10. This his 119 in this game represents his highest individual score in one day games.

RN ten Doeschate with his 119 became the first Netherlands batsman to score a hundred against test playing nation.

RN ten Doeschate with his 119 became the third Netherlands batsman to score a hundred in the world cup. The other two batsmen are – 121 by JF Kloppenburg vs Namibia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03: 134* by KJJ van Noortwijk vs Nambia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03

RN ten Doeschate’s 119 in this game represent the 107^th hundred in the world cup. It also represents the fifth hundred by an Associate team’s batsman in the world cup. The other four hundreds are – 111 by JM Davision of Canada vs West Indies at Centurion on 23.02.03: 115* by JF Bray of Ireland vs Zimbabwe at Kingston on 15.03.07: 121 by JF Kloppenburg vs Namibia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03 and 134* by KJJ van Noortwijk vs Namibia at Bloemfontein on 03.03.03.

JM Anderson returned with figures of 10.0-0-72-0 in this game to provide the 48^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs in the world cup. JM Anderson became the fifth England bowler to concede seventy plus runs in the world cup. The other four are – 1 for 82 by PJW Allott vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 11.06.83: none for 83 by DR Pringle vs West Indies at Gurjanwala on 09.10.87: 1 for 72 by RK Illingworth vs Sri Lanka at Faisalabad on 09.03.96 and 1 for 71 by LE Plunkett vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 21.04.07

JM Anderson returned with figures of none for 72 in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in world cup. JM Anderson became the second England bowler to suffer such an ignominy after DR Pringle who returned with figures of none for 82 vs West Indies at Gujranwala on 09.10.87

AJ Strauss and KP Pietersen added 106 runs for the first wicket providing the 179^th occasion of a three figure partnership in the world cup. This stand represents the 46^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket in world cup.

AJ Strauss and KP Pietersen added 106 runs for the first wicket providing the 21st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the world cup. This stand represents the eighth occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in world cup.

AJ Strauss and KP Pietersen added 106 runs for the first wicket providing the 158th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. This stand represents the 50th occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games

England became the fourth team to post 50 plus three figure partnerships for the first wicket in one day games. The other three teams are – India {74}: Australia {68} and West Indies {52}

RN ten Doeschate captured his 50^th one day wicket when he had IR Bell bowled for 33 in this game. He became the first Netherland cricketer to score 1000 runs and capture 50 wickets. At the end of this game he has scored 1353 runs and captured 50 wickets.

AJ Strauss scored 88 in this game providing the 118^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the world cup. AJ Strauss’s 88 in this game provide the 14^th occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty in the world cup

AJ Strauss scored 88 in his first captaincy assignment in the world cup providing the 19^th occasion of a captain achieving the feat in the world cup. AJ Strauss is the third England captain to earn this distinction, after GA Gooch who had scored 51 against India at Perth on 22 Feb 1992 and AJ Stewart who had scored 77 against South Africa at Melbourne on 12.03.92. AJ Strauss’s 88 in this game represents the highest score by an England captain on first assignment on captain in the world cup

By a pure statistical coincidence – two England captains – GA Gooch and AJ Strauss – achieved the feat of scoring a fifty on their first captaincy assignment – on the same date – 22^nd Feb. Gooch scored 51 against India at Perth on 22^nd Feb 1992 while AJ Strauss scored 88 against Netherlands on 22^nd Feb 2011.

AJ Strauss and IJL Trott scored 88 and 62 in this game providing the 79^th and 80^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in the world cup. AJ Strauss scored his first fifty of the world cup when he scored 88 in this game while IJL Trott scored 62 on his first appearance in the world cup

AJ Strauss with his 88 in this game registered his 27^th one day half century and his 35^th fifty. IJL Trott’s 62 in this game provides his seventh one day half century and his tenth fifty.

RN ten Doeschate’s 119 in this game was in vain providing the 18^th occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the world cup

RN ten Doeschate was named Man of the Match for this game providing the 20th occasion of a cricketer from a losing side awarded Man of the Match in the world cup. The list read thus – JM Davison of Canada {two occasions} ; DL Houghton of Zimbabwe {two occasions} : Abdul Qadir of Pakistan {once} : AM Blignaut of Zimbabwe {once} : SE Bond of New Zealand {once} : RS Bopara of England {once} : AJ Burger of Namibia {once} : TBM de Leede of Netherlands {once} : A Flower {once} : NC Johnson of Zimbabwe {once} : AY Karim of Kenya {once} : SL Malinga of Sri Lanka {once} : MO Odumbe of Kenya {once} : Sarfraz Nawaz of Pakistan {once} : SO Tikolo of Kenya {once} : SC William of Zimbabwe {once| and Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan {once}

BP Loots returned with figures of 9.4-0-74-0 in this game providing the 49^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs in the world cup. BP Loots returned with figures of none for 74 in this game providing the 17^th occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in world cup.

JM Anderson of England {none for 72} and B Loots of Netherlands {none for 74} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the second occasion of rival bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in the world cup. The first such occasion was witnessed in the game between India and Pakistan at Centurion on 01.03.03. India’s A Nehra {2 for 74} and Pakistan’s Shoaib Akthar {1 for 72} and Waqar Younis {2 for 71} were the rival bowlers to concede seventy plus runs

JM Anderson of England {none for 72} and B Loots of Netherlands {none for 74} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the first occasion of rival bowlers conceding 70 plus runs without capturing a wicket in the world cup

JM Anderson of England {none for 72} and B Loots of Netherlands {none for 74} conceded 70 plus runs in this game providing the 149^th and 150^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs without capturing a wicket in the annals of one day games.

JM Anderson has conceded seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in one day games on five occasions. The five occasions are – none for 72 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 15.12.05: none for 72 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06: none for 79 vs India at The Oval on 05.09.07: none for 75 vs Australia at Lord’s on 03.07.10 and none for 72 vs Netherlands at Nagpur on 22.02.11

JM Anderson now holds the record for most occasions of conceding seventy plus runs without capturing a wicket in one day games

JM Anderson has conceded seventy plus runs in an innings on nine occasions which includes his none for 72 in this game. He now shares the record for conceding seventy plus runs in an innings on most occasions with A Nehra of India. The following are the occasions in which these two bowlers leaked seventy plus runs in an innings

JM Anderson of England – none for 72 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 15.12.05 : none for 72 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06 : none for 78 vs West Indies at Birmingham on 14.07.07 : 1 for 79 vs India at The Oval on 05.09.07 : 1 for 86 vs New Zealand at Napier on 20.02.08 : none for 75 vs Australia at Lord’s on 03.07.10 : 3 for 74 vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 08.07.10 : 1 for 91 vs Australia at Sydney on 02.02.11 and none for 72 vs Netherlands at Nagpur on 22.02.11

A Nehra of India – 2 for 74 vs Pakistan at Centurion on 01.03.03 : none for 80 vs Australia at Bangalore on 12.11.03 : 4 for 72 vs Pakistan at Vizag on 05.04.05 : none for 75 vs Pakistan at Ahmedabad on 12.04.05 : 3 for 72 vs Pakistan at Delhi on 17.04.05 : 1 for 79 vs Australia at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09 : 1 for 81 vs Sri Lanka at Rajkot on 15.12.09 and 1 for 74 vs Sri Lanka at Nagpur on 18.12.09

Match No 04 : Australia vs Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad on 21.02.11 : Australia won by 91 runs

RT Ponting became the most world capped cricketer. He was playing his 40^th game and went past his team mate GD McGrath’s 39 appearances.

Prior to this game RT Ponting and Imran Khan had the distinction of leading Australia and Pakistan on 22 occasions in the world cup which was a record for a captain leading his team on most occasions. While leading Australia in this game RT Ponting led Australia for the 23^rd occasion to set up a record for a captain leading his team on most occasions in the world cup

Australia is yet to lose a game under RT Ponting. It has a cent per cent record of winning all the 23 games.

RT Ponting with his 28 in this game took his aggregate to 6922 one day runs as captain – the most by a captain in one day games. RT Ponting with his 28 in this game took his aggregate to 982 world cup as captain – the most by a captain in world cup

At the end of this game, RT Ponting who has appeared in 248 matches in Australia’s winning matches – most by a cricketer in one day games

SR Watson with his 79 in this game registered his 20^th one day half century and 25^th fifty. His knock in this game was his second half century in world cup and represent his highest score in world cup. His other world cup half century was 65 not out against New Zealand at St George’s on 20.04.07.

MJ Clarke scored 58 not out in this game providing his 46^th one day half century and 51^st fifty. His knock in this game represent his fifth world cup half century. The other four are – 93* vs Netherlands at Basseterre in 10.03.07 : 92 vs South Africa at Basseterre on 24.03.07 : 55* vs England at North Sound oon 08.04.07 and 60* vs South Africa at Gros Islet on 25.04.07

MJ Clarke became the seventh Australian batsman to score five or more half centuries in world cup. Others are – AC Gilchrist {08}: RT Ponting {06}: SR Waugh {06}: MG Bevan {05}: DC Boon {05} and DM Jones {05}

SR Watson {79} and MJ Clarke {58*} scored fifties in this game providing the 104^th and 105^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring fifties in the world cup.

SR Watson’s 79 in this game provide the 43rd occasion of Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty in the world cup.

SR Watson’s 79 and MJ Clarke’s 58 not out in this game provide the 94^th and 95^th occasion of a batsman scoring fifties in the world cup matches played in India. It also represent he 80^th and 81^st occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in the world cup matches played in India.

RT Ponting was run out in this game to provide the 430^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out world cup. His run out in this game provides the fifth occasion of his run out in the world cup. Other occasions are – for 102 vs West Indies at Jaipur on 04.03.96 : for 35 vs West Indies at North Sound on 27.03.07 : for 86 vs England at North Sound on 08.04.07 and for 37 vs Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on 28.04.07

RT Ponting became the fourth batsman in the world cup to be dismissed run out on five occasions. The others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {09} : AP Gurusinha {06} and Javed Miandad {05}

RT Ponting with four run out dismissals now owns the record for most dismissals in the world cup as captain. He went past SP Fleming of New Zealand, Habibul Bashar of Bangladesh and Imran Khan of Pakistan who were dismissed run out on three occasions while leading their teams

MG Johnson captured 4 for 19 in this game to provide the 131^st occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in the world cup. His figures provide the 24^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in the world cup.

SW Tait who had an aggregate of 23 world cup wickets prior to the start of the ensuing world cup took two wickets in this game to take his tally of world cup wickets to 25 wickets. He became the 26^th bowler in the world cup to capture 25 plus wickets.

Australia’s win in this game represent its 52^nd win in world cup and also represent its 24^th consecutive win in world cup – both are records for the world cup for a team winning the games and also for most consecutive wins

KC Sangakkara scored 92 in the game against Canada at Hamantota on 20.02.11 providing the first occasion of a captain scoring ninety on world cup debut. KC Sangakkara became the 18^th captain to score a fifty on world cup debut. The complete list read thus

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Asif Iqbal	53	Pak	Aus	Leeds	07 Jun 1975
2	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
3	Majid Khan	60	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11 Jun 1975
4	DAG Fletcher	69*	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09 Jun 1983
5	Imran Khan	56*	Pak	Srl	Swansea	09 Jun 1983
6	MD Crowe	100*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
7	GA Gooch	51	Eng	Ind	Perth	22 Feb 1992
8	Javed Miandad	57*	Pak	Win	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
9	KC Wessels	81*	RSA	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1992
10	AJ Stewart	77	Eng	RSA	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
11	WJ Cronje	57	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
12	Aamer Sohail	55	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	09 Mar 1996
13	ST Jayasuriya	120	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
14	RT Ponting	53	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003
15	DPMD Jayawardene	85	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2007
16	GC Smith	67	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
17	Shakib Al Hasan	55	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
18	KC Sangakkara	92	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011