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Rajneesh Gupta23-Jun-2001It was the 1725th ODI in cricket history.It was the 200th match on English soil. England became third countryafter Australia (385) and India (219) to host 200 or more matches.Neil Mallender and George Sharp were officiating in their second and23rd match respectively.The two wickets in this match has taken Shane Warne’s wicket tally to28 in 17 matches on English soil – most by an Australian. Warnesurpassed Dennis Lillee’s tally of 27 wickets from 17 matches.Damien Martyn’s figures of 5-0-45-1 (RpO 9.00) are the worst by anAustralian in a five over spell against Pakistan. The previous recordwas held by Terry Alderman who conceded 39 runs in five overs whilecapturing one wicket at Brisbane on 11-02-1990.Waqar Younis (6-59) was capturing six wickets for the second time insuccession. He had returned the figures of seven for 36 againstEngland at Leeds just two days back. Waqar became first bowler in ODIhistory to capture six wickets in two successive matches. Waqar hasnow taken six wickets in a match on five occasions. No other bowlerhas performed this feat more than once.Waqar’s aggregate of 13 wickets in two successive matches is a new ODIrecord. The previous record was of 11 wickets which was held by threebowlers – by Waqar himself (in 1990) ,Australia’s Garry Gilmour (in1975) and Pakistan’s Azhar Mahmood (in 2000).The catch of Matthew Hayden was 100th for Rashid Latif as wicketkeeperin his 101st match. He became second Pakistani after Moin Khan (191)and 13th keeper in all to reach this landmark.Adam Gilchrist’s 29 ball fifty was the fifth fastest for Australia inODIs. This was the second occasion Gilchrist was racing to his fiftyoff less than 30 balls. The other occasion being against India atMargao on 06-04-2001. The following table lists the fastest fiftiesfor Australia :
Balls Batsman (Score) Opposition Venue Date18 SP O’Donnell (74) v SL Sharjah 02-05-199026 WB Philips (53) v NZ Wellington 26-03-198628 TM Moody (56*) v BD Chester-le-Street 23-05-199928 AC Gilchrist (76) v Ind Margao 06-04-200129 AC Gilchrist (70) v Pak Nottingham 19-06-2001
Steve Waugh now has aggregated 812 runs (ave. 54.13) in 23 matches onEnglish soil – most by an Australian. He surpassed brother Mark’s runaggregate of 782 (ave. 43.44) from 19 matches.The tenth wicket partnership of 31 runs between Damien Fleming andJason Gillespie was Australia’s best for this wicket against Pakistan.This obliterated the previous highest of 13 between Simon O’Donnelland Terry Alderman at Melbourne on 1984-85.Wasim Akram by conceding 68 runs in his 10 overs recorded his secondworst figures in his career spanning 16 years and 318 matches. Akram’sworst performance also came against Australia when he conceded 70 runsoff his 8.5 overs at Brisbane on 08-01-1989.Waqar Younis won his 15th Man of the Match award – second insuccessive matches.