It was the 1728th ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta24-Jun-2001It was the 1728th ODI in cricket history.Pakistan became the first team in one day internationals to play 500matches .Australia was playing its 487th match.It was the 60th match between these two sides. The record now reads :Australia 33,Pakistan 24,tied one and abandoned 2.Umpires David Shepherd and Peter Willey were officiating in their 97thand 23rd match respectively.Australia and Pakistan were facing each other in the final of atournament for the eighth time. Australia has won on seven occasionswhile Pakistan emerged victorious only once.The wicket of Abdur Razzaq was 50th for Brett Lee in his 29th match.He became 22nd Australian and 125th bowler in all to reach thislandmark. Lee also became the fourth fastest for Australia to do soafter Dennis Lillee (24), Shane Warne (25),Len Pascoe (26) andalongwith Carl Rackemann (29)Lee needed only one year and 165 days since his debut (v Pakistan atBrisbane on January 9,2000) to complete his 50 wickets which is thesecond shortest period for Australia after Shane Warne who reached hismilestone in one year and 35 days. The ODI record, however, is held byIndia’s Ajit Agarkar who needed only 182 days for his 50 wickets.Inzamam-ul-Haq on 12 became third batsman after Mark Waugh (5132 runsin 128 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (5078 runs in 133 innings) tocomplete 5000 runs in a career in matches batting first.Australia’s win by nine wickets was the fourth largest in the final ofa tournament by a team batting second. India had beaten Zimbabwe byten wickets in the final of the Champions Trophy in November 1998which remains the largest win by a side in the final of a tournament.The details :
Margin
Winner
Total
Loser
Total
Venue
Date
Competition
10 wickets
Ind
197-0
Zim
196-9
Sharjah
13-11-1998
Champions Trophy
9 wickets
SA
115-1
Pak
114
Cape Town
23-04-1998
Standard Bank Int.Series
9 wickets
Ind
197-1
Ken
196
Calcutta
31-05-1998
Coca Cola Series
9 wickets
Aus
156-1
Pak
152
Lord’s
23-06-2001
NatWest Series
8 wickets
Ind
177-2
Pak
176-9
Melbourne
10-03-1985
B&H World Series
8 wickets
Aus
164-2
NZ
162
Auckland
11-03-1990
Rothman’s Cup
8 wickets
Ind
233-2
SL
230-7
Sharjah
14-04-1995
Asia Cup
8 wickets
SL
240-2
Ind
239-7
Colombo RPS
26-07-1997
Asia Cup
8 wickets
Pak
129-2
Ind
125
Sharjah
16-04-1999
Coca Cola Cup
8 wickets
Aus
133-2
Pak
132
Lord’s
20-06-1999
World Cup
8 wickets
SL
208-2
Aus
202
Colombo RPS
31-08-1999
Aiwa Cup
By winning the match with 141 balls to spare Australia recorded thesecond largest victory by any team batting second in the final of atournament. Interestingly the all time ODI record was also made inthe match between these two sides and at this same venue when Australiabeat Pakistan in the final of ICC World Cup with 179 balls to sparein June 1999.The following table has the complete detail of all suchinstances :Balls
Winner
Total
Loser
Total
Venue
Date
Competition
179
Aus
133-2
Pak
132
Lord’s
20-06-1999
World Cup
141
Aus
156-1
Pak
152
Lord’s
23-06-2001
NatWest Series
134
SA
115-1
Pak
114
Cape Town
23-04-1998
Standard Bank Int.Series
132
Pak
129-2
Ind
125
Sharjah
16-04-1999
Coca Cola Cup
120
Ind
197-0
Zim
196-9
Sharjah
13-11-1999
Champions Trophy
113
Aus
138-4
NZ
137-9
Auckland
26-02-1995
New Zealand Centenary
90
Ind
197-1
Ken
196
Calcutta
31-05-1998
Coca Cola Series
79
SL
240-2
Ind
239-7
Colombo RPS
26-07-1997
Asia Cup
65
Aus
164-4
NZ
162
Auckland
11-03-1990
Rothman’s Cup
64
Ind
140-7
Aus
139
Sharjah
29-03-1985
Rothman’s Trophy
64
SA
204-3
Pak
203
Nairobi Gym
06-10-1996
Kenya Centenary
63
SL
208-2
Aus
202
Colombo RPS
31-08-1999
Aiwa Cup
62
WI
190-5
Pak
187
Johannesburg
27-02-1993
Total International Series
59
Eng
167-5
Pak
166-9
Perth
07-01-1987
B&H Challenge
56
SA
210-6
SL
209-7
Lahore
08-11-1997
Wills Trophy
The win was Australia’s 21st in a competition comprising of at leastthree teams.Adam Gilchrist was winning his ninth Man of the Match award in his119th match.At the end of the series :Australia’s overall ODI record : played 487, won 279,lost 190,tied 6and abandoned 12.Pakistan’s overall ODI record : played 500,won 261,lost 223,tied 6 andabandoned 10.England’s overall ODI record : played 331,won 162,lost 158,tied 2 andabandoned 9.Steve Waugh’s captaining record : played 98,won 63,lost 31,tied oneand abandoned 3.Waqar Younis’ captaincy record : played 15,won 10,lost 5.Alec Stewart’s captaincy record : played 40,won 14,lost 25 andabandoned one.