It was the 1724th ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta22-Jun-2001
- It was the 1724th ODI in cricket history.
- It was England’s 330th and Pakistan’s 498th ODI.
- It was the 49th match between these two sides. The record now reads :
Pakistan 20, England 28, abandoned one. - John Holder and Mervyn Kitchen were officiating in their 18th and 28th
match respectively. - Darren Gough was playing his 50th consecutive match since the match
against Australia at Brisbane on 10-01-1999.He became fourth
Englishman to do so after Ian Botham (67), Graeme Hick (55) and David
Gower (50). - Marcus Trescothick became third Englishman to be dismissed off the
first ball of a match. Others to achieve this dubiuos distinction for
England are Barry Roberts (b.Roberts) versus West Indies at
Scarborough on 26-08-1976 and Derek Randall (c.Lloyd b.Roberts) versus
West Indies at Brisbane on 23-12-1979. In addition, Graham Gooch was
also dismissed off the first ball in England’s innings (lbw Brandes)
at Albury on 18-03-1992,but that was in the second innings of the
match. - The eighth wicket partnership of 67 runs between Ben Hollioake and
Darren Gough was England’s best for this wicket against all countries
obliterating the 62 run-partnership between Darren Gough and Dermot
Reeve against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad on 09-03-1996. This also
equalled the record partnership for eighth wicket by any side against
Pakistan. Kenya’s Deepak Chudasama and Thomas Odoyo had also added 67
runs at Nairobi (Aga) on 02-10-1996. Incidentally the previous highest
partnership for England for eighth wicket against Pakistan was a
paltry 29 runs between Ronnie Erani and Robert Croft at Edgbaston on
31-08-1996. Just for the record,the previous highest for England for
eighth wicket in England was 55 runs between John Lever and Chris Old
against Australia at 04-06-1977. - Gough’s innings of 40* is the highest by an English batsman at number
nine. This obliterated Martin Bicknell’s 31* against Australia at
Perth on 09-12-1990.Incidentally West Indian Michael Holding holds the
record of playing the highest innings at this position with 64 against
Australia at Perth on 05-02-1984. - Gough now has an aggregate of 189 runs (ave.15.75) in 18 innings while
batting at number nine – maximum for England. He surpassed Phil de
Freitas’ tally of 151 runs (ave.15.10) from 20 innings. Just for the
record, Australia’s Shane Warne has scored maximum runs at this
batting position – 421 runs (ave 14.03) from 47 innings. - Waqar Younis (7-36) achieved the second best bowling performance in
ODIs. Only Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan with 7 for 30 against
India at Sharjah last year has better figures in shorter form of the
game. Waqar also bettered Aaqib Javed’s Pakistani record of best
bowling in one day internationals. Javed took seven wickets for 37
runs against India at Sharjah on October 25,1991. Waqar also put
Winston Davis’ seven for 51 in to shade – the previous best figures by
a bowler on English soil. He also eclipsed Australia’s Garry Gilmour’s
six for 14 – the previous best figures against England. The
accompanying table lists the best bowling figures in a one-day
international :
Figures | Balls | RpO | Bowler | Countries | Venue | Date |
7-30 | 60 | 3.00 | M Muralitharan | SL v Ind | Sharjah | 29-10-2000 |
7-36 | 60 | 3.60 | Waqar Younis | Pak v Eng | Leeds | 17-06-2001 |
7-37 | 60 | 3.70 | Aqib Javed | Pak v Ind | Sharjah | 25-10-1991 |
7-51 | 63 | 4.86 | WW Davis | WI v Aus | Leeds | 12-06-1983 |
6-12 | 37 | 1.95 | A Kumble | Ind v WI | Calcutta | 27-11-1993 |
6-14 | 72 | 1.17 | GJ Gilmour | Aus v Eng | Leeds | 18-06-1975 |
6-14 | 60 | 1.40 | Imran Khan | Pak v Ind | Sharjah | 22-03-1985 |
6-15 | 54 | 1.67 | CEH Croft | WI v Eng | Kingstown | 04-02-1981 |
6-18 | 60 | 1.80 | Azhar Mahmood | Pak v WI | Sharjah | 19-10-1999 |
6-19 | 50 | 2.28 | HK Olonga | Zim v Eng | Cape Town | 28-01-2000 |
6-20 | 60 | 2.00 | BC Strang | Zim v BD | Nairobi Aga | 14-10-1997 |
6-23 | 54 | 2.56 | AA Donald | SA v Ken | Nairobi Gym | 03-10-1996 |
6-26 | 60 | 2.60 | Waqar Younis | Pak v SL | Sharjah | 29-04-1990 |
6-29 | 59 | 2.95 | BP Patterson | WI v Ind | Nagpur | 08-12-1987 |
6-29 | 58 | 3.00 | ST Jayasuriya | SL v Eng | Moratuwa | 20-03-1993 |
6-30 | 58 | 3.10 | Waqar Younis | Pak v NZ | Auckland | 13-03-1994 |
6-35 | 60 | 3.50 | SM Pollock | SA v WI | East London | 24-01-1999 |
6-39 | 71 | 3.30 | KH MacLeay | Aus v Ind | Nottingham | 13-06-1979 |
6-41 | 58 | 4.24 | IVA Richards | WI v Ind | Delhi FSK | 23-10-1989 |
6-44 | 60 | 4.40 | Waqar Younis | Pak v NZ | Sharjah | 23-11-1996 |
6-49 | 60 | 4.90 | L Klusener | SA v SL | Lahore | 06-11-1997 |
6-50 | 54 | 5.56 | AH Gray | WI v Aus | Port-of-Spain | 09-03-1991 |
- Waqar’s figures are now the best by a captain in ODIs. The previous
record was on the name of West Indian Viv Richards who took six for
41 against India at Delhi on 23-10-1989. The following table lists
the best bowling figures by a captain in a ODI match :
Waqar Younis | 7-36 | Pak v Eng | Leeds | 17-06-2001 |
IVA Richards | 6-41 | WI v Ind | Delhi | 23-10-1989 |
GS Chappell | 5-15 | Aus v Ind | Sydney | 08-01-1981 |
Wasim Akram | 5-15 | Pak v Zim | Karachi | 24-12-1993 |
Wasim Akram | 5-16 | Pak v SA | East London | 15-02-1993 |
GS Chappell | 5-20 | Aus v Eng | Birmingham | 04-06-1977 |
ST Jayasuriya | 5-28 | SL v Aus | Galle | 22-08-2000 |
Asif Karim | 5-33 | Ken v BD | Nairobi Gym | 10-10-1997 |
SC Ganguly | 5-34 | Ind v Zim | Kanpur | 11-12-2000 |
IVA Richards | 5-41 | WI v NZ | Dunedin | 18-03-1987 |
Kapil Dev | 5-43 | Ind v Aus | Nottingham | 13-06-1983 |
- Alec Stewart, by holding four catches in Pakistani innings, created a
new record of most dismissals by an English keeper against Pakistan.
The previous record was of three dismissals made on seven occasions
(thrice by Stewart himself). - The two wickets in this match has taken Darren Gough’s tally of
wickets to 147 from 94 matches making him the most successful bowler
for England. Gough eclipsed Ian Botham’s record of 145 wickets from
116 matches. - Alec Stewart conceded the match due to pitch invasion by crowd. It was
the second instance of a side conceding the match. The only other
instance took place more than 22 years ago when Indian captain Bishan
Singh Bedi called his batsmen from the field when 23 runs were needed
from 14 balls with eight wickets in hand in protest against the
persistent short pitched bowling of Sarfraz Nawaz whose four
consecutive bouncers were not called wide. Though the World Cup match
between India and Sri Lanka at Calcutta on 13-03-1996 had to be
abandoned due to crowd disturbance when India was 120 for eight in
reply to Sri Lanka’s 251 for eight , the match was awarded to Sri
Lanka by default by match referee Clive Lloyd. - The defeat in this match has extended England’s streak of consecutive
losses to 10. The defeat was also England’s fifth in consecutive
matches at home soilits worst performance. England had lost four
matches in a row from 18-06-1975 to 31-08-1976. - Waqar Younis was winning his 14th Man of the Match awardfirst
against England in 13 matches.
