da dobrowin： It was the 1723rd ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta16-Jun-2001It was the 1723rd ODI in cricket history.It was Australia’s 483rd and England’s 329th match.It was the 69th match between these two sides. The record now reads :Australia 36, England 31,tied one and abandoned one.It was the 27th match between these two sides in England. Both sideshave won 13 matches each,while one match was tied.Alec Stewart was captaining England for the 38th time in his careerwhich takes him past Mike Gatting’s tally. Now only Graham Gooch (50)and Mike Atherton (43) have led England in more matches than Stewart .Darren Gough equalled Ian Botham’s English record of most wickets in aODI career when he had Steve Waugh plumb in front of wickets. This wasGough’s wicket number 145 in the shorter version of the game. Howeverhe needed 93 matches as against Botham’s 116 to become leading wickettaker for his country.Alec Stewart was getting out without scoring for the second time insuccession. This was also 11th duck in his career which gives him thedubious distinction of the batsman with most ducks in a career forEngland. Stewart was previously at level with Graeme Hick with 10ducks.Adam Gilchrist snapped up his 150th catch behind the stumps when hehelped dismiss Alan Mullally off the bowling of Ian Harvey. He wasplaying in his 111th such match. Gilchrist is the second Australian -Ian Healy being the other – and fourth wicketkeeper in all to havecompleted 150 catches in a ODI career.England’s total (86) is its lowest ever in ODIs. Its previous lowestwas 93 also against Australia at Leeds on 18-06-1975.England has now faced defeat in nine consecutive matches – its worstever losing streak. The previous record was of eight matches from25-10-1989 to 23-05-1990. The following table lists the longest losingstreaks in ODIs :
Mts
Country
Period
22
BD
(v Pakistan 31-03-1986 to v India14-05-1998)
18
Zim
(v India 11-06-1983 to v Australia14-03-1992)
14
SL
(v India 11-01-1987 to v Australia10-01-1988)
13
NZ
(v Pakistan 20-04-1994 to v West Indies28-01-1985)
10
Pak
(v West Indies 30-10-1987 to v West Indies30-03-1988)
10
Zim
(v India 25-10-1992 to v Zimbabwe15-11-1993)
10
SA
(v Australia 06-04-1994 to v Pakistan28-10-1994)
10
Zim
(v New Zealand 06-03-1998 to v India27-09-1998)
10
Ken
(v Zimbabwe 27-03-1999 to v India03-10-2000)
9
Eng
(v Pakistan 27-10-2000 to v Australia14-06-2001
The defeat margin of 125 runs was the largest for England at homesoil. England’s previous biggest defeat at home soil had come againstSouth Africa at The Oval on 22-05-1999. South Africa had won thatmatch by 122 runs. Jason Gillespie was winning his second Man of the Match award. Hisonly other award had come against Sri Lanka at Galle on 22-08-1999.