da pixbet: It was the 1722nd ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta13-Jun-2001It was the 1722nd ODI in cricket history.It was England’s 328th and Pakistan’s 497th ODI.It was the 48th match between these two sides. The record now reads :Pakistan 19,England 28 and abandoned one.It was the 22nd match between these two sides in England. The recordnow reads : Pakistan 7, England 15.It was the fourth match between these two sides at Lord’s. Both teamshave won two matches each.Former Test player Neil Mallender was making his international debutas umpire. He became 32nd English umpire to officiate in a ODI. Theother umpire Ken Palmer was standing in his 23rd match.Inzamam-ul-Haq failed to open his account in two successive inningsfor the first time in his career.Trescothick’s innings was the fourth joint highest by an Englishman inall ODIs and second highest against Pakistan The best still remains142 by Graham Gooch at Karachi on 20-11-1987. Incidentally theprevious highest by an English batsman against Pakistan at home soilwas 125* by Nick Knight at Trent Bridge on 01-09-1996.Trescthick just failed to surpass West Indian Viv Richards’ 138*against England in the 1979 World Cup final which still remains thehighest individual innings ever played at Lord’s. Trescothick’s placeis second alongwith countryman Dennis Amiss who had an identical scoreagainst India on 07-06-1975Trescothick contributed 57.08 % in England’s totalthe third highestcontribution by an Englishman in a complete innings. This was also thethird highest contribution by a batsman in a match against Pakistan.The details :
Batsman
%
Runs
Score
For
Vs
Venue
Date
IVA Richards
69.49
189*
9/272
WI
Eng
Old Trafford
31-05-1984
N Kapil Dev
65.79
175*
8/266
Ind
Zim
Tunbridge Wells
18-06-1983
AH Jones
63.51
47
74
NZ
Pak
Sharjah
01-05-1990
ST Jayasuriya
63.21
189
5/299
SL
Ind
Sharjah
29-10-2000
DR Martyn
60.73
116*
191
Aus
NZ
Auckland
03-03-2000
RA Smith
60.29
167*
5/277
Eng
Aus
Edgbaston
21-05-1993
DL Houghton
59.41
142
239
Zim
NZ
Hyderabad (Ind)
10-10-1987
Saeed Anwar
59.33
194
5/327
Pak
Ind
Chennai
21-05-1997
DI Gower
59.18
158
6/267
Eng
NZ
Brisbane
15-01-1983
SC Ganguly
58.62
153*
5/261
Ind
NZ
Gwalior
11-11-1999
G Kirsten
58.57
188*
2/321
SA
UAE
Rawalpindi CS
16-02-1996
HH Gibbs
58.42
59*
9/101
SA
Pak
Sharjah
28-03-2000
RT Ponting
57.75
123
5/213
Aus
SL
Melbourne
09-01-1996
ME Trescothick
57.08
137
240
Eng
Pak
Lord’s
12-06-2001
DL Haynes
55.98
145*
5/259
WI
NZ
Berbice
14-04-1985
GS Chappell
55.67
108
194
Aus
NZ
Auckland
13-02-1982
AJ Lamb
55.48
81
146
Eng
Pak
Melbourne
02-03-1985
RL Powell
55.47
76
137
WI
Ind
Toronto
14-09-1999
GM Turner
55.34
171*
5/309
NZ
EA
Edgbaston
07-06-1975
The 170 run-partnership between Trescothick and Owais Shah was thehighest for England for any wicket against Pakistan. The partnershipsurpassed the 147 run-partnership between Mike Atherton and RobinSmith for the first wicket at Karachi on 03-03-1996. This alsoeclipsed the previous best for the fourth wicket for England againstPakistan which was the 109 between Graham Gooch and David Capel atKarachi on 20-11-1987.The Trescothick-Owais partnership was also the highest for England forthe fourth wicket against all countries beating the unbeaten 154 runpartnership between Neil Fairbrother and Graeme Hick against Sri Lankaat Adelaide on 23-01-1999.The victory margin of 2 runs was Pakistan’s narrowest against Englandin all ODIs. It had beaten England by three runs at this same groundon 1992. It was the fifth occasion that England was losing a match by2 runs. However England’s narrowest defeat still remains by one run bySouth Africa at Cape Town on 26-01-2000.Pakistan was registering victory off the last ball of the match whiledefending a target. It was the fifth such occasion for Pakistan. Theother occasions being : v New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23-11-1984,vAustralia at Sydney on 20-02-1990, v West Indies at Sharjah on21-10-1991 and v India at Sharjah on 23-10-1991.Marcus Trescothick was winning his second Man of the Match award. Hisonly other award had come against West Indies at Chester-le-Street on15-07-2000