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3rd Match, India v Zimbabwe, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta
June 28, 2001
- It was the 1730th ODI in cricket history.
- It was India's 466th and Zimbabwe's 186th match.
- It was the 36th match between these two sides. The record now reads :
India 28,Zimbabwe 6,tied two.
- It was the seventh match between these two sides in Zimbabwe. The
record now reads : India 5, Zimbabwe 2.
- Umpires MA Esat and Jeff Fenwick were officiating in their fifth and
third match respectively.
- Guy Whittall, playing in his 133rd match, became eighth player to
captain Zimbabwe in a One-Day International match. Only Grant Flower
has captained Zimbabwe after playing in more matches than Whittall.
Surprisingly Zimbabwe has now used three captains in three matches of
this tournament. Grant Flower was the in charge in the opening match
against West Indies on June 23 and Heath Streak took upon the burden
in the match against India on June 24.
- Guy Whittall became second Zimbabwean to score a fifty on captaincy
debut after Duncan Fletcher who made 69* against Australia at
Nottingham on June 9,1983. Whittall also became 26th player in all to
score a 50 plus score on captaincy debut. Of these four went on to
reach three figure mark. They are New Zealander Glenn Turner (171* v
East Africa at Birmingham on June 7,1975), West Indian Richie
Richardson (106* v Pakistan at Sharjah on October 7,1991) ,India's
Sachin Tendulkar (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on August 8,1996) and
Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (102 v Zimbabwe at Colombo SSC on
January 6,1998).
- Zaheer Khan (4-42) recorded the best figures by an Indian on
Zimbabwean soil. The previous best was the 3-36 by Ajit Agarkar in the
last match.This also equaled Zaheer's best performance. He had
returned identical figures against Zimbabwe at Sharjah on October
26,2000.
- Saurav Ganguly when on 32,completed his 1000 runs against Zimbabwe. He
was playing his 24th match match against Zimbabwe. Ganguly became only
the second batsman in all ODIs to reach this landmark. The only other
being teammate Sachin Tendulkar. The following table lists leading run
scorers in ODIs against Zimbabwe :
|
Batsman |
Runs |
For |
M |
Inn |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
100 |
50 |
0 |
|
SR Tendulkar |
1242 |
Ind |
30 |
29 |
5 |
51.75 |
146 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
SC Ganguly |
1053 |
Ind |
24 |
24 |
3 |
50.14 |
144 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
|
NJ Astle |
826 |
NZ |
20 |
20 |
2 |
45.89 |
120 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
PA de Silva |
772 |
SL |
15 |
15 |
3 |
64.33 |
127* |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
ME Waugh |
704 |
Aus |
13 |
12 |
5 |
100.57 |
106 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
ST Jayasuriya |
660 |
SL |
21 |
21 |
0 |
31.43 |
102 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
AD Jadeja |
656 |
Ind |
19 |
18 |
8 |
65.60 |
116* |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
RS Mahanama |
635 |
SL |
14 |
12 |
1 |
57.73 |
119* |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
RT Ponting |
626 |
Aus |
12 |
12 |
2 |
62.60 |
145 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
619 |
Pak |
17 |
17 |
3 |
44.21 |
116* |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Saeed Anwar |
599 |
Pak |
13 |
13 |
2 |
54.45 |
103* |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
SP Fleming |
581 |
NZ |
20 |
19 |
4 |
38.73 |
96 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
MS Atapattu |
511 |
SL |
15 |
14 |
1 |
39.31 |
90 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
- Grant Flower (4-44) was capturing four wickets for the second time in
his career. He had taken four for 32 against Kenya at Dhaka on March
23,1999.
- Grant Flower's performance in the match (45 runs,4 wickets and two
catches) was one among the best allround performances for Zimbabwe.
The details :
|
Player |
Batting |
Bowling |
Fielding |
Opponents |
Venue |
Date |
|
DAG Fletcher |
69* |
4-42 |
0 |
Aus |
Nottingham |
09-06-1983 |
|
GJ Crocker |
50 |
4-26 |
0 |
Ind |
Harare |
25-10-1992 |
|
NC Johnson |
59 |
4-42 |
0 |
Ken |
Taunton |
15-05-1999 |
|
GJ Whittall |
30 |
4-35 |
0 |
SL |
Bulawayo Q.C. |
12-12-1999 |
|
HH Streak |
45 |
4-8 |
0 |
WI |
Sydney |
23-01-2001 |
|
GW Flower |
45 |
4-44 |
2 |
Ind |
Bulawayo Q.C. |
27-06-2001 |
- Rahul Dravid was winning his sixth Man of the Match award.
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