6 June 1999
1st Super Six Match: Australia v India, More Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta
- It was the 189th match in World Cup history.
The record now reads: Australia 30, India 3, no result 3.It was the seventh match between India and Australia in World Cup.
The record now reads: Australia 5, India 2.Mark Waugh,on 41, became the leading run scorer for Australia in
World Cup surpassing David Boon's tally of 815 runs (from 16
matches).Steve Waugh,on 19, completed his 1000 runs in ODIs as captain. He
became fourth Australian after Allan Border (4439 runs in 178
matches), Mark Taylor (2098 runs in 67 matches) and Greg Chappell
(1718 runs in 49 mathces) and 26th player to aggregate 1000 or
more runs as captain.Steve Waugh,on 35,also completed his 6000 runs in ODIs. He became
fourth Australian after Allan Border (6524 runs in 273 matches),
Mark Waugh (6490 runs in 187 matches) and Dean Jones (6068 runs
in 164 matches) and 16th batsman in ODI history to do so.By doing so in his 264th match,Steve Waugh has now taken most
matches to reach this landmark. Australian Allan Border was the
previous record holder.Border had taken 247 matches to achieve
this landmark in 1992-93.Sachin Tendulkar recorded 10th duck of his career in his 216th
match. It was also Tendulkar's first duck against Australia
after scoring 1260 runs at an average of 60.00 in 21 matches.The 141 run partnership (off 188 balls) for the fifth wicket
between Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh is India's second best for
this wicket in ODIs after world record 223 run partnership between
Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja against SriLanka at
Colombo RP on 17-08-1997. The previous best fifth wicket partnership
for India against Australia was 121 between Ajay Jadeja and
Hrishikesh Kanitkar at Kochi on 01-04-1998.It is also the best for India for fifth wicket in all World Cup
matches. The previous best was 66 run partnership between Sanjay
Manjrekar and Mohammad Azharuddin also against Australia at Brisbane
on 01 Mar 1992.Ajay Jadeja scored his sixth ODI hundred in 170th match and
second against Australia.His innings is highest for India against
Australia in World Cup obliterating Mohammad Azharuddin's 93 at
Brisbane on 01 Mar 1992.Adam Gilchrist became only the fourth wicketkeeper to score
30 plus runs and effect four dismissal in a world cup match.
Overall it was 12th such instance in ODI history with Gilchrist
being the only one to do so on two separate occasions.Accompanying table has the details:/b>
Keeper Country Performance Opponents Venue Date
Deryck Murray WI 30* + 4 ct SL Manchester 07 Jun 1975
Richard Robinson Aus 70 + 3 ct 1 st Eng The Oval 06 Jun 1977
Rodney Marsh Aus 31 + 4 ct NZ Perth 06 Feb 1983
Wasim Bari Pak 34 + 3 ct 1 st NZ Birmingham 12 Jun 1983
Wayne Phillips Aus 75* + 3 ct 1 st SL Perth 03 Dec 1985
Paul Downton Eng 40 + 4 ct WI Leeds 21 May 1988
Dave Williams WI 32 + 4 ct NZ Auckland 08 Mar 1992
Moin Khan Pak 33 + 3 ct 1 st Ind Toronto 21 Sep 1996
Andy Flower Zim 35 + 5 ct Eng Harare 03 Jan 1997
R.Kaluwitharana SL 44 + 2 ct 2 st NZ Hyderabad 20 May 1997
Adam Gilchrist Aus 52 + 4 ct Eng Melbourne 13 Feb 1999
Adam Gilchrist Aus 31 + 4 ct Ind The Oval 04 Jun 1999
Robin Singh (6,2,6,1) and Ajay Jadeja (6,0) scored 21 runs off
a Warne's over (37th of Indian innings). Warne now holds the record
of conceding most runs in an over for Australia.Glenn McGrath won his second successive MoM award. Overall it was
fourth such occasion for him.Source :: Rajneesh Gupta
