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It was the 1577th ODI in cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta

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  • It was the 1577th ODI in cricket history.

  • It was the 154th match on this ground. Incidentally Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium holds the distinction of hosting maximum ODIs. Sydney and Melbourne (104 apiece) are jointly placed at second position.

  • India was playing its 64th match on this ground. India has now won 32 and lost 32.

  • South Africa was playing his sixth match on this ground. It has won all the six.

  • It was the fourth meeting between these two sides at Sharjah. South Africa has won all the four.

  • India was participating for the 15th time in a tournament at Sharjah. Now only Pakistan (20) has played in more ODI tournaments.

  • Former England batsman John Hampshire was officiating in his ninth match. He last stood as umpire in England-South Africa match at Leeds on 25-05-1998. The other umpire Daryl Harper, from Australia, was officiating in his 29th match.

  • Ajit Agarkar was playing his 50th match. He became 28th Indian and 217th player to do so.

  • India's total (164) is its lowest at Sharjah against a team other than Pakistan. The previous lowest was 169 against West Indies at 13-10-1989.

  • India's total is its second lowest against South Africa after 147 in 49.4 overs at Port Elizabeth on 09-12-1992.

  • The 62 runs partnership between Ajay Jadeja and Javagal Srinath is a new record for India for tenth wicket against all countries. This obliterated the previous record stand of 53 between Ravi Shastri and Narendra Hirwani against West Indies at Gwalior on 22-01-1988.

  • The partnership was the sixth highest for tenth wicket in all one-dayers. The details:

    • 106*   WI  v  Eng  Manchester   31-05-1984  IVA Richards/MA Holding
72    Pak v  SA   Durban       03-04-1998  Abdur Razzaq/Waqar Younis
71    WI  v  Ind  Manchester   09-06-1983  AME Roberts/J Garner
65    NZ  v  SL   Derby        18-06-1983  MC Snedden/EJ Chatfield
64*   WI  v  Pak  Birmingham   11-06-1975  DL Murray/AME Roberts
62    Ind v  SA   Sharjah      22-03-2000  A Jadeja/J Srinath
53    Ind v  WI   Gwalior      22-01-1988  RJ Shastri/ND Hirwani
51    SA  v  SL   Colombo RPS  04-09-1993  RP Snell/PS deVilliers
51    SL  v  Zim  Bulawayo QSC 12-12-1999  RP Arnold/KSC DeSilva

  • The partnership is also the highest for tenth wicket on this ground. The previous highest was 46 run-stand between OD Gibson and HAG Anthony for West Indies against Sri Lanka on 20-10-1995.

  • Javagal Srinath's 30 is the highest innings by an Indian in all one-dayers at batting position 11. This obliterates the previous highest of 19 by Venkatesh Prasad against Pakistan at Toronto on 23-09-1996.

  • Srinath's innings is also the fourth joint highest by any batsman at this batting position.The details:

    • Score   Batsman                Countries   Venue          Date
37   J.Garner                WI  v IND  Manchester    09-06-1983
34*  C.Pringle               NZ  v WI   Guwahati      01-11-1994
33   Waqar Younis            PAK v SA   Durban        03-04-1998
30   A.R.C.Fraser            ENG v WI   Port of Spain 08-04-1998
30   J.Srinath               Ind v SA   Sharjah       22-03-2000

  • The unbroken partnership of 168 runs between Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs is the highest by any side for opening wicket at this venue. This obliterated the previous record stand of 165 between Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes for West Indies on 21-10-1988. The all-time record for first wicket at this venue, however, still remains as 204 between Saeed Anwar and Rameez Raja for Pakistan against Sri Lanka on 04-02-1993.

  • South Africa, by winning this match by 10 wickets, presented the 13th such instance in ODI history. The details:

    • India (120-0)        beat East Africa   (120)      Leeds         11-06-1975
New Zealand  (113-0) beat India         (112-9)    Melbourne     10-01-1981
West Indies (172-0)  beat Zimbabwe      (171)      Birmingham    20-06-1983
India (97-0)         beat Sri Lanka     (96)       Sharjah       08-04-1984
West Indies(117-0)   beat New Zealand   (116)      Port of Spain 17-04-1985
Pakistan (66-0)      beat New Zealand   (64)       Sharjah       15-04-1986
West Indies(192-0)   beat New Zealand   (191-9)    Christchurch  28-03-1987
West Indies (221-0)  beat Pakistan      (220-2)    Melbourne     23-02-1992
West Indies(154-0)   beat South Africa  (152)      Port of Spain 11-04-1992
India (116-0)        beat West Indies   (121)      Port of Spain 27-04-1997 +
West Indies (200-0)  beat India         (199-7)    Bridgetown    03-05-1997
India (197-0)        beat Zimbabwe      (196-9)    Sharjah       13-11-1998
South Africa (168-0) beat India         (164)      Sharjah       22-03-2000
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  • It was South Africa's biggest win in ODIs.It has won by nine wickets on three occasions - v Australia at Sydney on 26-02-1992, v Pakistan at CapeTown on 23-04-1998 and v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gymkhana) on 28-09-1999.

  • South Africa won this match with 124 balls to spare. It is South Africa's fourth largest win in terms of balls .The details:

    • Balls
141     v Sri Lanka              Bloemfontein            19-04-1998
134     v Pakistan               CapeTown                23-04-1998
130     v Australia              Perth                   18-01-1998
124     v India                  Sharjah                 22-03-2000

  • At the other end of the scale,the defeat was India's fourth largest in terms of balls.The details :

    • Balls
174     v Australia             Sydney                  08-01-1981
142     v Pakistan              Lahore                  02-10-1997
139     v Pakistan              Sialkot                 13-10-1978
139     v Australia             Sydney                  14-01-2000
124     v South Africa          Sharjah                 22-03-2000

  • Steven Elworthy was winning his maiden MoM award in his 32nd match.

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