3rd Match, England v West Indies, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1609th ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta
- It was the 1609th ODI in cricket history.Loading ...
- It was England's 312th and West Indies' 402nd ODI match.
- It was the 59th match between these two sides. The record now reads : West Indies 31, England 25, no result 3.
- It was the 21st match between these two sides on English soil. The record now reads : West Indies 9, England 11, no result 1.
- Umpire Ray Julian and Ken Palmer were officiating in their fourth and 22nd match respectively.
- Mark Ealham was playing his 50th match. He became 19th Englishman and 221st player in ODIs to do so. The country wise break-up of player with 50 or more ODI appearances: 35 Australians, 31 New Zealanders, 31 Pakistanis, 29 West Indians, 28 Indians, 22 Sri Lankans, 19 Englishmen, 17 South Africans, 10 Zimbabweans. Kepler Wessels is the only player to have made 50 appearances for two countries Australia and South Africa.
- Chris Gayle held three catches in the field. He became third West Indian after Richie Richardson (4 catches at Birmingham on 23-05-1991) and Joel Garner (3 catches at Perth on 03-01-1987) to do so against England.
- The match provided the 49th instance of a match being abandoned due to rain etc in ODI history. This tally, however, excludes the matches washed out without a ball being bowled. The accompanying table gives contry-wise break-up of all abandoned matches in ODIs :
Country Mts vs Aus Eng NZ Pak WI Ind SL Zim SA Ken Ind 18 3 1 3 4 1 x 5 - 1 - NZ 17 3 3 x 1 2 3 2 1 2 - SL 14 2 - 2 2 1 5 x 1 1 - Aus 12 x 1 3 2 1 3 2 - - - Pak 10 2 1 1 x - 4 2 - - - Eng 9 1 x 3 1 3 1 - - - - WI 8 1 3 2 - x 1 1 - - - SA 5 - - 2 - - 1 1 1 x - Zim 4 - - 1 - - - 1 x 1 1 Ken 1 - - - - - - - 1 - xTotal 49 12 9 17 10 8 18 14 4 5 1
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