3rd Match, New Zealand v Pakistan, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1691st ODI in cricket history

23-Feb-2001

It was the 1691st ODI in cricket history.

It was New Zealand's 373rd and Pakistan's 487th match.

It was the 55th match between these two sides. The record now reads: Pakistan 33, New Zealand 20, tied one and abandoned one.

It was the 27th match between these two sides in New Zealand. The record now reads: Pakistan 11, New Zealand 14, tied one and abandoned one.

Umpires RS Dunne and DM Quested officiated in their 96th and 29th match respectively.

Stephen Fleming played his 150th match. He became 54th player overall and only the third New Zealander after Chris Harris (176) and Adam Parore (161) to do so.

Azhar Mahmood played his 100th match. He became the 112th player overall and 19th Pakistani to do so.

The wicket of Inzamam-ul-Haq was 45th for Chris Harris which makes him the bowler with most wickets in floodlit matches for New Zealand. He was previously at level with Chris Cairns with 44 wickets.

The stumping of Lou Vincent was 66th for Moin Khan. He thus went ahead of Sri Lanka's Romesh Kaluwitharana who has 65 stumpings from 152 matches to his credit. The accompanying table lists the wicketkeepers with most stumpings in a career:

St  Keeper(Country)                M  Dis  Dis/M  % St/D

66 Moin Khan(Pakistan) 180 255 1.42 25.88 65 RS Kaluwitharana(Sri Lanka) 152 173 1.14 37.57 44 NR Mongia(India) 139 154 1.11 28.57 39 IA Healy(Australia) 168 234 1.39 16.67 30 A Flower(Zimbabwe) 161 145 0.90 20.69 28 Rashid Latif(Pakistan) 101 122 1.21 22.95 27 KS More(India) 94 90 0.96 30.00 24 AC Parore(New Zealand) 130 112 0.88 21.43 23 AC Gilchrist(Australia) 103 165 1.60 13.94 22 Salim Yousuf(Pakistan) 86 103 1.20 21.36 21 PJL Dujon(West Indies) 167 204 1.22 10.29

Chris Martin, by conceding 61 runs in his 8 overs (RpO 7.62) achieved the dusbious distinction of recording the worst figures by a New Zealander in a eight over spell against Pakistan. Simon Doull had conceded 60 runs (RpO 7.50) in 8 overs at Sialkot on 06-12-1996.

The 25 leg byes in New Zealand's innings provided the fifth instance of a side conceding so many leg-byes in an innings. The ODI record is of 27 leg-byes conceded by England against Australia at Leeds on 08-06-1981. The details:

LB    Conceded by  Against       Venue       Date

27 England Australia Leeds 08-06-1981 26 Pakistan England Rawalpindi 13-10-1987 25 West Indies England Kingston 03-03-1990 25 Pakistan England Birmingham 31-08-1996 25 Pakistan New Zealand Wellington 22-02-2001

The 41 extras conceded by Pakistan are the third highest in an innings against New Zealand. Interestingly on the other two occasions also the team involved was Pakistan. The extras are also the second highest in an innings on New Zealand soil. Overall it was the 18th instance of a side conceding 40 or more runs in an innings. The details:

Ex  B  LB  W  NB   By   Vs    Venue             Date

59 8 10 37 4 WI Pak Brisbane 07-01-1989 59 5 6 33 15 Sco Pak Chester-le-Street 20-05-1999 51 0 14 21 16 Ind Zim Leicester 19-05-1999 47 4 14 17 12 Pak NZ Manchester 16-06-1999 44 0 6 26 12 Pak SL Sharjah 20-12-1990 44 0 10 31 3 Ind Ken Bristol 23-05-1999 44 0 5 28 11 Sco Bang Edinburgh 24-05-1999 44 0 11 23 10 WI Pak Toronto 16-09-1999 43 0 9 18 16 WI Eng Birmingham 24-05-1991 42 6 17 5 14 WI Eng Lord's 23/24-05-1988 42 3 23 12 4 Pak NZ Christchurch 18-03-1992 41 6 22 10 3 Eng SL Delhi 15-10-1989 41 4 9 18 10 WI SL Colombo 16-12-1993 41 2 11 25 3 Zim SA Johannesburg 21-01-2000 41 3 25 6 7 Pak NZ Wellington 22-02-2001 40 6 26 8 0 Pak Eng Rawalpindi 13-10-1987 40 4 16 14 6 WI Eng Manchester 25-05-1991 40 0 5 28 7 Pak Bang Northampton 31-05-1999

Saqlain Mushtaq won his sixth man of the match award. This was also his maiden award against New Zealand. He now shares the honour of winning most awards by a Pakistani spinner in ODIs alongwith Abdul Qadir. Just for the record, Australian Shane Warne has won maximum awards as a spinner - 13 to be precise.

Pakistan New Zealand Sky Stadium