A field day for left-arm bowlers

Stats highlights from the seventh ODI between India and Australia, at Mumbai

17-Oct-2007

Stats highlights from the seventh ODI between India and Australia, at Mumbai.

Brad Hogg was one of Murali Kartik's six victims, and one of seven batsmen to fall without scoring © AFP

With their two-wicket win, India finally broke their losing streak against Australia when batting second. They had last won in a run-chase way back on April 24, 1998, in the final of the Coca Cola Cup in Sharjah. Since then, they had lost 15 games in a row - interrupted only by a couple of washouts.

Murali Kartik became the only the fifth Indian bowler to take six wickets in an ODI innings, while his 6 for 27 is the third-best bowling figures by an Indian in ODIs. Anil Kumble's 6 for 12 against West Indies in the Hero Cup final in Calcutta in 1993 remains the best, followed by Ashish Nehra's 6 for 23 in the 2003 World Cup against England. Nehra has another six-for in ODIs - against Sri Lanka in Colombo - while Ajit Agarkar and Sreesanth are the others with a six-wicket haul.

Kartik's haul is also the best by a left-arm spinner in ODIs, bettering Sanath Jayasuriya's 6 for 29 against England in 1993. These are the only two instances of a left-arm spinner taking six. Kartik's spell is also the best by an Indian against Australia, bettering Agarkar's 6 for 42.

Australia were dismissed for 193, which is the first time they've been all out for less than 200 after choosing to bat in an ODI against India. The three other instances when they made less than 200 batting first were all when India won the toss and put them in. The 41.3 overs they faced is also the least in games when they've batted first against India - their earlier lowest was 42.3, way back in 1985 in Sharjah.

For the first time in an ODI, left-arm bowlers took all ten wickets in an innings (six for Kartik, two for RP Singh, one each for Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan). The previous record was nine, also in Mumbai, and also in an India-Australia match: the last time the two teams played here, in 2003-04, Michael Clarke and Nathan Bracken took four each, while Brad Hogg chipped in with one. The 16 wickets by left-armers in this match is also a record, going past the previous mark of 11, which had been achieved three times - in the Mumbai game mentioned above, in Dhaka earlier this year when Bangladesh played India, and in an Australia-Sri Lanka game in Sydney in 2005-06.

With four catches in this match, Adam Gilchrist achieved two milestones - 450 victims, and 400 catches in ODIs. (Click here for the list of wicketkeepers with highest dismissals.)

Zaheer's unbeaten 31 is the highest ODI score by an Indian No. 9 against Australia. The earlier record belonged to Javagal Srinath, in a game which was also decided by a 52-run stand for the ninth wicket: in Bangalore in 1996. His stand with Anil Kumble took India to their victory target of 216 with two wickets and seven balls to spare.

Sachin Tendulkar has fallen to Brett Lee seven times. Only Shaun Pollock and Chaminda Vaas have dismissed him on more occasions (nine each).

Seven batsmen fell without scoring in this match, which is only one short of the record: the 1979 World Cup final had eight ducks.

Clarke became only the third batsman - after Craig McDermott and Andrew Hudson - to be dismissed for first-ball ducks against India in successive ODIs.

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