da bwin： It was the 1741st ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta01-Aug-2001It was the 1741st ODI in cricket history.It was Sri Lanka’s 360th and New Zealand’s 384th match- 50th betweenthese two sides. The record now reads : Sri Lanka 21, New Zealand26,tied one and abandoned 2.Umpires DN Pathirana and TH Wijewardene were officiating in their 12thand fifth match respectively.Sanath Jayasuriya ,when reached 17,completed his 1000 runs in ODIsagainst New Zealand. He became first Sri Lankan and the tenth batsmanin all to aggregate 1000 runs against New Zealand in ODIs. At the endof this match, he has a tally of 1003 runs from 30 matches against NewZealand. Incidentally Australia’s Mark Waugh has aggregated maximumruns against New Zealand in this form of cricket – 1340 in 35 matches.The details :
Runs
Batsman
For
M
Inn
NO
Ave
HS
100
50
0
1340
ME Waugh
Aus
35
35
5
44.67
110
3
9
3
1305
DC Boon
Aus
39
38
5
39.55
100
1
9
1
1301
DM Jones
Aus
27
27
3
54.21
107
2
12
0
1279
SR Tendulkar
Ind
31
30
1
44.10
186*
3
7
3
1260
Saeed Anwar
Pak
32
32
4
45.00
113*
4
7
2
1118
M Azharuddin
Ind
40
39
8
36.06
108*
1
7
0
1054
Salim Malik
Pak
43
41
10
34.00
83
0
8
1
1027
SR Waugh
Aus
56
47
12
29.34
71
0
4
3
1008
G Kirsten
SA
24
24
3
48.00
103
2
7
1
1003
ST Jayasuriya
SL
30
29
0
34.59
140
3
6
3
The wicket of Gunawardena was Chris Harris’ 25th against Sri Lankawhich equalled the record tally of Richard Hadlee for New Zealand.Mahela Jayawardene, on 12,completed his 2000 runs in ODIs. He wasplaying his 82nd match (and 77th innings). Jayawerdene became theninth Sri Lankan and the 95th batsman in all to reach this landmark.Jayawardene at the end of the match has 2046 runs to his credit. Otherbatsmen to aggregate 2000 or more runs in a career for Sri Lanka areAravinda de Silva (8430 runs in 275 matches),Arjuna Ranatunga (7454 in269),Sanath Jayasuriya (6797 in 240),Roshan Mahanama (5162 in213),Marvan Atapattu (4253 in 131),Asanka Gurusinha (3902 in147),Hassan Tillakaratne (3439 in 181) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (3308in 165).Chaminda Vaas ,on 2,completed his 1000 runs in ODIs. He became 14thSri Lankan and 147th batsman in all to do so. By taking 164 matches(and 107 innings) to reach this landmark, Vaas became the slowest interms of matches taken to complete his 1000 runs. The previous recordwas held by Pakistani Wasim Akram who needed 126 matches (and 94innings) for his 1000 runs. The following table has the details :Batsman
For
Mts
Inns
NO
Ave
Hs
100
0
Reached On
WPUJ Vaas
SL
164
107
38
14.49
50*
0
12
v NZ, Colombo SSC, 31-07-2001
Wasim Akram
Pak
126
94
19
13.33
86
0
10
v Eng,Manchester,24-08-1992
NR Mongia
Ind
113
75
24
19.61
69
0
3
v WI,Centurion, 07-02-1999
IA Healy
Aus
110
74
25
20.41
50*
0
6
v Pak,Colombo SSC,07-09-1994
M Prabhakar
Ind
94
64
16
20.83
106
1
6
v SL,Moratuwa, 14-08-1993
HH Streak
Zim
91
78
30
20.83
59
0
3
v WI,Kingston,02-04-2000
PJL Dujon
WI
91
58
22
27.78
82*
0
3
v Eng,Brisbane,17-01-1987
Azhar Mahmood
Pak
91
69
16
18.87
67
0
4
v SL,Colombo RPS,09-07-2000
IDS Smith
NZ
90
73
16
17.54
62*
0
7
v Aus,Auckland,22-02-1992
With this Vaas also completed the allround double of 1000 runs and200 wicketsbecoming only the fourth player in ODIs to do so afterIndia’s Kapil Dev (3782 runs and 252 wickets in 225 matches),Pakistani Wasim Akram (3328 runs and 440 wickets in 319 matches) andteammate Sanath Jayasuriya (6797 runs and 202 wickets in 240matches).Vaas’ three wickets in the match has taken his tally to 203 whichputs him on the second place among the leading Sri Lankan wickettakers. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (246) has taken more wickets thanVaas for Sri Lanka. Vaas surpassed fellow teammate SanathJayasuriya’s tally of 203 wickets.New Zealand’s total (115-9) was its lowest ever against Sri Lanka.Itsprevious lowest was 116 in 34 overs at Moratuwa on March 31,1984.The victory margin of 106 runs equals the Sri Lanka’s record in termsof runs against New Zealand. Sri Lanka had beaten New Zealand byidentical margin at Sharjah on April 10,2001.Chaminda Vaas won his maiden Man of the Match award. By taking 164matches to win his maiden award, Vaas achieved yet another dubiousdistinction of different sorts. He now holds the world record ofwinning the MoM award for the first time after maximum matches. Vaashas left India’s Venkatesh Prasad way behind. Prasad had won hismaiden award while playing his 109th match (v England at Sharjah onApril 11,1999).