One day international cricket records: Australian cricket team vs English cricket team

Australia faced the England cricket team for the first time in the One Day Internationals in the year 1971 on 5^th January on the grounds of Melbourne. Balls per over were 8 at that time and total number of overs were 50.

• R Illingworth was the captain of the England cricket team in the first ODI played against the Aussies where as the Aussies were being captained by WM Lawry in that match.
• TF Brooks and LP Rowan were the umpires of the first ODI match played between the Australian cricket team and the England cricket team.
• On the grounds of Melbourne in Australia, these two cricket teams encountered each other for the first time in an ODI match.
• From the Aussies, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke have been performing splendidly on the batting side making highest number of runs against the England cricket team up to date. On the bowling side, B Lee and GD McGarth have taken the most number of wickets.
• Graham Gooch and Andrew Strauss, the England cricket team batsmen have performed effectively through out against the Aussies in the ODIs. From the bowling side IT Bothem, D Gough and JM Anderson have been seen to bowl really well.
• Australia won the first ODI played against England in 1971 by five wickets.
• Up till today, 113 ODI matches have been played between the Australian cricket team and the England cricket team. Out of 113, 67 has been won by the Aussies and 42 by the England cricket team. So far, only two ODIs have been tied between the two teams.
• The highest ODI team score has been scored by Australia against the England cricket team on the grounds of Sydney in year 2011.334 runs on the cost of 8 wickets in 49.2 overs.
• However, the highest ODI individual score has been made by the England batsman, RA Smith (167) against the Australian team members on the fields of Birmingham in the year 1993.
• The best bowling figures in the ODIs between Australian and England cricket team is of AJ Bichel, one of the Aussies. He took seven wickets against the England players in the ODI Played in 2003.
• Most number of wickets has also been taken by an Australian player, B Lee. (64)
• Coming towards the wicket keeping records, AC Gilchrist has the most number of dismissals record against the England cricket team.
• The last ODI played between the two teams was on 6^th feb 2011 at Perth where Australia won by 57 runs.

 

T20 cricket records: English cricket team vs Australian cricket team

England cricket team faced the Australian cricket team in the ICC T20 world cup for the first time on the fields of Southampton on 13^th June 2005.

• MP Vaughan was the captain of the England cricket team which is also known as “ the pomp pomps”  in the first T20 match that the team played where as the Aussies were being captained by greatest Australian player Ricky Ponting.
• NJ Llong and JW Lloyds were the two umpires who were present at the first T20 match played between the two cricket teams in the year 2005.
• Played at the Rose Bowl, Southampton was the first T20 match played between the Pomp Pomps and the Aussies.
• England cricket team was the winner of the first T20 match played against the Australian cricket team on 13^th June 2005. England won by 100 runs and KP Pietersen was the man of the match.
• Up to date, a total of eight T20 matches have been played between England cricket players and Australian cricket players.
• KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood and IR Bell of the England cricket team batted very well through out the T20 matches against the Aussies. On the bowling side, PD Collingwood and J Lewis have taken most number of wickets so far.
• CL White and Adam Gilchrist have performed effectively against the England cricket team and MG Johnson and SR Watson bowled very well and scored the maximum number of wickets among the Australian players.
• The Aussies have won three times against England in the T20 matches and England has also achieved victory against the Aussies three times. One of the T20 match between these two teams was abandoned which was played on the grounds of Manchester in the year 2009.
• The highest T20 total up to date made against the England cricket team by the Australian cricket players is 221 at the cost of 5 wickets. This T20 match was played in Sydney on 9 Jan 2007.
• The Highest individual score (67) has been made by ML Hayden of the Australian cricket team against England cricket team in the ICC T20 matches.
• Famous Australian cricket player MG Johnson, the Aussie bowler has taken the maximum number of wickets (9) against the England cricket team in the T 20 matches. However, the best bowling figures are of SR Watson who’s also an Aussie.
• AC Gilchrist, the Australian player has the most number of dismissal records in the T20 matches against the England cricket team.
• The last up to date match played between the two cricket teams is the T20 match played on the fields of Melbourne on 14^th Jan 2011.

 

 

Cricket series 2011: England vs India (Test, T20 and ODI)

Dhoni’s brigade is all geared up to play against the English cricket team in July 2011 in England. Comparing both the teams’ recent performances, English cricket team is struggling with injuries however; hopes still spring by the return of their famous cricket players Stuart Board and Kevin Pietersen. Besides that, England would be relying on the top order batting line up where popular skipper Andrew Strauss will have to put in his best to ensure their success.

On the other hand, Indian cricket team’s stupendous batting side glittered with players like greatest and legendary cricket player Sachin Tendulker and big hitters like Laxman, Yuvraj and Dhoni enjoy a psychological edge over England’s batting line up. However, India’s conventional weakness against swing bowling is the key area which English cricket team will be targeting this summer.

The Schedule for cricket series i.e. India’s tour to England 2011 is as follows.

India Tour to England 2011 Match Schedule
Date	GMT	India Vs England	Venue
July 21, 2011	10:00	1st Test	London
July 29, 2011	10:00	2nd Test	Nottingham
August 10, 2011	10:00	3rd Test	Birmingham
August 18, 2011	10:00	4th Test	London
August 31, 2011	19:00	T20	Manchester
September 3, 2011	9:45	1st ODI	Chester-le-Street
September 6, 2011	13:30	2nd ODI	Southampton
September 9, 2011	13:30	3rd ODI	London
September 11, 2011	9:45	4th ODI	London
September 16, 2011	13:30	5th ODI	Cardiff

 

Greatest cricket player of West Indies cricket team: Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, more popularly known as Viv is quite a recognized figure in the list of former West Indies cricketers. His fearless demeanor and determined performance earned him a lot of fame. At the same time, he enjoyed the intimidating aura he possessed against bowlers from the opposition team! Richards’s skill of taking good-length balls through midwickets from outside off-stumps is still known to be his trademark.

Born on 7^th March, 1952, Richards was nominated amongst one of the top Cricketers of the Century back in 2000 and in 2002, he was also elected as one of the best ODI batsman alongside the honor of being the third greatest Test batsman of all time.

It was in 1974 in a Test match when Richards market his debit by giving in a challenging score followed with a victorious 192 in the second test match of the same series. He scored 8,540 runs in a total of 121 Test innings averaging 50.23 and included 24 centuries. During the World Series Cricket held during 1977-79, he also scored an impressive 5 centuries. Having made a score from only 56 balls during the 1986 tour against England, Richards won the title of ‘Scorer of the Fastest-Ever Test Century’. His achievement in the Cricket World Cup of 1975 was quite a memorable experience which followed with any superb feat in the following World Cup of 1979 wherein Richards made a century in the final.

Throughout his career, 1976 turned out to be the finest year as he was able to score 1,719 runs at an average of 90! Additionally, he made 7 centuries during the 11 Tests he was a part of. Richards savored the honor of captaining the West Indian team from 1984 to 1991, leading in 50 Test innings. He was the only West Indian captain who never lost any Test series. He played his entire career without any helmet on and was always ready to strike back!

Today, we affiliate hiss name with the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium: a cricket stadium in North Sound and has been named after him.

 

Greatest cricket player of West Indian cricket team: Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall was one of the finest fast bowlers that the West Indies cricket team had in his history of Test cricket. No wonder his average of Test bowling is 20.94 which is assuredly the best for anyone having taken at least 200 or more wickets. Not just this, Marshall was recognized as a batsman of the lower-order who was not easy to dismiss, this being proved with his 10 Test fifties and first-class seven centuries.

Marshall passed away in 1999 due to cancer but is still remembered as the greatest fast bowler of the time. He first made his International debut by winning 37 wickets in all the first-class innings, an accomplishment that won him his share in the following World Cup team.  The first light of prominence fell on Marshall in 1980 when he performed a strikingly competitive match in the third Test at Old Trafford. A superb season of 1982 called upon Marshall in his best form and he proved it by winning 134 wickets under 16 each and also gave his career best hit of 8-71 playing against Worcestershire.

In 1984, Marshall had emerged as the most optimum bowlers existing in the world and held his best performances for England. Through the 2^nd innings, he finished with 7-53 even though he had a broken thumb that time, he single handedly batted through the game to contribute to his team’s winning profoundly. His Best Test performance in Test innings was seen in 1988 at Old Trafford with 7-22 while he sealed the series with a total of 35 wickets at 12.65.

This gem passed away at the age of 41 due to cancer while the entire world of cricket grieved over his tragic early demise.

 

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