World Cup champions, Australia, after conceding the all-important Ashes, last month, are all set to take on hosts England in the five match ODI series beginning on Thursday, at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. This series has become all the more important to the visitors since they have now lost both the Test series and the one off T20I game on this tour. These teams, way back in 1971, played the first ever ODI game. Therefore historically, like the Ashes, this series too is important to both sides.
The idea of limited-over cricket was conceived as a remedy to the declining attendance at Test and first-class levels in England during the late 1950s. With the start of the Gillette Cup, a domestic limited (60) over tournament, in 1963, a new era had dawned in popularising the sport to the general public. However, despite this version's popularity during the 1960s, the cricket administrators did not find the need to play it internationally.
The first ever limited-over one-day international came about just by chance, when a hastily arranged match between Australia and England, was played at the MCG on January 5, 1971. On the final scheduled day of the rain aborted Test match, a limited over game was organised by the Australian Cricket Board, to compensate the disappointed public for the loss of cricket. Thus began a new revolution in international cricket, in a match that attracted a crowd of 46000 spectators and produced receipts of A$ 33,000.
The rest is history!
The brief scores of the match are provided below:
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 January 1971
Toss: Australia (fielded)
England 190 (39.4 ov) John Edrich 82, Keith Fletcher 24, Alan Knott 24
Ashley Mallett 3/34, Keith Stackpole 3/40, Grath McKenzie 2/22
Australia 191/5 (34.6 ov) Ian Chappell 60, Doug Walters 41, Bill Lawry 27
Ray Illingworth 3/50, Ken Shuttleworth 1/29, Basil D’Oliveira 1/38
Result: Australia won by 5 wickets (42 balls to spare)
Note: Balls per over: 8
Below is a statistical look at how the pioneering sides have fared against each other in ODIs since that historic match.
Summary of match results
Venue | Mts | Eng | Aus | Tie | Nr | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 57 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1972-2013 |
Australia | 66 | 21 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1971-2015 |
Neutral | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1985-2009 |
Total | 131 | 49 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 1971-2015 |
Result summary in bilateral series in England
Month, Year | Mts | Eng | Aus | Tie | NR | Series won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 1972 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England |
June1977 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England |
August 1980 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | England |
June 1981 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
May-June 1985 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
May 1989 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Drawn |
May 1993 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
May 1997 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | England |
July 2005 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
September 2009 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
June-July 2010 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | England |
June-July 2012 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | England |
September 2013 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
Total | 46 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
Series summary in England: Played 13: England won 6, Australia won 6, drawn 1
Result summary in bilateral series in Australia
Month, Year | Mts | Eng | Aus | Tie | NR | Series won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | England |
1979 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
2011 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
2014 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
Total | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Series summary in Australia: Played 6: England won 1, Australia 5, drawn 0
Result summary in all bilateral series
Venue | Period | Series | Eng | Aus | Drawn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 1972-2013 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Australia | 1971-2014 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Neutral | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1971-2014 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Highest team totals
For England | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
333-6 | 50 ov | Sydney | 2-2-2011 | (Lost) |
320-8 | 50 ov | Birmingham | 22-8-1980 | (Won) |
316-8 | 50 ov | Perth | 24-1-2014 | (Won) |
For Australia | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
342-9 | 50 ov | Melbourne | 14-2-2015 | (Lost) |
334-8 | 49.2 ov | Sydney | 2-2-2011 | (Won) |
318-6 | 50 ov | Perth | 15-12-2002 | (Won) |
Highest in England: 315/7 in 50 ov at Manchester, 8-9-2013 (Won)
Lowest team totals
For England | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
86-10 | 32.4 ov | Manchester | 14-2-2015 | (Lost) |
93-10 | 36.2 ov | Leeds | 2-2-2011 | (Won) |
94-10 | 7-2-1979 | Melbourne | 15-12-2002 | (Won) |
For Australia | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
70-10 | 25.2 ov | Birmingham | 4-6-1977 | (Lost) |
101-10 | 44.5 ov | Melbourne | 24-1-1979 | (Lost) |
109-10 | 27.3 ov | Sydney | 26-1-1983 | (Lost |
Highest individual scores
For Engand | |||
---|---|---|---|
1395 | by Graham Gooch | in 32 mts, 31 inns, ave 46.50 | S/r 61.70 |
1200 | by Eoin Morgan | in 36 mts, 35 inns, ave 40.00 | S/r 89.22 |
1148 | by Ian Bell | in 29 mts, 29 inns, ave 39.59 | S/r 78.95 |
For Australia | |||
---|---|---|---|
1598 | by Ricky Ponting | in 39 mts, 38 inns, ave 48.42 | S/r 84.42 |
1430 | by Michael Clarke | in 44 mts, 39 inns, ave 43.33 | S/r 75.54 |
1302 | by Allan Border | in 43 mts, 42 inns, ave 36.17 | S/r 78.95 |
Best bowling in an innings
For England | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
6/45 | by Chris Woakes | at Brisbane | 30-1-2011 | (Lost) |
5/28 | by Graeme Swann | at Chester-le-Street | 20-9-2009 | (Won) |
5/31 | by Mike Hendrick | at The Oval | 20-8-1980 | (Won) |
For Australia | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
7/20 | by Andy Bichel | at Port Elizabeth | 2-3-2003 | (Won) |
6/14 | by Gary Gilmour | at Leeds | 18-6-1975 | (Won) |
5/18 | by Gary Cosier | at Birmingham | 4-6-1977 | (Lost) |
Leading wicket-takers
For England | |||
---|---|---|---|
38 | by James Anderson | in 32 mts, ave 39.58 | R/o 5.25 |
35 | by Ian Botham | in 33 mts, ave 33.49 | R/o 4.03 |
31 | by Darren Gough | in 23 mts, ave 31.10 | 4-6-1977 |
Most in England: 22 wickets by Darren Gough in 14 mts, ave 27.50, R/o 5.16
For Australia | |||
---|---|---|---|
65 | by Brett Lee | in 37 mts, ave 24.22 | R/o 4.81 |
53 | by Glenn McGrath | in 33 mts, ave 22.96 | R/o 4.13 |
37 | by Steve Waugh | in 41 mts, ave 32.08 | R/o 5.02 |
37 | by Mitchell Johnson | in 25 mts, ave 28.16 | R/o 4.95 |
Most in England: 30 wickets by Brett Lee in 18 mts, ave 26.53, R/o 5.10
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Overall ODI record
For England (1971-2015) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Mts | Won | Lost | Tie | Nr | %win |
Home | 260 | 140 | 105 | 3 | 12 | 53.85 |
Away | 390 | 172 | 204 | 4 | 10 | 44.10 |
Total | 650 | 312 | 309 | 7 | 22 | 48.00 |
For Australia (1971-2015) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Mts | Won | Lost | Tie | Nr | %win |
Home | 415 | 266 | 133 | 3 | 13 | 64.10 |
Away | 442 | 264 | 154 | 6 | 18 | 59.73 |
Total | 857 | 530 | 287 | 9 | 31 | 61.84 |