England & Australia rivalry by numbers

Mohandas Menon 17:39 02/09/2015
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  • Australia will be looking for revenge in the ODIs after losing the Ashes.

    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

    The first ever ODI was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971.

    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

    Australia celebrate victory in the 1985 bilateral series in England.

    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

    England were dominant in the 2012 series.                                                              

    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

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