It was the 1734th ODI in the cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta08-Jul-2001It was the 1734th ODI in the cricket history. It was India’s 469th andWest Indies’ 429th match. It was the 66th match between these twosides. The record now reads : West Indies 41,India 23,tied one andabandoned one. Umpires Ian Robinson and Russell Tiffin wereofficiating in their 79th and 32nd match respectively. Saurav Gangulywon toss for the sixth consecutive time. Darren Ganga (71) recordedhis highest ODI score in his 15th match. His previous highest was 66against Zimbabwe at Harare in this series on June 23.Wavell Hinds ,on 9, completed his 1000 runs in his ODI career. He wasplaying his 38th match and 37th innings. Hinds became 18th West Indianand the 146th batsman in ODI history to do so.The 108 run partnership between Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaulwas the second best partnership for the West Indies against India forthe fourth wicket after the 126 between Hooper and Jimmy Adams atJaipur on November 11,1994. However the stand is the best for theWindies against India at a neutral venue. The previous best was the 81between Viv Richards and Gus Logie at Sharjah on November 30,1986.Hooper’s 66 was his highest score as a captain. His previous highestwas 57 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth on January 30,1999.West Indies’ total (290-6) was its second highest against India inODIs. The best still remains as the 333-8 in 45 overs at Jamshedpur onDecember 7,1983.West Indies’ innings included three fifties – Ganga (71),Hooper (66)and Chanderpaul (50) ,which equals the record of maximum individualfifties in a match against India. This was the 24th such occasionagainst India and second for West Indies. The only other instance tookplace at Berbice on March 29,1983 when Viv Richards (64), Foud Bacchus(52) and Jeff Dujon (53*) scoring fifties.Tendulkar was getting dismissed for the 13th time in his career in his273rd match. He last failed to open his account in the match againstNew Zealand at Delhi on November 17,1999 in his 229th match.This was Tendulkar’s fourth duck against West Indies. He now equalsthe tally of four ducks by Arun Lal – the maximum ducks by an Indianbatsman against West Indies.This was the fourth time Tendulkar failed to open his account in thegrand final of a tournament. His other ducks being : v Pakistan atSharjah on October 25,1991 (first ball) in Wills Trophy; v Sri Lankaat Colombo (SSC) on September 17,1994 (2nd ball) in Singer Cup and vWest Indies at Singapore on September 8,1999 (six balls) in Coca ColaCup. Tendulkar is now moving towards recording a dubious distinctionthat is aggregating most ducks in a career for India. With 13 ducks tohis name Tendulkar is now placed jointly second among the Indians withmost ducks on their name. Javagal Srinath heads the table with 14ducks while Tendulkar alongwith Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev have 13ducks to their (dis)credit.The sixth wicket partnership of 101 runs between Reetinder Singh Sodhiand Sameer Dighe was India’s second best for this wicket against WestIndies after the 113 run-partnership between Kapil Dev and RaviShastri at Nagpur on December 8,1987.The partnership was the best everfor the sixth wicket by any team on Zimbabwe soil. The previous bestwas the unbeaten 90 between Graeme Hick and Mark Ealham for Englandagainst the home team at Bulawayo on February 16, 2000.Sodhi (2-31 and 67 runs) recorded his best batting and bowlingperformances in the same match. Interestingly, his previous best allround performance (53* and 2-43) also came in the same match againstZimbabwe at Rajkot on December 14,2000.The unbroken partnership of 65 runs between Dighe and Debasis Mohantywas the best for the ninth wicket for India against the West Indies.The pair bettered the previous best of 29 runs between Chetan Sharmaand Arshad Ayub at Ahmedabad on January 7,1988. The partnership wasalso the best for the ninth wicket on Zimbabwean soil by any teambettering the previous best of 55 runs between the New ZealandersChris Harris and Gavin Larsen at Bulawayo on October 1,1997.Sameer Dighe’s unbeaten 94 was the highest ever individual score by a”genuine” Indian `keeper in ODIs. Stopgap keeper Rahul Dravid hasscores of 145 (v Sri Lanka at Taunton, 26-5-1999) and 103 not out (vWest Indies at Singapore, 8-9-1999). Interestingly the previoushighest by a genuine Indian keeper against West Indies was a paltry 33by Kiran More at Nagpur on December 8,1987.Dighe also bettered hisprevious best of 36*against Australia at Perth on January 30,2000.Dighe’s innings was the second highest by any batsman in all matchesat number seven. Sri Lankan Hassan Tillekeratne (100 v West Indies atSharjah on October 16,1995) heads the following list.
Runs
BF
StRate
Batsman
For
Vs
Venue
Date
100
106
94.34
HP Tillakaratne
SL
WI
Sharjah
16-10-1995
94*
96
97.91
S Dighe
Ind
WI
Harare
07-07-2001
87
64
135.94
N Kapil Dev
Ind
WI
Nagpur
08-12-1987
86
76
113.16
Wasim Akram
Pak
Aus
Melbourne
23-02-1990
86
77
111.69
JR Murray
WI
Eng
The Oval
26-05-1995
83*
91
91.21
AJ Hollioake
Eng
SA
Dhaka
25-10-1998
79
64
123.44
RJ Hadlee
NZ
Eng
Adelaide
29-01-1983
79
92
85.87
RJ Hadlee
NZ
Aus
Auckland
11-03-1990
77
126
61.11
Shahid Mahboob
Pak
SL
Leeds
16-06-1983
76
73
104.11
RL Powell
WI
Ind
Toronto
14-09-1999
75
85
88.24
SM Pollock
SA
Zim
Johannesburg
31-01-1997
75
105
71.43
RR Singh
Ind
Aus
Colombo (SSC)
28-08-1999
75
51
147.06
N Kapil Dev
Ind
NZ
Brisbane
21-12-1980
Corey Collymore (4-49) recorded his best bowling figures in his ninthmatch.His previous best was the 2-29 against South Africa at Port ofSpain on May 12,2001.Leon Garrick became only the second West Indian to take two catches ina match as a substitute. The only other being Keith Arthurton (vEngland at Gwalior on October 27,1989). The total was India’s highestagainst West Indies while batting second. This obliterated theprevious highest of 256 for two in 49.2 overs at Cuttack on November9,1994.It was also only the 17th occasion a side scored 250 plus runsbatting second against West Indies. India’s total was also the thirdhighest by any side against West Indies batting second and stilllosing the match. Sri Lanka had made 329 at Sharjah on October 16,1995and Australia had made 274 at Lord’s in 1975 World Cup final. Thematch aggregate of 564 for the loss of 14 wickets was a new record inIndia-West Indies matches. This bettered the previous highest of 537for 14 at Berbice on March 29,1983. India has not won a tournamentsince November 1998, when it won the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beatingZimbabwe in the final. Since then India has qualified for the final ofa tournament on as many as seven occasions without winning once.Saurav Ganguly has now captained India in five tournaments (consistingof three or more teams) only to lose the final on three occasions.India lost to New Zealand in the final of ICC Knock Out at Nairobi inOctober 2000 and then to Sri Lanka in the final of Sharjah Cup atSharjah in the same month.West Indies was winning a ODI tournament (consisting of three or moreteams) for the 15th time. Interestingly West Indies had lastregistered a tournament win by beating India in the final of Coca ColaChallenge at Singapore in September 1999.At the end of the tournament :West Indies’ overall ODI record: played 429,won 249,lost 167,tied 5and abandoned 8.
India’s overall ODI record: played 469,won 214,lost 234,tied 3 andabandoned 18.
Zimbabwe’s overall ODI record: played 188,won 51,lost 129,tied 4 andabandoned 4.
Carl Hooper’s captaincy record: played 16,won 5,lost 11.
Saurav Ganguly’s captaincy record: played 39,won 21,lost 18.
Grant Flower’s captaincy record: played one,lost one.
Heath Streak’s captaincy record: played 29,won 9,lost 20.
Guy Whittall’s captaincy record: played one ,lost one.