da imperador bet： It was the 1712th ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta29-Apr-2001It was the 1712th ODI in cricket history.It was West Indies’ 418th and South Africa’s 223rd match.It was the 19th match between these two sides. The record now reads :South Africa 12, West Indies 7.It was the fourth match between these two sides on West Indies soil.West Indies has won all four.Justin Ontong became 64th player to represent South Africa inODIs,while Leon Garrick became 106th debutant for West Indies. UmpiresSteve Bucknor and Basil Morgan were officiating in their 81st and 13thmatch respectively.Mervyn Dillon was playing his 50th match. He became 30th West Indianand 230th player overall to do so.Carl Hooper was captaining West Indies for the fifth time in hiscareer. He had last captained West Indies against South Africa atBloemfontein on 05-02-1999. Incidentally Hooper had faced defeat inall his previous four matches. The second wicket partnership of 64runs between Gary Kirsten and Jacques Kallis was South Africa’s bestfor this wicket against West Indies. This obliterated the previoushighest of 54 between Mike Rindel and Daryll Cullinan at Dhaka on01-11-1998.Lance Klusener was getting a golden duck (that is, out off the firstball) for the fifth time in his career. His other first balldismissals are : v India at Nairobi on 03-10-1999 and at Sharjah on27-03-2000, v Pakistan at Sharjah on 31-03-2000 and v Sri Lanka atColombo SSC on 11-07-2001.The duck was 11th for Klusener ,which equalled the record of mostducks by a South African in a career. Allan Donald also has 11 ducksfrom 132 matches and 33 innings to his credit.The catch of Neil McKenzie was 100th for Ridley Jacobs in his 73rdmatch. He became second West Indian after Jeff Dujon (183 catches from167 matches) and 12th wicket-keeper overall to complete century ofcatches behind the stumps.The wicket of Chris Gayle was 150th for Allan Donald on `foreign’soil. He became first South African and 11th bowler overall to reachthis milestone. The accompanying table has the details :</ul
Wkts
For
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Ave
Best
SR
RpO
5W
Wasim Akram
371
Pak
251
13242
8320
22.43
5/16
35.69
3.77
4
Waqar Younis
268
Pak
169
8442
6476
24.16
6/26
31.50
4.60
7
Saqlain Mushtaq
197
Pak
113
5863
4145
21.04
5/29
29.76
4.24
4
M Muralitharan
192
SL
127
6955
4683
24.39
7/30
36.22
4.04
4
CA Walsh
181
WI
155
8281
5076
28.04
5/1
45.75
3.68
1
J Srinath
171
Ind
124
6529
4844
28.33
5/23
38.18
4.45
1
WPUJ Vaas
169
SL
128
6374
4501
26.63
5/14
37.72
4.24
1
A Kumble
168
Ind
137
7235
5024
29.90
5/33
43.07
4.17
1
CEL Ambrose
160
WI
124
6602
3788
23.68
5/17
41.26
3.44
4
N Kapil Dev
153
Ind
140
7137
4228
27.63
5/43
46.65
3.55
1
AA Donald
151
SA
84
4368
2924
19.36
6/23
28.93
4.02
2
The catch of Hooper was 50th for Gary Kirsten in his 149th match. Hebecame fourth South Africa (after Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje andDaryll Cullinan) and 43rd fielder overall (excluding wicket-keepers)to do so. Incidentally Kirsten is the slowest among the South Africansto reach this landmark. Cullinan had taken only 112 matches tocomplete his 50 catches, while Rhodes and Cronje did so playing intheir 120th and 133rd match respectively.Just for the record, SriLanka’s Arjuna Ranatunga is the slowest among all players to achievethis milestone having taken as many as 224 matches to do so.It was the third occasion when West Indies won a match off the lastball of the match while batting second. The other occasions beingagainst Pakistan at Karachi on 21-11-1980 and against England at thissame ground on 03-03-1990.West Indies has now played 12 matches at this ground and has won onall but one occasion. West Indies’ only defeat came against Australiaon 26-02-1991.Neil McGarrell was winning his maiden MoM award in his sixth match.