Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Australia vs Srilanka -- Smart Stats


Smart stats

  • Sri Lanka's seven-wicket defeat is only their sixth in 34 home ODIs when they've won the toss and chosen to bat since 2000.
  • Mitchell Johnson's 6 for 31 are his best figures in ODIs, and the fourth-best by an Australian.
  • In 31 ODIs in Asia, Johnson has taken 60 wickets at an average of 20.41. In ODIs outside Asia, he has 98 wickets in 69 matches at 28.
  • Australia won with 71 balls to spare, which is theirsecond-best in Sri Lanka, and their fifth-best in any ODI against Sri Lanka.
  • In 16 ODIs in 2011, Shane Watson has scored 959 runs at 68.50 and a strike rate of 115.26, with two hundreds and seven fifties.
  • The 101-run partnership between Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke is only Australia's third century stand for the third wicket in Sri Lanka.

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