Top order batsman and former captainRicky Ponting holds several Australian ODI cricket records. Playing between 1995 and 2012, he scored 13,589 runs, making him the only Australian player to score 10,000 ODI runs.[7] He has scored a record 82 half-centuries and 29 centuries.[8][9] As a slip fielder, Ponting has also taken the most catches for Australia with 159.[10] Captaining his side from 2002 until his retirement in 2012, Ponting holds the ODI record for the most matches played as captain with 230[a] and the record for the most matches played for Australia with 374.[11][12]
Fast bowlersGlenn McGrath and Brett Lee share the record for the most ODI wickets taken for Australia with 380.[13] McGrath also holds the record for the best figures taken by an Australian in an ODI match with 7/15 while Lee holds the Australian ODI record for the most five-wicket hauls with nine.[14][15]Adam Gilchrist is Australia's most successful wicket-keeper having taken 470 dismissals and holds the ODI record for the most catches taken as a wicket-keeper with 417.[b][16][17] Gilchrist also holds the Australian record for playing 97 consecutive ODI matches between 1997 and 2001.[18]
Key
The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, ties and no results and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Australia only, and are correct as of December 2022[update].
Key
Symbol
Meaning
†
Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket
*
Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
W/L ratio and win % excluded the matches which ended in No result.
Team wins, losses, ties and no results
As of December 2022[update], Australia has played 975 ODI matches resulting in 592 victories, 340 defeats, 9 ties and 34 no results for an overall winning percentage of 63.39, the third highest winning percentage of ODI playing teams.[19] Australia has played the second-highest number of ODI matches, behind India who have competed in 1,020.[19] Australia has played matches against 18 of the 27 other ODI teams. They have yet to play against the Africa XI, the ACC Asia XI, Bermuda, East Africa, Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates.[20] Australia has never lost a match against Afghanistan, Ireland or any of the ICC Associate Members that they have played.[20]
The lowest innings total scored in ODI cricket came in the third ODI of Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004. Zimbabwe in the first innings was bowled all out for 35 runs.[47] This record was equalled in February 2020 in the final match of the Nepal Tri-Nation Series where the hosts bowled out the United States.[48][49] Australia's lowest total of 70 has been set twice. The first came during the second ODI against England in 1977 and again eight years later during the 1985–86 Australian Tri-Series against New Zealand.[50]
Australia conceded the highest total of 481 against England in 2018. At that time, It was highest One Day International score for any team later it was broken by England once again by scoring 498 against Netherlands in 2022.[51]
A ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher number of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[53]
The group stage of the 1979 World Cup saw England run down the target of 46 runs to defeat Canada by a margin of 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 60-over innings, the largest victory by balls remaining in ODI cricket history.[61] The next largest victory was Sri Lanka's win against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo, where the hosts reached the target of 39 runs with 274 balls to spare.[62] Australia's only ODI match to date against the United States, as of December 2022[update], at the 2004 Champions Trophy, saw the 66-run target achieved by Australia with 253 balls remaining in their innings – the sixth highest overall.[63][64]
Sixty-six ODI matches have been won by a margin of one wicket with Australia having won four of them, the most recent being against England in the second ODI in January 2014 at The Gabba. Set 301 for victory, Australia found themselves at 9/244 with seven overs remaining. However, a man of the match performance from James Faulkner who top scored with 69 not out got Australia home with three balls remaining.[67][68]
Thirty-seven ODI matches have been won on the final ball of the match with Australia having done so on four occasions.[71] The most recent as of December 2022[update], was against Pakistan during the group stage of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Set 206 runs for victory, the winning run was a bye off the bowling of Umar Gul with Nathan Hauritz and Brett Lee at the crease.[72]
The third and final ODI of Sri Lanka's tour of India saw tourists being defeated by 317 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in ODI cricket.[57] Australia's largest defeat by number of runs came during the third ODI against England at Trent Bridge in 2018, losing by margin of 242 runs.[73]
Australia have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on only one occasion – against New Zealand in February 2007. Playing at the Wellington Regional Stadium, Australia was bowled all out for 148 runs in 49.3 overs. In reply, New Zealand reached the target in 27 overs for the loss of no wickets.[73][74][e]
Canada suffered the greatest defeat in ODI cricket during the 1979 World Cup when England run down the target of 46 runs with 277 balls remaining.[64]The Gabba played host to Australia's worst defeat in January 2013 when Sri Lanka scored the 75 runs required for victory with 180 balls remaining.[73][75]
ODI cricket has seen sixty-six matches been decided by a margin of one wicket, with Australia being defeated in seven of them.[68] The most recent was final ODI of the five-match series against England at Old Trafford in June 2018. England run down the modest total of 206 runs with nine balls remaining to secure a 5–0 series victory – the first time that Australia had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series against England.[77][78]
Thirty-seven ODI matches have been lost on the final ball of the match.[71] The first ODI of the 2008–09 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy series at the WACA has been the only occasion where Australia has lost an ODI match with zero balls remaining.[77] Posting 181, New Zealand ran down the total and won by the match with two wickets in hand.[79]
A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[53] As of December 2022[update], there have made 42 matches have ended in a tie in ODI cricket history, with nine involving Australia.[81][77] The most recent match was against the West Indies at the Arnos Vale Stadium in March 2012. The West Indies required one run for victory from the final three deliveries of the bowling of Brett Lee, but when the captain Daren Sammy was run out this left both teams unable to be split with 220 runs each.[82]
There was one match involving Australia when a tie-breaker was used after the scores were level. In the only ODI match played against Pakistan during the 1988–89 tour, both teams finished with 229 runs in the 45-over match. Pakistan was declared winner though due to loss of one fewer wicket.[83][84]
A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[85]
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[117]
The Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate holds the record for the highest ODI average at 67.00. The next two are Indian players Shubman Gill and former captainVirat Kohli, with averages of 61.37 and 58.67 respectively. Australian Michael Bevan has the seventh-best career average in ODI cricket with 53.58.[118]
Last updated: 26 November 2023. Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position
Highest career strike rate
Glenn Maxwell, as of December 2022[update], has the highest ODI career strike rate for Australia with 126.91.[130]
A batsman's strike rate is the average number of runs scored per 100 balls faced.[131]
As of November 2023[update], Andre Russell of the West Indies tops the list of highest strike rates with 130.22. Australia's Glenn Maxwell follows with 126.91 and Jos Buttler of England with rate of 117.30 is third. James Faulkner and Travis Head are the only other Australians with an ODI batting strike rate of above 100. Although, Luke Ronchi achieved a strike rate of 205.40 in his two innings for Australia, before playing 81 matches for New Zealand, finishing his career with a strike rate of 114.50[132]
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.[135]
A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.[137]
On 15 November 2023, Virat Kohli became the first player to score 50 ODI centuries, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's long-held record of 49. Tendulkar and fellow Indian Rohit Sharma have scored the second and third most centuries, with 49 and 31 respectively, whilst Australia's Ricky Ponting is fourth with 30.[g][138]
The 6-match series between India and South Africa in February 2018 saw the touring captain Virat Kohli set the record for the most runs scored in a bilateral ODI series, with 558 runs.[140] Five months later, Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman scored 515 runs on tour during the 5-match series against Zimbabwe.[141]Australia's tour of India in October 2013 saw India's Rohit Sharma score a total of 491 runs and Australian captain George Bailey finish with 478 runs to his name from the 6-match series.[h][144][145]
A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[146]Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has scored the most number of ducks in ODI cricket with 34 ahead of Pakistan's Shahid Afridi with 30. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting leads the list of Australians with 20 followed by Adam Gilchrist who failed score a run in an ODI innings on 19 occasions.[147]
Pakistan's Wasim Akram held the record for the most ODI wickets with 502 until February 2009 when Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan passed Akram's milestone.[149] Muralitharan, who continued to play until 2011, finished with 534 wickets to his name. Pakistan's Waqar Younis is third on the list taking 416 wickets. Glenn McGrath of Australia is seventh on the list with 381 ODI wickets[i] one ahead of his compatriot Brett Lee who finished his career with 380.[151]
Ryan Harris holds the Australian record for the best ODI career bowling average and strike rate, with figures of 18.90 and 23.4, respectively.[171][172]
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
Qualification: 1,000 balls Last updated: 31 December 2022[171]
Best career economy rate
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[146]
West Indian bowler Joel Garner holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. Australia's Max Walker, with a rate of 3.25 runs per over conceded over his 17-match ODI career, is second on the list.[174]
Qualification: 1,000 balls Last updated: 31 December 2022[175]
Best career strike rate
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[146]
Australia's Ryan Harris, who retired with a rate of 23.4, holds the ODI record for lowest strike rate. Fellow Australian Mitchell Starc, is currently seventh on the list, as of November 2023[update], with rate of 26.4 deliveries per wicket.[176]
Pakistani Waqar Younis has taken the most five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket with 13 ahead of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan with 10. Australians Brett Lee and Mitchell Starc, who took 9 five-wicket hauls throughout their career, are equal third with Shahid Afridi of Pakistan.[178]
The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[186]
Most career dismissals
A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[187][188] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[189]
Australia's Adam Gilchrist is second only Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is taking most dismissals in ODI cricket as a designated wicket-keeper, with Sangakkara taking 482 to Gilchrist 472.[j][191]
Adam Gilchrist holds the Australian record for the most wicket-keeping ODI dismissals (470), the Australian record for the most ODI stumpings (54) and the ODI record for the most catches as a wicket-keeper (416).[16][192][17]
Adam Gilchrist has taken the most number of catches as a designated wicket-keeper in ODI cricket with 417.[b] He sits ahead of South Africa's Mark Boucher and Sangakkara on 402 and 383, respectively.[17]
Indian glovemen MS Dhoni with 123 holds the record for the most stumpings in ODI cricket. He is followed by Sangakkara with 99 to his name. Gilchrist is sixth on the list with 55.[k][194]
Adam Gilchrist became the first wicket-keeper to take six dismissals in an ODI innings, setting this record against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground in April 2000. Since then a further nine glovemen have matched this feat on a single occasion with Gilchrist achieving it five more times. Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed was the most recent wicket-keeper to achieve the milestone, taking six dismissals against South Africa during 2015 World Cup.[195]
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[l] A fair catch is defined as a fielder catching the ball, from a legal delivery, fully within the field of play without it bouncing when the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat.[187][188] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[200][201]
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene holds the record for the most catches in ODI cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 218. He is followed former Australian captain Ricky Ponting who secured 160 catches in his ODI career.[m][203]
India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODI matches played with 463, followed by the Sri Lankan pair of Mahela Jayawardene with 448 and Sanath Jayasuriya with 445. Former captain Ricky Ponting is the most capped Australian having represented his country on 374 occasions.[206]
India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most consecutive ODI matches played with 185. Andy Flower of Zimbabwe is second with 172 and South African Hansie Cronje with 162 is third. Adam Gilchrist with 97 consecutive matches is the highest ranked Australian player.[18] Flower's run of 172 matches is the highest from ODI debut with Steve Waugh's 87 consecutive matches also starting since his debut in 1986.[207][208]
Ricky Ponting, who led the Australian cricket team from 2002 to 2012, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in ODI cricket with 230.[a]Stephen Fleming, who skippered New Zealand from 1997 to 2007 is second with 218 matches. India's captain from 2007 to 2018, MS Dhoni, is third on the list with 200. In fifth on 178 is Australia's Allan Border who led the side for ten years from 1985 to 1994.[11]
Pat Cummins, pictured aged 24, is the youngest cricketer to play in an ODI match for Australia at the age of 18.[213]
The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 30 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[214][215] The youngest Australian to play ODI cricket was Pat Cummins who at the age of 18 years and 164 days debuted in the first ODI of the series against South Africa in October 2011 eclipsing the record that Josh Hazlewood had set against England 16 months earlier.[213]
Bob Simpson, pictured aged 21, is both the oldest Australian cricketer to play in an ODI match and the oldest to make his debut for Australia at the age of 42.[216]
The Netherlands' fifth and final match in the 1996 Cricket World Cup saw Nolan Clarke set the record for the oldest player to appear in an ODI match at 47 years and 257 days.[219][221] The oldest Australian cricketer to play in the international format is Bob Simpson. As above, Simpson was called lead the national side for the 1978 West Indies tour. The second ODI following the Test series, was his second and final ODI match where aged 42 years and 68 days he led Australia to victory.[219][216]
In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.
Highest partnerships by wicket
A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.
As of November 2023, Australia only hold the world record for the 8th-wicket partnership, with a 202* stand between Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins against Afghanistan at the 2023 World Cup.[223] The eighth wicket partnership of 119 by the pairing of Paul Reiffel and Shane Warne in 1994 against South Africa was also an ODI wicket partnership record at the time of posting.[224]
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 22 September 2023[227]
Umpiring records
Daryl Harper (pictured) holds the Australian record, alongside Simon Taufel, for the most number of ODI matches umpired with 174.[228]
Most matches umpired
An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.
Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most ODI matches umpired with 219, as of December 2022[update]. Still active, Dar set the record in November 2020 overtaking Rudi Koertzen from South Africa mark of 209.[229] They are followed by New Zealand's Billy Bowden who has officiated in 200. The most experienced Australians are Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel who are equal fifth on the list with each having umpired 174 ODI matches.[230]
^The other teams to have won a ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets are the West Indies (10), New Zealand (9), India (8), South Africa (7), England (6), Sri Lanka (6), Pakistan (4), Afghanistan (1) and Kenya (1).[59]
^The reserve day of 22 March 1993 was used to complete the match due to rain.[69][70]
^The other teams to have lost a ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets are Bangladesh (12), Zimbabwe (9), England (6), Sri Lanka (6), India (5), the West Indies (4), Kenya (3), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (3), South Africa (2), Bermuda (1), East Africa (1) and the Netherlands (1).[59]
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^ ab"Law 5 – The Bat". Marylebone Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022. Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat.
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