Stats highlights from the second ODI between England and Australia, at Lord’s
Shiva Jayaraman05-Sep-2015206.45 Mitchell Marsh’s strike rate in his innings of 64 – the second-best strike rate by any batsman to score at least 50 runs in an ODI in England. Craig McMillan’s strike rate of 237.03 in his 27-ball 64 against USA in the 2004 Champions Trophy is the best. This was also the second-highest strike rate in an ODI innings of 50 or more runs by an Australia batsman against England. James Faulkner had struck at 208.33 in his unbeaten innings of 50 in a tri-series final in Perth earlier this year, which is the highest.15.71 Scoring rate of the stand between Morgan and Plunkett – the highest for a partnership of at least 50 runs against Australia in ODIs. This was also the third best run-rate in a fifty-plus partnership by England.1951 Last time an England batsman was out obstructing the field in international cricket before Ben Stokes in this match. Len Hutton was given out obstructing the field in the second innings against South Africa at The Oval. Overall, this is only the seventh time a batsman has been dismissed in this manner in international cricket.12 Number of sixes hit in this match – the most hit in an ODI at Lord’s. The previous highest was the 11 sixes hit in an ODI between the hosts and West Indies in 2004.8 Sixes conceded by England in this match – equal second highest that they have conceded in an ODI against Australia. The most sixes they have conceded to Australia was at the MCG in 2002-03 when they conceded nine.5 Sixes conceded by Moeen Ali in this match – equal third highest conceded by an England bowler in ODIs since 2001. New Zealand had hit seven sixes off Chris Jordan in an ODI at The Oval in June this year, which is the most. Including Ali in this game, four of the top-five instances of an England bowler conceding most sixes in an ODI have come this year.1 Number of times before Australia’s innings in this match that five or more batsmen in their middle-order had made at least 30 runs. The last and the only time this happened was in an ODI against West Indies at the Adelaide Oval in 2004-05.2002 The last and the only time any team made a higher total from 50 or fewer overs in an ODI at Lord’s. On that occasion both the teams – the hosts and India – had made more than the 309 by Australia in this match. This was also only the fifth time a team had posted a total of 300-plus from 50 or fewer overs at this venue in ODIs.8.5 Ali’s economy in this match, his worst in an ODI and the third-most expensive figures by any bowler to bowl five or more overs at Lord’s. He conceded 62 runs from his eight overs in this game, the most he has conceded in an ODI.4/56 Pat Cummins’ bowling figures in this match – his best in ODIs. His previous best was the 3 for 28 he took on his debut against South Africa in Centurion in 2011.11 Number of fifty-plus scores in just 24 innings by Eoin Morgan while leading England in ODIs – the second most by any batsman in his first 24 ODI innings as England’s captain. Alastair Cook had 12 fifty-plus scores – four hundreds and eight fifties – in his first 24. Morgan has made 1085 runs at an average of 49.31 as England’s ODI captain.3 Fifty-plus stands by England’s ninth wicket in ODIs before the one between Morgan and Liam Plunkett in this match. The last such stand came in 2005, against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, when Kabir Ali and Ian Blackwell added 50 runs. The highest ninth-wicket stand and the only century partnership for that wicket for England also involved Plunkett, when he added exactly 100 runs along with Vikram Solanki against Pakistan in Lahore in 2005.
