ICC Champions Trophy: Match No.3, Group A - Eng vs Aus statistical highlights

The oldest and the most famous rivals of cricket – England and Australia were all set to come face to face in the ICC Champions Trophy before the real championship, the Ashes. The venue was Edgbaston, Birmingham on 8th of June 2013. England won the first part, the toss, and chose to bat first. Once again their dependable skipper Cook and the experienced Bell took them to a good start and then classical Jonathan Trott played his part. But some quick wickets then and Bopara and Bresnan took them to 269/6 in their 50 overs. Australia in reply didn’t start well with Warner walking away soon. Small partnerships between Watson/Hughes and Hughes/Bailey steadied the chase of 270. But with the collapse of their lower middle over couldn’t help them and in the end, they lost the match by 48 runs. Ian Bell was declared the Man of the Match for his 91(115).

English bowlers produced an easy win against their greatest rivals.

Statistical Highlights of this match

# England and Australia were playing 118th ODI between them. Prior to this match, in the 117 games, Australia had won 67 and Eng 46.

# England and Australia had met each other thrice before in Champions Trophy, Australia winning twice and England once.

# This was ODI #3565 and 44th ODI at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

# England were playing their 17th match and Australia their 19th in The ICC Champions Trophy.

# Australia were playing with 3 players sharing the same first name, Mitchell – Johnson, Starc and Marsh.

George Bailey was leading the side after Michael Clarke ruled out due to injury. Scored 55(69) but couldn’t take his team par

# George Bailey is the 3rd captain for Australia in Champions Trophy history. Ponting captained 16 matches, Steve Waugh captained 2 in earlier editions.

England Innings

# Ian Bell and Alastair Cook completed 1000 runs as an opening pair for England in their 24th match opening together. They are the second English pair to do so after Nick Knight/Marcus Trescothick, who added 1567 runs as openers in 43 innings.

# Bell/Cook scored 53 runs for the first wicket which was their 9th 50+ opening partnerships - 2 100s and 7 50s. Only Knight/Trescothick scored more, 12 50+ partnerships.

# Bell and Cook now average 44.04 as an opening pair.

# Ian Bell scored his 27th half century in ODIs and 6th against Australia. Has scored 3 tons too.

# Ian Bell’s 91(115) is his first score in nervous 90s in ODIs.

# Ian Bell’s 91 is the second highest score by any player against Australia in Champions Trophy behind Sachin Tendulkar‘s 141 in 1998 edition.

# Ian Bell is the 12th batsman to have a score of 90s in Champions Trophy and 4th England batsman.

# Edgbaston is Ian Bell’s home ground, he played his 5th ODI here yesterday and scored his second fifty.

Ian Bell scored 91(115) and was the Man of the Match

# Joe Root scored 12 runs in this match. This is his lowest score in his 12 match ODI career. His lowest was 28 runs vs NZ in 2013.

# Ravi Bopara scored 46*(37). It’s his 9th score in 40s in ODIs. He has scored 10 fifties.

# Mitchell Starc conceded 75 runs in his 10 overs. This is his worst performance in ODIs. He had never given more than 51 runs in a match before this.

# Mitchell Starc’s 1/75 is the worst bowling figure by an Aussie bowler in the Champions Trophy. Next worst for Australia is Michael Kasprowicz’s 1/71 vs India at Dhaka in 1998 edition.

# Mitchell Starc’s 75 runs are the second most runs conceded by a Aussie bowler against England in ODIs after Mitchell Johnson‘s 2/80 at Nottingham in 2009.

# England scored 269/6 in 50 overs. This is their highest total vs Australia in Champions Trophy.