Stats: Taylor's maiden ODI century helps England to its 50th win over Australia in ODIs

James Taylor won the Man of the Match award for his fighting century

England defeated Australia in the third match of the ODI series to bring themselves back into contention after losing the first two matches. Here are a few interesting stats which emerged from the encounter at Old Trafford today. 

50 - number of wins for England against Australia in ODIs. Australia have won 79 ODI matches against England.

93 - runs by which England won against Australia today –  the 4th highest margin by runs for England at Old Trafford, Manchester, and 4th highest against Australia in all ODIs. It is their highest win by runs against the Aussies in the last 25 years.

5 - number of boundaries struck by James Taylor in his century, the lowest number of boundaries for an Englishmen in ODIs for 100 plus scores. Previous lowest were 6 boundaries struck by Paul Collingwood, Graeme Hick, Jonathan Trott and David Gower.

101 - runs scored by James Taylor today, his first century and highest individual score in ODIs. His earlier best was 98* against the same opposition at Melbourne in the 2015 World Cup game.

119 - runs scored for 3rd wicket by Eoin Morgan and James Taylor, which is highest against Australia in England for any team surpassing previous best of 108 (Brearly-Gooch). Overall, it is the 4th highest 3rd wicket partnership for England vs Australia.

 

28 - centuries struck by Englishmen in ODIs against Australia including James Taylor’s knock in this match. Overall it was the 128th ODI century by an English batsman.

 

5 - out of 7 matches won by England when Liam Plunkett has taken 3 wickets in a match. The two instances when England did not win were against New Zealand and West Indies, both in 2007.

 

 

4 - Australian wicket-keepers prior to this day to have scored 1000 plus runs in ODIs. Mathew Wade joined this club today. He now has 1025 ODI runs.

6 - number of instances when 299 plus totals have been chased down in an ODI match in England. India is the only team to have done it twice in England including that famous win at Lord’s scripted by Yuvraj and Kaif.

6 - number of instances England have posted 300 or more runs against Australia- their 2nd most against any opposition after New Zealand (7)

300-8 – England's first 300 total at Manchester and the 3rd overall for any team at this ground. England's highest total prior to today at this venue was 295-8 vs Pakistan in 1982. Sri Lanka's 318-7 and Australia's 315-7 are the other two instances of 300-plus totals at Old Trafford.

12 - number of 50 plus scores for Aaron Finch in the last two years, the most for an Australian player, equal with Steve Smith and ahead of George Bailey with 11 half-centuries. 

60 - runs given by Liam Plunkett for his 3 wickets, equalling the most when he took 3 wickets in an ODI match. He has taken 3 wickets on 7 occasions in 33 matches and has never taken more than 3.

1 - instance prior to today when a team has won an ODI chasing 300 plus in an Australia – England match in England. The only instance was when Australia chased 300 at Nottingham. Overall, there are 4 such instances in matches between the two teams, all of which belong to Australia.

1 - number of times England have scored 300 or more runs against Australia in a home ODI before today. Their previous best in the last 35 years was 299 vs Australia at Nottingham in 2009.

79 - runs conceded by Mitchell Starc in today's game, the most expensive figures in his ODI career. He has now conceded 70-plus in ODIs twice with his previous worst figures coming against England back in 2013.