• This was the 2016th match in ODI history.
• Nathan Hauritz was making a comeback into Australian side after about eight months. He last made an appearance against Kenya at Nairobi (Gym) on 05-09-2002 and returned with the figures of four for 39, but was still dropped !
• Ricardo Powell scored 26 runs off 11 balls. He now holds the record of scoring most runs against Australia off exactly 11 balls. England’s Ian Botham had scored 25* at Lord’s in 1989.
• Powell’s scoring rate (236.36) is the third highest in ODI history for a batsman playing exactly 11 balls in an innings. The record is held by India’s Zaheer Khan. The following table has the details :

  Runs  Balls R/100B  Batsman         For  Vs   Venue          Date
  32*   11   290.91   Zaheer Khan     Ind  Zim  Jodhpur        08-12-2000
  29*   11   263.64   Abdur Razzaq    Pak  SL   Tangier        14-08-2002
  26    11   236.36   RL Powell       WI   Aus  Gros Islet     21-05-2003
  25*   11   227.27   IT Botham       Eng  Aus  Lord's         29-05-1989
  25*   11   227.27   S Lee           Aus  Ind  Visakhapatnam  03-04-2001
  23    11   209.09   PAJ DeFreitas   Eng  NZ   Napier         16-03-1988
  23    11   209.09   Wasim Akram     Pak  SL   Colombo SSC    07-08-1994
  23    11   209.09   Ijaz Ahmed      Pak  Aus  Sydney         19-01-2000
  

• Michael Clarke won his maiden Man of the match award in his second match. He had made his debut against England at Adelaide on 19-01-2003.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajneesh Gupta)