Shariar Nafees and Mushfiqur Rahim scored 56 and 81 not out in this game respectively providing the 216th and 217th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring fifties in one day games. These knocks provide the 11th and 12th occasion of Bangladesh batsman scoring fifties against Bangladesh.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored 81 not out in this game providing the 15th occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper scoring fifties in one day games. His knock represents his eighth one day fifty and with it he holds the record for most fifties by a Bangladesh wicket keeper in one day games. He went past Khaled Mashud's seven fifties which was the previous record.
Mushfiqur Rahim's 81 not out in this game represent the second fifty by a Bangladesh wicket keeper against Australia. The other occasion was Khaled Mashud's 71 not out at
Canterbury on 30.06.05. Thus Mushfiqur Rahim's 81 not out represent the highest individual score by a Bangladesh wicket keeper against Australia.
SR Watson scored 185 not out in this game providing the 159th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundreds in one day games. His knock represents the highest score by an Australian batsman in one day games. He went past ML Hayden's 181 not out vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07. He became the second Australian batsman to score 180 plus runs in one day games.
SR Watson's 185 not out in this game provide the 12th occasion of a batsman scoring 180 plus runs in the annals of one day games. The complete list read thus – 200* by SR Tendulkar of India vs South Africa at Gwalior on 24.02.10: 194 not out by CK Coventry of Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09: 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97: 189 not out by IVA Richards of West Indies vs England at Manchester on 31.05.84: 189 by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka vs India at Sharjah on 29.10.00: 188 not out by G Kirsten of South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on 16.02.96: 186 not out by SR Tendulkar of India vs New Zealand at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99: 185 not out by SR Watson of Australia vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 11.04.11: 183 not out by MS Dhoni of India vs Sri Lanka at Jaipur on 31.10.05: 183 by SC Ganguly of India vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 26.05.99: 181 not out by ML Hayden of Australia vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.08 and 181 by IVA Richards of West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 13.10.87.
SR Watson with his 185 not out in this game became the second batsman to score 180 plus runs against Bangladesh in one day games, after CK Coventry who had scored 194 not out at Bulwayo on 16.08.09.
SR Watson scored 15 boundary sixes in his knock of 185 not out in this games. His 15 sixes is a record for most sixes in a one day international innings. XM Marshall of West
Indies held the previous record which was 12 sixes in his innings of 157 not out against Canada at King City {NW} on 22.09.08.
SR Watson became the first batsman in one day games to score 150 runs with the help of boundary four and boundary sixes. He now holds the record in this category of statistics. The previous record was held by HH Gibbs who had scored 126 runs {21 fours and 07 sixes} during his knock of 175 against Australia at Johannesburg on 12.03.2006.
SR Watson became the first batsman in the annals of one day games to score 15 boundary fours and 15 boundary sixes. Other batsman to score ten or more boundary fours and ten or more boundary sixes are – MS Dhoni of India {15 fours and 10 sixes} in his 183 not out Vs Sri Lanka at Jaipur on 31.10.05: XM Marshall of West Indies {11 four and 12 sixes} in his 157 not out vs Canada at King City {NW} on 22.08.08: ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {11 fours and 11 sixes} vs Pakistan at Singapore on 02.04.96: BB McCullum of New Zealand {12 fours and 10 sixes} vs Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.08 and ML Hayden of Australia {11 fours and 10 sixes} vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07.
SR Watson's 185 not out represent the eighth occasion of an opening batsman to score 180 plus runs in one day games. The complete list read thus – 200* by SR Tendulkar of India vs South Africa at Gwalior on 24.02.10: 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan vs India at Chennai on 21.05.97: 189 by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka vs India at Sharjah on 29.10.00: 188 not out by G Kirsten of South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi on 16.02.96: 186 not out by SR Tendulkar of India vs New Zealand at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99: 185 not out by SR Watson of Australia vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 11.04.11: 183 by SC Ganguly of India vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 26.05.99 and 181 not out by ML Hayden of Australia vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.08.
His knock represents the highest score by an Australian opening batsman in one day games. He went past ML Hayden's 181 not out vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 20.02.07. He became the second Australian opening batsman to score 180 plus runs in one day games.
SR Watson's 185 not out represent his highest individual score in one day games. It was an improvement over his previous best of 161 not out against England at Melbourne on 16.01.11.
SR Watson's 185 not out in this game provide the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring hundred against Bangladesh. The other occasions are – 103* by A Symonds at Fatullah on 26.04.06: 101 by RT Ponting at Darwin on 08.08.03 and 101 by MJ Clarke at Dhaka on 09.04.01. Thus SR Watson’s 185 in this game represent the highest score by an Australian batsman against Bangladesh in one day games.
SR Watson and RT Ponting added 170 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in this game providing the 303rd occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership in one day games. This stand represents the ninth occasion of a century stand by Australian batsman against Bangladesh.
This stand represents the record three figure partnership by Australian batsmen for any wicket against Bangladesh. The previous best was 140 runs unfinished stand between AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden for the first wicket at Manchester on 25.06.05. This stand also represents the record three figure partnership by Australian batsmen for second wicket against Bangladesh. The previous best was 131 runs unfinished stand between MG Bevan and DR Martyn at Cairns on 03.08.03.
Australia's win by nine wickets in this game represents its sixth win by nine or more wickets margin against Bangladesh.
