The Hindu : Lara's 28th man of the match award

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Tuesday, Feb 11, 2003

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Lara's 28th man of the match award

By Mohandas Menon

** Lance Klusener was appearing in his 150th match since his ODI debut in January 1996. He became the seventh South African and the 69th player in history to reach this landmark.

** The 102-run partnership was West Indies' best against South Africa in the World Cup for the third wicket. The previous best was the 30-run stand put on by Lara and Richie Richardson at Karachi on 11-3-1996.

** The Lara-Chanderpaul partnership was the only second 100-plus stand for the third wicket at this venue. The best is still the 123-run stand between Australians Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh against the home team on 6-4-1994.

** This was Lara's third hundred (116 in 134 balls) against South Africa, and equals the tally of three hundreds each by Indians Tendulkar and Ganguly, the most number of three figure scores against South Africans in ODIs.

** Lara became the first batsman to score two hundreds against South Africa in the WC. The last West Indian to score a WC hundred was Brian Lara (111) also against South Africa at Karachi in 1996. The only other batsmen to score single hundreds against South Africa in WC are: 111 by Pakistani Aamir Sohail at Karachi on 29-2-1996 and 120 (not out) by Australian Steve Waugh at Leeds on 13-6-1999.

** Lara's 116 was the only fourth hundred to be made at this ground. The only other visiting batsman to score one was New Zealand's Roger Twose (103) on 4-11-2000.

** This was Lara's second consecutive century. Prior to this he made 111 (in 120 balls) against Kenya at SSC, Colombo on 17-9-2002 in the ICC Trophy.

** Ricardo Powell's unbeaten 40 in 18 balls (S/r: 222.22) was the quickest in the history of the WC among batsmen who have scored at least 40 runs in a match. The unbeaten 56 in 29 balls (S/r: 193.10) by Australian Tom Moody against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street in the 1999 WC was the record so far.

** The unbeaten partnership of 63 between Powell and Sarwan was the best for the West Indies against South Africa for the sixth wicket. The best so far was the 61 between Lara and Ridley Jacobs at Bridgetown on 9-5-2001.

** West Indies' 278-5 was the highest ever total recorded by any team against South Africa in the WC. The previous best was the 272-5 (in 49.4 overs) by Australia at Leeds on 13-6-1999. This was also West Indies' second highest total in a 50-over match in the WC. The highest still is the 360-4 it made against Sri Lanka at Karachi in the 1987 edition on 13-10-1987.

** Playing in his 75th match, Merv Dillon became the 11th West Indian to claim 100 ODI wickets when he claimed the wicket of Hershelle Gibbs. Dillon also became the 61st bowler in ODI history to reach this landmark.

** The wicket of Boeta Dippenaar was Carl Hooper's 150th in 165 away ODIs. Interestingly Hooper only has 41 wickets in 57 matches at home. He became the third West Indian after Courtney Walsh (181 wickets) and Curtly Ambrose (160) to reach this landmark.

** Mark Boucher's 49 was the highest score by a South African keeper in a WC. The previous best was the 34 made by Boucher himself against India at Hove on 15-5-1999.

** The man of the match award was Brian Lara's 28th of his career in 204 matches. The award was also his 4th in 20 WC matches.

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