which two teams played the first ever one day international game at Melbourne cricket ground in 1971?
2007-09-12 22:28:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
the first odi match was played between england and australia in 1971 at melbourne...it was a 40 over affair wid each over havin 8 ball each...australia was da winner of da match. and english opener john edrich was da man of da match for his 82...
2007-09-12 22:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Gutsy Indian! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first ODI cricket match was played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971
2007-09-13 08:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia and England played first ODI at MCG on 5 Jan 1971. It was a 40 overs match and australia won by 5 wickets with 42 balls remaining.
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2007-09-13 05:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by sunny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
England vs Australia
2007-09-13 10:39:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia vs England
2007-09-13 06:11:16 · answer #5 · answered by raja a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England vs Australia
2007-09-13 05:37:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia vs England
2007-09-13 05:34:03 · answer #7 · answered by kent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia v England 1970/71 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 January 1971 (40-over match)
Result Australia won by 5 wickets (with 42 balls remaining)
England innings (40 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Boycott c Lawry b Thomson 8 34 37 0 0 21.62
JH Edrich c Walters b Mallett 82 150 119 4 0 68.90
KWR Fletcher c GS Chappell b Mallett 24 60 47 1 0 51.06
BL D'Oliveira run out (IM Chappell/Marsh) 17 20 16 1 0 106.25
JH Hampshire c McKenzie b Mallett 10 13 13 0 0 76.92
MC Cowdrey c Marsh b Stackpole 1 4 5 0 0 20.00
R Illingworth b Stackpole 1 8 7 0 0 14.28
APE Knott b McKenzie 24 33 31 1 0 77.41
JA Snow b Stackpole 2 13 16 0 0 12.50
K Shuttleworth c Redpath b McKenzie 7 21 19 0 0 36.84
P Lever not out 4 7 6 0 0 66.66
Extras (b 1, lb 9) 10
Total (all out; 39.4 overs; 186 mins) 190 (3.60 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets1-21 (Boycott), 2-87 (Fletcher), 3-124 (D'Oliveira), 4-144 (Hampshire), 5-148 (Cowdrey), 6-152 (Illingworth), 7-156 (Edrich), 8-171 (Snow), 9-183 (Shuttleworth), 10-190 (Knott)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McKenzie 7.4 0 22 2 2.20
AL Thomson 8 2 22 1 2.06
AN Connolly 8 0 62 0 5.81
AA Mallett 8 1 34 3 3.18
KR Stackpole 8 0 40 3 3.75
Australia innings (target: 191 runs from 40 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
WM Lawry c Knott b Illingworth 27 51 49 0 0 55.10
KR Stackpole c & b Shuttleworth 13 20 15 2 0 86.66
IM Chappell st Knott b Illingworth 60 132 103 5 1 58.25
KD Walters c Knott b D'Oliveira 41 59 51 6 0 80.39
IR Redpath b Illingworth 12 21 14 1 0 85.71
GS Chappell not out 22 34 29 1 0 75.86
RW Marsh not out 10 24 18 2 0 55.55
Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 1) 6
Total (5 wickets; 34.6 overs; 178 mins) 191 (4.12 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat AA Mallett, GD McKenzie, AN Connolly, AL Thomson
Fall of wickets1-19 (Stackpole), 2-51 (Lawry), 3-117 (Walters), 4-158 (Redpath), 5-165 (IM Chappell)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 8 0 38 0 3.56 (1w)
K Shuttleworth 7 0 29 1 3.10 (1nb)
P Lever 5.6 0 30 0 3.91
R Illingworth 8 1 50 3 4.68
BL D'Oliveira 6 1 38 1 4.75
Balls per over 8
Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia won the one-off match
ODI debuts GS Chappell, IM Chappell, AN Connolly, WM Lawry, GD McKenzie, AA Mallett, RW Marsh, IR Redpath, KR Stackpole, AL Thomson and KD Walters (Australia); G Boycott, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, JH Edrich, KWR Fletcher, JH Hampshire, R Illingworth, APE Knott, P Lever, K Shuttleworth and JA Snow (England)
Player of the match JH Edrich (England)
Umpires TF Brooks and LP Rowan
2007-09-13 06:49:03 · answer #8 · answered by Sattic 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First ODI Australia v England - Jan 5, 1971
result: australia won by 5 wickets
for detailed scorecard, click the link below
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64148.html
2007-09-13 05:46:59 · answer #9 · answered by ranjith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia vs England
Australia win.
2007-09-13 05:37:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋