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Australia's winning streak

May 26, 2003 22:23 IST

The West Indies ended the winning streak of a Ricky Ponting-led Australia on Sunday, with a 39-run victory in the fifth of the seven match ODI series.

A look at Australia's 21-match winning run and the batting and bowling averages of the players during that period.

Num Date Teams Competition Venue Won by Margin
1 11/01/03 Aus v Eng VB Series Bellerive Aus 7 runs
2 15/01/03 Aus v SL VB Series 'The Gabba' Aus 4 wickets
3 19/01/03 Aus v Eng VB Series Adelaide Aus 4 wickets
4 21/01/03 Aus v SL VB Series MCG Aus 9 wickets
5 23/01/03 Aus v Eng VB Series Sydney (SCG) Aus 10 wickets
6 25/01/03 Aus v Eng VB Series MCG Aus 5 runs
7 11/02/03 Aus v Pak World Cup Wanderers Aus 82 runs
8 15/02/03 Aus v Ind World Cup Centurion Aus 9 wickets
9 20/02/03 Aus v Ned World Cup Potchefstroom Aus 75 runs
10 24/02/03 Zim v Aus World Cup Bulawayo Aus 7 wickets
11 27/02/03 Aus v Nam World Cup Potchefstroom Aus 256 runs
12 02/03/03 Aus v Eng World Cup Port Elizabeth Aus 2 wickets
13 07/03/03 Aus v SL World Cup Centurion Aus 96 runs
14 11/03/03 Aus v NZ World Cup Port Elizabeth Aus 96 runs
15 15/03/03 Aus v Ken World Cup Kingsmead Aus 5 wickets
16 18/03/03 Aus v SL World Cup(S/F) Port Elizabeth Aus 48 runs
17 23/03/03 Aus v Ind World Cup(F) Wanderers Aus 125 runs
18 17/05/03 WI v Aus 1st ODI Kingston Aus 2 runs
19 18/05/03 WI v Aus 2nd ODI Kingston Aus 8 wickets
20 21/05/03 WI v Aus 3rd ODI Gros Islet Aus 25 runs
21 24/05/03 WI v Aus 4th ODI Port-of-Spain Aus 67 runs

Top run getters

Batsman M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 BF SR
RT Ponting 20 18 4 738 140* 52.71 3 3 - 856 86.21
ML Hayden 20 20 3 707 88 41.59 - 4 - 882 80.16
AC Gilchrist 18 18 1 667 99 39.24 - 6 - 648 102.93
DR Martyn 15 12 4 495 101* 61.88 1 5 2 632 78.32
A Symonds 17 11 4 468 143* 66.86 1 3 2 563 83.13
MG Bevan 19 12 6 381 74* 63.50 - 3 1 646 58.98
DS Lehmann 12 10 3 317 56* 45.29 - 3 - 407 77.89
MJ Clarke 3 3 3 169 75* - - 2 - 187 90.37
JP Maher 8 6 1 131 49* 26.20 - - 1 192 68.23
AJ Bichel 15 4 3 128 64 128.00 - 1 - 150 85.33
GB Hogg 20 8 3 127 71* 25.40 - 1 2 154 82.47
IJ Harvey 8 6 3 114 48* 38.00 - - - 116 98.28

Australia's top wicket-takers

Bowler M B Md R W Ave Best 5 4 SR ER
B Lee 18 934 16 694 36 19.28 5/30 2 - 25.94 4.46
GD McGrath 17 834 25 495 29 17.07 7/15 1 1 28.76 3.56
AJ Bichel 15 696 11 438 25 17.52 7/20 1 1 27.84 3.78
GB Hogg 20 946 10 666 25 26.64 3/37 - - 37.84 4.22
IJ Harvey 8 315 3 252 13 19.38 4/58 - 1 24.23 4.80
JN Gillespie 7 342 5 204 13 15.69 3/13 - - 26.31 3.58
BA Williams 5 282 4 178 7 25.43 2/22 - - 40.29 3.79
DS Lehmann 12 228 0 155 6 25.83 2/22 - - 38.00 4.08

Most Consecutive ODI Wins

Wins Team Date
21 Australia Hobart, 11 Jan 2003 to Port of Spain, 24 May 2003
11 West Indies Lord's, 04 Jun 1984 to Perth, 02 Feb 1985
10 Australia Melbourne, 23 Feb 1990 to Sharjah, 02 May 1990
10 Australia Melbourne, 11 Jan 2001 to Melbourne, 09 Feb 2001
10 Pakistan Sharjah, 27 Apr 1990 to Multan, 13 Nov 1990
10 South Africa Johannesburg, 13 Jan 1996 to Rawalpindi, 05 Mar 1996
10 South Africa Benoni, 22 Oct 2000 to Bloemfontein, 14 Jan 2001
10 West Indies Rajkot, 05 Jan 1988 to Georgetown, 30 Mar 1988

Mohandas Menon