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Statistical Highlights 1st match:

Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, 9-1-2000 (d/n)

Mohandas Menon

• This match was the 1536th in Limited over international (LOI) history.

• This match was Australia's and Pakistan's 444th in LOIs. The maximum played by any country in LOIs.

• This match was the 52nd meeting between the two sides.
• This was the 355th match to be played in Australia and the 42nd to be played at this venue. Australia has played 19 matches while the Pakistanis has played 11 matches at Brisbane.

• This was the 301st World Series Cup match since the first on 27-11-1979.

• Wasim Akram was captaining in his 100th LOI match. He becomes the second Pakistani after Imran Khan (139 matches) and seventh player in LOI history to do so.

• Wasim Akram was appearing in his 36th LOI match against Australia, which makes him the Pakistani with most matches against Australia. Javed Miandad had appeared in 35 matches.

• Steve Waugh appearing in his 35th LOI match became the Australian with maximum matches against Pakistan. Allan Border had appeared in 34 matches.

• Brett Lee became the 140th Australian to appear in LOIs. His brother Shane has appeared in 25 LOI matches for Australia. The Chappells (Ian, Greg and Trevor) and the Waugh twins (Steve and Mark) are the other families to represent Australia in LOIs.

• The wicket of Moin Khan was Shane Warne's 100th wicket in 64 matches in a day-night encounter. He becomes the first bowler in LOI history to do so. Following him is South African Allan Donald with 91 wickets in 50 matches.

• The run-out of Wasim Akram extends his tally of such dismissals to 33 - the maximum by any batsmen in LOIs.

• The unbeaten partnership of 57 runs between Saqlain Mushtaq and Waqar Younis was Pakistan's all-time best in LOIs against any country for the 9th wicket. The pair in fact equals Pakistan's previous best of 57 between Hasan Raza and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura on 22-11-1998. Pakistan's previous best against Australia for this wicket was the 44 runs between Salim Yousuf and Waqar Younis at Sydney on 25-2-1990.

• The partnership was the second highest for the ninth wicket against Australia. The best still remains as 63 runs between West Indians Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner at Sydney on 6-2-1985.

• The top-scorer in the match Saqlain Mushtaq's unbeaten 37 was his highest score in LOIs surpassing the previous highest of 30 not out also against Australia at Melbourne on 16-1-1997.

• His score was also the highest by Pakistani batting at number nine against Australia. The previous best was the 36 by Shoaib Akhtar at Karachi on 6-11-1998. Interestingly, Saqlain's score was the second highest by any batsman in this position against Australia after West Indian Michael Holding's 64 at Perth on 5-2-1984.

• Waqar Younis' unbeaten 23 was also the highest for Pakistan by a number ten batsman against Australia. The previous highest was the 20 not out by Waqar himself at Sydney on 25-2-1990.

• The four dismissals (all catches) by Adam Gilchrist equals the maximum catches taken by an Australian keeper against Pakistan. He joins three other keepers: Rodney Marsh (at Sydney, 25-1-1984), Greg Dyer (at Lahore, 4-11-1987) and Ian Healy (at Sharjah, 4-5-1990).

• Gilchrist became the first Australian keeper to take four dismissal at this venue. Ian Healy (v South Africa, 9-1-1994) and Gilchrist (v England, 10-1-1999) have taken three dismissals at this venue.

• Gilchrist also equals the Australian record for the maximum dismissals by a keeper in a day-night LOI match. Gilchrist has now done this on three occasions.

• Steve Waugh's "duck" was his 15th of his career in his 277th match and 249th innings. He now equals Craig McDermott to become the Australian batsmen with maximum ducks in LOIs.

• Saqlain Mushtaq's bowling analysis of 8-2-12-0 was the most economical by a Pakistani bowler bowling atleast 8 or more overs in a LOI match against Australia. The previous best was Imran Khan's 8-2-13-3 at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay on 23-10-1989 in the Nehru Cup.

• It was the second most economical bowling at this ground after the 9-3-12-1 by Australian Geoff Lawson against Australia on 15-1-1984.

• Abdur Razzaq's 4-23 was the best performance by a Pakistani at this ground. It betters the previous best of 3-27 by Wasim Akram against the West Indies on 7-1-1989.

• It was Abdur Razzaq's third man of the match award of his career in 32 matches.