Even as ODI cricket has come under serious threat, the ICC is not holding back on the celebrations of its 40th anniversary and the party is open to all.
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ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said:“With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 now less than two months away, excitement and interest in the one-day format of the game will certainly intensify. We know that fans will enjoy having the chance to remember some of the great games and great players that have played in ODI cricket during the past 40 years.”
Cricket fans have been urged to vote for their dream team as well as the best ODI player and best ODI team in terms of performance via the ICC's official website.
Cricket Australia will also mark the 40th anniversary of ODI cricket with a number of events, including a cocktail reception with members of Australia’s first ODI team at Victoria’s Government House, during Melbourne’s Cricket Weekend – which also includes a Twenty20 International – from 14-16 January.
The Australian ODI team from 1971 will also be presented to the crowd during the innings break of the first ODI match of the series between Australia and England at the MCG on Sunday 16 January.
Greatest ODI team of all time
Opening batsmen (2) – Saeed Anwar, Sourav Ganguly, Gordon Greenidge, Matthew Hayden, Sanath Jayasuriya, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn Turner
Middle-order batsmen (3) – Michael Bevan, Martin Crowe, Aravinda de Silva, Inzamam-ul Haq, Brian Lara, Javed Miandad, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards
All-rounder (1) – Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Andrew Flintoff, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock
Wicket-keeper (1) – Mark Boucher, MS Dhoni, Andy Flower Adam Gilchrist, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Moin Khan, Alec Stewart, Kumar Sangakkara,
Fast bowlers (3) – Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Chaminda Vaas, Waqar Younis
Spinner (1) – Shahid Afridi, Carl Hooper, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralidaran, Saqlain Mushtaq, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne, Daniel Vettori
Greatest ODI match of all-time
o West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs at Lord’s, 21 June 1975
o India beat West Indies by 43 runs at Lord’s, 25 June 1983
o Pakistan beat India won by one-wicket at Sharjah, 18 April 1986
o England won by three wickets against Australia at Sydney, 22 January 1987
o Australia won by one-wicket against West Indies at Sydney, 12 January 1996
o Australia tied with South Africa at Edgbaston, 17 June 1999
o Pakistan tied with Sri Lanka, at Sharjah, 15 October 1999
o India beat Pakistan by five runs at Karachi, 13 March 2004
o Bangladesh beat Australia by five wickets at Cardiff, 18 June 2005
o South Africa beat Australia by one-wicket at Johannesburg, 12 March 2006
Key Facts
§ In all ODI cricket so far there have been 1,281,727 runs scored at a cost of 43,501 wickets from 1,639,509 deliveries.
§ There have been 1,103 centuries, 6,299 fifties and 4,481 ducks scored.
§ 1,940 people have played ODI cricket to date.
Fun Facts
· There have never been three individual centuries in the same ODI innings; however, three Australians passed 90 against South Africa at St Kitts in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
· Uniquely five Pakistanis managed to pass fifty in their match against Zimbabwe at Karachi in January 2008.
· The ICC Cricket World Cup 1979 final between England and the West Indies set a record which still stands to this day. Despite Viv Richards’ unbeaten 138 and Collis King’s 86 in support, eight batsmen in the match were dismissed without scoring, a record for all ODI cricket.
· Only three batsmen have ever scored centuries in ODI cricket on their birthdays. First was Vinod Kambli with 100* against England at Jaipur in 1993. Next to achieve the feat was Sachin Tendulkar with 134 against Australia at Sharjah in 1998. Sanath Jayasuriya was the last – with 130 against Bangladesh at Karachi on his 39th birthday in 2008.
· No bowler has ever taken a five-wicket haul in an ODI on their birthday. The closest have been
· Vernon Philander or South Africa and Stuart Broad of England, both of whom managed to take four wickets.
· And finally, with this year’s India v New Zealand match which was played on 10 August, we have now seen One-Day International cricket played on all 366 possible dates in the calendar
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