Monday, January 24, 2005

Lowest totals to include a century

Michael Clarke scored an unbeaten 103 in Australia's total of 167 in the fifth match of VB Series against Pakistan on Sunday. It will be interesting to note that Australia's total is the joint fourth lowest total in ODI history to include a century.

The record in this category belongs to England's Dennis Amiss,who made an unbeaten 100 against New Zealand in side's total of 159-3 at Swansea on July 18,1973. The following table lists the lowest ODI totals to include a century: 
Total (Overs) Countries  Venue         Date  

159-3 (45.3)  Eng v NZ   Swansea   18-07-1973 DL Amiss - 100*

164-2 (39.1)  Aus v NZ   Auckland  11-03-1990 DM Jones - 102*

166-0 (33.5)  SL  v Eng  Colombo   27-03-2001 RS Kaluwitharana-102*

167-3 (44.4)  Pak v NZ   C'church  18-03-1992 Rameez Raja-119*

167-1 (36.2)  Aus v Pak  Sydney    23-01-2005 MJ Clarke - 103*

The lowest allout total to include an individual 100 is 191 by Australia v New Zealand
at Auckland on March 3,2000.DR Martyn remained unbeaten on 116 after opening the innings.No-one else could make even 25.
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