STATS CORNER – The second quarter final of the 10th World Cup will be played between India and Australia at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on Thursday. India entered quarter-final by finishing second in Group B with nine points while Australia qualified for the last eight by taking third spot in Group A with nine points. This day/night encounter will be the105th between the two teams and 10th in the World Cup. Australia have a good record against India in previous one day internationals played between the two teams. The world champions have won 61 and India 35 in 104 matches between the two. The remaining eight matches could not produce a result.
India have won just two and lost seven in nine matches played against Australia in World Cup. The Australians also have a good record against India in matches played on Indian soil. They have won 23, lost 17 and four were abandoned in 44 matches. It is hard to beat Australia in day/night encounters for India. Australia have won 28 and lost 17 in 49 matches played against India under lights. In the last 10 matches, India have won five while Australia achieved victories in four. The remaining one match was ended with out a result. India defeated Australia by five wickets in the last encounter between the two teams at Visakhapatnam on October 20, 2010.
Highest innings totals:
India 354-7 in 50 overs at Nagpur 28-10-2009
Australia 359-2 in 50 overs at Johannesburg
23-03-2003
359-5 in 50 overs at Sydney 08-02-2004
Lowest innings totals:
India 63 in 25.5 overs at Sydney 08-01-1981
Australia 101 in 37.5 overs at Perth 08-12-1991
Highest match aggregate:
697 runs for 14 wickets in 99.4 overs at Hyderabad 05-11-2009
Lowest match aggregate:
127 runs for 11 wickets in 46.5 overs at
Sydney 08-01-1981
Highest individual scores:
India 175 Sachin Tendulkar at Hyderabad 05-11-2009
Australia 140* Ricky Ponting at Johannesburg
23-03-2003
Best bowling performances:
India 6-27 Murali Kartik at Mumbai 17-10-2007
Australia 6-39 Ken MacLeay at Nottingham 13-06-1983
Highest margins of victory:
India 8 wickets at Melbourne 03-03-1985, 8 wickets at Melbourne 16-01-1986, 118 runs at Chelmsford 20-06-1983, 118 runs at Indore 31-03-2001.
Australia 9 wickets at Sydney 14-01-1992, 9 wickets at Sydney 18-12-1980, 9 wickets at Sydney 8-01-1981, 9 wickets at Centurion 15-02-2003
9 wickets at Vadodara 11-10-2007, 208 runs at Sydney 08-02-2004
Narrowest margins of victory:
India 2 wickets at Bangalore 21-10-1996, 2 wickets at Mumbai 17-10-2007 5 runs at Mohali 03-11-1996. Australia 2 wickets at Sydney 22-01-2004 One run at Chennai 09-10-1987, one run at Brisbane 01-03-1992.
