Australia vs Kenya, Durban

• Brett Lee became the fourth bowler after India's Chetan Sharma (v New Zealand in 1987), Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq (v Zimbabwe in 1999) and Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas (v Bangladesh in 2003) to claim a hat-trick in the World Cup
• Lee is the third Australian to achieve the feat along with Bruce Reid (v New Zealand at Sydney on 29-1-1996) and Anthony Stuart (v Pakistan at Melbourne on 16-1-1997).
• He is also the third bowler to achieve a hat-trick on South African soil, along with Pakistan's Waqar Younis (v New Zealand at East London on 19-12-1994) and Sri Lanka's Chamida Vaas (v Bangladesh at Pietermaritzburg on 14-2-2003).
• Incidentally Lee's hat-trick was the 17th in LOI history.
• Steve Tikolo's 51 was his first score of over fifty since his 69 against South Africa in the ICC Trophy at Premadasa, Colombo on 20-9-2002. Since then he has appeared in 9 matches and innings without making a fifty, while aggregating 153 runs (avg. 17.00), with a highest of 42 (v Canada at Cape Town on 15-2-2003).
• The partnership of 79 runs between Ravindu Shah and Tikolo was Kenya's best for the fourth wicket against Australia in LOIs. The pair eclipses the previous best stand of 65 runs between Tikolo and Brijal Patel at Nairobi Gymkhana on 5-9-2002.
• The 49 runs stand between Tikolo and Hitesh Modi was Kenya's best for the fifth wicket against Australia in LOIs. The pair obliterates the previous best of 21 runs between Kennedy Obuya and Edward Odumbe at Vizag on 23-2-1996.
• The unbeaten partnership of 30 runs between Modi and Martin Suji was Kenya's best for the ninth wicket against Australia bettering the previous best of 21 runs between Brijal Patel and Tony Suji at Nairobi Gymkhana on 2-9-2002.
• The catch of Tony Suji was Ricky Ponting's 17th in 26 World Cup matches, which makes him the fielder with most catches in World Cup history. He went past the previous record of 16 catches (in 28 matches) by New Zealander Chris Cairns.
• The catch of Collins Obuya was Adam Gilchrist's 31st dismissal in 18
  matches, which makes him the keeper with most dismissal in all World Cups. He goes past the previous record of 30 dismissals (in 20 matches) by Pakistani Moin Khan. Gilchrist now has 32 dismissals (30ct+2st) in the World Cup.
• The match-winning unbeaten partnership of 61 runs between Andrew Symonds and Ian Harvey was Australia's best for the sixth wicket against Kenya. The previous best was the 40 runs put on between Stuart Law and Ian Healy at Vizag on 23-2-1996.
• Left-arm spinner Aasif Karim's bowling figures of 8.2-6-7-3 (R/o: 0.84) was the second most economical by any bowler bowling at least 5 overs in a LOI match against Australia. India's Kapil Dev had figures of 6-2-5-1 (R/o: 0.83) at Perth on 8-12-1991. However, Karim's figures were by far the most economical by any bowler against the Aussies in a World Cup match. South African pace bowler Richard Snell had figures of 9-1-15-0 (R/o: 1.67) at Sydney in the 1992 World Cup.
• This win was Australia's tenth consecutive victory in the World Cup since its World Cup final win against Pakistan on 20-6-1999 at Lord's. This is a new record by any team in World Cup history eclipsing the previous best of nine wins in a row by all-conquering West Indians from 7-6-1975 to 23-6-1979. The team from the Caribbean lost its first World Cup match (by 34 runs) to India at Manchester on 9-6-1983.
• Incidentally, this was Australia's 16th consecutive World Cup match without defeat since 27-5-1999. New Zealand  (on 20-5-1999 at Cardiff) and Pakistan (on 23-5-1999 at Leeds) were the last two teams to defeat the Aussies in a World Cup match. Since then the winning sequence was broken when the team was involved in a game that ended in a tie against South Africa at Birmingham on 17-6-1999.
• Playing in his 33rd LOI match, Aasif Karim received his first man of the match award of his career.
• At 39 years & 90 days, Aasif Karim became the second oldest player in World Cup history to win a man of the match award. UAE off-spinner Shaukat Dukanwala was 50 days younger at 39 years, 40 days when he received his award -- against Holland at Lahore on 1-3-1996.