Melbourne Cricket Ground

Ground details:

First ODI: Australia v England, 1971
Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Highest Total: 338/6 by Australia against West Indies in 2000-01
Lowest Total: 94 by England against Australia in 1978-79.
Average Runs per Wicket: 27.74
Average Runs per Over: 4.32

Highest Partnership for each wicket:

Wicket	Runs	Batsmen	For	Vs	Season
1st	182	C G Greenidge/D L Haynes	West Indies	Pakistan	1981-82
2nd	225	A C Gilchrist/R T Ponting	Australia	England	2002-03
3rd	139	Imran Khan/Javed Miandad	Pakistan	England	1991-92
3rd	139	J H Kallis/B Dippenaar	South Africa	New Zealand	2001-02
4th	157	R B Kerr/D M Jones	Australia	England	1984-85
5th	159	R T Ponting/ M G Bevan	Australia	Sri Lanka	1995-96
6th	108	A H Jones/S P O'Donnell	Australia	Sri Lanka	1989-90
7th	95	S R Waugh/I A Healy	Australia	England	1990-91
8th	81	M G Bevan/B Lee	Australia	New Zealand	2001-02
9th	48	C E L Ambrose/I R Bishop	West Indies	Australia	1988-89
10th	43	A R C Fraser/P C R Tufnell	England	Australia	1990-91

Most runs:

Batsman	Country	M	Inns	NO	50s	100s	HS	Runs	Avg	Ct/st
Border, A R	Australia	60	55	8	12	0	84*	1516	32.26	30
Ponting, R T	Australia	27	26	3	10	5	123	1341	58.30	10
Jones, D M	Australia	35	34	6	12	0	93	1287	45.96	10
Waugh, S R	Australia	50	45	12	7	1	102*	1155	35.00	20
Boon, D C	Australia	33	31	1	5	1	100	995	33.17	7
Haynes, D L	West Indies	29	29	2	8	1	123*	960	35.56	8
Waugh, M E	Australia	37	35	3	4	1	173	914	28.56	17
Richards, I V A	West Indies	20	19	1	7	2	153*	909	50.50	6
Bevan, M G	Australia	27	23	8	7	1	102*	857	57.13	11
Wood, G M	Australia	21	21	3	4	0	98*	667	37.06	4
Gilchrist, A C	Australia	22	20	2	1	2	154	631	35.06	30/5
Marsh, G R	Australia	23	22	1	4	1	125*	600	28.57	4
Chappell, G S	Australia	18	18	3	4	0	92	584	38.93	5
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	15	15	2	5	0	74	558	42.92	6
Wessels, K C	Australia	15	14	1	5	0	86	530	40.77	6
Richardson, R B	West Indies	21	21	2	3	0	63	470	24.74	2
Greenidge, C G	West Indies	12	12	0	3	1	103	462	38.50	5
Wright, J G	New Zealand	15	15	1	4	0	84	461	32.93	7
Hughes, K J	Australia	24	23	1	5	0	71	454	20.64	5
Taylor, M A	Australia	16	16	0	3	0	81	416	26.00	7

List of Centuries:

Batsman	Country	Vs	Score	Season
Ponting, R T	Australia	Sri Lanka	123	1995-96
Gower, D I	England	New Zealand	122	1982-83
Ponting, R T	Australia	England	119	2002-03
Smith, S B	Australia	New Zealand	117	1982-83
Fleming, S P	New Zealand	Australia	116*	1997-98
Ponting, R T	Australia	India	115	1999-00
Kirsten, G	South Africa	Australia	112*	1993-94
Richards, I V A	West Indies	Australia	106	1983-84
Ponting, R T	Australia	Sri Lanka	106*	2002-03
Greenidge, C G	West Indies	Pakistan	103	1981-82
Edgar, B A	New Zealand	Australia	102*	1980-81
Ramiz Raja	Pakistan	West Indies	102*	1991-92
Waugh, S R	Australia	Sri Lanka	102*	1995-96
Bevan, M G	Australia	New Zealand	102*	2001-02
Gower, D I	England	Australia	101*	1978-79
Boon, D C	Australia	West Indies	100	1991-92
Ponting, R T	Australia	New Zealand	100	1997-98
Ganguly, S C	India	Australia	100	1999-00

Most wickets:

Bowler	For	Ovs	Mdn	Runs	Wkts	4WI	Best	Avg	S/R	Eco
Warne, S K	Australia	257.3	18	1013	44	2	4/19	23.02	35.11	3.94
McDermott, C J	Australia	266.4	20	1097	43	1	4/38	25.51	37.21	4.12
McGrath, G D	Australia	159.3	11	694	32	2	4/25	21.69	29.91	4.36
Taylor, P L	Australia	185	9	699	30	1	4/38	23.30	37.00	3.78
O'Donnell, S P	Australia	159	9	695	27	1	4/36	25.74	35.33	4.37
Ambrose, C E L	West Indies	124.5	21	352	26	2	5/17	13.54	28.81	2.83
Waugh, S R	Australia	231.4	4	943	25	0	3/26	37.72	55.60	4.08
Garner, J	West Indies	150	25	469	25	1	5/31	18.76	36.00	3.13
Waugh, M E	Australia	120	1	529	25	2	5/24	21.16	28.80	4.41
Marshall, M D	West Indies	183.2	17	668	24	1	4/18	27.83	45.83	3.65
Holding, M A	West Indies	161.1	19	550	24	1	4/32	22.92	40.29	3.41
Lawson, G F	Australia	177	23	662	23	0	3/11	28.78	46.17	3.74
Hogg, R M	Australia	151.2	15	619	21	1	4/33	29.48	43.81	4.09
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	135.5	9	510	20	2	5/21	25.50	40.75	3.76
Alderman, T M	Australia	129.5	13	450	20	0	3/29	22.50	38.95	3.47
Lee, B	Australia	90.2	4	400	19	1	5/30	21.05	28.53	4.43
Rackeman, C G	Australia	108.3	19	453	19	1	4/39	23.84	34.26	4.18
Lillee, D K	Australia	120	17	451	19	0	3/19	23.74	37.89	3.76
Kapil Dev	India	108.2	13	334	17	1	4/30	19.65	38.24	3.09
Chappell, G S	Australia	143	12	578	16	0	3/33	36.13	54.00	4.04

5 wickets or more in an innings:

Bowler	For	Vs	Wkts	Season
Agarkar, A B	India	Australia	6/42	2003-04
Ambrose, C E L	West Indies	Australia	5/17	1988-89
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Australia	5/21	1984-85
Waugh, M E	Australia	West Indies	5/24	1992-93
Klusener, L	South Africa	Australia	5/24	1997-98
Ambrose, C E L	West Indies	Australia	5/26	1988-89
Stuart, A M	Australia	Pakistan	5/26	1996-97
Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	West Indies	5/28	1984-85
Lee, B	Australia	England	5/30	2002-03
Garner, J	West Indies	Australia	5/31	1983-84
Ntini, M	South Africa	New Zealand	5/31	2001-02
Lee, S	Australia	Sri Lanka	5/33	1998-99
Snell, R P	South Africa	Australia	5/40	1993-94
Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	Australia	5/53	1983-84

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