query: who has won most man of the match awards in odi

pos: Player of the Match awards (cricket) usually awarded to the player whose contribution is seen as the most critical in winning the game. However, there have been many instances when the performance of the losing team's player has earned him the award. In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played, which is then followed by Muttiah Muralitharan with 19 awards. In ODI Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match titles, with 62 awards in 463 matches played. In Twenty20 Internationals, Shahid Afridi top ranked with 11

pos: Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar 1989 to 16 November 2013. Tendulkar has won a record 15 Man of the Series (MoS) and 62 Man of the Match (MoM) awards in ODI Matches. He has won a Man of the Match Award against every one of the ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations). The only teams against whom he has "not" won an ODI Man of the Match award, are the United Arab Emirates (2 matches played), the Netherlands (1 match) and Bermuda (1 match). Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar This page presents some of the notable achievements of Sachin Tendulkar, a former Indian cricketer, universally regarded

pos: Sanath Jayasuriya that time, and now after AB de Villiers 63 ball 150, Shane Watson 93 ball 150, and Luke Ronchi 95 ball 150. Bold ones are World Records. Jayasuriya has influenced for many international awards in his 20 years of cricketing career. He is second only to Sachin Tendulkar by the number of Man of the match awards for ODIs, where Tendulkar has 62 Man of the Match awards, and Jayasuriya has 47 of them. He also has 11 ODI Man of the Series awards. Besides ODI awards, he has 4 Test Man of the Match awards and single Test Man

pos: Sourav Ganguly Same year, Ganguly scored his maiden ODI century by hitting 113, opposed to Sri Lanka's team total of 238. Later that year, he won four consecutive man of the match awards, in the Sahara Cup with Pakistan; the second of these was won after he took five wickets for 16 runs off 10 overs, his best bowling in an ODI. After a barren run in Test cricket his form returned at the end of the year with three centuries in four Tests, all against Sri Lanka, and two of these involved stands with Sachin Tendulkar of over 250. During the

pos: Viv Richards In December 2002, he was chosen by "Wisden" as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, as well as the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. His consistent batting ability is highly regarded; he is the first cricketer in ODI history to achieve 20 Man of the Match awards. Overall, Richards scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23, including 24 centuries. As a captain, he won 27 of 50 Test matches and lost only 8. He also scored nearly 7,000 runs in One Day Internationals and more

pos: Player of the match between South Africa vs West Indies, the whole South African team was awarded man of the match In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played. In ODIs, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match titles, with 62 awards in 463 matches played. Tendulkar is followed by Sanath Jayasuriya, who, along with Ricky Ponting, also holds the record for the most Man of the Match titles as captain. In the shortest form of the game, T20 Internationals, this record is held

pos: India national cricket team 12 months and the forms in which they have played. Correct . Key Other players with a central contract who have not played for India in the past 12 months: Karun Nair and Jayant Yadav (both Grade C) The BCCI awards central contracts to its players, its pay graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows: Players also receive a match fee of per Test match, per ODI, and per T20I. † Sachin Tendulkar, who began playing for India as a 16-year-old in 1989 and has since become the most prolific run-scorer in the history

neg: Player of the Match awards (cricket) ODI cricket, when the whole team has been awarded the man of the match by considering the team performance rather than individual performances. In Test cricket, South Africa has been awarded Team man of the match award, in the West Indies tour in 1998/99 season. The match was won by South Africa by 351 runs and whole 11 players awarded the man of the match award. In ODI cricket, New Zealand team has been awarded man of the match award for their team performances to 4 run victory against the West Indies on 3 April 1996. On 1 September 1996,

neg: Player of the Match awards (cricket) players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket. Until 2018, there have been 15 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket. Player of the Match awards (cricket) In sport of cricket, a Man of the Match or Player of the Match and Player of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by

neg: Javagal Srinath test against Australia in Bangalore in March 1998, the match following the one in Kolkata where he was man of the match. He appeared in four of India's five test matches that year. Srinath received his first man-of-the-match awards in ODI and test cricket in 1992, against South Africa in a test match in Cape Town and against Sri Lanka in an ODI in Kanpur. He played 18 ODI matches and taken 34 wickets, for an average of 19.00. Srinath took five wickets in an ODI match twice in 1993, and India won many matches with his help. He played

neg: Wasim Akram the tournament, and Akram was one of the eight players to be sacked by the Pakistan Cricket Board as a result. Akram won 17 Man-of-the-Match awards in 104 Tests. He took four hat-tricks in international cricket—two in ODIs and two in Tests. As a result, he shares the record for most international hat-tricks with Lasith Malinga. He finished with 22 Man-of-the-Match awards in ODIs. In 199 ODI match wins, he took 326 wickets at under 19 apiece with a run rate of 3.70 and took 18 four-wicket hauls. His 257 not-out against Zimbabwe in 1996 is the highest innings by

neg: Dwayne Smith averaging 29.25 with the bat, Smith took part in his most successful ODI series yet, against the touring Bangladesh team. Smith won two-man of the match awards to help the West Indies win the series 3–0. The first was achieved after an innings of 62 not out in the second match at Kingstown followed by an all-round display at St George's where he took 3/24 in addition to scoring 23. Later in the year Smith endured a disastrous tour of England. After a poor performance in the triangular ODI tournament (also involving New Zealand), where he averaged 4.20 with the

neg: Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1982–83 de Mel took five wickets for 68 runs. The series also included a three-match One Day International (ODI) series. The first ODI, at Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar, was won by India by a margin of 78 runs. The man of the match was Dilip Doshi, who four wickets for 44 runs of ten overs. The second ODI was at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. The match was won by India by six wickets, with the Indian player Kris Srikkanth winning the man of the match award after scoring 95 runs. The third and final ODI, held at the Karnataka State

neg: Javagal Srinath of 3/24, New Zealand were all out for 145 in the first innings; India won the test match by eight wickets, with the remaining two matches halted by rain. Srinath took 17 wickets in ODIs, and received his second ODI man-of-the-match awards in Mumbai against New Zealand. He and Venkatesh Prasad opened matches, and Srinath was selected for the World Cup for the second time as a main fast bowler. He was successful in 1996, taking 33 test and 33 ODI wickets. Srinath received his third test man-of-the-match award with 6/21 against South Africa. He was used as a pinch-hitter

neg: Babar Azam the board. Meanwhile, Azam also broke the record of scoring the most runs after the first 25 ODI innings in this match. In the end Pakistan won the match easily. Azam for his match winning knock won the Man of the Match award. He had scores of 13 and 16 in first and third match of the series respectively. Pakistan won the ODI series 2–1. In the Champions Trophy 2017, Azam scored a crucial 46 off 52 balls in the final match against India. Pakistan won the final match by 180 runs and lifted the Champions Trophy. It was Azam's

neg: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997 to be replayed due to bad weather. Sanath Jayasuriya was the most notable player during the tournament. He was selected as player of the series in both the Test series and the ODI series, and won two man of the match awards as well. He was the highest scoring batsman during the Test series, and also took the highest number of wickets for Sri Lanka in the ODI series. The Indian cricket team had arrived in Sri Lanka on 12 July 1997 to participate in the Asia Cup. After that, they stayed on in the country for two Test matches

neg: Aaqib Javed performances in internationals came against India. He took 54 wickets in his 39 ODIs against India at an average of 24.64 – 6.79 runs lower than his career ODI average. Four of his six ODI Man of the Match awards were against India. Aaqib took a hat-trick in an ODI against India on 25 October 1991, aged only 19 years and 81 days. He remains the youngest player to have taken an ODI hat-trick. He was a key member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Previously, Aaqib was the chief coach of the National Cricket

neg: Shahid Afridi broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, reaching his hundred from 37 balls. The eleven sixes he struck also equaled the record for most in an ODI innings. Aged 16 years and 217 days, Afridi became the youngest player to score an ODI century. Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in ODIs, and won by 82 runs; Afridi was named man of the match. The record for fastest century in ODI was broken by New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson on 1 January 2014 who hit 131* runs from 36 balls and is now

neg: Yuvraj Singh the series, he won the back-to-back man of the match awards in the third and fourth ODIs. In the third match, he made 103 from 76 balls, and in the fourth match, he picked 2/34 and scored 48. He scored a total of 237 runs in the series at an average of 47.40 and took 6 wickets with his part-time bowling. On India's tour of the West Indies, Yuvraj hit two fifties in the ODI series. In the second ODI at Kingston, with India needing two runs to win with one wicket in hand and three balls to spare, Yuvraj

neg: Babar Azam Pakistan won the match and series. Azam was selected in the home series against the West Indies. In the first match of the ODI series he scored his maiden century, scoring 120 off 131 balls and winning his first man of the match award. In the second ODI he continued his excellent form, scoring another century, this time much quicker than the previous one, scoring 123 off 126 balls. His century enabled Pakistan to put a total over 330. Pakistan won the match and Babar got his second Man of the Match award. In the third and final ODI of

neg: Amit Mishra of the Bangladesh tour, Mishra played in two ODIs against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a triangular tournament after Harbhajan was rested for the final two round-robin matches. He has been recalled for one day series against Zimbabwe July 2013. He won man of the match award for his 4/47 bowling against Zimbabwe in 3rd ODI played on 28 July 2013. Mishra managed to get most wickets by any bowler in a 5-match series or tournament against Zimbabwe July 2013. The spinner also equalled Indian bowling great Javagal Srinath's world record for the most wickets in a bilateral ODI series

neg: Muttiah Muralitharan took 502 wickets in 356 matches. On 2009, Muralitharan dismissed Yuvraj Singh in his 327th match, the third ODI against India in Colombo to equal Akram's record. He won 13 Man of the Match awards in this form of the game. An aggressive lower order batsman who usually batted at No. 11, Muralitharan was known for his tendency to back away to leg and slog. Sometimes, he could be troublesome for bowlers because of his unorthodox and adventurous ways. Once, in a Test match against England, while playing Alex Tudor, he moved back towards his leg stump trying to hook

neg: Yuvraj Singh in a World Cup match. He took his 100th ODI wicket, with the dismissal of Wesley Barresi in the 2011 World Cup match against the Netherlands. In the 2011 World Cup till he took charge of the chase against defending champions Australia. In recent years, he has added value to the side through his improved left arm orthodox bowling. In the ICC World Cup 2011, he won four Man of the Match awards, which is joint best with Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva in 1996 and South Africa's Lance Klusener in 1999. Yuvraj had respiratory difficulties through 2011 and in

neg: Sanath Jayasuriya of the Series awards. He has 5 T20I Man of the Match awards as well. Sanath Jayasuriya endorses the following products: In May 2012, Jayasuriya signed a contract to participate as a contestant on 5th season of the Indian celebrity dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (; born 30 June 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. Considered one of the greatest One Day International (ODI) players of all time, Jayasuriya is well known for his powerful striking and match winning all-round performances in ODI

neg: Javagal Srinath 1992. He played six test matches and 19 ODIs, and was selected for the 1992 Zimbabwe tour in 1992. Srinath took 3/35 against Zimbabwe (who were all-out for 209), and India won the match by 30 runs. In his third World Cup he had 11 maiden overs, an economy rate of 4.26, and took 11 wickets. Srinath took 13 wickets for 132 runs in a test match against Pakistan (bowling 8/86 and 5/46), and took 44 test wickets and 34 ODI wickets in 1998. He received two test man-of-the-match awards in Kolkata: in March 1998 against Australia, and in February

neg: Kumar Sangakkara victory for England; Sangakarra scored a century in the match, his first against England in nine Tests. Sangakkara was named the man of the series in Test series with Pakistan in 2011/12—his first man of the series award in Test cricket. He made 516 runs in the 3 match series which was won by Pakistan 1–0. On August in 2013, he was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year, wicket keeper-captain of the ICC World XI Test team, and won the ICC People's Choice Award in 2011 ICC Awards. In 2012, he was named one of the Wisden's five Cricketers

neg: Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1998–99 Pakistan, and Mark Waugh (117) for Australia. Shahid Afridi and Glenn McGrath both took 5 wickets. Afridi was playing in his debut Test match. Australia won the ODI series beating Pakistan 3-0. The first match was held at the National Stadium in Karachi on 6 November 1998; Australia won by 86 runs, with Darren Lehmann winning man of the match honours. The second match, held at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on 8 November 1998, Australia won by 5 wickets with Brendon Julian's man of the match winning 3 wicket haul. Australia successfully chased 315 in the third ODI at

neg: Steve Smith (cricketer) final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground marked Steve Smith's 50th Test match, as Australia whitewashed Pakistan 3–0 . Following the victory, he was awarded "Man of the Series" after making a total of 441 runs—the most in the series from both sides. Smith was once again featured in ICC's 2016 Cricket Awards as a 12th man for the ICC Test team of the year. In the ODI Series against Pakistan, Smith experienced mixed results but played a vital role, with Australia later ending up routing Pakistan 4–1. On 19 January 2017, Steve Smith produced his 8th ODI century against

neg: Mustafizur Rahman public. In his first ODI match, Rahman collided with the Indian batsman MS Dhoni on two occasions while Dhoni was taking runs. The incident cost both men to be fined post-match. Mustafizur Rahman became the tenth bowler to take a five-wicket haul on ODI debut. He achieved the records of taking the most wickets (11) as well as the fourth player to be awarded Man of the match in the first two starting ODI matches. Rahman took 13 wickets in a three-match bilateral ODI series, which is the highest as of 2017. He is the first player to win Man

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Vusi Sibanda of 59 from 54 balls against Hong Kong on 8 March 2016, during first match of group B in qualifying round. Zimbabwe won the match by 14 runs and Sibanda won man of the match award as well. Test Debut: vs West Indies, Harare, 2003–2004
 Latest Test: vs New Zealand, Bulawayo, 2011–2012 ODI Debut: vs West Indies, Bulawayo, 2003–2004
 Latest ODI: vs Asia XI, Chennai, 2007 Vusi Sibanda Vusimuzi "Vusi" Sibanda (born 10 October 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played international cricket for the Zimbabwe cricket team in all three formats of the game. He also played for

neg: Mohammad Hafeez West Indies and this resulted in him establishing himself as a regular in the Test, ODI and T20 teams. In 2011 he won an amazing 10 Man-of-the-Match awards in all forms of international cricket and became only the third player (after Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Kallis) to score 1000 runs and take 30 wickets in ODI matches within a calendar year. Against India on 18 March 2012 in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at the 2012 Asia Cup, he scored 105 off 113 balls and was involved in a 224 run partnership with Nasir Jamshed, which is the

neg: Rashid Khan (cricketer) shared the man of the match award. In the ODI series against Ireland, along with Paul Stirling, they became the first pair of bowlers from different teams to each take six wickets in the same ODI. On 9 June, he took his second ODI five-wicket haul, finishing with figures of 7 wickets for 18 runs against the West Indies at Gros Islet. It was the fourth best ODI bowling figures and first by an associate nation cricketer to take 7 wickets. Afghanistan defended its total of 212 runs and won the match by 63 runs, and Khan was adjudged man

neg: Doug Bracewell 2016 due to injuries and drink-driving charges, he was picked for the first match of the ODI series against West Indies as Colin de Grandhomme returns to Zimbabwe on family bereavement leave. In the first ODI against West Indies, he took 4 wickets in that match by restricting them below 250. New Zealand finally won that match by 5 wickets and Bracewell was awarded man of the match for his match winning performance. Doug Bracewell Douglas Andrew John Bracewell (born 28 September 1990) is an international New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Central Districts. He is a right-hand batsman

neg: Virat Kohli third ODI. However, Yuvraj's finger injury recurred leading to him being ruled out indefinitely. Kohli returned to the team in the fourth ODI at Kolkata and scored his first ODI century–107 off 111 balls–sharing a 224-run partnership for the third wicket with Gambhir, who made his personal best score of 150. India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1. The man of the match was awarded to Gambhir who gave the award to Kohli. Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nation ODI tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010, which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches.

neg: Imrul Kayes most runs in a bilateral three match ODI series, just 11 runs shy from current record holder Babar Azam. Bangladesh failed to progress beyond the group stage of the 2011 World Cup; Kayes was Bangladesh's leading run-scorer in the tournament with 188 runs at an average of 37.60. During the tournament, he produced two Man-of-the-Match performances, striking fifties against England and the Netherlands to help Bangladesh to victory on each occasion, though he felt bowler Shafiul Islam deserved the first award instead. With Manjural Islam Rana he became just the second Bangladesh player to win consecutive Man-of-the-Match awards in ODIs.

neg: Chris Woakes in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. His score is the highest ODI score by number eight or lower in ODI history. Finally the match was ended with a tie and Woakes adjudged man of the match. In the second ODI he did not take a wicket but bowled economically as England won by ten wickets. He took 3–34 in the third match of the series, which was eventually abandoned due to rain. He did not take wicket in the fourth match of the series, finishing with figures of 0–65, although England went on to win the game. In the

neg: Virat Kohli for India in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy because of an injury to Yuvraj Singh. In the inconsequential group match against the West Indies, Kohli scored an unbeaten 79 in India's successful chase of 130 and won his first man of the match award. Kohli played as a reserve batsman in the seven-match home ODI series against Australia, appearing in two matches as injury replacement. He found a place in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka in December 2009 and scored 27 and 54 in the first two ODIs before making way for Yuvraj who regained fitness for the

neg: Hashim Amla Razzaq scoring 109 off just 73 balls. In the third ODI Amla scored 119* as the rest of the South African order collapsed around him and the team only managed 228, however South Africa won the match by just two runs courtesy of some superb death bowling yorkers from Rusty Theron. Following these excellent performances in the ODI format Amla was selected in the 12-man Twenty20 squad against India, at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. He was selected in place of opener Loots Bosman. The most significant thing about the match before it started or ended was that it was the

neg: Suranga Lakmal in twentieth over and won the match by 7 wickets. This win gave Lankans their first win after 12 consecutive ODI losses in 2017. Lakmal adjudged man of the match for his match winning bowling performance. During the Bangladesh Tri-series, Lakmal played as the spearhead of Sri Lanka bowling line-up where his counterparts always struggled with injuries. On 25 January 2018 against Bangladesh, Lakmal delivered a match winning bowling performance to dismantle Bangladesh to 82 runs, which is their second lowest against Sri Lanka in all ODIs. Sri Lanka won the match by 10 wickets and Lakmal has awarded man

neg: Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003 shots were possibly caused by tight bowling from Jason Gillespie, who took 1/16 in 10 overs. Bangladesh were bowled out for 142 in the 48th over, with Ian Harvey taking four for 16. Ponting received the man of the match and series awards, as Australia won by 112 runs. According to cricket historian Gideon Haigh, "Almost a quarter of the combined populations of Cairns and Darwin attended the cricket" during the Test and ODI series. Australia's next assignment was a home series against Zimbabwe in October 2003. Australian opener Matthew Hayden scored the then highest Test score of 380 in

neg: Phil Simmons his match-winning spell of 10 overs, 8 maidens, 3 runs, 4 wickets, with an economy of 0.30, against Pakistan. With this, Simmons holds the world record for most economical (conceding less runs) bowling in an ODI among those who completed their maximum quota of overs (10 overs in a 50-over match). In 1993's Sharjah Champions Trophy which included Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Simmons scored 3 half centuries, 2 of them against Sri Lanka, 92 runs off 161 balls and 90 runs off 109 balls and 1 against Pakistan (81 runs off 94 balls). Simmons won player of the series awards

neg: Nathan Astle insistence of Glenn Turner, then coach of New Zealand, Astle was selected for the Test side and started playing as an opener in ODIs. He was again selected for a five match ODI series in India. In the first four matches, he failed to score, but in the final match he recorded his first ODI century scoring 114 off 128 balls. Newzealand won the match and Astle was declared "man of the match", in spite of New Zealand losing the series 3–2. The following year Astle made his Test debut against Zimbabwe at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton. In the ODI

neg: Rahul Dravid form of his career. The tour started with a triangular ODI series involving India, England and Sri Lanka. Dravid continued his keeping job in the series. In the first ODI at Lord's, he effected three dismissals (two catches and a stumping) and then scored an unbeaten 73 guiding India to a six-wicket victory against England in the company of Yuvraj Singh. In the 4th ODI against Sri Lanka, he scored a fifty that won him a man of the match award as India won the match by 4 wickets. India eventually pulled off a remarkable chase to win the tournament

neg: Heinrich Klaasen his ODI debut against India on 7 February 2018. He won his first international man of the match award in his second ODI, in the fourth ODI of the home series against India, with a match-winning 43 runs off 27 balls. In the same month, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad, also for their series against India. He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India on 18 February 2018. On 21 February, Klaasen scored his maiden T20I fifty in the second T20I against India which South Africa won by 6 wickets, he was also

neg: Ben Hilfenhaus the ICC's ranking for Test bowlers for the first time. He was the leading wicket-taker in the series, with 27 at an average of 17.22. An injury to Brett Lee and Hilfenhaus' form in the Test series against India meant the latter was included in the ODI squad for a tri-nation tournament in February. At the time, Hilfenhaus had not played an ODI since 2009. In his first match back in the side he took career best ODI figures of 5/33 against India. This effort won him the Man of the match award. Australia won the tournament and Hilfenhaus played

neg: John Edrich season. His form at this time helped England play 27 consecutive Tests without defeat in 1968–71, and lose only one Test out of 40 in 1966–71. Edrich played in the first-ever One Day International (ODI), on 5 January 1971 against Australia. After the Third Test had been called off due to rain, the umpires called for an unscheduled match, consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Edrich top-scored with 82 runs, thus scoring the first half-century in an ODI, and won the first Man of the Match award in ODI history. The following summer, Surrey won the County Championship for

neg: Chris Harris (cricketer) speed to the boundary, and the deceptiveness of the ball's speed often leaves them attempting to play the ball too early. Harris is currently second in the list of the world record for the most caught and bowled dismissals in ODIs with 29 just after Muttiah Muralitharan who has 35 dismissals in his career. Chris Harris holds the record for scoring the most number of ODI runs when batting at number 7 position(2130) and also he became the first man to score 2000+ ODI runs at number 7 position. Unfortunately, Harris's performance in his 250th match was curtailed by a

neg: Australian cricket team in England in 2018 six wickets and, in the process, won the series with two games to play. England won the ODI series 5–0, the first time that Australia had been whitewashed in a five-match ODI series against England. Twelve wickets taken by Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid each are the most for England spinners in a bilateral ODI series. England also won the one-off T20I match, by 28 runs. Ahead of the tour, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of Australia's ODI squad, and he was replaced by Michael Neser. Ben Stokes was unavailable for the first three ODIs of the series due to

neg: Nepalese cricket team in the Netherlands in 2018 tournament. In July 2018, the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) confirmed the venues for the two matches. Later in the same month, Nepal's Shakti Gauchan announced that he would retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the series. He played in the first match of the series before retiring. The Netherlands won the first ODI by 55 runs, with Michael Rippon named the man of the match. Along with Nepal's starting eleven all making their ODI debuts in the match, five players in the Netherlands' squad also made their debuts in the format. Nepal won the second match by

neg: Liam Plunkett set up in 2010 ODI match against Bangladesh. England won the match by 45 runs, but Plunkett only bowled two overs, conceding 12 runs. He also played in the final ODI against Australia in 2011, taking figures of 2–49 of his ten overs and making 20 from 32 balls, as Australia won the game by 57 runs. On 5 June 2014 Plunkett was recalled for the two-match series against Sri Lanka as part of a 12-man squad. Plunkett was picked based on his good from in the County Championship and played in the first match as an impact bowler, bowling

neg: Kagiso Rabada Tahir as per the ICC ODI bowler rankings and became youngest player (aged 22) to top the ODI rankings since Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998. During the first test of India's tour of South Africa in 2018 at Newlands, Rabada took 3/34 and 2/41 in the first and second innings. Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked Test bowler in the world as per the ICC Test bowler rankings dispacing England bowler James Anderson. In the second test match against Australia, Rabada took 11 wickets for 150 runs ultimately winning man of the match awards. This performance earned

neg: Glenn Maxwell 2-56 and 17, 85 (off 64 balls) and 1-54, In the Shield he made 8 against Queensland, took 0/10 against NSW, 98 and 38 against WA, 0 and 18 against WA, 62 and 26against WA, 79 off 78 balls and 63 against SA. In the one day series against India, Maxwell made 6 in first ODI, 26 runs in second ODI, 96 off 83 balls in third ODI and awarded Man of the Match. and 41 off 20 balls in fourth ODI. Australia won the series 4-1. In February Maxwell toured New Zealand with the one day team for 3-match

neg: Albion Sports Complex between the West Indies and Pakistan in March 1977. Despite Pakistani captain, Asif Iqbal, scored 59 not out and earned the man of the match award, the West Indies won the match by four wickets. The ground hosted an ODI for the last time in April 1985, a match played between the West Indies and New Zealand. The West Indies won the match by 130 runs with Desmond Haynes scoring 145—highest individual innings by any player at the ground. Haynes was the most successful batsman at the ground scoring 328 runs in four matches, with the help of two centuries

neg: Shakib Al Hasan six wickets. Bangladesh progressed to the final of the tournament for the first time where they lost to Pakistan by two runs. Shakib's performance saw him named Player of the Tournament and reclaim the number 1 ODI all-rounder ranking from Australia's Shane Watson. The 2012 Indian Premier League was held in April and May; Shakib played in eight of KKR's 18 matches and won two-man of the match awards as the team won the competition for the first time. In the home series against West Indies in late 2012, he became the 2nd Bangladeshi to both take 100 Test wickets,

neg: Mustafizur Rahman of the Match awards on both Test and ODI debuts. The governing body of cricket, the International Cricket Council, included Rahman on the ICC ODI Team of the Year in 2015, recognizing him as one of the top cricketers of that year. He is the first Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve this and the second to be selected for any ICC team after Shakib Al Hasan. In December 2016, he was named the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year, becoming the first Bangladeshi player to win one of the ICC's annual awards. Rahman was also included as the 12th man in

neg: Yuvraj Singh award for his efforts. In the two-match Test tour of Zimbabwe that followed the tri-series in September, Yuvraj had scores of 12 and 25. In October–November 2005, Yuvraj had a quiet seven-match ODI series at home against Sri Lanka. He managed just 124 runs in six innings at an average of 31 with a top-score of 79*. In November 2005, Yuvraj scored 103 in the first ODI against South Africa at Hyderabad to take India from 35/5 to a respectable total of 249/9, and won the man of the match award although South Africa won the game by five wickets.

neg: Australia national cricket team record by opponent them. Due to more matches against England, they have registered more wins against England, but the best winning percentage of 100 against Zimbabwe, having won all three Tests. In ODI matches, Australia have played against 18 teams; they have played against England most frequently, with a winning percentage of 56.94 in 147 matches. Against the other nations with Test status, Australia has the best record against Ireland and Afghanistan having never lost in a ODI match against them. They have also never lost an ODI match against a non-Test playing nation. The team have competed against 10 countries in T20Is,

neg: R. P. Singh won the man of the match award on his debut after taking 5 wickets in the match. Singh's 4 wicket-haul in the fourth match of the one-day series against Pakistan in 2006, helped India take an unassailable 3–1 lead in the series, and won him the man of the match award. India went on to win the series 4–1. In his first 11 ODI matches, he was awarded the man of the match award 3 times. Singh was favoured to Sreesanth for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy due to his superior economy rate. However, he was unable to maintain his

neg: Chamari Atapattu In the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, Atapattu hit a quick fifty against England women, where the Sri Lanka women won the match. Under her captaincy, Sri Lanka women won the T20I series against Pakistan Women. She is also the only Sri Lankan woman cricketer to score an ODI century, doing this four times in her career. She holds the record for scoring the most number of ODI centuries and fifties for Sri Lanka in women's cricket history. She also holds the record for the highest WODI score for Sri Lanka, with 178 not out. She has the highest ODI

neg: Alastair Cook including six Test series, as well as scoring 766 runs to become England's second highest series scorer behind 906 by Wally Hammond 80 years previous. At the end of the final Test, Cook was presented with both the Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards. Following England's quarter-final departure from the 2011 World Cup, Andrew Strauss resigned the ODI captaincy and Cook was named his successor, despite not having featured in an ODI since leading the side in Bangladesh. In addition to Cook's promotion, seam bowler Stuart Broad was named captain of the Twenty20 side and England

neg: Ian Bradshaw first four games, before taking two wickets as West Indies won the fifth match of the series by five wickets on debut at Beausejour Stadium. Bradshaw ended with five wickets for the series, and his economy rate of 5.50 is still the highest of his career to date. Bradshaw was retained for the three-match series with Bangladesh, winning the Man of the Match award after bowling figures of 10–4–11–2, the most economical of his ODI career, and an unbeaten 12 as West Indies won by one wicket. He ended with five wickets at a bowling average of 9.60 for the

neg: Virat Kohli the first game of the three-match ODI series that followed at Kochi, Kohli made 86 to seal a six-wicket win and won the man of the match. During the match, he also equalled Viv Richards' record of becoming the fastest batsman to make 5,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching the landmark in his 114th innings. He missed out on his third century at Visakhapatnam in the next match, after being dismissed for 99 playing a hook shot off Ravi Rampaul. India lost the match by two wickets, but took the series 2–1 after winning the last match at Kanpur. With

neg: Virat Kohli India won, but India could not progress to the final of the tournament. In July–August 2012, Kohli struck two centuries in the five-match ODI tour of Sri Lanka–106 off 113 balls at Hambantota and 128* off 119 balls at Colombo–winning man of the match in both games. India won the series 4–1 and on account of scoring the most number of runs in the series, Kohli was named player of the series. In the one-off T20I that followed, he scored a 48-ball 68, his first T20I fifty, and won the player of the series award. Kohli scored his second Test

neg: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06 for both of South Africa's innings, won himself Man of The Match. Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06 Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the greatest ODI ever". South Africa v Australia (24 February) This was Australia's second worst loss in their history of One Day internationals. The 5th One Day International cricket match between South Africa and

neg: Rohit Sharma the match for his 68 not out off 75 balls with three fours and a six. In the third ODI played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Sharma scored a matching-winning 86 off 91 balls. Rohit along with Harbhajan Singh got India out of trouble to win the match after they were reduced to 92 for 6. He was widely appraised for his calm and matured performance. Sharma won his first Man of the Series award for excellent batting performance throughout the ODI series. His good form continued as he bagged another Man of the series award against West Indies

neg: Andrew Strauss a five match ODI series (this was due to Bangladesh's participation in the 2010 Asia Cup during June). England won the series, with Strauss making half-centuries in the second and third games. When Bangladesh returned for the ODI series, Strauss scored a half-century in the first game and a career-best 154 in the third, in which he shared a stand of 250 with Jonathan Trott who also made a century. England won the three-match series 2–1, and Strauss was named Player of the Series. In the accompanying ODI Series Strauss made 126 in the 2nd match of a 5 match

neg: Ross Taylor scored his 17th ODI century during the second ODI against South Africa at Hagley Oval. With this, he became the highest ODI century maker for New Zealand, beating 16 ODI centuries by Nathan Astle. In this match, Taylor also became New Zealand's quickest batsman to reach 6000 runs in ODI as well. New Zealand finally won the match by 6 runs. Ross Taylor also became only the sixth player in ODI history to score centuries against all test playing nations and first from New Zealand. Taylor has scored 36 centuries in international cricket. He has scored 17 centuries in Test

neg: 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches ICC matches match referees are required to help officiate a game, but due to the changes in the rules none were appointed for any of the warm-up games. Additionally, Man of the Match awards were not given out and no reserve days were set for these matches. Note: Due to the change in the rules for these matches, the results did not have any effect on the ICC ODI Championship table or the ICC Associate ODI rankings. 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches The 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches were held prior to the 2011 Cricket World Cup, between

neg: Harbhajan Singh Second Test due to injury and then retired after suffering another wound in the next match. As a result, Harbhajan started a new pairing with leg spinner Amit Mishra. In the five-match home ODI series against England, Harbhajan took seven wickets at 30.29 and an economy rate of 5.04 as India won 5–0. He took one wicket in each of the matches, except the third match in Kanpur. In that match, he took 3/31, registered his 200th ODI wicket and was named man-of-the match. During the two Tests, Harbhajan was the equal-leading wicket-taker with eight wickets at 35.00 and he

neg: Aftab Ahmed (Bangladeshi cricketer) two teams, which has led him to bowl ten overs in most Bangladeshi games. His record breaking success earned him a man of the match award in that match against New Zealand. Though he got early success with bowl in hand he still considered him as a batsman who can bowl a bit. He first major success with the bat came in at one of the historical moments of Bangladesh cricket. In the 100th ODI match of Bangladesh, Ahmed scored his maiden fifty which later proved to vital as Bangladesh narrowly beat India by 14 runs in that match. That

neg: Mashrafe Mortaza finished the series with five wickets at an average of 37.00, although Bangladesh lost 2–0. In the following ODI series, Mortaza played an instrumental role in Bangladesh's 16 run defeat of India in the second ODI on 26 December 2004. He was awarded the man of the match for his all-round performance—taking two wickets, two catches and scoring 31 not out. The match was Bangladesh's 100th ODI and Mortaza's first one-day cricket in 15 months. Bangladesh went on to lose the series 2–1. In January 2005 Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh, playing two Tests and five ODIs. Bangladesh won the Test series

neg: Danushka Gunathilaka 2015–16 New Zealand tour due to drug scandal, Gunathilaka was included to the ODI squad for opening position with Tillakaratne Dilshan. His batting ability did not show in the first two ODIs, but in the third ODI, which was his only 4th international match, Gunathilaka scored a fast and dashing 65 runs from 45 balls. The innings included 7 fours and 4 sixes and getting the match away from New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Gunathilaka adjudged man of the match for his performance. During the same tour, he made his Twenty20 International debut for

neg: Yuvraj Singh the fifth and the final ODI at Karachi, Yuvraj, batting at three, hit his sixth ODI century. His innings of 107* which came off 93 balls with 13 boundaries helped India comfortably chase down the target of 287 for the loss of only two wickets. He won the man of the match award for this innings and was also adjudged player of the series. Against England, Yuvraj averaged 21.33 in two Tests in March but proved to be successful with both bat and ball in the ODI series in which he again won the player of the series award. During

neg: South African cricket team in India in 1996–97 by any bowler on debut. Mohammad Azharuddin was named the Man of the Test series after scoring 388 runs at an average of 77.60; Javagal Srinath was the most successful bowler collecting 17 wickets at an average of 20.94. At the end of the tour, South Africa played India in a benefit match for Mohinder Amarnath at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India won the ODI by 74 runs; Tendulkar went on to score 114 and was selected the man of the match. South African cricket team in India in 1996–97 The South African cricket team toured India during the

neg: Virat Kohli which India won 3–2, with a total of 199 runs at an average of 39.80. His best efforts came in the second ODI at Port of Spain where he won the man of the match for his score of 81 which gave India a seven-wicket victory, and the fifth ODI at Kingston where his innings of 94 came in a seven-wicket defeat. Kohli made his Test debut at Kingston in the first match of the Test series that followed. He batted at 5 and was dismissed for 4 and 15 caught behind by Fidel Edwards in both innings. India went

neg: Anthony Martin (cricketer) the World Cup finally brought about his One Day International debut against the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his debut on 25 April 2011 in the second match of the five-match ODI series, at the Beausejour Cricket Grounds at Gros Islet Quarter, Saint Lucia. Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets. The next series against India went very well for Martin. In the 4th ODI, the West Indies defeated the Indians by 103 runs. Anthony Martin was the man of the match for his spectacular performance when he took bowling figures of 4/36 in 10 overs. By the process,

neg: Shaun Marsh runs from 97 balls and winning the Man of the Match award. With the recent retirements of two of Australia's longest-serving ODI opening batsmen in Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, Marsh was able to claim one of the opening batsmen positions for the 2008–09 season. In the South African tour of Australia, Marsh performed well in the opening two ODI matches, top-scoring in both matches and winning the Man of the Match award in the second game. He has scored more than 50 in five of his 10 matches, and scored his first century in the 5th ODI against India

neg: Bandula Warnapura However, Sri Lanka won the first ODI match he captained. He has scored one half-century in ODI cricket. Bandula Warnapura was born on 1 March 1953 in Rambukkana. Malinda Warnapura, who currently plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, is his nephew. He is an old boy of Nalanda College Colombo. Bandula captained Nalanda College Colombo first XI cricket team in 1971. Warnapura has worked as an ICC match referee and an umpire, and is also a certified cricketing coach. He has served as the coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, before he was appointed Director of

neg: English cricket team in Scotland in 2018 their first ever win against England in ODIs. Man of the match, Calum MacLeod, said it was "a massive statement from Scottish cricket", with England's captain, Eoin Morgan, saying "it is huge for Scotland". In December 2018, the win against England won the Scottish team the Inspirational Performance award at the Scottish Sports Awards. Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes were both ruled out of England's squad due to injury and were replaced by Dawid Malan and Tom Curran respectively. English cricket team in Scotland in 2018 The England cricket team toured Scotland to play a One Day International (ODI) at

neg: Canada national cricket team brought in as a specialist wicket keeper in the final 15 man ICC Americas squad declared to participate in West Indies' Nagico Super50 in January 2016. 2018 Division 2: 3rd place International Match Summary – Canada Most ODI runs for Canada Most ODI wickets for Canada ODI record versus other nations Most T20I runs for Canada Most T20I wickets for Canada T20I record versus other nations Canada national cricket team The Canada national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Canada in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Canada, which became an associate member of

neg: Ambati Rayudu matches in the tournament. He played two ODIs on the Bangladesh tour in June 2015 and averaged 22. In the subsequent tour of Zimbabwe, Rayudu scored an unbeaten 124 in the first ODI at Harare and won the man of the match award. He scored 41 in the next match before suffering an injury that ruled him out of the tour. India went on to sweep the series 3–0 and Rayudu was adjudged man of the series. Rayudu married Chennupalli Vidya, a college friend, on 14 February 2009. Rayudu has been involved in confrontations with players and umpires throughout his

neg: Yuvraj Singh four-match ODI series against West Indies, but did not make much of an impact in either game. Despite concerns over his fitness, Yuvraj was selected in the 15-man Indian squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, with the chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar confirming Yuvraj was fit. He featured in the last two matches of the four-ODI series against Sri Lanka in February 2007, and struck an unbeaten 83-ball 95 in the deciding final game at Visakhapatnam. India won the match by seven wickets and the series 2-1. Yuvraj made 47 in India's first match of the World Cup, a

neg: Quinton de Kock century in the same match. This performance awarded him another 'Man of the Match' award while they already won the series beating India by 134 runs. He again broke a century knock of 101 in the 3rd ODI which was later abandoned due to rain, but he became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers. He also became the highest run-getter ever in a three-match bilateral ODI series, breaking the previous record of Martin Guptill. Meanwhile, he was awarded the

neg: West Indian cricket team in India in 1994–95 the West Indies." "Kapil Dev's last ODI for India." "Barrington Browne made his ODI debut for the West Indies." "Brian Lara was the captain of the West Indies instead of Courtney Walsh, who was rested." West Indian cricket team in India in 1994–95 The West Indies national cricket team visited India in 1994 for a 5-match ODI series and followed by a 3-match test series. India won the ODI series 4-1 and the test series was drawn 1-1. The bilateral ODI series was played around the Wills world series 1994-95, a triangular ODI tournament featuring India, West Indies and New

neg: Steven Davies part of the Test squad, Davies was not selected for the ODI squad on the tour. Davies made his ODI debut in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia on 2 October, after regular wicket-keeper Matt Prior fell ill, but only scored 5 runs in a 9-wicket defeat. Davies had to wait nearly a year for his next appearance. After both Prior and Craig Kieswetter were dropped, Davies was given the gloves for the Pakistan ODI series during September 2010. England won the ODI series 3-2, with Davies earning himself a man-of-the-match award in the first game after top-scoring

neg: West Indian cricket team in England in 1976 97 off 96 balls, but West Indies were unable to bat out their overs, scoring 221 all out off 47.5 overs, with the spinners taking most of the wickets. Despite 88 from ODI debutant Derek Randall, the West Indian bowling, particularly Roberts (4-27), again dominated. Further weather interruptions pushed the match into the reserve day, when West Indies won by 36 runs. Richards was again man of the match. Play was impossible on 30 August, but the match began on the reserve day, limited this time to only 32 overs. England again put West Indies in to bat, and Fredericks

neg: Mustafizur Rahman the first match. Bangladesh won the match and Rahman became the tenth bowler in the history of ODIs to take five wickets on debut. In the second ODI, Rahman took another six wickets. This helped him to earn the record of most wickets of any bowler after two ODIs, surpassing the record previously held by Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori. He completed the last ODI with 2 wickets and made history by taking 13 wickets in a three-match ODI series. The following month, Rahman took 5 wickets in three ODIs to help Bangladesh win the series against South Africa by 2–1. He

neg: Tim Paine 16 respectively, before scoring his maiden ODI century in the sixth match of the series at Trent Bridge . Paine was eventually dismissed for 111 from 148 balls, as Australia took a 6–0 series lead. After losing the final ODI in England, Australia won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. In their second group match against India, Paine scored his second half-century (56). However, he struggled for consistency in Australia's remaining matches and finished with 123 runs at an average of 24.60.<ref name="ICC Champions Trophy, 2009/10 / Records / Most runs"></ref> Touring India for a seven match ODI

neg: Stuart Broad 1–0 lead in the ODI series. In the second ODI he took 2–49 but England lost the match by 61 runs. Broad was expensive in the final match of the series, conceding 71 runs for no wickets. He took his first wicket against India in the ODI against them in the second match at Bristol. On 30 August, he took career-best bowling figures of four for 51 as England bowled out India for 212 in the fourth match of the summer's ODI series. Broad also hit an unbeaten 45 to take his first ODI Man of the Match award. The

neg: Azhar Ali second most of any Pakistani in that series. Ali was criticized for his captaincy as well as low personal scoring rate. After the England series there were rumors that Ali might step down as captain of Pakistan ODI team. He quashed all such rumors and vowed to continue as captain of ODI team. PCB and coach Mickey Arthur backed him and he was retained as ODI skipper against West Indies in UAE. After winning the T20 series 3–0 Pakistan won the ODI series as well. Pakistan won the first match by 111 Runs making it the 4th highest winning margin

neg: Stuart Matsikenyeri of only four players in the 2007 World Cup squad to have done so. Included in the 2007 World Cup squad, he is the only remaining member of the 2003 World Cup Zimbabwe squad. Matsikenyeri won man of the match award for the knock of 89, which is his highest ODI score, where he guided his team in to victory against Bangladesh. In 2009,he along with Tatenda Taibu set the record for the highest 6th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIs(188) Currently he has scored 2 Test and 13 ODI half-centuries and a hard-hitting middle order batsman for Zimababwe. Stuart

neg: Thisara Perera won him the Man of the Match as well. In the 4th ODI of the same series, he shocked Pakistan by taking a hat-trick and managing a run-out in his maiden over took the wicket of saajid and became first Sri Lankan to register a hat-trick against Pakistan. Perera also has the record for the highest ODI score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 9 position or lower when he scored unbeaten 80 runs. He was selected in Sri Lanka's Test squad for a series against England. He made his debut in the first Test of the series at

neg: Points system (cricket) for winning the Test match, with two points each if drawn, and two points for winning a limited overs match, and one point each if the match was drawn. Talking about the points system, then England captain Charlotte Edwards said " It preserves Test cricket, which is the most important thing, but equally we get to play the more popular formats which are one day and Twenty20 which the media and the public has a huge demand for." England won the series 12–4 after the test match was drawn, Australia won one ODI and England won two ODIs and all

neg: Afghanistan national cricket team Afghanistan in the last 12 months in at least one List A match (including ODIs), Twenty20 match (including T20Is) or first-class match. International Match Summary – Afghanistan Afghanistan played their first ever test match against India on 14 June 2018 at Bengaluru, India. Test record versus other nations Most Test runs for Afghanistan Most Test wickets for Afghanistan Highest Test score for Afghanistan Best Test bowling figures for Afghanistan ODI record versus other nations Most ODI runs for Afghanistan Most ODI wickets for Afghanistan Highest ODI score for Afghanistan Best ODI bowling figures for Afghanistan T20I record versus other nations

neg: 2006 FIFA World Cup goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals. FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match award to one player in each match. Italy's Andrea Pirlo won the most Man of the Match awards, with three in total. Miroslav Klose, Agustin Delgado, Arjen Robben, Zé Roberto, Alexander Frei, Michael Ballack, and Patrick Vieira each received two awards. The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 23 most impressive players at the 2006 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group. The team was chosen from a shortlist of

neg: Zimbabwean cricket team in South Africa in 1999–2000 a Test and ODI series against Australia who had toured Zimbabwe for the first time. After the single Test match in South Africa the South Africans travelled to Zimbabwe and played a return Test match at Harare South Africa won the Test match and Zimbabwe finished last in the ODI tournament. At the end of the ODI tournament England travelled to Zimbabwe to play four ODIs against Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe team was captained by Alistair Campbell. This was Campbell's last Test as captain of Zimbabwe; he resigned a week after the Test match and was replaced, initially in an interim

neg: Hong Kong national cricket team or Intercontinental Cup match for the Hong Kong national team in the last 12 months (as of November 2016). International Match Summary – Hong Kong Most ODI runs for Hong Kong Most ODI wickets for Hong Kong ODI record versus other nations Most T20I runs for Hong Kong Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong T20I record versus other nations Hong Kong national cricket team The Hong Kong national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong and played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1969. Hong Kong

neg: Peter Moores (cricketer) to the job. England won their final match against Afghanistan by nine wickets. Moores was removed from the England coaching post in 2015, after an ODI against Ireland. Moores remained in charge of England for their tour of West Indies despite the resignation of the man who appointed him, Paul Downton. In the first match of the series, England got off to a good start, posting 399 in the first innings and then bowling the West Indies out for 295. However, they were unable to force a result and the match ended in a draw, with the West Indies saving

neg: Chamara Kapugedera appointed as the vice captain of the ODI squad for the series against India in late July 2017. In the second ODI, Tharanga has been suspended with two ODIs due to slow over rate. With that, Kapugedera was appointed as the captain of ODI team for rest of the two ODIs. He captained third ODI, which is a must win game for series alive. However, he won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision went wrong very quickly, where Sri Lanka only managed to score 218 at the end. India won the match easily and won eighth consecutive

neg: Rahul Dravid end of 1998 calendar year, Dravid regularly found himself in and out of the ODI team. Despite his initial struggle in ODIs, there were quite a few highlights as well. Dravid tasted first success of his ODI career in the 1996 'Friendship' Cup against Pakistan in the tough conditions of Toronto. He emerged as the highest scorer of the series with 220 runs in five matches at an average of 44.00 and a strike rate of 68.53. He won his first ODI Man of the Match award for the 46 runs scored in the low scoring third game of the