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Follow UsMatthew Short, Marnus Labuschagne, Adam Zampa and Travis Head etched their names in history books as they combined to pick nine of the 10 England wickets to fall in the first ODI of the five-match series at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on September 19 (Thursday).
This was the first instance in ODI history where Australian spinners picked up nine wickets in an innings. They broke the previous record of eight wickets in an innings that was created at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore against Pakistan in 2022.
Most wickets by spinners for Australia in an ODI innings
9/190 vs ENG, Trent Bridge, 2024*
8/126 vs PAK, Gaddafi Stadium, 2022
7/60 vs WI, Guyana National Stadium, 2016
7/68 vs ZIM, Harare Sports Club, 2004
Among themselves, Short, Labuschagne, Zampa and Head bowled 30.4 overs, went for 190 runs and took nine out of the total 10 wickets that fell. England managed to put 315 on the board in 49.4 overs.
It was only the second time that spinners took nine wickets in an ODI game in England. The last time it happened was in 2004 when Pakistani spinners claimed figures of 9/30 as they rolled Kenya over for only 94 at Edgbaston during the ICC Champions Trophy. In that game, Shahid Afridi picked a five-wicket haul.
Most wickets by spinners in an ODI in England
9/30 - PAK vs KEN, Edgbaston, 2004
9/190 - AUS vs ENG, Trent Bridge, 2024*
8/124 - SL vs ENG, Old Trafford, 2002
7/37 - ENG vs IRE, The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground, 2017
However, in this game against England, no Aussie bowler was able to get five wickets. Labuschagne was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/39 in his six overs. Before this game, the part-time leg spinner had two wickets in 52 ODIs at an average of 115.
The 30.4 overs bowled by spinners in this game is also the third-highest number of overs of spin bowling by an Australian team in ODI history.
Most overs of spin for Australia in an ODI
32 vs Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 2022
32 vs Pakistan, Sharjah, 2019
30.4 vs England, Trent Bridge, 2024*
30 vs India, VCA Stadium Jamtha, 2019
30 vs Pakistan, Dubai, 2019
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