Stats – Head and Warner rewrite ODI records at the MCG

The pair have touched the 1000-run mark together in just 13 innings, a record they now share with Roger Twose and Nathan Astle

Sampath Bandarupalli22-Nov-2022355 for 5 – Australia’s total in the third ODI against England, the first team total of 350-plus runs across the 150 men’s ODIs played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The previous highest was 344 for 8, by ICC World XI against Asia XI in 2005.1 – Australia’s 355 for 5 was also their highest total against England in men’s ODIs. Their previous highest was 342 for 9 during the 2015 World Cup, which was also at the MCG.269 – Partnership runs between David Warner and Travis Head for the first wicket. It was the highest stand for any wicket in ODIs at the MCG and the first double-century stand for the first wicket at this venue. The previous highest ODI stand in Melbourne was 225 between Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist against England in 2002.2 – Number of ODI partnerships of 250-plus runs between Warner and Head. They are only the second pair in ODI cricket with two partnerships of 250-plus runs, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.ESPNcricinfo Ltd1 – Number of ODI partnerships for Australia higher than the 269 between Warner and Head on Tuesday. Warner and Head had set the record with the 284-run opening stand in 2017 against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.2 – The 269-run stand between Warner and Head was also the second-highest for any wicket against England in ODIs. The highest is the 286-run opening stand between Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga in 2006 in Leeds.13 – ODI innings as a pair for Warner and Head for 1000 partnership runs, the joint-quickest to the mark in men’s ODIs. Roger Twose and Nathan Astle also completed 1000 partnership runs in 13 innings.