1st Final, Carlton Series, Australia v West Indies, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1685th ODI in cricket history.

It was Australia's 475th and West Indies' 416th match.

It was the 97th match between these two sides. The record now reads: Australia 42, West Indies 52, tied two and abandoned one.

It was the 17th time these two teams were meeting in the final of a tournament. The record now reads: Australia 4, West Indies 12, tied one.

Umpires Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel officiated in their 43rd and 20th match respectively.

Australia's total (253-9) was the second highest in all ODIs that did not contain an individual fifty with Ian Harvey top scoring with unbeaten 47. The highest total without an individual fifty is Pakistan's 261 for eight against India at Perth on 28-01-2000 with a highest of 44 by Saeed Anwar.

Michael Bevan (23 on 17) became the sixth Australian after Mark Waugh (7934 runs in 229 matches), Steve Waugh (7079 in 305), Allan Border (6524 in 273), Dean Jones (6068 in 164) and David Boon (5964 in 181) and 28th batsman overall to complete 5000 runs in a ODI career. Bevan is the sixth quickest in terms of innings to accomplish this feat. The record is held by Viv Richards. The details:Quickest to complete 5000 ODI runs:
I Batsman M NO Ave Hs 100s 0s Season

114 Richards IVA(WI) 126 20 53.19 189* 8 7 1986-87 118 Lara BC(WI) 120 13 47.62 169 11 5 1997-98 121 Greenidge CG(WI) 122 13 46.30 133* 11 3 1990-91 126 Ganguly SC(Ind) 131 11 43.48 183 10 5 1999-00 128 Jones DM(Aus) 131 24 48.08 145 7 5 1991-92 135 Bevan MG(Aus) 153 47 56.82 108* 5 3 2000-01 137 Kirsten G(SA) 137 14 40.65 188* 9 8 2000-01 138 Saeed Anwar(Pak) 140 14 40.32 194 14 9 1997-98 138 Tendulkar SR(Ind) 141 14 40.32 137 11 7 1996-97 139 Javed Miandad(Pak) 144 32 46.73 119* 6 5 1988-89 141 Haynes DL(WI) 142 18 40.65 148 10 4 1988-89 141 Waugh ME(Aus) 146 12 38.76 130 11 10 1997-98 150 Inzamam-ul-Haq(Pak) 160 22 39.06 137* 5 6 1997-98

West Indian openers Darren Ganga and Ridley Jacobs were dismissed without scoring. This provided the third such instance for West Indies. Sherwin Campbell and Junior Murray at Sydney in 1996-97 against Pakistan and Campbell and Jacobs at Toronto in 1999-00 against India are the other openers to suffer this fate.

The three catches in West Indies' innings takes Adam Gilchrist's tally in WSC matches to 79 -at par with Rodney Marsh. Now only Ian Healy with 122 dismissals from 83 WSC matches is ahead of Gilchrist.

Glenn McGrath has now taken 31 wickets in the 14 finals in which he has appeared for Australia. He now equals India's Anil Kumble's tally of wickets in 'finals'. Now only Pakistan's Wasim Akram with 44 wickets from 32 matches is ahead of McGrath. The accompanying table has the details.Most wickets in 'final' matches:
Bowler Wkts For M B R Ave Best 5W SR RPO

Wasim Akram 44 Pak 32 1727 1084 24.64 4/24 0 39.25 3.77 Anil Kumble 31 Ind 20 970 725 23.39 6/12 1 31.29 4.48 Glen McGrath 31 Aus 14 704 478 15.42 5/49 2 22.71 4.07 Joel Garner 30 WI 14 798 431 14.37 5/31 2 26.60 3.24 Muralitharan 30 SL 17 948 635 21.17 5/34 2 31.60 4.02 Shane Warne 30 Aus 20 1100 750 25.00 4/33 0 36.67 4.09 C Ambrose 28 WI 15 834 486 17.36 5/26 2 29.79 3.50 C McDermott 28 Aus 19 1024 715 25.54 3/36 0 36.57 4.19 Saqlain 27 Pak 17 896 670 24.81 4/53 0 33.19 4.49 Waqar Younis 27 Pak 22 1114 873 32.33 4/43 0 41.26 4.70 V Prasad 25 Ind 20 948 685 27.40 4/23 0 37.92 4.34Note: This table takes into consideration the performances only in finals or grand final of a tournament and not the quarter finals or semifinals etc.

West Indies' total (119) was its third lowest in the final of a tournament. It was bundled out for a paltry 103 in the second final of 1996-97 World Series Cup against Pakistan at Melbourne which remains the lowest ever total by a side in the final match of a tournament.

Ian Harvey won his maiden Man of the Match award.