Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2016 – Statistical Preview

After losing an ODI series in South Africa and a Test series against the same team at home, the Australians will now be taking on New Zealand in the 3-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. This series is only the 2nd ODI series Australia will be playing at home since their World Cup win in 2015.

New Zealand on the other hand, are coming into the series with a 2-0 win in the Test series against Pakistan at home after losing in both Test and ODI series in India. Here we look at approaching milestones of players from both sides and key stats related to this series.

1 – Number of bilateral ODI series New Zealand has won in Australia. The only series they won was a one-off game in Bushfire Appeal Challenge match, 1983.

1 – Number of ODIs New Zealand has played in Australia since March 2009. The only ODI was the World Cup final against the hosts at MCG in last year.

3 – Number of players in either squad who are yet to make their debut in ODIs. New Zealand’s Todd Astle, Lockie Ferguson and Australia’s Hilton Cartwright are the three. In fact, Fergurson and Cartwright are yet to make their debut in international cricket.

12 – Number of matches Australia have won in Chappell-Hadlee Trophy out of the 26, even New Zealand won the same number of games. 4 ended without a result.

12 – Wickets taken by Tim Southee in ODIs against Australia, the most among the players featuring in this series in Australia-New Zealand ODIs. All his 12 wickets have come in Chappell-Hadlee Trophy games.

22 – Number of international matches in 2016 that Australia have lost, the joint most for them in a calendar year. They lost 22 games in 2009 as well.

40 – Number of innings Martin Guptill has played in internationals against Australia so far. He is yet to score a century against them. Among the top order batsmen (1-5), only Mudassar Nazar (46) and Jonty Rhodes (43) have played more innings against Australia in internationals without a century.

43 – Number of players who have represented Australia in 2016 across all the 3 formats so far. With Pat Cummins set to play in this series, Australia will be equaling Pakistan (2015) and Sri Lanka (2016*) who also used 44 played in internationals in a calendar year. In case if Hilton Cartwright plays in any of the 3 games, they might break the record.

45 – Runs needed for Martin Guptill to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket. He will become the 5th New Zealander to score 5000 ODI runs.

98 – Number of matches Kane Williamson has played in ODI cricket. He will be the 23rd New Zealander to feature in 100 ODIs if he plays in 2 games in this series.

99 – Number of keeping dismissals made by Matthew Wade in ODIs, he needs one more dismissal to become the 5th Australian and 27th player overall to effect 100 dismissals as a keeper.

142 – Wickets taken by Tim Southee in ODI cricket. He needs 8 more wickets to become 7th New Zealand player to take 150 ODI wickets.

485 – Runs scored by Martin Guptill in ODIs against Australia, the most among the players featuring in this series in Australia-New Zealand ODIs. Out of those 485 runs, Guptill has scored 422 runs in Chappell-Hadlee Trophy games.

2009 – Last time Australia hosted Chappell-Hadlee Trophy was in 2009 which ended in a draw after both the teams won 2 games each in the 5-match series with another ending without a result.

Head to Head record in ODIs:

Chappell-Hadlee Trophy records:

Series-wise results:

Team records:

Highest totals:

For Australia – 346/4 (50) at Hamilton, 2007

For New Zealand – 350/9 (49.3) at Hamilton, 2007

(Both of those in same game)

Lowest totals:

For Australia – 105/10 (27.4) at Auckland, 2005

For New Zealand – 148/10 (49.3) at Wellington, 2007

Highest stands:

For Australia – 220 runs by Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke for 5th wicket at Wellington, 2005

For New Zealand – 165 runs by Craig McMillan and Brendon McCullum for 6th wicket at Hamilton, 2007

Individual records:

Most runs:

For Australia – 736 runs by Mike Hussey

For New Zealand – 809 runs by Brendon McCullum

Highest score:

For Australia – 181* by Matthew Hayden at Hamilton, 2007

For New Zealand – 117 by Ross Taylor at Auckland, 2007 and 117 by Craig McMillan at Hamilton, 2007

Most wickets:

For Australia – 26 wickets by Mitchell Johnson

For New Zealand – 22 wickets by Daniel Vettori

Best bowling figures:

For Australia – 6/28 by Mitchell Starc at Auckland, 2011

For New Zealand – 5/23 by Shane Bond at Wellington, 2007