In the second ODI at Jaipur on 16th October, between India and Australia, the top five Australian batsmen — Aaron Finch (50), Phil Hughes (83), Shane Watson (59), captain George Bailey (92 not out) and Glen Maxwell (53) —for the first time scored fifties, which is a world record. It’s also only the second occasion of five batsmen scoring fifties in an ODI game. Pakistan’s Nasir Jamshed (61), Younis Khan (79), Mohammad Yousuf (72), Shoaib Malik (63) and Misbah-ul-Haq (55) – batting at positions two to six – had scored fifties against Zimbabwe in an ODI at Karachi on January 21, 2008.
AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN SET NEW ODI RECORD
