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Australia v New Zealand, 1st ODI- Smith equals Ponting's mark

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by Soorpil December 04, 2016

164 Steven Smith's score in the first ODI of the Chappell-Hadlee series - thejoint highest by an Australia captain. Ricky Ponting had made 164, against South Africa in the famous ODI atWanderersin 2005-06. George Bailey is the only other Australia captain to score 150 or more; he struck 156 against India in Nagpurin 2013-14.

1 Number of higher scores than Smith's 164 by captains against New Zealand. Sachin Tendulkar scored 186 not out in Hyderabad in 1999-00. Overall, Smith's innings is the fourth highest against New Zealand and second highest for Australia against New Zealand, after Matthew Hayden's 181 not out. Smith's previous highest ODI score was 149 against India at the WACA in January this year.

232 Runs added by Australia for the fifth wicket and below - thesecond mostfor them in ODIs. Australia got 252 runs for the fifth wicket and below inBangalore in 2013-14.

1 Number of higher totals for Australia in home ODIs against New Zealand than 324 in this match. Australia piled up 113 runs in the last 10 overs at the SCG - 58 in four overs between the 43rd and 47th. They had scored 343 for 5at the WACA in 2006-07.

162* The previous highest ODI scoreat the SCG, by AB de Villiers against West Indies in the 2015World Cup. Smith beat that score and finished with 164. The previous highest score by an Australia batsman at SCG was Andrew Symonds' 151 in 2005-06.2Number of Australia captains to score1000-plus ODI runsin a year. Smith became the second during this innings. Ponting was the first to do so in 2003, and he achieved it four times in all - in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Smith is the second playerafter David Warner to score 1000-plus runs in ODIs in 2016.

4 Centuries for Smith as captain - the third most by any Australia captain. Ricky Ponting made 21 and Michael Clarke five. Smith's average of 50.40 as captain is thehighestamong ten Australia captains with 500-plus runs.

78.78 Smith's average in ODIs at home in the last two years - thehighestamong 29 batsmen with 500-plus runs at home in this period. But in ODIs outside Australia, Smith has averaged only 35.63 in 24 innings - the third lowest among 21 batsmen with 750-plus runs.73Runs conceded by Lockie Ferguson in this match - themostby any New Zealand player on ODI debut.Danny Morrisongave 69 against India in the 1987 World Cup.