Smith blazing a trail as Aussie skipper

304 – The target successfully chased down by Australia against England at Blundstone Arena in Hobart on Friday night – their equal-fourth highest successful run chase in one-day internationals and second highest at home. 

Australia have successfully chased targets of 300 or more on seven occasions in 50-over cricket, with four of  those chases coming against England. In ODIs, only India (13) have chased more 300-plus totals with success than Australia.

The win at Hobart also sealed Australia’s berth in the Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series final, which will be played in Perth on February 1.Image Id: ~/media/6C2CBEC76A92487FA8A4A6E19982445F

9 – The number of times a target of 300 or more has been successfully chased against England – the most against any team in ODIs. Next on this list is Australia, who have let teams chase down 300 on seven occasions.

25 – The age of Steve Smith.

Smith became the second youngest player – after Kim Hughes in the 1979 Cricket World Cup - to lead Australia in ODIs and the youngest at home.

The Australia skipper marked his captaincy debut with a match-winning hundred at Hobart, also becoming the youngest Aussie captain to reach three figures in ODIs, breaking Ricky Ponting’s record, who was 27y and 101d when he scored a century against South Africa at Bloemfontein in 2002.Image Id: ~/media/76F84F4344A943AD887E69EECFF5D479

1 – The number of times a player has scored a century in their debut match as captain in both Tests and One Day Internationals.

Steve Smith became the first captain in history to achieve this feat after having scored a ton in his first Test as captain against India in Brisbane. Smith is also only the second Australian – after Michael Hussey – to score a century in his debut innings as captain in ODIs.

5136 – The number of runs Ian Bell has accumulated in ODIs - highest by any batsman from England.

Bell passed 5000 runs en route to his 125-ball 141 at Blundstone Arena and then went on to beat Paul Collingwood’s tally (5092 runs). Among the full member ODI teams, only Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (3977) has fewer runs than Ian Bell to be his country’s leading run-getter.Image Id: ~/media/6345D3185C2A47BEB1913259B3C46CD9

141 – Ian Bell’s 141-run total is the second highest individual innings in ODIs by an English batsman in a losing cause, behind Robin Smith’s unbeaten 167, also against Australia, at Birmingham in 1993. The unwanted world record is 194 not out by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry against Bangladesh in 2009.

5 – The number of centuries scored in ODIs world over in the space of 24 hours. Five centuries were scored on January 23, 2015 including Ian Bell and Steve Smith’s tons at Hobart, as well as three across the Tasman in Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi and Tillakaratne Dilshan in the match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Dunedin.

238 – That average first-innings total in 32 ODIs played at Hobart is the highest for any Australian venue which has hosted at least 20 matches. Next on the list is Adelaide, with an average of 227.

10 – The number of runs conceded by Mitchell Starc in his last spell. He conceded 50 runs in his first seven overs but leaked just ten more across the next three overs, halting the surge of England batsmen who, at one stage, were eyeing a plus-330 total. England were 2-244 after 40 overs but could add only 59 runs in the last ten overs at the expense of six wickets.

79 –The number of consecutive ODIs Cameron White missed between his last two appearances for Australia. The match against England at Hobart was White’s first ODI since playing against Bangladesh in April 2011. His comeback was short-lived however, with White facing just two balls and failing to score a run.