3000th ODI

A history will be created. England and Australia will be played a One Day International today. It is 3000th ODIs. Andrew Strauss and Ricky Ponting are to be lead the teams. The match will be held at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. Aleem Dar and Ian Gould are umpires. Richard Illingworth is television umpire. Javagal Srinath is match referee. The day/night match will be start on 13.30 GMT.

The first ODI was held at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1971 January 5 between same team. Australia won the match by 5 wickets. Raymond Illingworth led the England team and William Morris Lawry was captain of Australian side. India and Sri Lanka played 2999th ODI at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on 2010 June 22. It is also a day/night match.