England’s Royal London One-Day International against the West Indies tomorrow will be the 42nd time that Trent Bridge has hosted a One-Day International.

It’s fair to say things have changed a heck of a lot since the fledgling days of ODI cricket on the ground – the first match held here in the format was in 1974 – but they remain a huge crowd puller, as indicated by strong ticket sales for the latest fixture.

That first match was only the 14th One-Day International ever to have been played and also brought a maiden Trent Bridge ODI hundred when Majid Khan’s 109 helped Pakistan overhaul England’s 244-4 with 246-3, for a seven-wicket victory.

Of the 41 ODIs previously staged at Trent Bridge, 30 of the matches have involved England, though only three of the first 10 fixtures featured the Three Lions. The reason? Well, the venue was used for 1975, 1979 and 1983 World Cup matches, meaning Zimbabwe, Australia or New Zealand were just as likely to play there in the early days.

The first five-wicket haul of a Trent Bridge ODI took a little longer to arrive than the first century, coming in the ninth game. Ken MacLeay, an Australian born in England, claimed 6-39 as the Aussies beat India by 162 runs in a 1983 World Cup game.

There have been plenty of close matches, but only two have ended in ties. England and old enemies Australia ended on the same score of 226 in 1989, as did England and Sri Lanka last year, both on 286, when Liam Plunkett hit a six into the Pavilion from the last ball of the game.

At the other end of the scale, the most comprehensive win in an ODI at Trent Bridge in terms of runs scored saw England beat Pakistan by 198 runs in 1992.

Robin Smith, Neil Fairbrother and Graeme Hick scored half centuries in England’s 363-7 before Pakistan were bowled out for 165 as Phil DeFreitas took 3-33 and Richard Illingworth 3-34.

There have been two instances of 10-wicket wins, both by England and both in the past 10 years. In 2008, England routed South Africa for 83 as Stuart Broad took 5-23 and Andrew Flintoff 3-29. Ian Bell hit 28 not out and Matt Prior 45 not out to knock off the target inside 15 overs.

And in 2011, Alastair Cook made 95 not out and Craig Kieswetter 72 not out as the Three Lions knocked off a Duckworth-Lewis revised target of 171 against Sri Lanka.

This is the seventh time the West Indies will have played an ODI at Trent Bridge, with the first occasion back in 1979 when Clive Lloyd’s 73 not out and Andy Roberts’ 3-43 led them to a 32-run success over New Zealand.

However, the last time was back in 2007 when the West Indies beat England by 93 runs. The tourists made 289-5 with 82 from Chris Gayle and 82 from Runako Morton as Liam Plunkett took 3-59.

England were then bowled out for 196 despite Owais Shah’s 51 and Paul Collingwood’s 44 as Daren Powell’s 4-40 and Fidel Edwards 3-30 won the match for the visitors.

But NG2 has largely been a happy hunting ground for England in recent seasons, with five of their last eight ODI matches here ending in triumph.

Last year’s game against Pakistan was a particularly memorable occasion as Nottinghamshire batsman Alex Hales hit an England one-day best score of 171 in England’s international record 50-over total of 444-3 when Pakistan were hammered by 169 runs.

The game also saw the second highest number of runs conceded in an ODI innings as Wahab Riaz’s figures were 10-0-110-0, as well as the record score from a number 11 in the format by a number XI batsman as Mohammad Amir hit 58.

This year’s One-Day International will be notable as the latest played at Trent Bridge in a calendar year. Tomorrow’s September 21 date comes later in the summer than September 17 2009, when Australia beat England by 111 runs.

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