First batsman to score 3 centuries in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup, he achieved this feat in 1996. He is also the first Australian batsman to score 3 centuries in the same Australia tri-series, which he completed during the 1999-00 VB Series against Zimbabwe and the West Indies, which included his career best 173, an Australian record which stood till 2006-07 when broken by Matthew Hayden's 181.