First Time in Test Cricket History, Two Last Wickets Stands Put up on Century Partnerships

India tour of England, 1st Investec Test: England v India at Nottingham, Jul 9-13, 2014

Pataudi Trophy - 1st Investec Test

Test no. 2128 | 2014 season

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

9,10,11,12,13 July 2014 (5-day match)

This is first time in Test Cricket history, two last wickets has seen put on century partnerships. England started day 4 trailing by 105 with just one wicket remaining. Joe Root and James Anderson stretched their partnership to 198, a Test record for the 10th wicket. Jimmy Anderson who made his first Test Fifty was on full form with Joe Root on a three-figure score before he went after a full and wide ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and edged it to the wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. This was Bhuvneshwar Kumar fifth wicket, but it came too much later than he may have expected after he had taken England's eighth and ninth wickets yesterday evening. Root, who had hardly put a foot wrong since walking in early in yesterday's middle session, was unbeaten on 154.

In the first inning Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Muhammad Shami faced 229 balls and beaten all expectations with a stand of 111 runs, the second-highest partnership for the 10th wicket by any Indian pair., the most by a final-wicket pair in England and the only instance when a 10th wicket pair had played more than 200 balls at Trent Bridge. They hold India's record for the most balls faced by the final-wicket pair and are fourth-highest overall. It was the second time the last two batsmen have added more than 100 run at Nottingham. In terms of balls played, the last three 10th wicket partnerships at Trent Bridge have been the three longest at this ground. Even in terms of runs scored, the last two Tests at this ground have now seen the two best 10th wicket stands. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Muhammad Shami recorded the 3rd instance of Indian batsmen from no.9 or below scoring half-centuries.

Joe Root and James Anderson extended their last-wicket stand to an unbroken 187, a new record in Tests © Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Fast Bowling Partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami made lower-order fifties to take India to a dominant position

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 Highest Last wicket Partnership

Murali Kartik announces retirement from all forms of cricket

Murali Kartik announces retirement from all forms of cricket. In his 18-year career, he finishes with 24 Test wickets, 37 ODI wickets and 644 first-class wickets.

Most Sixes hit by Any batsman

Opener Rohit Sharma's (209) 16 sixes was a new record in one-day internationals, shading Shane Watson's 15 for Australia against Bangladesh in Mirpur in April 2011. The T20 record was set in August by Aaron Finch, with 14 for Australia v England in Southampton, while the Test-best is 12, by Wasim Akram during his 257 not out for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in 1996-97. While in List A innings Gerrie Snyman's 196, hits 17 sixes over the ropes, for Namibia in a World Cricket League match against the United Arab Emirates at Windhoek in November 2007.

Most Sixes in One Day International.

There were 38 sixes in the last one-day international between India and Australia at Bangalore 2013 was easily a record in an ODI, well beating the previous 31 sixes hit by New Zealand (13) and India (18) in Christchurch in March 2009. Both sides in Bangalore at full mood and cracked 19 sixes, beating the previous record of 18 in an innings, which had happened four times, most recently in that Christchurch match. Moreover 38 sixes was also a record in any List A (senior one-day) game, beating the 33 hit by New South Wales (14) and Victoria (19) in their Ryobi Cup match in Sydney in 2012-13.

Highest Catches Ratio By Any Fielder?

Indian Eknath Solkar's ratio of catches per match is easily the best for a fieldsman who played a considerable number of Tests matches, he played only 27 Tests, but took 53 catches very nearly two per game, the highest ratio by any fielder. Wisden wrote after his untimely death in 2005. "Statistically, Eknath Solkar remains Test cricket's most successful fielder, with 53 catches in just 27 matches - of those who played at least ten, the next-best is Bob Simpson's 110 in 62 Tests, or 1.77 per match to Solkar's 1.96. The top catchers are typically firmly camped in the slip cordon, but most of Solkar's catches came at forward short leg, where he lurked dangerously up close and personal to the batsman. Great Indian left arm spinner Bishan Bedi, of his time whose troublemaker was greatly enhanced by this, confirmed: 'His close-in catching was really intimidating. We’d not have been the same bowlers without him.' Former Ex-Late Tony Greig, an opponent in the 1972-73 series in India, said: 'Ekki was the best forward short leg I have ever seen.' His catching was often preceded by some very idiosyncratic sledging: 'I'll get you, bloody,' he advised Geoff Boycott, and he once told Sir Garry Sobers to mind his own business.

Batsmen have been Dismissed in the Nineties Most Often in Tests and ODIs?

Indian legendry batsman Sachin Tendulkar leads the way on both these lists. In Tests Sachin has been dismissed in the nineties 10 times, one more than native country man Rahul Dravid and Australian Michael Slater. Rahul Dravid had one further not-out innings in the nineties, so shares the overall record of ten with Tendulkar and Steve Waugh eight dismissals and two not-outs in the nineties. In one-day internationals Sachin Tendulkar was out in the nineties on 17 occasions, and also made 96 not out against Sri Lanka in Cuttack in December 2009. A long way behind come the New Zealander Nathan Astle, Aravinda de Silva of Sri Lanka, and Grant Flower of Zimbabwe, who all had nine innings in the nineties  seven dismissals and two not-outs apiece.

Highest Chase in ODI for the loss of only One wicket.

India's 362 for 1 at Japipur the highest in an ODI innings for the loss of only one wicket as they chased down Australia's big total with amazing ease in Jaipur, broke a ODI record which was set by Sri Lanka made 348 for 1 batting first against India in Kingston in July 2013. That remains the highest score made by any side using their full allocation of over’s in an ODI and losing just one wicket.

Most half-centuries in a calendar year, in Tests and ODIs?

The Test record is 13 by Virender Sehwag in 2010 - that included eight scores between 50 and 99, and five centuries too. If you just mean half-centuries, then Keith Fletcher made nine for England in 1973 (plus two hundreds as well), and Hansie Cronje 9 for South Africa in 1998 (plus one century). In one-day internationals, Sachin Tendulkar reached 50 on 16 occasions in 1998, going on to three figures in nine of them. Sachin Tendulkar also made 13 half-centuries in 2007 (plus one century), equalling South Africa Gary Kirsten's 13 scores between 50 and 99 in 2000. In 2002, Pakistan Younis Khan made 12 fifties and never converted into  three figures, a record equalled by Sourav Ganguly and Graeme Smith in 2007.

Most Man-of-the-Match awards despite finishing on the losing side?

The leader in one-day internationals, Sachin Tendulkar has lifted the most Man-of-the-Match award on six occasions in ODIs despite ended up on the losing side. Pakistan Javed Miandad won five, while Chris Gayle, Inzamam-ul-Haq and the Flower brothers (Andy and Grant) won four. Chris Gayle is also one of eight players who have won the match award despite losing a Twenty20 international. Sachin Tendulkar has won three match awards in Tests his side lost, as have Wasim Akram and the Bangladeshi pair of Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan but it should be pointed out that such awards in Tests are a relatively recent innovation.

High Scores in List A matches.

Indian left handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan ravaged South Africa A for 248 off 150 balls, as he knew very well that he had achieved what only Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag had before - a double-century in limited-over’s cricket by an Indian. When he finally fell with 32 deliveries still left in the India A innings. Shikhar Dhawan realized he could have become the first man in the world to make a triple in the format. I was aware of the record and it felt really special to score these runs. When I got out in the 44th over it occurred to me that if I had batted till the end I had a chance to score a triple hundred. I am happy with what I scored though. India A coach Lalchand Rajput thought the triple was within sight and he batted exceptionally well. I haven't seen a better innings in one-day cricket than this one. The way he batted he would get 300. He played proper cricketing shots. He pulled, he cut, he drove. He played all shots and it was a real treat to watch. 

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Most Wickets in Five match ODI serie

Amit Mishra took 18 wickets in the recent one-day series in Zimbabwe, equalled the record for any bilateral series. That was set by another Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath, who took 18 wickets in New Zealand in 2002-03 but there were seven matches in that series. The earlier record for a five-match series was 15, set by Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis against Zimbabwe in 2008-09, which was equalled by Graeme Cremer for Zimbabwe in Kenya later in 2008-09, and Abdur Razzak for Bangladesh at home to Zimbabwe in 2009-10. The West Indian fast bowler Patrick Patterson took 17 wickets in six matches in India in 1987-88, while South Africa's fast bowler Craig Matthews took 17 wickets in seven matches in a home series against Australia in 1993-94.

Highest Score Carrying the Bat in ODI

The highest for a batsman who carried his bat in a one-day international is Sachin Tendulkar undefeated 200 for India against South Africa in Gwalior in 2009-10. In second place is Martin Guptill's recent blitz for New Zealand - 189 not out against England in Southampton last month. Upul Tharanga made 174 not out against India in Kingston last week, the second-highest score for Sri Lanka in ODIs after Sanath Jayasuriya's 189 in Sharjah in 2000-01, also against India. Upul Tharanga did bat throughout the innings, but it's not normally counted as carrying the bat unless the team was all out - and Sri Lanka lost only one wicket! There have been seven bigger not-out scores by openers in ODIs.

Duck Less Innings in One-day Internationals

In ODI three men have managed a run of 100 successive duck less innings in one-day internationals. Martin Crowe went 119 innings without being out for 0 over almost a decade between February 1984 and March 1993, but Indian Rahul Dravid cros...sed him for the record with 120 innings without a duck between August 1999 and February 2004. Keppler Wessels batted 51 times for Australia and 54 for South Africa, man played 105 innings, he played for two countries and never got out for a duck in any of them.

 

Sachin and Gavaskar amazingly missing from the Lord's honor's

Do you know what is similarly between Sachin and Gavaskar at Lord’s. both are one of the famous names missing from the Lord's honors’ board, but apparently Sachin Tendulkar has scored a century on the ground. Indian legendry batsman famousl...y failed to score more than 37 during five Test appearances at Lord's and he didn't pass 30 in three one-day internationals there either. But he did make 125 on the ground in 1998, for the Rest of the World against MCC in a special one-day charity match in memory of Diana, (Princess of Wales, who had died in a car crash the previous year). That doesn't quite get him on to the honors’ board, though. Sunil Gavaskar, has also failed to reach three figures in five Test appearances at Lord's with his highest Test score there was 59 but his name is on the honors’ board, for an innings of 188, also for a Rest of the World XI, against MCC, in a match played in August 1987 to celebrate the bicentenary of MCC's formation. It was a five-day game played with all the trappings of a Test match, and although it doesn't count in the official records, MCC have included performances in it on their honors’ boards.

 

Best Match Figures in Test defeat

Tim Southee took ten wickets in the Lord's Test - but New Zealand still lost. You will perhaps be surprised to discover that Tim Southee valiant effort at Lord's when he took 10 for 108 but still lost the test match was actually the 69th occasion on which a bowler has bagged ten or more wickets in a Test but finished up on the losing side. Pakistan left arm fast bowler Wasim Akram took ten but lost three times, while Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, Tom Richardson, Saeed Ajmal, Hugh Trumble, Daniel Vettori and Shane Warne have all done it twice. The best match figures in defeat are Javagal Srinath's 13 for 132 for India against Pakistan in Kolkata in 1998-99. He took 5/46 in the first inning and 8/86 in the 2nd inning.

 

Father & Son Played Same Number of Test Matches

Which father-and-son pair played the same number of Test matches? The answer to this neat little conundrum is the Kanitkars from India: Hemant Kanitkar won two caps against West Indies in 1974-75, scoring 65 on his debut in Bangalore - and ...his son Hrishikesh (a left-hander, unlike his father) also won two caps, in Australia in 1999-2000, making 45 on debut in Melbourne. Hrishikesh, who's now 38, still captains Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy - he scored his 33rd first-class hundred last December.

 

Sid Barnes, traps Lala Armanath lbw in the first official Test between Australia and India at the MCG.in Feb 1948