Ken Rutherford First ODI Century vs India in 1994

 

Those who watched cricket in 1990’s must be familiar with the name of Ken Rutherford. A slow pitch at the small IPCL ground was ideal for batting: New Zealand Captain Ken Rutherford reached his maiden hundred in his 103rd one-day international. Rutherford scored at more than a run a ball scored 108 off 102 Balls 137 Mins 13 Fours S.R 105.88 vs India 3rd Match, Vadodara, October 28, 1994, in the Wills World Series match. Let’s enjoy the vintage memories of classic Ken Rutherford batting.   

India won the match by 7 wickets. Ken Rutherford was a slim, balanced and attractive batsman, Ken Rutherford battled back from a dreadful start to his international career to become a regular in the New Zealand side. But there was always the feeling that he had not made the most of his considerable talent. Ken Rutherford enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period in the 1990s. He is the 50th ODI cap for New Zealand. He was a member of the New Zealand side which reached the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup, their 2nd equal best performance in the tournament's history. So, cricket fans, how do you rate Ken Rutherford innings in this match?

Walter Hadlee - The Father of Richard Hadlee, who also represented New Zealand in Test matches.

 

Mark Craig Excellent Test Debut against West Indies

Mark Craig hit his first ball in Test cricket for six. As far as records reveals, no one has ever hit their very first ball in Test cricket for six before, as New Zealand's Mark Craig did in Kingston. More importantly 6 others players are known to have opened their accounts in Tests with a six but not first ball. Otago's Mark Craig became the only New Zealander to take eight wickets on his Test debut in Kingston. The previous-best was by another off spinner, Paul Wiseman, who took 7 for 143 on his debut, against Sri Lanka in Colombo in May 1998. 

Australia's Eric Freeman in 1967-68.

Carlisle Best of West Indies in 1985-86.

Zimbabwe's Keith Dabengwa in 2005.

Dale Richards of West Indies in 2009.

Bangladesh pair of Shafiul Islam and Jahurul Islam in 2009-10. Both Shafiul and Jahurul started their Test batting careers with two sixes before any other scoring shots.

Mark Craig took the best figures for a New Zealand debutant, West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test, Kingston, 4th day, June 11, 2014 Photo AP

 

Kane Williamson has a Great Series Against India

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson has a great series against India; he became only the 2^nd batsman in ODIs to score five fifties in all five matches’ series. The other batsman is Yasir Hameed of Pakistan, to achieve this feat, who hit one century and four fifties in five matches’ series against kiwis in 2003-04. Kane Williamson is also fourth New Zealand batsman to hit five or more consecutive fifties in ODI’s. The other batsmen are Andrew Jones, Roger Twose and Martin Guptil to do the feat it. His five fifties are also the most fifty plus scores by a New Zealand batsman in a bilateral series. He managed 361 runs in the series are the highest by a New Zealand batsman in a bilateral ODI series, the previous record held by Nathan Astle who scored 351 runs against Zimbabwe in 1997-98. Ross Taylor made 343 runs in the series is the third highest in this list. 

Most Ducks in Test Career

New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin hold the Test record for the highest proportion of ducks two innings played, he’s widely known as the "Walking Wicket", collected 36 ducks during a Test career that now appears to be at an end. But because he managed to remain not out in exactly half his 104 innings, he actually comes in well down this list, with "only" 34.62% of his innings ending in ducks. However; given a qualification of 20 innings, the highest percentage leader is the Australian fast bowler Alan Hurst, who collected 10 ducks in 20 innings (50%), including a record six during the 1978-79 Ashes series. So Next comes to England Alan Mullally, who bagged 12 ducks from 27 innings (44.44%). But overall, West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh collected 43 ducks in Tests more than Chris Martin.

 

Most Runs in Three Match ODI Series

Martin Guptill scored 330 runs in recent one-dayers against England, with his three innings of 103 not out, 189 not out and 38, establish a new record for a three-match bilateral series of one-day internationals. The previous mark was 310, ...by Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor, at home against New Zealand in October 2011, he scored 128 not out, 107 not out and 75. Martin Guptill's previous ODI innings before this series was 27 not out, also against England, in Hamilton in February giving him 357 runs between dismissals, a list headed by Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf, with 405 in four innings in 2002.

 

Luke Ronchi makes double for Australia and New Zealand

Luke Ronchi played for New Zealand last week, after previously playing for Australia. This particular double is so called unique as no one had played for Australia and New Zealand in official internationals. Luke Ronchi, who was born in Dannevirke (New Zealand) but moved to Australia when he was only seven years old. He played four ODI’s in the West Indies in 2008, taking a catch off Brett Lee from the first ball he kept to, and also appeared in 3 Twenty20 games for Australia. Due to stiff competition Australian pecking order, and then eventually he returned to his native country, and has done very well for Wellington since. Luke Ronchi made his ODI debut for New Zealand at Lord's against England, but had to wait till the 11th over to get Ian Bell. Luke Ronchi is the 7th player to appear for two different countries in official one-day internationals, following Kepler Wessels (Australia and South Africa), Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan (England and Ireland), Dougie Brown (England and Scotland), Anderson Cummins (West Indies and Canada), and Clayton Lambert (West Indies and USA).

 

Martin Guptil 189 not out against England at Ageas Bowl

Martin Guptill sensing special feeling of becoming New Zealand's highest scorer in a one-day international after scorching unbeaten 189 at the Ageas Bowl . Martin Guptill often played alongside Lou Vincent, who scored 172 against Zimbabwe in 2005. Guptill knock is the fifth-highest ODI score by a batsman and the highest by a New Zealander, and is also the joint highest by any batsman in ODIs against England. West Indies great batsman Sir Viv Richards had scored the same number of runs against them at Old Trafford in 1984 off 170 balls, while Martin Guptill scored his runs off 155 balls.  Martin Guptill's 189 not out included 19 four’s and two sixes, aggregates only 88 of his runs came in boundaries, a % of 46.56. Among the 21 ODI innings of 175 or more, this is the second-lowest boundary percentage: only South African left hander Gary Kirsten's unbeaten 188 against UAE in the 1996 World Cup had a lower percentage - he hit 13 fours and four sixes, scoring 40.43% of his runs in boundaries.

 

Highest ODI Score
Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
V Sehwag	219	149	25	7	India	v West Indies	Indore	8-Dec-11
SR Tendulkar	200*	147	25	3	India	v South Africa	Gwalior	24-Feb-10
CK Coventry	194*	156	16	7	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	16-Aug-09
Saeed Anwar	194	146	22	5	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	21-May-97
IVA Richards	189*	170	21	5	West Indies	v England	Manchester	31-May-84
MJ Guptill	189*	155	19	2	New Zealand	v England	Southampton	2-Jun-13
ST Jayasuriya	189	161	21	4	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29-Oct-00
G Kirsten	188*	159	13	4	South Africa	v U.A.E.	Rawalpindi	16-Feb-96
SR Tendulkar	186*	150	20	3	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	8-Nov-99
SR Watson	185*	96	15	15	Australia	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11-Apr-11
MS Dhoni	183*	145	15	10	India	v Sri Lanka	Jaipur	31-Oct-05
SC Ganguly	183	158	17	7	India	v Sri Lanka	Taunton	26-May-99
V Kohli	183	148	22	1	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	18-Mar-12
ML Hayden	181*	166	11	10	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	20-Feb-07
IVA Richards	181	125	16	7	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	13-Oct-87
H Masakadza	178*	167	17	4	Zimbabwe	v Kenya	Harare	18-Oct-09
PR Stirling	177	134	21	5	Ireland	v Canada	Toronto	7-Sep-10
N Kapil Dev	175*	138	16	6	India	v Zimbabwe	Tunbridge Wells	18-Jun-83
HH Gibbs	175	111	21	7	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	12-Mar-06
SR Tendulkar	175	141	19	4	India	v Australia	Hyderabad (Deccan)	5-Nov-09
V Sehwag	175	140	14	5	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19-Feb-11
ME Waugh	173	148	16	3	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	9-Feb-01
CB Wishart	172*	151	18	3	Zimbabwe	v Namibia	Harare	10-Feb-03
AC Gilchrist	172	126	13	3	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Hobart	16-Jan-04
L Vincent	172	120	16	9	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	24-Aug-05
GM Turner	171*	201	16	2	New Zealand	v East Africa	Birmingham	7-Jun-75
DJ Callaghan	169*	143	19	4	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	11-Dec-94
BC Lara	169	129	15	4	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16-Oct-95
RA Smith	167*	163	17	3	England	v Australia	Birmingham	21-May-93
BB McCullum	166	135	12	10	New Zealand	v Ireland	Aberdeen	1-Jul-08
RT Ponting	164	105	13	9	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12-Mar-06
SR Tendulkar	163*	133	16	5	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	8-Mar-09
DA Warner	163	157	13	2	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	4-Mar-12
SR Watson	161*	150	12	4	Australia	v England	Melbourne	16-Jan-11
AC Hudson	161	132	13	4	South Africa	v Netherlands	Rawalpindi	5-Mar-96
JAH Marshall	161	141	11	4	New Zealand	v Ireland	Aberdeen	1-Jul-08
TM Dilshan	160*	165	11	3	Sri Lanka	v India	Hobart	28-Feb-12
Imran Nazir	160	121	14	8	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-Mar-07
TM Dilshan	160	124	20	3	Sri Lanka	v India	Rajkot	15-Dec-09
D Mongia	159*	147	17	1	India	v Zimbabwe	Guwahati	19-Mar-02
DI Gower	158	118	18	4	England	v New Zealand	Brisbane	15-Jan-83
ML Hayden	158	143	14	4	Australia	v West Indies	North Sound	27-Mar-07
AJ Strauss	158	145	18	1	England	v India	Bangalore	27-Feb-11
XM Marshall	157*	118	11	12	West Indies	v Canada	King City (NW)	22-Aug-08
ST Jayasuriya	157	104	24	1	Sri Lanka	v Netherlands	Amstelveen	4-Jul-06
BC Lara	156	138	12	5	West Indies	v Pakistan	Adelaide	28-Jan-05
A Symonds	156	127	12	8	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	7-Dec-05
H Masakadza	156	151	11	6	Zimbabwe	v Kenya	Harare	12-Oct-09
AC Gilchrist	154	129	14	4	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	7-Feb-99
Tamim Iqbal	154	138	7	6	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16-Aug-09
AJ Strauss	154	140	16	5	England	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	12-Jul-10
IVA Richards	153*	130	16	1	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	9-Dec-79
M Azharuddin	153*	150	17	1	India	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	9-Apr-98
SC Ganguly	153*	150	18	3	India	v New Zealand	Gwalior	11-Nov-99
CH Gayle	153*	160	19	2	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	22-Nov-03
BC Lara	153	143	21	0	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	5-Nov-93
R Dravid	153	153	15	2	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	8-Nov-99
HH Gibbs	153	131	17	3	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	3-Oct-02
DL Haynes	152*	126	12	6	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	21-Mar-89
CH Gayle	152*	153	12	3	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4-Feb-04
CH Gayle	152	150	17	1	West Indies	v Kenya	Nairobi	15-Aug-01
SR Tendulkar	152	151	18	0	India	v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23-Feb-03
AJ Strauss	152	128	19	0	England	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	21-Jun-05
ST Jayasuriya	152	99	20	4	Sri Lanka	v England	Leeds	1-Jul-06
ST Jayasuriya	151*	120	17	4	Sri Lanka	v India	Mumbai	17-May-97
A Symonds	151	127	13	3	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	12-Feb-06
G Gambhir	150*	137	14	0	India	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	24-Dec-09
JP Duminy	150*	122	5	8	South Africa	v Netherlands	Amstelveen	31-May-13
S Chanderpaul	150	136	20	0	West Indies	v South Africa	East London	24-Jan-99
G Gambhir	150	147	14	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5-Feb-09
HM Amla	150	124	16	0	South Africa	v England	Southampton	28-Aug-12