Jarmaine Blackwood Fifty on debut.

Jermaine Blackwood's all-round skills won him a place in the West Indies Under-19 squad for the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand. A half-century on debut from 22-year-old Jermaine Blackwood was the key performance on the third morning, during which West Indies stretched their first-innings lead to 239 in the Trinidad Test.

Jermaine Blackwood cuts off the back foot, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 3rd day, June 18, 2014 @ Getty Image

Shane Shillingford’s 53 Not out Highest No 11 Score’s

Shane Shillingford's hit five sixes in his rapid 53 not out in Kingston against New Zealand is indeed a record for any No. 11 in a Test, however the previous mark of four was shared by

• Bill Voce (England v South Africa in Johannesburg in 1930-31,
• Alan Connolly (Australia v India in Calcutta in 1969-70,
• Sylvester Clarke (West Indies v Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1980-81,
• Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan v South Africa in Rawalpindi in 1997-98
• Al-Amin Hossain (Bangladesh v Sri Lanka in Mirpur in 2013-14.

Moreover; Shillingford was only the 16th No. 11 ever to score a half-century in a Test cricket, and he got the fifty in just 25 balls a rate beaten only by Jacques Kallis, who reached his fifty in 24 balls for South Africa against Zimbabwe in Cape Town in 2004-05. Shillingford was also only the tenth No. 11 to top-score in a Test innings, a list headed by Ashton Agar with his 98 on debut for Australia against England at Trent Bridge in 2013.

Shane Shillingford the first No. 11 to hit five sixes in a Test innings © WICB Media-Randy Brooks Photo

Highest unbroken partnership in a Test & The highest Partnership to be broken by a run-out.

The highest unbroken partnership in a Test match was between 429runs Jacques Rudolph 222* on his Test debut and Boeta Dippenaar 177* for South Africa's third wicket against Bangladesh in Chittagong in April 2003, also ninth-highest Test partnership of all time. 6th on that list is a 2^nd wicket stand of 446 between Sir Garry Sobers and Conrad Hunte for West Indies against Pakistan in Kingston in 1957-58, which ended when Conard Hunte was run out. The Pakistani fielders were looking a so lethargic after such a long stand, and Conard Hunte thought there was an easy single when he pushed a ball to mid-on but the fielder there was Ijaz Butt who had not long before come on as a substitute and was relatively fresh.

Five Wickets at One-day International debut

So far only 7 bowlers have taken a five wickets on their one-day international debut. Zimbabwe left arm medium fast bowler Brian Vitori, took 5 for 30 in his first match, against Bangladesh in Harare in August 2011. And then uniquely Brian Vitori followed that up with 5 more in his next match, taking 5 for 20 against Bangladesh in Harare two days later. The West Indian Fidel Edwards is the only bowler to take six wickets on his first ODI debut, when he took 6 for 22 against Zimbabwe in Harare in November 2003.

Best figures in a innings on debut
Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
FH Edwards	7	1	22	6	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29-Nov-03
AIC Dodemaide	7.2	0	21	5	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	2-Jan-88
SHU Karnain	8	1	26	5	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	31-Mar-84
A Codrington	9	3	27	5	Canada	v Bangladesh	Durban	11-Feb-03
AA Donald	8.4	0	29	5	South Africa	v India	Kolkata	10-Nov-91
BV Vitori	10	0	30	5	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	12-Aug-11
TCB Fernando	9	0	67	5	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26-Oct-01

Bowler taking 50 first-class wickets in a season at an average of less than 10.00 a Piece

The Jamaican left arm spinner Nikita Miller took 52 wickets at an average of just 8.05 during the West Indian first-class season that has just finished. Only three previous instances of a bowler taking 50 first-class season at an average of less than 10 since the end of the 19th century (the unique feat was relatively common before that). The first instance of those was the New South Wales fast bowler Sydney Callaway, who played three Tests against England in the 1890s, he later moved to New Zealand, and took 54 wickets at 8.77 in the 1903-04 season there, mainly for Canterbury. Furthermore; another fringe Australian player, Ron Oxenham who played seven Test caps between 1928 and 1931 - took 75 wickets at 7.40 for a privately raised Australian touring side in India in 1935-36. And coming up to date a fair bit, the gangling South African fast bowler Vintcent van der Bijl claimed 54 wickets at 9.50 for Natal in 1980-81. 

photo: Cricinfo

Most Half Centuries in a Test Match

I have noticed there's only one Test match in which four batsmen reached 50 in both innings, was the fourth Test between Australia and West Indies in Adelaide in 1968-69, when Bill Lawry (62 and 89), Keith Stackpole (62 and 50), Ian Chappell (76 and 96) and Doug Walters (110 and 50) reached half-centuries in both innings for Australia. More interestingly that Test match featured 17 scores of 50 or over in all, which is still a Test record. There have been only four other matches in which a side has registered four or more half-centuries in each innings by South Africa against England in Durban in 1938-39, England v Australia at Headingly in 1948 (but they still lost!), Australia v England in Brisbane in 1962-63, and England v Sri Lanka at Lord's in 2011.

This picture is Australian batsman Bill Lawry

The Frank Worrell Trophy - 4th Test

Australia v West Indies

Match drawn
Test no. 645 | 1968/69 season
Played at Adelaide Oval
24,25,27,28,29 January 1969 (5-day match)

Brian Lara 501

6 JUN 1994 WARWICKSHIRE BATSMAN BRIAN LARA POSES WITH HIS BAT IN FRONT OF THE SCOREBOARD RECORDING HIS HISTORIC FEAT AFTER BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST EVER INDIVIDUAL SINGLE INNINGS SCORE WITH A SCORE OF 501 NOT OUT AGAINST DURHAM TODAY.

 

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