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

Sir Don Bradman Incredible Test Average, Still a challenging task for modern batsman

The greatest batsman of all time, 'The Don' represented Australia for 20 years, playing in 52 Tests achieving an incredible - and since untouchable - batting average of 99.94.

Michael Clark Century on Debut

Michael Clarke of Australia celebrates his century on debut during day two of the First Test between India and Australia played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on October 7, 2004 in Bangalore, India.

 

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.

 

Jack Flington and Bill Brown

Jack Flington and Bill Brown Sometime between 1932 and 1938 when both players were representing Australia. Brown's matches for Australia show that he only played in two Tests in Australia before Fingleton retired in 1938. So we know that this must have occurred in 1936-37 at either Melbourne or Adelaide.

 

Most Test Matches at Lord's

Engalnd Graham Gooch has made the most appearances in Tests at Lord's, with 21 appearances in Tests at Lord's, just ahead of Alec Stewart (20) and Andrew Strauss (18). The most appearances by an overseas player at Lord's is nine, by Austral...ia's Syd Gregory, who toured England eight times between 1890 and 1912. He was captain on that last tour, for the Triangular Tournament which also included a Test against South Africa at Lord's. Gooch also leads the way for Test run scorers at Lord's, with 2015, well ahead of Strauss with 1562.

 

Tim Southee is the only 2nd New Zealand bowler to take 10 Wickets at Lord's.

Tim Southee is the only 2nd New Zealand bowler to take 10 Wickets at Lord's.

First Inning
28.2 Overs
8 Maidens
54 Runs
4 Wickets

2nd Inning
19 Overs
4 Maidens
60 Runs
6 Wickets.

Overall
47.2 Overs
12 Maidens
114 Runs
10 Wickets

New Zealand in England Test Series - 1st Test
Test no. 2088 | 2013 season
Played at Lord's, London
16,17,18,19 May 2013 (5-day match)

England 232 (Bairstow 41, Southee 4-58) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56, Southee 6-50) beat New Zealand 207 (Taylor 66, Williamson 60, Anderson 5-47) and 68 (Broad 7-44) by 170 runs

Image courtsey to cricinfo

 

Stuart Broad Career Best Figure of 44-7 at Lord's

England Medium Fast Bowler Stuart Broad In a destructive spell of pace bowling, blew away New Zealand with career-best figures of 7 for 44 as England surged to a 170-run victory at Lord's. A Test that had started at a cautious pace hurtled ...to a conclusion less than hour after lunch on the fourth day with New Zealand dismantled for only 68. Stuart Broad the first five of his wickets in 5.4 overs before lunch to crush New Zealand's hopes that would have been reasonably high just an hour earlier after Tim Southee, with just the second ten-wicket haul by a New Zealander at Lord's, had instigated another collapse. History was still weighted against Kiwis at the beginning of their pursuit of 239. Only two sides had chased more to win at Lord's: West Indies against England in 1984 and England against New Zealand in 2004. For the first time since 1936, England had just two men bowl unchanged through a completed all-out innings, although Broad and James Anderson did not quite share all ten wickets. The last fell to a chaotic run out after one of the substitute fielders, Adam Dobb, had not quite been able to gather a top-edged hook from Neil Wagner, who then ended up in the middle of the pitch. It was New Zealand's sixth-lowest total against England.

New Zealand in England Test Series - 1st Test
Test no. 2088 | 2013 season
Played at Lord's, London
16,17,18,19 May 2013 (5-day match)

England 232 (Bairstow 41, Southee 4-58) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56, Southee 6-50) beat New Zealand 207 (Taylor 66, Williamson 60, Anderson 5-47) and 68 (Broad 7-44) by 170 runs

 

 

James Anderson Enters in 300 Test Wikcets Club

England seam bowler James Anderson had Peter Fulton caught low at second slip by Graeme Swann, and he became the 4th England bowler - after Ian Botham, Bob Willis, and Fred Trueman - and the 26th in all, to take 300 Test wickets. That journey took him almost exactly 10 years, given that he made his Test debut on May 22, 2003, and over those 10 years. James Anderson entirely conceivable that he will surpass Botham's tally of 383 and become England's highest wicket-taker in Tests. Fred Trueman reached the 300-wicket mark the fastest in just 65 Tests while Bob Willis and James Anderson have taken the longest. In terms of averages, Ian Botham had an excellent strike rate in terms of wickets per Test till he got to 300 he reached the mark in only 72 matches but then took only 78 wickets in his last 30 Tests to finish on 383 from 102.