The
highest partnership in a defeat cause in an ODI is 235, for South Africa's
first wicket, by Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs against India in Kochi in
March 2000. That highest opening stand lifted South Africa to 301, but India
overhauled that with two balls to spare. There have been 10 more stands of 200
Runs or more which weren't enough to bring victory in an ODI, five of them
against India.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Oldest Pakistani Test Debutant
Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, who took five
wickets in Pakistan's victory over South Africa in Abu Dhabi earlier this
month, was 34 years 308 days old at the start of his first match. Only one
Pakistani has made his overall Test debut when older: when off spinner Miran
Bakhsh was 47 when he played in two matches of their first home series, against
India in 1954-55. Amir Elahi was 44 when he took part in Pakistan's very first
Test, against India in Delhi in October 1952, but he had previously played a
Test for India in Australia in 1947-48. And Gul Mohammad celebrated his 35th
birthday during his only Test for Pakistan against Australia in Karachi in
1956-57 after previously winning eight caps for India. Only 11 more players,
including current squad players Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Irfan, have made their
Test debuts for Pakistan after turning 30.
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Highest Test partnership by any two players with the same surname, whether related or not.
In 2009, the two Jayawardenes added 351 in a
Test against India. It had to be a record for the highest partnership between
two unrelated people with the same surname. That partnership of 351 runs
between Mahela Jayawardene and Prasanna Jayawardene was Sri Lanka's 6th wicket
against India in Ahmedabad in 2009-10: it is actually the highest Test
partnership by any two players with the same surname, whether related or not.
The preceding record was 269 runs by the Zimbabwe brothers Andy Flower and
Grant Flower against Pakistan in Harare in 1994-95. The previous highest
partnership between unrelated players who shared the same second name appears
to be 151, by Majid Khan and Mohsin Khan, for Pakistan's 2nd wicket against Sri
Lanka in Lahore in 1981-82. If you’d like to stretch bit more, then West Indies
Viv Richards and Richie Richardson added 308 against Australia in St John's in
1983-84, and Darren Sammy and Marlon Samuels put on 204 for West Indies v
England at Trent Bridge in 2012.
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.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Both No. 8s scored centuries in Test.
There have been only two previous instances of both No. 8s batsman
reaching three figures: in Bridgetown in May 1955, Ray Lindwall scored
118 for Australia, and Clairmonte Depeiaza countered with 122 for West
Indies; and in Sheikhupura
in October 1996, Zimbabwe's Paul Strang made 106 not out, and Wasim
Akram replied for Pakistan with an unbeaten 257 - the highest score by
any No. 8 in Tests. New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman BJ Watling (103)
and Sohag Gazi for Bangladesh (101 not out) at
Chittagong Test in 2013.
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.
Most Runs in Boundaries in a Test innings?
England John Edrich
might strike some as a bit of a surprise if they remember John Edrich as
a rather dour defender in the later part of his career. But in his
early days he was a powerful hard-hitting and uncompromising
striker of the ball, and for England against New Zealand at Headingley
in 1965 no fewer than 238 of Edrich's eventual 310 not out - 52 fours
and five sixes which came in boundaries. Australian relentless opening
batsman Matthew Hayden ran him close with 218
in boundaries with 38 fours and 11 sixes during in his 380 for
Australia v Zimbabwe in Perth in 2003-04. The next comes burly
Inzamam-ul-Haq, with 206 with 38 fours and nine sixes for Pakistan
against New Zealand in Lahore in 2001-02, and Virender Sehwag,
with 202 including 40 fours, seven sixes for India v Sri Lanka in
Mumbai in 2009-10. As far as record in one-day internationals is 150
runs in boundaries, by Australian Shane Watson in his 185 not out for
Australia against Bangladesh in Mirpur in April 2011,
which contained 15 fours - and a record 15 sixes too.
John Edrich drives Bryan Yuile on his way to 310 Not out, England v New Zealand, 3rd Test, Headingley, July 9, 1965 |
Maximum Number of Players to Appears in a Test Series.
England is specialists
in this area, when they’ve used in Ashes series at home record 30
players in the 5 match series against Australia in England in 1921, and
29 in six games in 1989. Australia employed 27 players
in their home series against England in 1884-85, helped by having to
change the entire XI for the second Test after a dispute about payments.
West Indies used 27 players in the four Tests of their first home
series, against England in 1929-30, including a
different captain for each match. Australia used 13 players in 1921,
giving the overall record for both sides of 43 men participating in one
Test series.
One Day International with featuring Eight Scores of More Than 50.
It happened in Karachi
in 2007-08, when Pakistan's 347 for 5 contained five individual
half-centuries and Zimbabwe's 243 for 7 included three 50 plus. The
highest individual score in that match, although, was
Younis Khan's 79. Australian first innings in Jaipur was, he first
occasion that the top five in the batting order had all reached 50 plus
in the same ODI. The match at Jaipur was only the second one-day
international to feature eight scores of more than 50.
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.
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 2nd
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.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Sohag Gazi Shines First Player to Take Hat-Trick & Century in a Same Match
Sohag Ghazi had plenty of reasons to
celebrate first Test against New Zealand at Chittagong Oct 13, 2013, although
Test petered out into a draw. Sohag Gazi’s became the first cricketer to score
a hundred and take a hat-trick in the same match. Gazi’s performance on the
final day will be memorable for sure, A Test hat-trick, and 2nd only
by a Bangladesh bowler, gave him a singular place in cricket history He also
completed a six-wicket haul to join team-mate Shakib Al Hasan on the list of
cricketers who have scored a century and taken five or more wickets in a Test.
Sohag Gazi named Man of the Match for his brilliant all round performance by
record creating century and five-wicket haul.
Player | Bat | Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
JH Sinclair | 106 | 6/26 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 |
GA Faulkner | 123 | 5/120 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1-Jan-10 |
C Kelleway | 114 | 5/33 | Australia | v South Africa | Manchester | 27-May-12 |
JM Gregory | 100 | 7/69 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31-Dec-20 |
MH Mankad | 184 | 5/196 | India | v England | Lord's | 19-Jun-52 |
DS Atkinson | 219 | 5/56 | West Indies | v Australia | Bridgetown | 14-May-55 |
KR Miller | 109 | 6/107 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 11-Jun-55 |
R Benaud | 100 | 5/84 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 7-Feb-58 |
OG Smith | 100 | 5/90 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 6-Feb-59 |
PR Umrigar | 172* | 5/107 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 4-Apr-62 |
GS Sobers | 104 | 5/63 | West Indies | v India | Kingston | 13-Apr-62 |
BR Taylor | 105 | 5/86 | New Zealand | v India | Kolkata | 5-Mar-65 |
GS Sobers | 174 | 5/41 | West Indies | v England | Leeds | 4-Aug-66 |
Mushtaq Mohammad | 201 | 5/49 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 7-Feb-73 |
AW Greig | 148 | 6/164 | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 6-Mar-74 |
Mushtaq Mohammad | 121 | 5/28 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 1-Apr-77 |
IT Botham | 103 | 5/73 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 24-Feb-78 |
IT Botham | 108 | 8/34 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 15-Jun-78 |
IT Botham | 114 | 6/58, 7/48 | England | v India | Mumbai | 15-Feb-80 |
IT Botham | 149* | 6/95 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 16-Jul-81 |
Imran Khan | 117 | 6/98, 5/82 | Pakistan | v India | Faisalabad | 3-Jan-83 |
IT Botham | 138 | 5/59 | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20-Jan-84 |
Wasim Akram | 123 | 5/100 | Pakistan | v Australia | Adelaide | 19-Jan-90 |
PA Strang | 106* | 5/212 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Sheikhupura | 17-Oct-96 |
JH Kallis | 110 | 5/90 | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 2-Jan-99 |
JH Kallis | 139* | 5/21 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25-Oct-02 |
R Ashwin | 103 | 5/156 | India | v West Indies | Mumbai | 22-Nov-11 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 144 | 6/82 | Bangladesh | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 17-Dec-11 |
Sohag Gazi | 101* | 6/77 | Bangladesh | v New Zealand | Chittagong | 9-Oct-13 |
Friday, 11 October 2013
England Youngest Player in Test Match, One-day International & T20I
England's youngest Test player remains Brian
Close, who was 18 years 149 days old when he made his debut against New Zealand
at Old Trafford in 1949. Four other Englishmen won their first caps aged 19:
Jack Crawford (1905-06), Denis Compton (1937), Ben Hollioake (1997) and Ian
Peebles (1927-28). Although Brian Close played just 22 Tests, his international
career lasted until 1976 - when, aged 45 years 140 days, and again at Old
Trafford. He also ended up as the 11th-oldest England Test cricketer. So
in ODI Ben Hollioake, at 19 years 195 days in 1997, was also England's youngest
player in a one-day international, at 2nd place Stuart Broad was
only 20 years 67 days in 2006 is the youngest of 11 20-year-olds to have
played. England's youngest player in a T20I is Stuart Broad, again in
2006: Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler were also under 21 when they made their debuts
in 2011.
Brian Close ways out of the way of a Michael Holding bouncer, England v West Indies, Old Trafford, July 10, 1976 |
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