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.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Most over’s bowled in a single Test Series
Australian magician leg spinner Shane Warne, bowled 439.5 over’s (2639
balls) during the 1993 Ashes series in England. Mind it that was a
six-Test series, the 2nd place overall is the man who bowled the most in
a 5 match Test series is
West Indian slow left-armer Alf Valentine, with 430 over’s at home
against India in 1952-53. amazingly, Alf Valentine is also third on this
list and this time for a 4 Test rubber in England in 1950, in his
debut series, Alf Valentine sent down 422.3 over’s.
In 4th place for balls bowled in a series is Maurice Tate, who sent
down 316 ( 8 balls over’s) in the 1924-25 Ashes series in Australia.
Wicketkeeper has made the most dismissals in a single one-day tournament.
Australian dashing wicket keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist leads the way by
taking 26 catches and a stumping in 12 matches in the triangular series
in 1998-99 involving England and Sri Lanka. Adam Gilchrist also holds
the World Cup record,
with 21 catches in South Africa in 2002-03. Whereas the record for a
bilateral series is 19 set by Brendon McCullum (18 catches and a
stumping) in New Zealand's 7matches home series against India, in
2002-03.
Friday 30 August 2013
Aaron Finch Tumble T20I Records with Blazing 156
Aaron Finch, the 26-year-old Victorian batsman, ransacked England's bowling with an eye-popping world record 156. Finch brutal display of batting; hitting sixes all corners of ground, had just appeared six previous T20 caps, well past Brendon McCullum's 123 as the highest score in an international Twenty20. Australia's eventual 248 for 6 was the second-highest total in a T20 international - and the highest in a match involving two Test nations - only Sri Lanka's 260 against Kenya was out of reach and for a while it appeared they may cross that landmark too. Finch's 14 sixes is another records of most sixes by any batsman in T20I that he broke during the onslaught. He began with a six first ball, picked up effortlessly off Steven Finn, and it was a theme that would continue throughout. Each of Finch's landmarks came up with a six; his half-century, from 26 balls; his hundred, off 47, beating McCullum's record, and his 150. He’s in 2nd spot at fastest T20I hundred, just behind South African Richard Levi 45-balls hundred against New Zealand in Hamilton. He was the first Australian to make a Twenty20 international hundred and it took him just 13 more deliveries to power past 150. By then, it had long since stopped being an even contest.
High Scores in T20I
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Player
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Runs
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Balls
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4s
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6s
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SR
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Teams
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Ground
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Match Date
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AJ Finch
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156
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63
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11
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14
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247.61
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Aus v Eng
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Southampton
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29-Aug-13
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BB McCullum
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123
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58
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11
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7
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212.06
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NZ v BD
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Pallekele
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21-Sep-12
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RE Levi
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117*
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51
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5
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13
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229.41
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SA v NZ
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Hamilton
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19-Feb-12
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CH Gayle
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117
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57
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7
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10
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205.26
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WI v SA
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Johannesburg
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11-Sep-07
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BB McCullum
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116*
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56
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12
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8
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207.14
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NZ v Aus
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Christchurch
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28-Feb-10
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TM Dilshan
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104*
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57
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12
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5
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182.45
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SL v Aus
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Pallekele
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6-Aug-11
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MJ Guptill
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101*
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69
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9
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6
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146.37
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NZ v SA
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East London
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23-Dec-12
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SK Raina
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101
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60
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9
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5
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168.33
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Ind v SA
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Gros Islet
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2-May-10
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DPMD Jayawardene
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100
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64
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10
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4
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156.25
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SL v Zim
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Providence
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3-May-10
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RD Berrington
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100
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58
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10
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5
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172.41
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Sco v BD
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The Hague
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24-Jul-12
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Photo Cricinfo AFP
Monday 26 August 2013
At Lord's Ian Bell scored his third hundred in successive Ashes Tests
England middle order batsman Ian Bell's scored 2nd successive score of
109 which followed his 115 in the final Test in Sydney in 2010-11 made
him only the fourth English batsman to score hundreds in three
successive Tests against Australia,
following by Sir Jack Hobbs in 1911-12 and again done in 1924-25,
Walter Hammond did it in 1928-29 and Chris Broad in 1986-87. Bob
Woolmer scored hundreds in three successive Ashes Tests in 1975 and
1977, but in the middle played against Australia in the
Centenary Test in Melbourne, a one-off match in which the Ashes were
not at stake. Sir Don Bradman scored centuries in eight successive Ashes
Tests in which he batted between 1936-37 and 1946-47 that excludes the
1938 Oval Test, when Don Bradman was unable
to bat while carrying injury.
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.
Most Runs and Wickets in Test cricket after their 40th birthday?
Sir Jack Hobbs made 2440 Test runs after turning 40, while two more
Englishmen, Patsy Hendren made test runs 1901 and Tom Graveney 1243, are
the only others to make more than 1000, although Geoff Boycott was just
one short with 999. Jack
Hobbs made eight centuries after his 40th birthday, more than twice as
many as anyone else, whereas Jeoff Boycott, Tom Graveney, Patsy Hendren
and the Australian Warwick Armstrong all made three. Turning to the
bowlers, Clarrie Grimmett took 96 wickets in
16 Tests after his 40th birthday, while another Australian slow left
arm spinner Bert Ironmonger, took 74 at the startling average of 17.97
after making his debut in 1928-29 at the age of 46. Next comes England's
Sydney Barnes with 49 all in one series in
South Africa in 1913-14.
Jack Hobbs made a staggering 2440 Test runs after turning 40
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.
Photo Credit to Cricinfo
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.
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
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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 |
Australia Failed to Win a Test in an Ashes series
The last time Australia failed to win a Test in an Ashes series is quite
unusual as you have probably realized, it doesn't happen very often.
There have been only three Ashes series since the Second World War in
which Australia failed to
win at least one match: in 1953, when England won 1-0 with a victory in
the final Test that returned the urn to England's grasp for the first
time after a record gap of 19 years; in 1970-71, when Ray Illingworth's
side won a six-match series 2-0; and in 1977,
when an Australian side probably distracted by the announcement of
Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket early in the tour lost 3-0. The only
other five-match rubbers in which Australia failed to get on the
scoreboard were 1926 (England won 1-0) and 1905 (England
won 2-0). Australia also did not win a match in the three-Test series
of 1884, 1886, 1893 and 1912.
Highest Average in Third Innings of Test Matches
The highest average of any batsman in the third innings of Test matches
given a minimum of 15 innings is the lofty 130.41 of the one and only
Don Bradman. Next come is Herbert Sutcliffe of England, with 74.75, then
the first man with more
than 20 innings - another Englishman, Peter May, with 68.05. And then
next come two current players the South Africans Hashim Amla (67.00) and
Jacques Kallis (66.54). Don Bradman had only 15 innings, and hit 7
hundreds, while the only people to score more
centuries than him in the third innings batted far more often is Kumar
Sangakkara leads the way with 11 hundreds from 56 third-innings
attempts, while Matthew Hayden 42 innings, Alastair Cook 45, Jack Kallis
66 and Sachin Tendulkar 72 all have ten hundreds.
1000 First Class Matches
The only player to figure in more than 1000 first-class matches is the
old Yorkshire and England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes, who played in no
fewer than 1110 first-class matches in a career that stretched from 1898
to 1930, when he was
nearly 53. Next on the list is the graceful Kent batsman Frank Woolley,
who took part in 978 first-class games. Then comes WG Grace with 870.
Given the smaller amount of first-class cricket played these days, it's
unthinkable that anyone will ever get near
such a number again.
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