Australian James Faulkner's
express 116 in last ODI in Bangalore against India was actually the 10th
century by a No. 7 in one-day internationals. The first batsman was Sir Lankan
Hashan Tillakaratne's round 100 for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sharjah in
Oct 1995, whereas the highest runs remains MS Dhoni's unbeaten 139 for the Asia
XI v Africa in Chennai in June 2007. James Faulkner's hundred, which came up in
just 57 balls, actually is the fastest by a No. 7, beating Indian Yusuf
Pathan's 68 balls against South Africa in Centurion in January 2011. For the
record, there has not yet been a one-day hundred by anyone batting lower than
No. 7.
Thursday 14 November 2013
Most Sixes hit by Any batsman
Opener Rohit Sharma's (209) 16 sixes was a new record in one-day internationals, shading Shane Watson's 15 for Australia against Bangladesh in Mirpur in April 2011. The T20 record was set in August by Aaron Finch, with 14 for Australia v England in Southampton, while the Test-best is 12, by Wasim Akram during his 257 not out for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in 1996-97. While in List A innings Gerrie Snyman's 196, hits 17 sixes over the ropes, for Namibia in a World Cricket League match against the United Arab Emirates at Windhoek in November 2007.
Most Sixes in One Day International.
There
were 38 sixes in the last one-day international between India and Australia at
Bangalore 2013 was easily a record in an ODI, well beating the previous 31
sixes hit by New Zealand (13) and India (18) in Christchurch in March 2009.
Both sides in Bangalore at full mood and cracked 19 sixes, beating the previous
record of 18 in an innings, which had happened four times, most recently in
that Christchurch match. Moreover 38 sixes was also a record in any List A
(senior one-day) game, beating the 33 hit by New South Wales (14) and Victoria
(19) in their Ryobi Cup match in Sydney in 2012-13.
Player Re-Appeared After A Gap.
John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70. George Gunn, the old Nottinghamshire opener, had a gap of 17 years 316 days between the 1911-12 Ashes and his recall, aged 50, for the series in West Indies in 1929-30. Gunn held the record for more than 60 years. Pakistan Younis Ahmed played two Tests in 1969-70, then two more in 1986-87, after a gap of between his appearances was 17 years and 111 days. In terms of matches missed, , Martin Bicknell, who missed 114 England Tests between the 1993 Ashes series and a brief recall against South Africa ten years later. Younis Ahmad is again third on the list with 104. The England seamer Derek Shackleton missed 103 Tests between 1951-52 and 1963, and West Indies played 109 between Floyd Reifer's fourth Test in South Africa in January 1999, and his recall for the fifth, as captain during a contracts dispute against Bangladesh at home in July 2009.
Span Missed
Player
|
Span
|
Mat
|
From
|
To
|
Missed Span
|
AJ Traicos (SA/Zim)
|
1970-1993
|
7
|
10-Mar-70
|
18-Oct-92
|
22y 222d
|
G Gunn (Eng)
|
1907-1930
|
15
|
1-Mar-12
|
11-Jan-30
|
17y 316d
|
Younis Ahmed (Pak)
|
1969-1987
|
4
|
2-Nov-69
|
21-Feb-87
|
17y 111d
|
JMM Commaille (SA)
|
1910-1928
|
12
|
14-Mar-10
|
14-Jun-24
|
14y 92d
|
DC Cleverley (NZ)
|
1932-1946
|
2
|
1-Mar-32
|
29-Mar-46
|
14y 28d
|
F Mitchell (Eng/SA)
|
1899-1912
|
5
|
4 Apr 1899
|
27-May-12
|
13y 53d
|
GM Carew (WI)
|
1935-1949
|
4
|
10-Jan-35
|
11-Feb-48
|
13y 32d
|
In Terms of Matches Missed
Player
|
Span
|
Mat
|
Team
|
From
|
To
|
Missed Span
|
Matches Missed
|
MP Bicknell
|
1993-2003
|
4
|
England
|
9-Aug-93
|
21-Aug-03
|
10y 12d
|
114
|
FL Reifer
|
1997-2009
|
6
|
West Indies
|
18-Jan-99
|
9-Jul-09
|
10y 172d
|
109
|
Younis Ahmed
|
1969-1987
|
4
|
Pakistan
|
2-Nov-69
|
21-Feb-87
|
17y 111d
|
104
|
D Shackleton
|
1950-1963
|
7
|
England
|
7-Nov-51
|
20-Jun-63
|
11y 225d
|
103
|
HL Jackson
|
1949-1961
|
2
|
England
|
26-Jul-49
|
6-Jul-61
|
11y 345d
|
96
|
John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70 |
Highest partnership in a one-day international defeat
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.
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 |
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