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| Test #1836 Records : Chanderpaul remains... | |
| Test #1836 West Indies in England 2007 ( 4 th Test ) at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street The latest test series between West Indies and England resulted in the same manner as did the every series in the new millennium. After winning the first test of the new millennium played at Edgbaston from June 15 th to 17 th inside three days by a huge margin of an innings and 93 runs, they are yet to register a test victory against England . West Indies went on to surrender The John Wisden Trophy in 2000 series by losing three of the next four tests with the rain ruined third test played at Old Trafford ending in a draw. Thus they ended their supremacy of last 27 years of 20 th century during which they never lost a test series to England . Odds were never in their favor to regain the John Wisden Trophy even before they started the 2007 series. Yes, not even before Brian Lara announced his retirement from the international Cricket immediately after the World Cup debacle. However they did put up a good show in the first test at Lord’s though weather ruined the proceedings and helped West Indies in escaping the test match with a draw. If Chanderpaul’s absence in the 2 nd test was itself a major blow for the West Indies , they took another crushing blow when their captain Ramnaresh Sarwan suffered a series ending injury in the second test before even taking a batting stance. There after things went from bad to worse with Chris Gayle not being able to take off at all and their stop-gap skipper Daren Ganga having a horrible existence at the crease since taking over the captaincy with scores of 5 & 9, 5 & 0 , 0 & 6. The Brilliance of Bravo and Resilience of Chanderpaul could not stop West Indies from losing last three tests even though it looked as if West Indies might avoid a defeat while Chanderpaul and Bravo were batting in last two tests. So England extends their streak of not losing a test match to West Indies to sixteen and West Indies requires a tremendous amount of reversal in their cricketing fortunes even to dream of regaining the John Wisden trophy when they host England in 2009. Following are some of the statistical highlights of the fourth test of the 2007 series: Though England dominated the test series from every imaginable angle, one batsman they could not corner was Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Chanderpaul topped the batting averages for both sides but ended up on the losing side as he did in 2004 notching up plethora of test records in the process. He batted for more than 1000 minutes without getting dismissed while making 116* in the 2 nd innings of the 3 rd test at Old Trafford and 136* & 70 in the 4 th test at Chester-le-Street . This is the third time he recorded this feat in his test career. Only five other batsmen achieved this record in test history and none of them had done it more than once. Following is the list of all such occasions. Player Vs Venue Series Inns Score C.Runs Mts T.Mts B/F T. B/F TEST# Shoaib Mohammad NZ Karachi 1990/91 1st *203 203 656 656 411 411 1151 NZ Lahore 1990/91 1st 105 308 351 1007 223 634 1152 Nasser Hussain SA Port Elizabeth 1999/00 2nd *70 70 303 303 211 211 1475 SA Durban 1999/00 1st *146 216 635 938 463 674 1480 SA Cape Town 1999/00 1st 15 231 85 1023 70 744 1482 Rahul Dravid BD Dhaka 2000/01 2nd *41 41 50 50 49 49 1512 Zim New Delhi 2000/01 1st *200 241 551 601 350 399 1515 2nd *70 311 152 753 91 490 Zim Nagpur 2000/01 1st 162 473 408 1161 301 791 1517 Jacques Kallis Zim Harare 2001/02 1st *157 157 381 381 272 272 1562 2nd *42 199 65 446 54 326 Zim Bulawayo 2001/02 1st *189 388 581 1027 443 769 1563 Ind Bloemfontein 2001/02 1st 68 456 219 1246 138 907 1564 Shivnarine ChanderPaul Ind Port of Spain 2001/02 2nd *67 67 260 260 162 162 1599 Ind Bridgetown 2001/02 1st *101 168 365 625 231 393 1601 Ind St. John's 2001/02 1st *136 304 675 1300 510 903 1602 Ind Kingston 2001/02 1st 58 362 213 1513 148 1051 1604 Sachin Tendulkar Aus Sydney 2003/04 1st *241 241 613 613 436 436 1680 2nd *60 301 108 721 89 525 Pak Multan 2003/04 1st *194 495 493 1214 348 873 1693 Pak Lahore 2003/04 1st 2 497 10 1224 6 879 1695 Shivnarine ChanderPaul BD Kingston 2003/04 1st *101 101 271 271 190 190 1703 Eng Lord's 2004 1st *128 229 383 654 270 460 1707 2nd *97 306 231 885 152 612 Eng Edgbaston 2004 1st 45 351 146 1031 86 698 1708 Shivnarine ChanderPaul Eng Old Trafford 2007 2nd *116 116 413 413 257 257 1835 Eng Chester-le-Street 2007 1st *136 252 406 819 257 514 1836 2nd 70 322 255 1074 163 677 Just for the record : Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan holds the record for batting for longest period in a single test match with his marathon knock of 337 in 970 minutes against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1957/58 whereas Aussie Opener Mark Taylor with 334* (720 mts) & 92 (218 mts) against Pakistan at Peshawar 1998/99 is close second with 938 mts of batting before getting dismissed. However Stephen Fleming of New Zealand holds the record for batting longest period of 956 minutes without getting dismissed in a single test with the scores of 274* (653) & 69* (303) against Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS) in 2003. Fleming however was dismissed for a duck in the next match after batting for just 5 mts thus missing the 1000 mts mark. Chanderpaul’s latest 1000+ minutes batting between dismissals also makes him the owner of another interesting record. For the second time in his career he now has witnessed 20 or more wickets falling consecutively at the other end while he himself remained not out. In the third test at Old Trafford he came into bat at 88 for 3 and remained unbeaten at the close of West Indian innings, thus seeing seven of his teammates losing their wickets. In the fourth test at Chester-le-Street , Chanderpaul came into bat at 34 for 3 and remained not out again for 136 witnessing seven more wickets falling at the other end. In the second innings of the same test he stepped in at 38 for 3 and saw six wickets falling at the other end before becoming the last batsman out in the innings for 70. However Chanderpaul's unbeaten tenure at the crease which made him saw 20 of his side’s dismissals is still one dismissal short of his record 21 dismissals he witnessed during his record 1513 minutes of unbeaten batting against India in 2001-02 as he saw 6 wickets falling during his 2 nd innings knock of 67* at Port of Spain, 6 wickets during 101* at Bridgetown, 6 wickets during 136* at St. John’s and 3 wickets during his 1 st innings knock of 58 at Kingston. No other batsmen in the history of test cricket batted with such patience and perseverance to endure so many wickets falling at the opposite end. The closest to Chanderpaul’s record is 18 dismissals shared by Jacques Rudolph of South Africa and Kumara Sangakkara of Sri Lanka . Rudolph made 154* at Auckalnd and 93* & 0 at Wellington in 2003-04 series against New Zealand whereas Sangakkara made 100* at Christchurch and 156* & 8 at Wellington against the same opposition in 2006-07. They both came at the fall of first wicket in their unbeaten innings. When the West Indian skipper Daren Ganga was out lbw to the first ball of the test match bowled by Ryan Sidebottom, he not only became the 26 th player to be dismissed by the first ball of a Test Match but also just the third captain to have suffered the ignominy. At Headingley in 1926, acting as a stop-gap captain in the absence of the appointed captain Herbie Collins just like Darren Ganga, Warren Bardsley of Australia became the first captain to have suffered the fate of getting out to the first ball of a test match.. Seventy three years later Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya fell to the first ball of the match, bowled by Australia 's Glenn McGrath at Galle in 1999-00. For the entire list of batsmen who were out to the first legitimate delivery of a test match refer to the table in my posting on Test #1832 which saw India’s opener Wasim Jaffer shouldering his arms to an incoming delivery from Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Mortaza to lose his stumps to the first ball of a test match and provide 25 th such instance. For the Trivia buffs : When AC MacLaren of Australia was out to the first ball of the Melbourne test in 1894/95 of the bowling of Arthur Conningham, he provided first such instance. It was also Arthur Conningham’s first delivery in his test career . Mohsin Khan’s dismissal with the first ball of 1983/84 test at Jalandhar by Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar’s first ball dismissal by Imran Khan at Jaipur provides the only two instances in test cricket a wicket falling to the first ever ball bowled at a particular venue. Sunil Gavaskar of India and Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh are the only batsmen to have suffered fate of losing their wicket to the first ball of a test match on three separate occasions whereas Geoff Arnold of England (2), Richard Hadlee of New Zealand (2) , Kapil Dev of India (2) and Pedro Collins of West Indies (3) are the only bowlers to have taken a wicket with the first delivery bowled in a test match on more than one occasion. Hannan Sarkar also holds the record for getting out to the first delivery of a test match in three consecutive tests, which as of today are his last three matches of his test career. Keith Stackpole of Australia in 1973/74 at Auckland against New Zealand and Wasim Jaffer against Bangladesh at Chittagong followed up their first ball dismissal of a test match with another duck in their second innings. SJ Cook of South Africa and LV Garrick of New Zealand were out to the first ball of a test match while making their test debut. Except Zimbabwe batsmen of all test playing nations have at least one batsmen or bowler involved in a first ball dismissal in a test match. During his first innings knock of 136* Chanderpaul crossed the ’s 7000 test runs milestone and became the 7 th West Indian and 30 th test cricketer to have done so. Following is the list of all players with 7000 or more test runs. Player Country Tests Inns NO Runs HS 100s 50s Avg S/R Lara, B C West Indies 131 232 6 11953 *400 34 48 52.89 60.52 Border, A R Australia 156 265 44 11174 205 27 63 50.56 40.98 Waugh, S R Australia 168 260 46 10927 200 32 50 51.06 48.65 Tendulkar, S R* India 137 220 23 10922 *248 37 43 55.44 Gavaskar, S M India 125 214 16 10122 *236 34 45 51.12 Ponting, R T* Australia 110 183 25 9368 257 33 36 59.29 58.95 Dravid, R * India 109 185 22 9366 270 24 47 57.46 42.50 Gooch, G A England 118 215 6 8900 333 20 46 42.58 49.20 Javed Miandad Pakistan 124 189 21 8832 *280 23 43 52.57 Inzamam-ul-Haq* Pakistan 119 198 22 8813 329 25 46 50.07 54.04 Richards, I V A West Indies 121 182 12 8540 291 24 45 50.24 Stewart, A J England 133 235 21 8463 190 15 45 39.55 48.67 Kallis, J H* South Africa 107 182 29 8430 *189 24 44 55.10 42.76 Gower, D I England 117 204 18 8231 215 18 39 44.25 50.60 Boycott, G England 108 193 23 8114 *246 22 42 47.73 Sobers, G S A West Indies 93 160 21 8032 *365 26 30 57.78 Waugh, M E Australia 128 209 17 8029 *153 20 47 41.82 52.27 Hayden, M L* Australia 89 159 13 7739 380 27 27 53.01 60.08 Atherton, M A England 115 212 7 7728 *185 16 46 37.70 37.32 Langer, J L Australia 105 182 12 7696 250 23 30 45.27 54.23 Cowdrey, M C England 114 188 15 7624 182 22 38 44.07 Greenidge, C G West Indies 108 185 16 7558 226 19 34 44.72 Taylor, M A Australia 104 186 13 7525 *334 19 40 43.50 41.61 Lloyd, C H West Indies 110 175 14 7515 *242 19 39 46.68 Haynes, D L West Indies 116 202 25 7487 184 18 39 42.30 Boon, D C Australia 107 190 20 7422 200 21 32 43.66 40.97 Kirsten, G South Africa 101 176 15 7289 275 21 34 45.27 43.35 Hammond, W R England 85 140 16 7249 *336 22 24 58.46 Chanderpaul, S* West Indies 104 178 24 7182 *203 16 43 46.64 43.32 Chappell, G S Australia 87 151 19 7110 *247 24 31 53.86 Finally England ’s Andrew Strauss stuck some batting form and made a fine 77 in the first innings. In the second innings he completed 3000 runs in Test Cricket and became the 143 cricketer to do so and 34 th from England . Following is the list of all English cricketers who aggregated 3000 or more runs in a test career: Player Country Tests Inns NO Runs HS 100s 50s Avg S/R Gooch, G A England 118 215 6 8900 333 20 46 42.58 49.20 Stewart, A J England 133 235 21 8463 190 15 45 39.55 48.67 Gower, D I England 117 204 18 8231 215 18 39 44.25 50.60 Boycott, G England 108 193 23 8114 *246 22 42 47.73 Atherton, M A England 115 212 7 7728 *185 16 46 37.70 37.32 Cowdrey, M C England 114 188 15 7624 182 22 38 44.07 Hammond, W R England 85 140 16 7249 *336 22 24 58.46 Hutton, L England 79 138 15 6971 364 19 33 56.67 Barrington, K F England 82 131 15 6806 256 20 35 58.67 Thorpe, G P England 100 179 28 6744 *200 16 39 44.66 45.90 Trescothick, M E* England 76 143 10 5825 219 14 29 43.80 54.52 Compton, D C S England 78 131 15 5807 278 17 28 50.06 Hussain, N England 96 171 16 5764 207 14 33 37.19 40.39 Hobbs, J B England 61 102 7 5410 211 15 28 56.95 Botham, I T England 102 161 6 5200 208 14 22 33.55 60.71 Edrich, J H England 77 127 9 5138 *310 12 24 43.54 Graveney, T W England 79 123 13 4882 258 11 20 44.38 Vaughan, M P* England 67 120 9 4846 197 16 14 43.66 52.47 Lamb, A J England 79 139 10 4656 142 14 18 36.09 51.40 Sutcliffe, H England 54 84 9 4555 194 16 23 60.73 May, P B H England 66 106 9 4537 *285 13 22 46.77 Dexter, E R England 62 102 8 4502 205 9 27 47.89 Gatting, M W England 79 138 14 4409 207 10 21 35.56 45.16 Knott, A P E England 95 149 15 4389 135 5 30 32.75 Butcher, M A England 71 131 7 4288 *173 8 23 34.58 42.02 Smith, R A England 62 112 15 4236 175 9 28 43.67 45.65 Amiss, D L England 50 88 10 3612 *262 11 11 46.31 Greig, A W England 58 93 4 3599 148 8 20 40.44 Hendren, E H England 51 83 9 3525 *205 7 21 47.64 Hick, G A England 65 114 6 3383 178 6 18 31.32 48.89 Flintoff, A* England 67 110 6 3381 167 5 24 32.51 64.17 Woolley, F E England 64 98 7 3283 154 5 23 36.08 Fletcher, K W R England 59 96 14 3272 216 7 19 39.90 Strauss, A J* England 40 75 2 3012 147 10 9 41.26 51.02 Final Statistical Tidbit: Matt Prior’s 324 runs from 6 innings he came into bat in this series is the new record for a wicket keeper’s debut test series eclipsing the previous best of 264 by Adam Gilchrist in his maiden test series against Pakistan in 1999/00.
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| 10:29 | 16/Jun/2007 |
| Test #1835 Records : England retains the... | |
| Test #1835 West Indies in England 2007 ( 3rd Test ) at Old Trafford, Manchester. An amazing return catch by England ’s latest bowling sensation Monty Panesar to dismiss debutant Sammy proved out to be the turning point of the West Indies chase for a record total for a win in the third test match played at Old Trafford . It not only changed the whole complexion of the contest but also left the subsequent happenings as a matter of academic interest. Had Sammy stayed at the wicket for another hour West Indies could have cruised to a miraculous victory and Sammy would have a made a dream all-rounder debut. But Panesar’s crucial breakthrough took all the tension out of Michael Vaughan’s mind and England clinched a series winning test victory at Old Trafford by 60 runs. Panesar for his first 10fer deservedly won the Man of the Match award. A Test Match which had several statistical highlights like batsmen from opposing sides (Alastair Cook and Shivnarine Chanderpaul) hitting a century and a in the same test, Darren Sammy claiming seven wickets in an innings on test debut , Harmison crossing the 200 wicket milestone in test career and Monty Panesar ending a 10 year long period of an English spinner going without a 10-wicket haul in a test match, more than anything else the total number of extras conceded by a both teams came within six sundries of and all time record. Though West Indies ’ fourth innings total was the highest in the test match they ended up losing the match like they did against India just a year back thus providing tenth such instance. Here are the details of the statistical highlights of the test match #1835: Darren Sammy’s second innings haul of 7 for 66 provides the 124 th occasion of a test debutant claiming 5 or more wickets in an innings. He becomes the 9 th West Indian to do so. Following is the list of all the instances of a player returning with five wicket haul in an innings on Test Debut in chronological order. Player For 1st inns 2nd inns Test Series Venue M Figs Kendall, T Aus 6 67 2 78 1876-1877 AUS v ENG Melbourne 8 109 Midwinter, W E Aus 5 78 1 23 1876-1877 AUS v ENG Melbourne 6 101 Shaw, A Eng 3 51 5 38 1876-1877 AUS v ENG Melbourne 8 89 Morley, F Eng 5 56 3 90 1880 ENG v AUS The Oval 8 146 Cooper, W H Aus 6 155 - DNB 1881-1882 AUS v ENG Melbourne 9 200 Peel, R Eng 3 68 5 51 1884-1885 AUS v ENG Adelaide 8 119 Ferris, J J Eng 3 61 6 38 1886-1887 AUS v ENG Sydney 9 103 Turner, C T B Aus 6 15 2 53 1886-1887 AUS v ENG Sydney 8 68 Ashley, W H SA 2 19 5 64 1888-1889 SAF v ENG Cape Town 7 95 Rose-Innes, A SA 5 43 0 16 1888-1889 SAF v ENG Port Elizabeth 5 59 Smith, C A Eng 5 19 2 42 1888-1889 SAF v ENG Port Elizabeth 7 61 Martin, F Eng 6 50 6 52 1890 ENG v AUS The Oval 12 102 McLeod, R W Aus 5 53 1 39 1891-1892 AUS v ENG Melbourne 6 92 Lockwood, W H Eng 6 101 - DNB 1893 ENG v AUS Lord's 6 101 Richardson, T Eng 5 49 5 107 1893 ENG v AUS Old Trafford 10 156 Trott, A E Eng 0 9 8 43 1894-1895 AUS v ENG Adelaide 8 52 Heseltine, C Eng 4 119 5 43 1895-1896 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 5 67 Middleton, J SA 5 64 4 66 1895-1896 SAF v ENG Port Elizabeth 9 130 Rowe, G A SA 5 115 - DNB 1895-1896 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 5 115 Noble, M A Aus 1 31 6 49 1897-1898 AUS v ENG Melbourne 7 80 Bradley, W M Eng 1 81 5 37 1899 ENG v AUS Old Trafford 6 149 Barnes, S F Eng 3 72 5 50 1901-1902 AUS v ENG Sydney 6 139 Braund, L C Eng 5 53 1 39 1901-1902 AUS v ENG Sydney 7 101 Saunders, J V Aus 4 119 5 43 1901-1902 AUS v ENG Sydney 9 162 Warren, A Eng 5 57 1 56 1905 ENG v AUS Headingley 6 113 Lees, W S Eng 2 61 5 82 1905-1906 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 8 108 O'Connor, J D A Aus 3 110 5 40 1907-1908 AUS v ENG Adelaide 8 150 Carr, D W Eng 5 113 1 58 1909 ENG v AUS The Oval 7 282 Simpson-Hayward, G H T Eng 6 43 2 59 1909-1910 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 8 102 Hordern, H V Aus 3 51 5 38 1910-1911 AUS v SAF Melbourne 8 105 Foster, F R Eng 5 58 0 14 1911-1912 AUS v ENG Sydney 7 197 Hall, A E SA 5 43 0 16 1922-1923 SAF v ENG Cape Town 11 112 Macaulay, G G Eng 2 19 5 64 1922-1923 SAF v ENG Cape Town 7 83 Parker, G M SA 6 152 - DNB 1924 ENG v SAF Edgbaston 6 152 Grimmett, C V Aus 6 100 1 23 1924-1925 AUS v ENG Sydney 11 82 Bissett, G F SA 6 50 6 52 1927-1928 SAF v ENG Cape Town 8 136 Hammond, W R Eng 5 115 - DNB 1927-1928 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 5 57 Promnitz, H L E SA 5 58 0 14 1927-1928 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 5 72 Wall, T W Aus 3 123 5 66 1928-1929 AUS v ENG Melbourne 8 189 Bell, A J SA 6 81 - DNB 1929 ENG v SAF Lord's 6 159 Allom, M J C Eng 5 34 3 74 1929-1930 NZL v ENG Christchurch 8 55 Mahomed Nissar Ind 5 93 1 42 1932 ENG v IND Lord's 6 135 Langridge, J Eng 3 123 5 66 1933 ENG v WIN Old Trafford 7 79 Marriott, C S Eng 5 37 6 59 1933 ENG v WIN The Oval 11 96 Farnes, K Eng 5 24 2 63 1934 ENG v AUS Trent Bridge 10 179 Smith, C I J Eng 0 8 5 16 1934-1935 WIN v ENG Bridgetown 5 24 Ward, F A Aus 2 138 6 102 1936-1937 AUS v ENG Brisbane 8 240 Gordon, N SA 5 49 5 107 1938-1939 SAF v ENG Old Wanderers 7 162 Perks, R T D Eng 5 100 1 99 1938-1939 SAF v ENG Kingsmead 6 199 Copson, W H Eng 5 56 3 90 1939 ENG v WIN Lord's 9 152 Johnson, I W G NZ 6 43 2 59 1945-1946 NZ v AUS Wellington 8 134 Bedser, A V Eng 5 63 1 14 1946 ENG v IND Lord's 11 145 Pollard, R Eng 5 24 2 63 1946 ENG v IND Old Trafford 7 87 Tuckett, L SA 5 68 1 127 1947 ENG v SAF Trent Bridge 6 195 Johnson, H H H WI 0 81 5 47 1947-1948 WIN v ENG Kingston 10 96 Laker, J C Eng 6 15 2 53 1947-1948 WIN v ENG Bridgetown 9 198 McCarthy, C N SA 0 20 6 43 1948-1949 SAF v ENG Kingsmead 6 63 Bailey, T E Eng 5 93 1 42 1949 ENG v NZL Headingley 6 169 Cresswell, G F NZ 1 31 6 49 1949 ENG v NZL The Oval 6 168 Melle, M G SA 5 113 1 58 1949-1950 SAF v AUS Ellis Park 6 171 Berry, R Eng 5 37 6 59 1950 ENG v WIN Old Trafford 9 116 Valentine, A L WI 8 104 3 100 1950 ENG v WIN Old Trafford 11 204 Moir, A M NZ 6 155 - DNB 1950-1951 NZL v ENG Christchurch 6 155 Ironside, D E J SA 5 104 - DNB 1953-1954 SAF v NZL Ellis Park 8 88 Appleyard, R Eng 5 84 0 40 1954 ENG v PAK Trent Bridge 7 123 Heine, P S SA 1 32 7 66 1955 ENG v SAF Lord's 6 147 Meckiff, I Aus 5 125 3 52 1957-1958 SAF v AUS Wanderers 8 177 Taylor, J O WI 5 109 - DNB 1957-1958 WIN v PAK Port-of-Spain 5 109 Kumar, V V Ind 0 9 8 43 1960-1961 IND v PAK Delhi (Feroz SK) 7 132 McKenzie, G D Aus 1 81 5 37 1961 ENG v AUS Lord's 6 118 Burke, S F SA 5 125 3 52 1961-1962 SAF v NZL Cape Town 11 196 Pollock, P M SA 3 61 6 38 1961-1962 SAF v NZL Kingsmead 9 99 King, L A WI 5 86 - DNB 1961-1962 WIN v IND Kingston 7 64 Coldwell, L J Eng 7 99 0 15 1962 ENG v PAK Lord's 9 110 Larter, J D F Eng 2 138 6 102 1962 ENG v PAK The Oval 9 145 Arif Butt Pak 6 101 - DNB 1964-1965 AUS v PAK Melbourne 7 118 Taylor, B R NZ 5 86 - DNB 1964-1965 IND v NZL Calcutta 5 86 Abid Ali, S Ind 5 57 4 88 1967-1968 AUS v IND Adelaide 7 116 Shepherd, J N WI 5 104 - DNB 1969 ENG v WIN Old Trafford 5 104 Mohammed Nazir Pak 4 64 7 66 1969-1970 PAK v NZL Rawalpindi (CS) 11 130 Lillee, D K Aus 5 84 0 40 1970-1971 AUS v ENG Adelaide 5 124 Shuttleworth, K Eng 0 81 5 47 1970-1971 AUS v ENG Brisbane 5 128 Massie, R A L Aus 8 84 8 53 1972 ENG v AUS Lord's 16 137 Dymock, G Aus 3 68 5 51 1973-1974 AUS v NZL Adelaide 7 102 Edmonds, P H Eng 5 100 1 99 1975 ENG v AUS Headingley 6 92 Lever, J K Eng 7 46 3 24 1976-1977 IND v ENG Delhi (Feroz SK) 10 70 Botham, I T Eng 0 20 6 43 1977 ENG v AUS Trent Bridge 5 134 Malone, M F Aus 5 63 1 14 1977 ENG v AUS The Oval 6 77 Hogg, R M Aus 5 53 2 45 1978-1979 AUS v ENG Brisbane 7 109 Doshi, D R Ind 6 152 - DNB 1979-1980 IND v AUS Chepauk 8 167 Alderman, T M Aus 5 47 2 31 1981 ENG v AUS Trent Bridge 9 130 Hogan, T G Aus 5 52 0 49 1982-1983 SRL v AUS Kandy 6 116 Cook, N G B Eng 3 70 5 36 1983 ENG v NZL Lord's 8 125 Kuruppuarachchi, A K SL 5 68 1 127 1985-1986 SRL v PAK Colombo (CCC) 7 85 Taylor, P L Aus 6 78 2 76 1986-1987 AUS v ENG Sydney 8 154 Dodemaide, A I C Aus 3 110 5 40 1987-1988 AUS v NZL Melbourne 7 106 Hirwani, N D Ind 3 61 5 48 1987-1988 IND v WIN Chepauk 16 136 Mallender, N A Eng 3 72 5 50 1992 ENG v PAK Headingley 8 122 Such, P M Eng 6 67 2 78 1993 ENG v AUS Old Trafford 8 145 Cork, D G Eng 6 132 0 22 1995 ENG v WIN Lord's 8 115 Klusener, L SA 6 78 2 76 1996-1997 IND v SAF Calcutta 8 139 Mohammad Zahid Pak 3 70 5 36 1996-1997 PAK v NZL Auckland 8 106 Shahid Nazir* Pak 5 53 2 45 1996-1997 PAK v ZIM Sheikhupura 7 98 Rose, F A* WI 6 100 1 23 1996-1997 WIN v IND Kingston 7 123 Cook, S H Aus 4 64 7 66 1997-1998 AUS v NZL Perth 7 75 Wiseman, P J* NZ 2 61 5 82 1997-1998 SRL v NZL Colombo (RPS) 7 143 Shahid Afridi* Pak 5 52 0 49 1998-1999 PAK v AUS Karachi (NS) 5 101 Chandana, U D U* SL 5 64 4 66 1998-1999 SRL v PAK Dhaka 6 179 Perry, N O* WI 1 79 5 70 1998-1999 WIN v AUS Kingston 6 149 Lee, B* Aus 5 57 1 56 1999-2000 AUS v IND Melbourne 7 78 Naimuir Rahman* BD 6 132 0 22 2000-2001 BAN v IND Dhaka 6 154 Mohammad Sami* Pak 7 99 0 15 2000-2001 NZL v PAK Karachi (NS) 7 114 Blignaut, A M Zim 8 84 8 53 2000-2001 ZIM v BAN Bulawayo (QSC) 8 110 Manjural Islam* BD 6 81 - DNB 2000-2001 ZIM v BAN Bulawayo (QSC) 6 81 Katich, SM Aus 0 8 5 16 2001 AUS v ENG Leeds 6 90 Edwards, F H * WI 1 79 5 70 2002-2003 WIN v SRL Kingston 6 90 Kirtley, R J* Eng 5 109 - DNB 2003 ENG v SAF Trent Bridge 8 114 Anderson, J M* Eng 7 46 3 24 2003 ENG v ZIM Lord's 5 138 Johnson, R L* Eng 5 19 2 42 2003 ENG v ZIM Chester-le-Street 6 100 Shabbir Ahmed* Pak 3 61 5 48 2003-2004 PAK v BAN Karachi (NS) 8 109 Langeveldt, C K* SA 8 104 3 100 2004-2005 SAF v ENG Cape Town 5 96 Clark, S R * Aus 5 78 1 23 2005-2006 SAF v AUS Cape Town 9 89 Sammy, D J G* WI 1 32 7 66 2007 ENG v WIN Old Trafford 8 98 Its very rare that batsmen from opposing sides record a century and a fifty in the same test match. England’s Alastair Cook’s (60 & 106) and West Indies’ Shivanrine Chanderpaul’s (50 & 116*) provides 34 th occurrence of a batsmen from each side of a test match hitting a fifty and a hundred in the same test match. Table below lists all such occurrences. Player Name For 1st 2nd Vs Venue Series Test Seq Collins, HL Aus 114 60 Eng Sydney 1924-25 158 Hobbs, JB Eng 115 57 Sutcliffe, H Eng 59 115 Bradman, DG Aus 79 112 Eng Melbourne 1928-29 178 Sutcliffe, H Eng 58 135 Roach, CA WI 122 77 Eng Bridgetown 1929-30 187 Sandham, A Eng 152 51 Headley, GA WI 114 112 Eng Georgetown 1929-30 192 Hendren, EH Eng 56 123 Compton, DCS Eng 147 103 * Aus Adelaide 1946-47 282 Morris, AR Aus 122 124 * Melville, A SA 189 104 * Eng Trent Bridge 1947 285 Compton, DCS Eng 65 163 Compton, DCS Eng 53 113 SA The Oval 1947 289 Mitchell, B SA 120 189 * Walcott, CL WI 54 108 Ind Calcutta 1948-49 308 Weekes, EdeC WI 162 101 Mushtaq Ali Ind 54 106 Barrington, KF Eng 101 94 Aus Sydney 1962-63 539 Burge, PJP Aus 103 52 * Butcher, BF WI 52 118 Aus Adelaide 1968-69 645 Sobers, GStA WI 110 52 Walters, KD Aus 110 50 Boycott, G Eng 58 119 * Aus Adelaide 1970-71 678 Stackpole, KR Aus 87 136 Zaheer Abbas Pak 85 101 Aus Adelaide 1976-77 789 Walters, KD Aus 107 51 McCosker, RB Aus 51 107 Eng Trent Bridge 1977 806 Boycott, G Eng 107 80 * Gavaskar, SM Ind 111 137 Pak Karachi (NS) 1978-79 833 Javed Miandad Pak 100 62 * Hughes, KJ Aus 117 84 Eng Lord's 1980 885 Boycott, G Eng 62 128 * Wasim Akram Pak 52 123 Aus Adelaide 1989-90 1135 Jones, DM Aus 116 121 * Atherton, MA Eng 131 74 Ind Old Trafford 1990 1149 Smith, RA Eng 121 * 61 * Tendulkar, SR Ind 68 119 * Jones, AH NZ 122 100 * SL Hamilton 1990-91 1164 Gurusinha, AP SL 119 102 Kirsten, G SA 102 133 Ind Calcutta 1996-97 1341 Azharuddin, M Ind 109 52 Kirsten, G SA 77 108 * Aus Adelaide 1997-98 1397 Waugh, ME Aus 63 115 * Wajahatullah Wasti Pak 133 121 * SL Lahore (Gaddafi) 1998-99 1447 Arnold, RP SL 123 56 * Flower, A Zim 183 * 70 Ind Delhi (Feroz SK) 2000-01 1515 Dravid, RS Ind 200 * 70 * Lehmann, DS Aus 160 66 WI Port-of-Spain 2002-03 1639 Lara, BC WI 91 122 Habibul Bashar BD 71 108 Pak Karachi (NS) 2003 1655 Yasir Hameed Pak 170 105 Dravid, RS Ind 222 73 NZ Ahmedabad (GS) 2003-04 1660 Astle, NJ NZ 103 51 * Dilshan, TM SL 63 100 Eng Kandy 2003-04 1672 Vaughan, MP Eng 52 105 Tendulkar, SR Ind 241 * 60 * Aus Sydney 2003-04 1680 Katich, SM Aus 125 77 * Kallis, JH SA 73 130 * WI Cape Town 2003-04 1681 Lara, BC WI 115 86 Richardson, MH NZ 93 101 Eng Lord's 2004 1700 Strauss, AJ Eng 112 83 Vaughan, MP Eng 103 101 * WI Lord's 2004 1707 Chanderpaul, S WI 128 * 97 * Kallis, JH SA 111 50 * Aus Sydney 2005-06 1780 Ponting, RT Aus 120 143 * Cook, AN Eng 60 104 * Ind Nagpur 2005-06 1785 Jaffer, W Ind 81 100 Ganga, D WI 135 66 * Ind Basseterre 2006 1807 Laxman, VVS Ind 100 63 Cook, AN Eng 60 106 WI Old Trafford 2007 1835 Chanderpaul, S WI 50 116 * The combined total of extras conceded by both teams in this test came very close to the current record for the most number of extras totaled by both teams in a test match. The previous highest also involved West Indies when they along with Pakistan in the 1976-77 Bridgetown test combined to concede 173 extras. Following is the list of all the instances wherein the two teams combined to total 125 extras or more in a test match. Extras %Sc Bat#1 Bat#2 Venue Season Test Seq 173 12.37 Pak WI Bridgetown 1976-77 797 167 12.79 Eng WI Old Trafford 2007 1835 149 10.44 WI Aus Perth 1988-89 1110 140 10.44 Aus WI Adelaide 1988-89 1114 140 9.69 NZ Eng Lord's 2004 1700 137 8.69 Eng WI Lord's 2004 1707 136 11.37 Aus WI Georgetown 1990-91 1167 135 8.94 Aus WI Port-of-Spain 2002-03 1639 134 10.5 Aus WI Bridgetown 1998-99 1453 129 11.58 SAf Pak Wanderers 1994-95 1283 127 10.06 WI Eng Bridgetown 1989-90 1143 When Steve Harmison had Jerome Taylor caught by England's batting hero Alastair Cook in the short leg for 11 he became the 11th English bowler to reach the 200 wicket milestone in a test career. He now becomes the 52nd cricketer in test cricket to take 200 or more wickets in a test career. Following is the list of all players who took 200 or more wickets in tests. Player Country Career Tests Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w 10w Warne, S K Australia 1992-2007 145 6784.1 1762 17995 708 25.42 8/71 37 10 Muralitharan, M* Sri Lanka 1992- 110 6117.3 1585 14649 674 21.73 9/51 57 19 McGrath, G D Australia 1993-2007 124 4874.4 1470 12186 563 21.64 8/24 29 3 Kumble, A * India 1990- 115 5973.2 1438 15779 552 28.59 10/74 33 8 Walsh, C A West Indies 1984-2001 132 5003.1 1144 12684 519 24.44 7/37 22 3 Kapil Dev India 1978-1994 131 4623.2 1060 12867 434 29.65 9/83 23 2 Hadlee, R J New Zealand 1973-1990 86 3460.4 809 9611 431 22.30 9/52 36 9 Pollock, S M* South Africa 1995- 107 4030.5 1205 9648 416 23.19 7/87 16 1 Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985-2002 104 3771.1 871 9779 414 23.62 7/119 25 5 Ambrose, C E L West Indies 1988-2000 98 3683.5 1001 8502 405 20.99 8/45 22 3 Botham, I T England 1977-1992 102 3549.3 788 10878 383 28.40 8/34 27 4 Marshall, M D West Indies 1978-1991 81 2930.4 613 7876 376 20.95 7/22 22 4 Waqar Younis Pakistan 1989-2003 87 2704.0 516 8788 373 23.56 7/76 22 5 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 88 3106.0 727 8258 362 22.81 8/58 23 6 Lillee, D K Australia 1971-1984 70 2834.1 652 8493 355 23.92 7/83 23 7 Donald, A A South Africa 1992-2002 72 2586.3 661 7344 330 22.25 8/71 20 3 Willis, R G D England 1971-1984 90 2699.1 554 8190 325 25.20 8/43 16 0 Vaas, W P U* Sri Lanka 1994- 96 3447.4 786 9216 313 29.44 7/71 11 2 Gibbs, L R West Indies 1958-1976 79 4205.7 1313 8989 309 29.09 8/38 18 2 Ntini, M* South Africa 1998- 75 2637.4 578 8465 308 27.48 7/37 17 4 Trueman, F S England 1952-1965 67 2447.4 522 6625 307 21.58 8/31 17 3 Underwood, D L England 1966-1982 86 3463.0 1239 7674 297 25.84 8/51 17 6 McDermott, C J Australia 1984-1996 71 2764.2 583 8332 291 28.63 8/97 14 2 Bedi, B S India 1966-1979 67 3441.0 1096 7637 266 28.71 7/98 14 1 Garner, J West Indies 1977-1987 58 2195.5 576 5433 259 20.98 6/56 7 0 Gillespie, J N* Australia 1996- 71 2372.2 630 6770 259 26.14 7/37 8 0 Statham, J B England 1951-1965 70 2495.2 595 6261 252 24.85 7/39 9 1 Holding, M A West Indies 1975-1987 60 2066.4 459 5898 249 23.69 8/92 13 2 Benaud, R Australia 1952-1964 63 2727.2 805 6704 248 27.03 7/72 16 1 McKenzie, G D Australia 1961-1971 60 2629.5 547 7328 246 29.79 8/71 16 3 Chandrasekhar, B S India 1964-1979 58 2549.1 584 7199 242 29.75 8/79 16 2 Harbhajan Singh* India 1998- 57 2527.0 520 7108 238 29.87 8/84 19 4 Abdul Qadir Pakistan 1977-1990 67 2810.2 608 7742 236 32.81 9/56 15 5 Bedser, A V England 1946-1955 51 2424.4 574 5876 236 24.90 7/44 15 5 Srinath, J India 1991-2002 67 2517.2 599 7196 236 30.49 8/86 10 1 Hoggard, M J* England 2000- 63 2179.1 463 7122 235 30.31 7/61 7 1 Sobers, G S A West Indies 1954-1974 93 3432.3 974 7999 235 34.04 6/73 6 0 Caddick, A R England 1993-2003 62 2259.4 500 6999 234 29.91 7/46 13 1 Lee, B* Australia 1999- 59 2046.3 410 7301 231 31.61 5/30 7 0 Gough, D England 1994-2003 58 1969.5 368 6503 229 28.40 6/42 9 0 Vettori, D L* New Zealand 1997- 73 2930.5 728 7847 229 34.27 7/87 13 3 Lindwall, R R Australia 1946-1960 61 1970.2 419 5251 228 23.03 7/38 12 0 Cairns, C L New Zealand 1989-2004 62 1949.4 414 6410 218 29.40 7/27 13 1 Grimmett, C V Australia 1925-1936 37 2408.3 736 5231 216 24.22 7/40 21 7 Streak, H H Zimbabwe 1993-2005 65 2259.5 595 6079 216 28.14 6/73 7 0 Kallis, J H* South Africa 1995- 107 2382.5 620 6756 213 31.72 6/54 4 0 Hughes, M G Australia 1985-1994 53 2047.3 499 6017 212 28.38 8/87 7 1 Saqlain Mushtaq* Pakistan 1995-2004 49 2345.0 541 6206 208 29.84 8/164 13 3 Roberts, A M E West Indies 1974-1983 47 1778.4 382 5174 202 25.61 7/54 11 2 Snow, J A England 1965-1976 49 1928.3 415 5387 202 26.67 7/40 8 1 Harmison, S J* England 2002- 53 1919.4 376 6149 201 30.59 7/12 8 1 Thomson, J R Australia 1972-1985 51 1589.3 300 5601 200 28.01 6/46 8 0 Final Tidbit: Darren Sammy now becomes the 2,486th cricketer to play in test cricket and 266 th from West Indies .
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| 02:40 | 12/Jun/2007 |
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| Here are the answers to the CricketQuiz Prepared for SportsQuiz Group. The first ever radio broadcast of any type of cricket match played in any part of the world was a benefit match played in 1922/23 season for this batsman and fetched around 490 pounds. Name the batsman. ANSWER: CHARLES BANNERMAN Fred Trueman supposed to have said about a particular cricketer like this “If he played cricket the way he talked, he would have had people queuing up to get into the ground instead of queuing up to leave”. Name the cricketer whom Fred Trueman was referring to. ANSWER: GEOFF BOYCOTT Nicknamed as Happy Jack, he is the only player from the first test eleven of England to have played in more than seven tests and scored a test hundred. Name this English Cricketer. ANSWER: GEORGE ULYETT Which English test captain killed himself by first shooting himself in the chest and when it did not turn out to be fatal shot again aiming at his head. He was the first person to have achieved a particular feat that Michael Vaughan did against West Indies in the recently concluded Leeds test. ANSWER: ARTHUR SHREWSBURY In one of the most dramatic test matches ever played this cricketer broke his left arm. Recollecting the incident he said later “It was a good length ball from Hall which flew, unaccountably and broke my arm just above the wrist. It made the most awful noise." Though he got retired hurt at that point, he did return to the field when the ninth wicket fell and stood at the non-strikers end to watch David Allen defend the final two deliveries of the match with his side still needing six runs for a win. His courageous move saved an imminent defeat for his side. Name this arguably the bravest batsman of all-time. ANSWER: MICHAEL COLIN COWDREY This cricketer holds the record for best bowling figures in a test match by a captain for his country. Shane Warne in his 2001 autobiography claimed that he was probably the biggest influence in his career. Name the cricketer being referred here. ANSWER: ALLAN ROBERT BORDER He was a tremendous success when he visited Sri Lanka (then Ceylon ) while playing for Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagaram XI during the 1930-31 season. He hit a fifty and two hundreds in the three innings he batted on that tour. These centuries were not termed first class when he played but were later given that status by Association of Cricket Statisticians while tabulating his record. In the same season while batting in the semi finals and finals of the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament, he failed to make a significant contribution towards his team’s championship. Considered as one of the greatest batsman his middle name was chosen from his mother’s maiden name. Name this incomparable genius. ANSWER: SIR JACK BERRY HOBBS Identify the cricketer in the picture who is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all-time and was named by Don Bradman as the twelfth man in his dream team. ANSWER: WALLY HAMMOND He is one of the very few cricketers to have represented two nations in test cricket and provides perhaps the only recorded occasion of catching his own team member while substituting for an injured player in the opposition. Name the player being referred here. ANSWER: BILLY MURDOCH This great cricketer is the only batsman to have got dismissed for every score from 96 to 100. He also holds the record for being the first cricketer to have achieved a particular feat that Matthew Hayden of Australia repeated five consecutive times. Name the cricketer. ANSWER: CLEM HILL While driving two of his team mates on route to London to play in a charity match in late 1950s, this cricketer crashed his car into a cattle truck. One of the passengers in the car who had hit a century on his test debut was sleeping in the back seat at the time of the crash and injured his spinal cord badly which sent him into a coma. That cricketer never regained his consciousness and died three days after the accident. Name the cricketer who was driving the car at that time and endured the guilt of being responsible for the death of his fellow teammate and a close friend for a very long time. ANSWER: SIR GARFIELD SOBERS One of the greatest batsmen of all time, in a Ranji Trophy Semi-final of early 1980s, surprised everyone that was present at the ground both on and off the field when he came into bat after the sixth wicket fell and took guard as left handed batsman. Though he is a right handed batsman he did successfully defend sixty of the 66 deliveries he received batting left handed. But his action was not taken kindly by his critics especially he being the captain of his side. Name the cricketer who chose to bat left handed in that innings even though he made all but four of his first class runs batting right handed. ANSWER: SUNIL MANOHAR GAVASKAR There is a connection between all the answers to the above questions which would lead you to the name of the only cricketer who is deliberately left out. Identify the connection and the missing player. ANSWER: ALL THE CRICKETERS, WHOSE NAMES WERE ANSWERS TO THE FIRST TWELVE QUESTIONS HAVE HELD THE WORLD RECORD FOR MOST NUMBER OF RUNS IN TEST CRICKET AS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW. OBVIOUSLY THE CRICKETER WHOSE NAME IS DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT IS BRIAN CHARLES LARA, CURRENT RECORD HOLDER OF MOST RUNS IN A TEST CAREER. Players Holding Highest Aggregate Record 1877 - Todate Record held till the Year Record Player Country Career 1880 239 Bannerman, C Australia 239 @ 59.75 1883 638 Ulyett, G England 949 @ 24.33 1885 860 Murdoch, W L England 908 @ 31.31 1901 1277 Shrewsbury, A England 1277 @ 35.47 1923 3412 Hill, C Australia 3412 @ 39.22 1936 5410 Hobbs, J B England 5410 @ 56.95 1969 7249 Hammond, W R England 7249 @ 58.46 1971 7459 Cowdrey, M C England 7624 @ 44.07 1980 8032 Sobers, G S A West Indies 8032 @ 57.78 1982 8114 Boycott, G England 8114 @ 47.73 1992 10122 Gavaskar, S M India 10122 @ 51.12 2004 11174 Border, A R Australia 11174 @ 50.56 Todate 11953 Lara, B C* West Indies 11953 @ 52.89 Hope you all have enjoyed the Quiz and thanks to those who sent their answers. Minhaj Alam is the only participant to have cracked it all. Cheers VJ
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| Hi Fellow Cricket lovers, Posting here is the Quiz I have prepared for SportsQuiz Group second anniversary on Cricket. Thought most of you will be interested in the questions and may like to participate by sending answers to my email ID : vjeedigunta@gmail.com or to the moderator of SportsQuiz Group Prateek Vijayavargia's email ID: svijayavargia@ya...
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| Test #1831 West Indies in England 2007 (1st Test) at Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood.With a magnificent hundred on his test debut, Matt Prior of England, who stole the show at Lord’s in their test series opener against the West Indies and may have very well ended the England selector’s long time search for a wicket keeper batsman. At 25 years...
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| WORLD CUP CRICKET QUIZ:April 28th, 2007: Quiztion of the Day - 47Ricky Ponting led his mighty invincibles to the second World Cup victory in a row as a captain. Like in 2003 his team did not lose a single match and have defeated every opponent quiet convincingly. Adam Gilchrist could not have chosen a better time and place to strike his form and wh...
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