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