India post 400 three figure partnerships in one day games – becomes the first team to accomplish the feat

India posted two three figure partnerships in the fourth one day game against Sri Lanka – 219 for the third wicket between RG Sharma – V Kohli and 101 runs unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket between MK Pandey-MS Dhoni. These two three figure partnerships gave India 400 three figure partnerships. Thus India became the first team in the history of one day games to post 400 three figure partnerships. The break up wicket wise is furnished below Wkt Partners Inns NO Runs High TFP 1 30 94 05 13042 258 94 2 48 90 10 13482 331 90 3 57 81 09 10855 237* 81 4 39 61 12 07885 275* 61 5 32 43 08 05700 223 43 6 19 23 07 02710 160 23 7 03 03 01 00327 125* 03 8 01 01 01 00100 100* 01 9 04 04 01 00445 126* 04   233 400 54 54546 331 400...

Opening batsman scoring a century and a ninety in a test – KG Brathwaite of West Indies joins the list

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just concluded test against England at Leeds to provide the 22nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below No Player 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Start Date 1 PA Gibb 93 106 Eng SAF Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938 2 PGV van der Bijl 125 97 SAF Eng Durban 03 Mar 1939 3 MC Cowdrey 114 97 Eng Win Kingston 17 Feb 1960 4 G Boycott 99 112 Eng Win Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974 5 CG Greenidge 93 107 Win Ind Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974 6 Mohsin Khan 94 101* Pak Ind Lahore 10 Dec 1982 7 Saeed Anwar 94 136 Pak Srl Colombo (PSS) 09 Aug 1994 8 MA Atherton 94* 118 Eng NZl Christchurch 14 Feb 1997 9 MA Taylor 334* 92 Aus Pak Peshawar 15 Oct 1998 10 MH Richardson 93 101 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004 11 JL Langer 191 97 Aus Pak Perth 16 Dec 2004 12 AJ Strauss 126 94* Eng SAF Port Elizabeth 17 Dec 2004 13 HH Gibbs 161 98 SAF Eng Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005 14 AB de Villiers 92 109 SAF Eng Centurion 21 Jan 2005 15 ND McKenzie 94 155* SAF Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008 16 G Gambhir 179 97 Ind Eng Mohali 19 Dec 2008 17 AN Cook 94 139* Eng Win Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009 18 TM Dilshan 92 123* Srl NZl Galle 18 Aug 2009 19 SR Watson 93 120* Aus Pak Melbourne 26 Dec 2009 20 AN Cook 96 106 Eng Srl Lord’s 03 Jun 2011 21 Mohammad Hafeez 96 101* Pak NZl Abu Dhabi 09 Nov 2014 22 KC Brathwaite 134 95 Win Eng Leeds 25 Aug 2017 KG Brathwaite...

Batsmen scoring a century and a ninety in a test – KG Brathwaite’s feat at Leeds provides the 50th occasion

KG Brathwaite of West Indies scored 134 and 95 in the just conclded test against England at Leeds to provide the 50th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below No Player 1st 2nd Team Opposition Ground Match Date 1 PA Gibb 93 106 England v South Africa Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938 2 PGV van der Bijl 125 97 South Africa v England Durban 03 Mar 1939 3 CG Borde 109 96 India v West Indies Delhi 06 Feb 1959 4 MC Cowdrey 114 97 England v West Indies Kingston 17 Feb 1960 5 KF Barrington 101 94 England v Australia Sydney 15 Feb 1963 6 Hanif Mohammad 104 93 Pakistan v Australia Melbourne 04 Dec 1964 7 RM Cowper 92 108 Australia v India Adelaide 23 Dec 1967 8 GS Sobers 152 95* West Indies v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968 9 SM Nurse 95 168 West Indies v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1969 10 APE Knott 101 96 England v New Zealand Auckland 05 Mar 1971 11 G Boycott 99 112 England v West Indies Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974 12 CG Greenidge 93 107 West Indies v India Bangalore 22 Nov 1974 13 M Amarnath 90 100 India v Australia Perth 16 Dec 1977 14 PM Toohey 122 97 Australia v West Indies Kingston 28 Apr 1978 15 Zaheer Abbas 176 96 Pakistan v India Faisalabad 16 Oct 1978 16 Mohsin Khan 94 101* Pakistan v India Lahore 10 Dec 1982 17 AR Border 98* 100* Australia v West Indies Port of Spain 16 Mar 1984 18 LRD Mendis 111 94 Sri Lanka v England Lord’s 23 Aug 1984 19 PA de Silva 96 123 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Auckland 01 Mar 1991 20 Saeed Anwar...

Centuries in both innings of a test – SD Hope of West Indies joins the list

SD Hope  of West Indies scored 147 and 118 not out in  the just concluded test against England at Leeds to  provide the 82nd occasion of a batsman scoring centuries  in each innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the first such instance in a test at Leeds.   No Player 1st 2nd Team Opposition Ground Match Date 1 W Bardsley 136 130 Australia v England The Oval 09 Aug 1909 2 CAG Russell 140 111 England v South Africa Durban 16 Feb 1923 3 H Sutcliffe 176 127 England v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1925 4 WR Hammond 119* 177 England v Australia Adelaide 01 Feb 1929 5 H Sutcliffe 104 109* England v South Africa The Oval 17 Aug 1929 6 GA Headley 114 112 West Indies v England Georgetown 21 Feb 1930 7 E Paynter 117 100 England v South Africa Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938 8 GA Headley 106 107 West Indies v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1939 9 DCS Compton 147 103* England v Australia Adelaide 31 Jan 1947 10 AR Morris 122 124* Australia v England Adelaide 31 Jan 1947 11 A Melville 189 104* South Africa v England Nottingham 07 Jun 1947 12 B Mitchell 120 189* South Africa v England The Oval 16 Aug 1947 13 DG Bradman 132 127* Australia v India Melbourne 01 Jan 1948 14 VS Hazare 116 145 India v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1948 15 ED Weekes 162 101 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 16 J Moroney 118 101* Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 10 Feb 1950 17 CL Walcott 126 110 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 11 Apr 1955 18 CL Walcott 155 110 West Indies v Australia Kingston 11 Jun 1955 19 GS Sobers 125 109* West Indies v Pakistan Georgetown 13 Mar 1958...

MS Dhoni’s 99 stumping dismissals in one day games – A statistical study

MS Dhoni has  effected 99 stumping dismissals in one day games and is on the verge of becoming the first wicket keeper to effect 100 stumping dismissals if he effects one more stumping dismissals. The following table lists the 99 stumping dismissals of MS Dhoni   No Batsman MoD Bowler Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 1 Rajin Saleh st SR Tendulkar 82 2 Ban Dhaka 27 Dec 2004 2 Mashrafe Mortaza st SR Tendulkar 39 2 Ban Dhaka 27 Dec 2004 3 Abdul Razzaq st Yuvraj Singh 18 1 Pak Jamshedpur 09 Apr 2005 4 AM Blignaut st Harbhajan Singh 41 1 Zim Harare 04 Sep 2005 5 SB Styris st V Sehwag 37 2 NZl Harare 06 Sep 2005 6 UDU Chandana st Harbhajan Singh 3 2 Srl Nagpur 25 Oct 2005 7 MF Maharoof st M Kartik 2 2 Srl Nagpur 25 Oct 2005 8 DPMD Jayawardene st M Kartik 14 1 Srl Rajkot 09 Nov 2005 9 A Flintoff st RR Powar 5 1 Eng Faridabad 31 Mar 2006 10 DJ Bravo st Harbhajan Singh 10 2 Win Kuala Lumpur 20 Sep 2006 11 AB de Villiers st D Mongia 41 1 RSA Durban 22 Nov 2006 12 BC Lara st SR Tendulkar 31 2 Win Nagpur 21 Jan 2007 13 Shakib Al Hasan st V Sehwag 53 2 Ban Port of Spain 17 Mar 2007 14 Habibul Bashar st V Sehwag 1 2 Ban Port of Spain 17 Mar 2007 15 Shakib Al Hasan st D Mongia 50 1 Ban Dhaka 10 May 2007 16 Habibul Bashar st PP Chawla 43 2 Ban Dhaka 12 May 2007 17 V Sibanda st Mohammad Rafique 45 2 Afr Chennai 10 Jun 2007 18 SO Tikolo st Harbhajan Singh 11 2 Afr Chennai 10 Jun 2007 19 MV Boucher st Harbhajan Singh 7 2 Afr Chennai 10...