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When Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal added 103 runs for the last wicket in the third one day game between Pakistan and New Zealand at Abu Dhabhi on 10.11.09, their stand provided the second occasion of a three figure partnership for the tenth wicket in the history of one day games.

The first ever tenth wicket three figure partnership was 106 runs unfinished stand between IVA Richards and MA Holding in the match between West Indies and England at Manchester 31.05.84.

The history of one day game witnessed the first ever three figure stand for the tenth wicket after 13 years, four months and 25 days. {Note: The first one day game was played on 05.01.1971} while the second tenth wicket stand came after 25 years, five months and nine days.

In the West Indies and England encounter at Manchester on 31.05.84, West Indies score board read 166 for 9, when MA Holding joined IVA Richards. The duo added 106 runs and remained not out. West Indies finished their innings with 272 for 9 in 50.0 overs with IVA Richards scoring 189 not out and MA Holding scoring 12 not out. England mustered 168 all out. England’s total of 168 all out was less than IVA Richard’s 189 not out providing an occasion of a batsman’s individual score greater than the entire team’s total, West Indies won this game by 104 runs

In the Pakistan and New Zealand game at Abu Dhabi on 10.11.09, New Zealand batting first scored 211 runs. Pakistan were tottering at 101 for 9, when the last man Saeed Ajmal joined Mohamad Aamer at the crease. Saeed Ajmal was the last man dismissed for 33, while Mohammad Aamer remained not out on 76. Pakistan were all out for 204 leaving New Zealand victors by seven runs. Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal added 103 runs for the last wicket, thus posting the second three figure partnership for the last wicket in the history of one day games

Zimbabwe in South Africa : First one dayer at Benoni on 08.11.09. South Africa won by 45 runs

South Africa carved its 25^th win over Zimbabwe in 28 encounters between the two teams when it won the first one day game by 45 runs.

HM Amla {80}, AB de Villers {51} and JA Morkel {50*} scored fifties in South Africa’s innings providing the sixth occasion of South Africa’s three or more batsmen scoring fifties against Zimbabwe in one day games.

HM Amla {80}, AB de Villers {51} and JA Morkel {50*} scored fifties in South Africa’s innings which swelled the number of fifties by South African batsmen against Zimbabwe to 54.

HM Amla with his 80 in this game registered his fifth one day fifty {fourth half century}, AB de Villlers with his 50 in this game registered his 23^rd one day fifty {20^th half century}and JA Morkel with his 51 not out registered his second one day fifty {second half century}.

South Africa capped R McLaren in this game who became the 94^th South African cricketer to play one day games. R McLaren became the eleventh South African cricketer to make his debut against Zimbabwe in one day games.

R McLaren returned with figures of 3 for 51 in this game providing the seventh occasion of a South African bowler to capture three or more wickets on his one day deubt. His figures represent the best bowling figures by a South African bowler on debut against Zimbabwe. The previous best was RE Bryson’s 1 for 41 at Cape Town on 29.01.97.

MA Vermeulen pouched three catches in this game to become the second Zimbabwean fieldsman to pouch three catches against South Africa in one day games, after AR Whittal who had taken three catches at Chelmsford on 29.05.99.

MA Vermeulen pouched three catches in this game providing the eleventh occasion of Zimbabwean fieldsman accounting for three or more catches in one day games.

No	Fieldsmen	Ct	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ADR Campbell	3	Ken	Dhaka	19.02.99
2	AR Whittall	3	RSA	Chelmsford	29.05.99
3	GJ Whittall	4	Eng	The Oval	08.07.00
4	SV Carlisle	3	Win	Sydney	23.01.01
5	SV Carlisle	3	Ban	Chittagong	23.11.01
6	ADR Campbell	3	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
7	SV Carlisle	3	Ban	Harare	14.03.04
8	S Matsikenyeri	3	Ban	Dhaka	29.01.05
9	E Chigumbura	4	Win	Port of Spain	14.05.06
10	MA Vermeulen	3	Ban	Bulawayo	14.08.09
11	MA Vermeulen	3	RSA	Benoni	08.11.09

MA Vermeulen became the third Zimbabwean fieldsman to account for three catches in an innings on two or more occasions. Others are SV Carlisle {three occasions} and ADR Campbell {two occasions}

No	Fieldsmen	Ct	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ADR Campbell	3	Ken	Dhaka	19.02.99
2	ADR Campbell	3	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
1	MA Vermeulen	3	Ban	Bulawayo	14.08.09
2	MA Vermeulen	3	RSA	Benoni	08.11.09
1	SV Carlisle	3	Win	Sydney	23.01.01
2	SV Carlisle	3	Ban	Chittagong	23.11.01
3	SV Carlisle	3	Ban	Harare	14.03.04

CB Mpofu returned with figures of none for 70 in this game providing the 28^th occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game. His figures represent the seventh occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game against South Africa.

CB Mpofu returned with figures of none for 70 in this game providing the third occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler conceding seventy plus runs without a wicket in a one day game against South Africa. His figures represent the eleventh occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler conceding seventy plus runs without a wicket in a one day game.

CB Mpofu became the second Zimbabwean bowler after ML Nkala to concede seventy plus runs without a wicket on two or more occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CB Mpofu	0	72	Pak	Karachi	21.01.08
2	CB Mpofu	0	70	RSA	Benoni	08.11.09
1	ML Nkala	0	72	RSA	Bulawayo	23.09.01
2	ML Nkala	0	76	Pak	Bulawayo	24.11.02
3	ML Nkala	0	80	Pak	Harare	27.11.02

P Utseaya was making his 100^th appearance in this game. He became the tenth Zimbabwean cricketer to play 100 plus one day games. Others are – GW Flower {219}, A Flower {213}, HH Streak {189}, ADR Campbell {188}, GJ Whittall {147}, SV Carlisle {111}, T Taibu {111}, S Matsikenyeri {104} and E Chigumbura {102}

T Taibu scored 103 not out in this game which represent the 63^rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred in the history of one day games. His knock represents the eighth occasion of a Zimbabwean wicket keeper registering hundreds in one day games

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DL Houghton	142	NZl	Hyd-LBS	10.10.87
2	A Flower	115*	Srl	N Plymouth	23.02.92
3	A Flower	120*	Srl	Sharjah	21.10.00
4	A Flower	142*	Eng	Harare	07.10.01
5	A Flower	145	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
6	T Taibu	107*	RSA	Harare	26.08.07
7	BRM Taylor	118*	Ban	Chittagong	05.11.09
8	T Taibu	103*	RSA	Benoni	08.11.09

T Taibu with his 103 not out became the only Zimbabwean wicket keeper to score two hundreds against South Africa in one day games. His other hundred was 107 not out at Harare on 26.08.07

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	T Taibu	107*	RSA	Harare	26.08.07
2	T Taibu	103*	RSA	Benoni	08.11.09

T Taibu’s 103 not out in this game represent the 40^th hundred by a Zimbabwean batsman in one day games.

T Taibu’s 103 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the 25^th occasion of a Zimbabwean batsman’s hundred going in vain in one day games. It also represents the 254^th occasion of a batsman’s hundred in a losing cause in the history of one day games.

T Taibu’s 103 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the eighth occasion of a Zimbabwean wicket keeper batsman’s hundred going in vain in one day games. It also represents the 16th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s hundred in a losing cause in the history of one day games.

Zimbawean wicket keeper batsmen have scored eight hundreds in one day games and it is interesting to note all the eight hundreds have been in a losing cause or put it the other way, whenever a Zimbabwean wicket keeper has scored a hundred in a one day game, Zimbabwe has failed to win that game

Zimbabwe lost this game by 45 runs after it had won the toss, inserted the opposition providing the 58^th occasion of Zimbabwe losing a game after it had inserted the opposition. Zimbabwe’s loss in this game provides the fifth loss to South Africa after inserting the opposition.

The following are the fixtures of the Ranji Trophy Second round matches slated for November 10 to 13, 2009.

Ranji Trophy 2009-10

Second round Fixtures slated for Nov 10 to 13. 2009

Group A – Gujarat v Tamil Nadu

09:30 IST

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Group A – Mumbai v Orissa

09:30 IST

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Group A – Punjab v Hyderabad

09:30 IST

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Group A – Railways v Himachal Pradesh

09:30 IST

Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi

Group B – Bengal v Baroda

09:30 IST

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Group B – Saurashtra v Uttar Pradesh

09:30 IST

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

Group B – Delhi v Karnataka

09:30 IST

Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi

The following are the summarised scores and Point table of the First round Ranji Trophy matches which were played across the country from Novemeber 03 to 06, 2009.

Ranji Trophy Matches – 2009-10
First Round Matches played from Nov 3 to 6, 2009
Group B: Baroda v Delhi at Vadodara
Match drawn
Delhi	591
Baroda	326 and 233/4 (f/o)
Group A: Gujarat v Orissa at Ahmedabad
Gujarat won by 159 runs
Gujarat	270 and 301/6d;
Orissa	192 and 220
Group A: Hyderabad v Himachal Pradesh at Hyderabad
Match drawn
Hyderabad	328 and 189;
Him Pradesh	350 and 136/8
Group B: Maharashtra v Bengal at Poona
Bengal won by 7 wickets
Maharashtra	179 and 319;
Bengal	325 and 175/3
Group A: Punjab v Mumbai at Chandigarh
Match drawn
Punjab	259 and 311/7;
Mumbai	471/9d
Group A: Railways v Tamil Nadu at Delhi
Match drawn
Railways	327 and 178/2;
Tamil Nadu	337
Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Meerut
Karnataka won by 185 runs
Karnataka	405 and 311/5d;
Uttar Pradesh	279 and 252

When SR Tendulkar was awarded the Man of the Match for his 175 against Australia at Hyderabad on 05.11.09, it was the sixth occasion on which Tendulkar was awarded Man of the Match, even though his side India ended up as losers.

SR Tendulkar’s six Man of the Match awards is a record for most Man of the Match awards for a cricketer when his team ended up as loser. The previous record in this category of statistics was five and was credited to Javed Miandad of Pakistan

The following tables shows the performances of these two cricketers along with opposition, ground and date

SR Tendulkar
No	Award	Runs	W	R	Ct	St	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MoM	80	0	21	0	0	Aus	Sharjah	19.04.98
2	MoM	143	1	27	0	0	Aus	Sharjah	22.04.98
3	MoM	101	0	22	0	0	Srl	Sharjah	20.10.00
4	MoM	141	0	45	0	0	Pak	Rawalpindi	16.03.04
5	MoM	141*	–	–	0	0	Win	K Lumpur	14.09.06
6	MoM	175	–	–	1	0	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09
Javed Miandad
No	Award	Runs	W	R	Ct	St	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MoM	119*	–	–	0	0	Ind	Lahore	31.12.82
2	MoM	90*	–	–	1	0	NZl	Hamilton	15.01.85
3	MoM	67	–	–	0	0	Srl	Col-SSC	06.04,86
4	MoM	77*	–	–	0	0	Eng	Perth	07.01.87
5	MoM	100*	–	–	0	0	Win	Georgetown	30.03.88

Indian domestic Champion Statistician comes out with key stats for the Karnataka-Delhi Ranji Trophy match scheduled to start from Delhi on 10.11.09. Read on ……

Karnataka-Delhi encounter slated to start from 10.11.09 will be the 350^th match for Karntaka in Ranji Trophy. Of the 349 matches played so far, Karnataka has won 158 matches, lost 57 matches and 134 matches were drawn {Drawn matches include eight no result matches while lost matches include one match lost on run quotient and one match by spin of the coin.

Centurions

As many as 34 hundreds have been scored in the matches played between Karnataka and Delhi. Karnataka batsmen have scored 13 hundreds while Delhi batsmen have scored 21 hundreds. The hundreds are listed below

Karnataka Batsmen
No	Batsmen	Runs	Venue	Season
1	BP Patel	168	B’lore	1973/74
2	BP Patel	183	B’lore	1976/77
3	GR Viswanath	118	Delhi	1977/78
4	BP Patel	166	B’lore	1978/79
5	BP Patel	124	Delhi	1981/82
6	SMH Kirmani	116	Delhi	1981/82
7	RMH Binny	115	Delhi	1981/82
8	RD Khanvilkar	113	Delhi	1981/82
9	GR Vishwanath	136*	B’lore	1984/85
10	J Arunkumar	127	B’lore	1999/00
11	MR Beerala	101*	B’lore	1999/00
12	RV Uthappa	162	Delhi	2006/07
13	VS Thilaknaidu	122	Delhi	2006/07
Delhi Batsmen
No	Batsmen	Runs	Venue	Season
1	CPS Chauhan	147	B’lore	1976/77
2	S Madanlal	103	B’lore	1976/77
3	S Madanlal	109*	Delhi	1977/78
4	M Amarnath	178*	B’lore	1978/79
5	S Amarnath	132	B’lore	1978/79
6	SC Khanna	111	B’lore	1978/79
7	SC Khanna	128	B’lore	1978/79
8	M Amarnath	185	Delhi	1981/82
9	Gursharan Singh	101	Delhi	1981/82
10	KP Bhaskar	222*	Delhi	1986/87
11	M Prabhakar	215	Delhi	1986/87
12	R Lamba	121	Delhi	1986/87
13	AK Sharma	105	Delhi	1986/87
14	M Nayyar	103*	Delhi	1986/87
15	A Chopra	101	B’lore	1999/00
16	S Dhawan	130	Delhi	2004/05
17	AD Jadeja	103*	Delhi	2004/05
18	P Bisht	156	Delhi	2006/07
19	S Dhawan	148	B’lore	2007/08
20	V Kohli	169	B’lore	2007/08
21	M Manhas	124	B’lore	2007/08

Five or more wickets in an innings

The following bowlers have captured five or more wickets in the matches played between Karnataka and Delhi. There are ten occasions of Karnataka bowlers accounting for five or more wickets, while Delhi bowlers have captured five or more wickets on six occasions

Karnataka bowlers
No	Bowlers	W-R	Venue	Season
1	BS Chandrasekhar	7-076	B’lore	1973/74
2	EAS Prasanna	5-054	Delhi	1974/75
3	BS Chandrasekhar	6-074	Delhi	1974/75
4	BS Chandrasekhar	5-117	Delhi	1977/78
5	H Surendra	5-126	B’lore	1984-85
6	BKV Prasad	6-060	B’lore	1999-00
7	BKV Prasad	5-036	B’lore	1999-00
8	SB Joshi	6-073	B’lore	2005-06
9	B Akhil	5-058	B’lore	2007-08
10	R Vinaykumar	5-121	B’lore	2007-08
Delhi bowlers
No	Bowlers	W-R	Venue	Season
1	BS Bedi	5-114	B’lore	1973/74
2	BS Bedi	7-097	Delhi	1974/75
3	P Oberoi	5-016	Delhi	1977/78
4	S Madanlal	5-030	B’lore	1978/79
5	Maninder Singh	6-062	B’lore	1984/85
6	Maninder Singh	5-086	B’lore	1984/85

Ten or more wickets in a match

For Karnataka two bowlers have taken ten or more wickets on three occasions, while for Delhi, there is only one occasion of a bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a match

For Karnataka, BS Chandrasekhar has captured ten or more wickets in a match on two occasions – 10 for 114 at Bangalore in 1973-74 and 10 for 139 at Delhi in 1977-78. BKV Prasad is the other bowler who has captured 11 for 96 at Bangalore in 1999-00. Maninder Singh with his 11 for 148 at Bangalore in 1984-85 remains the lone Delhi bowler to capture ten plus wickets in a match

Karnataka-Delhi encounters – Key statistics

Karnataka and Delhi have met each other in 13 matches. Karnataka has won four matches, lost one match and eight games were drawn

Highest Total in an innings
Kar	705/10		Delhi	1981/82
Del	711/03d		Delhi	1986/87
Lowest completed innings total
Kar	122/10		B’lore	1978/79
Del	138/10		B’lore	2005/06
Highest Individual Score
Kar	183	BP Patel	B’lore	1976/77
Del	222*	KP Bhaskar	Delhi	1986/87
Best Innings Bowling effort
Kar	7/076	BSChandrasekhar	B’lore	1973/74
Del	7/097	BS Bedi	Delhi	1974/75
Best Match Bowling effort
Kar	11/096	BKV Prasad	B’lore	1999/00
Del	11/148	ManinderSingh	B’lore	1984/85

India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Sixth One day game: at Guwahathi on 08.11.09. Australia won the match by six wickets and lead the seven match series 4-2

Australia won the seven match series by 4-2 when they won the sixth one day game at Guwahathi by six wickets.

G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, SK Raina and MM Patel scored zeroes in India’s innings providing the 81^st occasion of four or more batsman scoring ducks in an innings. As far as India is concerned, this instance provides third such occasion. The other two occasions were – against Pakistan at Sharjah on 07.04.95 {M Prabhakar, VG Kambli, J Srinath and A Kumble scored zeroes} and against Pakistan at Hyderabad-Sind on 28.09.97 {SC Ganguly, SS Karim. RK Chauhan and NM Kulakarni scored zeroes}.

DE Bollinger captured 5 for 35 in this game providing the 319^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures also represent the 57^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game.

DE Bollinger captured 5 for 35 in this game providing the 47th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against India in one day games. His figures also represent the 11th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game against India. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	GS Chappell	5	15	Sydney	08.01.81
2	KH MacLeay	6	39	Nottingham	13.06.83
3	BA Reid	5	53	Adelaide	26.01.86
4	TM Alderman	5	32	Christchurch	03.03.90
5	DW Fleming	5	36	Mumbai	27.02.96
6	B Lee	5	27	Adelaide	26.01.00
7	B Lee	5	38	Kuala Lumpur	22.09.06
8	MG Johnson	5	26	Vadodara	11.10.07
9	B Lee	5	27	Brisbane	03.02.08
10	B Lee	5	58	Sydney	24.02.09
11	DE Bollinger	5	35	Guwahati	08.11.09

DE Bollinger’s five for 35 in this game represent his second five wicket haul in one day games after his 7.4-0-35-5 against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 01.05.09.

DE Bollinger returned with figures of 10.0-4-35-5 in this game providing the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler bowling four or more maiden over when he has captured five or more wickets. The following table lists out the five occasions

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W
				Opp	Ground	Date
1	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6
				Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
2	GS Chappell	11.0	5	20	5
				Eng	Birmingham	04.06.77
3	GS Chappell	9.5	5	15	5
				Ind	Sydney	08.01.81
4	GD McGrath	7.0	4	15	7
				Nam	Pot’sroom	27.02.03
5	DE Bollinger	10.0	4	35	5
				Ind	Guwahati	08.11.09

DE Bollinger five for 35 in this game provides the ninth occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures represent the third occasion of an Australian left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets against India. The other two are – BA Reid {5 for 53 at Adeliade on 26.01.86} and MG Johnson {5 for 26 at Vadodara on 11.10.07}

DE Bollinger five for 35 in this game provides the 32nd occasion of an left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of one day games. His figures represent the sixth occasion of a left arm pace bowler capturing five or more wickets against India. The six bowlers are

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Ground	Date
No	RO Collinge	5	23	NZl	Ch’church	21.02.76
1	BA Reid	5	53	Aus	Adelaide	26.01.86
2	WPUJC Vaas	5	14	Srl	Sharjah	29.10.00
3	MG Johnson	5	26	Aus	Vadodara	11.10.07
4	T Thushara	5	47	Srl	Col-RPS	27.08.08
5	DE Bollinger	5	35	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09

RA Jadeja scored 57 in this game which represents his second half century in one day games. He has scored 60 not out on his debut against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 08.02.09

Praveen Kumar registered his maiden half century in one day games when he made 54 not out in this game. His previous best was 40 not out at Vadodara in the first one dayers of the ongoing series on 25.10.09.

RA Jadeja and Praveen Kumar added 74 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which represent the second best stand for the eighth wicket by Indian batsmen against Australia. The best eight wicket partnership is 84 runs between Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar at Vadodara on 25.10.09. In fact these two partnerships are the two fifty plus runs partnerships posted by Indian batsmen against Australia.

Praveen Kumar’s 54 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against Australia while batting at number nine. The previous best was also by Praveen Kumar who had made 40 not out at Vadodara on 25.10.09. Praveen Kumar earned the distinction of scoring the first half century by an Indian batsman while batting at number nine against Australia

Praveen Kumar’s 54 not out in this game represent the third half century by an Indian batsman while batting at number nine against various oppositions in one day games. The other two are – 69 by Jai P Yadav against New Zealand at Bulawayo on 26.08.05 and 53 not out by S Madanlal against England at The Oval on 04.06.82

India’s all out for 170 in this game represent the 44^th occasion of India being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games. It also represents the 18^th occasion of India being dismissed all out against Australia in one day games when it batted first.

MS Dhoni completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 5 during his knock of 24 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1019.

SR Watson completed 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009 when he was on 26 during his knock of 49 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1013. SR Watson became the third Australian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in 2009 after RT Ponting and MEK Hussey.

MS Dhoni and SR Watson became the fourth and fifth batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009. The complete list read thus – RT Ponting of Australia {1198}, MEK Hussey {1166}, H Masakadza of Zimbabwe {1076}, MS Dhoni of India {1019} and SR Watson of Australia {1013}

MS Dhoni’s 1019 runs in 2009 provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year which are listed below

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	37	37	1241	1999
2	A Flower	Zim	33	33	1060	2001
3	AC Gilchrist	Aus	31	30	1098	2003
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	36	33	1333	2006
5	MS Dhoni	Ind/Asia	37	33	1103	2007
6	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	26	1097	2008
7	MS Dhoni	Ind	26	22	1019	2009

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper batsman in the history of one day game to aggregate 1000 plus runs in three separate calendar years. His 1019 runs in 2009 game him this distinction.

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	MS Dhoni	Ind/Asia	37	33	1103	2007
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	26	1097	2008
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	26	22	1019	2009

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in three consecutive calendar years. He amassed 1103 runs in 2007, 1097 in 2008 and 1019 in 2009

MS Dhoni with 1000 plus runs in three separate calendar years wrested the record from AC Gilchrst of Australia who had aggregated 1000 plus runs in two separate calendar years

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Year
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	37	37	1241	1999
2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	31	30	1098	2003

India deployed nine bowers in Australia’s innings providing the eleventh occasion of a team deploying nine bowlers in an innings. The complete list is as under

No	Team	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	BU
1	NZl	2	Srl	Auckland	28.03.83	9
2	Eng	2	Srl	Peshawar	13.10.87	9
3	NZl	2	Pak	Christchurch	18.03.92	9
4	Srl	2	NZl	Col-RPS	13.12.92	9
5	Win	2	Eng	Trinidad	08.04.98	9
6	Pak	2	Ban	Dhaka	16.03.99	9
7	Win	2	Ban	Dhaka	08.10.99	9
8	Ind	2	Win	Vadodara	18.11.02	9
9	Ind	1	Srl	Col-RPS	08.02.09	9
10	Zim	2	Ken	Harare	12.10.09	9
11	Ind	2	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09	9

Of these eleven occasions, India has deployed nine bowlers on three occasions which is a record in this category of statistics. New Zealand and West Indies are the two teams which have deployed nine bowlers on two occasions

No	Team	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	BU
1	Ind	2	Win	Vadodara	18.11.02	9
2	Ind	1	Srl	Col-RPS	08.02.09	9
3	Ind	2	Aus	Guwahati	08.11.09	9
1	NZl	2	Srl	Auckland	28.03.83	9
2	NZl	2	Pak	Christchurch	18.03.92	9
1	Win	2	Eng	Trinidad	08.04.98	9
2	Win	2	Ban	Dhaka	08.10.99	9

Crickick.com aplogises to its visitors for not providing the updated posting on the one day games played all over the world, the reason being its statistician HR Gopala Krishna was at Hyderabad, officiating the fourth one day game between India and Australia as a statisitician for All India Radio commentary team. We are trying to clear the backlog shortly. In the mean while please go through the stats highlights of the Hyderabad game, in which stats galore

India vs Australia Seven Match One Day series : Fifth One day game: at Hyderabad on 05.11.09 : Australia won the match by three runs and lead the seven match series 3-2

Australia won the toss and elected to bat in this game providing the 57^th occasion of Australia winning the toss in 102 matches. Australia won this game providing the 34^th occasion of Australia winning the game against India after winning the toss and electing to bat first

SR Watson registered 93 in this game providing the 60^th occasion of an Australian batsman registering a ninety in one day games. His knock also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian batsman registering a ninety against India.

SE Marsh registered his maiden one day hundred when he scored 112 in this game. His previous best was 81 against West Indies at Kingstown on 24.06.08, on his one day debut. His 112 in this game represents his sixth one day fifty.

SE Marsh’s 112 in this game represent the 150^th hundred by Australian batsmen in One day games. His knock also represents the 80^th hundred by an Australian opener in one day games.

SE Marsh’s 112 in this game represent the 26^th hundred by an Australian batsman against India and also represent the 17th hundred by an Australian opening batsman against India

SR Watson and SE Marsh added 145 runs for the first wicket which represent the 286^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions. This stand represents the 44^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India and also represents the 14^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the first wicket.

RT Ponting completed 2000 runs against India when he was on 25 during his knock of 45 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2020. He not only became the first Australian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against Australia but also became the first Australian batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition.

RT Ponting’s 2020 runs against India provide the 14^th occasion of a batsman totaling 2000 runs against a specific opposition. The complete list read as under

No	Batsmen	Team	Opp	Mat	Runs
1	SRTendulkar	Ind	Aus	66	2995
2	STJayasuriya	Srl	Ind	86	2848
3	SRTendulkar	Ind	Srl	74	2749
4	STJayasuriya	Srl	Pak	82	2517
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	Ind	67	2403
6	DLHaynes	Win	Pak	65	2390
7	SRTendulkar	Ind	Pak	67	2389
8	PAdeSilva	Srl	Pak	75	2319
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	Srl	63	2265
10	DLHaynes	Win	Aus	64	2262
11	SaeedAnwar	Pak	Srl	52	2198
12	IVARichards	Win	Aus	54	2187
13	RTPonting	Aus	Ind	54	2020
14	SaeedAnwar	Pak	Ind	50	2002

 

Australia’s 350 for 4 in this game provide the 339^th occasion of a team scoring 300 plus in one day games. This total represents the 59^th occasion of Australia posting a team total of 300 plus runs and 11^th occasion of Australia posting a total in excess of 300 against India.

Australia’s 350 for 4 in this game represent the 41^st occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games. This total represents the seventh occasion of Australia posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games.

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	359/2	50.0	Ind	Jo’burg	23.03.03
2	Aus	359/5	50.0	Ind	Sydney	08.02.04
3	Aus	368/5	50.0	Srl	Sydney	12.02.06
4	Aus	434/4	50.0	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
5	Aus	358/5	50.0	Net	Basseterre	18.03.07
6	Aus	377/6	50.0	RSA	Basseterre	24.03.07
7	Aus	350/4	50.0	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

Australia’s 350 for 4 in this game represent the third occasion of Australia posting a score of 350 plus runs against India

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	359/2	50.0	Ind	Jo’burg	23.03.03
2	Aus	359/5	50.0	Ind	Sydney	08.02.04
3	Aus	350/4	50.0	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

A Nehra and MM Patel conceded 79 and 73 runs respectively in this game providing the 54^th and 55^th occasion of Indian bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in one day games.

MM Patel returned with figures of none for 73 in this game providing the 19^th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding seventy runs without capturing a wicket in one day games. It was the second occasion for MM Patel to concede seventy plus runs with out a wicket – the other occasion being against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.03.09.

A Nehra and MM Patel are the only two Indian bowlers to concede seventy plus runs with out a wicket in one day games. Their performances are listed below.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	A Nehra	0	80	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
2	A Nehra	0	75	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
1	MM Patel	0	79	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09
2	MM Patel	0	73	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

MM Patel became the fifth Indian bowler to concede seventy plus runs without a wicket against Australia in one day games.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	J Srinath	0	87	Johannesburg	23.03.03
2	A Nehra	0	80	Bangalore	12.11.03
3	IK Pathan	0	73	Sydney	24.02.08
4	P Kumar	0	77	Vadodara	25.10.09
5	MM Patel	0	73	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

A Nehra returned with bowing figures of 1 for 79 in this game which represent the sixth occasion of his conceding seventy plus runs in his one day career which is a record for an Indian bowler conceding seventy plus runs on most occasions. Prior to this game, AB Agarkar and A Nehra shared this record conceding seventy plus runs on five occasions

No	Bowlers	M	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AB Agarkar	1	73	Pak	Jaipur	24.03.99
2	AB Agarkar	1	70	Zim	Leicester	19.05.99
3	AB Agarkar	2	74	Zim	Cuttack	02.12.00
4	AB Agarkar	1	71	RSA	Cape Town	26.11.06
5	AB Agarkar	1	75	Win	Nagpur	21.01.07
1	A Nehra	2	74	Pak	Centurion	01.03.03
2	A Nehra	0	80	Aus	Bangalore	12.11.03
3	A Nehra	4	72	Pak	Vizag	05.04.05
4	A Nehra	0	75	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
5	A Nehra	3	72	Pak	Delhi	17.04.05
6	A Nehra	1	79	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

A Nehra became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to concede seventy plus runs on six or more occasions. Others are Waqar Younis of Pakistan {seven occasions}, Naved-ul-Hassan of Pakistan {six occasions}. B Lee of Australia {six occasions} and MG Johnson of Australia {six occasions}

CJ Mckay was capped by Australia in this game. He became the 181^st cricketer to represent Australia in one day games. He is the third Australian cricketer to make his one day debut in the ongoing series. The other two are – MC Henriques and GA Manou – who made their debut at Delhi in the third one day games. CJ Mckay became the eleventh Australian cricketer to make his debut against India in one day games.

CJ Mckay’s 3 for 59 in this game represent the best bowling figures by an Australian bowler on debut against India. The previous best was PR Reifell’s 2 for 27 at Sydney on 14.01.92.

CJ Mckay with his 3 for 59 in this game earned the distinction of becoming the eleventh Australian bowler to capture three or more wickets on one day debut. The following list shows the eleven bowlers with their performances

No	Bowlers	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AIC Dodemaide	5	21	Srl	Perth	02.01.88
2	SCG MacGill	4	19	Pak	Sydney	19.01.00
3	CG Rackemann	4	39	NZl	Melbourne	09.01.83
4	MG Hughes	3	30	Pak	Adelaide	11.12.88
5	AA Mallett	3	34	Eng	Melbourne	05.01.71
6	P Wilson	3	39	NZl	Melbourne	17.12.97
7	KR Stackpole	3	40	Eng	Melbourne	05.01.71
8	BP Julian	3	50	Eng	Lord’s	23.05.93
9	TJ Laughlin	3	54	Win	St John’s	22.02.78
10	ML Lewis	3	56	NZl	Wellington	07.12.05
11	CJ McKay	3	59	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

RT Ponting hit a six during his knock of 45 in this game, which gave him a total of 31 sixes against India. He was on par with SR Tendulkar’s 31 sixes – most in India-Australia one day series. But SR Tendulkar’s with four sixes in his innings of 175, took his aggregate of sixes to 35.

When SE Marsh registered 112 in this game, he achieved an unique distinction in the history of one day games. His father GR Marsh had also scored hundreds in one day games. With SE Marsh scoring hundred in this game, Marshs – GR and SE – became the first father and son combination to notch hundreds in one day games. The performances of GR Marsh and SE Marsh are listed in the following table. Geoff has scored nine hundreds for Australia

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GR Marsh	125	Aus	Vs	Ind	Sydney	21.01.86
2	GR Marsh	104	Aus	Vs	Ind	Jaipur	07.09.86
3	GR Marsh	110	Aus	Vs	Ind	Chennai	09.10.87
4	GR Marsh	126*	Aus	Vs	NZl	Chandigarh	27.10.87
5	GR Marsh	101	Aus	Vs	NZl	Sydney	20.01.88
6	GR Marsh	125*	Aus	Vs	Pak	Melbourne	10.01.89
7	GR Marsh	111*	Aus	Vs	Eng	Lord’s	29,05.89
8	GR Marsh	113	Aus	Vs	Win	Bridgetown	13.03.91
9	GR Marsh	106*	Aus	Vs	Win	Georgetown	20.03.91
1	SE Marsh	112	Aus	Vs	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

GR Marsh and SE Marsh also earned the distinction of registering hundreds against the same opposition – India. Incidentally both have scored hundreds while opening the innings for Australia.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GR Marsh	125	Aus	Vs	Ind	Sydney	21.01.86
2	GR Marsh	104	Aus	Vs	Ind	Jaipur	07.09.86
3	GR Marsh	110	Aus	Vs	Ind	Chennai	09.10.87
1	SE Marsh	112	Aus	Vs	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

SR Watson’s 93 and SE Marsh’s 112 for Australia in this game provides the 38th occasion of batsmen scoring 90 and 100 in the same innings in the history of one day games.

At the end of this game, SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 30 catches against Australia – most by a fieldsman from any country against Australia. SR Tendulkar became the sixth fieldman in the history of one day games to pouch 30 plus catches against a specific opposition. The complete list of fielers who have pouched 30 plus catches against a specific opposition are tabulated below

No	Fieldsman	Team	Vs	Opp	Ct
1	M Azharuddin	Ind	vs	Pak	44
2	AR Border	Aus	Vs	NZl	33
3	CL Hooper	Win	Vs	Pak	33
4	RS Mahanama	Srl	Vs	Pak	32
5	M Muralitharan	Srl	Vs	Pak	32
5	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Aus	30

India scored 347 in this game providing the 340^th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in one day games.

Australia {350 for 4} and India {347} scored 300 plus runs in this game providing the 48^th occasion of both teams registering 300 plus runs in a match.

India scored 347 runs batting second in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of a team scoring 300 plus runs while batting second in the history of one day games.

India’s 347 all out in this game represent the 19^th occasion of a team dismissed all out after registering 300 plus in one day games. This total represents the second highest total when a team has been dismissed all out after scoring 300 plus runs in one day games. The highest total in this category of statistics is Pakistan’s 349 all out against Zimbabwe at Kingston on 21.03.07

India’s 347 all out in this game represent the 12^th occasion of a team dismissed all out after registering 300 plus runs while batting second in one day games. This total also represents the highest team total when a team has been dismissed all out while batting second. The previous best total in this category of statistics was New Zealand’s 334 all out against India at Christchurch on 08.03.09.

SR Tendulkar became the highest run getter against a specific opposition when he was on 29 during the course of his knock of 175 runs in this game. He had an aggregate of 2820 runs against Australia prior to the start of this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 2995 runs. He surpassed the record aggregate of SR Jayasuria’s 2840 runs against India.

SR Tendulkar aggregated 17000 one day runs when he was on seven during the course of his knock of 175 in this game. Prior to the start of this game, he has an aggregate of 16993 one day runs. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 17168. SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the history of one day games to amass 17000 runs.

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent the 55^th occasion of a batsman registering 150 plus runs in one day games.

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent his fourth score of 150 plus runs in one day games. ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka is the only other batsman who has scored 150 plus runs on four occasions. The performances of these two batsmen are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	151*	Srl	Ind	Mumbai	17.05.97
2	ST Jayasuriya	189	Srl	Ind	Sharjah	29.10.00
3	ST Jayasuriya	152	Srl	Eng	Leeds	01.07.06
4	ST Jayasuriya	157	Srl	Net	Amstelveen	04.07.06
1	SR Tendulkar	186*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	08.11.09
2	SR Tendulkar	152	Ind	Nam	PMBurg	23.02.03
3	SR Tendulkar	163*	Ind	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09
4	SR Tendulkar	175	Ind	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against Australia. SR Tendulkar became the fourth batsman to score 150 plus runs against Australia. The complete list of batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs against Australia are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Ground	Date
1	IVA Richards	153*	Win	Melbourne	09.12.79
2	RA Smith	167*	Eng	Birmingham	21.05.93
3	HH Gibbs	175	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
4	SR Tendulkar	175	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

HH Gibbs and SR Tendulkar with 175 runs share the record of most runs by a batsman against Australia.

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman registering 150 plus scores in one day games. The complete list is furnished below in the chronological order.

No	Batsman	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	N Kapil Dev	175*	Zim	TB Wells	18.06.83
2	M Azharuddin	153*	Zim	Cuttack	09.04.98
3	SC Ganguly	183	Srl	Taunton	26.05.99
4	SR Tendulkar	186*	NZl	Hyd-LBS	08.11.99
5	R Dravid	153	NZl	Hyd-LBS	08.11.99
6	SC Ganguly	153*	NZl	Gwalior	11.11.99
7	D Mongia	159*	Zim	Guwahati	19.03.02
8	SR Tendulkar	152	Nam	PM Burg	23.02.03
9	MS Dhoni	183*	Srl	Jaipur	31.10.05
10	G Gambhir	150	Srl	Col-RPS	05.02.09
11	SR Tendulkar	163*	NZl	Christchurch	08.03.09
12	SR Tendulkar	175	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game was in a losing cause providing the sixth occasion of a batsman’s 150 plus runs going in vain in the history of one day games. SR Tendulkar’s 175 runs in this game represent the third highest individual score which has gone in vain. The following table lists out all the six occasions

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CK Coventry	194*	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	16.08.09
2	ML Hayden	181*	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
3	SR Tendulkar	175	Ind	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09
4	RA Smith	167*	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	21.05.93
5	RT Ponting	164	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	12.03.06
6	CH Gayle	152*	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	04.02.04

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 253^rd occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day games. Tendulkar’s knock which went in vain represents the 47^th occasion of an Indian batsman’s hundred in a losing cause.

SR Tendulkar’s 175 which went in vain represent the 40^th occasion of a batsman’s hundred in vain against Australia. Tendulkar’s knock of 175 is the highest individual score by a batsman which has gone in vain against Australia. The previous best was RA Smith’s 167 not out at Birmingham on 21.05.93.

SR Tendulakar’s 175 and RA Smith’s 167 not out remain the only two knocks of 150 plus run which have gone in vain against Australia in one day games.

SR Tendulakar’s 175 in this game represent his 45^th test hundred – most by any batsman in the history of one day games. He has to his credit of witnessing twelve of his 45 hundreds in a losing cause – most number of hundreds to go in vain in the history of one day games. His twelve hundreds which have gone in vain are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SR Tendulkar	137	Srl	Delhi	02.03.96
2	SR Tendulkar	100	Pak	Singapore	05.04.96
3	SR Tendulkar	110	Srl	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	SR Tendulkar	143	Aus	Sharjah	22.04.98
5	SR Tendulkar	101	Srl	Sharjah	20.10.00
6	SR Tendulkar	146	Zim	Jodhpur	08.12.00
7	SR Tendulkar	101	RSA	Jo’burg	05.10.01
8	SR Tendulkar	141	Pak	Rawalpindi	16.03.04
9	SR Tendulkar	123	Pak	Ahmedabad	12.04.05
10	SR Tendulkar	100	Pak	Peshawar	06.02.06
11	SR Tendulkar	141*	Win	K Lumpur	14.09.06
12	SR Tendulkar	175	Aus	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent the 165^th hundred by Indian batsmen against various oppositions in one day games

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in this game represent his ninth hundred against Australia which is a record for most hundreds against a specific opposition. It was an improvement over his own record of eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar’s hundreds against Australia and Sri Lanka are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SR Tendulkar	110	Aus	Col-RPS	09.09.94
2	SR Tendulkar	100	Aus	Kanpur	07.04.98
3	SR Tendulkar	143	Aus	Sharjah	22.04.98
4	SR Tendulkar	134	Aus	Sharjah	24.04.98
5	SR Tendulkar	141	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	SR Tendulkar	139	Aus	Indore	31.03.01
7	SR Tendulkar	100	Aus	Gwalior	26.10.03
8	SR Tendulkar	117*	Aus	Sydney	02.03.08
9	SR Tendulkar	175	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09
1	SR Tendulkar	112*	Srl	Sharjah	09.04.95
2	SR Tendulkar	137	Srl	Delhi	02.03.96
3	SR Tendulkar	110	Srl	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	SR Tendulkar	128	Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
5	SR Tendulkar	120	Srl	Col-SSC	29.09.99
6	SR Tendulkar	101	Srl	Sharjah	20.10.00
7	SR Tendulkar	113	Srl	Bristol	11.07.02
8	SR Tendulkar	138	Srl	Col-RPS	14.09.09

SR Tendulkar and SK Raina added 137 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 285^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day games. Only Australia is ahead of India, in terms of number of three figure partnerships, with 286 three figure stands.

SR Tendulkar and SK Raina added 137 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 39^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day games against Australia. This stand also represents the sixth occasion of a three figure partnership by Indian batsmen for the sixth wicket against Australia.

BW Bilfenhaus {one for 72} and D Bollinger {one for 75} conceded seventy plus runs in this game providing the 43^rd and 44^th occasion of Australian bowers conceding seventy plus runs in one day games.

BW Bilfenhaus {one for 72} and D Bollinger {one for 75} conceded seventy plus runs in this game providing the 11th and 12th occasion of Australian bowers conceding seventy plus runs in one day games against India.

A Nehra {One for 79} and MM Patel {none for 73} conceded seventy plus run for India, while BW Bilfenhaus {one for 72} and D Bollinger {one for 75} conceded seventy plus runs in this game providing the 29^th occasion of rival bowlers conceding seventy plus runs in the history of one day games.

SR Watson {93} for Australia and SR Tendulkar {175} for India scored ninety and hundred in this game providing the 88^th occasion of rival batsman scoring ninety and hundred in one day games.

Australia’s three run victory in this game represent the 14^th occasion of a team winning a one day game by three runs margin in the history of one day games. All the fourteen occasions are listed below

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Srl	3 runs	216	Eng	Col-SSC	14.02.82
2	NZl	3 runs	243	Zim	Hyd-LBS	10.10.87
3	Aus	3 runs	200	NZl	Indore	18.10.87
4	Aus	3 runs	223	Eng	Melbourne	10.01.91
5	Pak	3 runs	205	Eng	Lord’s	22.08.92
6	Aus	3 runs	233	NZl	Auckland	28.03.93
7	Aus	3 runs	203	NZl	Melbourne	16.12.93
8	Zim	3 runs	253	Ind	Leicester	19.05.99
9	Win	3 runs	196	Eng	Nottingham	20.07.00
10	Srl	3 runs	–	NZl	Hamilton	08.02.01
11	Win	3 runs	279	RSA	Cape Town	09.02.03
12	Ind	3 runs	281	Zim	Adelaide	24.01.04
13	Eng	3 runs	116	Ire	Belfast	27.08.09
14	Aus	3 runs	351	Ind	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09

Australia’s three run victory in this game represent the fifth occasion of Australia winning a one day game by three runs margin in the history of one day games. All the fourteen occasions are listed below

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Aus	3 runs	200	NZl	Indore	18.10.87
2	Aus	3 runs	223	Eng	Melbourne	10.01.91
3	Aus	3 runs	233	NZl	Auckland	28.03.93
4	Aus	3 runs	203	NZl	Melbourne	16.12.93
5	Aus	3 runs	351	Ind	Hyd-RGI	05.11.09

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in the fourth one day game against Australia at Hyderabad on 12.11. 09 represent his ninth hundred against Australia which is a record for most hundreds against a specific opposition. It was an improvement over his own record of eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar’s hundreds against Australia and Sri Lanka are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SR Tendulkar	110	Aus	Col-RPS	09.09.94
2	SR Tendulkar	100	Aus	Kanpur	07.04.98
3	SR Tendulkar	143	Aus	Sharjah	22.04.98
4	SR Tendulkar	134	Aus	Sharjah	24.04.98
5	SR Tendulkar	141	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	SR Tendulkar	139	Aus	Indore	31.03.01
7	SR Tendulkar	100	Aus	Gwalior	26.10.03
8	SR Tendulkar	117*	Aus	Sydney	02.03.08
9	SR Tendulkar	175	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09
1	SR Tendulkar	112*	Srl	Sharjah	09.04.95
2	SR Tendulkar	137	Srl	Delhi	02.03.96
3	SR Tendulkar	110	Srl	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	SR Tendulkar	128	Srl	Col-RPS	07.07.98
5	SR Tendulkar	120	Srl	Col-SSC	29.09.99
6	SR Tendulkar	101	Srl	Sharjah	20.10.00
7	SR Tendulkar	113	Srl	Bristol	11.07.02
8	SR Tendulkar	138	Srl	Col-RPS	14.09.09

Indian domestic Champion Cricket Statistician, Sri C Keshavamurthy, pens in detail the stats highlights of Karnataka-Uttar Pradesh in the just concluded Ranji Trophy match, in an exclusive article to the visitors of crickick.com. Read on …….

Highlights of the Ranji Trophy match between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at Barabati Stadium, Meerut, from 3-6th November 2009.

Karnataka’s victory over Uttar Pradesh on 06.11.2009 is its 158th in 349 matches and its third in five matches against UP. This win is Karnataka’s 62^nd on away soil in 169 matches played outside Karnataka.

Abhimanyu Mithun became the 265th cricketer to make debut for Karnataka. Born on 25.10.1989, Mithun is a right handed batsman and right arm fast medium bowler.

Mithun celebrated his selection by performing the rare feat of capturing ten plus wickets in the match. He took 11 for 181. He captured 5 plus wickets in each innings (6-86 and 5-95). Mithun became only the second Karnataka bolwer to capture ten or more wickets on debut, after GV Kumar, who had taken 13-107 (7-53 and 6-54) against Tamilnadu at Bangalore in 1977/78.

Mithun became the ninth Karnataka bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on debut in Ranji Trophy. His twin five fors provide the eleventh occasion of a Karnatka bowler capturing five or more wickets on debut. He is the first Karnataka bowler to achieve the feat against Uttar Pradesh. MG Vijayasarathy was the first bowler from Karnataka to capture five wickets in an innings on debut. He had captured 6 for 23 against Madras at Madras in the inaugural match of the Ranji Trophy in 1934/35.

The following table lists the eleven occasions of Karnataka debutants who have taken 5 or more wickets in an innings

No	Bowlers	W-R	Opp	Venue	Season
1	MG Vijayasarathy	6-023	Mad	Madras	1934/35
2	S Mahendra	5-087	Ker	Trivandrum	1964/65
3	CBP Rao	6-027	Ker	Bijapur	1969/70
4	GV Kumar	7-053	Mad	B’lore	1977/78
5	GV Kumar	6-054	Mad	B’lore	1977/78
6	S Shanbal	6-049	Hyd	Hyd’bad	1979/80
7	H Surendra	5-126	Del	B’lore	1984/85
8	R Ananth	5-060	Hyd	Mysore	1988/89
9	J Srinath	5-085	Hyd	Sec’bad	1989/90
10	A Mithun	6-086	UP	Meerut	2009/10
11	A Mithun	5-095	UP	Meerut	2009/10

Just for the record PE Palia, playing his first match for the then Mysore, has also taken 5-73 against Madras at Madras in 1944/45, but he had appeared earlier for other States in Ranji Trophy.

Mithun became the 5th Karnataka player to perform a hat trick when he took the wickets of Amir Khan, Piyush Chawla and R.P. in the 2nd innings with 3rd, 4th and 5th balls of the innings 60th over and his 19th over.

Mithun is the second Karnataka bowler to perform the hat-trick on his debut in Ranji Trophy after J Srinath who had achieved this feat against Hyderabad at Secunderabad in 1989/90.

Anil Kumble has the rare distinction of being the only Karnataka player to perform the hat trick on two occasions in his Ranji Trophy career. He has performed the feat against Andhra at Visakhapatnam in 1991/92 and against Orissa at Rourkela in 1997/98.

A Raghuram Bhat is the first Karnataka bowler to perform the hat trick by achieving the feat against Bombay at Bangalore in 1981/82

The list concludes with Anand Katti who accomplished the feat of hat trick against Kerala at Tellicherry in 1998/99.

By scoring his maiden century – 194 – in his fifth Ranji Trophy match, Manish Pandey missed the distinction of scoring a double hundred by six runs. His previous best was 64 in debut against Railways at Bangalore in 2008-09. Pandey’s 194 in this game represent the 245th century by Karnataka batsmen. He became the 64th Karnataka batsman to score a century in Ranji Trophy

Pandey’s 194 is the third highest score by a Karnataka player against UP after GR Viswanath’s 247 at Mohannagar in 1977/78 and RS Dravid’s 215 at Bangalore in 1997/98.

Pandey is the seventh Karnataka batsman to score a century against Uttar Pradesh after GR Viswanath, BP Patel, RS Dravid, Vijay Bharadwaj, J Arunkumar and B Akhil.

Pandey became the second Karnataka batsman to be dismissed in the 190s. Rahul Dravid is the other batsman. He was dismissed for 191 against Andhra at Bangalore in 1994/95. Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan remains the only batsman to be dismissed in the 190s against Karnataka. He was dismissed for 193 at Bangalore in 2008/09.

Rahul Dravid was captaining Karnataka for the eight occasion in his 45 match tenure for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. He had led Karnataka against Uttar Pradesh earlier at Bangalore in 1997/98 .

Sunil Joshi, at the end of this game has an aggregate 433 wickets in 102 matches and needs five more wickets to surpass record of most wickets in Ranji Trophy for Karnataka – held by BS Chandrasekhar’ who has an aggregate of 437 wickets

Karnataka has never lost a match under Dravid’s captaincy and the win against Uttar Pradesh is Karnataka’s fifth outright win in eight matches under Dravid’s captaincy.

Dravid’s 97 in the first innings is his second dismissal in the 90s. He had been dismissed for 99 against Hyderabad at Hyderabad in 1997/98.

Dravid’s dismissal in the 90s provides the 48th occasion for Karnataka in which players have either been dismissed or remained not out in the 90s.

Dravid’s 97 in this game represent the sixth occasion of Karnataka captain dismissed in nineties. The others are – V Subramanya (99 vs Bombay at Bangalore, 1963/64), BK Kunderan (92 vs Madras at Bangalore in 1967/68), GR Viswanath (97 vs Bengal at Bangalore in 1978/79), AV Jayaprakash (93 vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad in1983/84) and S Somasundar (97 vs Andhra atVijayawada in 1997/98).

Dravid’s 97 and 51* in this game provides the third occasion in which Dravid has scored twin fifties in a match. The other two occasions – are 105* and 56* against Kerala at Bangalore in 1993/94 and 71 and 149 against Rajasthan at Bangalore in 1999/00.

The 273 runs partnership for the 4th wicket between Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey in the first innings represents the seventh highest partnership by Karnataka batsmen in Ranji Trophy. The highest partnership is the unfinished 451 runs for the first wicket between Roger Binny and Sanjay Desai against Kerala at Chikkamagalur in 1977/78.

The 273 runs partnership between R Dravid and M Pandey for the fourth wicket is the record fourth wicket partnership against Uttar Pradesh in Ranji Trophy. The previous record for this wicket was 257 runs between Rahul Dravid and Vijay Bharadwaj at Bangalore in 1997/98. The highest for the fourth wicket against any opponent is 281 runs between Rowland Barrington and VS Thilaknaidu against Jammu & Kashmir at Bangalore in 2002/03.

The 273 runs partnership between R Dravid and M Pandey for the fourth wicket represent the 31st occasion of 200 plus runs partnership posted by Kannataka batsmen against various oppositions in the Ranji Trophy.

Mohd Kaif’s duck is his 6th duck as Captain and his first as Captain against Karnataka.

The seven highest three figure partnerships posted by Karnataka batsmen against various oppositions are listed below

No	Runs	Wkt	Partner-1	Partner-2
			Opp	Venue	Season
1	451*	1	RMH Binny	Sanjay Desai
			Ker	Chikmagalur	1977/78
2	336	5	SMH Kirmani	K Jeshwanth
			TN	Coimbatore	1990/91
3	324	1	RV Uthappa	RL Barrington
			MP	Bangalore	2004/05
4	299	5	V Arjun Raja	R Dravid
			Ben	Calcutta	1990/91
5	297	2	MRS Prasad	GR Vishwanath
			Ker	Trivandrum	1994-95
6	281*	4	RL Barrington	VST Naidu
			J & K	Bangalore	2002/03
7	273	4	R Dravid	M Pandey
			UP	Meerut	2009/10