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With 1172 runs from 14 tests, AJ Strauss became the only captain in 2009 to aggregate 1000 plus runs. His feat provides the 20^th occasion of a captain compiling 1000 runs in a calendar year in the annals of test cricket.

AJ Strauss became the third England captain after GA Gooch and MA Atherton to total 1000 runs in a calendar year, while his feat of 1172 runs in 2009 provide the fifth occasion. GA Gooch and MA Atherton aggregated 1000 runs in two separate calendar years.

Don Bradman was the captain to aggregate 1000 runs in calendar year. He achieved the feat in 1948 with 1025 runs to his credit in eight tests. His eight tests remains as the record for least number of tests in which a batsman completed 1000 runs.

RT Ponting oF Australia remains the only captain to aggregate 1500 runs in a calendar year. His aggregate of 1544 runs in 2005 from 15 tests remains a record for most runs in calendar year by a captain in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out the twenty occasions.

No	Captains	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	DG Bradman	Aus	8	1025	201	113.88	1948
2	RB Simpson	Aus	14	1381	311	60.04	1964
3	AR Border	Aus	11	1099	196	64.64	1985
4	AR Border	Aus	11	1000	140	62.50	1986
5	GA Gooch	Eng	9	1264	333	79.00	1990
6	GA Gooch	Eng	9	1040	174	65.00	1991
7	MAAtherton	Eng	13	1136	144	49.39	1994
8	MAAtherton	Eng	13	1129	185*	49.08	1995
9	SRTendulkar	Ind	12	1000	169	62.50	1997
10	WJ Cronje	SAF	14	1040	126	47.27	1998
11	MA Taylor	Aus	12	1112	334*	58.52	1998
12	BC Lara	Win	10	1344	209	74.66	2003
13	GC Smith	SAF	11	1047	277	58.16	2003
14	BC Lara	Win	12	1178	400*	58.90	2004
15	RT Ponting	Aus	15	1544	207	67.13	2005
16	R Dravid	Ind	12	1095	146	60.83	2006
17	RT Ponting	Aus	10	1333	196	88.86	2006
18	RT Ponting	Aus	14	1182	158	47.28	2008
19	GC Smith	SAF	15	1656	232	72.00	2008
20	AJStrauss	Eng	14	1172	169	53.27	2009

MG Johnson of Australia and GP Swann of England aggregated 50 plus wickets in the calendar year 2009. MG Johnson captured 63 wickets while GP Swann aggregated 54 wickets. These are the only two bowlers who aggregated 50 plus wickets in 2009. The performances of these two bowlers inning-wise is furnished below

MG JOHNSON OF AUSTRALIA IN 2009
No	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year	O	M	R	W
1	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009	28.0	6	69	2
2	SAF	Sydney	Jan 2009	23.2	7	49	2
3	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2009	18.1	7	25	4
4	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2009	34.2	2	112	4
5	SAF	Durban	Mar 2009	16.0	5	37	3
6	SAF	Durban	Mar 2009	33.0	9	78	1
7	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2009	37.3	5	148	4
8	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009	22.0	2	87	3
9	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009	22.0	4	44	2
10	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2009	21.4	2	132	3
11	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2009	17.0	2	68	0
12	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2009	21.0	1	92	2
13	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2009	7.0	0	30	1
14	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2009	19.3	3	69	5
15	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2009	15.0	0	69	2
16	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2009	17.0	1	60	2
17	Win	Brisbane	Nov 2009	19.0	4	75	3
18	Win	Brisbane	Nov 2009	9.1	1	35	1
19	Win	Adelaide	Dec 2009	26.1	3	105	3
20	Win	Adelaide	Dec 2009	22.0	1	103	5
21	Win	Perth	Dec 2009	18.0	3	92	2
22	Win	Perth	Dec 2009	16.0	5	67	3
23	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009	22.0	10	36	3
24	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009	18.0	6	46	3
			Total	501.7	89	1728	63
GP SWANN OF ENGLAND IN 2009
No	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year	O	M	R	W
1	Win	St John’s	Feb 2009	24.0	7	57	5
2	Win	St John’s	Feb 2009	39.0	12	92	3
3	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009	50.4	8	165	5
4	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 2009	45.4	12	130	3
5	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 2009	21.0	13	13	3
6	Win	Lord’s	May 2009	5.0	2	16	3
7	Win	Lord’s	May 2009	17.0	4	39	3
8	Win	Ch-le-st	May 2009	14.0	4	51	0
9	Win	Ch-le-st	May 2009	3.0	0	13	1
10	Aus	Cardiff	Jul 2009	38.0	8	131	0
11	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2009	1.0	0	4	0
12	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2009	28.0	3	87	4
13	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 2009	2.0	0	4	1
14	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 2009	31.0	4	119	1
15	Aus	Leeds	Aug 2009	16.0	4	64	0
16	Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009	14.0	3	38	4
17	Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009	40.2	8	120	4
18	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009	45.2	10	110	5
19	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009	27.0	3	91	0
20	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009	35.0	3	110	4
21	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009	21.0	3	54	5
			Total	517.2	111	1508	54

As many as six batsmen have an aggregate of 1000 plus run in the calendar year 2009 in one day games. MS Dhoni of India and RT Ponting of Australia, have an identical aggregate 1198 runs. Both batsmen played 29 one day games and scored two hundreds and nine half centuries. MS Dhoni has an average of 70.47 runs per innings, while RT Ponting has an average of 42.78 runs per innings. MEK Hussey of Australia {1166}, H Masakadza of Zimbabwe (1087}, SR Watson of Australia {1013} and TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {1000} are the other four batsmen who aggregated 1000 runs in 2009.

In the longer version of the game, that is tests, as many as seven batsmen aggregated 1000 runs in 2009. TT Samaraweera of Sri Lanka totaled most runs – 1234. There were four Sri Lankans in the eight member list. DPMD Jayawardene {1194}, TM Dilshan {1097}, and KC Sangakkara {1083} are the others. SM Katich {1111} and MJ Clarke {1042} are the two Australians while AJ Strauss {1172} remains the only England batsman in this seven member list

TM Dilshan remains the only batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in both of the game in 2009. In tests he compiled 1097 runs while in one day game he aggregated exact 1000 runs

ONE THOUSAND RUNS IN ONE DAY GAMES IN 2009
No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
1	MS Dhoni	Ind	29	1198	124	70.47	2	9
2	RT Ponting	Aus	29	1198	126	42.78	2	9
3	MEK Hussey	Aus	33	1166	83*	48.58	0	11
4	H Masakadza	Zim	27	1087	178*	43.48	3	5
5	SR Watson	Aus	24	1013	136*	50.65	3	3
6	TM Dilshan	Srl	19	1000	160	55.55	4	2
ONE THOUSAND RUNS IN TESTS IN 2009
No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
1	TTSamaraweera	Srl	11	1234	231	72.58	4	4
2	DPMDJayawardene	Srl	11	1194	275	62.84	3	3
3	AJ Strauss	Eng	14	1172	169	53.27	4	4
4	SM Katich	Aus	13	1111	122	48.30	2	8
5	TM Dilshan	Srl	11	1097	162	64.52	6	1
6	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	1083	137	57.00	4	5
7	MJ Clarke	Aus	13	1042	138	54.84	3	5

Ten bowlers have captured 30 plus wickets in one day games in 2009. MG Johnson of Australia leads the table with 46 wickets, closely followed by RW Price of Zimbabwe who finished the calendar year 2009 with 44 wickets.

On the test front, only two bowlers aggregated 50 plus wickets – MG Johnson {63} and GP Swann {54}. SJC Braod {47}, PM Siddle {45} and JM Anderson {40} are the other three bowlers who captured 40 plus wickets in 2009

THIRTY PLUS WICKETS IN ONE DAY GAMES IN 2009
No	Bowlers	Team	Mat	Runs	W	Ave
1	MG Johnson	Aus	30	1383	46	30.06
2	RW Price	Zim	27	907	44	20.61
3	NM Hauritz	Aus	30	1025	35	29.28
4	JM Anderson	Eng	19	803	34	23.61
5	KMDNKulasekara	Srl	23	934	34	27.47
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	15	731	32	22.84
7	AG Cremer	Zim	19	709	32	22.15
8	KD Mills	NZl	22	907	32	28.34
9	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	26	1036	31	33.41
10	A Nehra	Ind	21	933	31	30.09
FORTY PLUS WICKETS IN TESTS IN 2009
No	Bowlers	Team	Mat	Runs	W	Ave
1	MG Johnson	Aus	13	1728	63	27.42
2	GP Swann	Eng	12	1508	54	27.92
3	SCJ Broad	Eng	14	1333	47	28.36
4	PM Siddle	Aus	12	1320	45	29.33
5	JMAnderson	Eng	13	1355	40	33.87

NM Hauritz’s all round performance of 75 with the willow in the first innings and 5 for 101 with the leather in the second innings at Melbourne against Pakistan in the first test of 2009-10 series provides the 39^th occasion of Australian all rounder scoring a fifty and capturing five wickets in an innings of a test match.

The list includes AK Davidson who scored 80 runs and captured five wickets haul in both innings {5 for 135 and 6 for 87} against West Indies at Brisbane in Dec 1960.

It is interesting to note the N Hauritz became the first bowler to score a fifty and capture five wickets in an innings against Pakistan. All the 39 occasions are listed below

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No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	JJ Lyons	55	5	30	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1890
2	G Giffen	53	7	128	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1893
3	AE Trott	72*	8	43	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
4	G Giffen	58	5	76	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
5	H Trumble	56	5	60	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
6	H Trumble	62	6	74	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1902
7	MA Noble	56	5	54	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1902
8	H Trumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
9	MA Noble	53*	7	100	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1904
10	WWArmstrong	66	5	122	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1905
11	C Kelleway	114	5	33	SAF	Manchester	May1912
12	JM Gregory	100	7	69	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1920
13	JM Gregory	51	6	77	SAF	Durban	Nov 1921
14	WJ O’Reilly	56	5	20	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
15	KR Miller	79	7	60	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1946
16	KR Miller	69	5	26	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
17	RR Lindwall	50	5	66	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1953
18	KR Miller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
19	R Benaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958
20	AKDavidson	80	5	135	Win	Brisbane	Dec 1960
	AKDavidson		6	87	Win	Brisbane	Dec 1960
21	R Benaud	77	5	96	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1961
22	R Benaud	51	6	115	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1962
23	RB Simpson	91	5	57	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1963
24	KD Walters	81	5	66	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1973
25	GF Lawson	50	5	108	Eng	Perth	Nov 1982
26	SR Waugh	71	5	69	Eng	Perth	Nov 1986
27	AICDodemaide	50	6	58	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 1987
28	AR Border	75	7	46	Win	Sydney	Jan 1989
29	SR Waugh	86	5	28	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1994
30	PR Reiffel	56	5	39	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 1996
31	MG Bevan	85	6	82	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1997
32	SK Warne	53	6	48	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1997
33	PR Reiffel	54	5	49	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1997
34	B Lee	61	5	67	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
35	SK Warne	63	6	161	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 2002
36	SM Katich	52	6	65	Zim	Sydney	Oct 2003
37	B Lee	59	5	119	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
38	B Lee	63	5	59	Win	NorthSound	May2008
39	NMHauritz	75	5	101	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

C Kelleway, KR Miller, JM Gregory and R Benuad are the four Australian all rounders who have scored a hundred and captured five or more wickets in an innings. The performance of these four cricketers are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	C Kelleway	114	5	33	SAF	Manchester	May 1912
2	KR Miller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
3	JMGregory	100	7	69	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1920
4	R Benaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958

AE Trott and H Trumble are the only two bowlers who have captured eight wickets in an innings coupled with a fifty in a test match

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AETrott	72*	8	43	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1895
2	HTrumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902

B Lee, H Trumble, KR Miller and R Benuad are the four Australian all rounders who have scored a fifty and captured five or more wickets in a test match on three separate occasions. Their performance is listed below

No	Player	Runs	W	R	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	B Lee	61	5	67	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
2	B Lee	59	5	119	Ind	Sydney	Jan 2008
3	B Lee	63	5	59	Win	NorthSound	May 2008
1	HTrumble	56	5	60	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
2	HTrumble	62	6	74	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1902
3	HTrumble	64	8	65	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
1	KRMiller	79	7	60	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1946
2	KRMiller	69	5	26	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
3	KRMiller	109	6	107	Win	Kingston	Jun 1955
1	RBenaud	100	5	84	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1958
2	RBenaud	77	5	96	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1961
3	RBenaud	51	6	115	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1962

England won the Durban test against South Africa by an innings and 98 runs providing the 90^th occasion of England winning a test by an innings margin. The following table furnishes all the 90 occasions of England’s innings victores in the descending order of runs.

No	Inns margin	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	inns & 579 runs	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1938
2	inns & 285 runs	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1974
3	inns & 283 runs	Win	Leeds	May 2007
4	inns & 261 runs	Ban	Lord’s	May 2005
5	inns & 237 runs	Win	The Oval	Aug 1957
6	inns & 230 runs	Aus	Adelaide	Mar 1892
7	inns & 225 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1912
8	inns & 217 runs	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1886
9	inns & 215 runs	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1963
10	inns & 209 runs	Zim	Lord’s	May 2000
11	inns & 207 runs	Ind	Manchester	Jul 1952
12	inns & 202 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1889
13	inns & 197 runs	SAF	Johannesburg	Mar 1896
14	inns & 189 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1892
15	inns & 187 runs	NZl	Leeds	Jul 1965
16	inns & 173 runs	Ind	Leeds	Jul 1959
17	inns & 170 runs	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1956
18	inns & 157 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 1913
19	inns & 148 runs	NZl	Lord’s	Jun 1958
20	inns & 137 runs	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1888
21	inns & 129 runs	Pak	Nottingham	Jul 1954
22	inns & 124 runs	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1901
23	inns & 124 runs	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1967
24	inns & 120 runs	Pak	Lord’s	Jun 1978
25	inns & 120 runs	Pak	Manchester	Jul 2006
26	inns & 119 runs	NZl	Nottingham	Aug 1978
27	inns & 118 runs	Aus	Birmingham	Aug 1985
28	inns & 117 runs	Pak	Leeds	Jul 1962
29	inns & 111 runs	Srl	Birmingham	May 2002
30	inns & 106 runs	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 1886
31	inns & 104 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 1964
32	inns & 099 runs	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1959
33	inns & 098 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1885
34	inns & 098 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009
35	inns & 094 runs	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1985
36	inns & 093 runs	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1966
37	inns & 092 runs	Zim	Lord’s	May 2003
38	inns & 090 runs	NZl	Nottingham	Jun 1994
39	inns & 085 runs	Aus	Leeds	Aug 1977
40	inns & 083 runs	Win	Ch-le-St	May 2009
41	inns & 083 runs	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1979
43	inns & 083 runs	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1975
44	inns & 080 runs	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1905
45	inns & 078 runs	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1974
45	inns & 073 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1960
47	inns & 071 runs	NZl	Leeds	Jul 1958
48	inns & 071 runs	Win	The Oval	Aug 1928
49	inns & 069 runs	Zim	Che-le-St	Jun 2003
50	inns & 068 runs	NZl	Wellington	Feb 1997
51	inns & 062 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1912
52	inns & 059 runs	Ind	Nottingham	Jun 1959
53	inns & 058 runs	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1928
54	inns & 057 runs	Pak	Birmingham	Jun 1978
55	inns & 047 runs	NZl	Wellington	Mar 1963
56	inns & 043 runs	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1893
57	inns & 042 runs	Aus	Leeds	Jul 1956
58	inns & 039 runs	Win	Leeds	Aug 2000
59	inns & 038 runs	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1934
60	inns & 036 runs	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1957
61	inns & 034 runs	Win	The Oval	Aug 1966
62	inns & 033 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1896
63	inns & 032 runs	SAF	Manchester	Jul 1929
64	inns & 030 runs	Win	Manchester	Jul 1928
65	inns & 029 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1925
66	inns & 027 runs	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1933
67	inns & 027 runs	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1959
68	inns & 027 runs	Ban	Ch-le-St	Jun 2005
69	inns & 027 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1883
70	inns & 026 runs	NZl	The Oval	Jul 1931
71	inns & 025 runs	Ind	Delhi	Dec 1976
72	inns & 024 runs	Pak	Birmingham	May 1962
73	inns & 022 runs	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1936
74	inns & 021 runs	Aus	Manchester	Aug 1888
75	inns & 020 runs	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1955
76	inns & 018 runs	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
77	inns & 018 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1924
78	inns & 017 runs	Win	The Oval	Aug 1933
79	inns & 014 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1986
80	inns & 013 runs	NZl	Manchester	Jul 1958
81	inns & 013 runs	SAF	Durban	Jan 1939
82	inns & 012 runs	SAF	Johannesburg	Dec 1913
83	inns & 009 runs	Pak	Lord’s	May 2001
84	inns & 009 runs	NZl	Nottingham	Jun 2008
85	inns & 005 runs	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 1884
86	inns & 005 runs	SAF	Nottingham	Jun 1955
87	inns & 005 runs	Win	Leeds	Jul 1957
88	inns & 004 runs	NZl	Christchurch	Jan 1992
89	inns & 004 runs	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1975
90	inns & 001 run	NZl	Leeds	Jul 1973

England won the Durban test against South Africa by an innings and 98 runs providing the 15^th occasion of England winning a test by an innings margin against South Africa. It is interesting to note that the gap between the previous innings win and present innings win is 45 years and the venue on both occasions was Durban. England’s previous innings win against South Africa was at Durban in Dec 1964

No	Inns margin	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	inns & 202 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1889
2	inns & 189 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1892
3	inns & 197 runs	SAF	Johannesburg	Mar 1896
4	inns & 033 runs	SAF	Cape Town	Mar 1896
5	inns & 062 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1912
6	inns & 157 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 1913
7	inns & 012 runs	SAF	Johannesburg	Dec 1913
8	inns & 018 runs	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
9	inns & 018 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1924
10	inns & 032 runs	SAF	Manchester	Jul 1929
11	inns & 013 runs	SAF	Durban	Jan 1939
12	inns & 005 runs	SAF	Nottingham	Jun 1955
13	inns & 073 runs	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1960
14	inns & 104 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 1964
15	inns & 098 runs	SAF	Durban	Dec 2009

Bharat Raj, who writes exclusive articles for the visitors of crickick.com, authors another article on Shane Bond who has announced his retirement from Test Cricket and gives an account of ups and downs that this genuine quick has faced in his international career. Read on …………………….

To start with it has been a sad day for test cricket as one of the champion fast bowlers of recent times,

Shane Bond has retired from test cricket. As a fast bowler he was a thoroughbred and is one of the few cricketers I would pay to watch on a cricket field.

The lion-hearted fast bowler from Canterbury was first spotted by Dayle Hadlee. Shane Bond made his first class debut in 1997 for Canterbury. He made his test debut against Australia at Hobart in 2001-02. He did not have much success in his first three test innings which saw him taking a wicket each. His first four wicket haul {4 for 47} was against Bangladesh at Hamilton in Dec 2001 in his fourth test innings. He captured his first five wicket haul {5 for 78} against West Indies at Bridgetown in Jun 2002. It was the first of his five wicket hauls.

His contemporary pace bowlers were CJ Drum, JEC Franklin, IG Butler, AR Adams. New Zealand always looked for support bowlers to the likes of Dian Nash, Chris Cairns and Danny Morrison.

Actually Bond’s cricket career looked to be in jeopardy when he joined the New Zealand’s police force in 1999 and found little time to play first class cricket. He did come back to play first class cricket and made a fine impression in 2000/01 and it seemed like his cricket career was back on track.

For Shane Bond. it all changed in 2001/02 season, when he was selected to play for the New Zealand A team. He toured India and played a few tournaments like the Moin-ud-Dowlah Tournament at Hyderabad. The great Sir Richard Hadlee is said to have helped him with his bowling during that time. At that time New Zealand were touring Australia, but were hit by injuries to key bowlers like Dion Nash which made New Zealand to go for Shane Bond as he could bowl quick was the very reason behind the selectors was plumping for Bond. It all did not go as per plan for Bond. In his first series in Australia he could capture only three wickets at 96.33.

But he impressed every one by his pace and the ability to swing it back sharply. I still remember him troubling the tenacious Steve Waugh with those huge inswingers at Hobart. Bond had Steve Waugh dismissed leg before wicket in this test. It was a series in which the New Zealand played well and they even came close to winning the series at Perth but only for a couple of close decisions not going their way. Nevertheless, Shane Bond showed in this series that he had lots of potential and announced his arrival on the International Cricket arena. He had a successful time against Bangladesh in 2001/02 and after winning that series against Bangladesh, New Zealand returned to Australia to complete the one day series of their tour. It was a tri-series played between South Africa, New Zealand and of course the hosts, Australia. It was in that series in which Bond really made his mark as he took 21 wickets at 16.38. In his first match itself at Melbourne he troubled the likes of Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Ponting and company. as he took 3 wickets to help New Zealand defeat Australia in a low scoring match. One could never forget his superb spell at Adelaide in which he took a five wicket haul. He bowled with fire and venom on a flat track and the inswinging yorker he bowled to Adam Gilchrist was a gem as it swung so late to uproot the stumps. All Australian batsmen were at sea against the quick and accurate Bond. Bond was instrumental in New Zealand win as they won the game by 77 runs. It can be said that Bond was the main factor behind New Zealand reaching the finals of that tournament. He could not repeat the magic in the finals against South Africa as he was hampered by a knee injury but there was no doubting the fact that the New Zealand had suddenly unearthed a fiery and pacy strike bowler they so desperately needed.

As I briefly said in my last paragraph that he was troubled by an knee problem in the tri-series in Australia and that prevented him from playing England at home and touring Pakistan in 2002 though after that bomb which exploded near the hotel in which the New Zealand were staying in Pakistan, Bond may have thought to himself that he was lucky to miss the tour of Pakistan and that tour as expected was immediately cancelled because of that bomb explosion.

Anyway he came back to play in the Caribbean as Fleming lead the New Zealand to their first ever series triumph over the West Indies in West Indies. Stephen Fleming surely has to thank his number one speedster, Shane Bond for that as he took seven wickets in the first test at Barbados to help New Zealand script a famous victory. The New Zealand were able to draw the second test and hence they were able to win the two test series 1-0. In this series Bond showed his class by troubling none other than the great man Brian Charle Lara.

As 2002 came to an end the New Zealand met India at home and on some spicy wickets, New Zealand were able to easily defeat India in both tests and onedayers. The pitches in that series may have offered too much sideways movement for the quicker bowlers but no one can take away the credit from Bond as he constantly troubled the likes of Tendulkar, Sehwag and Dravid with those huge inswingers and the odd delivery that straightened. I still remember the cracking inswinger he bowled to Dravid at Wellington in the first test as he found a little gap between Dravid’s bat and pad to send the stumps cart-wheeling. It has never been easy to find any flaw in Dravid’s tight technique but Bond with his sheer pace and swing undid Rahul Dravid

He had a great time in the 2003 world cup as he took 17 wickets at 17.94. His spell at Port Elizabeth against Australia was a top drawer for sure as he took a six wicket haul. Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Martyn, Hogg, and Harvey were his six vicitms at the cost of 23 runs in 10 overs of which two were non overs. It was one of the sustained bowling spells ever seen in any World cup game. It looked like the New Zealand would crush the Aussies but again their brittle batting line up was a let down against the bowling of pace bowling of McGrath {3 for 29} and B Lee {5 for 42}. New Zealand were dismissed for 112 and Australia which had totaled 208 runs in their innings won the game convincingly by 96 runs. Shane Bond’s 6 for 23 ranks the second best bowling figures in a losing cause in the history of one day games, the best being Imran Khan’s 6 for 14 against India at Sharjah on 22.03.85.

Actually leaving the round robin match against South Africa, the New Zealand’s batting line up just flopped in that tournament as they were ousted at the super six stage itself by India at Centurion. It was match in which their brittle batting lineup couldn’t stand up to India’s disciplined bowling and though Bond made a few early breakthroughs, Dravid steadied the ship to help India defeat the New Zealand and with that the hopes of New Zealand progressing further in that tournament went up in smoke.

At that time it looked like the New Zealand had last found a bowler who could carry their bowling attack like Hadlee did in 1980’s but Shane Bond is a bowler who seems to put lots of pressure on his back and ankle. When he New Zealand toured Lanka in 2003 the disaster struck for Bond as he was diagnosed with a stress fracture on his back. He tried hard to make a successful come back and was in the squad that toured England in 2004. He was sent back home in the middle of this tour with the recurrence of back problem

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We are pleased to bring another master piece from Indian domestic Champion Cricket Statistician Sri C Keshava Murthy on Karnataka and Punjab Quarter Finals played at Mysore during the last week. He pens that Sunil Joshi of Karnataka became the third highest wicket taker in Ranji Trophy while Pankaj Dharmani of Punjab became the fifth highest run getter in Ranji Trophy. Read on……

This was Karnataka’s 355th match and Punjab’s 250th match. Results at the end of this match:

Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Karnataka	355	161	55	139
Punjab	250	89	34	127

Head to Head count between Karnataka and Punjab read thus : Played- 5; Won by Karnataka – 3, Drawn- 2

Punjab, playing in 250th match, managed to clinch a draw, and failed to open a win account against Karnataka – despite playing in 5 matches.

Punjab registered its highest total against Karnataka by scoring 367-6 decl in its second innings, surpassing the previous best of 332 at Mohali in 1994/95.

Manish Pandey became the second Karnataka batsman after VS Thilak Naidu (125 at Bangalore in 1981/82) to score a century against Punjab when he scored 115 in this game.

Manish Pandey scored his third century of the season when he made 115 in this game. His other two hundreds are – 194 against UP at Meerut and 110 vs Baroda at Vadodara. He has now scored 668 runs from seven matches at 66.80 and stands third in the top run getters during 2009/10. Only Ajinkya Rahane of Mumbai (761 in 7 matches) and Parthiv Patel of Gujarat (727 in 7 matches) are ahead of him.

KB Pawan who had an aggregate of 486 runs prior to this match, completed 500 runs during this season. He is the second Karnataka batsman to aggregate 500 plus after Manish Pandey {668}.

Pawan became the 23rd Karnataka batsman to score 500 or more runs in a season. Pawan’s feat provides the 46th occasion of a Karnataka player performing such a feat. Pawan became the 20th player to aggregate 500 or more runs in this season

U Kaul of Punjab (582 in 8 matches) also completed 500 runs during this season when he scored four during his second innings knock of 86. He became the first Punjab player to accomplish this feat. U Kaul had also the distinction of crossing the milestone of 2000 runs in the Ranji Trophy career when he was on 56 during his second innings score of 86. He has now aggregated 2030 runs in his 30th match.

With his 68 and 86 in this match, Kaul became the 45th batsman to register half centuries in both innings of a match against Karnataka.

RV Uthappa who scored 91 of 118 balls, registered his second ninety in his Ranji career – the first occasion was against Maharashtra at Bangalore in 2005/06 when he scored 96.

Uthappa’s 91 in this game was his 21st fifty in his 40th match with a highest of 162 against MP at Bangalore in 2004/05.

Vinaykumar scored 51 not out in 94 balls which is his maiden half century in Ranji Trophy. He had scored 48 twice in earlier – against Haryana at Mysore in 2006/07 and against Saurashtra at Mumbai in 2008/09. This was his 42nd match.

Sunil Joshi by taking five wickets in this match became the third highest wicket taker in Ranji Trophy. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 444 wickets in 107 matches. Only R Goel (637) and S Venkataraghavan (530) have taken more wickets than Sunil Joshi in Ranji Trophy

During the course of his first innings knock of 29, Pankaj Dharmani surpassed Ashok Malhotra’s run aggregate of 7274 runs to become the fifth highest run getter in Ranji Trophy. At the end of this game Pankaj Dharmani has an aggregate of 7298 runs.

Amol Muzumdar of Bombay (7929), Amarjit Kaypee of Haryana (7623), Ajay Sharma of Delhi (7438) and Jacob Martin of Baroda (7329) are the four batsmen who have scored more than Pankaj Dharmani.

Alistair Cook of England earned the distinction of scoring a hundred in his 50^th test when he scored 118 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Durban. His feat provides the 29^th occasion of a batsman registering a hundred in his 50^th test in the annals of test cricket.

Alistair Cook is the third batsman after Javed Miandad of Pakistan, GR Viswanath of India to register a hundred in his debut test and his 50^th test. Alistair Cook had scored 104 not out in the second innings against India at Nagpur in Mar 2006 on his test debut

The following table lists out all the 29 occasions of batsmen scoring hundreds in their 50^th test.

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Date
1	JB Hobbs	Eng	159	FI	Win	The Oval	14.08.1928
2	PR Umrigar	Ind	112	FI	Pak	Delhi	08.02.1961
3	TW Graveney	Eng	153	FI	Pak	Lord’s	23.06.1962
4	KF Barrington	Eng	256	FI	Aus	Manchester	23.07.1964
5	RB Simpson	Aus	103	SI	Ind	Adelaide	28.12.1967
6	WM Lawry	Aus	205	FI	Win	Melbourne	26.12.1968
7	CH Lloyd	Win	102	FI	Ind	Bridgetown	10.03.1976
8	GR Viswanath	Ind	124	SI	Win	Chennai	12.01.1979
9	SM Gavaskar	Ind	221	SI	Eng	The Oval	30.08.1979
10	IT Botham	Eng	128	FI	Ind	Manchester	24.06.1982
11	JavedMiandad	Pak	280*	FI	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.1983
12	N Kapil Dev	Ind	100*	SI	Win	Trinidad	11.03.1983
13	IVARichards	Win	109	FI	Ind	Georgetown	31.03.1983
14	JG Wright	NZl	138	SI	Win	Wellington	20.02.1987
15	MA Taylor	Aus	170	FI	SAF	Melbourne	26.12.1993
16	RA Smith	Eng	175	FI	Win	St John’s	16.04.1994
17	MA Atherton	Eng	113	FI	Win	Nottingham	10.08.1995
18	WJ Cronje	SAF	126	FI	Engl	Nottingham	22.07.1998
19	G Kirsten	SAF	134	SI	Win	Centurion	15.01.1999
20	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	188	FI	Pak	Kandy	28.06.2000
21	MA Butcher	Eng	124	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.2003
22	HH Gibbs	SAF	183	FI	Eng	The Oval	04.09.2003
23	VVS Laxman	Ind	178	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.2004
24	CH Gayle	Win	317	FI	SAF	St John’s	29.04.2005
25	TM Dilshan	Srl	162	FI	Ban	Chittagong	03.01.2009
	TM Dilshan	Srl	143	SI	Ban	Chittagong	03.01.2009
26	AB de Villiers	SAF	104*	FI	Aus	Johannesburg	02.03.2009
27	KP Pietersen	Eng	102	SI	Win	Trinidad	10.03.2009
28	MJ Clarke	Aus	103*	SI	Eng	Birmingham	30.07.2009
29	AN Cook	Eng	118	FI	SAF	Durban	26.12.2009

Alistair Cook became the ninth England batsman to register a hundred in his 50^th test. He is the first England batsman to register a hundred in his debut test and 50^th test. The nine occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Date
1	JBHobbs	Eng	159	FI	Win	The Oval	14.08.1928
2	TWGraveney	Eng	153	FI	Pak	Lord’s	23.06.1962
3	KFBarrington	Eng	256	FI	Aus	Manchester	23.07.1964
4	ITBotham	Eng	128	FI	Ind	Manchester	24.06.1982
5	RASmith	Eng	175	FI	Win	St John’s	16.04.1994
6	MAAtherton	Eng	113	FI	Win	Nottingham	10.08.1995
7	MAButcher	Eng	124	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.2003
8	KPPietersen	Eng	102	SI	Win	Trinidad	10.03.2009
9	ANCook	Eng	118	FI	SAF	Durban	26.12.2009

AN Cook is the third batsman after MA Taylor of Australia and CH Gayle of West Indies to score a hundred in 50^th test

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Date
1	MA Taylor	Aus	170	FI	SAF	Melbourne	26.12.1993
2	CH Gayle	Win	317	FI	SAF	St John’s	29.04.2005
3	AN Cook	Eng	118	FI	SAF	Durban	26.12.2009

The following are the other statistical observations on the feat of batsmen scoring hundreds in their 50^th test.

Javed Miandad scored hundreds in his debut test, 50^th test and 100^th test. He is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to earn the distinction. Javed Miandad of Pakistan, GR Viswanath of India and AN Cook of England registered hundreds in his debut test and in his 50^th test. TM Dilshan is the only batsman to register hundreds in both innings of his 50^th test. He is the 25^th batsman to earn the distinction of scoring hundred in 50^th test. G Kirsten scored zero and 134 in his 50^th test. CH Gayle {317} remains the only batsman to register 300 plus runs in his 50^th test. KF Barrington {256} is credited with the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score a double hundred in his 50^th test. GR Viswanath-SM Gavaskar {brother-in-laws} are the only related cricketers in this elite list.

Australia declared its innings in both innings at Melbourne against Pakistan in the ongoing test providing the 73^rd occasion of a team declaring its innings in both innings of a test match in the annals of test cricket. All the 73 occasions are listed below

No	Team	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Win	350/6d	124/5d	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1931
2	Eng	627/9d	123/0d	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1934
3	Eng	164/7d	128/6d	Win	Manchester	Jul 1939
4	Win	681/8d	212/4d	Eng	Trinidad	Mar 1954
5	Eng	217/8d	188/3d	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1956
6	Eng	500/8d	184/5d	Ind	Mumbai(BS)	Nov 1961
7	Ind	457/7d	152/9d	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1964
8	Eng	216/8d	193/9d	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1964
9	SAF	390/6d	307/3d	Eng	Johannesburg	Jan 1965
10	NZl	462/9d	191/9d	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
11	Pak	385/7d	191/9d	NZl	Lahore	Apr 1965
12	Aus	650/6d	175/4d	Win	Bridgetown	May 1965
13	Win	526/7d	92/2d	Eng	Trinidad	Mar 1968
14	Aus	493/9d	169/4d	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1971
15	Win	501/5d	180/6d	Ind	Bridgetown	Apr 1971
16	Win	508/4d	218/3d	NZl	Kingston	Feb 1972
17	Aus	428/7d	260/2d	Win	Kingston	Feb 1973
18	Aus	419/8d	218/7d	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1973
19	Eng	328/9d	213/3d	Ind	Manchester	Jun 1974
20	Win	604/6d	205/3d	Ind	Mumbai	Jan 1975
21	Win	687/8d	182/0d	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1976
22	Pak	565/9d	290/5d	NZl	Karachi	Oct 1976
23	Ind	524/9d	208/2d	NZl	Kanpur	Nov 1976
24	Aus	517/8d	315/8d	Pak	Melbourne	Jan 1977
25	Pak	503/8d	264/4d	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 1978
26	Aus	385/5d	189/4d	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1980
27	Eng	476/9d	68/0d	Ind	Delhi	Dec 1981
28	Ind	481/4d	160/3d	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1982
29	Srl	491/7d	294/7d	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1984
30	Ind	553/8d	97/1d	Eng	Kanpur	Jan 1985
31	Win	511/6d	268/6d	NZl	Georgetown	Apr 1985
32	Aus	574/7d	170/5d	Ind	Chennai	Sep 1986
33	Eng	592/8d	199/8d	Aus	Perth	Nov 1986
34	Ind	384/9d	141/1d	NZl	Bangalore	Nov 1988
35	Aus	601/7d	230/3d	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1989
36	Eng	653/4d	272/4d	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
37	Pak	505/9d	239/5d	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1992
38	NZl	325/3d	222/5d	Zim	Bulawayo	Nov 1992
39	SAF	360/9d	130/6d	Ind	CapeTown	Jan 1993
40	Pak	423/8d	131/3d	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
41	Aus	469/7d	124/6d	SAF	Adelaide	Jan 1994
42	Eng	477/9d	267/5d	SAF	Leeds	Aug 1994
43	Ind	546/9d	208/7d	Win	Nagpur	Dec 1994
44	NZl	230/8d	222/5d	Zim	Hamilton	Jan 1996
45	Aus	502/9d	215/6d	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 1996
46	SAF	529/7d	256/6d	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 1997
47	SAF	406/8d	226/7d	Win	CapeTown	Jan 1999
48	Ind	583/7d	148/5d	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 1999
49	NZl	487/7d	153/4d	Zim	Wellington	Dec 2000
50	Aus	486/9d	84/2d	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
51	Aus	576/4d	238/3d	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2003
52	NZl	515/7d	161/5d	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 2003
53	SAF	594/5d	134/4d	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2003
54	Ind	500/5d	209/6d	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 2003
55	Zim	507/9d	200/7d	Win	Harare	Nov 2003
56	Ind	705/7d	211/2d	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
57	Aus	575/8d	139/2d	NZl	Adelaide	Nov 2004
58	Eng	411/8d	332/9d	SAF	Johannesburg	Jan 2005
59	SAF	451/9d	194/6d	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2006
60	Eng	528/9d	296/8d	Pak	Lord’s	Jul 2006
61	Aus	602/9d	202/1d	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2006
62	Eng	553/5d	284/8d	Win	Lord’s	May 2007
63	Ind	387/8d	100/6d	Ban	Chittagong	May 2007
64	Aus	542/5d	210/2d	Srl	Hobart	Nov 2007
65	Ind	616/5d	184/4d	Pak	Kolkata	Nov 2007
66	Srl	476/8d	240/7d	Win	Providence	Mar 2008
67	Aus	479/7d	244/6d	Win	NorthSound	May 2008
68	NZl	262/6d	79/1d	Ban	Mirpur	Oct 2008
69	Ind	613/7d	208/5d	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008
70	Eng	566/9d	221/8d	Win	StJohn’s	Feb 2009
71	Eng	600/6d	279/2d	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009
72	Eng	546/6d	237/6d	Win	Trinidad	Mar 2009
73	Aus	454/5d	225/8d	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

Australia declared its innings in both innings at Melbourne against Pakistan in the ongoing test providing the 17th occasion of a Australia declaring its innings in both innings of a test match in the annals of test cricket. All the 17 occasions are listed below

No	Team	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Aus	650/6d	175/4d	Win	Bridgetown	May 1965
2	Aus	493/9d	169/4d	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1971
3	Aus	428/7d	260/2d	Win	Kingston	Feb 1973
4	Aus	419/8d	218/7d	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1973
5	Aus	517/8d	315/8d	Pak	Melbourne	Jan 1977
6	Aus	385/5d	189/4d	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1980
7	Aus	574/7d	170/5d	Ind	Chennai	Sep 1986
8	Aus	601/7d	230/3d	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1989
9	Aus	469/7d	124/6d	SAF	Adelaide	Jan 1994
10	Aus	502/9d	215/6d	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 1996
11	Aus	486/9d	84/2d	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2001
12	Aus	576/4d	238/3d	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2003
13	Aus	575/8d	139/2d	NZl	Adelaide	Nov 2004
14	Aus	602/9d	202/1d	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 2006
15	Aus	542/5d	210/2d	Srl	Hobart	Nov 2007
16	Aus	479/7d	244/6d	Win	NorthSound	May 2008
17	Aus	454/5d	225/8d	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

Australia declared its innings in both innings at Melbourne against Pakistan in the ongoing test providing the third occasion of a team declaring its innings in both innings of a test match against Pakistan. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Team	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Eng	528/9d	296/8d	Pak	Lord’s	Jul 2006
2	Ind	616/5d	184/4d	Pak	Kolkata	Nov 2007
3	Aus	454/5d	225/8d	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

SR Watson scored 93 and 120 not out at Melbourne against Pakistan in the ongoing first test providing the 42^nd occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred and a ninety in the annals of test cricket. All the 42 occasions are listed below

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	PA Gibb	93	106	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 1938
2	PGVvanderBijl	125	97	SAF	Eng	Durban	Mar 1939
3	CG Borde	109	96	Ind	Win	Delhi	Feb 1959
4	MC Cowdrey	114	97	Eng	Win	Kingston	Feb 1960
5	KF Barrington	101	94	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1963
6	HanifMohammad	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1964
7	RM Cowper	92	108	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
8	GS Sobers	152	95*	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Mar 1968
9	SM Nurse	95	168	Win	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1969
10	APE Knott	101	96	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1971
11	G Boycott	99	112	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 1974
12	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
13	M Amarnath	90	100	Ind	Aus	Perth	Dec 1977
14	PM Toohey	122	97	Aus	Win	Kingston	Apr 1978
15	Zaheer Abbas	176	96	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 1978
16	Mohsin Khan	94	101*	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Dec 1982
17	AR Border	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Trinidad	Mar 1984
18	LRD Mendis	111	94	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1984
19	PA de Silva	96	123	Srl	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1991
20	Saeed Anwar	94	136	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 1994
21	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1997
22	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
23	Younis Khan	91	149*	Pak	NZl	Auckland	Mar 2001
24	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr 2003
25	JH Kallis	92	150*	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2004
26	MH Richardson	93	101	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	May 2004
27	S Chanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2004
28	DR Martyn	114	97	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
29	JL Langer	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
30	AJ Strauss	126	94*	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	Dec 2004
31	HH Gibbs	161	98	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Jan 2005
32	AB de Villiers	92	109	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Jan 2005
33	S Chanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2005
34	KC Sangakkara	92	152	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Dec 2007
35	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 2007
36	ND McKenzie	94	155*	SAF	Ind	Chennai	Mar 2008
37	G Gambhir	179	97	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
38	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 2008
39	RR Sarwan	94	106	Win	Eng	St John’s	Feb 2009
40	AN Cook	94	139*	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009
41	TM Dilshan	92	123*	Srl	NZl	Galle	Aug 2009
42	SR Watson	93	120*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

SR Watson became the eighth Australian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred and a ninety in a test match. All the eight occasions are furnished below

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RMCowper	92	108	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
2	PMToohey	122	97	Aus	Win	Kingston	Apr 1978
3	ARBorder	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Trinidad	Mar 1984
4	MATaylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
5	DRMartyn	114	97	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Oct 2004
6	JLLanger	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
7	RTPonting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 2008
8	SRWatson	93	120*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

SR Watson became the sixth batsman to score a hundred and a ninety in a test match against Pakistan, after MA Taylor of Australia, JL Langer of Australia, S Chanderpaul of West Indies and SC Ganguly of India. The performance of these six batsmen are enumerated below

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
2	JL Langer	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
3	SChanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2005
4	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 2007
5	SR Watson	93	120*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

SR Watson with his 93 and 120* became the 19^th opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a ninety and a hundred in a test match. All the 19 instances are detailed in the following table.

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	PA Gibb	93	106	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 1938
2	PGVvanderBijl	125	97	SAF	Eng	Durban	Mar 1939
3	MC Cowdrey	114	97	Eng	Win	Kingston	Feb 1960
4	G Boycott	99	112	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 1974
5	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
6	Mohsin Khan	94	101*	Pak	Ind	Lahore	Dec 1982
7	Saeed Anwar	94	136	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 1994
8	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1997
9	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
10	MHRichardson	93	101	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	May 2004
11	JL Langer	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
12	AJ Strauss	126	94*	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	Dec 2004
13	HH Gibbs	161	98	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Jan 2005
14	ABdeVilliers	92	109	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Jan 2005
15	ND McKenzie	94	155*	SAF	Ind	Chennai	Mar 2008
16	G Gambhir	179	97	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
17	AN Cook	94	139*	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009
18	TM Dilshan	92	123*	Srl	NZl	Galle	Aug 2009
19	SR Watson	93	120*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

SR Watson is the third Aussie opening batsman to register a hundred and a ninety against Pakistan after MA Taylor and JL Langer. Interesting enough, these are the only three opening batsmen to have scored a hundred and a ninety in a test against Pakistan

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MATaylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
2	JLLanger	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
3	SRWatson	93	120*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Dec 2009

S Chanderpaul of West Indies remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to have scored a ninety and a hundred on two occasions.

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SChanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2004
2	SChanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2005

AR Border of Australia and S Chanderpaul of West Indies are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to register unbeaten hundred and a unbeaten ninety in a test match

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AR Border	98*	100*	Aus	Win	Trinidad	Mar 1984
2	SChanderpaul	128*	97*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2004

MA Taylor of Australia and SC Ganguly of India are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to have scored 200 plus runs and a ninety in a test match. Both these batsmen chose Pakistan as their opposition is another interesting fact

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MATaylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
2	SCGanguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 2007

The following is the list of batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs and and a ninety in a test match. The first batsman to achieve this feat was none other than Garfield Sobers who scored 152 and 95 not out against England at Georgetown in Mar 1968. MA Taylor of Australia remains the only batsman in this elite list to score a triple hundred and a ninety – 334* and 92 against Pakistan at Peshawar in Oct 98.

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GS Sobers	152	95*	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Mar 1968
2	SM Nurse	95	168	Win	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1969
3	ZaheerAbbas	176	96	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 1978
4	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
5	JH Kallis	92	150*	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2004
6	JL Langer	191	97	Aus	Pak	Perth	Dec 2004
7	HH Gibbs	161	98	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Jan 2005
8	SChanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	May 2005
9	SC Ganguly	239	91	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 2007
10	KCSangakkara	92	152	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Dec 2007
11	ND McKenzie	94	155*	SAF	Ind	Chennai	Mar 2008
12	G Gambhir	179	97	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008