hrgcricstats.com

When S Badrinath and C Ganapathy added 329 runs for the sixth wicket in the Ranji Trophy match between Tamil Nadu and Mumbai this season, the partnership provided the sixth occasion of a three hundred plus runs partnership in the history of Ranji Trophy.

Tamilnadu is the only team to have posted 300 plus runs for the sixth wicket on two occasions. The two occasions are listed below

No	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
		Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	371	VM Merchant	RS Modi
		Mumbai	Maharasthra	Mumbai	1943/44
2	356	WVRaman	AKripalSingh
		Tamil Nadu	Goa	Panaji	1988/89
3	329	S Badrinath	C Ganapathy
		Tamilnadu	Mumbai	Mumbai	2008/09
4	320	GurusharanSingh	KrishnaMohan
		Punjba	Bengal	Kolkata	1988/89
5	316*	HRAdhikari	AKKhanna
		Services	Rajasthan	Ajmer	1950/51
6	314	DB Dasgupta	LR Shukla
		Bengal	Baroda	Kolkata	2005/06

Tamilnadu is the only team to have posted 300 plus runs for the sixth wicket on two occasions. The two occasions are listed below

No	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
		Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	356	WVRaman	AKripalSingh
		Tamil Nadu	Goa	Panaji	1988/89
2	329	S Badrinath	C Ganapathy
		Tamilnadu	Mumbai	Mumbai	2008/09

Bharat Raj, in his exclusive article for the visitors of crickick.com details how with the advent of Javagal Srinath on the Indian Cricket scenario, changed the face of pace bowling attack with a purposeful, sustained and accurate bowling. Read on …..

If we look at the history of Indian cricket it can be said that Indian cricket has produced some great batsmen like Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dravid, Gundappa Viswanatah, CK Nayudu, Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Manjrekar Dilip Vengsarkar, Spinners like Subash Gupte, Bishen Bedi, Chandra, Prasanna, Kumble and all rounders of the calibre of Lala Amarnath, Kapil Dev and “Vinoo” Mankad, but rarely we have seen quick bowlers coming out of Indian cricket system. It maybe due to the fact that Indian wickets aren’t suited to quick bowlers, or it maybe due to India, over the years, has produced so many great batsmen that youngsters look up to them and follow their footsteps. It is not easy to pinpoint the exact reason but the simple fact remains that India haven’t produced too many quick bowlers in the past. Mohammad Nissar who captured five wickets against England at Lord’s in 1932 is said to be the quickest of his era.

So when Javagal Srinath burst on the international scene, it was like a breath of fresh air, as here was a quick bowler who could push the opposition batsmen onto the back foot, unlike in the past when even Sunil Gavaskar used to open the bowling. I would like to add that I haven’t forgotten the contribution of the legendary Kapil dev to Indian cricket as in the late 70’s and 80’s, as he could bowl reasonably quick and of course he carried the responsibility of taking early wickets with the new ball for so long. I would also like to mention Mohammed Nissar and Amar Singh who both played for India in India’s inaugural test at Lord’s in 1932. Nissar was said to be quick and in his first test against England in 1932 he sent shock waves through England’s top order by uprooting the stumps of the legendary Sutcliffe and Holmes.

So after a brief look at the history of Indian cricket let us come back to our man, Javagal Srinath or sometimes called as Mysore express. Srinath unlike many other great or good bowlers of the past mainly got it come back into the batsmen sharply and got it to straighten the odd delivery away from the right-hander with a chest on action.

He made his first class debut for Karnataka in 1989/90 and immediately made an impact with his pace and bounce. The selectors were impressed with the amount of pace he could generate and soon drafted him into the one day side to play in Sarjah. He didn’t have the best of tournaments but one could see the fact that he had the potential to become a fine bowler. He was selected to tour Australia in 1991/92 to play the test series, one day tournament against Australia and West Indies and the World cup. Again he had moderate success in Australia but the Aussies were impressed with his ability to bowl at good pace and I do remember Rodney Marsh in a interview saying that he hasn’t seen bowlers from India who could bowl quick and get bounce like Srinath did, though I have to add that they were skeptical about his fitness. Sri in his early days was wiry and there were question marks over his fitness for sure. In South Africa in 1992/93, he got more success and troubled all their batsmen and that includes the likes of Wessels, Hudson and P Kirsten. He even gave India an outside the chance to level the series 1-1 with a incisive spell at Cape town but Wessels’s battling knock meant that South Africa won the series.

After playing a few matches away from home from 1991 to 1993, India played most of their games at home from 1993 to 1996 and because of that Srinath had to bide his time as Kapil was still in the side and as Indian wickets mainly helped the spinners, Azharuddin and the coach Wadekar usually had 3 spinners in the side which meant that there was no place for Srinath. So Srinath mainly played in one dayers and he did make his mark in the hero cup against Lanka when he got a five wicket haul but that was a period which Srinath would like to forget as he had problems with his accuracy and used to bowl lots of no balls. In 1994 Kapil Dev retired from international cricket which paved the way for Srinath to make his mark in the highest form of the game – Test cricket and didn’t he make his mark straightaway in the test series against the West Indies in 1994/95? Of course he did as in the first test at Mumbai he surprised the West Indian batsmen with his pace and bounce. Rarely would have the West Indian batsmen played a quick bowler from India who could push them onto the back foot and that is what Srinath did to the likes of Lara, Adams and Hooper. On a bright sunny afternoon on the third day, he made Brian Lara to dance to his tune with sustained accurate pace bowling.

He took five wickets in that match and even scored a quick fire 60 which helped India to win the match. His important contribution though perhaps was getting the wicket of Adams leg before wicket. It was a important wicket as both Adams and Murray were looking dangerous and it looked like they could take the game away from India’s grasp before Rajesh Chauhan, the off spinner got the wicket of Murray and Srinath followed it up by getting rid of Adams.

He had a decent World cup in 1996 in the subcontinent as he took eight wickets in conditions that did not suit the quick bowlers though India couldn’t win the world cup as they faltered at the semifinal stage against Lanka. A match most would like to forget because of the unnecessary stone throwing incident by the crowd who got angry as India were losing the match.

I do believe Javagal Srinath was at his peak in 1996 when he along with his Karnataka teammate Prasad teamed up to take early wickets against England and South Africa. I have a feeling that India would have been more successful in both England and South Africa if India had a back up decent third third seamer, but Mhambrey, Johnson and Dodda Ganesh couldn’t support Srinath and Prasad. Nevertheless both bowled some lion hearted spells in that period in 1996. It was a sight to see the England captain Atherton who himself had already played some fine knocks against genuine quick bowlers like the one at Johannesburg in 1995/96 against Donald and company,. was uncomfortable against Srinath’s pace, but it wasn’t enough as India lost the series 1-0.

At home, at Ahmedabad he bowled a match winning spell as he took 6 for 21 in 11 overs in the second innings to help India win by 65 runs against South Africa. Most of the South African batsmen were either bowled or were out leg before wicket as they couldn’t handle Srinath’s ability to attack the stumps and hit those cracks to get uneven bounce. He also got it to reverse swing in that match. South African batsmen like Cullinan, Hudson and Kirsten were rattled by Srinath’s pace and accuracy. Surely South Africa would have expected the Indian spinners like Kumble and N Hirwani to do the damage but it was Srinath who did the trick. It was skipper Tendulkar’s trick up the sleeve which undid South Africa at Ahmedabad

In South Africa in 1996/97 both Prasad and Srinath tried their best but again with greenhorns like Johnson and Ganesh around India just couldn’t match the South African attack as they had Klusener and Macmillan to support the deadly duo of Donald and Pollock. I have to add that Indian batting was no better as in the first test the Indian team made only 100 and 66! It was a series which was easily won by South Africa 2-0 as they extracted revenge for the loss in India but no one can question the efforts of both Srinath and Prasad as they bowled some fine spells in that series.

India’s next tour was to West Indies and that was the time when there were fears over the amount of workloads of both Srinath and Prasad as they both had bowled lots of overs during that period. It took a heavy toll on Javagal Srinath as he suffered a shoulder injury in the Caribbean. It was a cruel blow to Srinath as he was at the peak of his prowess in 1996/97. Srinath returned home after declaring the injury. Srinath though didn’t give up as he worked hard on his fitness and came back fitter and stronger at the end of 1997. He showed against Australia in 1998 that he had lost none of his ability as he bowled a hostile spell at Kolkata to reduce the formidable Aussies to 15 for 3 on a good batting track. He bowled with pace and just enough movement to trouble the Aussie top order. Slater was out caught at short leg by that ever reiliable Rahul Dravid, Blewett was done in by the huge inswinger which was Srinath’s main weapon as the batsman attempted flick it through the mid wicket and left a gap between bat and pad only to get bowled and finally Srinath got the important wicket of the elegant Mark Waugh as he trapped him in front with Mark looking to play his favourite flick shot but was again done in by the sharp inward movement of Srinath. The spell by Srinath helped India to win the match and India also won the series 2-1.

In 1999 he took 13 wickets against arch rivals Pakistan but Saeed Anwar’s brilliant 188 in the second innings {he carried the bat through the completed innings} helped Pakistan to win the match but getting 13 wickets in a match is one hell of a effort. His figures of 13 for 132 in this test remains the best figures by a bowler in terms of run conceded in a test which was lost. Of course that match sadly would be remembered for that controversial run out of Tendulkar which resulted in crowd getting angry as they started to throw stones. The match had to be sadly completed in front of empty stands as Pakistan won by 46 runs. He also played in the 99 World cup but India were disappointing as they couldn’t progress beyond the super six stage but Srinath enjoyed the sideways movement that England’s pitches can offer and showed his worth with a three wicket haul in the crucial game against Pakistan in the super six stage. It was also a match that India won. He ended up with 12 wickets in that tournament.

At the end of the millennium India embarked on a challenging tour of Australia. Australia at that time were at their peak as they had the likes of McGrath, Dizzy, Waugh twins, Ponting, Warne, Fleming, and upcoming players like Lee and Gilchrist in the side. As expected they were too strong for an inexperienced Indian side lead by Tendulkar. Srinath himself didn’t had a great time in Australia though I have to add that he was unlucky at Sydney in the third test as he repeatedly beat the bat of the Aussie batsmen with no luck especially it looked like gods were smiling on Langer that day as whenever he would get an edge it would go past whatever gap that existed in the slip cordon and even when Srinath induced an inside edge onto the stumps it was declared as a no ball. It continued to be a great day for Langer as a close lbw shout was turned down by the umpire Ian Robinson but as it is said that when it is your day make it count and that is what Langer did as he scored 223 as India lost the series 3-0.

As the years went by Srinath wasn’t getting any younger as a new crop of quick bowlers like Zaheer Khan, Asish Nehra and few others started to make their mark yet Srinath was still able to make his mark as he took 5 for 114 at Galle against Lanka and it is interesting to see that Srinath was hit on the finger by Fernando yet he bowled a lion hearted spell and took five wickets. India lost that match and the series but yet again Srinath showed that he would give his heart and soul for the sake of Indian cricket.

In 2002 Srinath was coming to the end of his career but he decided to play in one more world cup in 2002/ 03 in South Africa. He wasn’t as quick as he used to be yet his experience came in handy as he helped younger bowlers like Zaheer and Nehra. Srinath himself had his share of success as he took 16 wickets. His best spell was probably against Lanka as he took a four wicket haul to destroy the Lankan batting line up and against others teams too he was consistent. Zaheer, Srinath and Nehra helped India to reach the finals where they were crushed by the great Australian team. India were suddenly hit by a storm called Ricky Ponting as he simply tore apart the Indian bowling attack with some audacious pull shots and lofted strokes against the spinners as India came a cropper at the final hurdle. One can surely say though that the Indian team performed well in the world cup especially when one thinks about the fact that India lost the match against Australia in the round robin phase and were in a spot of bother in what was a tough group consisting of teams like Australia, Pakistan, England and Zimbabwe. It also made sure that Srinath won’t get the chance to end his career as being part of a world cup winning team.

Finally Srinath had his critics who thought that he bowled a touch too short otherwise he could have been more successful and there were others who thought that he wasn’t aggressive enough like other quicks. The points so mentioned can be considered but there is no doubt that Srinath has done yeoman services to Indian cricket. He had to bowl on some unresponsive wickets in the subcontinent yet was able to take more than 200 test wickets. After the retirement of Kapil Dev it was Srinath who took up the mantle of being India’s spearhead in the pace department and did an admirable job. I just take this opportunity to salute Srinath for his services to Indian cricket!

His accurate sustained pace bowling earned him a county contract – Gloucestershire. Playing for this county, Srinath registered his best bowling effort in an innings in a first class match – he captured nine for 76 against Glamorgan in 1995 season.

MS Dhoni won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the 66^th occasion of team inviting the opposition to bat first after it had won the toss in the history of T20 Internationals.

MS Dhoni won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the fourth occasion of India inviting the opposition to bat first after it had won the toss. The other three occasions were – vs Ireland at Nottingham on 10.06.09, vs New Zealand at Johannesburg on 16.09.07 and vs England at Lord’s on 14.06.09

MS Dhoni and KC Sangakkara were leading India and Sri Lanka with dual roles – as captain-cum-wicket keepers in this game providing the fourth occasion of such an instance in the history of T20 Internationals. The other occasions are – MS Dhoni {India} and AC Gilchrist {Aus} at Durban on 22.09.07, TM Dilshan {Srl} and MS Dhoni {Ind} at Col-RPS on 10.02.09, KC Sangakkara {Srl} and D Ramdin {Win} at Nottingham on 10.06.09

Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the 15^th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals.

Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the second occasion of a Sri Lanka posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals. The other occasion was its 260 for 6 vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07.

Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the second occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against India in T20 Internationals. The other occasion was England posting 200 for 6 at Durban on 19.09.07.

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the 131^st occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in T20 Internationals. His knock represents the 15^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a fifty in T20I games.

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20I games. The other three fifties are – 55* vs Aus at Nottingham on 08.06.09, 64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent his highest individual socre in T20I games. His previous best was 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09

KC Sangakkara and ST Jayasuriya are the two Sri Lankan batsman who have scored four fifties in T20I games. Only TM Dilshan with five fifties to his credit has scored most fifties by Sri Lankan batsman in T20 I games.

KC Sangakkara with his four fifties became the ninth batsman in T20I games to register four or more fifties. Others are TM Dilshan {05}, G Gambhir {06}, CH Gayle {05}, BB McCullum {05}, ML Hayden {04}, ST Jayasuriya {04}, GC Smith {04}, Yuvraj Singh {04}

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the 26^th occasion of a captain registering fifty in T20 games. His knock also provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain registering fifty in T20I games.

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan captain in T20I games. The previous best was 69 by KC Sangakkara himself against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.

KC Sangakkara with his four fifties while leading Sri Lanka became the third captain in T20I games to register four fifties. The other two are CH Gayle of West Indies and GC Smith of South Africa. Thus these three captain share the record for most fifties as captain,

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper registering fifty in T20I games. The five occasions are – TM Dilshan {61 vs India at Col-RPS on 10.02.09} and KC Sangakkar’s four fifties – 55* vs Aus at Nottingham on 08.06.09, 64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09 and 78 vs India at Nagpur on 09.09.09

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a captain-cum-wicket keeper batman in T20I games. The previous best was 69 by KC Sangkkara himself agaist New Zealamd at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the 12^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering fifty in T20I games.

KC Sangakkara with his 78 in this game which was his fourth T20I fifty shares the record for most fifties in T20I game with BB McCullum of New Zealand who has also scored four fifties.

BB McCullum of New Zealand
No	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	59	NZl	Win	Hamilton	28.12.08
2	61	NZl	Aus	Sydney	15.02.09
3	56*	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	25.02.09
4	69*	NZl	Ind	Wellington	27.02.09
KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka
No	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	55*	Srl	Aus	Nottingham	08.06.09
2	64*	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21.06.09
3	69	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04.09.09
4	78	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	09.12.09

KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a wicket keeper batsman in T20I games. The previous best was 69 not out by BB McCullum against India at Wellington on 27.02.09

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 27^th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen against various oppositions for the second wicket in T20I games.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the record partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen against India for the second wicket in T20I games. The previous best was 28 runs partnership between TM Dilshan and J Mubarak at Col-RPS on 10.02.09

G Gambhir’s 55 in this game was his sixth T20I fifty. He now holds the record for most fifties by a batsman in T20I games. He wrested the record from TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka, CH Gayle of West Indies and BB McCullum of New Zealand. G Gambhir’s six fifties are listed below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	51	NZl	Johannesburg	16.09.07
2	58	Eng	Durban	19.09.07
3	75	Pak	Johannesburg	24.09.07
4	63	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	20.10.07
5	50	Ban	Nottingham	06.06.09
6	55	Srl	Nagpur	09.12.09

A Nehra {1 for 52} and Yousuf Pathan {1 for 54} conceded 50 plus runs in this game providing the 20^th and 21^st occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in T20I games

A Nehra {1 for 52} and Yousuf Pathan {1 for 54} conceded 50 plus runs in this game providing the third occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in T20I games. The other two occasions are – Bangladesh bowlers M Mortaza {0 for 53} and Ferhad Reza {1 for 55} vs Pakistan at Nairobi on 02.09.07 and Kenya bowlers PJ Ongondo {0 for 53}, N Odhiambo {1 for 57} and LN Onyango {0 for 61} vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.02.07

A Nehra conceded 52 runs on his T20I debut {he had figures of 4.0-0-52-1 in this game} to become the fifth bowler to concede 50 plus runs on T20I debut. The other four bowlers are – DR Tuffey of New Zealand {1 for 50 vs Australia at Auckland on 17.02.05}, JM Anderson of England {1 for 64 vs Australia at Sydney on 09.01.07}, MN Samuels of West Indies {0 for 52 vs England at The Oval on 28.06.07} and Joginder Sharma of India {0 for 57 vs England at Durban on 19.09.07}

CU Jayasinghe and M Pushpakumara were capped by Sri Lanka for this game, while India capped A Nehra and AB Dinda in this game, With these four cricketers making their first appearance in this game, the total number of cricketers who have represented T20I games stands as 447

AB Dinda and A Nehra who were capped by India for this game became the 24^th and 25^th cricketers to represent India in T20I games

M Pushpakumara and CU Jayasinghe who were capped by Sri Lanka for this game became the 31^st and 32^nd cricketers to represent Sri Lanka in T20I games

India lost this T20I game after inserting the opposition providing the 25^th occasion of a team losing the match after it has invited the opposition to bat after winning the toss

YK Pathan’s scored zero in this game providing the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero in T20I games. This was the third duck by Yousuf Pathan, the other two being against New Zealand at Wellington on 27.02.09 and against South Africa at Nottingham on 16.06.09

Yousuf Pathan with three zeroes to his credit has now the record for most zeroes by an Indian batsman in T20I games.

Yousuf Pathan became the 12^th batsman in T20I games to register three or more zeroes, Others are HH Gibbs of South Africa {04}, Abdur Razzak of Bangladesh {03}, AB de Villers of South Africa {03}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {03}, JP Duminy of South Africa {03}, ADS Fletcher of West Indies {03}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {03}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {03}, AD Mascarenhas {03}, SM Pollock of South Africa {03} and CJO Smith of Scotland {03}

KC Sangakkara was dismissed run out for 78 in this game providing the sixth occasion of a batsman run out after scoring a fifty. The complete list read thus

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	METrescothick	72	Eng	Srl	Southampton	15.06.06
2	PDCollingwood	79	Eng	Win	The Oval	28.06.07
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	53	Pak	Ind	Durban	14.09.07
4	DLMaddy	50	Eng	NZl	Durban	18.09.07
5	HMasakadza	53	Zim	Pak	King City	12.10.09
6	KCSangakkara	78	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	09.12.09

KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the 26^th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in T20I games. Sangakkara becomes the first captain to be dismissed run out against India in T20I game.

KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in T20I games. The other four occasions are MS Dhoni’s run out – for 24 vs NZl at Jo’burg on 16.09.07, for 45 vs RSA at Durban on 20.09.07, for 36 vs Aus at Durban on 22.09.07 and for 5 vs RSA at Nottingham on 16.06.09.

KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the 16th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in T20I games. Sangakkara became the second wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out against India after Kamran Akmal of Pakistan who was dismissed run out for 15 at Durban on 14.09.07.

India lost this match by 29 runs providing its eighth loss in T20I games. Out of the 19 games it has played, it has won nine games, lost eight games, one game was tied and one game ended as a No result game.

Sri Lanka has played 24 T20I games at the conclusion of this game. It has won 15 games and lost nine games

This game was the second T20I game between India and Sri Lanka and both teams have won one game each.

TM Dilshan completed 600 runs in T20I games when he was on 28 during his knock of 34 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 606 runs. TM Dilshan became the third batsman in T20I games to aggregate 600 plus runs, after BB McCullum of New Zealand {813} and GC Smith of South Africa {642}.

At the end of this game, KC Sangakkara {513} and G Gambhir {531} took their aggregate past 500 runs. Others to have 500 plus runs aggregate in T20I games are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {813} and GC Smith of South Africa {642}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {606}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {575}, KP Pietersen of England {558}, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {554} and Misba-ul-Huq of Pakistan {509}.

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 28th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games.

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the third occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games. Other two occasions are – 82 runs stand between G Gambhir and RV Uthappa vs Australia at Mumbai {BS} on 20.10.07 and 53 runs stand between RV Uthappa and MS Dhoni vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.06.09

G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the record partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanka. The previous best was zero runs between G Gambhir and SK Raina at Col-RPS on 10.02.09

Philip Bailey, a distinguished member of The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, England has discovered another world record for India whilst doing a query suggested by David Kendix. His research is based on CricketArchive database www.cricketarchive.com

Saurashtra recently set a new record for the highest lowest score among the first ten batsmen in the order in an innings beating the previous record of 31 by one.

The highest lowest score among the first ten batsmen in the order of runs in first-class matches are:

Order	Score	Team	Oppositon	Ground	Season
2	243	Yorkshire	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	1898
2	243	Tamil Nadu	Maharashtra	Nasik	2008/09
3	147	Trinidad	Jamaica	Port of Spain	1949/50
3	147	SouthAfrica	Zimbabwe	Harare	2001/02
4	122	India	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2007
5	86	NSW	W Aus	Sydney	1925/26
6	65	India	Australia	Kolkata	1997/98
7	59	SriLankaA	SouthAfricaA	Pot’stroom	2008/09
8	44	Canterbury	Otago	Christchurch	1996/97
9	39	Holkar	Bengal	Indore	1953/54
10	32	Saurashtra	Bengal	Kolkata	2009/10
11	22	Yorkshire	Leicestershire	Leicester	1907

Robin Abrahams, Member of Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, observes that the Pakistani pair sets world record partnership for the second wicket in first class matches

Pakistani pair Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad set a world record for second wicket partnership Sunday in a first class match at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Mohmand (302 not out) and Sajjad (289) put on 580 runs for the second wicket stand while playing for Wapda on the last day of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Sui Southern Gas Corporation {SSGC}

They broke the previous second wicket world record of 576 runs held by Sri Lankan pair Sanath Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (225) during a test match against India in Colombo in 1997.

Sajjad hit 36 boundaries while Mohmand smashed 34 fours. Wapda finished the match at 671-2 in reply to SSGC’s first innings effort of 466 all out.

Ensuing matches in Plate Leauge 2009-10

Group B: Andhra v Jammu & Kashmir at Anantapur – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Assam v Vidarbha at Guwahati – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Haryana v Kerala at Rohtak – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Jharkhand v Rajasthan at Dhanbad – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Services at Indore – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Tripura v Goa at Agartala – Dec 8-11, 2009

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 15-18, 2009

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 15-18, 2009

The following are the summarised scores of the Ranji Trophy Plate League matches.

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Services at Srinagar –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group B: Kerala v Andhra at Kannur –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Andhra 442 and 46/0; Kerala 336

Group A: Assam v Rajasthan at Guwahati –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Rajasthan won by 95 runs

Rajasthan 228 and 256; Assam 189 and 200

Group A: Jharkhand v Tripura at Ranchi –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 431 and 167/3; Tripura 438

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Haryana at Indore –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Haryana 546 and 244/0; Madhya Pradesh 434

Group A: Vidarbha v Goa at Nagpur –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 474 and 203/8d; Vidarbha 338 and 83/1

Group B: Andhra v Services at Anantapur –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group A: Goa v Assam at Margao –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Assam 177/5

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Haryana at Srinagar –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Haryana 225 and 57/3; Jammu & Kashmir 179

Group A: Jharkhand v Vidarbha at Ranchi –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 292 and 155/9; Vidarbha 248

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Kerala at Indore –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Madhya Pradesh 172/1

Group A: Tripura v Rajasthan at Agartala –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Tripura won by 1 wicket

Rajasthan 102 and 206; Tripura 179 and 130/9

Group B: Haryana v Services at Sirsa –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group B: Andhra v Madhya Pradesh at Vijayawada –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Madhya Pradesh 308/5d; Andhra 145/6

Group A: Assam v Jharkhand at Guwahati –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 261 and 247; Assam 298 and 99/9

Group A: Goa v Rajasthan at Margao –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 338 and 212/9; Rajasthan 225

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Kerala at Jammu –

Nov 17-19, 2009

Jammu & Kashmir won by 194 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 164 and 244; Kerala 133 and 81

Group A: Vidarbha v Tripura at Nagpur –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Vidarbha 222 and 217/6d; Tripura 151 and 73/4

Group B: Andhra v Haryana at Anantapur –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Haryana won by 123 runs

Haryana 170 and 298; Andhra 138 and 207

Group B: Services v Kerala at Delhi –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group A: Assam v Tripura at Guwahati –

Dec 1-3, 2009

Assam won by an innings and 55 runs

Assam 331; Tripura 104 and 172 (f/o)

Group A: Jharkhand v Goa at Dhanbad –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 561/8d; Jharkhand 303 and 205/3 (f/o)

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir at Indore –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 48 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 171 and 300; Madhya Pradesh 519

Group A: Rajasthan v Vidarbha at Jaipur –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Vidarbha won by 129 runs

Vidarbha 238 and 271/9d; Rajasthan 244 and 136

Ensuing matches of Ranji Trophy Super League 2009-10

Group B: Baroda v Saurashtra at Vadodara Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Delhi v Maharashtra at Delhi Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Gujarat v Himachal Pradesh at Surat Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Hyderabad v Railways at Hyderabad (Decc) Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Mumbai v Tamil Nadu at Mumbai Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Punjab v Orissa at Chandigarh Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Bengal at Kanpur Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Bengal v Delhi at Kolkata Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Himachal Pradesh v Orissa at Dharamsala Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Hyderabad v Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad Dec 15-18, 2009

Group B: Maharashtra v Baroda at Pune Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Mumbai v Gujarat at Mumbai (BS) Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Railways v Punjab at Delhi Dec 15-18, 2009

Group B: Saurashtra v Karnataka at Rajkot Dec 15-18, 2009

3rd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

2nd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

1st Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

4th Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Jan 3-6, 2010

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Jan 3-6, 2010

Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Jan 11-15, 2010