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GC Smith’s 183 in the second innings of the Cape Town test against England provide the sixth occasion of his scoring 150 plus runs. The six occasions are listed below

No	GC Smith	Score	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GC Smith	277	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2003
3	GC Smith	232	Ban	Chittagong	Feb 2008
4	GC Smith	154*	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2008
5	GC Smith	157	Ban	Bloemfontein	Nov 2008
6	GC Smith	183	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2010

GC Smith with six his scores of 150 plus runs joins the select band of captains who have scored six or more 150 plus scores in the annals of test cricket to become the sixth captain. Others are DG Bradman of Australia {08}, BC Lara of West Indies {07}, DPMD Jayawardene {six}, RB Simpson of Australia {06} and SR Waugh of Australia {06}

Australia won the test at Sydney against Pakistan by 36 runs despite being all out in the first innings for 127, providing the 16^th occasion of a team winning a test after being all out for a score less than 130 runs in the first innings. Furnished below is the complete list of such instances

No	Team	Runs	Result	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Aus	63	Won	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1882
2	Eng	45	Won	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1887
3	Eng	113	Won	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1888
4	Aus	116	Won	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1888
5	Eng	75	Won	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1894
6	Eng	92	Won	SAF	Cape Town	Apr 1899
7	Aus	112	Won	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1902
8	Eng	76	Won	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1907
9	SAF	126	Won	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930
10	Aus	116	Won	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
11	Pak	116	Won	Ind	Bangalore	Mar 1987
12	Pak	102	Won	NZl	Faisalabad	Oct 1990
13	Win	127	Won	Pak	Trinidad	Apr 1993
14	Aus	120	Won	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
15	Ind	104	Won	Aus	Mumbai	Nov 2004
16	Aus	127	Won	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2010

It is interesting to note that out of sixteen wins listed above, Australia have carved six wins when they were dismissed for a total of less than 130 in the first innings.

No	Team	Runs	Result	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Aus	63	Won	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1882
2	Aus	116	Won	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1888
3	Aus	112	Won	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1902
4	Aus	116	Won	Win	Sydney	Jan 1952
5	Aus	120	Won	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
6	Aus	127	Won	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2010

Australia and England jointly share the record of being the teams with most losses – four losses – after dismissing their opponents for a score of less than 130 in the first innings of a test match

No	Team	Runs	Result	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Eng	45	Won	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1887
2	Eng	113	Won	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1888
3	Eng	75	Won	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1894
4	Ind	104	Won	Aus	Mumbai	Nov 2004
1	Aus	63	Won	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1882
2	Aus	116	Won	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1888
3	Aus	112	Won	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1902
4	SAF	126	Won	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930

Greame Smith of South Africa became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 6000 plus runs. He reached the mile stone when he was on 125 during his knock of 162 not out at the end of the third day in the third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town. At the end of the third day, his aggregate stood at 6037 runs.

AR Border of Australia is the other captain to have an aggregate of 6000 plus runs – 6623 to be precise.

GC Smith’s 162 not out in the second innings of this test represent his 17^th hundred as captain and he is one hundred shy of RT Ponting who has 18 hundreds while leading his country. RT Ponting’s 18 hundreds is the record for most hundreds by a captain as on date in the annals of test cricket.

Bangladesh Tri series – Match Number 2: India vs Sri Lanka at Mirpur on 05.01.10. Sri Lanka won by five wickets

Sri Lanka capped HDRL Thirimanne for this game. He became the 143^rd Sri Lankan cricketer to appear in One day games. He is the 28^th Sri Lanakan cricketer to make on day debut against India.

HDRL Thirimanne is the 21st Sri Lankan opening batsman to make his one day debut

is the third Sri Lankan opening batsman to make his debut against India. The other two opening batsmen are – D Ranatunga at Pune on 05.12.98 and AAW Gunawardena at Hyd-LBS on 18.02.94

UMMBCA Welegedera with his 5 for 66 in this game became the seventh Sri Lankan bowler to capture five or more wickets against India in one day games. The following table lists out all the seven bowlers

No	Bowlers	W	R	Ground	Date
1	GF Labrooy	5	57	Vadodara	15.01.87
2	MMuralitharan	7	30	Sharjah	27.10.00
3	WPUJC Vaas	5	14	Sharjah	29.10.00
4	BAW Mendis	6	13	Karachi	06.06.08
5	T Thushara	5	47	Col-RPS	27.08.08
6	AD Mathews	6	20	Col-RPS	12.09.09
7	UWelegedara	5	66	Mirpur	05.01.10

Yuvraj Singh registered his 43^rd half century when he made 74 in this game. Coupled with 12 hundreds, he now has 55 fifties to his credit.

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 one day runs when he was on 48 during the course o his knock of 60 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 8012 runs. He became the 21^st batsman in the history of one day games to amass 8000 plus runs.

KC Sangakkara became the fifth Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 8000 plus runs in one day games. The other four are – ST Jayasuriya {13248}, PA de Silvs {9284}, MS Atapattu {8529}, DPMD Jayawardene {8518}.

KC Sangakkara with his 60 in this game registered his 53^rd half century and 63^rd one day fifty.

KC Sangakkara’s 60 in this game represent his 51^st half century as a wicket keeper batsman. He is the second wicket keeper batsman to register 50 plus half centuries in the history of one day internationals. AC Gilchrist of Australia is the other wicket keeper batsman who has scored 53 half centuries to his credit.

KC Sangakkara and TT Samaraweera added 122 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 184^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day games.

KC Sangakkara and TT Samaraweera added 122 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 43rd occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets against India in one day games.

KC Sangakkara and TT Samaraweera added 122 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 13th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against India in one day games.

TT Samaraweera’s 105 not out in this game represent his second one day hundred and also his highest individual score in one day games. His other hundred was against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 08.09.09 when he had made 104.

KC Sangkkara’s 60 in this game represent his 10^th half century against India in one day games. He became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to register ten or more half centuries against India. Others are ST Jayasuriya {14}, PA de Silva {13}, DPMD Jayawardene {13}, MS Atapattu {11} and RS Mahanama {11}

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KC Sangkkara’s 60 in this game represent his 13th fifty against India in one day games. He became the fifth Sri Lankan batsman to register thirteen or more fifties against India. Others are ST Jayasuriya {21}, PA de Silva {16}, DPMD Jayawardene {14} and MS Atapattu {13}

TT Samaraweera’s 105 not out in this game represent the 24^th hundred scored by a Sri Lankan batsman against India.

Sri Lanka’s win by five wickets in this game represents its 45^th win against India in one day games. At the end of this game, head to head count read thus – Played 119, won by Sri Lanka – 45, won by India – 63 and 11 games have ended as No result games

Rahul Dravid’s 209 not out for Karnataka against Uttar Pradesh in the semi final at Bangalore in Jan 2009 represents the eighth score of 200 plus runs in 2009-10 season – both Super League matches and Plate League matches taken into account. Sunny Singh’s 312 for Haryana against Madhya Pradesh at Indore in Nov 09 in the Ranji Trophy Plate League represent the highest score in 2009-10 season. The following list shows all the eight hundreds.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Sunny Singh	312	Har	MP	Indore	Nov 2009
2	RG Sharma	309*	Mum	Guj	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
3	AM Rahane	265*	Mum	Hyd	Hyd-RGS	Dec 2009
4	A Mukund	257	TN	Hyd	Hyd-RGS	Dec 2009
5	S Badrinath	250	TN	Mum	Mumbai	Dec 2009
6	S Dhawan	224	Del	Bar	Vadodara	Nov 2009
7	R Dravid	209*	Kar	UP	Bangalore	Jan 2010
8	CA Pujara	204*	Sau	Mah	Rajkot	Nov 2009

TM Dilshan with his 104 runs against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 04.01.10 became the first batsman to score the one day hundred in the calendar year 2010. The following is the list of batsmen who have registered the first one day hundred in each calendar year

In the calendar year 1997, three batsmen scored hundreds in the one day game between Australia and West Indies on 05.01.97. All the three hundreds are taken into account in this list.

Similarly. Six years later, in calendar year 2003, two batsmen scored hundreds in the one day game between Australia and Sri Lanka on 09.01.03. These two hundreds are also taken into account in this list.

Even though the first one day game was played on 05.01.71 in the calendar year 1971, the first one day hundred was scored in 1972 by DL Amiss of England against Australia on 24.08.1972

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Year
1	DL Amiss	103	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24.08.72	1972
2	DL Amiss	100	Eng	NZl	Swansea	18.07.73	1973
3	KJWadsworth	104	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	31.03.74	1974
4	BE Congdon	101	NZl	Eng	Wellington	09.03.75	1975
5	IVA Richards	119*	Win	Eng	Scarborough	26.08.76	1976
6	DL Amiss	108	Eng	Aus	The Oval	06.06.77	1977
7	DL Haynes	148	Win	Aus	St John’s	22.02.78	1978
8	DI Gower	101*	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	04.02.79	1979
9	CG Greenidge	103	Win	NZl	Christchurch	06.02.80	1980
10	BA Edgar	102*	NZl	Aus	Melbourne	01.02.81	1981
11	GS Chappell	108	Aus	NZl	Auckland	13.02.82	1982
12	DI Gower	122	Eng	NZl	Melbourne	13.01.83	1983
13	DL Haynes	108*	Win	Aus	Sydney	17.01.84	1984
14	DL Haynes	123*	Win	Aus	Melbourne	06.01.85	1985
15	GR Marsh	125	Aus	Ind	Sydney	21.01.86	1986
16	DM Jones	104	Aus	Eng	Perth	01.01.87	1987
17	IVA Richards	110*	Win	Ind	Rajkot	05.01.88	1988
18	GR Marsh	125*	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	10.01.89	1989
19	Ijaz Ahmed	102*	Pak	Srl	Brisbane	10.02.90	1990
20	GR Marsh	113	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	13.03.91	1991
21	JavedMiandad	115*	Pak	Srl	Hyd-Pak	15.01.92	1992
22	VG Kambli	100*	Ind	Eng	Jaipur	18.01.93	1993
23	G Kirsten	112*	RSA	Aus	Melbourne	21.01.94	1994
24	MJR Rindel	106	RSA	Pak	Johannesburg	12.01.95	1995
25	RT Ponting	123	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	09.01.96	1996
26	ME Waugh	102	Aus	Win	Brisbane	05.01.97	1997
27	BC Lara	102	Win	Aus	Brisbane	05.01.97	1997
28	CL Hooper	110*	Win	Aus	Brisbane	05.01.97	1997
29	G Kirsten	103	RSA	NZl	Brisbane	09.01.98	1998
30	R Dravid	123*	Ind	NZl	Taupo	09.01.99	1999
31	RT Ponting	115	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	12.01.00	2000
32	ADRCampbell	111	Zim	NZl	Wellington	04.01.01	2001
33	CL Cairns	102*	NZl	RSA	Brisbane	19.01.02	2002
34	MSAtapattu	101	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03	2003
35	STJayasuriya	122	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03	2003
36	SB Styris	101*	NZl	Pak	Auckland	03.01.04	2004
37	RT Ponting	115	ICC	Asia	Melbourne	10.01.05	2005
38	WUTharanga	103	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	03.01.06	2006
39	RR Watson	123*	Sco	Can	Mombasa	18.01.07	2007
40	JH Kallis	121*	RSA	Win	PElizabeth	27.01.08	2008
41	MJ Guptill	122*	NZl	Win	Auckland	10.01.09	2009
42	TM Dilshan	104	Srl	Ban	Mirpur	04.01.10	2010

TM Dilshan’s 104 against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 04.01.10 provide the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman to register the first hundred in a calendar year. MS Atapattu’s and ST Jayasuriya’s hundreds against Australia at Sydney on 09.01.03 came in calendar year 2003. The following list show all the four occasions

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Year
1	MSAtapattu	101	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03	2003
2	STJayasuriya	122	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09.01.03	2003
3	WUTharanga	103	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	03.01.06	2006
4	TM Dilshan	104	Srl	Ban	Mirpur	04.01.10	2010

Bangladesh Tri series – Match Number 1: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Mirpur on 04.01.10. Sri Lanka won by seven wickets

Mohammad Ashraful’s 75 in this game provide the 14^th half century by a Bangladesh batsman against Sri Lanka. It was his fourth half century against Sri Lanka. The other three half centuries are – 66 at Col-RPS on 23.07.04, 51 at Bogra on 22.02.06, 64 at Chittagong on 25.02.06

Mohammad Ashraful’s 75 in this game represent his highest score against Sri Lanka in one day games, the previous best being 66 at Col-RPS on 23.07.04.

Mohammad Ashraful with his 75 in this game became the fourth batsman to register a score of 75 plus runs against Sri Lanka. The other three are Shakib-ul-Hasan. Javed Omar and Athar Ali Khan

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	ShakibAlHasan	92*	Mirpur	14.01.09
2	Javed Omar	85*	Dhaka	29.05.00
3	Athar Ali Khan	78*	Kolkata	31.12.90
4	MohdAshraful	75	Mirpur	04.01.10

TM Dilshan earned the distinction of scoring the first hundred in the calendar year 2010 when he scored 104 in this game.

TM Dilshan’s 104 in this game represent the tenth hundred scored by Sri Lankan batsmen against Bangladesh in one day games. The ten hundreds are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Ground	Date
1	STJayasuriya	108	Col-SSC	22.07.97
2	STJayasuriya	107*	Col-RPS	23.07.04
3	WUTharanga	105	Col-RPS	02.09.05
4	KCSangakkara	109	Chittagong	25.02.06
5	WUTharanga	105	Mohali	07.10.06
6	STJayasuriya	109	Trinidad	21.03.07
7	KCSangakkara	101	Lahore	25.06.08
8	STJayasuriya	130	Karachi	30.06.08
9	KCSangakkara	121	Karachi	30.06.08
10	TM Dilshan	103*	Mirpur	04.01.10

Previous nine hundreds by Sri Lankan batsmen against Bangladesh were shared by three batsmen – ST Jayasuriya {04}, KC Sangakkara {03} and WU Tharanga {02}. TM Dilshan became the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to register a hundred against Bangledesh.

TM Dilshan’s 104 in this game represent the 50^th hundred scored by batsmen of various countries against Sri Lanka in one day games

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 148 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 183^rd occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day games.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 148 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 49th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 148 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the second occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Bangladesh in one day games. The first occasion was at Dhaka on 29.05.00 when MS Atapattu and PA de Silva added 112 runs in a unfinished stand.

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 148 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the record stand for the second wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen against Bangladesh in one day games. The previous best was 112 runs unfinished stand between MS Atapattu and PA de Silva at Dhaka on 29.05.00

TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 148 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the eleventh occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets against Bangladesh in one day games.

TM Dilshan completed 4000 runs in one day games when he was on 6 during the course of his knock of 104. At the end the game he has an aggregate of 4098 runs

TM Dilshan became the eighth Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 4000 runs in one day games. Others are ST Jayasuriya {13428}, PA de Silva {9284}, MS Atapattu {8529}, DPMD Jayawardene {8518}, KC Sangakkara {7952}, A Ranatunga {7456} and RS Mahanama {5162}.

TM Dilshan’s 104 in this game represent his sixth one day hundred. Other five are – 117* vs Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.06, 137* vs Pakistan at Lahore on 24.01.09, 106 vs South Africa at Centurion on 22.09.09, 160 vs India at Rajkot on 15.12.09 and 123 vs India at Nagpur on 18.12.09.

Mohammad Ashraful’s run out for 75 in this game provide the 16^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman run out after scoring a fifty in one day games.

Mohammad Ashraful’s run out for 75 in this game provide the fourth occasion of his being dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against various oppositions. The other three occasions are – vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 23.07.04, vs UAE at Lahore on 24.06.08 and vs West Indies at Roseau on 26.07.09

Mohammad Ashraful’s four run outs with a fifty to his credit is a record for a Bangladesh batsman who has been dismissed run out on most occasions after registering a fifty. The previous record in this category of statistics was held by Javed Omar who had been dismissed run out on three occasions after scoring a fifty.

Mohammad Ashraful and Mahmadulla added 95 runs for the sixth wicket in this game which represent the record partnership for the sixth wicket by Bangladesh batsmen against Sri Lanka in one day games. The previous best for the sixth wicket was 71 runs between Habibul Bashar and Tushar Imran at Col-RPS on 02.09.05.

MV Boucher (51) and MJ Prior {52*} scored fifties in the third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town as at the end of the second day, providing the 70^th occasion of rival wicketkeepers registering fifties in a test match. All the seventy occasions are listed below

No	Wicket keeper	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	EAC Hunte	58	Win	Eng	Trinidad	Feb 1930
	LEG Ames	105	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1930
2	RE Grieveson	75	SAF	Eng	Durban	Mar 1939
	LEG Ames	84	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
3	GRA Langley	53	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	May 1955
	CC Depeiaza	122	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1955
4	PG Joshi	52*	Ind	Pak	Mum-BS	Dec 1960
	Imtiaz Ahmed	69	Pak	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec 1960
5	FM Engineer	53	Ind	Win	Kingston	Mar 1962
	IL Mendonca	78	Wi	Ind	Kingston	Mar 1962
6	JM Parks	51*	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	Feb 1964
	BK Kunderan	55	Ind	Eng	Kanpur	Feb 1964
7	JM Parks	59	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 1965
	DT Lindsay	50	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 1965
8	APE Knott	90	Ind	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1971
	FM Engineer	59	Eng	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1971
9	Wasim Bari	72	Aus	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1972
	RW Marsh	118	Pak	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1972
10	FM Engineer	121	Ind	Eng	Mum-BS	Feb 1973
	APE Knott	56	Eng	Ind	Mum-BS	Feb 1973
	FM Engineer	66	Ind	Eng	Mum-BS	Feb 1973
11	RW Marsh	78	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1973
	DL Murray	90	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1973
12	APE Knott	87	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1974
	DL Murray	53*	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Mar 1974
	APE Knott	67	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1974
13	RW Marsh	55	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1975
	APE Knott	106*	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
14	SMH Kirmani	52	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	Jan 1977
	APE Knott	81*	Eng	Ind	Bangalore	Jan 1977
15	DL Murray	52	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	Feb 1977
	Wasim Bari	60*	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 1977
16	APE Knott	57	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Aug 1977
	RW Marsh	63	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug 1977
17	RW Marsh	71	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	210*	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
18	RW Marsh	52	Eng	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1981
	APE Knott	70*	Aus	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1981
19	Ashraf Ali	58	Pak	Srl	Faisalabad	Mar 1982
	HM Goonatilleke	56	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar 1982
20	PJL Dujon	62	Win	Ind	Chennai	Dec 1983
	SMH Kirmani	63*	Ind	Win	Chennai	Dec 1983
21	SMH Kirmani	102	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Nov 1984
	PR Downton	62	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	Nov 1984
22	PJL Dujon	60*	Win	NZl	Georgetown	Apr 1985
	IDS Smith	53	NZl	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1985
23	IDS Smith	173	NZl	Ind	Auckland	Feb 1990
	KS More	50	Ind	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1990
24	KS More	67*	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1991
	IA Healy	60	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	Dec 1991
25	IA Healy	66*	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
26	IA Healy	71	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	Sep 1992
	HP Tillakaratne	82	Srl	Aus	Moratuwa	Sep 1992
27	AJ Stewart	76	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1993
	IA Healy	83*	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1993
28	Rashid Latif	68*	Pak	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
	A Flower	63	Zim	Pak	Karachi	Dec 1993
29	IA Healy	55	Aus	SAF	Durban	Mar 1994
	DJ Richardson	59	SAF	Aus	Durban	Mar 1994
30	A Flower	61	Zim	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1996
	Moin Khan	58	Pak	Zim	Faisalabad	Oct 1996
31	A Flower	112	Zim	Eng	Bulawayo	Dec 1996
	AJ Stewart	73	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	Dec 1996
32	AJ Stewart	87	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Aug 1997
	IA Healy	63	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 1997
33	IA Healy	85	Aus	NZl	Perth	Nov 1997
	AC Parore	63	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 1997
34	RSKaluwitharana	51	Srl	Zim	Col-SSC	Jan 1998
	A Flower	105*	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	Jan 1998
35	NR Mongia	58	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Mar 1998
	IA Healy	90	Aus	Ind	Chennai	Mar 1998
36	AC Parore	67	Srl	Srl	Col-RPS	May 1998
	RSKaluwitharana	72	NZl	NZl	Col-RPS	May 1998
37	MV Boucher	100	SAF	Win	Centurion	Jan 1999
	RD Jacobs	78	Win	SAF	Centurion	Jan 1999
38	Moin Khan	60	Pak	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1999
	NR Mongia	52	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
39	Moin Khan	61	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1999
	AC Gilchrist	81	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	Nov 1999
40	AJ Stewart	95	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 1999
	MV Boucher	108	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 1999
41	RD Jacobs	96*	Aus	Aus	Perth	Dec 2000
	AC Gilchrist	50	Win	Win	Perth	Dec 2000
42	AC Parore	50*	NZl	Zim	Wellington	Dec 2000
	A Flower	79	Zim	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2000
43	AC Gilchrist	87	Aus	Win	Sydney	Jan 2001
	RD Jacobs	62	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2001
44	AJ Stewart	54	Eng	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2001
	KC Sangakkara	95	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar 2001
45	AJ Stewart	65	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	Jul 2001
	AC Gilchrist	152	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2001
46	MV Boucher	68*	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	Nov 2001
	D Dasgupta	63	Ind	SAF	P Elizabeth	Nov 2001
47	AC Parore	110	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001
	AC Gilchrist	83*	Aus	NZl	Perth	Nov 2001
48	A Ratra	115*	Ind	Win	St John’s	May 2002
	RD Jacobs	118	Win	Ind	St John’s	May 2002
49	AC Gilchrist	66*	Aus	Pak	Col-PSS	Oct 2002
	Rashid Latif	66	Pak	Aus	Col-PSS	Oct 2002
50	AC Gilchrist	54	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Nov 2002
	AJ Stewart	57	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2002
51	AJ Stewart	71	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2003
	AC Gilchrist	133	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 2003
52	RD Jacobs	54*	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr 2003
	AC Gilchrist	77	Aus	Win	Georgetown	Apr 2003
53	AJ Stewart	72	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Aug 2003
	MV Boucher	52	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2003
54	T Taibu	83	Zim	Win	Harare	Nov 2003
	RD Jacobs	60*	Win	Zim	Harare	Nov 2003
55	T Taibu	59	Zim	Ban	Harare	Feb 2004
	T Taibu	58	Zim	Ban	Harare	Feb 2004
	Khaled Mashud	61	Ban	Zim	Harare	Feb 2004
56	BB McCullum	54	NZl	Eng	Leeds	Jun 2004
	GO Jones	100	Eng	NZl	Leeds	Jun 2004
57	GO Jones	73	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 2004
	AB de Villiers	52*	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 2004
58	MS Dhoni	148	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
	Kamran Akmal	78	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
59	KD Karthik	63	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2007
	MV Boucher	50	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2007
60	MV Boucher	54	SAF	Pak	Lahore	Oct 2007
	Kamran Akmal	52	Pak	SAF	Lahore	Oct 2007
61	HAPWJayawardene	51	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Dec 2007
	MJ Prior	63	Eng	Srl	Kandy	Dec 2007
62	Kamran Akmal	65	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	Dec 2007
	KD Karthik	52	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Dec 2007
63	MushfiqurRahim	65	Ban	SAF	Centurion	Nov 2008
	MV Boucher	117	SAF	Ban	Centurion	Nov 2008
64	MJ Prior	53*	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Dec 2008
	MS Dhoni	53	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2008
65	MJ Prior	63	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	May 2009
	D Ramdin	55	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	May 2009
66	MJ Prior	56	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	Jul 2009
	BJ Haddin	121	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009
67	MJ Prior	61	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jul 2009
	BJ Haddin	80	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2009
68	MS Dhoni	110	Aus	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
	HAPWJayawardene	154*	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
69	BB McCullum	78	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 2009
	Kamran Akmal	82	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Nov 2009
70	MV Boucher	51	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2010
	MJ Prior	52*	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2010

MV Boucher (51) and MJ Prior {52*} scored fifties in this test providing the sixth occasion of rival wicketkeepers registering fifties in a test match in the test series between South Africa and England.

No	Wicket keeper	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	REGrieveson	75	SAF	Eng	Durban	Mar 1939
	LEG Ames	84	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
2	JM Parks	59	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 1965
	DT Lindsay	50	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 1965
3	AJ Stewart	95	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 1999
	MV Boucher	108	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 1999
4	AJ Stewart	72	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Aug 2003
	MV Boucher	52	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2003
5	GO Jones	73	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 2004
	ABdeVilliers	52*	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 2004
6	MV Boucher	51	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2010
	MJ Prior	52*	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2010

TM Dilshan’s 104 against Bangladesh in the first game of the tri series at Mirpur on 04.01.10 represent the 50^th hundred by batsmen from various countries against Bangladesh in one day games. The complete list is furnished below

No	Batsmen	Team	Runs	Ground	Date
1	Moin-ul-Atiq	Pak	105	Chittagong	29.10.88
2	Ijaz Ahmed	Pak	124*	Chittagong	29.10.88
3	NS Sidhu	Ind	104*	Chandigarh	25.12.90
4	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	108	Col-SSS	22.07.97
5	DN Chudasama	Ken	122	Nairobi/G	10.10.97
6	KO Otieno	Ken	144	Nairobi /G	10.10.97
7	SO Tikolo	Ken	106*	Dhaka	20.03.99
8	KO Otieno	Ken	120	Dhaka	24.03.99
9	BC Lara	Win	117	Dhaka	09.10.99
10	SC Ganguly	Ind	135*	Dhaka	30.05.00
11	ADR Campbell	Zim	103	Harare	08.04.01
12	GW Flower	Zim	142*	Bulawayo	11.04.01
13	DD Ebrahim	Zim	121	Dhaka	25.11.01
14	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	112*	Dhaka	24.01.02
15	HH Gibbs	RSA	153	Potchefstroom	03.10.02
16	RR Sarwan	Win	102*	Dhaka	02.12.02
17	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	102*	Dhaka	11.04.03
18	RT Ponting	Aus	101	Darwin	06.08.03
19	Yasir Hameed	Pak	116	Multan	09.09.03
20	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	106	Faisalabad	12.09.03
21	Yasir Hameed	Pak	102	Col/SSC	17.07.04
22	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	107*	Col/RPS	23.07.04
23	ME Trescothick	Eng	100*	The Oval	16.06.05
24	AJ Strauss	Eng	152	Nottingham	21.06.05
25	PD Collingwood	Eng	112*	Nottingham	21.06.05
26	WU Tharanga	Srl	105	Col/RPS	02.09.05
27	KC Sangakkara	Srl	109	Chittagong	25.02.06
28	A Symonds	Aus	103*	Fatullah	26.04.06
29	WU Tharanga	Srl	105	Mohali	07.10.06
30	CH Gayle	Win	104*	Jaipur	11.10.06
31	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	109	Port of Spain	21.03.07
32	SP Fleming	NZl	102*	North Sound	02.04.07
33	G Gambhir	Ind	101	Mirpur	12.05.07
34	GC Smith	RSA	103*	Chittagong	09.03.08
35	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	108*	Lahore	08.04.08
36	Salman Butt	Pak	132	Lahore	13.04.08
37	Kamran Akmal	Pak	100	Lahore	13.04.08
38	Salman Butt	Pak	136	Karachi	19.04.08
39	G Gambhir	Ind	107*	Mirpur	12.06.08
40	KC Sangakkara	Srl	101	Lahore	25.06.08
41	SK Raina	Ind	116*	Karachi	28.06.08
42	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	130	Karachi	30.06.08
43	KC Sangakkara	Srl	121	Karachi	30.06.08
44	LRPL Taylor	NZl	103	Chittagong	14.10.08
45	HM Amla	RSA	140	Benoni	09.11.08
46	TM Dowlin	Win	100*	Roseau	28.07.09
47	H Masakadza	Zim	102	Bulawayo	14.08.09
48	CK Coventry	Zim	194*	Bulawayo	16.08.09
49	BRM Taylor	Zim	118*	Chittagong	05.11.09
50	TM Dilshan	Srl	104	Mirpur	04.01.10

Rahul Dravid registered his 59^th first class hundred when he scored 209 not out against Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy Semi Final fixture of 2009-10 season at Bangalore. All his first class hundreds are listed below

RAHUL DRAVID’S FIRST CLASS HUNDREDS
No	Score		Match	Date
1	134		Karnataka v Bengal	16 Feb 1991
2	126		Karnataka v Goa	22 Nov 1991
3	128		Karnataka v Kerala	29 Nov 1991
4	200	*	Karnataka v Andhra	27 Nov 1992
5	151	*	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	31 Dec 1993
6	105	*	Karnataka v Kerala	08 Jan 1994
7	132	*	Rest of India v Bombay	12 Oct 1994
8	148		South Zone v East Zone	25 Oct 1994
9	191		Karnataka v Andhra	10 Dec 1994
10	145	*	Board President’s XI v New Zealanders	07 Oct 1995
11	101	*	South Zone v West Zone	10 Nov 1995
12	108		Karnataka v Goa	19 Dec 1995
13	153		Karnataka v Hyderabad	14 Mar 1996
14	114		Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	27 Mar 1996
15	101	*	Indians v British Universities	26 Jun 1996
16	148		India v South Africa	16 Jan 1997
17	138		Karnataka v Orissa	23 Feb 1998
18	215		Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	19 Apr 1998
19	118		India v Zimbabwe	07 Oct 1998
20	210		Karnataka v Hyderabad	15 Nov 1998
21	190		India v New Zealand	02 Jan 1999
22	103	*	India v New Zealand	02 Jan 1999
23	107		India v Sri Lanka	24 Feb 1999
24	144		India v New Zealand	10 Oct 1999
25	107		Indians v Tasmania	17 Dec 1999
26	149		Karnataka v Rajasthan	16 Feb 2000
27	182		Kent v Zimbabweans	03 May 2000
28	137		Kent v Hampshire	19 Jul 2000
29	200	*	India v Zimbabwe	18 Nov 2000
30	162		India v Zimbabwe	25 Nov 2000
31	188		South Zone v West Zone	18 Jan 2001
32	180		India v Australia	11 Mar 2001
33	137		Indians v Zimbabwe A	28 May 2001
34	144	*	India v West Indies	11 Apr 2002
35	115		India v England	08 Aug 2002
36	148		India v England	22 Aug 2002
37	217		India v England	05 Sep 2002
38	100	*	India v West Indies	09 Oct 2002
39	121		Rest of India v Mumbai	18 Sep 2003
40	222		India v New Zealand	08 Oct 2003
41	233		India v Australia	12 Dec 2003
42	270		India v Pakistan	13 Apr 2004
43	160		India v Bangladesh	17 Dec 2004
44	110		India v Pakistan	16 Mar 2005
45	135		India v Pakistan	16 Mar 2005
46	128	*	India v Pakistan	13 Jan 2006
47	103		India v Pakistan	21 Jan 2006
48	146		India v West Indies	10 Jun 2006
49	129		India v Bangladesh	25 May 2007
50	214		Karnataka v Mumbai	03 Nov 2007
51	121		Karnataka v Himachal Pradesh	15 Nov 2007
52	111		India v South Africa	26 Mar 2008
53	136		India v England	19 Dec 2008
54	118		South Zone v Central Zone	22 Jan 2009
55	138		South Zone v North Zone	29 Jan 2009
56	102		Canterbury v Central Districts	06 Mar 2009
57	177		India v Sri Lanka	16 Nov 2009
58	144		India v Sri Lanka	24 Nov 2009
59	209	*	Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	03 Jan 2010

Rahul Dravid’s 209 not out represents his 17^th hundred in Ranji Trophy which are listed below

RAHUL DRAVID’S HUNDREDS IN RANJI TROPHY
No	Score		Match	Date
1	200	*	Karnataka v Andhra	27 Nov 1992
2	191		Karnataka v Andhra	10 Dec 1994
3	134		Karnataka v Bengal	16 Feb 1991
4	126		Karnataka v Goa	22 Nov 1991
5	108		Karnataka v Goa	19 Dec 1995
6	121		Karnataka v Himachal Pradesh	15 Nov 2007
7	153		Karnataka v Hyderabad	14 Mar 1996
8	210		Karnataka v Hyderabad	15 Nov 1998
9	128		Karnataka v Kerala	29 Nov 1991
10	105	*	Karnataka v Kerala	08 Jan 1994
11	214		Karnataka v Mumbai	03 Nov 2007
12	138		Karnataka v Orissa	23 Feb 1998
13	149		Karnataka v Rajasthan	16 Feb 2000
14	151	*	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	31 Dec 1993
15	114		Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	27 Mar 1996
16	215		Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	19 Apr 1998
17	209	*	Karnatavka v Uttar Pradesh	03 Jan 2010

Rahul Dravid’s 209 not out represents his fifth double hundred in Ranji Trophy which are listed below

RAHUL DRAVID’S DOUBLE HUNDREDS IN RANJI TROPHY
No	Score		Match	Date
1	200	*	Karnataka v Andhra	27 Nov 1992
2	215		Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	19 Apr 1998
3	210		Karnataka v Hyderabad	15 Nov 1998
4	214		Karnataka v Mumbai	03 Nov 2007
5	209	*	Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	03 Jan 2010

The following table lists out the ten double hundred scored by Rahul Dravid in first class cricket

RAHUL DRAVID’S FIRST CLASS DOUBLE HUNDREDS
No	Score		Match	Date
1	200	*	Karnataka v Andhra	27 Nov 1992
2	215		Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	19 Apr 1998
3	210		Karnataka v Hyderabad	15 Nov 1998
4	200	*	India v Zimbabwe	18 Nov 2000
5	217		India v England	05 Sep 2002
6	222		India v New Zealand	08 Oct 2003
7	233		India v Australia	12 Dec 2003
8	270		India v Pakistan	13 Apr 2004
9	214		Karnataka v Mumbai	03 Nov 2007
10	209	*	Karnataka v Uttar Pradesh	03 Jan 2010

Rahul Dravid has scored five double hundred in test cricket, which are unique in test cricket. His double hundreds are in progressive order and he is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to register double hundreds in progressive order

RAHUL DRAVID’S TEST DOUBLE HUNDREDS
No	Score		Match	Date
1	200	*	India v Zimbabwe	18 Nov 2000
2	217		India v England	05 Sep 2002
3	222		India v New Zealand	08 Oct 2003
4	233		India v Australia	12 Dec 2003
5	270		India v Pakistan	13 Apr 2004