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JM Anderson returned with figures of 30.0-4-111-0 in England’s first innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Johannesburg providing the 13^th occasion of a bowler conceding Nelson with out capturing a wicket in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. He is the third England bowler to earn this dubious distinction, after DR Smith {vs India at Kanpur in Dec 1961} and GG Arnold {vs West Indies at Lord’s in Aug 1973. The complete list of eleven occasions are listed below

No	Bowlers	0	M	R	W	Inns
		Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	VI Smith	25.0	0	111	0	1
		SAF	Aus	CapeTown	Dec 1949
2	FazalMahmood	39.0	10	111	0	2
		Pak	Ind	Mum-BS	Nov 1952
3	DR Smith	44.0	11	111	0	1
		Eng	Ind	Kanpur	Dec 1961
4	GG Arnold	35.0	6	111	0	1
		Eng	Win	Lord’s	Aug 1973
5	N Kapil Dev	27.0	2	111	0	1
		Ind	Pak	Hyd-Pak	Jan 1983
6	MD Marshall	37.0	2	111	0	1
		Win	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1984
7	AA Donald	35.0	10	111	0	2
		SAF	Aus	CapeTown	Mar 1994
8	IR Bishop	35.0	5	111	0	1
		Win	Eng	TheOval	Aug 1995
9	AB Agarkar	24.0	4	111	0	1
		Ind	Eng	TheOval	Sep 2002
10	SM Pollock	34.0	5	111	0	2
		SAF	Win	StJohn’s	Apr 2005
11	AG Cremer	24.0	1	111	0	2
		Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Aug 2005
12	RP Singh	23.0	1	111	0	1
		Ind	SAF	Chennai	Mar 2008
13	JM Anderson	30.0	4	111	0	2
		Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2010

GC Smith earned the distinction of becoming the first captain opener to aggregate 6000 runs in the annals of test cricket. He reached the milestone when he was on 63 during his knock of 105 at Johannesburg in the fourth and final test against England. At the end of his first innings, his aggregate stood at 6042. Smith’s 6042 runs came in his 72^nd test and 125^th innings. He was not out on seven occasions in his 125 innings and has an average of 51.20 runs per innings. He has scored 18 centuries and 23 half centuries and nine zeroes in his 125 test innings. His highest score is 277 against England at Birmingham in Jul 2003. Smith’s series break of 6042 runs if furnished below

Series	Season	M	Ins	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	0
Ban	2003	2	2	0	31	16	15.50	0	0	0
Eng	2003	5	9	0	714	277	79.33	2	1	0
Pak	2003/04	2	4	0	112	65	28.00	0	1	0
Win	2003/04	4	7	1	418	139	69.89	2	0	0
NZl	2003/04	3	6	1	290	125*	58.00	1	1	1
Srl	2004	2	3	0	156	74	52.00	0	2	0
Ind	2004/05	2	4	0	155	71	38.75	0	1	1
Eng	2004/05	4	7	0	174	74	24.85	0	2	1
Zim	2004/05	2	2	0	162	121	81.00	1	0	0
Win	2004/05	4	7	1	505	148	49.60	3	1	0
ICC	2005/06	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	0	0	1
Aus	2005/06	3	6	0	155	39	25.83	0	0	0
Aus	2005/06	2	4	0	75	40	18.75	0	0	1
NZl	2005/06	3	5	0	208	68	41.60	0	2	0
Ind	2006/07	3	6	0	227	94	37.83	0	3	0
Pak	2006/07	3	6	0	167	64	27.83	0	1	1
Pak	2007/08	2	4	0	246	133	61.50	1	0	0
NZl	2007/08	2	3	0	12	9	4.00	0	0	0
Win	2007/08	3	5	0	299	147	59.80	1	1	0
Ban	2007/08	2	3	0	304	232	101.33	1	1	0
Ind	2007/08	3	5	0	246	73	49.20	0	2	0
Eng	2008	4	8	2	369	154*	61.50	2	0	1
Ban	2008/09	2	2	0	184	157	92.00	1	0	0
Aus	2008/09	3	5	1	323	108	80.75	1	2	0
Aus	2008/09	2	3	1	71	69	35.50	0	1	1
Eng	2009/10	4	7	0	427	183	61.00	2	1	1
	Total	72	125	7	6042	277	51.20	18	23	9

GC Smith of South Africa scored his 20^th hundred as an opening batsman against England at Johannesburg in the fourth and final test of the 2009-10 series to become the fourth opening batsman to register 20 or more centuries in the annals of test cricket. The other three are SM Gavaskar of India {33}, ML Hayden of Australia {30} and G Boycott of England {22}. Smith’s twenty hundreds are listed below

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	200	v Bangladesh	East London	Oct 2002
2	151	v Pakistan	Cape Town	Jan 2003
3	277	v England	Birmingham	Jul 2003
4	259	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2003
5	132	v West Indies	Johannesburg	Dec 2003
6	139	v West Indies	Centurion	Jan 2004
7	125*	v New Zealand	Wellington	Mar 2004
8	121	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	Mar 2005
9	148	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2005
10	104	v West Indies	Bridgetown	Apr 2005
11	126	v West Indies	St John’s	Apr 2005
12	133	v Pakistan	Lahore	Oct 2007
13	147	v West Indies	Durban	Jan 2008
14	232	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Feb 2008
15	107	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2008
16	154*	v England	Birmingham	Jul 2008
17	157	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	Nov 2008
18	108	v Australia	Perth	Dec 2008
19	183	v England	Cape Town	Jan 2010
20	105	v England	Johannesburg	Jan 2010

AJ Strauss of England and GC Smith of South Africa scored zero and 105 respectively in dual role of captain-cum-openers in the ongoing test between South Africa and England at Johannesburg, providing the first occasion of rival captain-cum-openers scoring zero and a hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket.

Captain/Openers	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
AJ Strauss	0	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2010
GC Smith	105	2	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Jan 2010

DW Steyn’s five for 51 against England in the first innings of the on going Johannesburg test provides the 250^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings of a test played on South African soil. DW Steyn’s figures provide the 128^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in South African soil.

The break up – country wise – is furnished below.

No	Team	Mat	5WI
1	England	040	055
2	South Africa	107	128
3	Australia	030	039
4	New Zealand	007	007
5	India	006	007
6	Pakistan	004	005
7	Sri Lanka	002	004
8	West Indies	003	003
9	Bangladesh	002	002
		201	250

RT Ponitng’s 209 against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Hobart provide the 55^th occasion of a captain scoring a double hundred in the annals of test cricket. His knock provides the 18^th occasion of an Australian captain registering a double hundred in a test innings. All the 18 occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WL Murdoch	211	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1884
2	HL Collins	203	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1921
3	DG Bradman	270	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1937
4	DG Bradman	212	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1937
5	DG Bradman	234	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1946
6	DG Bradman	201	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 1948
7	RB Simpson	311	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1964
8	RB Simpson	201	Win	Bridgetown	May 1965
9	RB Simpson	225	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1966
10	WM Lawry	205	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1968
11	GS Chappell	235	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
12	GS Chappell	204	Ind	Sydney	Jan 1981
13	GS Chappell	201	Pak	Brisbane	Nov 1981
14	AR Border	205	NZl	Adelaide	Dec 1987
15	AR Border	200*	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1993
16	MA Taylor	334*	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
17	RT Ponting	207	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005
18	RT Ponting	209	Pak	Hobart	Jan 2010

RT Ponting’s 209 provide the fifth occasion of a Australian captain registering a double hundred against Pakistan. The five occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GS Chappell	235	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
2	GS Chappell	201	Pak	Brisbane	Nov 1981
3	MA Taylor	334*	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
4	RT Ponting	207	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005
5	RT Ponting	209	Pak	Hobart	Jan 2010

RT Ponting’s 209 at Hobart represent his second double hundred as captain against Pakistan, his first being his 207 at Sydney in Jan 05. His innings at Hobart represents his highest individual score as captain. He emulated GS Chappell in scoring two double hundreds against Pakistan. GS Chappell had scored 235 at Faisalabad in Mar 1980 and 201 at Brisbane in Nov 01 against Pakistan while captaining Australia

RT Ponting’s 209 provide the eighth occasion of a captain registering a double hundred against Pakistan. The eight occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	ER Dexter	205	Eng	Pak	Karachi	Feb 1962
2	GS Chappell	235	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
3	GS Chappell	201	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	Nov 1981
4	MA Taylor	334*	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
5	RT Ponting	207	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005
6	BC Lara	216	Win	Pak	Multan	Nov 2006
7	DPMDJayarwardene	240	Srl	Pak	Karachi	Feb 2009
8	RT Ponting	209	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Jan 2010

GS Chappell and RT Ponting are the only two captains to register double hundreds on two occasions against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket.

RT Ponting {209} and MJ Clarke {166} scored 150 plus runs against Pakistan in the third test at Hobart providing the 103^rd occasion of two or more batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

As far as Australia is concerned, the feat of RT Ponting and MJ Clarke provide the 25^th occasion of two batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All the twenty five occasions are listed below

No	Aus {inns} vOpp	Ground	Season
		Batsman1	Score	Batsman2	Score
1	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	Sydney	1894/95
		G Giffen	161	SE Gregrory	201
2	Aus (inns 2) v Eng	Lord’s	1930
		WMWoodull	155	DGBradman	254
3	Aus (inns 3) vSAF	Melbourne	1931/32
		WMWoodull	161	DGBradman	167
4	Aus (inns 2) v Eng	Leeds	1934
		WHPonsford	181	DGBradman	304
5	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	The Oval	1934
		WHPonsford	266	DGBradman	244
6	Aus (inns 2) v Eng	Sydney	1946/47
		WM Lawry	166	DGBradman	234
7	Aus (inns 1) v Ind	Adelaide	1947/48
		AL Hassett	198	DGBradman	204
8	Aus (inns 4) v Eng	Leeds	1948
		AR Morris	181	DGBradman	173
9	Aus (inns 1) vSAF	PElizabeth	1949/50
		WM Lawry	166	AL Hassett	167
10	Aus (inns 1) vSAF	Adelaide	1952/53
		CCMcDonald	154	AL Hassett	163
11	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	Brisbane	1954/55
		AR Morris	153	RN Harvey	162
12	Aus (inns 1) v Win	Bridgetown	1964/65
		WM Lawry	210	RB Simpson	201
13	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	Brisbane	1965/66
		WM Lawry	166	KD Walters	155
14	Aus (inns 2) v Win	Melbourne	1968/69
		WM Lawry	205	IM Chappell	165
15	Aus (inns 1) v Win	Sydney	1968/69
		WM Lawry	151	KD Walters	242
16	Aus (inns 1) v Pak	Faisalabad	1979/80
		GSChappell	235	GN Yallop	172
17	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	Lord’s	1993
		MJ Slater	152	DC Boon	164
18	Aus (inns 1) v Eng	Leeds	1993
		AR Border	200*	SR Waugh	157*
19	Aus (inns 2) vSAF	Jo’burg	1996/97
		SR Waugh	160	GS Blewett	214
20	Aus (inns 1) v Win	Trinidad	2002/03
		RT Ponting	206	DSLehmann	150
21	Aus (inns 2) v Ban	Cairns	2003
		DSLehmann	177	SR Waugh	156*
22	Aus (inns 1) v NZl	Wellington	2004/05
		DR Martyn	165	ACGilchrist	162
23	Aus (inns 2) v Ban	Chittagong	2005/06
		JNGillespie	201	MEKHussey	182
24	Aus (inns 2) v Eng	Melbourne	2006/07
		ML Hayden	153	ASymonds	156
25	Aus (inns 1) v Pak	Hobart	2009/10
		RT Ponting	209	MJ Clarke	166

AJ Strauss’s dismissal by the first ball of the innings – caught by Amla of DW Steyn for zero – on the first day of the ongoing test between England and South Africa at Jo’burg provides the 22^nd occasion of a captain who has opened the innings dismissed by the first ball of the innings in the annals of the test match.

The following list shows all the 22 occasions with breakup of the innings in the test match

First innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WBardsley	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul/1926
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep/1999
3	DGanga	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	Jun/2007
4	AJStrauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan/2010
Second innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WGGrace	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jul/1890
2	WMWoodfull	0	1	2	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Feb/1932
3	ARLewis	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Mum/BS	Feb/1973
4	SMGavaskar	0	1	2	Ind	Win	Bangalore	Dec/1978
5	GAGooch	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	Jun/1990
6	MAAtherton	0	1	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Aug/1994
7	STJayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Sep/1999
8	SPFleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar/2005
9	GCSmith	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	Mar/2006
Third innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ACMacLaren	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb/1898
2	PFWarner	0	1	3	Eng	RSA	Jo’burg	Mar/1906
3	STJayasuriya	0	1	3	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar/2001
4	GCSmith	0	1	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	Mar/2004
5	VSehwag	0	1	3	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec/2005
Fourth innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	RSGrant	0	1	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul/1939
2	DLHaynes	0	1	4	Win	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov/1990
3	MAAtherton	0	1	4	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar/1994
4	STJayasuriya	0	1	4	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul/2000

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has the unique distinction of being the only captain opener in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed by the first ball in each of the four innings of a test match. He remains the only captain opener to be dismissed by the first ball of the innings of a test match on four occasions – which is a record in this category of statistics

First innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	STJayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep/1999
Second innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col/SSC	Sep/1999
Third innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
3	STJayasuriya	0	1	3	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar/2001
Fourth innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
4	STJayasuriya	0	1	4	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul/2000

AJ Strauss became the fourth captain who has opened the innings to be dismissed by the first ball of the test match in the annals of test cricket. The other three are W Bardelsy of Australia, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and D Ganga of West Indies

No	Captains	Match	Location	Season
1	WBardsley	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1926
2	STJayasuriya	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
3	D Ganga	Win v Eng	Ch-le-St	2007
4	AJ Strauss	Eng v RSA	Jo’burg	2009/10

AJ Strauss became the 28^th batsman in the history of one day games to be dismissed by the first ball of the test match in the annala of test cricket when he was dismissed caught by Amla of DW Steyn in the on the first day of the fourth and final test match between England and South Africa at Jo’burg. The following table lists out all the 28 occasions

No	Batsman	Match	Location	Season
1	ACMacLaren	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TWHayward	Eng v SAF	The Oval	1907
3	WBardsley	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1926
4	HSutcliffe	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
5	TSWorthington	Eng v Aus	Brisbane	1936/37
6	CCHunte	Win v Pak	Trinidad	1957/58
7	EJBarlow	SAF v Aus	Durban	1966/67
8	RCFredericks	Win v Ind	Trinidad	1970/71
9	KRStackpole	Aus v NZl	Auckland	1973/74
10	SMGavaskar	Ind v Eng	Birmingham	1974
11	SS Naik	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1974/75
12	JFMMorrison	NZl v Eng	Christchurch	1974/75
13	Mohsin Khan	Pak v Ind	Jullundur	1983/84
14	SMGavaskar	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1983/84
15	SMGavaskar	Ind v Pak	Jaipur	1986/87
16	WVRaman	Ind v NZl	Napier	1989/90
17	SJCook	SAF v Ind	Durban	1992/93
18	GKirsten	SAF v Win	Cape Town	1998/99
19	STJayasuriya	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
20	LVGarrick	Win v SAF	Kingston	2000/01
21	SSDas	Ind v Win	Bridgetown	2001/02
22	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Dhaka	2002/03
23	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Gros Islet	2004
24	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004
25	W Jaffer	Ind v Ban	Chittagong	2007
26	D Ganga	Win v Eng	Ch-le-St	2007
27	TGMcIntosh	NZl v Pak	Dunedin	2009/10
28	AJStrauss	Eng v RSA	Jo’burg	2009/10

AJ Strauss is the fifth England batsman after AC Maclaren, TW Hayword, H Sutcliffe and TS Worthington to be dismissed by the first ball of the test match

No	Batsman	Match	Location	Season
1	AC MacLaren	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TW Hayward	Eng v SAF	The Oval	1907
3	H Sutcliffe	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
4	TSWorthington	Eng v Aus	Brisbane	1936/37
5	AJ Strauss	Eng v RSA	Jo’burg	2009/10