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India in Sri Lanka : India's follow ons in a test match against various oppositions

India in Sri Lanka : India's follow ons in a test match against various oppositions

India followed on against Sri Lanka in the first test at Galle in the ongoing test series providing the 23rd occasion of India following on in a test match. Of these 23 occasions, India has lost by an innings on 16 occasions and by runs on seven occasions. India lost the Galle test by ten wickets providing the second occasion India has lost two tests against Sri Lanka after being asked to follow on – the two occasions being – at Col-SSC in Jul 2008 when it lost by an innings and 239 runs and at Galle in Jul 2010 when it lost by ten wickets

of losing a test match by ten wickets margin, the first such occasion was against New Zealand at Christchurch in Feb 1990.

No Team Result Margin Ground Mon/Year
1 England won 009 wkts The Oval Aug 1936
2 Australia won inns & 226 runs Brisbane Nov 1947
3 Australia won inns & 016 runs Adelaide Jan 1948
4 Australia won inns & 177 runs Melbourne Feb 1948
5 West Indies won inns & 193 runs Chennai Jan 1949
6 England won inns & 207 runs Manchester Jul 1952
7 West Indies won inns & 336 runs Kolkata Dec 1958
8 England won inns & 059 runs Nottingham Jun 1959
9 Australia won inns & 055 runs Chennai Jan 1960
10 West Indies won 007 wkts Trinidad Apr 1962
11 West Indies won inns & 045 runs Kolkata Dec 1966
12 England won 006 wkts Leeds Jun 1967
13 New Zealand won 006 wkts Christchurch Feb 1968
14 England won inns & 285 runs Lord’s Jun 1974
15 England won inns & 025 runs Delhi Dec 1976
16 England won inns & 083 runs Birmingham Jul 1979
17 England won 007 wkts Lord’s Jun 1982
18 Pakistan won inns & 119 runs Hyd-PaK Jan 1983
19 West Indies won inns & 083 runs Kanpur Oct 1983
20 New Zealand won 010 wkts Christchurch Feb 1990
21 Sri Lanka won inns & 239 runs Col-SSC Jul 2008
22 South Africa won inns & 006 runs Nagpur Feb 2010
23 Sri Lanka Won 010 wkts Galle Jul 2010

India in Sri Lanka – Bowler-fielder combinations which have accounted for 25 or more wickets

India in Sri Lanka – Bowler-fielder combinations which have accounted for 25 or more wickets

Muralitharan captured his 800th wicket when he had PP Ojha caught by DPMD Jayawardene in the first test at Galle in the ongoing series. This catch gave Murali {bowler} and DPMD Jayawardene {fielder} combination a record of 77 catches which is unparalleled in the annals of test cricket. They are the third pair of bowler-fielder combination to account for 50 plus wickets, others being – A Kumble-R Dravid {55} and SK Warne-MA Taylor {51}

The following list shows the bowler-fielder combinations which has accounted for 25 or more wickets. The list includes caught and bowled combinations also

No Bowler Fielder Team Mat Wkts Ct Fi
1 M Muralitharan DPMDJayawardene Srl 96 77 77
2 A Kumble R Dravid Ind 107 55 55
3 SK Warne MA Taylor Aus 66 51 51
4 Harbhajan Singh R Dravid Ind 81 47 47
5 LR Gibbs GS Sobers Win 60 39 39
6 SK Warne ML Hayden Aus 69 39 39
7 SK Warne ME Waugh Aus 103 39 39
8 SK Warne RT Ponting Aus 85 36 36
9 M Ntini JH Kallis SAF 93 35 35
10 A Kumble A Kumble Ind 132 35 35
11 M Muralitharan M Muralitharan Srl 133 35 35
12 GD McGrath ME Waugh Aus 87 34 34
13 M Muralitharan TM Dilshan Srl 53 31 31
14 M Muralitharan HP Tillakaratne Srl 62 31 31
15 M Ntini GC Smith SAF 76 30 30
16 CA Walsh BC Lara Win 78 30 30
17 GD McGrath SK Warne Aus 104 30 30
18 RJ Hadlee JV Coney NZl 48 27 27
19 CA Walsh CL Hooper Win 83 26 26
20 A Kumble VVS Laxman Ind 84 26 26
21 SM Pollock JH Kallis SAF 93 26 26
22 A Kumble M Azharuddin Ind 54 25 25
23 M Muralitharan ST Jayasuriya Srl 90 25 25

M Muralitharan remain the only bowler to have a combination of five fielders to account for 25 or more wickets. The five combinations include the caught and bowled combination also. A Kumble and SK Warne are the other two bowlers to have four and three combinations respectively

No Bowler Fielder Team Mat Wkts Ct Fi
1 M Muralitharan DPM Jayawardene Srl 96 77 77
2 M Muralitharan M Muralitharan Srl 133 35 35
3 M Muralitharan TM Dilshan Srl 53 31 31
4 M Muralitharan HP Tillakaratne Srl 62 31 31
5 M Muralitharan ST Jayasuriya Srl 90 25 25
1 A Kumble R Dravid Ind 107 55 55
2 A Kumble A Kumble Ind 132 35 35
3 A Kumble VVS Laxman Ind 84 26 26
4 A Kumble M Azharuddin Ind 54 25 25
1 SK Warne ML Hayden Aus 69 39 39
2 SK Warne ME Waugh Aus 103 39 39
3 SK Warne RT Ponting Aus 85 36 36






JH Kallis, ME Waugh and R Dravid are the three fieldsmen who have helped two bowlers to capture 25 or more wickets. The wickets taken by these bowlers are furnished in the list below.

No Bowler Fielder Team Mat Wkts Ct Fi
1 M Ntini JH Kallis SAF 93 35 35
2 SM Pollock JH Kallis SAF 93 26 26
1 SK Warne ME Waugh Aus 103 39 39
2 GD McGrath ME Waugh Aus 87 34 34
1 A Kumble R Dravid Ind 107 55 55
2 HarbhajanSingh R Dravid Ind 81 47 47

It may be noted that R Dravid is on the threshold of creating a world record to become the only fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 50 plus catches of two bowlers. Having already pouched 55 catches of his Karnataka team mate A Kumble, he needs to pouch three more catches of Harabhajan Singh to earn this coveted world record

India in Sri Lanka – India losing the first test of the series

India in Sri Lanka – India losing the first test of the series

India lost the test match at Galle against Sri Lanka by ten wickets providing the 46th occasion of India losing the first test of the series. All series – Six tests, five tests, four tests, three tests, two tests and one off tests are taken into account while compiling this statistics. All the 46 occasions are listed below

No Team Result Margin Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 India lost 158 runs Eng Lord’s Jun 1932
2 India lost 009 wkts Eng Mumbai Dec 1933
3 India lost 009 wkts Eng Lord’s Jun 1936
4 India lost 009 wkts Eng The Oval Aug 1936
5 India lost 010 wkts Eng Lord’s Jun 1946
6 India lost inns & 226 runs Aus Brisbane Nov 1947
7 India lost 007 wkts Eng Leeds Jun 1952
8 India lost inns & 005 runs Aus Chennai Oct 1956
9 India lost inns & 059 runs Eng Nottingham Jun 1959
10 India lost 008 wkts Eng Lord’s Jun 1959
11 India lost inns & 127 runs Aus Delhi Dec 1959
12 India lost 010 wkts Win Port of Spain Feb 1962
13 India lost 139 runs Aus Chennai Oct 1964
14 India lost 006 wkts Win Mumbai (BS) Dec 1966
15 India lost 006 wkts Eng Leeds Jun 1967
16 India lost 008 wkts Aus Mumbai (BS) Nov 1969
17 India lost 113 runs Eng Manchester Jun 1974
18 India lost 267 runs Win Bangalore Nov 1974
19 India lost inns & 025 runs Eng Delhi Dec 1976
20 India lost 016 runs Aus Brisbane Dec 1977
21 India lost inns & 083 runs Eng Birmingham Jul 1979
22 India lost 010 wkts Eng Mumbai Feb 1980
23 India lost 062 runs NZl Wellington Feb 1981
24 India lost 007 wkts Eng Lord’s Jun 1982
25 India lost 004 wkts Win Kingston Feb 1983
26 India lost inns & 083 runs Win Kanpur Oct 1983
27 India lost 010 wkts NZl Christchurch Feb 1990
28 India lost 247 runs Eng Lord’s Jul 1990
29 India lost 010 wkts Aus Brisbane Nov 1991
30 India lost 009 wkts SAF Port Elizabeth Dec 1992
31 India lost 008 wkts Eng Birmingham Jun 1996
32 India lost 004 wkts NZl Wellington Dec 1998
33 India lost 012 runs Pak Chennai Jan 1999
34 India lost 285 runs Aus Adelaide Dec 1999
35 India lost 010 wkts Aus Mumbai Feb 2001
36 India lost 010 wkts Srl Galle Aug 2001
37 India lost 009 wkts SAF Bloemfontein Nov 2001
38 India lost 170 runs Eng Lord’s Jul 2002
39 India lost 010 wkts NZl Wellington Dec 2002
40 India lost 217 runs Aus Bangalore Oct 2004
41 India lost 337 runs Aus Melbourne Dec 2007
42 India lost 122 runs Aus Sydney Jan 2008
43 India lost inns & 090 runs SAF Ahmedabad Apr 2008
44 India lost inns & 239 runs Srl Col-SSC Jul 2008
45 India lost inns & 006 runs SAF Nagpur Feb 2010
46 India lost 010 wkts Srl Galle Jul 2010

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Rohan Kanhai of West Indies, Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan and Vinod Kambli of India are the only three batsmen to register two double hundreds as their first two hundreds in their test career

No Batsman Runs Team Opp Ground Mon Year
1 RB Kanhai 256 Win Ind Kolkata Dec 1958
2 RB Kahnai 217 Win Pak Lahore Mar 1959
1 Zaheer Abbas 274 Pak Eng Birmingham Jun 1971
2 Zaheer Abbas 240 Pak Eng The Oval Aug 1974
1 VG Kambli 224 Ind Eng Mumbai Feb 1993
2 VG Kambli 227 Ind Zim Delhi Mar 1991

Second Test : Australia vs Pakistan : Teams winning a test after dismissing the opponent for less than 100 in the first innings of the test

Second Test : Australia vs Pakistan : Teams winning a test after dismissing the opponent for less than 100 in the first innings of the test

Australia were dismissed for 88 in the first innings of the Leeds test and Pakistan won the test by three wickets provides the 34th occasion of a team winning a test after dismissing the opponent for total less than 100 in the first innings of a test. All the 34 occasions are listed below

No Team Res Margin Opp FI Ground Mon/Year
1 Eng won inns & 137 runs Aus 80 The Oval Aug 1888
2 Eng won 8 wickets SAF 84 P Elizabeth Mar 1889
3 Eng won 2 wickets Aus 92 The Oval Aug 1890
4 Eng won inns & 189 runs SAF 97 Cape Town Mar 1892
5 Eng won 6 wickets Aus 53 Lord’s Jun 1896
6 Eng won 10 wickets Aus 74 Birmingham May 1909
7 Eng won inns & 62 runs SAF 58 Lord’s Jun 1912
8 Eng won 10 wickets SAF 95 The Oval Aug 1912
9 Aus won inns & 122 runs Win 99 Melbourne Feb 1931
10 Aus won inns & 72 runs SAF 36 Melbourne Feb 1932
11 Aus won inns & 103 runs NZl 42 Wellington Mar 1946
12 Aus won inns & 149 runs Eng 52 The Oval Aug 1948
13 Win won 6 wickets Aus 82 Adelaide Dec 1951
14 Win won inns & 71 runs NZl 74 Dunedin Feb 1956
15 Pak won 9 wickets Aus 80 Karachi Oct 1956
16 Eng won inns & 71 runs NZl 67 Leeds Jul 1958
17 Eng won 8 wickets NZl 65 Christchurch Feb 1971
18 Win won inns & 106 runs Aus 90 Trinidad Mar 1978
19 Win won 10 wickets NZl 94 Bridgetown Apr 1985
20 Win won 5 wickets Ind 75 Delhi Nov 1987
21 Pak won inns & 52 runs Srl 71 Kandy Aug 1994
22 Eng won inns & 209 runs Zim 83 Lord’s May 2000
23 Aus won inns & 126 runs Win 82 Brisbane Nov 2000
24 SAF won inns & 229 runs Srl 95 Cape Town Jan 2001
25 Srl won inns & 137 runs Zim 90 Col-SSC Sep 2001
26 Aus won inns & 198 runs Pak 59 Sharjah Oct 2002
27 NZl won 4 wickets Ind 99 Hamilton Dec 2002
28 Aus won inns & 132 runs Zim 97 Darwin Jul 2003
29 SAF won inns & 21 runs Zim 54 Cape Town Mar 2005
30 Srl won inns & 234 runs Zim 89 Col-SSC Jun 2007
31 Srl won inns & 90 runs Zim 62 Col-PSS Jul 2007
32 SAF won inns & 90 runs Ind 76 Ahmedabad Apr 2008
33 Srl won 7 wickets Pak 90 Col-PSS Jul 2009
34 Pak won 3 wickets Aus 88 Leeds Jul 2010
Second Test : Australia vs Pakistan : Australia's batting woes

Second Test : Australia vs Pakistan : Australia's batting woes

Pakistan’s victory by three wickets over Pakistan at Leeds in the second test after dismissing Australia for 88 in the first innings of the test provide the eighth occasion of a team winning the test against Australia after dismissing them for a score less than 100 in the first innings of the test

The eight occasions are listed below

England vs Australia at The Oval in Aug 1988 – England won by an innings and 137 runs – Australia – 80 all out

England vs Australia at The Oval in Aug 1890 – England won by two wickets – Australia – 92 all out

England vs Australia at Lord’s in Jun 1896 – England won by six wickets – Australia – 53 all out

England vs Australia at Birmingham in May 1909 – England won by ten wickets – Australia – 74 all out

West Indiies vs Australia at Adelaide in Dec 1951 – West Indies won by six wickets – Australia – 82 all out

Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi in Oct 1956 – Pakistan won by nine wickets – Australia – 80 all out

West Indies vs Australia at Port of Spain in Mar 1978 – West Indies won by innings and 106 runs – Australia – 90 all out

Pakistan vs Australia at Leeds in Jul 2010 – Pakistan won by three wickets – Australia – 88 all out

Champions League T20 of 2010 : Preliminary squads announced

Champions League T20 of 2010 : Preliminary squads announced

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Preliminary squads for CL T20 2010 announced

Eight teams appearing in the 2010 Champions League to be held in South Africa have announced their preliminary squads for the tournament to be held in South Africa during September 10-26.

Wayamba, from Sri Lanka, are yet to name their provisional party. The tenth team in the tournament will be the winner of the Caribbean T20 which ends on July 30. All teams have to announce their final Eleven by Aug, 9, 2010

Chennai Super Kings {India}

MS Dhoni, S Badrinath, M Vijay, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel (wk), R Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, S Anirudha, L Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Thilan Thushara, Thissara Perera, Doug Bollinger, Matthew Hayden, Andrew Flintoff, Joginder Sharma, Abhinav Mukund

Mumbai Indians: {India}

Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Saurabh Tiwary, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, R Sathish, Ali Murtaza, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhishek Nayar, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Ajinkya Rahane, Kieran Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Sushant Marathe, JP Duminy, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Ryan McLaren, Luke Ronchi

Central Districts: {New Zealand}

Adam Milne, Ben Wheeler, Bevan Griggs, Bevan Small, Brad Patton, Brendon Diamanti, Dane Cleaver, Doug Bracewell, George Worker, Jacob Oram, Jamie How, Jeremy Kuru, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Mathew Sinclair, Michael Mason, Mitchell McLeneghan, Peter Ingram, Ross Taylor, Seth Rance, Tim Weston

Highveld Lions: {South Africa}

Alviro Peterson, Thami Tsolekile, Craig Alexander, Shane Burger, Richard Cameron, Themba Bavuma, Werner Coetsee, Stephen Cook, Cliffie Deacon, Zander de Bruyn, Robert Frylinck, Pumelala Matchikew, Andre Nel, Neil McKenzie, Aaron Phangiso, Ethan O’Reilly, Jean Symes, Dane Vilas, Jonathan Vandiar, Vaughn van Jaarsveld

Royal Challengers Bangalore: {India}

Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Cameron White, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Dillon Du Preez, Steven Smith, Akhil Balachandra, Abhimanyu Mithun, Nayan Doshi, Pankaj Singh, Sridharan Sriram, Udit Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

South Australian Redbacks: {Australia}

Cullen Bailey, James Smith, Daniel Harris, Graham Manou, Daniel Christian, Gary Putland, Peter George, Callum Ferguson, Michael Klinger, Kane Richardson, Michael Cranmer, Jake Haberfield, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Tait, Tom Cooper, Chris Duval, Cameron Borgas, Aaron O’Brien, Daniel Cullen, Joel Davies

Victorian Bushrangers: {Australia}

Dwayne Bravo, Ryan Carters, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Bradley Hodge, Jon Holland, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Clinton McKay, Glenn Maxwell, Dirk Nannes, Darren Pattinson, James Pattinson, Robert Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade, Cameron White, Damien Wright

Warriors: {South Africa}

Davey Jacobs, Ashwell Prince, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Johan Botha, Nicky Boje, Craig Thyssen, Juan Theron, Wayne Parnell, Makhaya Ntini, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Justin Kreusch, Garnett Kruger, Arno Jacobs, Lyall Meyer, Andrew Birch, Kelly Smuts, Jon Jon Smuts, Corbyn Dolley

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R Dravid and SR Tendulkar have partnered in 101 stands for the third wicket, the first pair of batsmen to do so, added one more mile stone to their 101 stands. They became the first pair of batsmen in the annals of test cricket to add 5000 plus runs for the third wicket constituting a world record. They achieved this milestone when the pair added 52 runs during the course of their stand of 119 runs in the second innings of this test. At the end of this test they have added 5067 runs

Second Test at Leeds : Australia and Pakistan : Pakistan won by three wickets

Second Test at Leeds : Australia and Pakistan : Pakistan won by three wickets

Salman Butt led Pakistan in this test to become the 28th captain to lead Pakistan in tests

Australia was dismissed for 88 in this test providing the 34th occasion of Australia being dismissed for a total of less than 100 in a test innings. This total provides he second occasion of Australia being dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 against Pakistan. The first occasion was at Karachi in Oct 1956 when they were all out for 80,

MG Johnson was dismissed for a first ball for a duck in this test providing the 30th occasion of an Australian batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings against Pakistan. His duck provides the 232nd occasion of an Australian batsman suffering such an ignominy against various oppositions

BW Hilfenhwas was dismissed run out in this test providing the 32nd occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out against Pakistan

SR Watson captured 6 for 33 in this test providing the 43rd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Pakistan. It was his second five wicket haul and also his best innings figures in tests. The previous best was 5 for 40 against Pakistan at Lord’s in the first test of the ongoing series.

Mohammad Aamer was dismissed for a first ball duck in this test providing the 18th occasion of a Pakistan batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings against Australia. It was the second such occasion for Mohammad Aamer, the first being at Melbourne in Dec 2009. He is the fourth Pakistan batsman to suffer such an ignominy on two occasions against Australia, the other three being – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed and Wasim Bari

Danish Kaneria was dismissed run out for 15 in this test providing the 35th occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed run out against Australia.

SR Watson’s 6 for 33 also represent the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact six wickets against Pakistan. It also represents the second best among the ten bowlers who have bagged exact six wickets. The best bowling figures is credited to MHN Walker who had figures of 6 for 15 at Sydney in Jan 1973

RT Ponting completed 12000 runs when he was on 40 during his knock of 66 in the second innings. At the end of this test, his aggregate stood at 12026. Only SR Tendulkar is ahead of him with 13539 runs

RT Ponting’s 66 in this game has the following statistical milestones attached to it

It represents his 50th fifty as captain and he became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score 50 fifties. AR Border of Australia is the other captain to score 51 fifties

It provides the 190th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings against Pakistan. This knock represents RT Ponting’s 11th fifty against Pakistan and he is one of five batsmen who have scored ten or more fifties against Pakistan. Others are – AR Border {14}, GS Chappell {12}, MA Taylor {12} and JL Langer {10}

It represents his 91st fifty in tests and he now holds the record for most fifties by an Australian batsman in tests. He wrested the record from AR Border who had scored 90 fifties. Only SR Tendulkar with 102 fifties is ahead of RT Ponting.

It represents his 31st half century as captain and he now shares the joint second place amongst the captains who have scored most fifties along with SP Fleming of New Zealand who also has scored 31 half century.

It represents his seventh fifty as Australian captain against Pakistan. He now shares the joint second place with MA Taylor who also has scored seven fifties. GS Chappell with eight fifties owns the record for most fifties by an Australian captain against Pakistan.

It represents his seventh fifty as captain against Pakistan. He now shares the joint second place with SM Gavaskar and MA Taylor who also have scored seven fifties. GS Chappell with eight fifties owns the record for most fifties by a captain against Pakistan. RT Ponting while scoring his seventh fifty against Pakistan went past England’s Ted Dexter’s six fifties.

RT Ponting was playing his 181st innings in the second innings of this test while playing at number three. He is on par with R Dravid who has also played 181 innings while batting at number three. RT Ponting’s 66 in this test represent the 71st fifty while batting at number three. R Dravid is close behind him with 68 fifties to his credit.

RT Ponting completed 9500 runs during his innings of 66 in this test and at the end of the test, his aggregate stood at 9519. He became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to total 9500 runs while batting at number three.

MJ Clarke’s 77 in this test provide his 19th test half century and 33rd fifty. His knock represent his second fifty against Pakistan, the first being his 166 at Hobart in Jan 2010.

MG Johnson in the first innings and MJ North in the second innings scored zeroes in this test providing the 105th and 106th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring zero in a test innings against Pakistan.

Mohammad Aamer and Umar Gul scored zeroes in the first innings and providing the 129th and 130th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring zero in a test innings against Australia. Umar Amin’s zero in the second innings provides the 131st occasion.

SPD Smith scored 77 in this test while batting at number eight providing the third occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number eight scoring a fifty against Pakistan. The other two occasions are – 75 by GRJ Matthews at Melbourne in Dec 1983 and 86 by SK Warne at Brisbane in Nov 1999

SPD was playing his second test of his career and his knock of 77 in this test represents his maiden test fifty. His previous best was 12 in the second innings at Lord’s in Jul 2010 – the first test of the ongoing test series on his test debut.

RT Ponting {66}, MJ Clarke {77} and SPD Smith {77} scored half centuries in this test providing the eleventh occasion of three or more Australian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Pakistan. This is the second such feat by Australian batsmen against Pakistan at a neutral venue. The first such feat was Col-PSS in Oct 200, when three Australian batsmen – J Langer {72}, DR Martyn {67} and AC Gilchrist {66} – had made half centuries

Imran Farhats’s 67 in this test represent the 30th occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a half century against Australia. His knock also represents the 120th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a half century against Australia.

SR Watson’s 6 for 33 in this test was in a losing cause providing the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler’s five wicket haul going in vain. The other four occasions are – 7 for 187 by RJ Bright at Karachi in Feb 1980, 7 for 187 by B Yardley at Melbourne in Dec 1981, 5 for 89 by SK Warne at Karachi in Sep 1994 and 5 for 49 by CJ McDermott at Sydney in Nov 1995

Australia’s 349 in the third innings of this test provide the seventh occasion of Australia scoring 300 plus in the third innings of a test against Pakistan. The seven occasions are – 425 at Melbourne in Dec 1972, 330 at Faisalabad in Sep 1982, 306 at Hobart in Nov 1995, 390 at Karachi in Oct 1998, 381 at Sydney in Jan 2010, 334 at Lord’s in Jul 2010 and 349 at Leeds in Jul 2010

Australia has won four tests, lost two tests and drawn one test out of the seven occasions when they totalled 300 plus runs in the third innings of a test match against Pakistan.

The two tests which were lost are – Faisalabad test in Sep 1982 {lost by an innings and three runs} and this test at Leeds in Jul 2010 {lost by three wickets wickets}

India in Sri Lanka : Murali's progressive milstones

India in Sri Lanka : Murali's progressive milstones

Muralitharan became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 800 wickets when he had PP Ojha caught by DPMD Jayawardene for 13 in the second innings of this test,

Progressive milestones of his 800 wickets read thus

First Wicket : CJ McDermott of Australia – lbw for 9 at Col-RPS in Aug 1992 in his first test

100th wicket : SP Fleming of New Zealand – bowled for 59 at Hamilton in Mar 1997 in his 27th test

200th wicket – DG Cork of England – caught by RS Kaluwitharana for 8 at The Oval in Aug 1998 in his 42nd test

300th wicket : SM Pollock of South Africa – caught by TM Dilshan for 11 at Durban in Dec 2000 in his 58th test

400th wicket : HK Olanga of Zimbabwe – bowled for zero at Galle in Jan 2002 in his 72nd test

500th wicket : MS Kaspriwicz of Australia –bowled for zero at Kandy in Mar 2004 in his 87th test

600th wicket : Khaled Mashud of Bangladesh – caught by SL Malinga for 6 at Bogra in Mar 2006 in his 101st test

700th wicket : Syed Rasel of Bangladesh – caught by MF Mahroof for 6 at Kandy in Jul 2006 in his 113rd test

800th wicket : PP Ojha of India – caught by DPMD Jayawardene for 13 at Galle in Jul 2010 in his 133rd test

It is by statistical coincidence that Muralitharan has captured his 400th and 800th wickets in a test match played at Galle.

Break up of Muralitharan’s 800 wickets country wise read thus – vs Australia {59}, vs Bangladesh {89}, vs England {112}, vs India {105}, vs New Zealand {82}, vs Pakistan {80}, vs South Africa {104}, vs West Indies {82} and vs Zimbabwe {87}

Break up of Muralitharan’s 67 five wicket haul country wise read thus – vs Australia {05}, vs Bangladesh {11}, vs England {08}, vs India {07}, vs New Zealand {05}, vs Pakistan {05}, vs South Africa {11}, vs West Indies {09} and vs Zimbabwe {06}

Break up of Muralitharan’s 22 ten wicket hauls country wise read thus – vs Australia {01}, vs Bangladesh {04}, vs England {04}, vs India {02}, vs New Zealand {01}, vs Pakistan {01}, vs South Africa {04}, vs West Indies {03} and vs Zimbabwe {02}