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Aus vs Eng – 2010-11 : England win at Melbourne by an innings and 157 runs

Aus vs Eng – 2010-11 : England win at Melbourne by an innings and 157 runs

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Australia-England – Fourth Test at Melbourne – Dec 2010 – England won by an innings and 157 runs

England’s win by an innings and 157 runs in this test provide the 93rd occasion of England winning a test by an innings margin. This win also represents the 26th occasion of England’s innings win against Australia.

England’s win by an innings and 157 runs in this test provides the seventh innings victory over Australia at Melbourne. Others are – by b innings and 225 runs in Feb 1912 : by an innings and 98 runs in Mar 1885 : by an innings and 29 runs in 1925 : by an innings and 27 runs in Jan 1883 : by an innings and 14 runs in Dec 1986 and by an innings and 04 runs in Feb 1975

Thus England’s win by an innings and 157 runs in this test represents the second largest win by an innings at Melbourne. The largest win was by an innings and 225 runs in Feb 1912

Australia suffered its 40th innings loss when it went down to England by an innings and 157 runs in this test.

Australia was all out for 98 in the first innings of this test providing the 37th occasion of it being dismissed for a total of 100 and less than 100 in a test innings against various oppositions. Australia’s total provides the 13th occasion of it being dismissed for a total of 100 and less than 100 runs on Australian soil and for the second occasion at Melbourne. The first occasion was against India when Australia was all out for 83 in Feb 1981.

Australia’s 98 all out represent its lowest total in a completed innings at Melbourne against England and in the Ashes series.

MJ Prior pouched six catches in the first innings providing the tenth occasion of an England wicket keeper effecting six or more dismissals against various oppositions and the fifth occasion of an England wicket keeper effecting six or more dismissasls against Australia. The other four occasions are – RC Russel {06 – all caught} at Melbourne in Dec 1990 : AJ Stewart {06 – all caught} at Manchester in Jul 1997 : CMW Read {06 – all caught} at Melbourne in Dec 2006 and CMW Read {06 – 05 ct and 01 st} at Sydney in Jan 2007.

MJ Prior earned the distinction of becoming the first England wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty and effect six dimissals in a test against Australia. He effected six dismissals in Australia’s first innings and scored 85 in England’s second innings,

MJ Prior’s feat of effecting six dismissals and scoring a fifty {85] in the second innings makes him the only England wicket keeper to perform such a feat against all oppositions.

MJ Prior became the fourth wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to score a fifty and effect six dismissals in an innings in the same test. The foursome are – MV Boucher of South Africa – 52 and 06 catches vs Pakistan at Port Elizabeth in Mar 1998 : MS Dhoni of India – 52 and 56 not out plus six catches vs New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 2009 and DT Lindsay of South Africa – 69 and 182 plus six catches vs Australia at Johannesburg in Dec 1966 and MJ Prior of England 85 and six catches vs Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2010

DT Lindsay of South Africa {69 and 182 plus six catches at Johannesburg in Dec 1966} and MJ Prior of England {85 and six catches at Melbourne in Dec 2010} are the two wicket keepers to effect six dismissals in an innings and score a fifty in a test against Australia.

MG Johnson and BW Hilfenhaus scored zeroes in the Australia’s first innings and MEK Hussey and BW Hilfenhaus scored zeroes in the Australia’s second innings with which the number of zeroes scored by Australian batsmen against England swelled to 632.

BW Hilfenhuas collected a pair in this test providing the 40th occasion of an Australian batsman colleceting a pair in a test against England. His pair provides the 22nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring ducks in both innings of a test against England in Australia.

BW Hilfenhaus became the sixth Australian batsman to collect a pair against England at Melbourne. Others are – VT Trumper in Feb 1908 : IWG Johnson in Jan 1947 : JB Iverson in Feb 1951 : G Dymock in Feb 1975 and GD McGrath in Dec 1998.

AJ Strauss and AN Cook opened the innings in this test to provide the 100th innings of their partnership. They became the fifth pair in the annals of test cricket to partners in 100 or more innings. Other pair to have partnered in 100 or more innings are – CG Greenidge-DL Haynes of West Indies {148} : R Dravid-SR Tendulkar of India {129} : ML Hayden-JL Langer of Australia {122} : MS Atapattu-ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {122}

AJ Strauss {69}, AN Cook {82}, IJL Trott {168*} and KP Pietersen {51} scored fifties in England’s innings providing the 63rd occasion of first four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the annals of test cricket. England batsman’s feat provides the 20th such occasion in the annals of test cricket and fifth such occasion against Australia.

The five such occasions are – at The Oval in 1899 {FS Jackson – 118 : TW Hayward – 137 : KS Ranjitsinhji – 54 and CB Fry – 60} : at Lord’s in Jun 1926 {JB Hobbs – 119 : H Sutcliffe – 82 : FE Woolley – 87 and EH Hendren – 127} : at Leeds in Jul 1948 – first innings – L Hutton – 81 : C Washbrook – 143 : WJ Edrich – 111 and AV Bedser – 79} and at Leeds in 1948 – second innings – L Hutton – 57 : C Washbrook – 65 : WJ Edrich – 54 and DCS Compton – 66}

AJ Strauss {69}, AN Cook {82}, IJL Trott {168*}, KP Pietersen {51} and MJ Prior {85} scored fifties in England’s innings providing the ninth occasion of England’s five or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Australia. England batsmen’s feat provides the third occasion of such a feat against Australia at Melbourne. The other two occasions are in Feb 1925 and Dec 1965,

AJ Strauss’s 69 in this test represent his tenth half century while leadi
ng England. Other England captains to score ten or more half centuries are – MA Atherton {22} : ER Dexter {17} : N Hussain {17} : GA Gooch {16} : PBH May {15} and MP Vaughan {13}

AJ Strauss’s 69 in this test represents his 23rd half century and 42nd fifty : AN Cook’s 82 represents his 24th half century and 39th fifty : IJL Trott’s 168 not out represents his fifth hundred and tenth fifty : KP Pietersen’s 51 represents his 21st test half century and 38th fifty and MJ Prior’s 85 represents his 16 test half century and 19th fifty.

MJ Prior’s 85 in this test represent the 52nd occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Australia. This knock represents his third fifty against England. Other two occasions are – 56 at Cardiff at Jul 2009 : 61 at Lord’s in Jul 2009. Thus his 85 in this test represents highest test score against England.

IJL Trott’s 168 not out in this test provide the 228th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred against Australia. This knock represents IJL Trott’s third hundred against England – 119 at The Oval in Aug 2009 : 135 not out at Brisbane in Nov 2010 and 168 not out at Melbourne in Dec 2010. Thus 168 not out in this test represent his highest individual innings against England.

AJ Strauss and AN Cook added 159 runs for the first wicket and IJL Trott and MJ Prior added 173 runs for the sixth wicket in this test. These two partnerships represent the 299th and 300th three figure partnerships by England batsmen against Australia.

AJ Strauss and AN Cook added 159 runs for the first wicket in this test providing the 61st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure stand for the first wicket against Australia.

IJL Trott and MJ Prior added 173 runs for the sixth wicket in this test providing the 29th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure stand for the sixth wicket against Australia.

England became the second team to post 300 plus century stands against a specific opposition. It has posted 300 century stands against Australia. Australia was the first team to post 300 plus century stands against a specific opposition. At the end of this this test it has posted 306 century stands against England.

PM Siddle captured 6 for 75 in this test providing the 121st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England. His figures represent the 68th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against England in Australia.

PM Siddle captured 6 for 75 in this test providing the 28th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings in a losing cause against England. His figures represent the 13th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings in a losing cause against England in Australia.

PM Siddle’s 6 for 75 in this test represent his fourth five wicket innings haul in tests. Other three occasions are – 6 for 54 vs England at Brisbane in Nov 2010 : 5 for 21 vs England at Leeds in Aug 2009 and 5 for 59 vs South Africa at Sydney in Jan 2009.

England’s 513 in this test provide the 24th occasion of England posting a total of 500 plus runs in an innings against Australia.

PJ Hughes was dismissed run out for 23 in the second innings providing the 196th occasion of an Australian batsman run out against England. It also provides the 46th occasion of an Australian opening batsman run out against England.

SR Watson scored 54 in this test providing the 278th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty against Australia. SR Watson’s 54 in this test represent his seventh fifty as an opening batsman against Australia. SR Watson became the 15th Australian opening batsman to score seven or more fifties against Australia.

SR Watson scored 54 in this test providing the 183rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a half century against Australia. SR Watson’s 54 in this test represent his seventh half century as an opening batsman against Australia. SR Watson became the ninth Australian opening batsman to score seven or more half centuries against Australia. Others are – MA Taylor {15} : WM Lawry {13} : W Bardsley {08} : AR Morris {08} : RB Simpson {07} : KR Stackpole {07} : VT Trumper {07} and WM Woodful {07}

SR Watson {54} and BJ Haddin {55 not out} scored fifties in this test providing the 951st and 952nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against England

SR Watson {54} and BJ Haddin {55 not out} scored half centuries in this test providing the 654th and 655th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against England

BJ Haddin’s 55 not out in this test provide the 52nd occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against England.

MJ Prior {85} and BJ Haddin {55*} scored fifties in this test providing the 12th occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties in Australia-England test series.

MJ Prior {85} and BJ Haddin {55*} scored fifties in this test providing the 83rd occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties in the annals of test cricket.

SR Watson’s 54 in this test represent his 15th test half century and 17th fifty, while BJ Haddin’s 55 not out represents his eighth test half century and 11th fifty.

RJ Harris of Australia was absent in this test in the second innings providing the 140h occasion of a batsman absent hurt in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

RJ Harris was absent hurt in the second innings of this test providing the 28th occasion of an Australian batsman absent hurt against various oppositions and 16th such occasion against England. AK Davidson was the last batsman absent hurt against England at Nottingham in Jun 1956.

SAF-Ind – 2010-11 : India win the Durban test by 87 runs

SAF-Ind – 2010-11 : India win the Durban test by 87 runs

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South Africa vs India – Second Test at Durban – Dec 2010 : India won by 87 runs

South Africa won the toss and elected to field first in this test to provide the fourth occasion of South Africa inserting India. The other three occasions are – at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 : at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001 and at Centurion in Dec 2010

This test was the 50th test for HM Amla. He became the 16th South African cricketer to appear in 50 or more tests. Others are – JH Kallis {144} : MV Boucher {138} : SM Pollock {108} : G Kirsten {101} : M Ntini {101} : HH Gibbs {90} : GC Smith {90} : AA Donald {72} : DJ Cullinan {70} : WJ Cronje {68} : AB de Villiers {65} : AG Prince {61} : ND McKennzie {58} : JN Rhodes {52} an JHB Waite {50}

India were dismissed for 136 in the first innings of this test providing the thirteenth occasion of India dismissed all out for a total less than 206 against South Africa. India has been dismissed for a total of less than 206 at Durban on four occasions. The other occasions are – 66 in the second innings in Dec 1996 : 100 in first innings in Dec 1996 and 179 in second innings in Dec 2006

R Dravid completed 12000 runs playing for India of this test when he was on 23 in his first innings knock of 25. At the end of the test his run aggregate stood at 12004. He became the second Indian batsman after SR Tendulkar to total 12000 plus runs. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 14532 runs at the end of this test.

Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth scored zeroes in this test to provide the 44th and 45th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa.

S Sreesanth registered his fourth duck against South Africa when he failed to open his account in this game. The other three occasions are – at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008 : at Centurion in Dec 2010.

With four ducks to his credit, S Sreesanth became the fourth Indian batsman to collected four zeroes against South Africa. The others are – SC Ganguly. A Kumble and J Srinath

Zaheer Khan’s duck in this test represents his third duck against South Africa. The other two occasions are – his pair at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001

Zaheer Khan became the sixth Indian batsman to collect three or more ducks in a test innings against South Africa. The others are – SC Ganguly {04} : A Kumble {04} : S Sreesanth {04} : J Srinath {04} and SR Tendulkar {03}

MV Boucher pouched five catches in the first innings to provide the 130th occasion of a wicket keeper accounting for five or more batsmen in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

MV Boucher pouched five catches in the first innings to provide the 13th occasion of his pouching five or more catches in a test innings. MV Boucher now holds the record of most occasions of a wicket keeper’s five plus catches in a test innings. He wrested the record from RW Marsh of Australia who had accounted for five or more catches in a test innings on 12 occasions.

SR Tendulkar scored 13 runs in the first innings of this test to provide the 1222nd occasion of a batsman scoring 13 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. SR Tendulkar’s 13 represent the sixth occasion of scoring 13 in a test innings. He became the ninth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score six or more “thirteens” in the annals of test cricket. Others are – MA Atherton {07} : GA Gooch {06} : Inzamam-ul-Haq {06} : JH Kallis {06} : AJ Lamb {06} : A Ranatunga {06} : MA Taylor {06} and SR Waugh {06}

DW Steyn captured six wickets conceding 50 runs in the first innings of this test providing the 13th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against India. His 6 for 50 in this test represents the third occasion of his five wicket haul against India. Others are – 5 for 23 at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008 and 7 for 51 at Nagpur in Feb 2010.

AA Donald and DW Steyn now jointly share the record of most five wicket hauls by a South African bowler against India. Both the bowlers have captured five wickets haul on three occasions.

DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test provide the third occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against India. The other two occasions are – 5 for 40 by AA Donald in Dec 1996 and 5 for 48 by M Ntini in Dec 2006. Thus DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test represents the best innings bowling effort by a South African bowler against India at Durban.

DW Steyn’s 6 for 50 in this test provide the 15th occasion of his capturing a five wicket haul in an innings in tests. He became the fourth South African bowler to capture 15 or more innings wicket hauls. Others are – AA Donald {20} : M Ntini {18} and SM Pollock {15}

DW Steyn became the 32nd bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 15 or more five plus innings wicket hauls. DW Steyn earned the distinction of becoming the 20th pace bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 15 or more five plus innings wicket hauls.

AB de Villiers, PL Harris and LL Tsotsobe scored ducks in South Africa’s first innings providing the fourth occasion of three batsmen scoring South African batsmen against India.

AB de Villiers, PL Harris and LL Tsotsobe scored ducks in South Africa’s first innings providing the 43rd, 44th and 45th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck against India.

PL Harris became Harbhajan Singh’s 50th South African victim when he was caught by CA Pujara for zero. At the end of the test, his tally of wickets stood at 53. He is the third Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against South Africa. Others are – A Kumble {84} and J Srinath {64}

Zaheer Khan’s tally of wickets against South Africa at the end of this test stood at 29. He became the sixth Indian bowler to capture 25 or more wickets against South Africa. Others are – A Kumble {84} : J Srinath {64} : Harbhajan Singh {53} : S Sreesanth {26} and BKV Prasad {25}.

Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth reached the land mark of capturing 25 wickets in this test.

R Dravid became the first fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 200 catches when he caught DW Steyn of Harbhajan Singh. The break up of 200 catches – countrywise read thus – vs Australia {47} : vs Bangladesh {13} : vs England {26} : vs New Zealand {17} : vs Pakistan {19} : vs South Africa {21} : vs Sri Lanka {16} : vs West Indies {20} and vs Zimbabwe {21}

R Dravid’s 200 catches – Break up of on away soil and home soil read thus – on away soil {105} and home soil {95}. Break up soil wise read thus – in Australia {15} : in Bangladesh {13} : in England {15} ; in India {95} : in New Zealand {10} : in Pakistan {06} : in South Africa {09} : in Sri Lanka {09} : in West Indies {18} and in Zimbabwe {10}

PL Harris became R Dravid’s 50th victim of Harbhajan Singh. Dravid became the only fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 50 plus catches of two bowlers – A Kumble {55} and Harbhajan Singh {50}. The complete list of fielder-bowler combination in which a fielder has pouched 50 plus catches read as – DPMD Jayawardene {77 catches} of M Muralitharan : R Dravid {55 catches} of A Kumble : MA Taylor {51 catches} of SK Warne and R Dravid {50 catches} of Harbhajan Singh

South Africa were all out for 131 in its first innings providing the fourth occasion of its being all out for a total less than 150 runs against India. The other three occasions are – 84 at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : 105 at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996 and 121 at Kanpur in Apr 2008.

JH Kallis was dismissed run out for 10 in this test providing the 13th occasion of a South African batsman run out in a test innings against India. JH Kallis was run out for the first occasion against India. JH Kallis became the first South African batsman to be dismissed run out against India in a test at Durban.

JH Kallis’ run out in this test represents his sixth run out of his test career. The other five occasions are – for 7 vs Australia at Port Elizabeth in Mar 1997 : for 16 vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 1998 : for 99 vs Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2001 : for 66 vs England at The Oval in Sep 2003 and for 66 vs England at Cape Town in Jan 2005

JH Kallis became the third South African batsman to be dismissed on six or more occasions. The other two are – JHB Waite {07} and DJ McGlew {06}

AB de Villiers collected his second duck of his test career when he was dismissed without scoring in the first innings. The other occasion was against Bangladesh at Centurion in Nov 2008.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar pair has a tatal partnership runs of 6352 runs at the end of this test. They have paired in 129 innings. They have 19 three figure partnerships and 24 half century partnerships. They have six unfinished partnerships. Their 6352 runs stands next only to 6482 runs between CG Greenidge and DL Haynes who have partnered in 148 innings. They have 16 century stands and 26 half century stands and eleven unfinished stands.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar pair require 151 runs to surpass CG Greenidge and DL Haynes partnership runs of 6482 runs


MV Boucher accounted for four more batsmen in the second innings to take his match tally to nine {five plus four}. At the end of the test his aggregate of victims against India stood at 57 – 55 catches and 02 stumpings.

MV Boucher with his nine dismissals in this test emulated DJ Richardson who also had accounted for nine dismissals against India at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 to become the second South African wicket keeper to effect nine dismissals in a test against India.

VVS Laxman scored 96 in the second innings of this test to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring ninety against South Africa. Others are – 97 by SR Tendulkar at Mumbai in Feb 2000 : 96 by G Gambhir at Kanpur in Nov 2004 and 90 by MS Dhoni at Centurion in Dec 2010.

VVS Laxman’s 96 in the second innings of this test provide the 97th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against various oppositions

VVS Laxman’s 96 in this test represent his fourth ninety in a test innings. Other occasions are – 95 vs Australia at Kolkata in Mar 1998 : 90 vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Jan 2006 and 91 vs New Zealand at Ahmedabad in Nov 2010.

VVS Laxman with four nineties became the tenth Indian batsman to score four or more nineties. Others are – R Dravid {10} : SR Tendulkar {08} : SM Gavaskar {05} : V Sehwag {05} : MS Dhoni {04} : SC Ganguly {04} : NS Sidhu {04} : DB Vengsarkar {04} and AL Wadekar {04}

Zaheer Khan completed 1000 runs when he was on five during his knock of 27 in the second innings. He became the 56th Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs in tests.

With 267 wickets with the leather at the end of this test and 1022 runs with the willow. Zaheer Khan became the eighth Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs and capture 100 plus wickets in tests. Others are – A Kumble {2506 runs and 619 wickets} : N Kapil Dev {5248 runs and 434 wickets} : Harbhahan Singh {1968 runs and 385 wickets} : J Srinath {1009 runs and 236 wickets} : MH Mankad {2109 runs and 162 wickets} : RJ Shastri {3830 runs and 151 wickets} and IK Pathan {1105 runs and 100 wickets}

Zaheer Khan with 1022 runs and 267 wickets became the 19th cricketer in the annals of test cricket to score 1000 runs and capture 250 plus wickets : 28th cricketer to score 1000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets and 53rd cricketer to score 1000 plus runs and capture 100 plus wickets.

VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan added 70 runs for th
e eighth wicket in India’s second innings. The seventh wicket fell at 148 and the eighth wicket fell at 218. By an astonishing coincidence, the same pair – VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan – has added the same number of runs – 70 runs – at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 in India’s second innings. In this innings also the seventh wicket fell at 148 and the eighth wicket fell at 218 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

South Africa was a set a target of 303 runs to win this test. They have won only twice chasing a total of 300 plus runs in the fourth innings – They won against Australia by six wickets at Perth in Dec 2008 – set a target of 413, they scored 414 for four and they won against Australia by five wickets at Durban in Mar 2002 – set a target of 339, they scored 340 for five. This is the first occasion of South Africa chasing a total of 300 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test against India {303 runs}

L Tsotsobe was dismissed run out in this test providing the 14th occasion a South African batsman dismissed run out against India. He became the first South African batsman to be dismissed run out without scoring.

Zaheer Khan’s tally of wickets stood at 267 at the end of this test. He now stands in the fourth position amongst the Indian bowlers who have taken most wickets in tests. The first three are – A Kumble {619} : N Kapil Dev {434} and Harbhajan Singh {386}. Zaheer Khan went past BS Bedi’s 266 wickets to occupy the fourth position.

India’s win in this by 87 runs provide its seventh win against South Africa. The other six victories are – by 64 runs at Ahmedaad in Nov 1996 : by 280 runs at Kanpur in Dec 1996 : by eight wickets at Kolkata in Nov 2004 : by 123 runs at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 : by eight wickets at Kanpur in Apr 2006 : by an innings and 57 runs at Kolkata in Feb 2010.

India’s win by 87 runs in this test represents its second win against South Africa in South Africa. The first win was at Johannesburg in Dec 2006 when India had won by 123 runs. South Africa’s loss in this test provides its 124th test loss against various oppositions.