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I Sharma of India captured his 200^th test wicket in the just concluded test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC when he captured the wicket of Sri Lankan captain AD Mathews in Sri Lankan second innings. AD Mathews was dismissed leg before wicket by I Sharma for 110. I Sharma became the 65^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 plus test wickets and also the eighth Indian bowler to capture 200 plus test wickets. The performance of the eight bowlers are listed below

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
4	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
5	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
6	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
7	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
8	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1

 

I Sharma became the 47^th pace bowler in the annals of test cricket and the fourth Indian pace bowler to capture 200 plus test wickets after N Kapil Dev {434}. Zaheer Khan {311} and J Srinath {236}. The performance of these four bowlers are listed below

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
2	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
3	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
4	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1

 

I Sharma’s break up of 200 test wickets against each opposition read thus

 

Opponents	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	5	10
Australia	19	34	607.1	107	2019	45	4/77	7/117	0	0
Bangladesh	4	7	81.0	14	284	10	4/66	5/95	0	0
England	11	17	420.0	81	1341	35	7/74	7/135	1	0
New Zealand	6	11	224.4	41	769	30	6/51	9/162	2	0
Pakistan	1	2	39.1	13	140	5	5/118	5/140	1	0
South Africa	8	14	276.1	43	959	20	4/79	5/73	0	0
Sri Lanka	10	17	293.3	50	1082	28	5/54	8/86	1	0
West Indies	6	12	232.5	53	708	27	6/55	10/108	2	1
Total	65	114	2174.3	402	7302	200	7/74	10/108	7	1

 

R Ashwin became the third Indian bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in an away test series after A Kumble and I Sharma. R Ashwin captured 21 wickets in the just concluded three test away series against Sri Lanka. A Kumble had captured 24 wickets against Australia in Australia in 2003-04, while I Sharma had a tally of 22 wickets against West Indies in West Indies in 2011. Quite interestingly. I Sharma also played the just concluded three test away series against Sri Lanka and finished with a bag of 13 wickets.

 

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Away Series	Series	Mat	Wkts	Runs
1	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	Australia	2003-04	3	24	710
2	I Sharma	Ind	Win	West Indies	2011	3	22	371
3	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	Sri Lanka	2015	3	21	380

 

The following table list the bowlers who have captured 20 plus wickets in an away series played in Sri Lanka.  R Ashwin is the latest entrant to this club with 21 wickets to his credit. He achieved the distinction of becoming the first Indian bowler to capture 20 plus wicket s against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka

 

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Away Series	Series	Mat	Wkts	Runs
1	SK Warne	Aus	Srl	Sri Lanka	2003-04	3	26	521
2	Yasir Shah	Pak	Srl	Srl Lanka	2015	3	24	464
3	RJ Hadlee	NZl	Srl	Srl Lanka	1983-84	3	23	230
4	BN Schultz	SAF	Srl	Srl Lanka	1993	3	20	326
5	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	Sri Lanka	2015	3	21	380

 

 

AD Mathews of Sri Lanka scored 110 in the fourth innings of the just concluded third and final test against India at Col-SSC. His hundred could not fetch a hundred for Sri Lanka as it lost the test by 117 runs. It provides the 13^th occasion of a captain’s fourth innings hundred in vain in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
2	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
3	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
4	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
5	M Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
6	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
7	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
8	Mohd Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srk	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
9	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
10	Shakib Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
11	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
12	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
13	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

 

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka  who  made his test debut for Sri Lanka achieved a rare distinction of scoring fifties in both innings of a test. He scored 55 and 70 against India at Col-SSC in the just concluded test. He became the third wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket to score twin fifties on debut. He emulated Dilawar Hussain or India and LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka. It was interesting to note that LD Chandimal was in the playing eleven in this test. The performance of these three wicket keepers are detailed below

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Dilawar Hussain	59	57	116	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
2	LD Chandimal	58	54	112	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
3	MDKJ Perera	55	70	125	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

 

Only T20I – England vs Australia at Cardiff on 31.08.15 – England won by five runs

Australia capped MP Stoinis for this game. He became the 73^rd cricketer to represent Australia in T20Is. He also became the eleventh  Australian cricketer to make his T20I debut against England

 

Australia capped RJW Topley for this game. He became the 73^rd cricketer to represent England in T20Is. He also became the19th England cricketer to make his T20I debut against Australia

 

In one of  the rare coincidence – England and Australia – capped their 73^rd cricketers for this game

England’s RJW Topley  was the 73^rd cricketer to represent England in T20Is. MP stoinis was the 73^rd cricketer to represent Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan scored 74 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also represents the first occasion of an England captain scoring a fifty against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent the highest individual score by an England captain against Australia in T20Is. The previous highest was 27 by MP Vaughan at Sydney on 09.01.07. The previous highest score by an England captain against Australia in England was 4 not out  by  SCJ Broad at Southhampton on 29.08.13

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent the 50^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. MM Ali’s 72 not out represent the 51^st occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth and seventh occasion of England batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 and MM Ali’s 72 not out in this game provide the seventh occasion of two England batsmen scoring fifties in a T20I innings against various oppositions and the first such occasion against Australia.

 

EJG Morgan’s 74 in this game represent his seventh T20I fifty. He is on par with KP Pietersen who has scored seven fifties in T20Is. AD Hales with eight fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties in T20Is by England batsmen

 

AD Hales, EJG Morgan and KP Pietersen share the record for most half centuries by an England batsman in T20Is. All the three batsmen have scored seven half centuries

 

EJG Morgan now holds the record for most runs scored by an England batsman in T20Is. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 1225. He went past KP Pietersen’s total  of 1176 runs when he was on 26 runs during his  knock of 74 runs  in this game. EJG Morgan’s run aggregate prior to the start of this game read 1151

 

EJG Morgan and MM Ali added 135 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also represents the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in T20Is

 

EJG Morgan and MM Ali added 135 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the best partnership for any wicket against Australia in T20Is. The previous best was 111 runs for the second wicket between C Kieswetter and KP Pietersen at Bridgetown on 16.05.10 and 111 for the first wicket between AD Hales and MJ Lumb at Chester-le-Street on 31.08.13

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch, SE Marsh	2	114	1	v England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	AJ Finch, SR Watson	3	101	1	v England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
3	AJ Finch, CL White	1	106	1	v England	Hobart	29 Jan 2014
4	GJ Maxwell, SPD Smith	3	112	2	v England	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith and GJ Maxwell added 112 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the third wicket by Australian batsmen against England. The previous best was 101 runs partnership between AJ Finch and SR Watson at Southampton on 29.08.13

 

SPD Smith scored 90 in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	98*	1	NZl	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	DR Martyn	96	1	RSA	Brisbane	09 Jan 2006
3	DA Warner	90*	1	Srl	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
4	SPD Smith	90	2	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith became the third captain to score a ninety in T20Is. Others are – 98 not out by RT Ponting of Australia against New Zealand on 17.02.15 and 98 by CH Gayle of Australia against India at Bridgetown on 09.05.10

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the 71^st and 72^nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in T20Is.

 

EJG Morgan {74} scored fifty in this game to provide the fifth occasion of England captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. SPD Smith {90} scored fifty in this game to provide sixth occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in T20Is.

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the third occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a T20I. All the three occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
	CO Obuya	75*	2	Ken	Net	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
2	PW Borren	57	1	Net	Sco	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
	PL Mommsen	68*	2	Sco	Net	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
3	EJG Morgan	74	1	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

EJG Morgan {74} and SPD Smith {90} scored fifties in this game to provide the first occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a T20Is involving test playing nations.  

 

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain to score a fifty against England in T20Is after GJ Bailey. GJ Bailey had scored 60 not out at Melbourne on 31.01.14

 

SPD Smith’s 90 was in a losing cause  in this game to provide the 30th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain’s fifty in a losing cause in T20Is.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	76	1	Ind	Mum-BS	20 Oct 2007
2	GJ Bailey	63	2	Win	Col-RPS	05 Oct 2012
3	SPD Smith	90	2	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

SPD Smith’s 90 in this  game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of a captain’s 90 plus runs going in vain in T20Is. The other occasion was – 119 by South African captain F de Plessis going in vain in the game against West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.01.15

 

The following table lists the five occasions of a batsman’s 90 plus scores going in vain in T20Is. It includes two hundreds and three nineties – all the three nineties are the scores of exact ninety – DA Warner {90 not out}, JE Root {90 not out} and SPD Smith {90}

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	DA Warner	90*	1	Aus	Srk	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
3	JE Root	90*	2	Eng	Aus	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
4	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
5	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

England won this game by five runs to provide the ninth occasion of a team winning a T20I game by exact five runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	5 runs	165	v England	Durban	18 Sep 2007
2	India	5 runs	158	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	24 Sep 2007
3	Pakistan	5 runs	142	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 2011
4	England	5 runs	130	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
5	New Zealand	5 runs	202	v England	The Oval	25 Jun 2013
6	England	5 runs	166	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 2014
7	Sri Lanka	5 runs	166	v South Africa	Chittagong	22 Mar 2014
8	Hong Kong	5 runs	130	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	17 Jul 2015
9	England	5 runs	183	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015

 

England won this game by five runs to provide the third occasion of England winning a T20I game by exact five runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	5 runs	130	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
2	England	5 runs	166	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 2014
3	England	5 runs	183	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015