hrgcricstats.com

JM Anderson was dismissed run out for the  third occasion is his test career while batting at number eleven in a test innings, when he was dismissed run out for 5 in  England’s second innings in the just concluded test against India at Mohali. The three occasions are listed below

No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	2	11	run out	4	v India	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
2	2	11	run out	2	v West Indies	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
3	5	11	run out	3	v India	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

JM Anderson shares the record for most run outs amongst the England batsman batting at number eleven with  SJ Harmison and MS Panesar

The following list shows the batmen batting at number eleven from various countries who have been dismissed run out on three or more occasions. Danish Kaneria of Pakistan and GD McGrath of Australia  share the record in this category of statistics with five occasions each. JM Anderson joins this dubious  club as its tenth member

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Dis	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	Danish Kaneria	Pak	5	5	0	5	1	1	0.20	0	0	4
2	GD McGrath	Aus	5	5	0	5	36	14	7.20	0	0	0
3	NAT Adcock	SAF	3	3	0	3	4	3	1.33	0	0	1
4	JM Anderson	Eng	3	3	0	3	9	5	3.00	0	0	0
5	SJ Harmison	Eng	3	3	0	3	33	16	11.00	0	0	0
6	H Ironmonger	Aus	3	3	0	3	16	12	5.33	0	0	1
7	WA Johnston	Aus	3	3	0	3	18	11	6.00	0	0	0
8	MS Panesar	Eng	3	3	0	3	1	1	0.33	0	0	2
9	JV Saunders	Aus	3	3	0	3	6	4	2.00	0	0	1
10	CA Walsh	Win	3	3	0	3	10	6	3.33	0	0	1

 

JM Bairstow of England wrote himself into record books with most dismissals in a calendar year. At the end of India’s innings in the Mohali test on 28.11.16, he has effected 68 dismissals in the calendar year 2016. He went past the previous record of 67 dismissaIs held jointly by IA Healy of Australia and MV Boucher of South Africa. IA Healy had effected  67 dismissals in 1993 while MV Boucher had effected 67 dismissals in 1998

As on date JM Bairstow and MV Boucher share the record for most catches by wicket keepers in  a calendar year. Both have pouched 65 catches

The following table list the four wicket keepers – JM Bairstow of England, IA Healy of Australia, MV Boucher of South Africa and AC Gilchrist of Australia – who have effected 60 plus dismissals in a calendar year.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Ct Wk	Ct Fi	Year
1	JM Bairstow	Eng	15	28	68	65	3	65	0	2016
2	IA Healy	Aus	16	29	67	58	9	58	0	1993
3	MV Boucher	SAF	13	25	67	65	2	65	0	1998
4	AC Gilchrist	Aus	14	28	66	58	8	58	0	2004

The ongoing Mohali test between India and England witnessed five or more Indian batsmen scoring half centuries to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen scoring half centuries  in a test innings. It also includes an occasion of six Indian batsman accomplishing such a feat against New Zealand at Kanpur in Nov 1976. All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SM Gavaskar	66	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	2	M Amarnath	70	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	3	GR Viswanath	68	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	4	AV Mankad	50	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	5	SMH Kirmani	64	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	6	BS Bedi	50	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
2	1	SM Gavaskar	50	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	2	SMH Kirmani	57	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	3	DB Vengsarkar	65	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	4	Yashpal Sharma	52	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	5	N Kapil Dev	83	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
3	1	NS Sidhu	79	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	2	R Dravid	92	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	3	M Azharuddin	62	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	4	SC Ganguly	99	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	5	A Kumble	78	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
4	1	VVS Laxman	95	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	2	NS Sidhu	97	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	3	R Dravid	86	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	4	SR Tendulkar	79	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	5	SC Ganguly	65	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
5	1	KD Karthik	77	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	2	W Jaffer	62	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	91	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	4	SC Ganguly	79	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	5	VVS Laxman	54	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
6	1	KD Karthik	91	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	2	R Dravid	55	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	82	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	4	VVS Laxman	51	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	5	MS Dhoni	92	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
7	1	CA Pujara	51	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli	62	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	3	R Ashwin	72	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	4	RA Jadeja	90	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	5	J Yadav	55	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

The ongoing Mohali test between India and England witnessed five Indian batsmen scoring half centuries to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen scoring half centuries  in a test innings.against England All such occasions are listed below. It is observed that Indian batsmen have accomplished the feat for the first occasion against England on home soil. The other two  occasions were at Nottingham in Jul 2007  and at The Oval in Aug 2007

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	KD Karthik	77	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	2	W Jaffer	62	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	91	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	4	SC Ganguly	79	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	5	VVS Laxman	54	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
2	1	KD Karthik	91	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	2	R Dravid	55	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	82	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	4	VVS Laxman	51	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	5	MS Dhoni	92	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
3	1	CA Pujara	51	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli	62	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	3	R Ashwin	72	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	4	RA Jadeja	90	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	5	J Yadav	55	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

 

R Ashwin {72}, RA Jadeja {90} and J Yadav {55} scored fifties  batting at seven, eight  and nine  in Indian  innings against England at Mohali in  the ongoing test to provide the seventh occasion of batsmen scoring fifties while batting at number seven, eight and nine in  the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the first  such occasion by Indian batsmen

No	No	Pos	Batsman	Score	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon	Year
1	1	7	WK Lees	152	2
	2	8	RJ Hadlee	87	2
	3	9	BL Cairns	52*	2	NZl	Pak	Karach	Nov	1976
2	1	7	IT Botham	118	3
	2	8	APE Knott	59	3
	3	9	JE Emburey	57	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Aug	1981
3	1	7	MD Marshall	76	1
	2	8	RA Harper	60	1
	3	9	MA Holding	73	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr	1986
4	1	7	DA Marillier	73	2
	2	8	HH Streak	65	2
	3	9	TJ Friend	81	2	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	Nov	2001
5	1	7	T Taibu	83	1
	2	8	HH Streak	127	1
	3	9	AM Blignaut	91	1	Zim	Win	Harare	Nov	2003
6	1	7	JDP Oram	119	2
	2	8	BB McCullum	57	2
	3	9	DL Vettori	53	2	NZl	SAF	Hamilton	Mar	2004
7	1	7	R Ashwin	72	2
	2	8	RA Jadeja	90	2
	3	9	J Yadav	55	2	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Nov	2016

It also provides the second such occasion against England – the first occasion was by West Indian batsmen at St John’s in Apr 1996. Both the occasions are listed below

No	No	Pos	Batsman	Score	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon	Year
1	1	7	MD Marshall	76	1
	2	8	RA Harper	60	1
	3	9	MA Holding	73	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr	1986
2	1	7	R Ashwin	72	2
	2	8	RA Jadeja	90	2
	3	9	J Yadav	55	2	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Nov	2016

 

JM Bairstow’s  89 in the first innings of the Mohali Test against India represents his tenth fifty in the calendar year 2016 in the matches played as of date. He became the second batsman to score ten fifties in 2016. JE Root is the other batsman to accomplish the feat. The performances of these two batsmen are listed below

JM BAIRSTOW
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	150*	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
2	140	1	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016
3	167*	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	09 Jun 2016
4	58	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
5	83	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
6	55	1	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016
7	81	3	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016
8	52	1	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	20 Oct 2016
9	53	2	v India	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
10	89	1	v India	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
JE ROOT
No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	50	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
2	110	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016
3	76	2	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
4	80	1	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016
5	254	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
6	71*	3	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
7	62	3	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Aug 2016
8	56	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	28 Oct 2016
9	124	1	v India	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
10	53	2	v India	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016

The following table lists all the England batsmen who have scored ten or more fifites in the calendar year –  arranged in the descending order of fifties  scored. It is observed that JE Root has accomplished the feat in consecutive  years of 2015 and 2016

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	50+	Year
1	JE Root	14	26	3	1385	182*	60.21	3	10	1	13	2015
2	KWR Fletcher	12	21	4	1085	178	63.82	2	9	0	11	1973
3	AN Cook	14	26	1	1364	263	54.56	3	8	1	11	2015
4	KP Pietersen	14	26	1	1343	158	53.72	4	6	1	10	2006
5	JM Bairstow	15	25	4	1355	167*	64.52	3	7	1	10	2016
6	JE Root	15	28	3	1243	254	49.72	3	7	1	10	2016

 

SC Cook’s 104 against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the 14^th occasion of a South African opening batsman’s century going in vain in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JW Zulch	150	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	HW Taylor	109	1	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913
3	B Mitchell	109	3	v England	Durban	20 Jan 1939
4	A Melville	117	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
5	EAB Rowan	143	1	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
6	EJ Barlow	109	1	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
7	AC Hudson	163	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
8	AC Hudson	102	1	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994
9	G Kirsten	153	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
10	HH Gibbs	183	1	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
11	HH Gibbs	161	2	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
12	AN Petersen	100	1	v India	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
13	D Elgar	118*	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015
14	SC Cook	104	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

SC Cook’s 104 against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of a South African opening batsman’s century going in vain in a test against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JW Zulch	150	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	EAB Rowan	143	1	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
3	EJ Barlow	109	1	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
4	AC Hudson	102	1	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994
5	G Kirsten	153	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
6	SC Cook	104	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

 

F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	109	1	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913
2	HW Taylor	102	4	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	A Melville	117	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
4	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
5	WJ Cronje	126	1	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
6	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test against Australia. Both the occasions are listed below. It is interesting  to note that the interval between  the two occurrences is 66 years 11 months

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

R Ashwin completed 500 runs in the calendar year 2016 when he was on 27 during his knock of 57 not out in the third test at Mohali. With 56 wickets in the calendar year 2016, he achieved the all-round feat of scoring 500 plus runs and capturing 50 plus wickets in calendar year 2016. His feat provides the tenth occasion of such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below in the chronological order of the calendar year.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	IT Botham	Eng	12	597	66	1978
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	17	619	74	1979
3	IT Botham	Eng	13	629	62	1981
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	18	579	75	1983
5	SM Pollock	SAF	14	593	69	1998
6	SM Pollock	SAF	13	573	55	2001
7	A Flintoff	Eng	14	709	68	2005
8	DL Vettori	NZl	14	672	54	2008
9	MG Johnson	Aus	13	500	63	2009
10	R Ashwin	Ind	10	530	56	2016

N Kapil Dev, SM Pollock. IT Botham are the three cricketers to perform such a feat on two occasions. The performance of these three cricketers are furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	IT Botham	Eng	12	597	66	1978
2	IT Botham	Eng	13	629	62	1981
1	N Kapil Dev	Ind	17	619	74	1979
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	18	579	75	1983
1	SM Pollock	SAF	14	593	69	1998
2	SM Pollock	SAF	13	573	55	2001

It is interesting to note that DL Vettori and R Ashwin are the only two spin bowlers in the elite list. The performance of these two cricketers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	DL Vettori	NZl	14	672	54	2008
2	R Ashwin	Ind	10	530	56	2016

 

KK Nair was dismissed run out for 4 against England at Mohali in the ongoing test to provide the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out on his test debut. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Ibrahim	44	3	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	JM Ghorpade	0	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
3	CG Borde	7	2	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	28 Nov 1958
4	Surendranath	8	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
5	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
6	PH Sharma	49	3	v West Indies	Delhi	11 Dec 1974
7	K Srikkanth	13	3	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
8	AO Malhotra	31	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
9	NS Sidhu	15	2	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
10	R Lamba	24	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
11	A Kumble	2	2	v England	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
12	KK Nair	4	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

KK Nair was dismissed run out for 4 against England at Mohali in the ongoing test to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out on his test debut against England. The following table lists all such occasions. The previous such occasion was witnessed against England when A Kumble  dismissed run out for 4 at Manchester in  Aug 1990.  A Kumble  is  the present coach of the Indian team

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
2	K Srikkanth	13	3	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
3	AO Malhotra	31	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
4	A Kumble	2	2	v England	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
5	KK Nair	4	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

 

F du Plessis’ 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide in the ongoing test provides the seventh occasion of a South African captain scoring a century against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	DJ McGlew	108	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
3	GC Smith	108	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
4	JH Kallis	102	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
5	GC Smith	101*	4	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
6	GC Smith	122	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
7	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

It also provides the second century by a South African captain against Australia at Adelaide, the first being GC Smith’ s 122 in Nov 2012. It also provides the second unbeaten century by a South African captain against Australia, the first being GC Smith’s 101 not out at Cape Town in Nov 2011

It also provides the third century by a South African captain against Australia in Australia. The following table lists all the three centurions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	108	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
2	GC Smith	122	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
3	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016