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Australian batsmen remaining not out with no score facing just one delivery in one day internationals – PJ Cummins joins the list

Australian batsmen remaining not out with no score facing just one delivery in one day internationals – PJ Cummins joins the list

PJ Cummins remained not out without scoring facing a single delivery against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16 providing the 32nd occasion of an Australian batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Mins BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 LS Pascoe 0* 5 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 19 Jan 1982
2 CG Rackemann 0* 3 1 2 v New Zealand Melbourne 22 Jan 1983
3 DK Lillee 0* 1 1 1 v New Zealand Perth 06 Feb 1983
4 TG Hogan 0* – 1 1 v West Indies Lord’s 18 Jun 1983
5 WB Phillips 0* 7 1 1 v West Indies Albion 29 Feb 1984
6 SP O’Donnell 0* 3 1 1 v England Lord’s 03 Jun 1985
7 RJ Bright 0* 3 1 2 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Mar 1986
8 PL Taylor 0* 1 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 06 Feb 1987
9 CG Rackemann 0* 2 1 2 v England Nottingham 27 May 1989
10 MG Hughes 0* 1 1 1 v Sri Lanka Melbourne 04 Jan 1990
11 TM Alderman 0* 3 1 2 v Pakistan Sydney 20 Feb 1990
12 MR Whitney 0* 2 1 1 v India Sydney 20 Jan 1992
13 SR Waugh 0* 2 1 1 v New Zealand Melbourne 19 Jan 1994
14 GD McGrath 0* 1 1 1 v India Sharjah 19 Apr 1994
15 IA Healy 0* 2 1 1 v West Indies Adelaide 17 Dec 1995
16 SK Warne 0* 3 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 14 Jan 1998
17 GD McGrath 0* 4 1 1 v South Africa Birmingham 17 Jun 1999
18 SCG MacGill 0* 2 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne 23 Jan 2000
19 GD McGrath 0* 3 1 2 v South Africa Melbourne-CS 20 Aug 2000
20 GD McGrath 0* 5 1 2 v India Indore 31 Mar 2001
21 DR Martyn 0* 3 1 2 v Bangladesh Cairns 02 Aug 2003
22 GD McGrath 0* 1 1 1 v England Birmingham 21 Sep 2004
23 GD McGrath 0* 1 1 1 v England Bristol 19 Jun 2005
24 B Lee 0* 2 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne-CS 03 Feb 2006
25 GD McGrath 0* 1 1 1 v India Kuala Lumpur 22 Sep 2006
26 MG Johnson 0* 3 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 04 Jul 2008
27 NW Bracken 0* 6 1 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Apr 2009
28 NM Hauritz 0* 1 1 1 v Pakistan Adelaide 26 Jan 2010
29 SW Tait 0* 5 1 1 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 19 Mar 2011
30 BW Hilfenhaus 0* 1 1 1 v West Indies Gros Islet 25 Mar 2012
31 XJ Doherty 0* 2 1 1 v Sri Lanka Sydney 08 Mar 2015
32 PJ Cummins 0* 16 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016

PJ Cummins’ feat provides the sixth such occasion against New Zealand and all such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Mins BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 CG Rackemann 0* 3 1 2 v New Zealand Melbourne 22 Jan 1983
2 DK Lillee 0* 1 1 1 v New Zealand Perth 06 Feb 1983
3 RJ Bright 0* 3 1 2 v New Zealand Wellington 26 Mar 1986
4 SR Waugh 0* 2 1 1 v New Zealand Melbourne 19 Jan 1994
5 SK Warne 0* 3 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 14 Jan 1998
6 PJ Cummins 0* 16 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016

PJ Cummins’ feat provides the seventh such occasion at Sydney and all such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Mins BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 LS Pascoe 0* 5 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 19 Jan 1982
2 PL Taylor 0* 1 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 06 Feb 1987
3 TM Alderman 0* 3 1 2 v Pakistan Sydney 20 Feb 1990
4 MR Whitney 0* 2 1 1 v India Sydney 20 Jan 1992
5 SK Warne 0* 3 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 14 Jan 1998
6 XJ Doherty 0* 2 1 1 v Sri Lanka Sydney 08 Mar 2015
7 PJ Cummins 0* 16 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
PJ Cummins of Australia emulates MM Sharma of India – Both spend 16 minutes in the middle to remain not out with no score facing just a single delivery

PJ Cummins of Australia emulates MM Sharma of India – Both spend 16 minutes in the middle to remain not out with no score facing just a single delivery

PJ Cummins of Australia spent 16 minutes at the crease and remained not out with no score facing just a single delivery in the first one day game against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16. He became the fourth batsman in the history of one day internationals to remain at the crease for ten plus minutes to remain not out with a duck facing a single delivery. The four batsmen who have accomplished the feat are listed below

No Player Runs Mins BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MM Sharma 0* 16 1 1 Ind RSA Indore 14 Oct 2015
2 PJ Cummins 0* 16 1 1 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016
3 Shoaib Akhtar 0* 11 1 2 Pak RSA Abu Dhabi 31 Oct 2010
4 Robiul Islam 0* 10 1 1 Ban Zom Bulawayo 05 May 2013

PJ Cummins became the first Australian batsman to accomplish such a feat and shares this dubious record with MM Sharma of India. MM Sharma also remained not out with no score facing a single delivery against South Africa at Indore on 14.10.15. Both these batsmen spent 16 minutes in the middle

No Player Runs Mins BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MM Sharma 0* 16 1 1 Ind RSA Indore 14 Oct 2015
2 PJ Cummins 0* 16 1 1 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

 

New Zealand batsmen’s centuries in vain in one day internationals – MJ Guptill joins the list

New Zealand batsmen’s centuries in vain in one day internationals – MJ Guptill joins the list

MJ Guptil of New Zealand scored 114 against Australia at Sydney on 04.12.16 which was in a losing cause.  It provides the 32nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s century going in vain in one day internationals.  All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KJ Wadsworth 104 2 v Australia Christchurch 31 Mar 1974
2 BA Edgar 102* 2 v Australia Melbourne 01 Feb 1981
3 MJ Greatbatch 111 1 v England The Oval 25 May 1990
4 KR Rutherford 108 1 v India Vadodara 28 Oct 1994
5 AC Parore 108 2 v South Africa Centurion 11 Dec 1994
6 KR Rutherford 102* 1 v Sri Lanka East London 18 Dec 1994
7 CL Cairns 103 1 v India Pune 24 Nov 1995
8 CZ Harris 130 1 v Australia Chennai 11 Mar 1996
9 NJ Astle 104 1 v Australia Napier 01 Mar 2000
10 RG Twose 103 1 v South Africa Cape Town 04 Nov 2000
11 MS Sinclair 117 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 12 Apr 2001
12 NJ Astle 108 1 v India Colombo (SSC) 02 Aug 2001
13 CD McMillan 105 1 v Pakistan Rawalpindi 24 Apr 2002
14 SB Styris 141 2 v Sri Lanka Bloemfontein 10 Feb 2003
15 HJH Marshall 101* 2 v Pakistan Faisalabad 03 Dec 2003
16 PG Fulton 112 2 v Sri Lanka Napier 08 Jan 2006
17 LRPL Taylor 128* 1 v Sri Lanka Napier 28 Dec 2006
18 JDP Oram 101* 2 v Australia Perth 28 Jan 2007
19 SP Fleming 106 2 v England Brisbane 06 Feb 2007
20 SB Styris 111* 1 v Sri Lanka St George’s 12 Apr 2007
21 GD Elliott 115 2 v Australia Sydney 08 Feb 2009
22 JD Ryder 105 2 v India Christchurch 08 Mar 2009
23 KS Williamson 108 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 14 Oct 2010
24 LRPL Taylor 119 1 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 25 Oct 2011
25 KS Williamson 100* 1 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 25 Oct 2011
26 LRPL Taylor 110 2 v West Indies Basseterre 14 Jul 2012
27 LRPL Taylor 100 1 v England Napier 20 Feb 2013
28 LRPL Taylor 107* 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 03 Nov 2013
29 LRPL Taylor 105* 1 v Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 08 Dec 2014
30 BB McCullum 117 1 v Sri Lanka Hamilton 15 Jan 2015
31 LRPL Taylor 112* 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 02 Aug 2015
32 MJ Guptill 114 2 v Australia Sydney 04 Dec 2016

It also provides the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s century in a losing cause against Australia in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KJ Wadsworth 104 2 v Australia Christchurch 31 Mar 1974
2 BA Edgar 102* 2 v Australia Melbourne 01 Feb 1981
3 CZ Harris 130 1 v Australia Chennai 11 Mar 1996
4 NJ Astle 104 1 v Australia Napier 01 Mar 2000
5 JDP Oram 101* 2 v Australia Perth 28 Jan 2007
6 GD Elliott 115 2 v Australia Sydney 08 Feb 2009
7 MJ Guptill 114 2 v Australia Sydney 04 Dec 2016

MJ Guptill’s 114 which went in vain against Australia at Sydney on 04.12.16 provides the  eighth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman’s century in a losing cause. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 BA Edgar 102* 2 v Australia Melbourne 01 Feb 1981
2 NJ Astle 104 1 v Australia Napier 01 Mar 2000
3 MS Sinclair 117 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 12 Apr 2001
4 NJ Astle 108 1 v India Colombo (SSC) 02 Aug 2001
5 SP Fleming 106 2 v England Brisbane 06 Feb 2007
6 JD Ryder 105 2 v India Christchurch 08 Mar 2009
7 BB McCullum 117 1 v Sri Lanka Hamilton 15 Jan 2015
8 MJ Guptill 114 2 v Australia Sydney 04 Dec 2016
Australian opening batsmen dismissed first ball for a duck in one day games

Australian opening batsmen dismissed first ball for a duck in one day games

AJ Finch collected the first ball duck against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16 to provide the 23rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed first ball for a duck in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GD Watson 0 1 1 v England Manchester 24 Aug 1972
2 TM Chappell 0 1 1 v England Birmingham 06 Jun 1981
3 GM Wood 0 1 1 v West Indies Melbourne 06 Jan 1985
4 GR Marsh 0 1 2 v England Sharjah 09 Apr 1987
5 GR Marsh 0 1 2 v New Zealand Melbourne 15 Jan 1991
6 ME Waugh 0 1 2 v New Zealand Napier 01 Mar 2000
7 ME Waugh 0 1 2 v Pakistan Nottingham 19 Jun 2001
8 AC Gilchrist 0 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne 13 Jan 2002
9 AC Gilchrist 0 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne-CS 15 Jun 2002
10 ML Hayden 0 1 1 v India Mumbai 01 Nov 2003
11 ML Hayden 0 1 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 25 May 2004
12 AC Gilchrist 0 1 1 v South Africa Brisbane 15 Jan 2006
13 AC Gilchrist 0 1 2 v England Sydney 02 Feb 2007
14 MJ Clarke 0 1 1 v India Nagpur 14 Oct 2007
15 MJ Clarke 0 1 1 v India Mumbai 17 Oct 2007
16 BJ Haddin 0 1 2 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 01 May 2009
17 SR Watson 0 1 1 v West Indies Johannesburg 26 Sep 2009
18 BJ Haddin 0 1 2 v New Zealand Auckland 11 Mar 2010
19 SR Watson 0 1 1 v West Indies Melbourne 10 Feb 2013
20 AJ Finch 0 1 1 v England Cardiff 14 Sep 2013
21 AJ Finch 0 1 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 07 Oct 2014
22 AJ Finch 0 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 13 Jun 2016
23 AJ Finch 0 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016

 

Opening batsman collecting first ball ducks against New Zealand in one day games

Opening batsman collecting first ball ducks against New Zealand in one day games

AJ Finch of Australia collected the first ball duck against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16 to provide the 26th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 0 1 1 Ind NZl Perth 09 Dec 1980
2 GR Marsh 0 1 2 Aus NZl Melbourne 15 Jan 1991
3 Aamer Sohail 0 1 2 Pak NZl Christchurch 18 Mar 1992
4 RS Mahanama 0 1 1 Srl NZl Bloemfontein 08 Dec 1994
5 CB Wishart 0 1 1 Zim NZl Wellington 06 Feb 1998
6 ST Jayasuriya 0 1 2 Srl NZl Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
7 G Kirsten 0 1 2 RSA NZl Napier 26 Mar 1999
8 SL Campbell 0 1 1 Win NZl Taupo 04 Jan 2000
9 SL Campbell 0 1 1 Win NZl Napier 06 Jan 2000
10 ME Waugh 0 1 2 Aus NZl Napier 01 Mar 2000
11 Saeed Anwar 0 1 1 Pak NZl Napier 20 Feb 2001
12 Imran Nazir 0 1 2 Pak NZl Christchurch 25 Feb 2001
13 HH Gibbs 0 1 1 RSA NZl Brisbane 19 Jan 2002
14 Imran Nazir 0 1 2 Pak NZl Rawalpindi 24 Apr 2002
15 Al Sahariar 0 1 2 Ban NZl Colombo (SSC) 23 Sep 2002
16 SC Ganguly 0 1 2 Ind NZl Wellington 08 Jan 2003
17 DD Ebrahim 0 1 1 Zim NZl Bloemfontein 08 Mar 2003
18 MP Vaughan 0 1 1 Eng NZl Brisbane 06 Feb 2007
19 BJ Haddin 0 1 2 Aus NZl Auckland 11 Mar 2010
20 Shahriar Nafees 0 1 1 Ban NZl Dhaka 14 Oct 2010
21 LD Chandimal 0 1 1 Srl NZl Hambantota 12 Nov 2012
22 MDKJ Perera 0 1 1 Srl NZl Cardiff 09 Jun 2013
23 FDM Karunaratne 0 1 1 Srl NZl Hambantota 10 Nov 2013
24 CS MacLeod 0 1 1 Sco NZl Dunedin 17 Feb 2015
25 JJ Roy 0 1 1 Eng NZl Birmingham 09 Jun 2015
26 AJ Finch 0 1 1 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

AJ Finch of Australia collected the first ball duck against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16 to provide the fourth occasion of an Australian opening batsman collecting the first ball duck against New Zealand in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GR Marsh 0 1 2 Aus NZl Melbourne 15 Jan 1991
2 ME Waugh 0 1 2 Aus NZl Napier 01 Mar 2000
3 BJ Haddin 0 1 2 Aus NZl Auckland 11 Mar 2010
4 AJ Finch 0 1 1 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

 

Opening batsmen collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the annals of one day games

Opening batsmen collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the annals of one day games

AJ Finch of Australia was dismissed first ball for a duck against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16. It represents his fourth first ball duck in one day internations and provides the tenth occasion of an opening batsman collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the history of one day internationals. The following table lists all such occasions

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009
                   
2 1 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Australia Kuala Lumpur 24 Sep 2006
  2 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v India Chennai 27 Jan 2007
  3 CH Gayle Win 0 1 1 v Australia Adelaide 09 Feb 2010
  4 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 06 Feb 2011
  5 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Centurion 28 Jan 2015
                   
3 1 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 05 Jan 1989
  2 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v India Perth 06 Dec 1991
  3 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Port of Spain 12 Apr 1992
  4 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Pakistan Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
  5 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 25 Nov 1993
                   
4 1 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v Australia Brisbane 08 Jan 1989
  2 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1990
  3 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v England Nottingham 20 Aug 1992
  4 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 17 Dec 1992
  5 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
                   
5 1 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 01 Aug 2001
  2 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Jun 2002
  3 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 06 Jul 2002
  4 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Australia Mumbai 01 Nov 2003
  5 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v West Indies Ahmedabad 05 Dec 2011
                   
6 1 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v England Cardiff 14 Sep 2013
  2 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 07 Oct 2014
  3 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 13 Jun 2016
  4 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
                   
7 1 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 Mar 1999
  2 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v Australia Bulawayo 21 Oct 1999
  3 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v South Africa Durban 02 Feb 2000
  4 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 06 Feb 2000
                   
8 1 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 2 v Pakistan Sharjah 24 Mar 2000
  2 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 19 Jan 2002
  3 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 1 v Pakistan Tangier 18 Aug 2002
  4 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 2 v Pakistan Lahore 20 Oct 2007
                   
9 1 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne 13 Jan 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne-CS 15 Jun 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Brisbane 15 Jan 2006
  4 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 2 v England Sydney 02 Feb 2007
                   
10 1 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 13 Aug 2010
  2 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 2 v India Dambulla 25 Aug 2010
  3 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Dunedin 23 Jan 2015
  4 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Wellington 29 Jan 2015

ST Jayasuriya of  Sri Lanka, CH Gayle of West Indies, DL Haynes of West Indies, Rameez Raja of Pakistan and V Sehwag of India are the five opening batsmen who have collected the first ball ducks on five or more occasions. Their performance is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009
                   
2 1 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Australia Kuala Lumpur 24 Sep 2006
  2 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v India Chennai 27 Jan 2007
  3 CH Gayle Win 0 1 1 v Australia Adelaide 09 Feb 2010
  4 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 06 Feb 2011
  5 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Centurion 28 Jan 2015
                   
3 1 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 05 Jan 1989
  2 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v India Perth 06 Dec 1991
  3 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Port of Spain 12 Apr 1992
  4 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Pakistan Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
  5 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 25 Nov 1993
                   
4 1 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v Australia Brisbane 08 Jan 1989
  2 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1990
  3 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v England Nottingham 20 Aug 1992
  4 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 17 Dec 1992
  5 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
                   
5 1 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 01 Aug 2001
  2 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Jun 2002
  3 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 06 Jul 2002
  4 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Australia Mumbai 01 Nov 2003
  5 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v West Indies Ahmedabad 05 Dec 2011

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka with eight first ball ducks hold the record for most first ball ducks by an  opening batsman in the annals of one day internationals. His performance is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009

AJ Finch became the second Australian opening batsman to collect the first ball ducks in one day internationals after AC Gilchrist. The performance of  both the openers is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v England Cardiff 14 Sep 2013
  2 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 07 Oct 2014
  3 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 13 Jun 2016
  4 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
                   
2 1 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne 13 Jan 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne-CS 15 Jun 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Brisbane 15 Jan 2006
  4 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 2 v England Sydney 02 Feb 2007
Captains scoring 150 plus runs in one day internationals – SPD Smith joins the elite list

Captains scoring 150 plus runs in one day internationals – SPD Smith joins the elite list

SPD Smith of Australia scored 164 run against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16 to provide the 14th occasion of a captain scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are listed below. V Sehwag of India is the only captain to score 200 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. He has scored 219 against West Indies at Indore on 08.12.11

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GM Turner 171* NZl EAF Birmingham 07 Jun 1975
2 N Kapil Dev 175* Ind Zim Tunbridge Wells 18 Jun 1983
3 IVA Richards 181 Win Srl Karachi 13 Oct 1987
4 M Azharuddin 153* Ind Zim Cuttack 09 Apr 1998
5 SR Tendulkar 186* Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 08 Nov 1999
6 ST Jayasuriya 189 Srl Ind Sharjah 29 Oct 2000
7 BC Lara 156 Win Pak Adelaide 28 Jan 2005
8 RT Ponting 164 Aus SAF Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
9 AJ Strauss 154 Eng Ban Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
10 AJ Strauss 158 Eng Ind Bangalore 27 Feb 2011
11 V Sehwag 219 Ind Win Indore 08 Dec 2011
12 GJ Bailey 156 Aus Ind Nagpur 30 Oct 2013
13 AB de Villiers 162* SAF Win Sydney 27 Feb 2015
14 SPD Smith 164 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

It also provides the third  occasion of an Australian captain scoring 150 plus runs  in a one  day game. All the three occasions are listed below. SPD Smith and  RT Ponting share the record for most runs by an Australian captain in one day games – both have scored an identical 164 runs. RT Ponting had scored 164 runs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 164 Aus SAF Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
2 GJ Bailey 156 Aus Ind Nagpur 30 Oct 2013
3 SPD Smith 164 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

SPD Smith became the second captain to score 150 plus runs against New Zealand after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had scored 186 not out against New Zealand at Hyd-RGS on 08.11.99

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SR Tendulkar 186* Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 08 Nov 1999
2 SPD Smith 164 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

SPD Smith became the second captain to score 150 plus runs at Sydney. AB de Villiers of South Africa is the other captain. He had made 162 not out against West Indies on 27.02.15. Thus SPD Smith holds the record for most runs by a captain in a one day game at Sydney

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AB de Villiers 162* SAF Win Sydney 27 Feb 2015
2 SPD Smith 164 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016

AJ Strauss of England Is the only captain to score 150 plus runs on two occasions. Both the occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Strauss 154 Eng Ban Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
2 AJ Strauss 158 Eng Ind Bangalore 27 Feb 2011

The following table lists the teams wise break up of captains who have scored 150 plus runs. Indian captains has the record for scoring 150 plus runs on most occasions – four. Australian captains have  accomplished the feat on three occasions

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 164 Aus SAF Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
2 GJ Bailey 156 Aus Ind Nagpur 30 Oct 2013
3 SPD Smith 164 Aus NZl Sydney 04 Dec 2016
             
1 AJ Strauss 154 Eng Ban Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
2 AJ Strauss 158 Eng Ind Bangalore 27 Feb 2011
             
1 N Kapil Dev 175* Ind Zim Tunbridge Wells 18 Jun 1983
2 M Azharuddin 153* Ind Zim Cuttack 09 Apr 1998
3 SR Tendulkar 186* Ind NZl Hyd-RGS 08 Nov 1999
4 V Sehwag 219 Ind Win Indore 08 Dec 2011
             
1 GM Turner 171* NZl EAF Birmingham 07 Jun 1975
             
1 AB de Villiers 162* SAF Win Sydney 27 Feb 2015
             
1 ST Jayasuriya 189 Srl Ind Sharjah 29 Oct 2000
             
1 IVA Richards 181 Win Srl Karachi 13 Oct 1987
2 BC Lara 156 Win Pak Adelaide 28 Jan 2005

 

Fifty plus test wickets by bowlers in a calendar year in consecutive years

Fifty plus test wickets by bowlers in a calendar year in consecutive years

R Ashwin with his 62 test wickets in 2015 and 59 test wickets in 2016 earned the distinction of becoming the eighth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets in two or consecutive years. His feat provides the tenth such occasion. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2707 1347 59 6 2 2016
                       
2 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 5 0 2002
                       
3 1 MJ Hoggard Eng 13 24 2453 1514 58 3 1 2005
  2 MJ Hoggard Eng 14 26 3131 1560 51 2 0 2006
                       
4 1 MG Johnson Aus 14 28 3510 1828 63 2 1 2008
  2 MG Johnson Aus 13 24 3017 1728 63 2 0 2009
                       
5 1 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 7 3 2000
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 7 4 2001
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 5 2 2002
                       
6 1 M Muralitharan Srl 8 15 2049 963 52 4 1 2005
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 11 21 3532 1521 90 9 5 2006
                       
7 1 GP Swann Eng 12 21 3108 1508 54 4 0 2009
  2 GP Swann Eng 14 25 3456 1662 64 6 1 2010
                       
8 1 SK Warne Aus 16 29 5054 1697 72 2 0 1993
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 6 2 1994
                       
9 1 SK Warne Aus 13 25 3501 1809 58 4 1 2001
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 20 2874 1310 67 3 1 2002
                       
10 1 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3472 1685 70 5 2 2004
  2 SK Warne Aus 15 30 4336 2114 96 6 2 2005
                       
11 1 RGD Willis Eng 11 21 2146 1049 50 5 0 1977
  2 RGD Willis Eng 14 26 2977 1067 57 4 0 1978

R Ashwin with his 62 test wickets in 2015 and 59 test wickets in 2016 earned the distinction of becoming the second Indian bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus test wickets in consecutive years.  Harbhajan Singh is the other bowler to accomplish such a feat. He had captured 60 test wickets in 2001 and 63 test wickets in 2002. The performance of these two bowlers is listed below

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2707 1347 59 6 2 2016
                       
2 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 5 0 2002

M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka remains the only bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus test wickets in three consecutive years. He had captured 75 test wickets in 2000, 80 test wickets in 2001 and 55 test wickets in 2002. His performance is listed below

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 7 3 2000
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 7 4 2001
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 5 2 2002

M Muralitharan of  Sri Lanka and SK Warne of Australia are the only two bowlers to accomplish the feat of capturing 50 plus test wickets in two or more consecutive calendar years on two or more occasions.  M Muralitharan has accomplished such a feat on two occasions, while SK Warne has accomplished the feat on three occasions. The performance of these two bowlers are listed below

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 7 3 2000
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 7 4 2001
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 5 2 2002
                       
2 1 M Muralitharan Srl 8 15 2049 963 52 4 1 2005
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 11 21 3532 1521 90 9 5 2006
                       
1 1 SK Warne Aus 16 29 5054 1697 72 2 0 1993
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 6 2 1994
                       
2 1 SK Warne Aus 13 25 3501 1809 58 4 1 2001
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 20 2874 1310 67 3 1 2002
                       
2 1 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3472 1685 70 5 2 2004
  2 SK Warne Aus 15 30 4336 2114 96 6 2 2005
                       
Bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in tests in two or more calendar years

Bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in tests in two or more calendar years

R Ashwin {59} and HMRKB Herath {54} captured 50 plus wickets in calendar year to provide the 93rd and 94th occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year. R Ashwin’s 59 wickets provides the second  occasion of his  capturing 50 plus  wickets in a calendar year – the  first being  his 62 wickets in 2015. HMRKB Herath’s 54 wickets provide the third occaion of his  capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year – the other two being  his 60 wickets in 2012 and 56 wickets in 2014. The following table lists the twenty two bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in two or more calendar years.

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 TM Alderman Aus 10 19 2672 1222 54 4 0 1981
  2 TM Alderman Aus 10 18 2592 1067 50 6 1 1989
                       
2 1 JM Anderson Eng 12 23 2778 1309 57 3 1 2010
  2 JM Anderson Eng 14 27 3191 1655 52 3 1 2013
                       
3 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2707 1347 59 6 2 2016
                       
4 1 IT Botham Eng 12 23 2877 1201 66 6 1 1978
  2 IT Botham Eng 13 21 3338 1584 62 4 1 1981
                       
5 1 SCJ Broad Eng 14 26 2869 1600 62 5 1 2013
  2 SCJ Broad Eng 14 27 2703 1334 56 2 0 2015
                       
6 1 J Garner Win 12 22 2726 880 53 1 0 1980
  2 J Garner Win 15 29 3626 1629 79 4 0 1984
                       
7 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 5 0 2002
  3 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 23 4230 1987 63 2 1 2008
                       
8 1 HMRKB Herath Srl 10 18 3224 1417 60 7 2 2012
  2 HMRKB Herath Srl 9 18 3355 1522 56 5 1 2014
  3 HMRKB Herath Srl 8 15 2205 947 54 5 2 2016
                       
9 1 MJ Hoggard Eng 13 24 2453 1514 58 3 1 2005
  2 MJ Hoggard Eng 14 26 3131 1560 51 2 0 2006
                       
10 1 MG Johnson Aus 14 28 3510 1828 63 2 1 2008
  2 MG Johnson Aus 13 24 3017 1728 63 2 0 2009
                       
11 1 N Kapil Dev Ind 17 29 3553 1699 74 5 0 1979
  2 N Kapil Dev Ind 18 25 3469 1739 75 5 1 1983
                       
12 1 A Kumble Ind 10 19 3491 1461 54 4 2 1999
  2 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 6 2 2004
  3 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3798 1910 57 2 0 2006
                       
13 1 GD McGrath Aus 10 20 2319 1138 52 4 0 1995
  2 GD McGrath Aus 13 25 3113 1347 63 4 0 1997
  3 GD McGrath Aus 14 27 3364 1425 67 4 1 1999
  4 GD McGrath Aus 14 27 3508 1473 68 4 0 2001
  5 GD McGrath Aus 13 26 3144 1352 62 3 0 2005
                       
14 1 MD Marshall Win 11 20 2371 1116 54 3 0 1983
  2 MD Marshall Win 13 25 3251 1471 73 9 1 1984
  3 MD Marshall Win 10 20 2477 1072 60 4 1 1988
                       
15 1 M Muralitharan Srl 8 16 3302 1256 68 7 2 1998
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 7 3 2000
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 7 4 2001
  4 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 5 2 2002
  5 M Muralitharan Srl 8 15 2049 963 52 4 1 2005
  6 M Muralitharan Srl 11 21 3532 1521 90 9 5 2006
                       
16 1 M Ntini SAF 12 24 2814 1566 59 4 1 2003
  2 M Ntini SAF 10 19 2153 1253 58 5 2 2006
  3 M Ntini SAF 15 28 2827 1537 54 1 0 2008
                       
17 1 SM Pollock SAF 14 25 3592 1411 69 6 0 1998
  2 SM Pollock SAF 13 26 3126 1176 55 4 1 2001
                       
18 1 DW Steyn SAF 13 24 2653 1481 74 5 1 2008
  2 DW Steyn SAF 11 20 2341 1285 60 4 1 2010
  3 DW Steyn SAF 9 18 2146 901 51 4 1 2013
                       
19 1 GP Swann Eng 12 21 3108 1508 54 4 0 2009
  2 GP Swann Eng 14 25 3456 1662 64 6 1 2010
  3 GP Swann Eng 14 24 3806 1766 59 3 1 2012
                       
20 1 CA Walsh Win 12 23 3051 1349 62 4 1 1995
  2 CA Walsh Win 14 24 3501 1234 66 4 1 2000
                       
21 1 SK Warne Aus 16 29 5054 1697 72 2 0 1993
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 6 2 1994
  3 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3051 1254 52 1 1 1995
  4 SK Warne Aus 15 28 4091 1661 68 2 0 1997
  5 SK Warne Aus 13 25 3501 1809 58 4 1 2001
  6 SK Warne Aus 10 20 2874 1310 67 3 1 2002
  7 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3472 1685 70 5 2 2004
  8 SK Warne Aus 15 30 4336 2114 96 6 2 2005
                       
22 1 RGD Willis Eng 11 21 2146 1049 50 5 0 1977
  2 RGD Willis Eng 14 26 2977 1067 57 4 0 1978
  3 RGD Willis Eng 13 24 2428 1236 52 2 0 1982

R Ashwin is the fourth Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in two or more calendar years. Harbhajan Singh {03}, N Kapil Dev {02} and A Kumble {03} are the other three bowlers who have accomplished the feat

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2707 1347 59 6 2 2016
                       
2 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 5 0 2002
  3 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 23 4230 1987 63 2 1 2008
                       
3 1 N Kapil Dev Ind 17 29 3553 1699 74 5 0 1979
  2 N Kapil Dev Ind 18 25 3469 1739 75 5 1 1983
                       
4 1 A Kumble Ind 10 19 3491 1461 54 4 2 1999
  2 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 6 2 2004
  3 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3798 1910 57 2 0 2006