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200 plus runs partnerships by West Indies batsmen against England in a test innings – KJ Brathwaite and SD Hope add 246 runs for the fourth wicket at Leeds

200 plus runs partnerships by West Indies batsmen against England in a test innings – KJ Brathwaite and SD Hope add 246 runs for the fourth wicket at Leeds

KG Brathwaite and SD Hope of West Indies added 246 runs for the fourth wicket in the ongoing test against England at Leeds to provide the 73rd occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a two hundred plus runs partnership against various oppositions in a test innings. It also provides the 29th such occasion against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GA Headley, RK Nunes 2 227 4 v England Kingston 03 Apr 1930
2 IM Barrow, GA Headley 2 200 1 v England Manchester 22 Jul 1933
3 GA Headley, JED Sealy 3 202 1 v England Kingston 14 Mar 1935
4 GE Gomez, CL Walcott 6 211 3 v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
5 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 4 283 2 v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
6 JKC Holt, FMM Worrell 2 222 3 v England Bridgetown 06 Feb 1954
7 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 3 338 1 v England Port of Spain 17 Mar 1954
8 GS Sobers, FMM Worrell 4 399 2 v England Bridgetown 06 Jan 1960
9 DAJ Holford, GS Sobers 6 274* 3 v England Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
10 SM Nurse, GS Sobers 5 265 1 v England Leeds 04 Aug 1966
11 RB Kanhai, SM Nurse 3 273 1 v England Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
12 RB Kanhai, GS Sobers 4 250 1 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
13 AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd 4 208 1 v England The Oval 26 Jul 1973
14 RC Fredericks, LG Rowe 1 206 2 v England Kingston 16 Feb 1974
15 AI Kallicharran, LG Rowe 2 249 2 v England Bridgetown 06 Mar 1974
16 AI Kallicharran, IVA Richards 3 303 1 v England Nottingham 03 Jun 1976
17 DL Haynes, IVA Richards 2 223 2 v England Lord’s 19 Jun 1980
18 HA Gomes, IVA Richards 3 206 2 v England Birmingham 14 Jun 1984
19 HA Gomes, CG Greenidge 2 287* 4 v England Lord’s 28 Jun 1984
20 CG Greenidge, DL Haynes 1 298 2 v England St John’s 12 Apr 1990
21 S Chanderpaul, BC Lara 5 219 1 v England St John’s 16 Apr 1994
22 BC Lara, RR Sarwan 3 232 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
23 RD Jacobs, BC Lara 6 282* 1 v England St John’s 10 Apr 2004
24 BC Lara, RR Sarwan 3 209 2 v England Birmingham 29 Jul 2004
25 CH Gayle, RR Sarwan 2 202 2 v England Kingston 04 Feb 2009
26 D Ramdin, RR Sarwan 6 261 2 v England Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
27 S Chanderpaul, BP Nash 5 234 2 v England Port of Spain 06 Mar 2009
28 DJG Sammy, MN Samuels 7 204 1 v England Nottingham 25 May 2012
29 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

This partnership provides the fifth occasion of  West Indies batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth  wicket against England. All such occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 4 283 2 v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
2 GS Sobers, FMM Worrell 4 399 2 v England Bridgetown 06 Jan 1960
3 RB Kanhai, GS Sobers 4 250 1 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
4 AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd 4 208 1 v England The Oval 26 Jul 1973
5 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

It also provides the 13th occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against England in England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 IM Barrow, GA Headley 2 200 1 v England Manchester 22 Jul 1933
2 GE Gomez, CL Walcott 6 211 3 v England Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
3 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 4 283 2 v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
4 DAJ Holford, GS Sobers 6 274* 3 v England Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
5 SM Nurse, GS Sobers 5 265 1 v England Leeds 04 Aug 1966
6 AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd 4 208 1 v England The Oval 26 Jul 1973
7 AI Kallicharran, IVA Richards 3 303 1 v England Nottingham 03 Jun 1976
8 DL Haynes, IVA Richards 2 223 2 v England Lord’s 19 Jun 1980
9 HA Gomes, IVA Richards 3 206 2 v England Birmingham 14 Jun 1984
10 HA Gomes, CG Greenidge 2 287* 4 v England Lord’s 28 Jun 1984
11 BC Lara, RR Sarwan 3 209 2 v England Birmingham 29 Jul 2004
12 DJG Sammy, MN Samuels 7 204 1 v England Nottingham 25 May 2012
13 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

It also provides the second occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against England at Leeds. Prior to this SM Nurse and GS Sobers had added 265 runs for the fifth wicket in Aug 1966.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SM Nurse, GS Sobers 5 265 1 v England Leeds 04 Aug 1966
2 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

It also provides the first 200 plus runs partnership by West Indies batsmen for the fourth wicket against England at Leeds thus constitute a record partnership at Leeds. The previous best was 143 runs between RB Kanhai and GS Sobers in Jul 1963

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017
2 RB Kanhai, GS Sobers 4 143 1 v England Leeds 25 Jul 1963

It also provides the sixth occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket  on away soil. The last occasion when West Indies batsmen had posted a 200 plus runs partnership on away soil was against India at Bengaluru in Nov 1974, which incidentally was Bengaluru’s first ever test. Thus it took 42 years and nine months for the West Indies batsmen to post a 200 plus runs partnership on away soil.  All the six occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GE Gomez, CL Walcott 4 267 1 v India Delhi 10 Nov 1948
2 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 4 283 2 v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
3 BF Butcher, RB Kanhai 4 217 1 v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1958
4 AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd 4 208 1 v England The Oval 26 Jul 1973
5 CG Greenidge, CH Lloyd 4 207 3 v India Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
6 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

It also provides the 13th occasion of West Indies batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GE Gomez, CL Walcott 4 267 1 v India Delhi 10 Nov 1948
2 ED Weekes, FMM Worrell 4 283 2 v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950
3 CL Walcott, FMM Worrell 4 213 2 v India Kingston 28 Mar 1953
4 BF Butcher, RB Kanhai 4 217 1 v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1958
5 GS Sobers, FMM Worrell 4 399 2 v England Bridgetown 06 Jan 1960
6 RB Kanhai, GS Sobers 4 250 1 v England Georgetown 28 Mar 1968
7 AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd 4 208 1 v England The Oval 26 Jul 1973
8 CG Greenidge, CH Lloyd 4 207 3 v India Bengaluru 22 Nov 1974
9 HA Gomes, CH Lloyd 4 237 2 v India Port of Spain 11 Mar 1983
10 IVA Richards, RB Richardson 4 235 2 v India Kingston 28 Apr 1989
11 S Chanderpaul, WW Hinds 4 284 1 v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005
12 S Chanderpaul, BP Nash 4 220 2 v South Africa Basseterre 18 Jun 2010
13 KC Brathwaite, SD Hope 4 246 2 v England Leeds 25 Aug 2017

 

JE Root emulates AB de Villiers to score a fifty in twelve consecutive test matches

JE Root emulates AB de Villiers to score a fifty in twelve consecutive test matches

JE Root of England scored 59 in the first innings of the ongoing Leeds test against West Indies to emulate AB de Villiers of South Africa who had scored fifty in twelve consecutive test matches. As on date AB de Villers and JE Root are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to  score a fifty in twelve consecutive test matches. JE Root went past – IVA Richards of West Indies, G Gambhir of India, V Sehwag of India and Mominul Haque of Bangladesh who had scored a fifty in eleven consecutive tests – on his way to share the world record. The following table lists the performance of AB de Villiers and JE Root

Player Mat 1st 2nd Team Oppn Ground Match Date
AB de Villiers 12 4 169 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
    67 – SAF NZl Cape Town 02 Jan 2013
    51 – SAF NZl Port Elizabeth 11 Jan 2013
    31 103* SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
    61 36 SAF Pak Cape Town 14 Feb 2013
    121 – SAF Pak Centurion 22 Feb 2013
    19 90 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
    164 – SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
    13 103 SAF Ind Johannesburg 18 Dec 2013
    74 DNB SAF Ind Durban 26 Dec 2013
    91 48 SAF Aus Centurion 12 Feb 2014
    116 29 SAF Aus Port Elizabeth 20 Feb 2014
               
JE Root 12 56 1 Eng Ban Dhaka 28 Oct 2016
    124 4 Eng Ind Rajkot 09 Nov 2016
    53 25 Eng Ind Visakhapatnam 17 Nov 2016
    15 78 Eng Ind Mohali 26 Nov 2016
    21 77 Eng Ind Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
    88 6 Eng Ind Chennai 16 Dec 2016
    190 5 Eng SAF Lord’s 06 Jul 2017
    78 8 Eng SAF Nottingham 14 Jul 2017
    29 50 Eng SAF The Oval 27 Jul 2017
    52 49 Eng SAF Manchester 04 Aug 2017
    136 – Eng Win Birmingham 17 Aug 2017
    59 – Eng Win Leeds 25 Aug 2017

 

MS Dhoni completes 5500 runs in India’s winning one day games

MS Dhoni completes 5500 runs in India’s winning one day games

MS Dhoni completed 5500 runs  in  India’s winning one day matches when he was on 37  during the course of his knock of 45 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 17. At the end of the game, his run aggregate read 5508. He became the seventh Indian batsman to accomplish the feat. The following table lists all the seven batsmen with their performances.

 

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 SR Tendulkar 234 231 34 11157 200* 56.63 33 59 8
2 SC Ganguly 147 145 21 6818 183 54.98 18 40 8
3 V Kohli 112 108 28 5977 183 74.71 24 26 6
4 Yuvraj Singh 171 153 35 5916 150 50.13 11 39 4
5 R Dravid 160 142 29 5729 153 50.69 08 47 1
6 V Sehwag 129 127 07 5605 219 46.70 14 27 5
7 MS Dhoni 163 131 56 5508 183* 73.44 06 38 4

 

V Kohli needs 23 more runs for his 6000 runs in India’s winning one day games. If he gets them, he would become the third Indian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring 6000 plus runs in India’s winniing games, after SR Tendulkar  {11157} and SC Ganguly {6818}

 

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 SR Tendulkar 234 231 34 11157 200* 56.63 33 59 8
2 SC Ganguly 147 145 21 6818 183 54.98 18 40 8
3 V Kohli 112 108 28 5977 183 74.71 24 26 6

 

B Kumar becomes the fourth batsman to score a half century at number nine when a team has chased the target

B Kumar becomes the fourth batsman to score a half century at number nine when a team has chased the target

B Kumar earned the distinction of becoming the  fourth batsman to  score a half century in one day games while batting at number nine when a team has won the game chasing. He scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 17 while batting at number nine in India’s innings. India chased the target and won the game by three wickets on DLS Method. The following table lists all the  four batsmen with their performances 

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BB McCullum 50* 2 NZl Aus Christchurch 10 Dec 2005
2 TM Odoyo 61* 2 Ken Ire Nairobi (R) 02 Feb 2007
3 JP Faulkner 69* 2 Aus Eng Brisbane 17 Jan 2014
4 B Kumar 53* 2 Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

Batsman at number nine scoring a half century in one day games – B Kumar of India joins the list with 53 not out at Pallekele

Batsman at number nine scoring a half century in one day games – B Kumar of India joins the list with 53 not out at Pallekele

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the 40th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 S Madan Lal 53* Ind Eng The Oval 04 Jun 1982
2 RG de Alwis 59* Srl Pak Swansea 09 Jun 1983
3 MA Holding 64 Win Aus Perth 05 Feb 1984
4 Tahir Naqqash 61 Pak NZl Auckland 16 Feb 1985
5 IP Butchart 54 Zim NZl Hyd-LBS 10 Oct 1987
6 RP Snell 51 RSA Srl Col-RPS 04 Sep 1993
7 SK Warne 55 Aus RSA Port Elizabeth 04 Apr 1994
8 AY Karim 53 Ken Zim Nairobi (G) 19 Oct 1997
9 L Klusener 54* RSA Win Cape Town 2 Feb 1999
10 L Klusener 52* RSA Srl Northampton 19 May 1999
11 L Klusener 52* RSA Zim Chelmsford 29 May 1999
12 NAM McLean 50* Win Zim Canterbury 11 Jul 2000
13 B Lee 51* Aus RSA Perth 03 Feb 2002
14 AJ Bichel 64 Aus NZl Port Elizabeth 11 Mar 2003
15 BB McCullum 51* NZl Aus Pune 03 Nov 2003
16 Jai P Yadav 69 Ind NZl Bulawayo 26 Aug 2005
17 BB McCullum 50* NZl Aus Christchurch 10 Dec 2005
18 LE Plunkett 56 Eng Pak Lahore 12 Dec 2005
19 AJ Hall 56* RSA Ind Cape Town 26 Nov 2006
20 TM Odoyo 61* Ken Ire Nairobi (R) 02 Feb 2007
21 GB Brent 59* Zim RSA Bulawayo 22 Aug 2007
22 Sohail Tanvir 59 Pak HKG Karachi 24 Jun 2008
23 KD Mills 54 NZl Ind Christchurch 08 Mar 2009
24 Mahbubul Alam 59 Ban Zim Bulawayo 14 Aug 2009
25 NO Miller 51 Win Pak Johannesburg 23 Sep 2009
26 P Kumar 54* Ind Aus Guwahati 08 Nov 2009
27 DJG Sammy 58* Win RSA North Sound 24 May 2010
28 KD Mills 52 NZl Ind Dambulla 25 Aug 2010
29 AD Russell 92* Win Ind North Sound 11 Jun 2011
30 DJG Sammy 84 Win Aus Gros Islet 25 Mar 2012
31 AD Russell 59* Win NZl Basseterre 16 Jul 2012
32 MA Starc 52* Aus Srl Sydney 20 Jan 2013
33 Abdur Razzak 53* Ban Zim Bulawayo 05 May 2013
34 JP Faulkner 69* Aus Eng Brisbane 17 Jan 2014
35 NLTC Perera 80* Srl Ban Dhaka 17 Feb 2014
36 JO Holder 56 Win RSA Sydney 27 Feb 2015
37 JO Holder 57 Win Ind Perth 06 Mar 2015
38 AG Cremer 58 Zim Afg Sharjah 02 Jan 2016
39 Shafiqullah 50* Afg Ire Greater Noida 19 Mar 2017
40 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below. S Madanlal with his 53 not out against England at The Oval on 04.06.82 is the first batsman to score a half century while batting at number nine  in the annals of one  day games.

 

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 S Madan Lal 53* Ind Eng The Oval 04 Jun 1982
2 Jai P Yadav 69 Ind NZl Bulawayo 26 Aug 2005
3 P Kumar 54* Ind Aus Guwahati 08 Nov 2009
4 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine against Sri Lanka in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RP Snell 51 RSA Srl Col-RPS 04 Sep 1993
2 L Klusener 52* RSA Srl Northampton 19 May 1999
3 MA Starc 52* Aus Srl Sydney 20 Jan 2013
4 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

B Kumar holds the record for scoring most runs against Sri Lanka while batting at number. The previous best was 52 not out and two batsmen had made this score – L Klusener at Northampton on 19.05.99 and MA Starc at Sydney on 20.01.13

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017
2 MA Starc 52* Aus Srl Sydney 20 Jan 2013
3 L Klusener 52* RSA Srl Northampton 19 May 1999

 

 

 

India wins the second one day game at Pallekele by three wickets on DLS Method

India wins the second one day game at Pallekele by three wickets on DLS Method

A Dananjaya captured six for 54 in this game to provide the 82nd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in one day games. It also provides the twelfth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or  more wickets in a one day game. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 ST Jayasuriya 9.5 0 29 6 1 v England Moratuwa 20 Mar 1993
2 M Muralitharan 10.0 1 30 7 2 v India Sharjah 27 Oct 2000
3 WPUJC Vaas 8.0 3 19 8 1 v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 08 Dec 2001
4 WPUJC Vaas 9.1 2 25 6 1 v Bangladesh Pietermaritzburg 14 Feb 2003
5 MF Maharoof 9.0 2 14 6 1 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 14 Oct 2006
6 CRD Fernando 8.0 0 27 6 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 13 Oct 2007
7 BAW Mendis 8.0 1 13 6 2 v India Karachi 06 Jul 2008
8 BAW Mendis 9.0 0 29 6 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 28 Nov 2008
9 AD Mathews 6.0 0 20 6 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 12 Sep 2009
10 SL Malinga 7.4 0 38 6 1 v Kenya Colombo (RPS) 01 Mar 2011
11 NLTC Perera 10.0 0 44 6 2 v Pakistan Pallekele 09 Jun 2012
12 A Dananjaya 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

A Dananjaya became the third Sri Lankan bowler to capture six or more wickets when a bowler has bowled his full quota of ten overs in a one day game. The following table lists  the three bowlers

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 M Muralitharan 10.0 1 30 7 2 v India Sharjah 27 Oct 2000
2 NLTC Perera 10.0 0 44 6 2 v Pakistan Pallekele 99 Jun 2012
3 A Dananjaya 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

A Dananjaya became the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to capture six or more wickets against India. Others are M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis and AD Mathews

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 M Muralitharan 10.0 1 30 7 2 v India Sharjah 27 Oct 2000
2 BAW Mendis 8.0 1 13 6 2 v India Karachi 06 Jul 2008
3 AD Mathews 6.0 0 20 6 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 12 Sep 2009
4 A Dananjaya 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

A Dananjaya captured six for 54 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing exact six wickets in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 ST Jayasuriya 9.5 0 29 6 1 v England Moratuwa 20 Mar 1993
2 WPUJC Vaas 9.1 2 25 6 1 v Bangladesh Pietermaritzburg 14 Feb 2003
3 MF Maharoof 9.0 2 14 6 1 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 14 Oct 2006
4 CRD Fernando 8.0 0 27 6 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 13 Oct 2007
5 BAW Mendis 8.0 1 13 6 2 v India Karachi 06 Jul 2008
6 BAW Mendis 9.0 0 29 6 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 28 Nov 2008
7 AD Mathews 6.0 0 20 6 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 12 Sep 2009
8 SL Malinga 7.4 0 38 6 1 v Kenya Colombo (RPS) 01 Mar 2011
9 NLTC Perera 10.0 0 44 6 2 v Pakistan Pallekele 09 Jun 2012
10 A Dananjaya 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

A Dananjaya became the most expensive Sri Lankan bowler in terms of runs conceded amongst the bowlers who have captured exact six wickets in a one day game. The previous record was held by NLTC Perera who had leaked 44 runs for his six wickets against Pakistan at Pallekele on 09 Jun 2012. By a coincidence, both A Dananjaya and NLTC Perera chose Pallekele as venue to capture exact six wickets

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 A Dananjaya 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017
2 NLTC Perera 10.0 0 44 6 2 v Pakistan Pallekele 09 Jun 2012

 

A Dananjaya became the first bowler to leak 50 plus more runs amongst the Sri Lankan bowlers who have captured six or more wickets in a one day game. He returned with figures of 6-54 in this game.

 

A Dananjaya captured six for 54 in this game to provide the 13th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets against India in one day games.

 

A Dananjaya became the 13th bowler to witness his six wickets in a losing cause in the history of one day internationals. He became the second bowler to witness his six wickets in a losing cause against India. Imran Khan’s 6 for 14 had gone in vain at Sharjah on 22 Mar 1985

 

No Player Team O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Imran Khan Pak 10.0 2 14 6 1 v India Sharjah 22 Mar 1985
2 A Dananjaya Srl 10.0 0 54 6 2 v India Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

MS Dhoni and B Kumar added 100 runs in an unfinished partnership for the eighth wicket in this game to provide the tenth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the eighth wicket in the history of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IP Butchart, DL Houghton 8 117 2 Zim NZl Hyd-LBS 10 Oct 1987
2 PR Reiffel, SK Warne 8 119 2 Aus RSA Port Elizabeth 04 Apr 1994
3 AY Karim, HS Modi 8 100 2 Ken Zim Nairobi (Gym) 19 Oct 1997
4 AJ Hall, JM Kemp 8 138* 1 RSA Ind Cape Town 26 Nov 2006
5 GB Brent, E Chigumbura 8 115 1 Zim RSA Bulawayo 22 Aug 2007
6 Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir 8 100 1 Pak HKG Karachi 24 Jun 2008
7 AD Russell, DJG Sammy 8 101 2 Win Aus Gros Islet 25 Mar 2012
8 Aizaz Khan, Tanwir Afzal 8 101 1 HKG UAE ICCA Dubai 18 Nov 2015
9 AG Cremer, H Masakadza 8 104 1 Zim Afg Sharjah 02 Jan 2016
10 MS Dhoni, B Kumar 8 100* 2 Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

MS Dhoni and B Kumar added 100 runs in an unfinished partnership for the eighth wicket in this game. This partnership not only provides the first occasion of Indian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the eighth wicket  but also provides the record partnership for the eighth wicket in one day games. The previous best was 84 runs partnership between Harbhajan Singh and P Kumar against Australia at Vadodara on 25 Oct 2009

 

This game witnessed  Indian batsmen posting two three  figure partnerships – 109 runs for the first wicket between RG Sharma and S Dhawan ; 100* for the eighth wicket between MS Dhoni and B Kumar – to provide the 39th occasion of Indian batsmen posting two three figure  partnerships in an innings against various opposition and also the seventh such occasion against Sri Lanka.

 

These two partnerships gave India 397 three figure partnerships in one day games. India owns the record for most three figure partnerships in the history of one day games. The unfinished partnership of 100 runs for the eighth wicket between MS Dhoni and B Kumar gave India, its 52nd unfinished partnership in one day games. India  is the only team in the history of one  day games to have 50 plus unfinished partnerships.

 

These two partnerships gave India 69 three figure partnerships in one day games against Sri Lanka. India owns the record for most three figure partnerships in the history of one day game against Sri Lanka. The unfinished partnership of 100 runs for the eighth wicket between MS Dhoni and B Kumar gave India, its eighth unfinished partnership in one day games against Sri Lanka. India  and Australia share  the record  for most unfinished partnerships against Sri Lanka.

 

When MS Dhoni stumped Sri Lankan opener MD Gunathilaka off the bowling of YS Chahal for 19, in this game against Sri Lanka at Pallekele, he had effected his 99th stumping dismissals in one day internationals.  At the end of the game, MS Dhoni and KC Sangakkara own the record for most stumping dismissals in the history of one day games

 

No Player Teams Span Mat Inns Dis Ct St
1 MS Dhoni Asia/India 2004-2017 298 293 377 278 99
2 KC Sangakkara Asia/ICC/Srl 2000-2015 404 397 501 402 99

 

MS Dhoni now require one stumping dismissal to earn the distinction of becoming the first wicket keeper in the history of one  day games to effect one hundred stumping dismissals

 

At the end of this game, India and Pakistan share the record for most stumping dismissals against Sri Lanka. Wicket keepers from both the teams have effected 47 stumping dismissals against Sri Lanka.

 

JJ Bumrah captured four for 43 in this game to provide the 167th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in a one day game. It also provides the 36th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in a one day game against Sri Lanka.

 

JJ Bumrah captured four for 43 in this game to provide the 128th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game. It also provides the 27th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game against Sri Lanka.

 

JJ Bumrah {4-43} and A Dananjaya {6-54} captured four or more wickets for India and Sri Lanka respectively in this game to provide the 180th occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a one day game in the  annals of one day games.

 

JJ Bumrah {4-43} and A Dananjaya {6-54} captured four or more wickets for India and Sri Lanka respectively in this game to provide the fifth occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in a one day game in India-Sri Lanka one day series

 

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the 40th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below. S Madanlal with his 53 not out against England at The Oval on 04.06.82 is the first batsman to score a half century while batting at number nine  in the annals of one  day games.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 S Madan Lal 53* Ind Eng The Oval 04 Jun 1982
2 Jai P Yadav 69 Ind NZl Bulawayo 26 Aug 2005
3 P Kumar 54* Ind Aus Guwahati 08 Nov 2009
4 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

B Kumar of India scored 53 not out against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 24 Aug 2017 to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a half century while batting at number nine against Sri Lanka in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RP Snell 51 RSA Srl Col-RPS 04 Sep 1993
2 L Klusener 52* RSA Srl Northampton 19 May 1999
3 MA Starc 52* Aus Srl Sydney 20 Jan 2013
4 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017

 

B Kumar holds the record for scoring most runs against Sri Lanka while batting at number. The previous best was 52 not out and two batsmen had made this score – L Klusener at Northampton on 19.05.99 and MA Starc at Sydney on 20.01.13

 

No Player Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 B Kumar 53* Ind Srl Pallekele 24 Aug 2017
2 MA Starc 52* Aus Srl Sydney 20 Jan 2013
3 L Klusener 52* RSA Srl Northampton 19 May 1999
MS Dhoni and KC Sangakkara share the record for most stumping dismissals in one day games

MS Dhoni and KC Sangakkara share the record for most stumping dismissals in one day games

When MS Dhoni stumped Sri Lankan opener MD Gunathilaka off the bowling of YS Chahal for 19, in the second one day game against Sri Lanka at Pallekele, he had effected his 99th stumping dismissals in one day internationals.  At the end of the game, MS Dhoni  and KC Sangakkara own the record for  most stumpings in the history of one day games

No Player Teams Span Mat Inns Dis Ct St
1 MS Dhoni Asia/India 2004-2017 298 293 377 278 99
2 KC Sangakkara Asia/ICC/Srl 2000-2015 404 397 501 402 99

 

SC issues show-cause notice to top BCCI office-bearers

SC issues show-cause notice to top BCCI office-bearers

Directs CoA to prepare draft BCCI Constitution

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued show-cause notice to BCCI office-bearers Amitabh Choudhary and Anirudh Chaudhry to explain their alleged lack of initiative and ability to push forward the Justice Lodha Committee reforms in the Special General Meeting (SGM) held on July 26.

Choudhary, who is the BCCI acting-secretary, and acting-treasurer Chaudhry were accused by Supreme Court’s amicus curiae and senior advocate Gopal Subramanium of being the “hidden, preponderant voices in the SGM of July 26 who just did not want to implement the Lodha reforms”.

Subramanium drew the court’s attention to the scathing fifth status report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) led by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, which recommended to the court to remove all the current BCCI office-bearers, including the acting-secretary, treasurer and the acting-president, C.K. Khanna for their non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s principal judgement of July 18, 2016 to implement Lodha reforms in the next six months.

Sen’s feedback

Subramanium referred to how former Supreme Court judge, Justice Vikramjit Sen, who was present in the July 26 SGM as the Delhi High Court-appointed administrator for Delhi and District Cricket Association, expressed strong reservations about the stakeholders’ hostility to the reforms.

Senior advocate Puneet Bali, who represents the BCCI office-bearers, objected to Subramanium’s submission that not a single recommendation of the Lodha Committee has been implemented so far. He submitted that his clients were actually “helpless”.

“After the July 26 meeting, emails were sent to each and every official to comply with Lodha reforms. I am only the secretary or the president. I am helpless,” Bali submitted. “Beseechment is not the solution, Mr. Bali. You have expressed your helplessness. Ok. So we will issue show-cause notice to them. None of the Lodha reforms have been implemented so far,” Justice Misra orally addressed Mr. Bali.

The Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud court referred to its July 24 order, directing that “the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee report as far as practicable, barring the issues which have been raised pertaining to membership, number of members of the selection committee, concept of associate membership, etc.” should be implemented.

Objective

“The purpose is to implement the report as far as practicable and, thereafter, it shall be debated as to how the scheme of things can be considered so that the cricket, the ‘gentleman’s game’, remains nearly perfect,” the court had recorded in its July 24 order.

The court directed the CoA to draft the BCCI Constitution by Sept. 19. While drafting the Constitution, the CoA would however keep in mind the July 24 Supreme Court order red-flagging the three issues of membership, number of members of selection committee and concept of associate membership.

The Bench said it would open the floor for all stakeholders to debate the draft constitution once it was handed over to the court.

by Krishnadas Rajagopal – Article Courtesy – The Hindu

V Kohli owns the record for most number of fifties scored by a batsman in the calendar year 2017

V Kohli owns the record for most number of fifties scored by a batsman in the calendar year 2017

V Kohli of India added one more feather in his cap when he scored 82 not out against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 20 Aug 17. It was his eight fifty in the calendar year 2017. He now owns the record for most fifties  in the calendar year 2017. He went past Q de Kock of South Africa, F du Plessis of South Africa, JE Root of England and LRPL Taylor of New Zealand who had scored seven fifties in the calendar year 2017. The performance of these five batsmen are tabulated below

V KOHLI  OF INDIA
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 122 2 v England Pune 15 Jan 2017
2 55 2 v England Kolkata 22 Jan 2017
3 81* 1 v Pakistan Birmingham 04 Jun 2017
4 76* 2 v South Africa The Oval 11 Jun 2017
5 96* 2 v Bangladesh Birmingham 15 Jun 2017
6 87 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 25 Jun 2017
7 111* 2 v West Indies Kingston 06 Jul 2017
8 82* 2 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 20 Aug 2017
Q dE COCK OF SOUTH AFRICA
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 55 1 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 07 Feb 2017
2 109 1 v Sri Lanka Centurion 10 Feb 2017
3 69 2 v New Zealand Hamilton 19 Feb 2017
4 57 2 v New Zealand Christchurch 22 Feb 2017
5 68 1 v New Zealand Wellington 25 Feb 2017
6 98 2 v England Southampton 27 May 2017
7 53 1 v India The Oval 11 Jun 2017
F dU PLESSIS OF SOUTH AFRICA
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 55* 2 v Sri Lanka Port Elizabeth 28 Jan 2017
2 105 1 v Sri Lanka Durban 01 Feb 2017
3 185 1 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 07 Feb 2017
4 67 1 v New Zealand Hamilton 01 Mar 2017
5 51* 2 v New Zealand Auckland 04 Mar 2017
6 67 2 v England Leeds 24 May 2017
7 75 1 v Sri Lanka The Oval 03 Jun 2017
JE ROOT OF ENGLAND
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 78 1 v India Pune 15 Jan 2017
2 54 2 v India Cuttack 19 Jan 2017
3 90* 2 v West Indies North Sound 05 Mar 2017
4 101 1 v West Indies Bridgetown 09 Mar 2017
5 73 1 v Ireland Lord’s 07 May 2017
6 133* 2 v Bangladesh The Oval 01 Jun 2017
7 64 1 v New Zealand Cardiff 06 Jun 2017
LRPL TAYLOR OF NEW ZEALAND
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 107 1 v Australia Hamilton 05 Feb 2017
2 102* 1 v South Africa Christchurch 22 Feb 2017
3 66 2 v South Africa Hamilton 01 Mar 2017
4 52 1 v Ireland Dublin (Malahide) 14 May 2017
5 57 1 v Ireland Dublin (Malahide) 21 May 2017
6 60* 1 v Bangladesh Dublin 24 May 2017
7 63 1 v Bangladesh Cardiff 09 Jun 2017

 

Captains who have scored 1000 plus runs while chasing in one day internationals – V Kohli joins the elite list

Captains who have scored 1000 plus runs while chasing in one day internationals – V Kohli joins the elite list

V Kohli became the thirteenth captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of  his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his  run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these thirteen captains are tabulated below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 RT Ponting Aus 64 57 16 2453 126 059.82 6 16 1
2 GC Smith RSA 49 49 08 2444 134* 059.60 5 19 1
3 SP Fleming NZl 56 54 14 2228 134* 055.70 6 13 2
4 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
5 A Ranatunga Srl 50 44 22 1619 131* 073.59 1 09 3
6 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
7 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
8 WJ Cronje RSA 44 36 13 1471 094 063.95 0 13 1
9 AR Border Aus 40 31 14 1243 091* 073.11 0 14 0
10 BC Lara Win 38 35 13 1200 087 054.54 0 08 1
11 ST Jayasuriya Srl 27 27 04 1138 103 049.47 3 06 0
12 AB de Villiers RSA 22 20 16 1064 136* 266.00 3 05 0
13 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0

V Kohli became the fourth Indian captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of  his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these four captains are tabulated below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
2 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
3 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
4 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0

It is interesting  to note that India holds the record  in  this category of statistics with four of its captains accomplishing the feat closely followed by South Africa which has three captains. The following table list the break up of captains teamwise.

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 RT Ponting Aus 64 57 16 2453 126 059.82 6 16 1
2 AR Border Aus 40 31 14 1243 091* 073.11 0 14 0
                       
1 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
2 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
3 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
4 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0
                       
1 SP Fleming NZl 56 54 14 2228 134* 055.70 6 13 2
                       
1 GC Smith RSA 49 49 08 2444 134* 059.60 5 19 1
2 WJ Cronje RSA 44 36 13 1471 094 063.95 0 13 1
3 AB de Villiers RSA 22 20 16 1064 136* 266.00 3 05 0
                       
1 A Ranatunga Srl 50 44 22 1619 131* 073.59 1 09 3
2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 27 27 04 1138 103 049.47 3 06 0
                       
1 BC Lara Win 38 35 13 1200 087 054.54 0 08 1