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South Africa won the Cape Town Test against Australia by a margin of 322 runs to provide the twelfth occasion of South Africa winning a test by 300 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below with the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	South Africa	won	358 runs	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
2	South Africa	won	356 runs	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 1994
3	South Africa	won	351 runs	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
4	South Africa	won	340 runs	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017
5	South Africa	won	333 runs	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
6	South Africa	won	329 runs	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
7	South Africa	won	328 runs	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996
8	South Africa	won	324 runs	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
9	South Africa	won	323 runs	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
10	South Africa	won	322 runs	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
11	South Africa	won	309 runs	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012
12	South Africa	won	307 runs	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970

It also provides the fourth occasion of South Africa winning a test by 300 plus runs margin against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	South Africa	won	323 runs	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
2	South Africa	won	322 runs	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
3	South Africa	won	309 runs	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012
4	South Africa	won	307 runs	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970

Australia lost the Cape Town Test against South Africa by a margin of 322 runs to provide the twelfth occasion of Australia losing the test by 300 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below with the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	lost	675 runs	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
2	Australia	lost	408 runs	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980
3	Australia	lost	356 runs	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
4	Australia	lost	347 runs	v England	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
5	Australia	lost	343 runs	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
6	Australia	lost	338 runs	v England	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
7	Australia	lost	323 runs	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
8	Australia	lost	322 runs	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
9	Australia	lost	322 runs	v England	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
10	Australia	lost	320 runs	v India	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
11	Australia	lost	309 runs	v South Africa	Perth	30 Nov 2012
12	Australia	lost	307 runs	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970

 

A pristine cricket ball

In the sport of cricket, ball tampering is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball. The primary motivation of ball tampering is to interfere with the aerodynamics of the ball.

Definition

Under Law 41, subsection 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the ball may be polished without the use of an artificial substance, may be dried with a towel if it is wet, and have mud removed from it under supervision; all other actions which alter the condition of the ball are illegal. These are usually taken to include rubbing the ball on the ground, scuffing with a fingernail or other sharp object, or tampering with the seam of the ball.

Purpose

Generally, the purpose of altering the state of the ball is to achieve more favourable bowling conditions. Examples of ball tampering would include a fielder applying a substance, such as lip balm or sweetened saliva, to shine one side of the ball or pick the seam of the ball to encourage more swing. Conversely, roughening one side of the ball by use of an abrasive or cutting surface (such as boot spikes or bottle caps) is also ball tampering.

Altering a ball legally

Using spit and/or sweat is common and, for practitioners of swing bowling, integral. The moisture gained from spit or sweat when combined with polishing, smooths out one half of the ball which in turn allows air to pass over one side of the ball more quickly than over the other. When bowled correctly, a bowler can get the ball to move from one side to the other through the air. Also, it is common for bowlers to rub the ball against their clothing to dry or polish it, as seen in most cricket matches.

Sanction

The umpires are responsible for monitoring the condition of the ball, and must inspect it regularly. Where an umpire has deemed a fielder to be guilty of ball-tampering, five penalty runs are awarded to the batting side, and the ball must be immediately replaced. The replaced ball is normally chosen by the umpires, in which case the ball chosen should match the condition of the previous ball (before tampering) as closely as possible. Depending on additional agreements laid out before the beginning of a series of matches, the batsmen may be instead permitted to choose the ball from a selection of balls in various stages of use.

If a bowler is found to be guilty of repeatedly ball-tampering he can be prohibited from continuing to bowl in that innings. Following the conclusion of play, additional sanctions are usually brought against a ball-tamperer, as it is considered a serious offence. The captain may be equally penalized, as he is responsible for the conduct of his players on the field.

Examples and allegations

The use of foreign substances to polish the ball, while illegal, is in some corners considered to be relatively common, and passes without incident or sanction. Substances which have been used for this purpose include hair gel, sugar and lip balm.

In addition, picking at the threads of the main seam or ‘lifting’ the quarter seam to aid conventional and reverse swing respectively are considered illegal. Modifying the quarter seam can be particularly difficult to detect or prove.

However, there have been a number of high-profile instances of alleged ball tampering, particularly in international cricket due to the increase in television coverage. Waqar Younis became the first player to receive a suspension for ball-tampering after a match in 2000.

Michael Atherton in 1994

In the “dirt in pocket” affair, then England captain Michael Atherton was accused of ball tampering during a Test match with South Africa at Lord’s in 1994 after television cameras caught Atherton reaching into his pocket and then rubbing a substance on the ball. Atherton denied ball tampering, claiming that he had dirt in his pocket which he used to dry his hands. He was also accused of lying to the match referee. Atherton was summoned to the match referee and was fined £2,000 for failing to disclose the dirt to the match referee.

Sachin Tendulkar from Indian Cricket team in 2001

In the second Test match of India’s 2001 tour of South Africa, at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, match referee Mike Denness suspended Sachin Tendulkar for one game in light of alleged ball tampering. Television cameras picked up images that suggested Tendulkar was involved in scuffing the seam of the cricket ball. While he claimed he was actually just removing the piece of grass stuck in the seam of ball, it seemed he may have tampered with the ball. The incident escalated to include allegations of racism, and led to Mike Denness being barred from entering the venue of the third test match. The ICC revoked the status of the match as a Test as the teams rejected the appointed referee. The charges against Tendulkar and Sehwag’s ban for excessive appealing triggered a massive backlash from the Indian public. ICC later cleared Tendulkar of ball tampering charges.

Rahul Dravid from Indian Cricket Team in 2004

Rahul Dravid coughed a lozenge on more shiny side of the ball at Brisbane during a Triangular Series match against Zimbabwe and India won this match at first but later cameras caught Rahul Dravid tampering with the ball and he was charged with half of match fee.

England cricket team in 2005

Marcus Trescothick admitted in his autobiography, Coming Back to Me, that he used mints to shine the ball to endure more swing on the ball: “It was my job to keep the shine on the new ball for as long as possible with a bit of spit and a lot of polish. And through trial and error I finally settled on the type of spit for the task at hand. It had been common knowledge in county cricket for some time that certain sweets produced saliva which, when applied to the ball for cleaning purposes, enabled it to keep its shine for longer and therefore its swing.” He found Murray Mints worked the best.  This admission was 3 years after the series.

Controversy against Pakistan cricket team in August 2006

In 2006, an alleged ball-tampering issue overshadowed a Test match between Pakistan and England, whereby Pakistan refused to take to the field for the evening session after being penalised for ball-tampering in the afternoon. Television cameras caught the umpires discussing the condition of the quarter seam. Pakistan are believed to have intended a protest against the decision by delaying their return after tea; however, while they were refusing to play, the umpires awarded the game to England in accordance with the laws of cricket.

The controversy arose when the umpires, Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove, ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. They awarded five penalty runs to England and a replacement ball was selected by England batsman Paul Collingwood. Play continued until the tea break, without any Pakistani protest. After the tea break, the Pakistani team, after having agreed amongst themselves that no ball tampering had taken place and given consideration to the severity of the implication, refused to take the field. The umpires then left the field, gave a warning to the Pakistani players, and returned once more 15 minutes later. After waiting two more minutes the umpires removed the bails and declared England winners by forfeiture. A deal was brokered between the English and Pakistani cricket boards to allow the match to continue, and the Pakistani team did take to the field 55 minutes after the umpires first took to the field for the resumption of play. Umpires Hair and Doctrove, however, declined to continue the game maintaining their decision that Pakistan had forfeited the match by refusing to play.

The impasse continued late into the evening. Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq claimed that Darrell Hair did not inform him or the rest of his side of the reasons why the ball was replaced, and that Hair had implied that Pakistan were cheating. At 19:50 UTC it was finally announced at a press conference that the Test was called off. The ECB’s statement said that England were awarded the match by the umpires as Pakistan refused to take the field after being warned that under law 21.3, failure to do so would result in them forfeiting the game. This is the first time a Test match has been decided this way.

The England and Wales Cricket Board refunded fourth-day spectators 40% of their ticket price (after deduction of an administration fee), and gave an automatic 100% refund to those with tickets for the fifth day. It later asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to pick up the £800,000 costs of doing this, which the PCB refused to do. In March 2007, the PCB and ECB reached a settlement where Pakistan would play a Twenty20 International in England and waive their fees.

As a result of Pakistan’s forfeiting of the game captain Inzamam was charged and found guilty of “bringing the game into disrepute”, though he was cleared of the charges relating to “changing the condition of the ball”. In January 2008, Pakistan’s cricket board asked the International Cricket Council to change the official result to “match abandoned” or “match drawn” on the basis of having been subsequently cleared of ball-tampering by an ICC tribunal. In July 2008, the International Cricket Council (ICC) changed the result of the match to a draw, though in October 2008 the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) released the statement “The ICC has no power under the laws of cricket to decide that results should be altered, whether it feels it’s ‘inappropriate’ or otherwise,”  The decision also angered former players including Michael Holding who at the time was a member of the ICC cricket committee. Holding felt that Pakistan’s refusal to play should not go unpunished even though they were not guilty of ball-tampering,

“I have just written my letter of resignation to the ICC cricket committee because I cannot agree with what they’ve done,” Holding said while commentating for Sky Sports during a domestic match in England. “That game should never, ever be a draw. When you take certain actions, you must be quite happy to suffer the consequences.”

On 1 February 2009, the ICC reversed their earlier decision, and changed the match result back to a win for England.

Anderson and Broad 2010 incident

In January 2010, England bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson were accused of ball tampering by rubbing the ball on the ground with their spikes in the third Test Match against South Africa. Broad maintained that he was just being lazy, because it was 40 degrees Celsius in Cape Town that day. Andrew Flower said in his defence that “the scoreline suggested that there was obviously no ball tampering. Nasser Hussain who had captained Anderson said: “Stuart Broad and James Anderson were wrong to behave in the manner they did and I’ve no doubt that if a player from another country did the same we’d have said they were cheating. No charges were formally placed by South Africa even though they made the accusations at a press conference.

Shahid Afridi 2010

Shahid Afridi, standing in as the Pakistani Captain, received a two T20 international match ban for ball-tampering in a match against Australia in January 2010. He was caught on camera biting the cricket ball in a bizarre attempt to readjust the seam of the ball. The ball was eventually replaced. He told the Hindustan Times that he was trying to smell the ball but he pleaded guilty for ball tampering.

Australia v Sri Lanka, 2012

In the first test, Sri Lanka notified Chris Broad that Peter Siddle may have been raising the seam during Sri Lanka’s first innings. Peter Siddle collected 5/54. He was later cleared by the ICC.

Faf du Plessis from South African Cricket Team, 2013

While fielding on during the third day of the 2nd Test, in Dubai, cameras captured footage of South Africa fielder Faf du Plessis scuffing the ball against the zip on his trousers. The on-field umpires penalised South Africa by adding 5 runs to Pakistan’s total, and changing the ball. The match referee imposed a 50% match fee fine on du Plessis after the fielder pleaded guilty, although the team manager Mohammad Mosajee maintained that penalty was “harsh”, and the team decided not to challenge to finding as it may have led to heavier sanctions. Despite the “guilty” plea, team vice-captain AB de Villiers maintained that “we are not cheats” and team captain Graeme Smith denied that their participation in ball tampering tainted the series-levelling win as South Africa went on to record an innings-victory during the Dubai test, to tie the series 1-1.

During the same match, footage of South African medium-pace bowler showing Vernon Philander apparently scratching the ball with his forefinger was also brought under scrutiny, but ultimately was not considered by the match referee to have constituted any illegal ball-tampering.

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2014

For the second time in nine months, the South African test side found itself in a ball-tampering scandal, this time with medium-pace bowler Vernon Philander found guilty of tampering with the ball during the 3rd day of the Galle test against Sri Lanka in 2014. Philander was found to have breached clause 42.1 of the Laws, “scratching the ball with his fingers and thumb”, and was fined 75% of his match fee. South Africa were to go on and win the test by 153 runs.

This incident followed speculation by Australian test batsmen David Warner in February 2014 over the South African team’s practices in altering the state of the ball during Australia’s tour to South Africa. Speaking to Sky Sports Radio. Warner commented the South African fielders’ more “obvious” use of throwing the ball into the ground on return throws after fielding, and South African wicket-keeper AB de Villiers’ habit of getting “the ball in his hand and with his glove wipe the rough side every ball. Warner was later fined 15% of his match fee for the comments he made, under an ICC Code of Conduct breach.

South Africa vs Australia, 2016

Another South African was charged with alleged ball tampering on 18 November 2016 after their victory in the second Test against Australia in Hobart. Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis was alleged to have tampered with the condition of the ball after TV footage appeared to show him applying saliva onto the ball from a mint or a lollipop. The charge was made by the ICC although Cricket Australia did not file a complaint. Du Plessis was found guilty of ball tampering on 22 November and fined his match fee from the second Test.

Australia vs South Africa, 2018

Australian batsman, Cameron Bancroft was charged with ball tampering on 24 March 2018, when videos emerged that showed him rubbing and then concealing a suspicious yellow object during day three of the Third Test against South Africa, at Newlands Stadium. Captain Steve Smith and Bancroft attended a press conference at the end of that day’s play. Bancroft admitted to ball tampering in front of Andy Pycroft, the match referee, and the press. Smith then said that the tampering was planned by the unnamed “leadership group” during the lunch break. Smith and vice-captain David Warner stood down from the team leadership the morning after the incident, but still played on, and wicketkeeper Tim Paine took over the captaincy for the rest of the test match. Subsequently the ICC banned Smith for one test match and he was fined 100% of his match fee and Cameron Bancroft was fined 75% of his match fee.

As well as a public outcry, especially in Australia, the Australian Sports Commission, the Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull, and many famous international cricketers universally condemned Smith for his actions, demanding Smith’s resignation or sacking as the team’s captain together with sanctions against the “leadership group” and Bancroft.

The incident is the subject of a separate and ongoing investigation by Cricket Australia, led by Executive General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard, along with Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Integrity Iain Roy. Cricket Australia may then impose their own sanctions including fines, suspensions and bans.

 Information Source – Wikipedia

AB de Villiers of South Africa scored 64 and  51  not out at the end of the third day of the ongoing test against Australia at Cape Town to provide the 57^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring half-centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the 18^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring half-centuries in both innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Faulkner	52	92	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	B Mitchell	75	95	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
3	HW Taylor	78	84	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
4	RA McLean	81	76*	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
5	JC Watkins	92	50	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
6	WR Endean	50	77	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
7	KJ Funston	70	64*	v Australia	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958
8	KC Bland	51	85	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964
9	TL Goddard	80	84	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964
10	TL Goddard	74	59	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	24 Feb 1967
11	BL Irvine	79	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
12	RG Pollock	52	87	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
13	JH Kallis	63	57	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
14	GC Smith	62	75	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
15	HM Amla	51	59	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
16	AB de Villiers	64	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
17	Q de Kock	84	64	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016
18	AB de Villiers	64	51*	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

AB de Villiers and TL Goddard are the two South African batsmen to score twin half-centuries against Australia on two occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AB de Villiers	64	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
2	AB de Villiers	64	51*	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
1	TL Goddard	80	84	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964
2	TL Goddard	74	59	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	24 Feb 1967

AB de Villiers’ feat provides the seventh occasion of a South African batsman scoring half-centuries in both innings of a test at home.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WR Endean	50	77	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
2	KJ Funston	70	64*	v Australia	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958
3	TL Goddard	74	59	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	24 Feb 1967
4	BL Irvine	79	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
5	RG Pollock	52	87	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970
6	AB de Villiers	64	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
7	AB de Villiers	64	51*	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

AB de Villiers is the only South African batsman to score twin half-centuries in a test against Australia at home on two occasions.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AB de Villiers	64	73	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
2	AB de Villiers	64	51*	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

 

SPD Smith of Australia pouched six catches – five in the first innings and one in the second innings – in the ongoing test against South Africa at Cape Town to provide the 36th occasion of a fieldsman excluding wicketkeepers to pouch six or more catches  in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Shrewsbury Snr	6	6	6	Eng	Aus	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
2	AEE Vogler	6	6	6	SAF	Eng	Durban	21 Jan 1910
3	FE Woolley	6	6	6	Eng	Aus	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
4	JM Gregory	6	6	6	Aus	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
5	B Mitchell	6	6	6	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
6	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
7	RN Harvey	6	6	6	Aus	Eng	Sydney	15 Feb 1963
8	MC Cowdrey	6	6	6	Eng	Win	Lord’s	20 Jun 1963
9	ED Solkar	6	6	6	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971
10	GS Sobers	6	6	6	Win	Eng	Lord’s	23 Aug 1973
11	IM Chappell	6	6	6	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974
12	AW Greig	6	6	6	Eng	Pak	Leeds	25 Jul 1974
13	GS Chappell	7	7	7	Aus	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
14	Yajurvindra Singh	7	7	7	Ind	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
15	DF Whatmore	6	6	6	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
16	AJ Lamb	6	6	6	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	11 Aug 1983
17	GA Hick	6	6	6	Eng	Pak	Leeds	23 Jul 1992
18	HP Tillakaratne	7	7	7	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
19	BA Young	6	6	6	NZl	Pak	Auckland	10 Feb 1994
20	JC Adams	6	6	6	Win	Eng	Kingston	19 Feb 1994
21	SP Fleming	7	7	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
22	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
23	M Jayawardene	6	6	6	Srl	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
24	ME Waugh	6	6	6	Srl	Ind	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
25	V Sehwag	6	6	6	Ind	Eng	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
26	Taufeeq Umar	6	6	6	Pak	SAF	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
27	ML Hayden	7	7	7	Aus	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2004
28	M Jayawardene	6	6	6	Srl	Zim	Harare	06 May 2004
29	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
30	AN Cook	6	6	6	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008
31	JH Kallis	6	6	6	SAF	Srl	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012
32	GC Smith	6	6	6	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
33	DM Bravo	6	6	6	Win	Ban	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
34	AM Rahane	8	8	8	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
35	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
36	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SPD Smith’s feat provides the ninth occasion of an Australian fieldsman excluding wicketkeepers to pouch six or more catches in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Gregory	6	6	6	Aus	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
2	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
3	RN Harvey	6	6	6	Aus	Eng	Sydney	15 Feb 1963
4	IM Chappell	6	6	6	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974
5	GS Chappell	7	7	7	Aus	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
6	DF Whatmore	6	6	6	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
7	ML Hayden	7	7	7	Aus	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2004
8	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
9	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SPD Smith’s feat provides the third occasion of a fieldsman excluding wicketkeepers to pouch six or more catches in a test against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	Taufeeq Umar	6	6	6	Pak	SAF	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
3	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SPD Smith became the second Australian fieldsman excluding wicket keepers to pouch six catches in a test against South Africa. VY Richardson had pouched six catches against South Africa at Durban in Feb 1936.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SP Fleming of New Zealand {03}, M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka {02} and SPD Smith of Australia {02} are the three fieldsmen excluding wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to pouch six or more catches in a test on two or more occasions. The performance of these three fieldsmen  are tabulated below

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	7	7	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
2	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
3	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
1	M Jayawardene	6	6	6	Srl	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
2	M Jayawardene	6	6	6	Srl	Zim	Harare	06 May 2004
1	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to carry the bat through the completed innings on two occasions in the same calendar year.  He carried the bat through the completed innings against  India in the fourth innings of the test by scoring 86 not out in a total of 177 at Johannesburg in Jan 2018. He again carried the bat through against Australia in the ongoing test by scoring 141 not out in a total of 311 at Cape Town in  March 2018

M Morkel of South Africa captured four wickets conceding 87 runs in Australia’s first innings on day two of the ongoing Cape Town test which fetched him an aggregate of 301 wickets. He became the 32^nd bowler to capture 300 plus wickets the annals of test cricket. The performance of all the 32 bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	22.72	67	22
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	25.41	37	10
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	29.65	35	8
4	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	21.64	29	3
5	JM Anderson	Eng	135	251	29720	14386	526	27.34	25	3
6	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	24.44	22	3
7	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	29.64	23	2
8	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	22.29	36	9
9	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
10	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
11	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	32.46	25	5
12	HMRKB Herath	Srl	89	162	24920	11694	415	28.17	33	9
13	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	23.62	25	5
14	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405	20.99	22	3
15	SCJ Broad	Eng	115	209	23653	11743	400	29.35	15	2
16	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
17	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	28.40	27	4
18	MD Marshall	Win	81	151	17584	7876	376	20.94	22	4
19	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	154	16224	8788	373	23.56	22	5
20	Imran Khan	Pak	88	142	19458	8258	362	22.81	23	6
21	DL Vettori	NZl	113	187	28814	12441	362	34.36	20	3
22	DK Lillee	Aus	70	132	18467	8493	355	23.92	23	7
23	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	29.58	12	2
24	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
25	RGD Willis	Eng	90	165	17357	8190	325	25.20	16	0
26	MG Johnson	Aus	73	140	16001	8891	313	28.40	12	3
27	R Ashwin	Ind	57	107	16515	7951	311	25.56	26	7
28	Z Khan	Ind	92	165	18785	10247	311	32.94	11	1
29	B Lee	Aus	76	150	16531	9554	310	30.81	10	0
30	LR Gibbs	Win	79	148	27115	8989	309	29.09	18	2
31	FS Trueman	Eng	67	127	15178	6625	307	21.57	17	3
32	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0

M Morkel became the fifth South African bowler to capture 300 plus test wickets. The performance of these five bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets  taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
2	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
3	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
4	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
5	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0

M Morkel of South Africa captured four wickets conceding 87 runs in Australia’s first innings on day two of the ongoing Cape Town test which fetched him an aggregate of 301 wickets. He became the 24^th pace bowler to capture 300 plus wickets the annals of test cricket. The performance of all the 24 bowlers is tabulated below in the descending order of wickets taken by them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5	10
1	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	21.64	29	3
2	JM Anderson	Eng	135	251	29720	14386	526	27.34	25	3
3	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	24.44	22	3
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	29.64	23	2
5	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	22.29	36	9
6	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421	23.11	16	1
7	DW Steyn	SAF	86	157	17391	9354	419	22.32	26	5
8	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	23.62	25	5
9	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405	20.99	22	3
10	SCJ Broad	Eng	115	209	23653	11743	400	29.35	15	2
11	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	28.82	18	4
12	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	28.40	27	4
13	MD Marshall	Win	81	151	17584	7876	376	20.94	22	4
14	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	154	16224	8788	373	23.56	22	5
15	Imran Khan	Pak	88	142	19458	8258	362	22.81	23	6
16	DK Lillee	Aus	70	132	18467	8493	355	23.92	23	7
17	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	29.58	12	2
18	AA Donald	SAF	72	129	15519	7344	330	22.25	20	3
19	RGD Willis	Eng	90	165	17357	8190	325	25.20	16	0
20	MG Johnson	Aus	73	140	16001	8891	313	28.40	12	3
21	Z Khan	Ind	92	165	18785	10247	311	32.94	11	1
22	B Lee	Aus	76	150	16531	9554	310	30.81	10	0
23	FS Trueman	Eng	67	127	15178	6625	307	21.57	17	3
24	M Morkel	SAF	85	157	16296	8465	301	28.12	7	0

 

D Elgar of South Africa carried his through the completed innings in South Africa’s first innings against Australia in the ongoing test at Cape Town to provide the 54^th occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JE Barrett	67*	176	3	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
3	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
4	PF Warner	132*	237	3	Eng	v SAF	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
5	WW Armstrong	159*	309	3	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902
6	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
7	W Bardsley	193*	383	1	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
8	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
9	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
10	WA Brown	206*	422	2	Aus	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
11	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
12	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
13	Nazar Mohammad	124*	331	2	Pak	v Ind	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952
14	FMM Worrell	191*	372	2	Win	v Eng	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
15	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
16	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
17	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
18	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
19	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
20	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
21	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
22	IR Redpath	159*	346	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 1974
23	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
24	SM Gavaskar	127*	286	3	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
25	Mudassar Nazar	152*	323	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
26	S Wettimuny	63*	144	2	Srl	v NZl	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983
27	DC Boon	58*	103	3	Aus	v NZl	Auckland	13 Mar 1986
28	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
29	GA Gooch	154*	252	3	Eng	v Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
30	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
31	AJ Stewart	69*	175	3	Eng	v Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
32	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993
33	MH Dekker	68*	187	4	Zim	v Pak	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993
34	MA Atherton	94*	228	2	Eng	v NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
35	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
36	MA Taylor	169*	350	2	Aus	v SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
37	GW Flower	156*	321	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998
38	Saeed Anwar	188*	316	3	Pak	v Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
39	MS Atapattu	216*	428	2	Srl	v Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
40	RP Arnold	104*	231	2	Srl	v Zim	Harare	04 Dec 1999
41	Javed Omar	85*	168†	3	Ban	v Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
42	V Sehwag	201*	329	1	Ind	v Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
43	SM Katich	131*	268	3	Aus	v NZl	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008
44	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
45	Imran Farhat	117*	223	1	Pak	v NZl	Napier	11 Dec 2009
46	R Dravid	146*	300	2	Ind	v Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 2011
47	TMK Mawoyo	163*	412	1	Zim	v Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
48	DA Warner	123*	233	4	Aus	v NZl	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
49	CA Pujara	145*	312	1	Ind	v Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
50	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
51	KC Brathwaite	142*	337	2	Win	v Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2016
52	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
53	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
54	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AB Tancred	26*	47	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
2	JW Zulch	43*	103	2	SAF	v Eng	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	DJ McGlew	127*	292	1	SAF	v NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
5	G Kirsten	100*	239	1	SAF	v Pak	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
6	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
7	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
8	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a batsman carrying the bat through the completed innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	R Abel	132*	307	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	29 Jan 1892
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
3	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
4	CC Hunte	60*	131	3	Win	v Aus	Port of Spain	14 May 1965
5	G Boycott	99*	215	4	Eng	v Aus	Perth	14 Dec 1979
6	CH Gayle	165*	317	3	Win	v Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
7	AN Cook	244*	491	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
8	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar became  the second South  African batsman to carrying the bat through in a completed innings against Australia. TL Goddard was the other batsman to  perform  such a feat against Australia. Both the batsmen’s feat was performed at the  same ground Cape Town – after 61 years

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	TL Goddard	56*	99	3	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
2	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

D Elgar emulated DL Haynes in carrying the bat through the completed innings on three occasions. Their performance is listed  below

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	D Elgar	118*	214	2	SAF	v Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
2	D Elgar	86*	177	4	SAF	v Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018
3	D Elgar	141^	311	1	SAF	v Aus	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018
1	DL Haynes	88*	211	3	Win	v Pak	Karachi	20 Nov 1986
2	DL Haynes	75*	176	2	Win	v Eng	The Oval	08 Aug 1991
3	DL Haynes	143*	382	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993

GM Turner, L Hutton, WM Lawry and WM Woodfull are the four batsmen who have carried the bat through in a completed innings on two occasions

No	Player	Runs	Total	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	GM Turner	43*	131	4	NZl	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
2	GM Turner	223*	386	2	NZl	v Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
1	L Hutton	202*	344	2	Eng	v Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
2	L Hutton	156*	272	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
1	WM Lawry	49*	107	3	Aus	v Ind	Delhi	28 Nov 1969
2	WM Lawry	60*	116†	4	Aus	v Eng	Sydney	09 Jan 1971
1	WM Woodfull	30*	66†	4	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
2	WM Woodfull	73*	193†	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933