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Batsmen dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century in one day internationals

Batsmen dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century in one day internationals

V Kohli became the first batsman in the annals of one day internationals to be dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century. He was dismissed hit wicket for 107 of the bowling of GP Swann  in the game between England and India at Cardiff on 16.09.11. As on date there are four batsmen who have been dismissed hit wicket after scoring century in one day internationals. The following table lists all these four batsmen.

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 V Kohli 107 1 Ind Eng Cardiff 16.09.11
2 F du Plessis 126 2 RSA Aus Harare 02.09.14
3 JM Bairstow 104 2 Eng NZl Ch’church 10.03.18
4 Imam-ul-Haq 100 1 Pak Ban Lord’s 05.07.19
Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is the only captain and also captain opener to retire hurt not out in the annals of one day internationals

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is the only captain and also captain opener to retire hurt not out in the annals of one day internationals

One day Internationals has witnessed eight occasions of a batsman retired hurt not out after scoring a century. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
4 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
5 MK Tiwary 104* 1 Ind Win Chennai 11.12.11
6 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
7 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
8 Liton Das 126* 1 Ban Zim Sylhet 01.03.20

Of these eight occasions, six occasions are from the opening batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
4 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
5 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
6 Liton Das 126* 1 Ban Zim Sylhet 01.03.20

Shoaib Malik remains  the only captain in this category of statistics to retire hurt not out. He also remain the only captain opener to retire hurt not out. He scored 125 before  he retired hurt not out in the one day game between Pakistan and India at Karachi  on 26.06.08

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08

The highest individual score by a batsman prior to his retiring hurt not out is credited t0 E Lewis of West Indies. He scored 176 against England at The Oval on 27.09.17. He also went past SR Tendulkar’s 163 in the game between India and New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.03.09. SR Tendulkar’s record stood for eight years six months and 19 days

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
2 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09

Indian batsmen, Pakistan batsmen and South African batsmen have accomplished this feat on two occasions  in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
2 MK Tiwary 104* 1 Ind Win Chennai 11.12.11
               
1 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
2 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
               
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15

There are four occasions of batsmen accomplishing such a feat against India in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
6 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
Rival batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an one day international

Rival batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in an one day international

RT  Ponting’s 164 for Australia and HH Gibbs’ 175 for South Africa in the match between Australia and South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06 provide the first ever instance of two rival batsman registering 150 plus runs in the annals of One day  games. As on date there are three such  occasions, All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 RT Ponting 164 1 Aus RSA Jo’burg 12.03.06
  HH Gibbs 175 2 RSA Aus Jo’burg 12.03.06
               
2 CK Coventry 194* 1 Zim Ban Bulawayo 16.08.09
  Tamim Iqbal 154 2 Ban Zim Bulawayo 16.08.09
               
3 JC Buttler 150 1 Eng Win St George’s 27.02.19
  CH Gayle 162 2 Win Eng St George’s 27.02.19
Two batsmen from the same team scoring 150 plus runs in a one day international

Two batsmen from the same team scoring 150 plus runs in a one day international

SR Tendulkar’s 186 not out and R Dravid’s 153 in the match between India and New Zealand at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99 provide the first instance of two batsmen from the same side registering 150 plus runs in the annals of One day games. As on date there are three such occasions, All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Date
1 Tendulkar 186* 1 Ind NZl Hyd-LBS 08.11.99
  R Dravid 153 1 Ind NZl Hyd-LBS 08.11.99
               
2 JAH Marshall 161 1 NZl Ire Aberdeen 01.07.08
  BB McCullum 166 1 NZl Ire Aberdeen 01.07.08
               
3 JD Campbell 179 1 Win Ire Dublin 05.05.19
  SD Hope 170 1 Win Ire Dublin 05.05.19
Five or more wickets at Lord’s in one day internationals

Five or more wickets at Lord’s in one day internationals

Shaheen Shan Afridi’s six  for 35 for Pakistan against Bangladesh  at Lord’s on 05.07.19 is the  best bowling performance  at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket in the history of one day internationals. He is the only bowler to capture six wickets in one day games at Lord’s. The following table lists the 13 occasions of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games at Lord’s

No Player W R I Team Opp Start Date
1 SS Afridi 6 35 2 Pak Ban 05 Jul 2019
2 MA Starc 5 26 2 Aus NZl 29 Jun 2019
3 DL Vettori 5 30 2 NZl Win 10 Jul 2004
4 M Muralitharan 5 34 1 Srl Eng 20 Aug 1998
5 J Garner 5 38 2 Win Eng 23 Jun 1979
6 B Lee 5 41 1 Aus Eng 10 Jul 2005
7 D Gough 5 44 1 Eng Aus 25 May 1997
8 JP Behrendorff 5 44 2 Aus Eng 25 Jun 2019
9 FH Edwards 5 45 1 Win Eng 01 Jul 2007
10 MS Kasprowicz 5 47 2 Aus Pak 04 Sep 2004
11 GJ Gilmour 5 48 1 Aus Win 21 Jun 1975
12 B Lee 5 49 1 Aus Eng 12 Sep 2009
13 M Rahman 5 75 1 Ban Pak 05 Jul 2019

B Lee of Australia is the only bowler to capture five wickets in one day games on two occasions at Lord’s

No Player W R I Team Opp Start Date
1 B Lee 5 41 1 Aus Eng 10 Jul 2005
2 B Lee 5 49 1 Aus Eng 12 Sep 2009

Darren Gough is the only England bowler to capture a five for at Lord’s. He took 5 for 44 for England  against Australia on  25.05.97. Gilmour’s 5 for 48 for Australia against West Indies on 21.06.75   came  in  the World Cup Final of the 1975 Edition

R Dravid emulates WM Woodful in posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after the first wicket had fallen at zero.

R Dravid emulates WM Woodful in posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after the first wicket had fallen at zero.

India’s consistent one drop batsman R Dravid emulated WM Woodful of Australia in posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after the first wicket had fallen at zero. Both Woodful and Rahul Dravid are one of the partners in such a three figure partnership on three occasions.  : 

WM Woodful  and CG MaCartney added 235 runs in the first innings in the test match between  Australia and England at Leeds in 1926 (WM Bardsley out at Zero}

WM Woodful and HSDL Hendry added 215 runs in the second innings of the test match between  Australia and England at Sydney in 1928-29 {VY Richardson out at zero}

WM Woodful and DG Bradman added 115 runs in the second innings at Sydney in the test match between Australia and England at Sydney in 1932-33 {VY Richardson out at Zero}

NS Sidhu and R Dravid added 171 runs in the first innings in the test match between India and West Indies at Trinidad in 1996-97 {VVS Laxman out at Zero}

Deep Das Gupta and R Dravid added 171 runs in the first innings of the test match between India and South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 2001-02 {SS Das out at Zero}

PA Patel  and R Dravid added 129 runs in the first innings of the test match between India and Pakistan at  Rawalpindi in 2003-04 {V Sehwag  out at Zero}

Some interesting tit-bits of cricket

Some interesting tit-bits of cricket

The youngest bowler to capture five plus wickets in an innings is Nasim-ul-Ghani of Pakistan. He took 5 for 116 against West Indies at Georgetown 1957-58 at the age of 16 years 307 days.

The two cricketers to have registered a hundred and captured ten plus wickets in a test match are Ian Botham of England and Imran Khan of Pakistan. Both of them have performed the feat against India.

The only opening batsman in the world to have aggregated 2000 plus runs without a century is Chetan Chauhan of India

The only captain in the world to have taken nine wickets in an innings is Kapil Dev of India.

CA Walsh of West Indies holds the record for most wickets in a test match while leading a team.

The only two opening batsman who were dismissed by the first ball of a test match on three occasions are Sunil Gavaskar of India and Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh

The only captain to score a double hundred and capture five wickets in an innings is DS Atkinson of West Indies. He scored 219 and 5 for 56 against Australia at Bridgetown in 1954-55

Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan, Garfield Sobers of West Indies and Imran Khan of Pakistan are the only three captains to have registered a hundred and captured eight wickets in a test match

The youngest test captain is T Taibu of Zimbabwe

Imagine a situation like this. In an one day game, the side batting first has scored 125 runs. The side batting second has scored 124 for nine. The bowler starts his run up and sees the non striker backing too much. He throws the ball at the non strikers end to have a run out. The ball misses the stumps and goes towards the striker. The striker hits the ball to the boundary. What is the result of the match ?

The oldest test cricketer to make a debut in a test match is J Southerton of England. He made his test debut at the age of 49 years and 119 days against Australia at Melbourne in 1876-77, which is also the first ever test match played

The oldest test cricketer is W Rhodes of England. He played his last test match at the age of 52 years and 165 days against West Indies at Kingston in 1929-30 {age being computed on the last day of the test match}

S Venkataraghavan of India remains the only cricketer to have played a test match at Lord’s, to have captained at Lord’s and officiated a game at Lord’s as an umpire

 Youngest test player is Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan. {Though Hasan Raja of Pakistan is claimed to be the youngest test player, his age is not confirmed}

Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest Indian test cricketer. He made his test debut at the age of 16 years and 205 days against Pakistan at Karachi in 1989-90.

The cricketers who have batted at all positions  {Number one to Eleven} is MH Mankad of India, SE Gregory of Australia and W Rhodes of England

Australia became the first team to score 400 runs for the first time in One day game. They amassed 434 for 4 in 50 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06

Australia also became the first team to lose a match in one dayers after registering 400 plus runs. South Africa won the match by scoring 434-9 in 49.5 overs.

For the first time in one day games, five bowlers from South Africa conceded 70 plus runs – M Ntini {80}, A Hall {80}, van der waath {76}, Telemachus {87} and Kallis {70} against Australia at Johannesburg on 12.03.06

MJ Lewis become the first bowler in the annals of one day games to concede 100 plus runs without a wicket. He conceded 113 runs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06.

RG Sharma becomes the third batsman to score eight or more centuries against a specific opposition in one day internationals

RG Sharma becomes the third batsman to score eight or more centuries against a specific opposition in one day internationals

RG Sharma of India scored 119 against Australia at Bengaluru on 19.01.20 which gave him his eighth century against Australia in one day games. All his centuries are tabulated below.

No Runs Inns Opp Ground Start Date
1 141* 2 Aus Jaipur 16 Oct 2013
2 209 1 Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
3 138 1 Aus Melbourne 18 Jan 2015
4 171* 1 Aus Perth 12 Jan 2016
5 124 1 Aus Brisbane 15 Jan 2016
6 125 2 Aus Nagpur 01 Oct 2017
7 133 2 Aus Sydney 12 Jan 2019
8 119 2 Aus Bengaluru 19 Jan 2020

RG Sharma became  the third  batsman in the history of one day internationals to score eight or more centuries against  a specific opposition after V Kohli  and SR Tendulkar.  RG Sharma’s feat provides the sixrh occasion of a batsman scoring eight or more centuries against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated. It is interesting  to note all these eight occasions belong to Indian batsmen.

No Player Team Opp M I Runs HS C
1 V Kohli Ind Win 39 38 2235 157* 9
2 SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 71 70 3077 175 9
3 V Kohli Ind Aus 40 38 1910 123 8
4 V Kohli Ind Srl 47 46 2220 139* 8
5 RG Sharma Ind Aus 40 40 2208 209 8
6 SR Tendulkar Ind Srl 84 80 3113 138 8

RG Sharma became the third batsman to score eight or more centuries against Australia in one day internationals.  Others are SR Tendulkar {09} and V Kohli (08)

No Player Team Opp M I Runs HS C
1 SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 71 70 3077 175 9
2 V Kohli Ind Aus 40 38 1910 123 8
3 RG Sharma Ind Aus 40 40 2208 209 8

V Kohli and SR Tendulkar are the only two batsmen to score eight or more centuries against two or more oppositions. Their feats are tabulated below

No Player Team Opp M I Runs HS C
1 V Kohli Ind Win 39 38 2235 157* 9
2 V Kohli Ind Aus 40 38 1910 123 8
3 V Kohli Ind Srl 47 46 2220 139* 8
                 
1 SR Tendulkar Ind Aus 71 70 3077 175 9
2 SR Tendulkar Ind Srl 84 80 3113 138 8
RG Sharma’s rare feat in one day internationals

RG Sharma’s rare feat in one day internationals

RG Sharma of India scored six boundary sixes in his knock of 119 against Australia at Bengaluru on 19.01.20 which fetched him an aggregate of 27 boundary sixes against Australia at Bengaluru. His became the third batsman in the history of one day internationals to score 25 plus boundary sixes at a specific ground against a specific opposition. Others are – Shahid Afridi – 25 boundary sixes against New Zealand at Sharjah and CH Gayle – 33 boundary sixes against England at Barbados. The feat of these  three batsmen is tabulated below.

No Player Team M Runs 6s Ground Opp 6s
1 Shahid Afridi Pak 54 1260 65 Sharjah NZl 25
2 CH Gayle Win 13 0688 37 Barbados Eng 33
3 RG Sharma Ind 04 0437 28 Bengaluru Aus 27
Batsmen scoring 50 plus boundary sixes against a specific opposition in one day internationals

Batsmen scoring 50 plus boundary sixes against a specific opposition in one day internationals

RG Sharma of India scored six boundary sixes in his knock of 119 against Australia at Bengaluru on 19.01.20 which fetched him an aggregate of 76 boundary sixes against Australia His feat provides the  second occasion of a batsman scoring 75 plus  boundary sixes against a specific opposition after CH Gayle. CH Gayle has scored 85 boundary sixes against England. RG Sharma’s feat provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring 50 plus  boundary sixes against a specific opposition. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Team Mat Inns Runs 6s Opp
1 CH Gayle Win 36 34 1632 85 Eng
2 RG Sharma Ind 40 40 2208 76 Aus
3 Shahid Afridi Pak 72 64 1248 63 Srl
4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 82 79 2517 53 Srl
5 Shahid Afridi Pak 67 64 1524 51 Ind
6 Shahid Afridi Pak 38 35 1078 50 NZl

Shahid Afridi  of Pakistan is the only  batsman to score 50 plus  boundary sixes against three oppositions. He  has scored 63 boundary sixes against Sri Lanka, 51 against India and 50 against New Zealand.

No Player Team Mat Inns Runs 6s Opp
1 Shahid Afridi Pak 72 64 1248 63 Srl
2 Shahid Afridi Pak 67 64 1524 51 Ind
3 Shahid Afridi Pak 38 35 1078 50 NZl