Browsed by
Month: June 2020

Javagal Srinath owns the record for the best match bowling figures when a test was lost

Javagal Srinath owns the record for the best match bowling figures when a test was lost

Test cricket has witnessed 75 occasions of a bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test on a losing side. All such occasions are furnished below in the order of descending wickets and ascending runs.

India’s  J Srinath has the best figures in this category of statistics. His 13 for 132 against Pakistan in Feb 99 could not fetch India win.

No Player Runs Wkts Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 J Srinath 132 13 Ind Pak Kolkata Feb 1999
2 SF Barnes 163 13 Eng Aus Melbourne Jan 1902
3 MG Hughes 217 13 Aus Win Perth Dec 1988
4 T Richardson 244 13 Eng Aus Manchester Jul 1896
5 CTB Turner 087 12 Aus Eng Sydney Feb 1888
6 H Trumble 089 12 Aus Eng The Oval Aug 1896
7 AME Roberts 121 12 Win Ind Chennai Jan 1975
8 AK Davidson 124 12 Aus Ind Kanpur Dec 1959
9 SK Warne 128 12 Aus SAF Sydney Jan 1994
10 DL Vettori 149 12 NZl Aus Auckland Mar 2000
11 G Dymock 166 12 Aus Ind Kanpur Oct 1979
12 H Trumble 173 12 Aus Eng The Oval Aug 1902
13 KA Maharaj 283 12 SAF Srl Col-SSC Jul 2018
14 JJ Krejza 358 12 Aus Ind Nagpur Nov 2008
15 WH Lockwood 076 11 Eng Aus Manchester Jul 1902
16 NGB Cook 083 11 Eng Pak Karachi Mar 1984
17 MA Starc 094 11 Aus Srl Galle Aug 2016
18 CR Woakes 102 11 Eng Pak Lord’s Jul 2016
19 MA Holding 107 11 Win Aus Melbourne Dec 1981
20 ARC Fraser 110 11 Eng Win Trinidad Feb 1998
21 Wasim Akram 110 11 Pak Win St John’s May 2000
22 Saeed Ajmal 111 11 Pak Win Providence May 2011
23 AE Hall 112 11 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 1923
24 FR Spofforth 117 11 Aus Eng Sydney Jan 1883
25 RG Nadkarni 122 11 Ind Aus Chennai Oct 1964
26 CD Collymore 134 11 Win Pak Kingston Jun 2005
27 C Pringle 152 11 NZl Pak Faisalabad Oct 1990
28 MG Johnson 159 11 Aus SAF Perth Dec 2008
29 Wasim Akram 160 11 Pak Aus Melbourne Jan 1990
30 Taijul Islam 170 11 Ban Zim Sylhet Nov 2018
31 IT Botham 176 11 Eng Aus Perth Dec 1979
32 GF Lawson 181 11 Aus Win Adelaide Dec 1984
33 SF Burke 196 11 SAF NZl Cape Town Jan 1962
34 AL Valentine 204 11 Win Eng Manchester Jun 1950
35 M Muralitharan 212 11 Srl Aus Galle Mar 2004
36 DL Underwood 215 11 Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1975
37 Harbhajan Singh 224 11 Ind Aus Bengaluru Oct 2004
38 MW Tate 228 11 Eng Aus Sydney Dec 1924
39 BS Chandrasekhar 235 11 Inf Win Mumbai (BS) Dec 1966
40 TG Southee 108 10 NZl Eng Lord’s May 2013
41 RJ Bright 111 10 Aus Pak Karachi Feb 1980
42 GE Gomez 113 10 Win Aus Sydney Jan 1952
43 NJN Hawke 115 10 Aus Win Georgetown Apr 1965
44 M Muralitharan 115 10 Srl Eng Birmingham May 2006
45 CB Llewellyn 116 10 SAF Aus Johannesburg Oct 1902
46 CA Walsh 117 10 Win Eng Lord’s Jun 2000
47 RM Hogg 122 10 Aus Eng Perth Dec 1978
48 Maninder Singh 126 10 Ind Pak Bengaluru Mar 1987
49 Wasim Akram 128 10 Pak NZl Dunedin Feb 1985
50 Ghulam Ahmed 130 10 Ind Aus Kolkata Nov 1956
51 Waqar Younis 133 10 Pak SAF Port Elizabeth Mar 1998
52 N Kapil Dev 135 10 Ind Win Ahmedabad Nov 1983
53 RJ Sidebottom 139 10 Eng NZl Hamilton Mar 2008
54 J Cowie 140 10 NZl Eng Manchester Jul 1937
55 GA Lohmann 142 10 Eng Aus Sydney Jan 1892
56 Mushtaq Ahmed 143 10 Pak NZl Lahore Nov 1996
57 Saeed Ajmal 147 10 Pak SAF Cape Town Feb 2013
58 BKV Prasad 153 10 Ind SAF Durban Dec 1996
59 PA Strang 158 10 Zim NZl Bulawayo Sep 2000
60 R Ashwin 160 10 Ind Srl Galle Aug 2015
61 HV Hordern 161 10 Aus Eng Sydney Feb 1912
62 SK Warne 162 10 Aus Eng Birmingham Aug 2005
63 EAS Prasanna 174 10 Ind Aus Chennai Dec 1969
64 D Bishoo 174 10 Win Pak Dubai (DSC) Oct 2016
65 Iqbal Qasim 175 10 Pak Ind Mumbai Dec 1979
66 M Ntini 178 10 SAF Aus Johannesburg Mar 2006
67 K Farnes 179 10 Eng Aus Nottingham Jun 1934
68 DL Vettori 183 10 NZl Srl Wellington Dec 2006
69 BS Bedi 194 10 Ind Aus Perth Dec 1977
70 CV Grimmett 201 10 Aus Eng Nottingham Jun 1930
71 T Richardson 204 10 Eng Aus Sydney Feb 1898
72 BAW Mendis 209 10 Srl Ind Galle Jul 2008
73 Saqlain Mushtaq 216 10 Pak Ind Delhi Feb 1999
74 S Shillingford 219 10 Win Aus Roseau Apr 2012
75 SP Gupte 223 10 Ind Win Kanpur Dec 1958
Kapil Dev owns the record for best test innings bowling figures in a losing cause

Kapil Dev owns the record for best test innings bowling figures in a losing cause

Test cricket has witnessed 23 occasions of a bowler’s eight plus wickets in a test innings on a losing side. All such occasions are furnished below in the order of descending wickets and ascending runs.


India’s N Kapil Dev has the best figures in this category of statistics. His nine for 83 against West Indies at Ahmedabad in Nov 1983 could not fetch India a win

No Player W R I Team Opp Ground Mon/Year
1 N Kapil Dev 9 083 3 Ind Win Ahmedabad Nov 1983
2 JM Noreiga 9 095 2 Win Ind Trinidad Mar 1971
3 SP Gupte 9 102 1 Ind Win Kanpur Dec 1958
4 KA Maharaj 9 129 1 SAF Srl Col-SSC Jul 2018
5 D Bishoo 8 049 3 Win Pak Dubai (DSC) Oct 2016
6 NM Lyon 8 050 1 Aus Ind Bengaluru Mar 2017
7 ARC Fraser 8 053 2 Eng Win Trinidad Feb 1998
8 GA Lohmann 8 058 1 Eng Aus Sydney Jan 1892
9 MG Johnson 8 061 2 Aus SAF Perth Dec 2008
10 H Trumble 8 065 2 Aus Eng The Oval Aug 1902
11 BS Chandrasekhar 8 079 2 Ind Eng Delhi Dec 1972
12 LC Braund 8 081 1 Eng Aus Melbourne Mar 1904
13 JR Ratnayeke 8 083 2 Srl Pak Sialkot Oct 1985
14 J Srinath 8 086 3 Ind Pak Kolkata Feb 1999
15 MG Hughes 8 087 3 Aus Win Perth Dec 1988
16 T Richardson 8 094 2 Eng Aus Sydney Feb 1898
17 IT Botham 8 103 2 Eng Win Lord’s Jun 1984
18 AL Valentine 8 104 1 Win Eng Manchester Jun 1950
19 NA Foster 8 107 2 Eng Pak Leeds Jul 1987
20 PA Strang 8 109 2 Zim NZl Bulawayo Sep 2000
21 GF Lawson 8 112 1 Aus Win Adelaide Dec 1984
22 MHN Walker 8 143 2 Aus Eng Melbourne Feb 1975
23 JJ Krejza 8 215 1 Aus Ind Nagpur Nov 2008
Partnerships in one day internationals – some interesting observations

Partnerships in one day internationals – some interesting observations

The following are the six pairs of batsmen who have partnered 5000 plus runs in one day games. Two Indian pairs – Kohli-RG Sharma and S Dhawan-RG Sharma are set to join these six pairs.

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 176 3 8227 258 47.55 26 29
2 MJaya’dene/Sangakkara Srl 151 7 5992 179 41.61 15 32
3 Dilshan/Sangakkara Srl 108 6 5475 210* 53.67 20 19
4 Atapattu/Jayasuriya Srl 144 5 5462 237 39.29 14 26
5 Gilchrist/Hayden Aus 117 3 5409 172 47.44 16 29
6 Greenidge/Haynes Win 103 4 5206 192* 52.58 15 25
                   
1 Kohli/RG Sharma Ind 080 5 4878 246 65.04 18 15
2 Dhawan/RG Sharma Ind 109 1 4847 210 44.87 16 14

AC Gilchrist-Hayden have partners 45 fifty plus runs partnerships in the history of one day internationals. Ganguly-Tendulkar have partnered 44 fifty plus runs partnerships. These two pairs are the only two pairs to partner fifty plus runs partnerships on 40 plus occasions.

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50 50+
1 Gilchrist/Hayden Aus 114 3 5372 172 48.39 16 29 45
2 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 136 2 6609 258 49.32 21 23 44

The following are the three pairs of batsmen who have partnered 5000 plus runs for the first wivket in one day games. Indian pair – S Dhawan-RG Sharma are set to join these three pairs.

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 136 2 6609 258 49.32 21 23
2 Gilchrist/Hayden Aus 114 3 5372 172 48.39 16 29
3 Greenidge/Haynes Win 102 4 5150 192* 52.55 15 24
                   
1 Dhawan/RG Sharma Ind 107 1 4802 210 45.30 16 14

The following are the five pairs of batsmen who have partnered fifty plus run partnerships on 40 plus occasions. for the first wicket in one day games. Indian pair – Ganguly-Tendulkar is the only pair to partner fifty plus  runs partnerships on 50 plus occasions – to be exact 55 occasions

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50 50+
1 Ganguly/ Tendulkar Ind 176 3 8227 258 47.55 26 29 55
2 Jaya’dene/Sangakkara Srl 151 7 5992 179 41.61 15 32 47
3 Gilchrist/Hayden Aus 117 3 5409 172 47.44 16 29 45
4 Atapattu/Jayasuriya Srl 144 5 5462 237 39.29 14 26 40
5 Greenidge/Haynes Win 103 4 5206 192* 52.58 15 25 40

The following table furnishes the pair of batsmen who have added most runs for each wicket in one day internationals.

Wkt Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 136 2 6609 258 49.32 21 23
2 Dilshan/Sangakkara Srl 086 3 4730 210* 56.98 19 15
3 Jayawardene,Sangakkara Srl 097 4 4116 179 44.25 10 23
4 PAde Silva/Ranatunga Srl 071 3 2542 143 37.38 04 14
5 Dhoni/SK Raina Ind 054 7 2421 196* 51.51 05 13
6 Dhoni/RA Jadeja Ind 039 5 1208 127* 35.52 02 04
7 CZ Harris/AC Parore NZl 033 3 0534 50 17.80 00 02
8 CZ Harris/Vettori NZl 019 6 0353 72 27.15 00 02
9 A Razzak/M Mortaza Ban 016 2 0298 53 21.28 00 02
10 M Amir/Saeed Ajmal Pak 004 1 0186 103 62.00 01 00

The following table furnishes the total partnerships runs scored for each wicket in the history of one day internationals.

Wkt Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 8453 112 299101 365 35.85 634 1488
2 8380 218 299277 372 36.66 637 1497
3 8191 350 300545 258 38.32 613 1589
4 7864 491 264475 275* 35.87 463 1427
5 7377 589 217583 256* 32.05 265 1206
6 6772 655 160452 267* 26.23 122 0774
7 6061 790 117256 177 22.24 048 0504
8 5203 787 078564 138* 17.79 010 0237
9 4296 738 051687 132 14.52 008 0109
10 3345 718 030534 106* 11.62 002 0038

There are twelve pairs of batsmen who have played 100 plus innings and five pairs of batsmen who have played 90 to 99 innings in the history of one day internationals. All such pairs are tabulated below

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 176 3 8227 258 47.55 26 29
2 Jaya’dene/Sangakkara Srl 151 7 5992 179 41.61 15 32
3 Atapattu/Jayasuriya Srl 144 5 5462 237 39.29 14 26
4 NJ Astle/SP Fleming NZl 118 3 3814 193 33.16 09 17
5 AC Gilchrist/Hayden Aus 117 3 5409 172 47.44 16 29
6 Sehwag/Tendulkar Ind 114 2 4387 182 39.16 13 18
7 Jayasuriya/Kaluwitharana Srl 112 2 3352 129 30.47 06 19
8 S Dhawan/RG Sharma Ind 109 1 4847 210 44.87 16 14
9 Dilshan/Sangakkara Srl 108 6 5475 210* 53.67 20 19
10 PA de Silva/Ranatunga Srl 105 3 3802 153 37.27 08 18
11 Greenidge/Haynes Win 103 4 5206 192* 52.58 15 25
12 Haynes/RB Richardson Win 103 6 3908 167 40.28 09 21
                   
No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Inz-ul-Haq/M Yousuf Pak 99 7 4082 162 44.36 8 22
2 R Dravid/Tendulkar Ind 98 5 4117 331 44.26 11 14
3 AC Gilchrist/ME Waugh Aus 97 1 3992 206 41.58 8 20
4 DC Boon/GR Marsh Aus 96 1 3807 212 40.07 8 26
5 HM Amla/Q de Kock RSA 95 3 4300 282* 46.73 11 15

Ganguly-Tendulkar pair own the record for playing most number of innings – 176 – in the history of one day internationals followed by M Jayawardene-KC Sangkkara pair who has played 151 innings. These two pairs are the only two pairs  in the  history of one day internationals to play 150 plus innings.

No Partners Team Inns NO Runs High Ave 100 50
1 Ganguly/Tendulkar Ind 176 3 8227 258 47.55 26 29
2 Jaya’ene/Sangakkara Srl 151 7 5992 179 41.61 15 32