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New Zealand opening batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty

02/01/2022 hrg

WA Young of New Zealand was dismissed run out for 52 in the ongoing test against Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui to provide the 137^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GT Dowling	74	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Dec 1961
2	JG Wright	88	4	Eng	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
3	JG Wright	65	3	Pak	Lahore	16 Nov 1984
4	RT Latham	119	1	Zim	Bulawayo	01 Nov 1992
5	MJ Horne	56	3	SAF	Ch’church	11 Mar 1999
6	MH Richardson	75	1	Zim	Wellington	26 Dec 2000
7	TG McIntosh	89	3	Ban	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
8	MJ Guptill	71	1	Win	Kingston	02 Aug 2012
9	MJ Guptill	72	2	Ind	Indore	08 Oct 2016
10	DP Conway	200	1	Eng	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021
11	WA Young	52	1	Ban	M M’ganui	01 Jan 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. Prior to WA Young, TG McIntosh was dismissed for 89 at Hamilton in Feb 2010

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TG McIntosh	89	3	Ban	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
2	WA Young	52	1	Ban	M M’ganui	01 Jan 2022

Batsmen who have scored a century on First of January

02/01/2022 hrg

DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a century on first of January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Day
1	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898	1
2	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	1
3	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931	1
4	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	1
5	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	1
6	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	1
7	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	1
8	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965	1
9	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022	1

EJ Barlow of South Africa remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries on first of January on two occasions. His feat came in two consecutive years – 1 Jan 1964 and 1 Jan 1965. He remains the only batsman to perform this feat on home soil and on away soil

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Day
1	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	1
2	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965	1

Note : The batsman’s final score is furnished, though he has completed his century on the first day

Performance of various test teams in 2021

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The performance of various test teams in the year 2021 is furnished below. England played most tests – 15 followed by India {14} and West Indies {10}.

India won eight tests – most in the year 2021 – followed by Pakistan which won seven tests. England lost most tests eight followed by Bangladesh and West Indies which lost five tests. India and Sri Lanka drew three tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	0
2	Australia	5	3	1	0	1
3	Bangladesh	7	1	5	0	1
4	England	15	4	9	0	2
5	India	14	8	3	0	3
6	New Zealand	6	3	1	0	2
7	Pakistan	9	7	2	0	0
8	South Africa	6	3	3	0	0
9	Sri Lanka	9	3	3	0	3
10	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2
11	Zimbabwe	5	1	4	0	0

Teams which played ten plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	England	15	4	9	0	2
2	India	14	8	3	0	3
3	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2

Teams which won seven plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	India	14	8	3	0	3
2	Pakistan	9	7	2	0	0

Teams which won five plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	England	15	4	9	0	2
2	Bangladesh	7	1	5	0	1
3	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2

Teams which drew three tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	India	14	8	3	0	3
2	Sri Lanka	9	3	3	0	3

Batsmen scoring a century in a test which has a start date of 1 January

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DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 49^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in a test which has a start date of 1 January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	J Briggs	121	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885
2	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898
3	RA Duff	104	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902
4	KL Hutchings	126	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908
5	GA Faulkner	123	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	1 Jan 1910
6	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
7	VY Richardson	138	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
8	JB Hobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
9	H Sutcliffe	176	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
10	H Sutcliffe	127	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
11	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931
12	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
13	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
14	HW Taylor	117	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
15	WA Brown	121	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
16	JHW Fingleton	112	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
17	JHW Fingleton	136	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
18	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
19	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
20	CL McCool	104*	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
21	AR Morris	155	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
22	RR Lindwall	100	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
23	C Washbrook	112	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
24	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
25	MH Mankad	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
26	AR Morris	100*	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
27	DG Bradman	127*	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
28	B Mitchell	120	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949
29	AD Nourse	112	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949
30	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
31	MC Cowdrey	101	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957
32	NJ Contractor	108	1	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
33	RN Harvey	102	2	Aus	Ind	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
34	NCL O’Neill	163	2	Aus	Ind	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
35	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
36	RA McLean	113	4	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
37	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
38	WM Lawry	157	2	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
39	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
40	AJ Pithey	154	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
41	MJK Smith	121	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
42	GS Chappell	121	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
43	GJ Cosier	168	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
44	Sadiq Mohd	105	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
45	RB McCosker	105	3	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
46	AW Greig	103	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	1 Jan 1977
47	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1 Jan 1995
48	MJ Slater	103	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1 Jan 1995
49	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

He also became the third New Zealand batsman to perform such a feat after JR Reid and PGZ Harris. All the three occasions are listed below. It also provides the first occasion of a New Zealand batsman performing such a feat on home soil. Interestingly all these three batsmen have scored centuries in the first innings of the test.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
2	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
3	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 22nd occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test which has a start date of 1 January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	J Briggs	121	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885
2	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898
3	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
4	VY Richardson	138	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
5	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931
6	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
7	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
8	HW Taylor	117	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
9	WA Brown	121	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
10	JHW Fingleton	112	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
11	CL McCool	104*	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
12	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
13	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
14	MC Cowdrey	101	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957
15	NJ Contractor	108	1	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
16	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
17	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
18	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
19	AJ Pithey	154	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
20	GS Chappell	121	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
21	GJ Cosier	168	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
22	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

India has a new skipper for one day internationals : KL Rahul becomes the 26th cricketer to lead India in ODIs

01/01/2022 hrg

KL Rahul has been appointed to lead India in one day internationals against South Africa later this month. He would become the 26^th cricketer to lead India in one day internationals. The performance of the other 25 Indian skippers in one day internamtionals is furnished below

No	Player	Span	Mat	Runs	C	W	5	Ct	St
1	AL Wadekar	1974-1974	2	73	0	–	–	1	0
2	Venkataraghavan	1975-1979	7	50	0	1	0	2	0
3	BS Bedi	1976-1978	4	6	0	3	0	1	0
4	SM Gavaskar	1980-1985	37	702	0	0	0	4	0
5	GR Viswanath	1981-1981	1	5	0	–	–	0	0
6	N Kapil Dev	1982-1987	74	1564	1	91	1	31	0
7	SMH Kirmani	1983-1983	1	6	0	–	–	1	1
8	M Amarnath	1984-1984	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	RJ Shastri	1987-1991	11	441	1	10	0	5	0
10	DB Vengsarkar	1987-1989	18	481	0	–	–	3	0
11	K Srikkanth	1989-1989	13	340	0	1	0	5	0
12	M Azharuddin	1990-1999	174	5239	4	0	0	83	0
13	SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	73	2454	6	11	0	31	0
14	A Jadeja	1998-1999	13	396	1	2	0	9	0
15	SC Ganguly	1999-2005	146	5082	11	46	1	61	0
16	R Dravid	2000-2007	79	2658	2	–	–	36	1
17	A Kumble	2002-2002	1	–	–	2	0	2	0
18	V Sehwag	2003-2012	12	417	1	3	0	5	0
19	MS Dhoni	2007-2018	200	6641	6	1	0	185	73
20	SK Raina	2010-2014	12	232	0	3	0	4	0
21	G Gambhir	2010-2011	6	360	2	–	–	2	0
22	V Kohli	2013-2021	95	5449	21	0	0	56	0
23	AM Rahane	2015-2015	3	112	0	–	–	5	0
24	RG Sharma	2017-2019	10	543	2	–	–	4	0
25	S Dhawan	2021-2021	3	128	0	–	–	3	0

KL Rahul would become the fifth cricketer from Karnataka to lead India in one day internationals. Others are – GR Viswanath, SMH Kirmani, R Dravid and A Kumble.

No	Player	Span	M	Runs	C	W	5	Ct	St
1	GR Viswanath	1981-1981	1	5	0	–	–	0	0
2	SMH Kirmani	1983-1983	1	6	0	–	–	1	1
3	R Dravid	2000-2007	79	2658	2	–	–	36	1
4	A Kumble	2002-2002	1	–	–	2	0	2	0

Indian batsmen scoring centuries against South Africa

01/01/2022 hrg

KL Rahul scored 123 against South Africa in the just concluded test at Centurion to provide the 36^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PK Amre	103	2	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	Tendulkar	111	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
3	N Kapil Dev	129	3	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
4	Azharuddin	109	2	SAF	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5	Azharuddin	163*	3	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
6	Tendulkar	169	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
7	Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	R Dravid	148	1	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
9	Azharuddin	102	3	SAF	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
10	Tendulkar	155	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
11	V Sehwag	105	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
12	V Sehwag	164	2	SAF	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
13	W Jaffer	116	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
14	V Sehwag	319	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
15	R Dravid	111	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
16	V Sehwag	109	2	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
17	Tendulkar	100	3	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
18	V Sehwag	165	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
19	Tendulkar	106	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
20	VVS Laxman	143*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
21	MS Dhoni	132*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
22	Tendulkar	111*	3	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
23	Tendulkar	146	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
24	V Kohli	119	1	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
25	CA Pujara	153	3	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
26	AM Rahane	127	1	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
27	AM Rahane	100*	3	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
28	V Kohli	153	2	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
29	MA Agarwal	215	1	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
30	RG Sharma	176	1	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
31	RG Sharma	127	3	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
32	MA Agarwal	108	1	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
33	V Kohli	254*	1	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
34	RG Sharma	212	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
35	AM Rahane	115	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
36	KL Rahul	123	1	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

It also provides the 15^th occasion of occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against South Africa in South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PK Amre	103	2	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	Tendulkar	111	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
3	N Kapil Dev	129	3	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
4	Tendulkar	169	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
5	Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
6	R Dravid	148	1	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
7	Tendulkar	155	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
8	V Sehwag	105	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
9	W Jaffer	116	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
10	Tendulkar	111*	3	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
11	Tendulkar	146	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
12	V Kohli	119	1	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
13	CA Pujara	153	3	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
14	V Kohli	153	2	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
15	KL Rahul	123	1	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

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New Zealand opening batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty

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Batsmen who have scored a century on First of January

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Performance of various test teams in 2021

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Batsmen scoring a century in a test which has a start date of 1 January

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India has a new skipper for one day internationals : KL Rahul becomes the 26th cricketer to lead India in ODIs

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Indian batsmen scoring centuries against South Africa

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