SPD Smith joins the list of captains who have scored single digit runs facing 50 plus deliveries

SPD Smith joins the list of captains who have scored single digit runs facing 50 plus deliveries

Steven Peter Devereux Smith

SPD Smith scored eight runs in 52 deliveries in the ongoing Bengaluru test between India and Australia to provide the 15th occasion of a captain scoring single digit runs consuming 50 plus deliveries. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 JV Coney 8 86 1 NZl Aus Sydney 22 Nov 1985
2 WM Lawry 9 66 2 Aus Eng Sydney 09 Jan 1971
3 JM Brearley 9 65 3 Eng Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1979
4 HL Collins 9 63 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
5 ADR Campbell 7 63 2 Zim Srl Kandy 07 Jan 1998
6 R Dravid 9 60 4 Ind Eng Mumbai 18 Mar 2006
7 MG Burgess 7 59 3 NZl Eng The Oval 27 Jul 1978
8 MC Cowdrey 9 57 2 Eng Win Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
9 SP Fleming 9 57 3 NZl SAF Wellington 26 Mar 2004
10 MG Burgess 7 53 3 NZl Eng Nottingham 10 Aug 1978
11 SPD Smith 8 52 2 Aus Ind Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017
12 R Illingworth 8 51 2 Eng Aus Brisbane 27 Nov 1970
13 Mushtaq Mohammad 9 51 2 Pak Aus Melbourne 01 Jan 1977
14 MC Cowdrey 3 50 1 Eng SAF Birmingham 09 Jun 1960
15 AJ Strauss 9 50 3 Eng Win Kingston 04 Feb 2009

SPD Smith scored eight runs in 52 deliveries in the ongoing Bengaluru test between India and Australia to provide the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring single digit runs consuming 50 plus deliveries. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WM Lawry 9 66 2 Aus Eng Sydney 09 Jan 1971
2 HL Collins 9 63 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
3 SPD Smith 8 52 2 Aus Ind Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017

SPD Smith became the first captain to accomplish such a feat against India. The previous record was credited to GP Howarth of New Zealand who had scored two runs facing 49 deliveries against India at Auckland in Mar 1981.

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