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MJ North’s six of PP Ojha {third ball of 97^th over} provides the 100^th six scored in tests at M Chinnswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Team wise break up read thus – India {49}, Australia {17}, Pakistan {09}, West Indies {09}, Sri Lanka {06}, New Zealand {04}, South Africa {04} and England {02}. The break up of sixes scored by batsmen is furnished below

No	Batsman	Runs	6s	Inns	Team	Opp	Mon/Year
1	CG Greenidge	93	3	1	Win	Ind	Nov 1974
2	AI Kallicharran	124	2	1	Win	Ind	Nov 1974
3	GR Viswanath	29	1	2	Ind	Win	Nov 1974
4	CG Greenidge	107	2	3	Win	Ind	Nov 1974
5	CH Lloyd	163	2	3	Win	Ind	Nov 1974
6	DB Vengsarkar	112	2	2	Ind	Aus	Sep 1979
7	GR Viswanath	161*	1	2	Ind	Aus	Sep 1979
8	Yashpal Sharma	37	1	2	Ind	Aus	Sep 1979
9	Imran Khan	6	1	1	Pak	Ind	Nov 1979
10	N Kapil Dev	38	1	2	Ind	Pak	Nov 1979
11	IT Botham	55	1	1	Eng	Ind	Dec 1981
12	N Kapil Dev	59	1	2	Ind	Eng	Dec 1981
13	Javed Miandad	99	1	2	Pak	Ind	Sep 1983
14	Wasim Raja	39	1	2	Pak	Ind	Sep 1983
15	DB Vengsarkar	50	1	2	Ind	Pak	Mar 1987
16	KS More	9*	1	2	Ind	Pak	Mar 1987
17	Manzoor Elahi	8	1	3	Pak	Ind	Mar 1987
18	Wasim Akram	11	1	3	Pak	Ind	Mar 1987
19	RMH Binny	15	1	4	Ind	Pak	Mar 1987
20	NS Sidhu	116	4	1	Ind	NZl	Nov 1988
21	RJ Shastri	54	1	1	Ind	NZl	Nov 1988
22	AH Jones	45	1	2	NZl	Ind	Nov 1988
23	K Srikkanth	58*	1	3	Ind	NZl	Nov 1988
24	JG Wright	58	1	4	NZl	Ind	Nov 1988
25	NS Sidhu	99	2	1	Ind	Srl	Jan 1994
26	VG Kambli	82	2	1	Ind	Srl	Jan 1994
27	M Azharuddin	108	1	1	Ind	Srl	Jan 1994
28	N Kapil Dev	53*	2	1	Ind	Srl	Jan 1994
29	ST Jayasuriya	22	1	2	Srl	Ind	Jan 1994
30	RS Kalpage	63	2	2	Srl	Ind	Jan 1994
31	A Ranatunga	28	2	3	Srl	Ind	Jan 1994
32	M Muralitharan	20*	1	3	Srl	Ind	Jan 1994
33	A Jadeja	59	1	2	Ind	NZl	Oct 1995
34	SP Fleming	41	1	3	NZl	Ind	Oct 1995
35	DK Morrison	9	1	3	NZl	Ind	Oct 1995
36	M Prabhakar	43	1	4	Ind	NZl	Oct 1995
37	NS Sidhu	74	3	1	Ind	Aus	Mar 1998
38	SR Tendulkar	177	3	1	Ind	Aus	Mar 1998
39	A Kumble	39	1	1	Ind	Aus	Mar 1998
40	MJ Slater	91	2	2	Aus	Ind	Mar 1998
41	ME Waugh	153*	4	2	Aus	Ind	Mar 1998
42	SK Warne	33	1	2	Aus	Ind	Mar 1998
43	NS Sidhu	44	1	3	Ind	Aus	Mar 1998
44	MJ Slater	42	1	4	Aus	Ind	Mar 1998
45	JH Kallis	95	2	2	SAF	Ind	Mar 2000
46	DJ Cullinan	53	1	2	SAF	Ind	Mar 2000
47	L Klusener	97	1	2	SAF	Ind	Mar 2000
48	M Azharuddin	102	2	3	Ind	SAF	Mar 2000
49	N Hussain	43	1	1	Eng	Ind	Dec 2001
50	MJ Clarke	151	4	1	Aus	Ind	Oct 2004
51	AC Gilchrist	104	3	1	Aus	Ind	Oct 2004
52	IK Pathan	55	2	4	Ind	Aus	Oct 2004
53	Harbhajan Singh	42	1	4	Ind	Aus	Oct 2004
54	Younis Khan	267	1	1	Pak	Ind	Mar 2005
55	V Sehwag	201	2	2	Ind	Pak	Mar 2005
56	Yasir Hameed	76	1	3	Pak	Ind	Mar 2005
57	Shahid Afridi	58	2	3	Pak	Ind	Mar 2005
58	SC Ganguly	239	2	1	Ind	Pak	Dec 2007
59	Yuvraj Singh	169	1	1	Ind	Pak	Dec 2007
60	IK Pathan	102	4	1	Ind	Pak	Dec 2007
61	SC Ganguly	91	1	3	Ind	Pak	Dec 2007
62	KD Karthik	52	1	3	Ind	Pak	Dec 2007
63	MEK Hussey	146	1	1	Aus	Ind	Oct 2008
64	MJ North	128	1	1	Aus	Ind	Oct 2010
	Total		100

SR Watson and SM Katich added 99 runs for the first wicket in this test providing the 14th occasion of an opening partnership of 99 runs in the annals of test cricket. This partnership provides the fifth occasion of such a partnership against India. The following table tabulates them

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WA Brown, JHW Fingleton	1	99	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
2	L Hutton, FA Lowson	1	99	Eng	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1951
3	NJ Contractor, P Roy	1	99	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958
4	MR Bynoe, CC Hunte	1	99	Win	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1967
5	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	99	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
6	Sadiq Mohammad, Talat Ali	1	99	Pak	Eng	Lahore	Mar 1973
7	IR Redpath, A Turner	1	99	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Nov 1975
8	DL Haynes, PV Simmons	1	99	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	Apr 1992
9	UC Hathurusingha, RS Mahanama	1	99	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Mar 1993
10	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	99	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1994
11	AB de Villiers, GC Smith	1	99	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 2006
12	AN Petersen, GC Smith	1	99	SAF	Win	Basseterre	Jun 2010
13	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	99	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
14	SM Katich, SR Watson	1	99	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 201

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MR Bynoe, CC Hunte	1	99	Win	Ind	< p>Chennai	Jan 1967
2	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	99	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 1967
3	AB de Villiers, GC Smith	1	99	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 2006
4	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	99	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
5	SM Katich, SR Watson	1	99	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2010

RT Ponting’s half century – 77 – in this test represents his 52^nd fifty as Australian captain. He now holds the record for most fifties by an Australian captain. He went past AR Border’s record of 51 fifties. RT Ponting’s 52 fifties represent not only an Australian record but also a world record for most fifties by a test captain. All his 52 fifties are tabulated below

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	92	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Mar 2004
2	51	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 2004
3	68	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
4	98	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
5	62*	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2004
6	207	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2005
7	105	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
8	86*	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
9	61	v England	Birmingham	Aug 2005
10	156	v England	Manchester	Aug 2005
11	54	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
12	149	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
13	104*	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
14	56	v West Indies	Adelaide	Nov 2005
15	71	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
16	53	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
17	117	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2005
18	120	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
19	143*	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
20	74	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2006
21	103	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
22	116	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
23	118*	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	Apr 2006
24	52	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Apr 2006
25	196	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
26	60*	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
27	142	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2006
28	75	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
29	56	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Nov 2007
30	53*	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	Nov 2007
31	55	v India	Sydney	Jan 2008
32	140	v India	Adelaide	Jan 2008
33	158	v West Indies	Kingston	May 2008
34	65	v West Indies	North Sound	May 2008
35	123	v India	Bangalore	Oct 2008
36	87	v India	Delhi	Oct 2008
37	79	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2008
38	101	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
39	99	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
40	53	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2009
41	83	v South Africa	Johannesburg	Feb 2009
42	81	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
43	150	v England	Cardiff	Jul 2009
44	78	v England	Leeds	Aug 2009
45	66	v England	The Oval	Aug 2009
46	55	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2009
47	57	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2009
48	209	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
49	89	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
50	66	v Pakistan	Leeds	Jul 2010
51	71	v India	Mohali	Oct 2010
52	77	v India	Bangalore	Oct 2010

PR George and CA Pujara became the 20^th and 21^st cricketers to make their test debut in a test at Bangalore.

No	Cricketers	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	CG Greenidge	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
2	HS Kanitkar	Ind	Win	Bangalore	Nov 1974
3	IVA Richards	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
4	Yajurvindra Singh	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	Jan 1977
5	MD Marshall	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Dec 1978
6	NS Yadav	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Sep 1979
7	RMH Binny	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Nov 1979
8	Ehteshamuddin	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1979
9	Azeem Hafeez	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	Sep 1983
10	CM Kuggeleijn	NZl	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1988
11	LK Germon	NZl	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 1995
12	AC Dale	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Mar 1998
13	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Mar 1998
14	DS Lehmann	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Mar 1998
15	N Chopra	Ind	SAF	Bangalore	Mar 2000
16	M Kaif	Ind	SAF	Bangalore	Mar 2000
17	MJ Clarke	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
18	Yasir Arafat	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	Dec 2007
19	CL White	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2008
20	PR George	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2010
21	CA Pujara	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2010

CA Pujara became the eighth Indian cricketer to make test debut in a test at Bangaloree while PR George became the fifth Australian cricketer to make test debut.

No	Cricketers	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	HS Kanitkar	Ind	Win	Bangalore	Nov 1974
2	Yajurvindra Singh	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	Jan 1977
3	NS Yadav	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Sep 1979
4	RMH Binny	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	Nov 1979
5	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Mar 1998
6	N Chopra	Ind	SAF	Bangalore	Mar 2000
7	M Kaif	Ind	SAF	Bangalore	Mar 2000
8	CA Pujara	Ind	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2010
No	Cricketers	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AC Dale	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Mar 1998
2	DS Lehmann	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Mar 1998
3	MJ Clarke	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
4	CL White	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2008
5	PR George	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2010

Second Test at Bangalore : First day

India capped CA Pujara for this test. He became the 266^th cricketer to represent India in Tests. He is 37^th Indian Cricketer to make his test debut against Australia.

Australia capped PR George for this test. He became the 416^th cricketer to represent Australia in tests. He is the 46^th Australian cricketer to make test debut against India

RT Ponting won the toss in this test providing the 39^th occasion of an Australian captain winning the toss against India.

PR George and CA Pujara became the 20^th and 21^st cricketers to make their test debut in a test at Bangalore.

CA Pujara became the eighth Indian cricketer to make test debut in a test at Bangalore. Others are – HS Kanitkar vs West Indies in Nov 1974, Yajurvindra Singh vs England in Jan 1977, NS Yadav vs Australia in Sep 1979, RMH Binny vs Pakistan in Nov 1979, Harbhajan Singh vs Australia in Mar 1998, N Chopra vs South Africa at Bangalore in Mar 2000 and M Kaif vs South Africa in Mar 2000.

CA Pujara became the third Indian cricketer to make debut against Australia at Bangalore. Others are – NS Yadav in Sep 1979 and Harbhajan Singh in Mar 1998

PR George became the fifth Australian cricketer to make his debut against India at Bangalore. Others are – AC Dale in Mar 1998, DS Lehmann in Mar 1998, MJ Clarke iin Oct 2004 and CL White in Oct 2008

RT Ponting has captained Australia in ten tests against India prior to the start of the Bangalore test. Bangalore test is his eleventh test. By leading Australia against India in the second test at Bangalore, RT Ponting now shares the record with AR Border who has led Australia against India in eleven tests.

RT Ponting became the first Australian cricketer to represent Australia in 25 tests against India. Bangalore test is his 25^th test. He became the fourth cricketer to appear in 25 or more tests against India. Others are – Javed Miandad of Pakistan {28 tests}, CH Lloyd of West Indies {28 tests} and IVA Richards of West Indies {28 tests}

RT Ponting was playing his 250^th innings when he came to bat at the fall of the first wicket on the first day of this test. He became the third Australian batsman to play 250 test innings. Others are – AR Border {265} and SR Waugh {260}

RT Ponting became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 250 plus test innings. Others are – SR Tendulkar {278}, AR Border {265} and SR Waugh {260}

R Dravid took his 198^th catch when he caught SM Katich of Harbhajan Singh for 43 in Australia’s first innings. It was his 47^th catch against Australia. It was his 94^th catch on home soil. He is on par with SP Fleming, BC Lara and RT Ponting who have pouched 94 catches on home soil. DPMD Jayawardene {101}, MA Taylor {97} and JH Kallis {96} are the other threee fielders who have taken more catches on home soil.

Harbhajan Singh-R Dravid – bowler-fielder combination has accounted for 48 dismissals including the dismissal of SM Katich in this test. Muralitharan-DPMD Jayawadrene {77} and A Kumble-R Dravid {55} and SK Warne-MA Taylor {55} are the three bowler-fielder combination to dismiss 50 plus batsmen.

SR Watson and SM Katich added 99 runs for the first wicket in this test providing the 14th occasion of an opening partnership of 99 runs in the annals of test cricket. This partnership provides the fifth occasion of such a partnership against India. The other four occasions are – 99 runs between MR Bynoe and CC Hunte of West Indies at Chennai in Jan 1967, 99 runs between WM Lawry and RB Simpson of Australia at Adelaide in Dec 1967, 99 runs between AB de Villiers and GC Smith of South Africa at Durban in Dec 2006 and 99 runs between TM Dilshan and NT Paranvitana of Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010.

SR Watson and SM Katich added 99 runs for the first wicket in this test providing the second occasion of Australian openers posting a partnership of 99 runs. The other occasion was the 99 runs between WM Lawry and RB Simpson of Australia at Adelaide in Dec 1967.

RT Ponting’s half century – 77 – in this test was his 14^th fifty against India. He is now on par with ML Hayden who also has 14 fifties to his credit. RT Ponting went past AR Border who had 13 fifties on his way to 14^th fifty. Both RT Ponting and ML Hayden have scored six centuries and eight half centuries against India

RT Ponting’s half century – 77 – in this test represent his 93^rd fifty – 39 centuries and 54 half centuries.

RT Ponting half century – 77 – in this test represents his 52^nd fifty as Australian captain. He now holds the record for most fifties by an Australian captain. He went past AR Border’s record of 51 fifties. RT Ponting’s 52 fifties represent not only an Australian record but also a world record for most fifties by a test captain.

MJ North completed 1000 runs of his test career when he was on 9 during his knock in this innings. He became the 91^st Australian cricketer to score 1000 plus test runs.

RT Ponting was dismissed lbw for 77 of the bowling of SK Raina in this test providing the 40^th occasion of his being dismissed lbw in a test innings. He is on par with AJ Stewert of England who has been dismissed lbw on 40 occasions. Only SR Tendulkar {51} and GA Gooch {50} are the batsmen who have been dismissed lbw on more occasions than RT Ponting and GA Gooch.

First T20 International: South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein on 08.10.10: South Africa won by seven wickets

This game represent the first ever T20I game between South Africa and Zimbabwe. South Africa’s victory by seven wickets in this game provides the 22^nd occasion of South Africa winning a T20I game. Only Pakistan is ahead of South Africa with 26 victories. South Africa with the win in this game went past Australia, which has won 21 games.

Pakistan {26}, South Africa {22} and Australia {21} are the only three teams in the history of T20Is to register 20 plus wins

South Africa capped CA Ingram and J Theron for this game. They became the 46^th and 47^th South African cricketers to represent South Africa in T20Is. This is the first occasion South African cricketers are making T20I debut against Zimbabwe

H Masakadza {72} and CJ Chibabha {52} scored fifties in this game providing the fifth occasion of Zimbabwean batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is. The other three occasions are –

60* by BRM Taylor vs Australia at Cape Town on 12.09.07, 53 by H Masakadza vs Pakistan at King City {NW{ on 12.10.08 and 79 by H Masakadza vs Canada at King City {NW} on 13.10.08

H Masakadza {72} and CJ Chibabha {52} scored fifties in this game providing the first occasion of two Zimbabwean batsmen scoring fifties in a T20I

H Masakadza became the first Zimbabwean batsman to score fifties on three occasions. He is one of 30 batsmen who have scored three or more fifties in T20Is.

H Masakadza and CJ Chibhabha added 76 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnerships in T20Is. The other seven are – 54 for the fourth wicket between H Masakadza and SC Williams vs Bangladesh at Khulna on 28.11.06 : 53 for the fifth wicket between H Masakadza and BRM Taylor vs Australia at Cape Town on 12.09.07 : 74 for the first wicket between V Sibanda and BRM Taylor vs England at Cape Town on 13.09.07 : 53 for the sixth wicket between E Chigumbara and T Taibu vs Canada at King City {NW} on 11.10.08 : 62 for the first wicket between H Masakadza and C Zhuwawo vs Pakistan at King City {NW} on 12,10.09 and 89 for the second wicket between H Masakadza and CJ Chibabha vs Canada at King City on 13.10.08

Zimbabwe’s 168 for 4 in this game represents its second best team total in T20Is. Its highest team total is 184 for 5 against Canada at King City {NW} on 13.10.08

GC Smith scored 58 in this game to provide his fifth fifty in T20I games. The other four occasions are – 61 vs New Zealand at Jo’burg on 21.10.05, 89* vs Australia at Johannesburg on 24.02.05, 71* vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 02.02.07 and 88 vs England at Centurion on 15.11.09.

With five fifties to his credit, GC Smith became the tenth batsman in T20Is to score five or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum {07}, G Gambhir {06}, CH Gayle {06}, KC Sangakkara {06}, TM Dilshan {05}, DPMD Jayawardene {05}, Kamran Akmal {05}, KP Pietersen {05} and Yuvraj Singh {05}.

With five fifties to his credit, GC Smith became the fifth opening batsman to score five or more fifties in T20Is. Others are – BB McCullum {07}, G Gambhir {06}, CH Gayle {06} and TM Dilshan {05},

GC Smith completed 850 runs in his T20I career when he was on 47 during his knock of 58 in this innings and at the end of this game, his total stood at 861. He became the third batsman in T20Is to total 850 plus runs. The other two are – BB McCullum {1100} and KP Pietersen {911}.

GC Smith became the second batsman in T20Is to score 100 plus boundary fours. His first boundary in this game gave him the 100^th boundary {of the second ball of South Africa’s innings – bowler being C Mpofu} and at the end of this game, he had an aggregate of 108 boundary fours. BB McCullum of New Zealand is the other batsman who has an aggregate of 112 boundary fours.

South African innings contained two fifty plus runs partnerships in this game – 90 runs for the first wicket between GC Smith and LL Bosman : 70* for the fourth wicket between JP Duminy and DA Miller. These two fifty partnerships represent the 24^th and 25^th occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs patnerships in T20Is.

90 runs for the first wicket between GC Smith and LL Bosman in this game provide the ninth occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the first wicket by South African batsmen in T20I games.

90 runs for the first wicket between GC Smith and LL Bosman in this game provide the 71^st occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the first wicket in T20I games.

Australian and New Zeland batsmen have posted fifty plus run partnerships for the first wicket on ten occasions and are closely followed by South Africa which has nine such partnerships to its credit

70* for the fourth wicket between JP Duminy and DA Miller in this game provide the sixth occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the fourth wicket by South African batsmen in T20I games.

70* for the fourth wicket between JP Duminy and DA Miller in this game provide the 43rd occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the fourth wicket in T20I games.

Australia and Pakistan share the record for most number of 50 plus runs partnerships for the fourth wicket with seven partnerships each. South Africa and Sri Lanka with six such partnerships are behind Australia and Pakistan.

The second one day game between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Dhaka on 08.09.10 was abandoned without a ball being bowled providing the 74^th occasion of an abandoned game in the history of one day games.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Sri Lanka	West Indies	The Oval	13.06.79
2	England	West Indies	Melbourne	12.01.80
3	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Col-RPS	09.03.86
4	NewZealand	West Indies	Wellington	25.03.87
5	Pakistan	Australia	Gurjanwala	30.09.88
6	Pakistan	Australia	Karachi	14.10.88
7	India	NewZealand	Jammu	19.12.88
8	Pakistan	India	Peshawar	16.12.89
9	West Indies	England	Guyana	14.03.90
10	NewZealand	South Africa	Adelaide	11.12.93
11	England	NewZealand	Lord’s	21.05.94
12	India	Pakistan	Col-RPS	15.09.94
13	Pakistan	Australia	Gujranwala	26.10.94
14	India	NewZealand	Margao	21.11.95
15	India	Australia	Cuttack	27.10.96
16	NewZealand	Sri Lanka	Auckland	22.03.97
17	India	Pakistan	Col-SSC	21.07.97
18	Sri Lanka	India	Galle	25.06.98
19	Sri Lanka	NewZealand	Galle	27.06.98
20	India	NewZealand	Galle	29.06.98
21	Australia	England	Melbourne	12.02.99
22	NewZealand	South Africa	Wellington	31.03.99
23	England	Zimbabwe	Centurion	09.02.00
24	Zimbabwe	England	Harare	23.02.00
25	Australia	Pakistan	Ch-le-St	16.06.01
26	West Indies	India	Jamaica	25.05.02
27	West Indies	India	Jamaica	26.05.02
28	Sri Lanka	England	Col-RPS	21.11.03
29	Sri Lanka	England	Col-RPS	23.11.03
30	NewZealand	SouthAfrica	Dunedin	24.02.04
31	NewZealand	SouthAfrica	Auckland	28.02.04
32	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bulawayo	06.03.04
33	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bulawayo	07.03.04
34	West Indies	England	Port of Spain	25.04.04
35	West Indies	England	St George’s	28.04.04
36	England	NewZealand	Manchester	24.06.04
37	Australia	Pakistan	Amstelveen	25.08.04
38	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	11.10.04
39	Australia	NewZealand	Brisbane	10.12.04
40	India	SouthAfrica	Chennai	22.11.05
41	Zimbabwe	Kenya	Harare	04.03.06
42	India	England	Guwahati	09.04.06
43	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Guyana	06.05.06
44	Sri Lanka	SouthAfrica	Col-RPS	14.08.06
45	Sri Lanka	India	Col-RPS	16.08.06
46	Sri Lanka	India	Col-SSC	20.08.06
47	SouthAfrica	Zimbabwe	East London	17.09.06
48	South Africa	India	Johannesburg	19.11.06
49	Pakistan	West Indies	Rawalpindi	05.12.06
50	Bangladesh	India	Chittagong	15.05.07
51	Scotland	Pakistan	Edinburgh	01.07.07
52	India	Pakistan	Glasgow	03.07.07
53	Canada	Netherlands	Toronto	04.07.07
54	Zimbabwe	West Indies	Bulawayo	09.12.07
55	Netherlands	Bermuda	Amstelveen	07.08.08
56	Ireland	Canada	Dublin	12.08.08
57	Scotland	Kenya	Ayr	13.08.08
58	Sri Lanka	India	Col-RPS	26.08.08
59	Ireland	Kenya	Belfast	27.08.08
60	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Nairobi-G	21.10.08
61	Kenya	Ireland	Nairobi-G	22.10.08
62	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Nairobi-G	23.10.08
63	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Nairobi-G	25.10.08
64	South Africa	Bangladesh	East London	12.11.08
65	England	West Indies	Leeds	21.05.09
66	Netherlands	Canada	Amstelveen	12.07.09
67	Canada	Kenya	King City	21.08.09
68	Scotland	Ireland	Aberdeen	23.08.09
69	Canada	Kenya	King City	23.08.09
70	India	Australia	Mumbao-DYP	11.11.09
71	South Africa	England	Johannesburg	20.11.09
72	South Africa	England	Durban	04.12.09
73	Scotland	Bangladesh	Glasgow	19.07.10
74	Bangladesh	NewZealand	Dhaka	08.10.10

New Zealand has been involved in fourteen abandoned games, the list of which is furnished below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	NewZealand	West Indies	Wellington	25.03.87
2	NewZealand	India	Jammu	19.12.88
3	NewZealand	South Africa	Adelaide	11.12.93
4	NewZealand	England	Lord’s	21.05.94
5	NewZealand	India	Margao	21.11.95
6	NewZealand	Sri Lanka	Auckland	22.03.97
7	NewZealand	Sri Lanka	Galle	27.06.98
8	NewZealand	India	Galle	29.06.98
9	NewZealand	SouthAfrica	Wellington	31.03.99
10	NewZealand	SouthAfrica	Dunedin	24.02.04
11	NewZealand	SouthAfrica	Auckland	28.02.04
12	NewZealand	England	Manchester	24.06.04
13	NewZealand	Australia	Brisbane	10.12.04
14	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Dhaka	08.10.10

Bangladesh has been involved in six abandoned games, the list of which is furnished below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Date
1	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06.03.04
2	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07.03.04
3	Bangladesh	India	Chittagong	15.05.07
4	Bangladesh	SouthAfrica	EastLondon	12.11.08
5	Bangladesh	Scotland	Glasgow	19.07.10
6	Bangladesh	NewZealand	Dhaka	08.10.10

India and Australia are scheduled to play the second test at Bangalore during 09.10.10 and 13.10.10

Prior to the start of the test, MJ Clarke has an aggregate of 985 runs against India. He requires 15 runs to complete 1000 runs against India. If he gets them he would become the ninth batsman to total 1000 plus runs against India

ML Hayden, RT Ponting and DC Boon share the record of most hundreds by an Australian batsman against India. One more hundred to RT Ponting will be his seventh hundred and with it he would own the record of most hundreds by an Australian batsman against India

R Dravid has an aggregate of 1927 runs representing India prior to the start of the Bangalore test. He requires 73 runs for his 2000 run aggregate against Australia. Should he get them he would become the third Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs against Australia. SR Tendulkar {2884} and VVS Laxman {2279} have scored 2000 plus runs prior to the start of the Bangalore Test.

R Dravid wih his 2000 plus runs against Australia would provide the 59^th occasion of a batsman totaling 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition. It would also provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman totaling 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition.

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid have scored twelve half centuries against Australia. A half century to any of them would earn them the record of most half centuries by an Indian batsman against Australia

Prior to the start of the Bangalore test RT Ponting has scored four ducks against India. One more duck to him would make him the third Australian batsman to score five or more ducks against India. B Lee {06] and SK Warne {05} are the other batsmen who have scored five or more ducks against India

Harbhajan Singh has scored five ducks prior to the start of the Bangalore test. One more duck to him would give him six ducks. Should he get it. he would then share the second place along with BS Chandrashekhar who has also scored six ducks. AB Agarkar with eight ducks occupy the first place

RT Ponting has captained Australia in ten tests against India prior to the start of the Bangalore test. Bangalore test would be his eleventh test. By leading Australia against India in the second test at Bangalore, RT Ponting would share the record with AR Border who has led Australia against India in eleven tests.

SR Tendulkar has played 30 tests against Australia prior to the start of the Bangalore test. Bangalore test would be his 31st test against Australia. He would become the second Indian batsman to play 31 plus tests against specific opposition. SM Gavaskar is the other batsman who has played 38 tests against England

Prior to the start of the Bangalore test, V Sehwag has an aggregate of 1476 runs against Australia. He requires 24 more runs for his 1500 runs against Australia. If he gets them, he would become the sixth Indian batsman to total 1500 plus runs against Australia. Others who have 1500 plus runs prior to the start of the Bangalore test are – SR Tendulkar {2884}, VVS Laxman {2279}, R Dravid {1927} and SM Gavaskar {1550}

RT Ponting has scored 13 half centuries against India and is on par with AR Border who has 13 half centuries. If he gets one more half century he would be on par with ML Hayden who has 14 half centuries and share the record for most half centuries by an Australian batsman with ML Hayden

SM Katich and MJ Clarke have scored eight half centuries and requires two more half centuries for the 10^th half century against India. If they get them they would join the company of ML Hayden {14}, AR Border {13}, RT Ponting {13} and RB Simpson {10} who have scored ten or more half centuries against India prior to the start of the Bangalore test.

RT Pontng has pouched 29 catches against India and is on par with ME Waugh who has also pouched 29 catches. One more catch for Ponting would give him 30 catches and with it the Australian record for most catches by a fieldsman against India.

Prior to the start of the Bangalore test, R Dravid has an aggregate of 197 catches and three more catches would make him the first fieldsman ever to pouch 200 catches in the annals of test cricket.

Prior to the start of the Bangalore test, R Dravid and SR Tendukar have an aggregate of 6076 partnership runs. They need six more runs to occupy the second place among the pair of batsmen who have an aggregate of 6000 partnership runs. They would go past Australian pair ML Hayden-JL Langer pair that has 6081 runs to its credit. CG Greenidge-DL Haynes of West Indies with 6482 runs has most runs.

R Dravid and SR Tendulkar have 41 fifty plus runs partnerships between them and one more fifty plus partnerships would give them 42 fifty plus partnerships, Should they get them they would be on par with CG Greenidge-DL Haynes and ML Hayden-JL Langer pair who have 42 fifty plus runs partnerships

R Dravid has played his 55^th test batting at number three at home at Mohali. He has equalled the record held by RT Ponting who has played 55 home tests. Dravid’s second test at Bangalore would give record 56 appearances at home while batting at number three.

Bangalore test would be the 69^th away test {including neutral tests} for RT Ponting. He would occupy the fourth place among the Australians who have appeared in most away tests – SR Waugh {79}, SK Warne {76}, AR Border {70} and RT Ponting {69}

Shakib Al Hasan’s all round performance – 58 and 4 for 41 – in this game provide the 42nd occasion of an all round performance of a fifty and four or more wickets in one day games. He became the first Bangladesh cricketer to perform the feat

No	Cricketers	Team	Opp	Date	Ground	Runs	Wkts
1	FletcherDAG	Zim	Aus	09.06.83	Nottingham	69*	4/42
2	WaughSR	Aus	Pak	02.01.87	Perth	82	4/48
3	RichardsIVA	Win	NZl	18.03.87	Dunedin	119	5/41
4	SrikkanthK	Ind	NZl	10.12.88	Vizag	70	5/27
5	O’DonnellSP	Aus	Srl	26.12.89	Melbourne	57*	4/36
6	BothamIT	Eng	Aus	05.03.92	Sydney	53	4/31
7	CrockerGJ	Zim	Ind	25.10.92	Harare	50	4/26
8	WaughME	Aus	Win	15.12.92	Melbourne	57	5/24
10	AamirSohail	Pak	Srl	12.10.95	Sharjah	85	4/22
11	Pollock M	SAF	Eng	09.01.96	Cape Town	66*	4/34
12	KlusenerL	SAF	Pak	06.11.97	Lahore	54	6/49
13	AstleNJ	NZl	Pak	09.05.97	Mohali	117	4/43
14	TendulkarSR	Ind	Aus	28.10.98	Dhaka	141	4/38
15	GangulySC	Ind	Srl	22.03.99	Nagpur	130*	4/21
16	JohnsonNC	Zim	Ken	15.05.99	Taunton	59	4/42
17	AbdulRazzaq	Pak	Ind	21.01.00	Hobart	70*	5/48
18	HickGA	Eng	Zim	20.02.00	Harare	80	5/33
19	ShahidAfridi	Pak	Eng	27.10.00	Lahore	61	5/40
20	GangulySC	Ind	Zim	11.12.00	Kanpur	71*	5/34
21	GayleCH	Win	NZl	16.06.02	Kingstown	67	4/54
22	IraniRC	Eng	Ind	09.07.02	The Oval	53	5/26
23	StyrisSB	NZl	Win	12.06.02	Trinidad	63*	6/25
24	OdumbeMO	Ken	Ban	01.03.03	Johannesburg	52*	4/38
25	GayleCH	Win	Aus	01.06.03	St George’s	60	5/46
26	deSilvaPA	Srl	Eng	13.01.03	Sydney	51	4/30
27	KloppenburgJF	Net	Nam	03.03.03	Bloemfontein	121	4/42
28	FlintoffA	Eng	Ban	07.11.03	Chittagong	55*	4/14
29	JayasuriyaST	Srl	Aus	09.01.03	Sydney	122	4/39
30	GayleCH	Win	Zim	30.11.03	Harate	112*	4/24
31	LehmannDS	Aus	Zim	27.05.04	Harare	67	4/07
32	ShoaibMalik	Pak	HKG	18.07.04	Col-SSC	118	4/19
33	AbdulRazzaq	Pak	Aus	30.01.05	Perth	63*	4/53
34	CollingwoodPD	Eng	Ban	21.06.05	Nottingham	112	6/31
35	BlignautAM	Zim	NZl	31.08.05	Harare	50	4/46
36	WatsonSR	Aus	ICC	09.10.05	Melbourne/CS	66*	4/39
37	OdoyoTM	Ken	Ban	13.08.06	Nairobi{G}	84	4/36
38	CollingwoodPD	Eng	NZl	15.06.08	Ch-le-St	64	4/15
39	SDhaniram	Can	Ber	29.06.08	King City	79	5/32
40	YuvrajSingh	Ind	Eng	17.11.08	Indore	118	4/28
41	tenDoeschateRN	Net	Afg	30.08.09	Amstelveen	58	4/35
42	ShakibAlHasan	Ban	NZl	05.10.10	Dhaka	58	4/41

First ODI – Bangladesh vs New Zealand at Mirpur on 05.10.10: Bangladesh won by nine runs under DL Method

Bangladesh’s win by nine runs under DL Method in this game was its 58^th win in one day games and represents its second win against New Zealand. The first win had come at the same venue on 09.10.09 when Bangladesh had won by seven wickets

Shakib Al Hasan scored 58 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand. It is also his first fifty against New Zealand, the previous best being his 36 at Christchurch on 11.02.10. It also represents his 15^th one day half century and 19^th fifty.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 58 in this game provide the 199^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in one day games.

With 15 half centuries to his credit, Shakib Al Hasan is on par with Tamim Iqbal who also has scored 15 half centuries. Both these two batsmen occupy the joint second place amongst the Bangladesh batsmen who have scored most half centuries. Mohammad Ashraful leads the list with 20 half centuries. Shakib Al Hasan went past Aftab Ahmed and Habibul Bashar who had scored 14 half centuries on his way to 15^th half century.

With his 19^th fifty, Shakib Al Hasan occupies the second place amongst the Bangladesh batsman who have scored most fifties. Mohammad Asharaful has scored most fifties – 23, Shakib Al Hassan went past Tamim Iqbal’s 18 fifties on his way to 19^th fifty.

Shakib Al Hasan completed 2500 runs of his one day career when he was on 35 during his knock of 58 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2523. He became the second Bangladesh batsman to score 2500 plus runs after Mohammad Ashraful who has an aggregate of 3354 runs to his credit.

BB McCullum’s 61 in this game represent his 18^th one day half century and his 20^th fifty. It provides the 27^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. It also represents the second occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. The first occasion was at Queestown on 31.12.07 when he came up with 80 not out

At the end of this game BB McCullum’s aggregate runs as New Zealand’s wicket keeper batsman stood at 2995. He needs five more runs to become the first New Zealand wicket keeper batsman to total 3000 runs in one day games.

BB McCullum’s 61 in this game provide the 12^th occasion of a New Zealand’s wicket keeper- opening batsman scoring a fifty in one day game. It also provides the second such occasion against Bangladesh. The first occasion was at Queestown on 31.12.07 when he came up with 80 not out

BB McCullum’s 61 in this game represent his 14^th fifty as a New Zealand opening batsman. Other openers who have scored more fifties than BB McCullum are – NJ Astle {51}, SP Fleming {24} and JG Wright {24}.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 41 in this game provide the 33^rd occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games and the seventh such occasion against New Zealand. Other occasions are – 4 for 40 by Nazmul Hossain at Chittagong in 02.11.04, 5 for 31 by Aftab Ahmed at Dhaka on 05.11.04, 4 for 63 by Mohammad Rafique at Dhaka on 07.11.04, 4 for 44 by Mashrafe Mortaza at Dhaka on 09.10.08, 4 for 68 by Shafiul Islam at Napier on 05.02.10 and 4 for 33 by Shakib Al Hasan at Christchurch on 11.02.10

Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladesh bowler to capture four wickets in an innings on two occasions against New Zealand – 4 for 33 at Christchurch on 11.02.10 and 4 for 41 at Dhaka on 05.10.00.

Shakib Al Hasan’s all round performance – 58 and 4 for 41 – in this game provide the 42nd occasion of an all round performance of a fifty and four or more wickets in one day games. He became the first Bangladesh cricketer to perform the feat