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England on its tour of South Africa in Nov-Dec 09, played five one day games and won the series 2-1 with two games abandoned without a ball being bowled. crickick’s statistician HR Gopala Krishna brings out the stats highlights of each of the five one day games in detail for the visitors. Read on …………

First One day game at Johannesburg on 20.11.09 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

This abandoned game provides the 71^st occasion of a one day game being abandoned without a ball being bowled in the history of one day games. As far as South Africa is concerned this game represents the tenth occasion of an abandoned game and South Africa’s first abandoned game against England. The ten games are listed below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RSA	NZl	Adelaide	11	12	1993
2	RSA	NZl	Wellington	31	03	1999
3	RSA	NZl	Dunedin	24	02	2004
4	RSA	NZl	Auckland	28	02	2004
5	RSA	Ind	Chepauk	22	11	2005
6	RSA	Zim	East London	17	09	2006
7	RSA	Ind	Jo’burg	19	11	2006
8	RSA	Srl	Col-RPS	14	08	2006
9	RSA	Ban	East London	12	11	2008
10	RSA	Eng	Jo’burg	20	11	2009

As far as England is concerned, this game represents the 14th abandoned game which are listed below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	Win	Melbourne	12	01	1980
2	Eng	Win	Guyana	14	03	1990
3	Eng	NZl	Lord’s,	21	05	1994
4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	12	02	1999
5	Eng	Zim	Harare	23	02	2000
6	Eng	Zim	Centurion	09	02	2000
7	Eng	Srl	Col-RPS	21	11	2003
8	Eng	Srl	Col-RPS	23	11	2003
9	Eng	Win	Grenada	28	04	2004
10	Eng	NZl	Manchester	24	06	2004
11	Eng	Win	Trinidad	25	04	2005
12	Eng	Ind	Guwahati	09	04	2006
13	Eng	Win	Leeds	21	05	2009
14	Eng	RSA	Jo’burg	20	11	2009

Second one day game at Centurion on 22.11.09 : England won by seven wickets

HM Amla scored 57 in this game which was his fifth one day half century and sixth one day fifty. His knock represents the 45th occasion of a South African batsman registering a fifty against England.

AN Petersen’s 64 in this game represents his second one day half century, the other being his 80 against Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.06. His knock represents the 46th occasion of a South African batsman registering a fifty against England.

IJL Trott scored 87 in this game which was his first one day half century. He made his first one day run in this game as he had failed to open his account on his debut against Ireland at Belfast on 27.08.09

PD Collingwood scored 105 not out in this game which was his fifth one day hundred. His other four hundreds are – 120* vs Australia at Melbourne on 09.02.07, 112* vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 21.06.05, 106 vs New Zealand at Brisbane on 06.02.07 and 100 vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 22.12.02.

PD Collingwood’s 105 not out represent the 1031st hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 91^st hundred by England batsman in one day games.

PD Collingwood’s 105 not out represent the sixth hundred by an England batsman against South Africa. The other five hundreds are – 114* by ME Trescothick at The Oval on 28.06.03, 106 by VS Solanki at The Oval on 28.06.03, 108* by KP Pietersen at Bloemfontein on 02.02.05, 100* by KP Pietersen at East London on 09.02.05 and 116 by KP Pietersen at Centurion on 13.02.05.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 13^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against England. The other two occasions are – 113 runs stand between NV Knight and GA Hick at Birmingham on 18.08.98 and 114 runs stand between ME Trescothick and A McGrath at Manchester on 03.07.03.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game which represents the record stand for the third wicket by England batsmen against South Africa. The previous best for the third wicket was 114 runs stand between ME Trescothick and A McGrath at Manchester on 03.07.03.

Third one day game at Cape Town on 27.11.09 : South Africa won by 112 runs

South Africa’s total of 354 for 6 in this game provides the 343^rd occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. This total also represents the 42^nd occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games.

South Africa’s total of 354 for 6 in this game provides the ninth occasion of a South Africa posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games. Only India is ahead with 12 occasions in this category of statistics. Nine occasions of South Africa posting 350 plus runs in an one day game is furnished below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	363/3	50.0	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01
2	354/3	50.0	Ken	Cape Town	22.10.01
3	438/9	49.5	Aus	Johannesburg	12.03.06
4	418/5	50.0	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06
5	392/6	50.0	Pak	Centurion	04.02.07
6	353/3	40.0	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07
7	356/4	50.0	Win	St George’s	10.04.07
8	358/4	50.0	Ban	Benoni	09.11.08
9	354/6	50.0	Enf	Cape Town	27.11.09

HM Amla {86}, GC Smith {54}, AB de Villers {121} and AN Petersen {51} scored fifties in this game providing the 34^th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day games.

South African batsmen have achieved such a feat on six occasions and it is their first such feat against England. All the six such occasions are listed below

No	RSA	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	50+
1	RSA	1	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01	4
2	RSA	1	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06	4
3	RSA	1	Pak	Centurion	04.02.07	4
4	RSA	1	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07	4
5	RSA	1	Win	St George’s	10.04.08	4
6	RSA	1	Eng	Cape Town	27.11.09	4

HM Amla {86}, GC Smith {54} and AB de Villers {121} scored fifties in the game providing the 56^th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day games.

South African batsmen have achieved such a feat on eight occasions and it is their first such feat against England. All the eight such occasions are listed below

No	RSA	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	50+
1	RSA	1	Pak	Sharjah	13.04.96	3
2	RSA	1	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01	3
3	RSA	2	Ken	Kimberley	14.10.01	3
4	RSA	1	Ken	Colombo (RPS	20.09.02	3
5	RSA	1	Zim	Johannesburg	25.02.05	3
6	RSA	2	Win	Kingston	07.05.05	3
7	RSA	1	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06	3
8	RSA	1	Eng	Cape Town	27.11.09	3

HM Amla and GC Smith added 107 for the first wicket in this game providing the 45^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against various oppositions in one day games.

HM Amla and GC Smith added 107 for the first wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against England in one day games. The six occasions are listed below

No	Partner1	Partner2	Runs	Ground	Date
1	ACHudson	KCWessels	151	Melbourne	12.03.92
2	ACHudson	RPSnell	116	Bloemfontein	11.01.96
3	ACHudson	GKirsten	156	Centurion	14.01.96
4	DJCullinan	MJRRindell	113	Dhaka	25.10.98
5	HHGibbs	GKirsten	111	The Oval	22.05.99
6	HMAmla	GCSmith	107	Cape Town	27.11.09

SJC Broad captured four for 71 in this game providing the 828^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

SJC Broad became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to capture four or more wickets conceding seventy plus runs. The five bowlers list is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Opp	W	R	Ground	Date
1	Waqar Younis	Pak	Eng	4	73	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	JN Gillespie	Aus	Pak	5	70	Nairobi-G	07.09.02
3	A Nehra	Ind	Pak	4	72	Vizag	05.04.05
4	G Goudie	Sco	Aus	5	73	Edinburgh	28.08.09
5	SCJ Broad	Eng	RSA	4	71	Cape Town	27.11.09

SJC Broad became the first England bowler to capture four wickets conceding seventy plus runs in a one day games

SJC Broad’s four for 71 in this game provides the 413rd occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game. His figures represent the 34^th occasion of an England bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game. He became the second England bowler to leak seventy plus runs in a one day game against South Africa after MJ Hoggard who had figures of none for 74 at East London on 09.02.05.

WD Parnell captured 5 for 48 in this game providing the 320^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. Parnell’s figures also provide the 28^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets against various oppositions.

WD Parnell with his 5 for 48 in this game became the third South African bowler to capture five wickets against England in a one day game. The other two bowlers are – SM Pollock – 5 for 20 at Johannesburg on 13.02.00 and AJ Hall – 5 for 18 at Bridgetown on 17.04.07.

WD Parnell’s 5 for 48 in this game represent his second five wicket haul in one day game, the other being his 5 for 57 against New Zealand at Centurion on 24.02.09. This his figures of 5 for 48 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures.

WD Parnell’s 5 for 48 in this game represent the 33^rd occasion of a left arm pace bowler capturing five wickets in a one day game. His two five wicket hauls makes him the only South African left arm pace bowler to capture five or more wickets on two occasions.

WD Parnell with his two five wicket hauls joins the select band of left arm pace men who have captured five wicket hauls on two or more occasions – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {06}, WPUJC Vaas of Sri Lanka {04}, DE Bollinger of Australia {02}, NW Bracken of Australia {02}, GJ Gilmour of Australia {02}, MG Johnson of Australia {02}, A Nehra of India {02} and SB O’Connor of New Zealand {02}

SJC Broad {4 for 71} and WD Parnell {5 for 48} captured four or more wickets for England and South Africa respectively in this game providing the 123^rd occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

South Africa won this game by 112 runs providing the 37^th occasion of South Africa winning a one day game by 100 plus runs margin.

South Africa’s win by 112 runs in this game represents its third win against England by 100 plus runs margin which are listed below

No	SAF	Won	Margin	Opp	Ground	DD	MM	YY
1	SAF	won	122 runs	Eng	The Oval	22	05	99
2	SAF	won	112 runs	Eng	Cape Town	27	11	09
3	SAF	won	108 runs	Eng	Cape Town	06	02	05

Fourth One day game at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.09 : England won by seven wickets

South Africa were all out for 119 in this game providing the 82^nd occasion of South Africa dismissed all out in one day games.

South Africa lost this game after dismissed all out for 119 providing the 70^th occasion of South Africa losing a one day after dismissed all out.

South Africa has been dismissed all out against England on six occasions including the one in this game and has lost all these six matches. South Africa’s 119 all out represent its lowest completed innings total against England in South Africa. It is only the second occasion that South Africa were all out against England in South Africa, the first occasion being its 184 all out at Bloemfontein on 23.01.00.

JM Anderson’s 5 for 23 in this game represent the 21^st occasion of England bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game. JM Anderson became the third England bowler to capture five wickets against South Africa. The other two are – SJC Broad – 5 for 23 at Nottingham on 26.08.08 and SR Patel – 5 for 41 at The Oval on 29.08.08.

JM Andersons’s 5 for 23 in this game provides the 321st occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in one day games

Fifth One day game at Durban on 04.12.09 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

This abandoned game provides the 72nd occasion of a one day game being abandoned without a ball being bowled in the history of one day games. As far as South Africa is concerned this game represents the eleventh occasion of an abandoned game and South Africa’s second abandoned game against England. This game represents the 14th abandoned game involving England

Indian domestic Champion statistician, C Keshavamurthy, details out the highlights of the recently concluded Ranji Trophy match between Karnatkaka and Baroda played at Vadodara. Read on ……………..

Karnataka was playing its 353rd Match while it was Baroda’s 318^th match. Results at the end of the game are – Karnataka: Won-160, Lost-55, Drawn-138 : Baroda – Won-74, Lost-68, Drawn-175; Tied-1

Head to Head count between Karnataka and Baroda are – Played-6, Won by Karnataka -5, Won by Baroda – 1

Karnataka with an innings victory over Baroda ensured thee Quarter Finals berth Ranji Trophy Super League in 2009

The innings win in this game was Karnataka’s 62nd innings victories against various opponents in Ranji Trophy. It was the third innings win against Baroda. The other two are in 1978-79 and 1995-96 at Bangalore

The follow on enforced against Baroda in this match provide the 42nd occasion of Karnataka enforcing the follow on against various oppositions.

While Irfan Pathan was leading Baroda for the first occasion against Karnataka, Robin Uthappa led Karnataka for the second occasion gainst Baroda. Karnataka had won both the game under Robin Uthappa. Karnataka’s first win was at Vadodara in 2009-09 when it won by 10 wickets.

Manish Pandey scored his second century (110) of the season – his first one (194) had come against Uttar Pradesh at Meerut in November 2009. Pandey was playing in his 10th match.

Pandey became the fifth Karnataka batsman after BP Patel, GR Vishwanath, KA Jeshwant and R Vijay Bharadwaj, to register a hundred against Baroda. Brijesh Patel holds the record for the highest individual score of 216 at Bangalore in 1978-79

Ganesh Satish’s 94 in this game provide the 32nd individual ninety by Karnataka batsman in Ranji Trophy. Ganesh Satish’s 94 provide the second occasion of Karnataka batsman registering individual ninety against Baroda. VST Naidu was the other batsman who had made 90 at Bangalore in 2008-09

Robin Uthappa’s 58 represent his 11th fifty in 38 matches. Stuart Binny, playing his first match of the season at the expense of B Akhil scored 66, which was highest individual score in Ranji Trophy, an improvement over his previous best of 54 against Tamilnadu at Bangalore in 2003.

Irfan Pathan made individual fifties (68 and 81) in both innings of the match. He is the first Baroda Captain to accomplish such a feat against Karnataka. The highest individual score recorded by a Baroda Captain is 137 by CC Williams at Bangalore in 2008-09.

By scoring 68 and 81, Irfan Pathan became the 42nd batsmen and the second Baroda batsmen to register fifties in both innings against Karnataka. RK Solanki had scored 53 and 66 at Bangalore in 2008-09.

Irfan Pathan completed 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy when he was on 80 during his second innings score of 81. At the end of the match his aggregate read 1001 which cane in his was his 24th match and 39th innings.

Satyajit Parab bagged a “Pair”in this match and became the 58th batsman to bag a pair against Karnataka. Parab is the third Baroda batsmen after DV Pardeshi and MS Patel to bag a pair against Karnataka. Pardeshi and Patel had collected the paid at Baroda in 1982-83.

PR Shah – the Baroda wicket keeper pouched five catches in an innings. He became the first Baroda wicket keeper and the 10th wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals against Karnataka.

Abhimanyu Mithun who had an aggregate of 22 wickets prior to this match took six wickets in this match and extended his aggregate to 28. He became the second Karnatka bowler to have an aggregate of 25 plus wickets this season, after R Vinay Kumar whose aggregate of wickets at the end of this match stood at 33. A Mithun’s 28 wickets came in his debut season

Mithun’s 25 plus wicket aggregate provides the 55th occasaion of a Karnataka bowler capturing 25 plus wickets in a season

Baroda conceded 53 extras in this match providing the fourth occasion of team conceding 50 plus extras against Karnataka. The other three occasions are Hyderabad conceding 56 Extras at Bangalore in 1999-00, Kerala conceding 55 Extras at Quilon in 1988-89 and Bombay conceding 53 Extras at Bombay in 1982-83

The fouth wicket partnership of 183 runs between Ganesh Satish and MK Pandey is a record standagainst Baroda for the fourth wicket. The previous best was the 156 runs partnership between R Vijay Bharadwaj and KA Jeshwant at Bangalore in 1995-96.

India carved its 27^th innings victory when it trounced Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs to win the third test at Mumbai-BS

No	Team	Result	Inns and	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	India	won	008 runs	Eng	Chennai	Feb	52
2	India	won	070 runs	Pak	Delhi	Oct	53
3	India	won	027 runs	NZl	Mum-BS	Dec	55
4	India	won	109 runs	NZl	Chennai	Jan	56
5	India	won	002 runs	Aus	Sydney	Jan	78
6	India	won	100 runs	Aus	Mumbai	Nov	79
7	India	won	106 runs	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
8	India	won	067 runs	Srl	Cuttack	Jan	87
9	India	won	008 runs	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
10	India	won	022 runs	Eng	Chennai	Feb	93
11	India	won	015 runs	Eng	Mumbai	Feb	93
12	India	won	013 runs	Zim	Delhi	Mar	93
13	India	won	119 runs	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
14	India	won	095 runs	Srl	Bangalore	Jan	94
15	India	won	017 runs	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
16	India	won	219 runs	Aus	Kolkata	Mar	98
17	India	won	101 runs	Zim	Nagpur	Feb	02
18	India	won	046 runs	Eng	Leeds	Aug	02
19	India	won	112 runs	Win	Mumbai	Oct	02
20	India	won	052 runs	Pak	Multan	Mar	04
21	India	won	131 runs	Pak	Rawalpindi	Apr	04
22	India	won	140 runs	Ban	Dhaka	Dec	04
23	India	won	083 runs	Ban	Chittagong	Dec	04
24	India	won	090 runs	Zim	Bulawayo	Sep	05
25	India	won	239 runs	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
26	India	won	144 runs	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
27	India	won	024 runs	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

It was India’s eight innings win against Sri Lanka and second in the series. India had won the Kanpur test by an innings and 144 runs. The following list shows India’s eight innings win against Sri Lanka.

No	Team	Result	Inns and	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	India	Won	106 runs	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
2	India	Won	067 runs	Srl	Cuttack	Jan	87
3	India	Won	008 runs	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
4	India	Won	119 runs	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
5	India	Won	095 runs	Srl	Bangalore	Jan	94
6	India	Won	017 runs	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
7	India	Won	144 runs	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
8	India	Won	024 runs	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

KC Sangakkara’s 137 in the second innings of Sri Lanka in the test match against India at Mumbai {BS} was in a losing cause providing the 70^th occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain in the annals of test cricket.

KC Sangakkara’s 137 which went in vain provide the fifth occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain against India. Other captains to witness their hundreds in a losing cause against India are – SR Waugh of Australia, N Hussain of England. MP Vaughan of England and DL Vettori of New Zealand

KC Sangakkara became the third Sri Lankan captain to witness his hundred to go in vain after A Ranatunga and M Jayawardene

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 provides the 101^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings in India’s winning tests. Sreesanth’s 5 for 75 at Kanpur was the 100^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in India’s winning tests. S Sreesanth’s five wicket haul came in India’s 100^th test win, while Zaheer Khan’s 5 for 72 came in India’s 101^st test win.

Zaheer Khan’s five wicket haul at Mumbai-BS represents the 14^th occasion of an Indian bowler has captured five wickets in an innings when India has registered a win against Sri Lanka

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 in this test represent the 269^th occasion of an Indian bolwer capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also represents the eight five wicket haul of Zaheer Khan’s test career and first against Sri Lanka

No	W	R	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	5	53	2	NZl	Wellington	Dec	02
2	5	29	2	NZl	Hamilton	Dec	02
3	5	95	1	Aus	Brisbane	Dec	03
4	5	34	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
5	5	75	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	08
6	5	91	1	Aus	Bangalore	Oct	08
7	5	65	2	NZl	Wellington	Apr	09
8	5	72	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 in this test represent the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against Sri Lanka.

S Sreesanth earned the honour of capturing 100^th five wicket haul when he captured five for 75 at Kanpur in India’s winning tests. India won the Kanpur test against Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs. It is just a coincidence that the Kanpur win was India 100^th win.

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 at Mumbai {BS} represent the 101^st five wicket haul in India’s 101^st winning test. The following table lists out all the 101 five wicket hauls

No	Bowlers	W	R	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	MH Mankad	8	55	1	Eng	Chennai	Feb	52
2	MH Mankad	8	52	2	Pak	Delhi	Oct	52
3	MH Mankad	5	79	3	Pak	Delhi	Oct	53
4	MH Mankad	5	72	3	Pak	Mum-BS	Nov	53
5	SP Gupte	5	45	3	NZl	Mum-BS	Dec	55
6	SP Gupte	5	72	2	NZl	Chennai	Jan	56
7	JM Patel	9	69	2	Aus	Kanpur	Dec	59
8	JM Patel	5	55	4	Aus	Kanpur	Dec	59
9	SA Durani	5	47	2	Eng	Kolkata	Dec	61
10	SA Durani	6	105	2	Eng	Chennai	Jan	62
11	SVenkataraghavan	8	72	1	NZl	Delhi	Mar	65
12	EAS Prasanna	6	94	3	NZl	Dunedin	Feb	68
13	EAS Prasanna	5	32	1	NZl	Wellington	Feb	68
14	RG Nadkarni	6	43	3	NZl	Wellington	Feb	68
15	BS Bedi	6	42	4	NZl	Mum-BS	Sep	69
16	BS Bedi	5	37	3	Aus	Delhi	Nov	69
17	EAS Prasanna	5	42	3	Aus	Delhi	Nov	69
18	SVenkataraghavan	5	95	3	Win	Trinidad	Mar	71
19	BSChandrasekhar	6	38	3	Eng	The Oval	Aug	71
20	BSChandrasekhar	5	65	2	Eng	Kolkata	Dec	72
21	BS Bedi	5	63	4	Eng	Kolkata	Dec	72
22	BSChandrasekhar	6	90	1	Eng	Chennai	Jan	73
23	EAS Prasanna	5	70	2	Win	Chennai	Jan	75
24	BSChandrasekhar	6	94	1	NZl	Auckland	Jan	76
25	EAS Prasanna	8	76	3	NZl	Auckland	Jan	76
26	BSChandrasekhar	6	120	1	Win	Trinidad	Apr	76
27	BS Bedi	5	27	4	NZl	Mumbai	Nov	76
28	BS Bedi	5	48	2	NZl	Chennai	Nov	76
29	BSChandrasekhar	6	76	2	Eng	Bangalore	Jan	77
30	BS Bedi	6	71	4	Eng	Bangalore	Jan	77
31	BSChandrasekhar	6	52	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	77
32	BSChandrasekhar	6	52	4	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	77
33	DR Doshi	5	43	2	Aus	Mumbai	Nov	79
34	N Kapil Dev	7	56	3	Pak	Chennai	Jan	80
35	N Kapil Dev	5	28	4	Aus	Melbourne	Feb	81
36	DR Doshi	5	39	2	Eng	Mumbai	Nov	81
37	N Kapil Dev	5	70	4	Eng	Mumbai	Nov	81
38	S Madan Lal	5	23	4	Eng	Mumbai	Nov	81
39	LSivaramakrishnan	6	64	1	Eng	Mumbai	Nov	84
40	LSivaramakrishnan	6	117	3	Eng	Mumbai	Nov	84
41	C Sharma	5	64	1	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	86
42	RMH Binny	5	40	2	Eng	Leeds	Jun	86
43	NS Yadav	5	76	1	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
44	Maninder Singh	7	51	3	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
45	ND Hirwani	8	61	2	Win	Chennai	Jan	88
46	ND Hirwani	8	75	4	Win	Chennai	Jan	88
47	ND Hirwani	6	59	4	NZl	Bangalore	Nov	88
48	SLV Raju	6	12	2	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
49	A Kumble	6	64	3	Eng	Chennai	Feb	93
50	A Kumble	5	70	3	Zim	Delhi	Mar	93
51	A Kumble	5	87	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul	93
52	A Kumble	7	59	3	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
53	SLV Raju	5	38	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
54	SLV Raju	6	87	3	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
55	SLV Raju	5	60	2	Win	Mumbai	Nov	94
56	A Kumble	5	81	3	NZl	Bangalore	Oct	95
57	A Kumble	5	67	3	Aus	Delhi	Oct	96
58	J Srinath	6	21	4	SAF	Ahmedabad	Nov	96
59	A Kumble	5	62	3	Aus	Kolkata	Mar	98
60	A Kumble	10	74	4	Pak	Delhi	Feb	99
61	A Kumble	6	67	3	NZl	Kanpur	Oct	99
62	SB Joshi	5	142	1	Ban	Dhaka	Nov	00
63	J Srinath	5	60	3	Zim	Delhi	Nov	00
64	HarbhajanSingh	7	123	1	Aus	Kolkata	Mar	01
65	HarbhajanSingh	6	73	4	Aus	Kolkata	Mar	01
66	HarbhajanSingh	7	133	1	Aus	Chennai	Mar	01
67	Harbhajan Singh	8	84	3	Aus	Chennai	Mar	01
68	BKV Prasad	5	72	3	Srl	Kandy	Aug	01
69	HarbhajanSingh	5	51	1	Eng	Mohali	Dec	01
70	A Kumble	6	81	3	Eng	Mohali	Dec	01
71	A Kumble	5	63	3	Zim	Nagpur	Feb	02
72	HarbhajanSingh	6	62	3	Zim	Delhi	Feb	02
73	HarbhajanSingh	7	48	3	Win	Mumbai	Oct	02
74	A Kumble	5	30	1	Win	Chennai	Oct	02
75	A Kumble	5	154	1	Aus	Adelaide	Dec	03
76	AB Agarkar	6	41	3	Aus	Adelaide	Dec	03
77	A Kumble	6	72	3	Pak	Multan	Mar	04
78	A Kumble	5	90	2	Aus	Mumbai	Nov	04
79	HarbhajanSingh	5	29	4	Aus	Mumbai	Nov	04
80	HarbhajanSingh	7	87	3	SAF	Kolkata	Nov	04
81	IK Pathan	5	45	1	Ban	Dhaka	Dec	04
82	IK Pathan	6	51	3	Ban	Dhaka	Dec	04
83	IK Pathan	5	32	3	Ban	Chittagong	Dec	04
84	A Kumble	7	63	4	Pak	Kolkata	Mar	05
85	IK Pathan	5	58	1	Zim	Bulawayo	Sep	05
86	IK Pathan	7	59	1	Zim	Harare	Sep	05
87	IK Pathan	5	67	3	Zim	Harare	Sep	05
88	A Kumble	6	72	2	Srl	Delhi	Dec	05
89	HarbhajanSingh	7	62	2	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
90	A Kumble	5	89	4	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
91	A Kumble	5	76	1	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
92	HarbhajanSingh	5	13	2	Win	Kingston	Jun	06
93	A Kumble	6	78	4	Win	Kingston	Jun	05
94	S Sreesanth	5	40	2	SAF	Johannesburg	Dec	06
95	Z Khan	5	34	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
96	Z Khan	5	75	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	07
97	HarbhajanSingh	6	102	2	Srl	Galle	Jul	08
98	A Mishra	5	71	2	Aus	Mohali	Oct	08
99	HarbhajanSingh	6	63	3	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	09
100	S Sreesanth	5	75	2	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
101	Z Khan	5	72	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

S Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan have captured five wickets hauls on two occasions and three occasions respectively.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	S Sreesanth	5	40	2	SAF	Johannesburg	Dec	06
2	S Sreesanth	5	75	2	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
1	Z Khan	5	34	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
2	Z Khan	5	75	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	07
3	Z Khan	5	72	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

Zaheer Khan’s five wicket haul at Mumbai-BS reprsents the 14^th occasion of an Indian bowler has captured five wickets in an innings when India has registered a win against Sri Lanka

No	Bowlers	W	R	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	NS Yadav	5	76	1	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
2	Maninder Singh	7	51	3	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
3	SLV Raju	6	12	2	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
4	A Kumble	5	87	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul	93
5	A Kumble	7	59	3	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
6	SLV Raju	5	38	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
7	SLV Raju	6	87	3	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
8	BKV Prasad	5	72	3	Srl	Kandy	Aug	01
9	A Kumble	6	72	2	Srl	Delhi	Dec	05
10	HarbhajanSingh	7	62	2	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
11	A Kumble	5	89	4	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
12	HarbhajanSingh	6	102	2	Srl	Galle	Jul	08
13	S Sreesanth	5	75	2	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
14	Z Khan	5	72	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

KC Sangakkara’s 137 in the second innings of Sri Lanka in the test match against India at Mumbai {BS} was in a losing cause providing the 70^th occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain in the annals of test cricket. All the 70 occasions are listed below

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	WL Murdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep	1880
2	GHS Trott	143	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1896
3	MA Noble	133	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec	1903
4	HW Taylor	109	1	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec	1913
5	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	Feb	1923
6	J Ryder	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec	1928
7	APF Chapman	121	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1930
8	A Melville	117	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1947
9	AD Nourse	114	3	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Dec	1949
10	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan	1952
11	GO Rabone	107	2	NZl	SAF	Durban	Dec	1953
12	PBH May	117	3	Eng	SAF	Manchester	Jul	1955
13	PBH May	113	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1958
14	JR Reid	142	3	NZl	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb	1962
15	Javed Burki	101	3	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	Jun	1962
16	JR Reid	100	3	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Mar	1963
17	MAK Pataudi	128*	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct	1964
18	JR Reid	128	1	NZl	Pak	Karachi	Apr	1965
19	MAK Pataudi	148	3	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun	1967
20	WM Lawry	135	2	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug	1968
21	WM Lawry	105	2	Aus	Win	Brisbane	Dec	1968
22	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb	1969
23	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	1973
24	CH Lloyd	102	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1975
25	AW Greig	116	2	Eng	Win	Leeds	Jul	1976
26	GS Chappell	112	3	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul	1977
27	GN Yallop	102	3	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec	1978
28	GN Yallop	121	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb	1979
29	SM Gavaskar	127*	3	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	1983
30	AR Border	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov	1985
31	DB Vengsarkar	102	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	Nov	1987
32	DI Gower	106	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun	1989
33	AJ Lamb	119	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr	1990
34	M Azharuddin	121	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	1990
35	MD Crowe	108*	3	NZl	Pak	Lahore	Oct	1990
36	DL Haynes	117	1	Win	Pak	Karachi	Nov	1990
37	M Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	1992
38	A Ranatunga	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug	1992
39	MD Crowe	107	3	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec	1992
40	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun	1993
41	MA Atherton	144	1	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar	1994
42	RBRichardson	100	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	Apr	1995
43	SRTendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan	1997
44	MA Taylor	129	3	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jun	1997
45	WJ Cronje	126	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	1998
46	MAzharuddin	103*	1	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Dec	1998
47	SR Waugh	100	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	Mar	1999
48	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar	1999
49	BC Lara	100	2	Win	Aus	St John’s	Apr	1999
50	A Flower	129	3	Zinm	Srk	Harare	Nov	1999
51	SRTendulkar	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	1999
52	A Flower	113*	2	Zim	Win	Trinidad	Mar	2000
53	SR Waugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar	2001
54	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
55	SR Waugh	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan	2003
56	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr	2003
57	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr	2003
58	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	2003
59	SP Fleming	117	1	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	2004
60	Moh Yousuf	111	1	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Dec	2004
61	METrescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov	2005
62	BC Lara	122	3	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov	2006
63	MohdAshraful	129*	3	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul	2007
64	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
65	MJayawardene	104	2	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov	2007
66	RT Ponting	101	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec	2008
67	MohdAshraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Mirpur	Dec	2008
68	DL Vettori	118	1	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	Mar	2009
69	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug	2009
70	KCSangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec	2009

KC Sangakkara’s 137 which went in vain provide the fifth occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain against India. Other captains to witness their hundreds in a losing cause against India are – SR Waugh of Australia, N Hussain of England. MP Vaughan of England and DL Vettori of New Zealand

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	SR Waugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar	2001
2	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	Aug	2002
3	MP Vaughan	124	3	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	Jul	2007
4	DL Vettori	118	1	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	Mar	2009
5	KCSangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum-BS	Dec	2009

KC Sangakkara became the third Sri Lankan captain to witness his hundred to go in vain after A Ranatunga and M Jayawardene

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	A Ranatunga	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col/SSC	Aug	1992
2	MJayawardene	104	2	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov	2007
3	KCSangakkara	137	3	Srl	Ind	Mum/BS	Dec	2009

BC Lara of West Indies remains the only captain in the annals of test cricket to witness five of his hundred going in vain. SR Waugh of Australia has seen four of his hundreds in a losing cause

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	BC Lara	100	2	Win	Aus	St John’s	Apr	1999
2	BC Lara	110	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr	2003
3	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr	2003
4	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	2003
5	BC Lara	122	3	Win	Pak	Lahore	Nov	2006
1	SRWaugh	100	1	Aus	Win	Kingston	Mar	1999
2	SRWaugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar	1999
3	SRWaugh	110	1	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar	2001
4	SRWaugh	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan	2003

The following are the seven captains whose scores of 150 plus have gone in vain. BC Lara of West Indies remains the only captain to witness a double hundred of his in a losing cause. His 202 against South Africa at Jo’burg in Dec 2003 could not win the test for his team West Indies

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	BC Lara	202	2	Win	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	2003
2	SR Waugh	199	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar	1999
3	METrescothick	193	2	Eng	Pak	Multan	Nov	2005
4	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	1973
5	SRTendulkar	169	2	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	Jan	1997
6	WL Murdoch	153*	3	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep	1880
7	AR Border	152*	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov	1985

The following captains have scored hundred in the fourth innings of the test only to witness their team lose the test match

No	Captains	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
1	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	Feb	1923
2	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan	1952
3	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb	1969
4	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	1973
5	M Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	1992
6	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jun	1993
7	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	Apr	2003
8	MohdAshraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Mirpur	Dec	2008
9	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug	2009

 

Sri Lanka became the fourth team to have four batsmen who amassed 1000 runs in a calendar year when its batsmen – TM Dilshan {1097}, DPMD Jayawardene {1194}, TT Samaraweera {1234} and KC Sangakkara {1079} aggregated 1000 runs in 2009.

England in 2006, India in 2008 and South Africa in 2008 are the other three teams to have four batsmen to aggregate 1000 plus runs

No	Batsmen	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	Year
1	PD Collingwood	Eng	14	1121	206	50.95	2006
2	AN Cook	Eng	13	1013	127	46.04	2006
3	KP Pietersen	Eng	14	1343	158	53.72	2006
4	AJ Strauss	Eng	14	1031	128	39.65	2006
1	G Gambhir	Ind	8	1134	206	70.87	2008
2	VVS Laxman	Ind	15	1086	200*	47.21	2008
3	V Sehwag	Ind	14	1462	319	56.23	2008
4	SR Tendulkar	Ind	13	1063	154*	48.31	2008
1	HM Amla	SAF	15	1161	159	52.77	2008
2	AB de Villiers	SAF	15	1061	217*	58.94	2008
3	ND McKenzie	SAF	14	1073	226	53.65	2008
4	GC Smith	SAF	15	1656	232	72.00	2008
1	TM Dilshan	Srl	11	1097	162	64.52	2009
2	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	11	1194	275	62.84	2009
3	TT Samaraweera	Srl	11	1234	231	72.58	2009
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	11	1079	133*	59.94	2009

Never before in the history of Sri Lankan test cricket, four batsmen aggregated 1000 plus runs in a calendar year. In 2009, they were destined for this feat. At the end of the fourth day’s play in the test match between India and Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, four Sri Lankan batsmen aggregated 1000 plus runs in 2009. TM Dilshan {1097}, M Jayawardne {1194}, TT Samaraweera {1234} and KC Sangakkara {1079} take the credit of accomplishing the feat for the first time in the history of Sri Lankan test cricket .

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	Year
1	PA de Silva	11	1220	168	76.25	7	1997
2	STJayasuriya	11	1271	340	66.89	3	1997
3	MJayawardene	13	1053	150	55.42	4	2001
4	STJayasuriya	11	1130	253	56.50	4	2004
5	KCSangakkara	11	1114	270	55.70	3	2004
6	KCSangakkara	11	1242	287	69.00	4	2006
7	TMDilshan	11	1097	162	64.52	6	2009
8	MJayawardene	11	1194	275	62.84	3	2009
9	TTSamaraweera	11	1234	231	72.58	4	2009
10	KCSangakkara	11	1079	133*	59.94	4	2009

KC Sangakkara achieved this feat on three occasions to become the first Sri Lankan batsman to do so – 1114 in 2004, 1242 in 2006 and 1079 in 2009. SR Jayasuriya {1271 in 1997 and 1130 in 2004} and M Jayawardene {1053 in 2001 and 1194 in 2009} have done this feat on two occasions

MS Dhoni completed 100 catches behind the wicket when he caught AD Mathews for 5 of Zaheer Khan in Sri Lanka’s second innings

MS Dhoni became the 30^th wicket keeper to pouch 100 plus catches in the annals of test cricket and the third Indian wicket keeper to achieve the feat after SMH Kirmani {160} and KS More {110}

No	Batsmen	Bowler	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	DAGunawardene	IKPathan	4	2	Srl	Chennai	Dec	05
2	KCSangakkara	ABAgarkar	33	4	Srl	Delhi	Dec	05
3	MMuralitharan	Harbhajan	2	4	Srl	Delhi	Dec	05
4	WUTharanga	IKPathan	2	2	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
5	TM Dilshan	IKPathan	65	4	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec	05
6	SalmanButt	Z Khan	37	1	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	06
7	Mohd Yousuf	RP Singh	65	1	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	06
8	Abdul Razzaq	RP Singh	37	1	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	06
9	InzamamulHaq	Z Khan	119	1	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	06
10	Shahid Afridi	Z Khan	1	3	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan	06
11	Imran Farhat	RP Singh	22	1	Pak	Karachi	Jan	06
12	Kamran Akmal	IK Pathan	113	1	Pak	Karachi	Jan	06
13	MJ Hoggard	Sreesanth	11	1	Eng	Nagpur	Mar	06
14	AJ Strauss	IK Pathan	46	3	Eng	Nagpur	Mar	06
15	IR Bell	IK Pathan	1	3	Eng	Nagpur	Mar	06
16	AJ Strauss	IK Pathan	18	1	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
17	LE Plunkett	MM Patel	0	1	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
18	AN Cook	MM Patel	2	3	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
19	AJ Strauss	A Kumble	13	3	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
20	IR Bell	A Kumble	57	3	Eng	Mohali	Mar	06
21	AJ Strauss	Harbhajan	128	1	Eng	Mumbai	Mar	06
22	KPPietersen	Sreesanth	39	1	Eng	Mumbai	Mar	06
23	PDCollingwood	Sreesanth	31	1	Eng	Mumbai	Mar	06
24	AJ Strauss	MM Patel	4	3	Eng	Mumbai	Mar	06
25	IR Bell	Sreesanth	8	3	Eng	Mumbai	Mar	06
26	SChanderpaul	V Sehwag	24	2	Win	St John’s	Jun	06
27	D Ramdin	MM Patel	26	2	Win	St John’s	Jun	06
28	FH Edwards	VRV Singh	4	2	Win	St John’s	Jun	06
29	DJ Bravo	V Sehwag	28	4	Win	St John’s	Jun	06
30	IDRBradshaw	MM Patel	10	4	Win	St John’s	Jun	06
31	CH Gayle	A Kumble	46	2	Win	Gros Islet	Jun	06
32	D Ramdin	MM Patel	30	2	Win	Gros Islet	Jun	06
33	CH Gayle	IK Pathan	2	3	Win	Gros Islet	Jun	06
34	RR Sarwan	MM Patel	1	3	Win	Gros Islet	Jun	06
35	DJ Bravo	Harbhajan	21	1	Win	Basseterre	Jun	06
36	CH Gayle	Sreesanth	3	3	Win	Basseterre	Jun	06
37	SChanderpaul	MM Patel	10	2	Win	Kingston	Jun	06
38	CDCollymore	A Kumble	0	4	Win	Kingston	Jun	06
39	AG Prince	A Kumble	24	2	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	06
40	HM Amla	Sreesanth	17	4	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec	06
41	HH Gibbs	Sreesanth	63	1	SAF	Durban	Dec	06
42	S Nafees	RP Singh	1	4	Ban	Chittagong	May	07
43	H Bashar	RP Singh	4	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
44	K Mashud	A Kumble	25	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
45	J Omar	Z Khan	0	3	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
46	S Nafees	RP Singh	4	3	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
47	M Mortaza	Tendulkar	70	3	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
48	MP Vaughan	RP Singh	79	1	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	07
49	KPPietersen	Z Khan	37	1	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	07
50	MJ Prior	Z Khan	42	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jul	07
51	AJ Strauss	Z Khan	55	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	07
52	IR Bell	Z Khan	63	2	Eng	The Oval	Aug	07
53	MP Vaughan	Sreesanth	42	4	Eng	The Oval	Aug	07
54	Shoaib Malik	MM Patel	0	1	Pak	Delhi	Nov	07
55	Younis Khan	MM Patel	43	2	Pak	Kolkata	Nov	07
56	PA Jaques	RP Singh	0	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan	08
57	A Symonds	RP Singh	61	3	Aus	Sydney	Jan	08
58	MEK Hussey	RP Singh	0	2	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
59	MJ Clarke	I Sharma	23	2	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
60	AC Gilchrist	RP Singh	55	2	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
61	B Lee	RP Singh	11	2	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
62	SR Clark	RP Singh	0	2	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
63	CJL Rogers	IKPathan	15	4	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
64	SR Clark	IKPathan	32	4	Aus	Perth	Jan	08
65	B Lee	IKPathan	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	08
66	AB de Villiers	Sreesanth	44	1	SAF	Chennai	Mar	08
67	PL Harris	Harbhajan	5	1	SAF	Chennai	Mar	08
68	MV Boucher	I Sharma	5	3	SAF	Kanpur	Apr	08
69	ML Hayden	Z Khan	0	1	Aus	Bangalore	Oct	08
70	SM Katich	I Sharma	66	1	Aus	Bangalore	Oct	08
71	MEK Hussey	I Sharma	54	2	Aus	Mohali	Oct	08
72	CL White	Z Khan	1	4	Aus	Mohali	Oct	08
73	MJ Clarke	I Sharma	8	2	Aus	Nagpur	Nov	08
74	SM Katich	I Sharma	16	4	Aus	Nagpur	Nov	08
75	MJ Clarke	I Sharma	22	4	Aus	Nagpur	Nov	08
76	SR Watson	Harbhajan	9	4	Aus	Nagpur	Nov	08
77	SJ Harmison	Yuvraj	6	1	Eng	Chennai	Dec	08
78	AN Cook	I Sharma	9	3	Eng	Chennai	Dec	08
79	A Flintoff	I Sharma	4	3	Eng	Chennai	Dec	08
80	PDCollingwood	A Mishra	11	2	Eng	Mohali	Dec	08
81	MJ Prior	Harbhajan	2	2	Eng	Mohali	Dec	08
82	DR Flynn	Z Khan	0	1	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	09
83	JEC Franklin	I Sharma	0	1	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	09
84	DL Vettori	MM Patel	118	1	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	09
85	DL Vettori	Harbhajan	21	3	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	09
86	DR Flynn	Z Khan	2	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
87	JD Ryder	Z Khan	3	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
88	LRPL Taylor	Harbhajan	42	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
89	DL Vettori	I Sharma	11	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
90	BB McCullum	Harbhajan	24	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
91	IE O’Brien	MM Patel	19	2	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
92	TG Southee	Harbhajan	3	4	NZl	Wel’ton	Apr	09
93	NTParanavitana	I Sharma	35	2	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov	09
94	NTParanavitana	Sreesanth	38	2	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
95	PJayawardene	Sreesanth	39	2	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
96	TM Dilshan	Sreesanth	11	3	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
97	KC Sangakkara	PP Ojha	18	1	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09
98	N Kulasekara	Z Khan	12	1	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09
99	MJayawardene	Z Khan	12	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09
100	AD Mathews	PP Ojha	5	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

Ric Finlay, one of the famed statistician of Australia and a renowned member of Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, has worked out a method – not commonly used by Statisiticians to know Virender Sehwag’s place in the history. He has adopted “mean” with a qualification of at least 17 hundreds and found that Virender Sehwag occupies the first place according to his calculations.

V Sehwag, India’s dashing openers occupies the first place among the batsmen considering the “mean” into account. He has scored 3214 runs with 17 hundreds {his career not outs are not taken into account} and the mean works out to 189.06 which is the highest mean among the 45 batsmen of various era.

The following table calculates the mean of the century scores by Test batsmen who have scored at least 17 centuries (i.e., “not outs” aren’t taken into account).

No	Batsmen	Runs	100s	Mean
1	Sehwag, V	3214	17	189.06
2	Bradman, DG	5393	29	185.97
3	Lara, BC	5889	34	173.21
4	Sangakkara, KC	3381	20	169.05
5	Hammond, WR	3685	22	167.50
6	Jayawardena, DPMD	4377	27	162.11
7	Smith, GC	2820	18	156.67
8	Hutton, L	2966	19	156.11
9	Javed Miandad	3584	23	155.83
10	Dravid, RS	4280	28	152.86
11	Gooch, GA	3041	20	152.05
12	Sobers, GStA	3918	26	150.69
13	Richards, IVA	3536	24	147.33
14	Tendulkar, SR	6307	43	146.67
15	Mohammad Yousuf	3485	24	145.21
16	Kirsten, G	3046	21	145.05
17	Chappell, GS	3465	24	144.38
18	Greenidge, CG	2742	19	144.32
19	Langer, JL	3293	23	143.17
20	Ponting, RT	5425	38	142.76
21	Compton, DCS	2425	17	142.65
22	Crowe, MD	2420	17	142.35
23	Taylor, MA	2702	19	142.21
24	Harvey, RN	2975	21	141.67
25	Gavaskar, SM	4802	34	141.24
26	Gower, DI	2517	18	139.83
27	de Silva, PA	2794	20	139.70
28	Barrington, KF	2767	20	138.35
29	Inzamam-ul-Haq	3421	25	136.84
30	Vaughan, MP	2456	18	136.44
31	Hayden, ML	4092	30	136.40
32	Waugh, SR	4342	32	135.69
33	Kallis, JH	4168	31	134.45
34	Lloyd, CH	2534	19	133.37
35	Azharuddin, M	2925	22	132.95
36	Strauss, AJ	2393	18	132.94
37	Border, AR	3580	27	132.59
38	Gilchrist, AC	2246	17	132.12
39	Vengsarkar, DB	2204	17	129.65
40	Boycott, G	2830	22	128.64
41	Boon, DC	2700	21	128.57
42	Haynes, DL	2299	18	127.72
43	Cowdrey, MC	2778	22	126.27
44	Chanderpaul, S	2651	21	126.24
45	Waugh, ME	2412	20	120.60