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MJ Johnson scored 62 and captured 6 for 38 in the ongoing test at Perth between Australia and England providing the 20^th occasion of an Australian cricketer scoring a fifty and capturing five or more wickets in a test match against Australia. The following are the 20 occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AE Trott	–	72*	8	043	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1895
2	G Giffen	58	–	5	076	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1895
3	G Giffen	–	53	7	128	v England	The Oval	Aug 1893
4	WW Armstrong	66	–	5	122	v England	Leeds	Jul 1905
5	JJ Lyons	55	–	5	030	v England	Lord’s	Jul 1890
6	H Trumble	64*	–	8	065	v England	The Oval	Aug 1902
7	MA Noble	56	–	5	054	v England	Sydney	Feb 1902
8	H Trumble	–	62*	6	074	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1902
9	H Trumble	–	56	5	060	v England	Leeds	Jun 1899
10	MA Noble	–	53*	7	100	v England	Sydney	Feb 1904
11	JM Gregory	100	–	7	069	v England	Melbourne	Dec 1920
12	RB Simpson	91	–	5	057	v England	Sydney	Jan 1963
13	KR Miller	79	–	7	060	v England	Brisbane	Nov 1946
14	RR Lindwall	–	50	5	066	v England	Lord’s	Jun 1953
15	R Benaud	51	–	6	115	v England	Brisbane	< p>Nov 1962
16	GF Lawson	50	–	5	108	v England	Perth	Nov 1982
17	SK Warne	–	53	6	048	v England	Manchester	Jul 1997
18	SR Waugh	71	–	5	069	v England	Perth	Nov 1986
19	PR Reiffel	54*	–	5	049	v England	Leeds	Jul 1997
20	MG Johnson	62	–	6	038	v England	Perth	Dec 2010

GF Lawson, SR Waugh and MG Johnson are the three Australian cricketers to perform such an allround feat at Perth against England

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GF Lawson	50	–	5	108	v England	Perth	Nov 1982
2	SR Waugh	71	–	5	069	v England	Perth	Nov 1986
3	MG Johnson	62	–	6	038	v England	Perth	Dec 2010

H Trumble {03}, G Giffen {02} and MA Noble {02} are the three Australian cricketers to perform the feat on two or more occasions

No	Player	FI	SI	W	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Trumble	64*	–	8	065	v England	The Oval	Aug 1902
2	H Trumble	–	62*	6	074	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1902
3	H Trumble	–	56	5	060	v England	Leeds	Jun 1899
1	G Giffen	58	–	5	076	v England	Adelaide	Jan 1895
2	G Giffen	–	53	7	128	v England	The Oval	Aug 1893
1	MA Noble	56	–	5	054	v England	Sydney	Feb 1902
2	MA Noble	–	53*	7	100	v England	Sydney	Feb 1904

JM Gregory is the only Australian cricketers to score a hundred and capture five wickets in a test against England. He scored 100 and took 7 for 69 at Melbourne in Dec 1920

Australia vs England – Third Test at Perth in Dec 2010 : First day’s play

England won the toss and elected to field providing the 24^th occasion of England doing so against Australia. The last occasion when England inserted Australia was at Brisbane in Nov 2002. England’s act provides the second such occasion at Perth, the first occasion was in Dec 1979.

England has won three tests, lost 14 tests and six tests ended in a draw when England has inserted Australia in the previous 23 tests.

RT Ponting’s aggregate at the first innings of this test stood at 6511. He became the third captain in the annals of test cricket to total 6500 runs. Others are – GC Smith {6708} and AR Border {6623}

RT Ponting has an aggregate of 945 runs at the end of his first innings at Perth. He has the record for most runs scored by a batsman at Perth.

MJ Prior completed his 100 catches while keeping wickets when he caught MJ Clarke of Tremlett for 4. At the end of the first day of this test, he had pouched 101 catches. He became the 32^nd wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to pouch 100 plus catches. He is the eight England wicket keepers to achieve the milestone. Others are – APE Knott {250} : AJ Stewart {227} : TG Evans {173} : RW Taylor {167} : RC Russell {153} : GO Jones {128} and JM Parks {101}

MEK Hussey {61}, BJ Haddin {53} and MG Johnson {62} scored half centuries in the first innings of this test which swelled the number of half centuries scored by Australian batsman against England to 662. With these three half centuries the number of half centuries scored by Australian batsman against England in Australia stands at 369.

MEK Hussey’s 64 in this game represents his 24^th half century and 36^th fifty : BJ Haddin’s 53 in this game represents his seventh test half century and 10^th fifty : MG Johnson’s 63 in this game represents his fifth test half century and sixth fifty.

BJ Haddin’s 53 in this game provide the 51^st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against England.

BJ Haddin’s 53 in the first innings provides the fifth fifty against England – 121 at Cardiff in Jul 2009 : 80 at Lord’s in Jul 2009 : 136 at Brisbane in Nov 2010 : 56 at Adelaide in Dec 2010 and 53 at Perth in Dec 2010. He became the fourth Australian wicket keeper batsman to score five or more fifties against England. Others are – RW Marsh {10} : AC Gilchrist {09} and IA Healey {08}

With three wickets in the first innings, JM Anderson has an aggregate of 199 test wickets. He requires one more wicket for his 200 test wickets. JM Anderson’s 199 wickets have come in his 100 innings.

First Test – South Africa vs India at Centurion in Dec 2010 : First Day’s play

India capped JD Unadkat for this game. He became the 266^th cricketer to represent India in tests. He is the 13^th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against South Africa.

South Africa won the toss and elected to field first in this test providing the third occasion of South Africa inserting India. The other two occasions are – at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 and at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001.

V Sehwag scored duck in this game providing the 41^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero against South Africa. His duck provides the sixth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring duck against South Africa. His duck in this game represents his second duck against South Africa as an opening batsman. The first such occasion was at Durban in Dec 2006, V Sehwag with two ducks became the second opening batsman to score two ducks against South Africa. WV Raman was the other opening batsman to score two ducks.

V Sehwag collected his 12^th duck of his test career. It was his 11^th duck as an opening batsman. Other Indian opening batsmen who have collected 11 or more ducks are – P Roy {14} and SM Gavaskar {11}

R Dravid completed 9500 runs when he was on 7 during his knock of 14 in the first innings of this match while batting at number three. At the end of the first innings his aggregate stood at 9511 runs. He earned the distinction of becoming the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to total 9500 plus runs while batting at number three. RT Ponting with 9825 runs is the other batsman to score 9500 runs {as on 16.12.10}

R Dravid who had an aggregate of 11943 runs prior to the start of the test, went past BC Lara’s 11955 runs when he was on 11 runs during his knock of 14 in the first innings. Now he stands third in the list of most run getters in test cricket – SR Tendulkar {14402} and RT Ponting {12332} and R Dravid {11957} {as on 16.12.10}

At the end of his first innings R Dravid has an aggregate of 151 boundary fours against South Africa. He became the third Indian batsman to total 150 plus boundary fours. Other two are – SR Tendulkar {208} and V Sehwag {167}

SR Tendulkar was dismissed leg before wicket for 36 in the first innings of this test providing the 52^nd occasion of his dismissal leg before wicket in his test career. He has been dismissed leg before wicket on most occasions. GA Gooch {50} is the other batsman to be dismissed leg before wicket on 50 plus occasions.

M Morkel captured his 100^th test wicket when he had R Dravid leg before wicket for 14 in India’s first innings. At the end of the first day, M Morkel has an aggregate of 102 wickets. He became the 13^th South African bowler to capture 100 plus test wickets. Others are – SM Pollock {421} : M Ntini {390} : AA Donald {330} : JH Kallis {267} : DW Steyn {220} : HJ Tayfield {170} : PR Adams {134} : TL Goddard {123} : A Nel {123} : PM Pollock {116} : NAT Adcock {104} and N Boje {100}

Harbhajan Singh was dismissed run out in this test providing the 18^th occasion of an Indian batsman run out against South Africa. He was dismissed run out for the second occasion against South Africa. The other occasion was at Port Elizabeth in Nov 2001. He became the fourth Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions. Others are – MA Azharuddin {03}, A Kumble {02} and J Srinath {02}

V Sehwag, I Sharma and S Sreesanth scored zeroes in India’s first innings. With these three zeros, Indian batsman scoring zeroes against South Africa swelled to 43.

V Sehwag, I Sharma and S Sreesanth scored zeroes in India’s first innings providing the fourth occasion of three or more batsman scoring zeros in an innings.

V Sehwag’s zero represents his 12^th duck of his test career : I Sharma’s zero represents his eighth duck of his test career : S Sreesanth’s zero represents his seventh duck of his test career.

South Africa-India Test series highlights

South Africa and India have played nine series prior to this series. India has been victorious in two series – 1996-97 and 2004-05 – both series played in India. South Africa on the other hand has won five series – 1992-93 series played in South Africa, 1996-97 series played in South Africa, 1999-00 series played in India, 2001-02 series played in South Africa and 2006-08 series played in South Africa . Two series – 2007-09 series played in India and 2009-10 series played in India are drawn.

South Africa and India have played 24 tests. South Africa has won eleven tests, India has won six tests and seven tests have ended in a draw

India has posted the team total of 600 plus runs on two occasions – 643 for 6 declared at Kolkata in Feb 2010 and 627 at Chennai in Mar 2008. Its highest team total in South Africa is 414 at Cape Town in Jan 2007. India’s total of 643 for 6 declared at Kolkata in Feb 2010 is a series record.

South Africa is yet to post a total of 600 plus runs against India. It has posted 500 plus runs on five occasions – 563 at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001 : 558 for 6d at Nagpur in Feb 2010 : 540 at Chennai in Mar 2008 : 529 for 7d at Cape Town in Jan 1997 and 510 for 9d in Nov 2004. 563 at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001 is its highest total in South Africa.

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 on two occasions – 66 at Durban in Dec 96 and 76 at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008. 66 at Durban in Dec 96 is its lowest total in a completed innings and also represents the lowest total by a team in India-South Africa test series.

South Africa has been dismissed for a total of less than 100 only once – 84 at Jo’burg in Dec 2006. This total represents the South Africa’s lowest total in a completed innings against India.

India has won one test by an innings – by an innings and 57 runs at Kolkata in Feb 10. Its largest margin of victory by runs is by 280 runs which has come at Kanpur in Dec 1996. Its largest margin of victory in terms of wickets is by eight wickets. It has won two tests by eight wickets – at Kolkata in Nov 2004 and at Kanpur in Apr 2008

South Africa has won three tests by an innings – by an innings and 90 runs at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008 : by an innings and 71 runs at Bangalore in Mar 2000 and by an innings and 6 runs at Nagpur in Feb 2010. Ahmedabad win represents the largest margin of victory in terms of an innings. South Africa has won two tests by 300 plus runs margin – by 329 runs a Kolkata in Nov 1996 and 328 runs at Durban in Dec 1996. Kolkata win represents its largest win in terms of runs. South Africa has won two tests by nine wickets – at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 and at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001

Three Indian batsmen – SR Tendulkar {1415}, V Sehwag {1162} and R Dravid {1132} – have an aggregagte of 1000 plus runs against South Africa, while JH Kallis {1087} is the only South African batsmen to total 1000 plus runs against India

Indian batsmen have scored 21 hundreds against South Africa. V Sehwag’s 319 is the highest individual score against South Africa. SR Tendulkar {05} and V Sehwag {05} share the record for most hundreds by an Indian batsman against South Africa.

South African batsmen have scored 25 hundreds against India. HM Amla’s 253 not out at Nagpur in Feb 2010 represent the highest individual score by a South African batsman against India. HM Amla with four hundreds to his credit owns the record for most hundreds by a South African batsman against India.

There are ten occasions of an Indian batsman’s hundred in a losing cause. SR Tenduklar’s and M Azharuddin’s three hundreds have gone in vain

There are four occasions of a South African batsman’s hundred going in vain – 123* by HM Amla at Kolkata in Feb 2010 : 121 by JH Kallis at Kolkata in Nov 2004 : 114 by HM Amla at Kolkata in Feb 2010 and 100 by AN Petersen at Kolkata in Feb 2010

SR Tenudlkar {169} at Cape Town in Jan 1997 and MS Dhoni {132*} at Kolkata in Feb 2010 are the two Indian captains to score hundreds against Souht Africa. KC Wessels with his 118 at Durban in Nov 1992 is the only South African captain to score a hundred against India

MS Dhoni with his 132 not out at Kolkata in Feb 2010 is the only wicket keeper batsman to score hundred againt India. No South African wicket keeper batsman has scored a hundred against India. MV Bocuher’s 70 at Chennai in Mar 2008 is the highest score by a South African wicket keeper batsman against India.

A Kumble {84} and J Srinath {64} are the two Indian bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets against South Africa. Harbhajan Singh has a total of 45 wickets to his credit and requires five more wickets for his 50 wickets. AA Donald {57} and SM Pollock {52} are the two South African bowlers to capture 50 plus wickets against India

There are fourtenn occasions of Indian bowlers capturing five or more wickets against Souht Africa. There are eleven occasions of South African bowlers capturing five or more wickets against India

Harbhajan Singh’s 7 for 87 at Kolkata in Nov 2004 is the best innings bowling effort by an Indian bowler against South Africa. L Klusener’s 8 for 64 at Kolkata in Nov 1996 is the best innings bowling effort by a South African bowler against India.

BKV Prasad with his 10 for 153 at Durban in Dec 1996 is the only Indian bowler to capture ten or more wickets against South Africa.

AA Donald {12 for 139 at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992}, DW Steyn {10 for 108 at Nagpur in Feb 2010} and SM Pollock {10 for 147 at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001} are the three South African bowlers to capture ten or more wickets against India. AA Donlad’s 12 for 139 at Port Elizabeth in Dec 1992 is the best match bowling effort by a South African bowl
er against India

There are five occasions of Indian bowlers’ five or more wickets in a losing cause. PR Adam’s 6 for 59 at Kanpur in Dec 1996 provides the only occasion of a South African bowler’s five plus wicket haul going in vain against India.

There are 26 occasions of an Indian bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against South Africa. Harbhajan Singh conceded 166 runs at Nagpur in Feb 2010. His figures of 2 for 166 are the most expensive bowling figures by an Indian bowler against South Africa in terms of runs conceded. RP Singh – none for 111 at Chennai in Mar 2008, A Kumble – none for 136 at Cape Town in Jan 1997 and A Mishra – none for 140 at Nagpur in Feb 2010 – are the three bowlers to concede 100 plus runs without a wicket against India.

There are 15 occasions of a South African bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against India. PJ Harris conceded 203 runs at Chennai in Mar 2008. His figures of 3 for 203 are the most expensive bowling figures by a South African bowler against India in terms of runs conceded. WD Parnell – none for 103 at Kolkata in Feb 2010 and M Ntini – none for 107 at Cape Town in Jan 2006 – are the two bowlers to concede 100 plus runs without a wicket against India.

Indian batmen have posted seventeen three figure partnerships against India of which six are 200 plus runs partnerships. 268 runs partnership for the second wicket between V Sehwag and R Dravid is the highest partnership scored by Indian batsman against India.

South African batsmen have posted 25 three figure partnerships against India of which five are 200 plus runs partnerships. 340 runs partnership for the third wicket between HM Amla and JH Kallis is the highest partnership scored by Indian batsmen against South Africa.

Amol Muzumdar – Highest Run getter in Ranji Trophy – by Sri C Keshavamurthy

Amol Mazumdar became the first batsman to complete 8000 runs in the history of Ranji Trophy when on 25 during his innings of 79 for Assam in the 2^nd innings against Railways in November 2010. He had represented Mumbai in 109 matches till 2009/10. He represented Assam from 2010-11. He has played 13 matches for Assam. As on 14.12.10 he has an aggregate of 8224 runs from 122 matches. His performance opponent wise is tabulated below

Opponent	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	Ct
Gujarat	12	14	3	859	214*	78.09	2	6	12
Mumbai	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	–	–	–
Baroda	9	14	1	591	133	45.46	1	3	13
Maharashtra	11	17	3	884	220	63.14	3	4	14
Saurashtra	10	15	0	778	187	51.86	3	4	10
Railways	5	9	2	577	123	82.42	1	5	6
Orissa	2	3	1	46	34	23.00	–	–	4
Punjab	7	11	1	530	119	53.00	2	3	4
Karnataka	5	8	2	140	53*	23.33	–	1	6
Uttar Pradesh	6	10	2	583	119*	72.87	1	5	5
Bengal	7	9	0	384	105	42.66	1	1	6
Haryana	2	3	0	346	260	115.33	1	1	3
MadhyaPradesh	2	3	1	152	125	76.00	1	–	4
Jharkhand/Bihar	2	3	0	11	8	3.66	–	–	2
Hyderabad	6	9	0	300	138	33.33	1	1	9
Delhi	9	13	0	588	144	45.23	2	2	7
Tamilnadu	9	14	2	480	146	40.00	1	2	7
Andhra	4	5	0	243	115	48.60	2	–	2
Kerala	1	1	0	85	85	85.00	–	1	–
Goa	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	–	–	–
Vidarbha	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	–	–	1
Rajasthan	6	11	2	441	117	49.00	1	3	3
Tripura	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	–	–	–
HimachalPradesh	3	3	0	112	90	37.33	–	1	3
	122	179	20	8224	260	51.72	23	43	121
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	Ct
for Bom/Mum	109	159	19	7593	260	54.23	22	40	117
for Assam	13	20	1	631	119*	33.21	1	3	4
	122	179	20	8224	260	51.72	23	43	121

SB Joshi captured his 600^th first class wicket when he captured the wicket of MY Vohara caught by A Mithun for 7 in the first innings against Baroda at Mysore in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy Match. At the end of the match his tally of wickets stood at 601. The following tables show his bowling performance season wise, against each opponent and summary

Season wise performance
Season	Venue	Balls	M	Runs	W	BB	Ave	F	T
1992-93	(Ind)	678	30	320	7	3-092	45.71	0	0
1993-94	(Ind)	1106	74	352	16	5-029	22.00	1	0
1994-95	(Ind)	975	49	383	12	3-110	31.91	0	0
1995-96	(Ind)	3175	174	1169	65	7-060	17.98	4	1
1996	(Eng)	405	9	317	5	2-041	63.40	0	0
1996-97	(Ind)	1408	68	615	27	6-097	22.77	3	1
1996-97	(Win)	1391	54	688	24	5-098	28.66	1	0
1997-98	(Ind)	2903	140	1092	46	5-025	23.73	1	0
1998-99	(Ind)	1565	100	539	23	5-048	23.43	2	0
1998-99	(NZl)	108	8	41	3	2-014	13.66	0	0
1999-00	(Ind)	2779	130	1229	44	6-048	27.93	2	0
2000-01	(Ind)	2204	80	1133	27	4-038	41.96	0	0
2000-01	(Ban)	381	13	169	8	5-142	21.12	1	0
2001-02	(Ind)	1093	65	490	13	4-047	37.69	0	0
2002-03	(Ind)	2970	148	1085	57	6-062	19.03	4	1
2003-04	(Ind)	2506	122	1001	41	6-059	24.41	2	0
2004-05	(Ind)	2657	130	1124	34	6-102	33.05	3	0
2005-06	(Ind)	1457	78	484	19	6-073	25.47	1	0
2006-07	(Ind)	2037	107	715	29	4-022	24.65	0	0
2007-08	(Ind)	1817	92	676	34	6-083	19.88	1	1
2008-09	(Ind)	1814	95	694	33	7-029	21.03	3	1
2009-10	(Ind)	1325	65	529	16	4-062	33.06	0	0
2010-11	(Ind)	936	46	339	18	5-035	18.83	1	0
		37690	1877	15184	601	7-029	25.76	30	5

Performance against each opponent
Opponent	Balls	M	Runs	W	BB	Ave	F	T
Andhra	2380	118	988	47	6-097	21.02	4	1
Assam	663	38	295	17	5-100	17.35	1	0
Australia	258	14	88	2	2-036	44.00	0	0
Australians	72	3	44	1	1-44	44.00	0	0
Ban	381	13	169	8	5-142	21.12	1	0
Barbados	72	3	48	1	1-048	48.00	0	0
Baroda	902	48	347	18	6-048	19.27	1	0
Bengal	2366	120	864	35	6-047	24.68	2	0
Bihar	725	45	239	13	5-025	18.38	2	0
Bombay	426	26	129	7	5-029	18.42	1	0
Central Zone	336	15	168	1	1-084	168.00	0	0
Delhi	1305	65	484	19	6-073	25.47	1	0
East Zone	734	38	259	16	5-026	16.18	1	0
Elite Group A	146	4	76	2	2-071	38.00	0	0
Elite Group B	144	4	85	2	2-085	42.50	0	0
Elite Group C	319	8	110	3	3-072	36.66	0	0
England A	404	11	197	7	4-106	28.14	0	0
England XI	175	10	69	5	3-039	13.80	0	0
Essex	132	3	91	2	2-041	45.50	0	0
Gloucestershire	66	3	55	0	—-	—-	0	0
Goa	621	30	252	21	5-025	12.00	1	0
Gujarat	902	47	332	10	6-059	33.20	1	0
Guyana	347	17	172	9	5-098	19.11	1	0
Haryana	635	31	213	14	4-022	15.21	0	0
Himachal Pradesh	259	11	84	7	2-018	12.00	0	0
Hyderabad	3025	140	1252	41	7-060	30.53	2	1
Jamaica	251	6	137	3	2-082	45.66	0	0
Jammu and Kashmir	176	12	50	4	3-026	12.50	0	0
Kerala	1526	99	557	29	6-062	19.20	3	1
Leicestershire	45	0	54	1	1-054	54.00	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	1422	84	486	16	4-051	30.37	0	0
Maharashtra	817	34	336	23	7-029	14.60	1	1
Mumbai	1534	58	731	23	6-102	31.78	2	0
NZl	510	33	150	5	2-038	30.00	0	0
NZlers	155	11	45	4	4-017	11.25	0	0
North Zone (Ind)	712	18	477	11	4-113	43.36	0	0
Orissa	519	34	142	11	5-035	12.90	1	0
Pakistan	210	11	78	1	1-042	78.00	0	0
Plate Group B	294	11	134	3	3-134	44.66	0	0
Punjab (Ind)	936	49	336	11	4-062	30.54	0	0
Railways (Ind)	1058	61	393	8	4-057	49.12	0	0
Rajasthan	882	57	319	20	6-048	15.95	2	1
Rest of India	323	24	84	6	5-057	14.00	1	0
Saurashtra	782	41	272	5	2-032	54.40	0	0
South Africa	549	17	248	8	4-043	31.00	0	0
Sussex	162	3	117	2	2-084	58.50	0	0
Tamil Nadu	2783	130	1245	41	4-053	30.36	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	1356	87	431	16	4-037	26.93	0	0
Vidarbha	329	21	96	9	5-045	10.66	1	0
Wellington	108	8	41	3	2-014	13.66	0	0
West Indies	721	28	331	11	3-057	30.09	0	0
West Zone	913	45	378	13	3-051	29.07	0	0
Zimbabwe	822	30	406	6	2-068	67.66	0	0
Total	37690	1877	15184	601	7-029	25.76	30	5

Summary
Team	Balls	M	Runs	W	BB	Ave	F	T
India	3451	146	1470	41	5-142	35.85	1	0
India A	175	10	69	5	3-039	13.80	0	0
Indian Board President’s XI	72	3	44	1	1-044	44.00	0	0
Indians	1183	43	715	21	5-098	34.04	1	0
Karnataka – Ranji Trophy	29710	1548	11407	485	7-029	23.51	27	5
South Zone – Duleep Trophy	3099	127	1479	48	5-026	30.81	1	0
Total	37690	1877	15184	601	7-029	25.76	30	5

Highlights of Karnataka/Baroda Ranji Trophy match held at Mysore : 08-11^th December 2010 : Match Drawn

This article is penned by Sri C Keshavamurthy

Karnataka faltered in maintaining its winning streak by adopting defensive tactics and walking on a safety path despite being in the driver’s seat at the end of the third day’s play at Mysore in the match against Baroda, and allowed the match to peter out into a draw on the fourth day on 11.12.2010.

This is the first drawn match between the two teams, as out of the previous five matches played Karnataka had won four and lost only one. This was the first match played between the two teams at a mofussil centre in Karnatala

Baroda batsmen could not muster a single fifty in the match although as many as six fifty plus scores were recorded by the Karnataka players. The highest individual score for Baroda was recorded by RK Solanki who made unbeaten 46 in the 2^nd innings.

Robin Uthappa, who had completed 3000 runs in the Ranji Trophy in the previous match against Himachal Pradesh at Dharmasala and scored 53 of 78 balls. This was his 14^th half century and 23^rd fifty in the Ranji Trophy of his 47 match career

CM Gautam, after missing the match against Himachal Pradesh, due to injury, came back to score his second half century – 57 – in 2010/11 season. With his score of 57 he has now a tally of five fifties in 15 matches. Out of these five fifties, four are centuries with a highest of 158 against Orissa at Bangalore

CM Gautam also completed 1000 runs in first class cricket when on four in his score of 12 in the second innings of the match. At the end of the match against Baroda his tally in Ranji Trophy stood at 794 runs in 15 matches at 39.70

Ganesh Satish, who had captained in the earlier two matches and who had failed to register a single fifty in his last seven innings in 2010/11 (after making 55 against Punjab at Mohali) scored 76 in the second innings. This was his fifth half century apart from two centuries, in a career spanning 15 matches.

Ganesh Satish too completed 1000 runs in first class cricket when he reached 54 during his innings of 76 in the second innings. He has now accumulated 963 runs in 15 Ranji Trophy matches at a healthy average of 41.86.

Amit Verma scored his fourth (most fifties by Karnataka player in 2010/11) half century score in 2010/11 when he made 80 in the second innings. This was his fourth half century and seventh fifty 16 matches. He has now scored 915 runs in Ranji Trophy at 43.57

Stuart Binny, who was instrumental in architecting Karnataka’s victory against Himachal Pradesh, continued his fine form to score 70 in the second innings. This is his third half century in addition to his maiden century knock of 109 against Himachal Pradesh. He was playing in his 22^nd match.

Vinaykumar, skipper of Karnataka, who had missed the earlier two matches as he had been drafted for the NZ series, came back to lead Karnataka. He made an unbeaten 50 in the second innings – which is his third half century in 47 Ranji Trophy matches.

Sunil Joshi captured his 600^th victim in first class cricket when he dismissed MY Vahora in Baroda’s first innings. He was playing in his 157^th first class match. His 600 first class wickets comprises of 41 in tests, 6 in Irani Trophy, 58 in Duleep Trophy, 464 in Ranji Trophy and 31 in other first class matches, as at the end of third day’s play on 11.12.2010.

Joshi is currently placed third in the list of highest wicket takers in the Ranji Trophy with 465 wickets at the end of the match against Baroda. Only Rajinder Goel with 637 wickets and S Venkataraghavan with 530 wickets are ahead of him in the Ranji Trophy.

Playing Record at the end of the match against Baroda: Karnataka; Played-362, Won-164, Lost-56, Drawn-142 (incl NR games) : Baroda; Played-325, Won-78, Lost-69, Drawn-178

In 2010/11; Karnataka; Played-5, Won-3, Drawn-2 : Baroda; Played-5, Won-2, Lost-1, Drawn-2

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe – Fifth one day at Chittagong on 12.12.10 : Bangladesh won by six wickets

BRM Taylor was dismissed for a duck in this game providing the 40^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman dismissed for a duck against Bangladesh. His duck provides the eighth occasion of a Zimbabwe opening batsman scoring zero against Bangladesh.

BRM Taylor’s duck in this game represents his sixth duck of his one day career. The other five occasions are – vs Sri Lanka at Bulawayo on 20.04.04 : vs West Indies at St John’s on 30.04.06 : vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 27.10.09 : vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on 03.11.09 and vs South Africa at Centurion on 10.11.09

BRM Taylor was dismissed run out for a duck in this game providing the eleventh occasion of his run out in his one day career. Other Zimbabwe batsman who are dismissed run out more than eleven occasions are – GW Flower {21} : A Flower {20} : GJ Whittal {19} : ADR Campbell {16} : HH Streak {13} and SV Carlisle {12}

BRM Taylor was dismissed for a duck for the first time in his one day career. BRM Taylor’s run out for a duck provides the 44^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman dismissed run out for a duck against various oppositions. He became the third Zimbabwe batsman to be dismissed for a duck against Bangladesh in one day games. Other two are – GW Flower at Harare on 08.04.01 and S Matsikenyeri at Chittagong on 24.01.05

BRM Taylor became the second Zimbabwe opening batsman to be dismissed run out for a duck after S Matsikenyeri {at Chittagong on 24.01.05}

T Taibu scored 64 in this game providing the 59^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. His knock also represents the eleventh occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. This knock is Taibu’s second fifty against Bangladesh as a wicket keeper batsman, the first being his 64 not out at Chittagong on 24.01.05

T Taibu’s 64 in this game represent the 86^th occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties against various oppositions in one day games. This knock represents his 18^th fifty in the role of wicket keeper batsman.

Tamim Iqbal scored 95 in this game providing the ninth occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a ninety against various oppositions in one day games. His knock represents the third such occasion against Zimbabwe, the other two being – 92 by Aftab Ahmed at Harare on 10.02.07 and 98 by Mushfiqur Rahim at Bulawayo on 18.08.09

Tamim Iqbal’s 95 in this game represents his 16^th half century and 19^th fifty. It also represents the 61^st occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe.

Tamim Iqbal’s 95 represents his fifth fifty against Zimbabwe – 63 at Bulawayo on 09.08.09 : 79 at Bulawayo on 11.08.09 : 154 at Bulawayo on 16.08.09 : 80 at Dhaka on 31.10.09 and 95 at Chittagong on 12.12.10

With five fifties to his credit, Tamim Iqbal became the fifth Bangladesh batsman to score five or more fifties against Zimbabwe. Others are – Shahriar Nafeez {06} : Shakib Ali Hasan {06} : Aftab Ahmed {05} and Habibul Bashar {05}

With five fifties to his credit, Tamim Iqbal became the second Bangladesh opening batsman to score five or more fifties against Zimbabwe after Shahriar Nafeez who has scored six fifties.

At the end of this game, Tamim Iqbal has an aggregate of 302 boundary fours. He became the second Bangladesh batsman to total 300 plus boundary fours in one day games after Mohammad Ashraful who has an aggregate of 339 boundary fours

Junaid Siddique scored 56 not out in this game to provide the 62^nd occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe. This knock represents his sixth half century and seventh fifty.

At the end of this game, Junaid Siddique has an aggregate of 104 boundary fours in one day games. He became the 12^th Bangladesh batsman to perform this feat. The other eleven batsmen are – Mohammad Ashraful {339} : Tamim Iqbal {302} : Shakib Ali Hasan {258} : Shahriar Nafees {253} : Aftab Ahmed {205} : Habibul Bashar {183} : Javed Omar {139} : Khaled Mashud {124} : Mushfiqur Rahim {111} : Mohammad Rafique {110} and Raqibul Hasan {100}

Raqibul Hasan scored zero in this game providing the 40^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a duck against Zimbabwe. It was his fourth duck of his one day career.

Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique added 136 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 42^nd occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions in one day games. This stand also represents the fifth occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games.

Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique added 136 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 16th occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Zimbabwe in one day games. This stand also represents the fourth occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Zimbabwe in one day games.

Bangladesh won this game by six wickets providing the 28^th occasion of Bangladesh winning an one day game against Zimbabwe. This win also represents Bangladesh’s 18^th win by wickets margin against Zimbabwe

India vs New Zealand : Fifth one day at Chennai on 10.12.10 : India won by eight wickets

New Zealand winning the toss in this game provide the 38^th occasion of New Zealand winning the toss against India in India-New Zealand one day series. It also provides the 12^th occasion of New Zealand winning the toss on Indian soil.

MJ Guptill was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman dismissed for a duck against India. It also provides the second occasion of MJ Guptill scoring zero against India – the first occasion was at Dambulla on 25.08.10

MJ Guptill’s duck in this game represents his third zero of his one day career. The other two occasions are – vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 13.08.09 and vs India at Dambulla on 25.08.10

MJ Guptill’s duck in this game provides the 59^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against India.

New Zealand lost its first wicket without a run on the board providing the eighth occasion of it losing its first wicket for zero against India. The other seven occasions are – at Sydney on 05.03.85 : at Delhi on 03.11.94 : at Sharjah on 17.04.98 : at Col-RPS on 20.07.01 : at Wellington on 08.01.03 : at Centurion on 14.03.03 and at Napier on 03.03.09

A Nehra captured his 150^th one day wicket when he had BB McCullum leg before wicket for 14 in this game. He became the 52^nd bowler in the history of one day games to capture 150 plus wickets in one day games. He is the eleventh India bowler to reach the milestone. Others are – A Kumble {337}, J Srinath {315}, AB Agarkar {288}, N Kapil Dev {253}, Zaheer Khan {243}, Harhajan Singh {242}, BKV Prasad {196}, M Prabhakar {157}, SR Tendulkar {154} and IK Pathan {152}

A Nehra became the sixth left arm pace bowler to capture 150 plus wickets in the history of one day games. Others are – Wasim Akram {502}, WPUJC Vaas {400}, Zaheer Khan {243}, NW Bracken {174} and IK Pathan {152}

GD Elliot scored zero in this game providing the 60^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against India. It was his fourth zero of his one day career. The other three occasions are – vs Australia at Brisbane on 13.02.09 : vs Sri Lanka at Jo’burg on 27.09.09 and vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 05.10.10

TG Southee was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 61^st occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed for a duck against India. It was his sixth zero in one day games.

New Zealand was all out for 103 in this game. This total represents the lowest team total recorded at Chepauk. The previous lowest was 139 by Zimbabwe vs Australia on 13.10.87, This total also represent the lowest team total by New Zealand vs India. The previous lowest was 118 at Dambulla on 25.08.10

G Gambhir scored zero in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring zero in one day games.

G Gambhir’s zero in this game provides the 64^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand.

NL McCullum and DL Vettori shared the new ball attack in this game providing the first occasion of New Zealand spinners sharing the new ball in one day games.

MJ Guptill for New Zealand and G Gambhir for India scored zeroes in this game providing the fourth occasion of rival openers scoring zeroes in India-New Zealand one day series. The other three occasions are – V Sehwag {Ind} and NJ Astle {NZl} at Auckland on 26.12.02 : NJ Astle {NZl} and SC Ganguly {Ind} at Wellington on 08.01.03 and KD Karthik {Ind} and MJ Guptill {NZl} at Dambulla on 25.08.10

PA Patel scored his second one day half century when he scored 56 not in this game. His first half century was at Bangalore in the previous game on 07.12.10 when he 53. His 56 not out in this game represents his highest individual score in one day games.

PA Patel’s 56 not out represent the 83^rd half century and 107^th fifty against New Zealand in one day games.

India wrapped up this series 5-0 providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning the five match series 5-0. It was India’s second Five-Nil win, the first being its win over England in 2008-09

This game was completed within the first half of the match. This is perhaps the first such occasion in the history of one day games.

India won this game by eight wickets with 173 balls remaining providing India’s win with most balls to spare against New Zealand. This win bettered India’s win by seven wickets with 160 balls to spare at Auckland on 27.03.94. India has won two other games against New Zealand with 100 plus balls to spare – by six wickets at Mumbai {BS} on 29.11.95 with 108 balls to spare and by nine wickets at Nagpur on 31.10.87 with 107 balls to spare.

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe – Third one day game at Dhaka-Mirpur on 06.12.10: Bangladesh won by 61 runs

Tamim Iqbal scored zero in this game providing the 39^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring duck against Zimbabwe in one day games. His zero also provides the eighth occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman scoring duck in one day games.

Tamim Iqbal scored his duck as an opening batsman in one day games. The other occasion was at Bulawayo on 14.08.09. He became the third Bangladesh opening batsman to score ducks against Zimbabwe on two occasions. The other two batsmen are – Junaid Siddique and Shahriar Nafees

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim scored 73 and 63 runs respectively providing the 59^th and 60^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsmen scoring fifties against Zimbabwe

Shakib Al Hasan’s 73 in this game represent the seventh occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe. His knock represents the 27^th occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty against various oppositions.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 73 in this game represent the eighth occasion of his scoring a fifty as captain. The eight occasions are – 54 vs West Indies at Roseau on 26.07.09 : 65 vs West Indies at Roseau on 28.07.09 : 104 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 11.08.09 : 105* vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 29.10.09 : 85 vs India at Dhaka on 11.01.10 : 106 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 14.10.10 : 106 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 14.10.10 : 63 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 01.12.10 and 73 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 06.12.10

Shakib Al Hasan now holds the record of most fifties by a Bangladesh captain in one day games. He wrested the record from Habibul Bashar who had scored seven fifties.

Mushfiqur Rahim scored 63 in this game which represent the 14^th occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper scoring a fifty against various oppositions. These fourteen occasions are shared by Khaled Mashud and Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim scored his seventh fifty as a wicket keeper batsman – 57 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.02.07 : 56* vs India at Trinidad on 17.03.07 : 98 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 18.08.09 : 56 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 27.10.09 : 86 vs New Zealand at Dunedin on 08.02.10 : 76 vs Englanad at Dhaka on 02.03.10 and 63 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 08.12.10

With seven fifties to his credit Mushfiqur Rahim shares the record for most fifties by a Bangladesh wicket keeper batsman with Khaled Mashud who also has scored seven fifties.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim added 116 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 41^st occasion of Bangladesh batsman posting a three figure partnership in one day games. This stand provides the sixth occasion of Bangladesh batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in one day games

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim added 116 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 15^th occasion of Bangladesh batsman posting a three figure partnership against Zimbabwe. This stand provides the first occasion of Bangladesh batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against Zimbabwe.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim added 116 runs for the fifth wicket in this game represents the record partnership for the fifth wicket against Zimbabwe. The previous best was 68 runs between Mushfiqur Rahim and Raqibual Hasan at Bulawayo on 14.08.09

P Utseya captured four wickets for 38 in this game providing the 55^th occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler capturing four or more wickets against various oppositions in one day games. His figures represents the eighth occasion of a Zimbabwe bowler capturing four or more wickets against Bangladesh

P Utseya captured four wickets for 38 in this game providing the 62nf occasion of a captain capturing four or more wickets against various oppositions in one day games. His figures represent the sixth occasion of a Bangladesh captain capturing four or more wickets against Bangladesh

P Utseya with his 4 for 38 in this game became the second Zimbabwe captain to capture four wickets against Bangladesh. HH Streak is the other Zimbabwe captain who had captured 4 for 30 at Harare on 12.03.04 against Bangladesh

P Utseya scored 67 in this game providing the 419^th occasion of Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty in one day games. His knock represents the 58^th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh.

P Utseya scored 67 in this game providing the 53^rd occasion of Zimbabwe captain scoring a fifty in one day games against various oppositions. His knock represents the sixth occasion of Zimbabwe captain scoring a fifty against Bangladesh.

Shakib Al Hasan {63} and P Utseaya {67} scored fifties in this game providing the 106^th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the history of one day games

P Utseya captured four for 38 and scored 67 runs in this game providing the 42^nd occasion of a cricketer capturing four or more wickets and scoring a fifty in the history of one day games. His all round feat provides the ffifth occasion of a Zimbabwe cricketer performing such an all round feat. The other four occasions are – DAG Fletcher – 69* and 4 for 42 vs Australia at Nottingham on 09.06.83 : GJ Crocker – 50 and 4 for 26 vs India at Harare on 25.10.92 : NC Johnson – 59 and 4 for 42 vs Kenya at Taunton on 15.05.99 and AM Blignaut – 50 and 4 for 46 vs New Zealand at Harare on 31.08.05

Shafiul Islam {4 for 43} and Abdur Razzak {4 for 14} captured four wickets in this game providing the 38^th and 39^th occasion of Bangladesh bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games. Their feat provides the 15^th and 16^th occasion of Bangladesh bowlers capturing four or more wickets against Zimbabwe

Abdur Razzak captured his eighth four wicket haul in one day games when he captured 4 for 14 in this game.

Shafiul Islam {4 for 43} and Abdur Razzak {4 for 14} captured four wickets in this game providing the 45th occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same innings in one day games. Their feat provides the third occasion of two Bangladesh bowlers performing such a feat – all the three against Zimbabwe. The other two occasions are – at Dhaka on 29.01.05 {Manjural Islam Rana – 4 for 36 and Mohammad Rafique – 4 for 33} and at Dhaka-Mirpur on 03.12.10 {Abdur Razzak – 5 for 30 and Shakib Al Hasan – 4 for 39}

P Utseya {4 for 38}, Shafiul Islam {4 for 43} and Abdur Razzak {4 for 14} captured four wickets in this game providing the ninth occasion of three bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an one day game in the history of One day internationals

Abdur Raazak captured four wickets in this game {4 for 14} which represents his third four plus wickets haul in three consecutive one day games. He had captured 4 for 41 on 01.12.10 and 5 for 30 on 03.12.10. His feat provides the eighth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in three consecutive one day games. Other occasions are – ND Hirwani of India {01} : Waqar Younis of Pakistan {03} : SK Warne of Australia {01} : VC Drakes of West Indies {01} and Khurram Chauhan of Canada {01}