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R Ashwin becomes the third bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in consecutive three calendar years – emulates M Muralitharan and SK Warne

R Ashwin becomes the third bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in consecutive three calendar years – emulates M Muralitharan and SK Warne

R Ashwin’s feat came in three consecutive calendar years – 62 in 2015, 72 in 2016 and 52 in 2017 – fetching him an distinction of becoming the third bowler in the history of test cricket to perform the feat in three consecutive calendar years. Others are M Muralitharan and SK Warne. The performance of these three bowlers are tabulated below

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 17.20 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 12 23 3508 1721 72 23.90 8 3 2016
  3 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2904 1329 52 25.55 2 0 2017
                         
2 1 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 19.50 7 3 2000
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 21.23 7 4 2001
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 17.80 5 2 2002
                         
3 1 SK Warne Aus 16 29 5054 1697 72 23.56 2 0 1993
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 18.20 6 2 1994
  3 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3051 1254 52 24.11 1 1 1995

Please note that  the earlier post on this stats  is withdrawn as it was  erroneous. I thank my friend Deepu Narayanan for pointing  out the error

Bowlers capturing 50 or more wickets in three or more separate calendar year – R Ashwin gets added to the list

Bowlers capturing 50 or more wickets in three or more separate calendar year – R Ashwin gets added to the list

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets in the calendar year 2017 read 52 as on 27 Nov 2017 at the end of the second test between India and Sri Lanka at Nagpur. It was his third feat of capturing 50 plus wickets in three separate calendar years. He had captured 62 wickets in 2015 and 72 in 2016

R Ashwin’s feat of capturing 50 plus wickets in three separate calendar years makes him the twelfth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in three or more separate calendar years. The following table lists all the twelve bowlers with their performance.

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 17.20 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 12 23 3508 1721 72 23.90 8 3 2016
  3 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2904 1329 52 25.55 2 0 2017
                         
2 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 25.95 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 23.22 5 0 2002
  3 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 23 4230 1987 63 31.53 2 1 2008
                         
3 1 HMRKB Herath Srl 10 18 3224 1417 60 23.61 7 2 2012
  2 HMRKB Herath Srl 9 18 3355 1522 56 27.17 5 1 2014
  3 HMRKB Herath Srl 9 17 2474 1079 57 18.92 5 2 2016
  4 HMRKB Herath Srl 11 19 2791 1432 52 27.53 5 2 2017
                         
4 1 A Kumble Ind 10 19 3491 1461 54 27.05 4 2 1999
  2 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 24.83 6 2 2004
  3 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3798 1910 57 33.50 2 0 2006
                         
5 1 GD McGrath Aus 10 20 2319 1138 52 21.88 4 0 1995
  2 GD McGrath Aus 13 25 3113 1347 63 21.38 4 0 1997
  3 GD McGrath Aus 14 27 3364 1425 67 21.26 4 1 1999
  4 GD McGrath Aus 14 27 3508 1473 68 21.66 4 0 2001
  5 GD McGrath Aus 13 26 3144 1352 62 21.80 3 0 2005
                         
6 1 MD Marshall Win 11 20 2371 1116 54 20.66 3 0 1983
  2 MD Marshall Win 13 25 3251 1471 73 20.15 9 1 1984
  3 MD Marshall Win 10 20 2477 1072 60 17.86 4 1 1988
                         
7 1 M Muralitharan Srl 8 16 3302 1256 68 18.47 7 2 1998
  2 M Muralitharan Srl 10 17 3740 1463 75 19.50 7 3 2000
  3 M Muralitharan Srl 12 23 4688 1699 80 21.23 7 4 2001
  4 M Muralitharan Srl 8 14 2836 979 55 17.80 5 2 2002
  5 M Muralitharan Srl 8 15 2049 963 52 18.51 4 1 2005
  6 M Muralitharan Srl 11 21 3532 1521 90 16.90 9 5 2006
                         
8 1 M Ntini SAF 12 24 2814 1566 59 26.54 4 1 2003
  2 M Ntini SAF 10 19 2153 1253 58 21.60 5 2 2006
  3 M Ntini SAF 15 28 2827 1537 54 28.46 1 0 2008
                         
9 1 DW Steyn SAF 13 24 2653 1481 74 20.01 5 1 2008
  2 DW Steyn SAF 11 20 2341 1285 60 21.41 4 1 2010
  3 DW Steyn SAF 9 18 2146 901 51 17.66 4 1 2013
                         
10 1 GP Swann Eng 12 21 3108 1508 54 27.92 4 0 2009
  2 GP Swann Eng 14 25 3456 1662 64 25.96 6 1 2010
  3 GP Swann Eng 14 24 3806 1766 59 29.93 3 1 2012
                         
11 1 SK Warne Aus 16 29 5054 1697 72 23.56 2 0 1993
  2 SK Warne Aus 10 19 3774 1274 70 18.20 6 2 1994
  3 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3051 1254 52 24.11 1 1 1995
  4 SK Warne Aus 15 28 4091 1661 68 24.42 2 0 1997
  5 SK Warne Aus 13 25 3501 1809 58 31.18 4 1 2001
  6 SK Warne Aus 10 20 2874 1310 67 19.55 3 1 2002
  7 SK Warne Aus 12 22 3472 1685 70 24.07 5 2 2004
  8 SK Warne Aus 15 30 4336 2114 96 22.02 6 2 2005
                         
12 1 RGD Willis Eng 11 21 2146 1049 50 20.98 5 0 1977
  2 RGD Willis Eng 14 26 2977 1067 57 18.71 4 0 1978
  3 RGD Willis Eng 13 24 2428 1236 52 23.76 2 0 1982

R Ashwin’s feat of capturing 50 plus wickets in three separate calendar years makes him the third Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets in three or more separate calendar years.  Others are – Harbhajan Singh {03} and A Kumble {03}

No No Player Team Mat Inns Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 Year
1 1 R Ashwin Ind 9 17 2260 1067 62 17.20 7 2 2015
  2 R Ashwin Ind 12 23 3508 1721 72 23.90 8 3 2016
  3 R Ashwin Ind 10 19 2904 1329 52 25.55 2 0 2017
                         
2 1 Harbhajan Singh Ind 12 22 3424 1557 60 25.95 6 2 2001
  2 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 24 3567 1463 63 23.22 5 0 2002
  3 Harbhajan Singh Ind 13 23 4230 1987 63 31.53 2 1 2008
                         
3 1 A Kumble Ind 10 19 3491 1461 54 27.05 4 2 1999
  2 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3680 1838 74 24.83 6 2 2004
  3 A Kumble Ind 12 23 3798 1910 57 33.50 2 0 2006
India achieves the record of most test wins against Sri Lanka

India achieves the record of most test wins against Sri Lanka

India and Pakistan shared the record for most tests win against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the second test at Nagpur. Both had won 19 tests. India won the Nagpur test by an innings and 239 runs to provide India its 20th win with it the record of most test wins against Sri Lanka. The following table lists the wins carved by these two teams

INDIA’S VICTORES AGAINST SRI LANKA
No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India won inns & 106 runs v Sri Lanka Nagpur 27 Dec 1986
2 India won inns & 067 runs v Sri Lanka Cuttack 04 Jan 1987
3 India won inns & 008 runs v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990
4 India won 235 runs v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 27 Jul 1993
5 India won inns & 119 runs v Sri Lanka Lucknow 18 Jan 1994
6 India won inns & 095 runs v Sri Lanka Bengaluru 26 Jan 1994
7 India won inns & 017 runs v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 08 Feb 1994
8 India won 007 wkts v Sri Lanka Kandy 22 Aug 2001
9 India won 188 runs v Sri Lanka Delhi 10 Dec 2005
10 India won 259 runs v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 18 Dec 2005
11 India won 170 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
12 India won inns & 144 runs v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
13 India won inns & 024 runs v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
14 India won 005 wkts v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
15 India won 278 runs v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 20 Aug 2015
16 India won 117 runs v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 28 Aug 2015
17 India won 304 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
18 India won inns & 053 runs v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 03 Aug 2017
19 India won inns & 171 runs v Sri Lanka Pallekele 12 Aug 2017
20 India won inns & 239 runs v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
PAKISTAN’S VICTORIES AGAINST SRI LANKA
No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Pakistan won 204 runs v Sri Lanka Karachi 05 Mar 1982
2 Pakistan won inns & 102 runs v Sri Lanka Lahore 22 Mar 1982
3 Pakistan won 008 wkts v Sri Lanka Sialkot 27 Oct 1985
4 Pakistan won 010 wkts v Sri Lanka Karachi 07 Nov 1985
5 Pakistan won inns & 020 runs v Sri Lanka Kandy 23 Feb 1986
6 Pakistan won 003 wkts v Sri Lanka Faisalabad 02 Jan 1992
7 Pakistan won 301 runs v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 09 Aug 1994
8 Pakistan won inns & 052 runs v Sri Lanka Kandy 26 Aug 1994
9 Pakistan won inns & 040 runs v Sri Lanka Peshawar 08 Sep 1995
10 Pakistan won inns & 175 runs v Sri Lanka Dhaka 12 Mar 1999
11 Pakistan won 222 runs v Sri Lanka Karachi 12 Mar 2000
12 Pakistan won 005 wkts v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 14 Jun 2000
13 Pakistan won inns & 163 runs v Sri Lanka Galle 21 Jun 2000
14 Pakistan won 006 wkts v Sri Lanka Karachi 28 Oct 2004
15 Pakistan won 008 wkts v Sri Lanka Kandy 03 Apr 2006
16 Pakistan won 009 wkts v Sri Lanka Dubai-DSC 26 Oct 2011
17 Pakistan won 005 wkts v Sri Lanka Sharjah 16 Jan 2014
18 Pakistan won 010 wkts v Sri Lanka Galle 17 Jun 2015
19 Pakistan won 007 wkts v Sri Lanka Pallekele 03 Jul 2015

Australia’s ten wickets victories in a test

Australia’s ten wickets victories in a test

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the 29th occasion of Australia winning a test by ten wickets margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v England Melbourne 02 Jan 1879
2 Australia won 10 wickets v England Lord’s 15 Jun 1899
3 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Cape Town 08 Nov 1902
4 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Lord’s 15 Jul 1912
5 Australia won 10 wickets v England Nottingham 28 May 1921
6 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Cape Town 26 Nov 1921
7 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
8 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Adelaide 29 Jan 1932
9 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Johannesburg 07 Feb 1958
10 Australia won 10 wickets v England Adelaide 30 Jan 1959
11 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Port of Spain 14 May 1965
12 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Sydney 03 Jan 1969
13 Australia won 10 wickets v India Kolkata 12 Dec 1969
14 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Georgetown 06 Apr 1973
15 Australia won 10 wickets v New Zealand Auckland 25 Feb 1977
16 Australia won 10 wickets v New Zealand Brisbane 28 Nov 1980
17 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 27 Nov 1981
18 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Sydney 02 Jan 1984
19 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
20 Australia won 10 wickets v India Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
21 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Bridgetown 31 Mar 1995
22 Australia won 10 wickets v Sri Lanka Melbourne 26 Dec 1995
23 Australia won 10 wickets v Zimbabwe Harare 14 Oct 1999
24 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
25 Australia won 10 wickets v India Mumbai 27 Feb 2001
26 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2002
27 Australia won 10 wickets v England Sydney 02 Jan 2007
28 Australia won 10 wickets v New Zealand Wellington 19 Mar 2010
29 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the seventh occasion of Australia winning a test against England by ten wickets margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v England Melbourne 02 Jan 1879
2 Australia won 10 wickets v England Lord’s 15 Jun 1899
3 Australia won 10 wickets v England Nottingham 28 May 1921
4 Australia won 10 wickets v England Adelaide 30 Jan 1959
5 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
6 Australia won 10 wickets v England Sydney 02 Jan 2007
7 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the 15th  occasion of Australia winning a test by ten wickets margin on home soil All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v England Melbourne 02 Jan 1879
2 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Adelaide 12 Dec 1930
3 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Adelaide 29 Jan 1932
4 Australia won 10 wickets v England Adelaide 30 Jan 1959
5 Australia won 10 wickets v West Indies Sydney 03 Jan 1969
6 Australia won 10 wickets v New Zealand Brisbane 28 Nov 1980
7 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 27 Nov 1981
8 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Sydney 02 Jan 1984
9 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
10 Australia won 10 wickets v India Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
11 Australia won 10 wickets v Sri Lanka Melbourne 26 Dec 1995
12 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
13 Australia won 10 wickets v South Africa Sydney 02 Jan 2002
14 Australia won 10 wickets v England Sydney 02 Jan 2007
15 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the fifth occasion of Australia winning a test against England by ten wickets margin at home. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v England Melbourne 02 Jan 1879
2 Australia won 10 wickets v England Adelaide 30 Jan 1959
3 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
4 Australia won 10 wickets v England Sydney 02 Jan 2007
5 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the sixth occasion of Australia winning a test by ten wickets margin at Brisbane. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v New Zealand Brisbane 28 Nov 1980
2 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 27 Nov 1981
3 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
4 Australia won 10 wickets v India Brisbane 29 Nov 1991
5 Australia won 10 wickets v Pakistan Brisbane 05 Nov 1999
6 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Australia won the just concluded test against England by ten wickets at Brisbane to provide the second occasion of Australia winning a test against England by ten wickets margin at Brisbane. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 1990
2 Australia won 10 wickets v England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017

Three partnerships of 150 plus runs in a test innings – India accomplishes the feat on three occasions

Three partnerships of 150 plus runs in a test innings – India accomplishes the feat on three occasions

The just concluded Nagpur test between India and Sri Lanka witnessed three partnerships of 150 plus runs  in India’s innings – CA Pujara-M Vijay addind 209 runs for the second wicket, CA Pujara-V Kohli adding 183  runs for  the third wicket and V Kohli-RG Sharma adding 173 runs for  the fifth  wicket  – to provide  the twelfth occasion of a team posting three 150 plus runs partnerships  in an innings  in the annals of  test  cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon/Year
1 1 WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull 1 162 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
  2 DG Bradman, WM Woodfull 2 231 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
  3 DG Bradman, AF Kippax 3 192 2 Aus Eng Lord’s Jun 1930
                   
2 1 RC Fredericks, IVA Richards 2 154 1 Win Eng The Oval Aug 1976
  2 IVA Richards, LG Rowe 3 191 1 Win Eng The Oval Aug 1976
  3 CH Lloyd, IVA Richards 4 174 1 Win Eng The Oval Aug 1976
                   
3 1 JC Adams, BC Lara 3 179 1 Win Eng St John’s Apr 1994
  2 KLT Arthurton, BC Lara 4 183 1 Win Eng St John’s Apr 1994
  3 S Chanderpaul, BC Lara 5 219 1 Win Eng St John’s Apr 1994
                   
4 1 SB Bangar, R Dravid 2 170 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
  2 R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 3 150 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
  3 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 4 249 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
                   
5 1 NT Paranavitana, KC Sangakkara 2 174 1 Srl Ind Col-SSC Jul 2010
  2 M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara 3 193 1 Srl Ind Col-SSC Jul 2010
  3 M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera 4 176 1 Srl Ind Col-SSC Jul 2010
                   
6 1 KC Sangakkara, JK Silva 2 155 2 Srl Ban Dhaka Jan 2014
  2 M Jayawardene, AD Mathews 6 179 2 Srl (A Dhaka Jan 2014
  3 M Jayawardene, KDK Vithanage 7 176* 2 Srl Ban Dhaka Jan 2014
                   
7 1 Ahmed Shehzad, Mohd Hafeez 1 178 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi Nov 2014
  2 Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali 2 169 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi Nov 2014
  3 Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan 4 193* 1 Pak NZl Abu Dhabi Nov 2014
                   
8 1 JA Burns, DA Warner 1 161 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
  2 UT Khawaja, DA Warner 2 150 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
  3 UT Khawaja, AC Voges 4 157 1 Aus NZl Brisbane Nov 2015
                   
9 1 HM Amla, AB de Villiers 3 183 2 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 2016
  2 HM Amla, F du Plessis 4 171 2 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 2016
  3 T Bavuma, CH Morris 7 167 2 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 2016
                   
10 1 MJ Guptill, TWM Latham 1 169 1 NZl Zim Bulawayo Aug 2016
  2 TWM Latham, KS Williamson 2 160 1 NZl Zim Bulawayo Aug 2016
  3 LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling 5 193* 1 NZl Zim Bulawayo Aug 2016
                   
11 1 PA Patel, KL Rahul 1 152 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
  2 KK Nair, KL Rahul 4 161 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
  3 R Ashwin, KK Nair 6 181 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
                   
12 1 CA Pujara, M Vijay 2 209 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017
  2 V Kohli, CA Pujara 3 183 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017
  3 V Kohli, RG Sharma 5 173 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017

It also provides the third occasion of India posting three 150 plus runs partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. India is the only team to accomplish such a feat on three occasions.

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Mon/Year
1 1 SB Bangar, R Dravid 2 170 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
  2 R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 3 150 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
  3 SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar 4 249 1 Ind Eng Leeds Aug 2002
                   
2 1 PA Patel, KL Rahul 1 152 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
  2 KK Nair, KL Rahul 4 161 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
  3 R Ashwin, KK Nair 6 181 2 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2016
                   
3 1 CA Pujara, M Vijay 2 209 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017
  2 V Kohli, CA Pujara 3 183 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017
  3 V Kohli, RG Sharma 5 173 2 Ind Srl Nagpur Nov 2017

 

CA Pujara becomes the third batsman to aggreate 1000 runs in the Calendar year 2017

CA Pujara becomes the third batsman to aggreate 1000 runs in the Calendar year 2017

CA Pujara had an aggregate of 925 runs in 2017 prior to the start of this test and required 75 more runs for his 1000 runs. He scored 143 runs in India’s first innings against Sri Lanka at Nagpur which fetched him an aggregate of 1068 runs. He became the third batsman to to score 1000 plus runs in 2017. D Elgar of South Africa has scored 1097 runs. FDM Karunaratne who had completed 1000 runs in the first innings added 11 more runs in Sri Lanka’s second innings to take his total to 1011. {All figures as at the end of the third day of the test}

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 4s 6s
1 D Elgar SAF 11 20 0 1097 199 54.85 5 4 1 138 3
2 CA Pujara Ind 10 16 1 1068 202 71.20 4 5 1 106 2
3 FDM Karunaratne Srl 12 24 1 1011 196 43.95 3 4 1 89 2

The following table lists the performance of these three batsmen innings wise in the calendar year 2017.

DA Elgar of South Africa
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 129 2 1 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 02 Jan 2017
2 55 2 3 v Sri Lanka Cape Town 02 Jan 2017
3 27 2 1 v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 12 Jan 2017
4 140 2 1 v New Zealand Dunedin 08 Mar 2017
5 89 2 3 v New Zealand Dunedin 08 Mar 2017
6 9 2 2 v New Zealand Wellington 16 Mar 2017
7 17 2 4 v New Zealand Wellington 16 Mar 2017
8 5 1 1 v New Zealand Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
9 5 1 3 v New Zealand Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
10 54 1 2 v England Lord’s 06 Jul 2017
11 2 2 4 v England Lord’s 06 Jul 2017
12 6 1 1 v England Nottingham 14 Jul 2017
13 80 2 3 v England Nottingham 14 Jul 2017
14 8 1 2 v England The Oval 27 Jul 2017
15 136 2 4 v England The Oval 27 Jul 2017
16 0 1 2 v England Manchester 04 Aug 2017
17 5 2 4 v England Manchester 04 Aug 2017
18 199 1 1 v Bangladesh Potchefstroom 28 Sep 2017
19 18 2 3 v Bangladesh Potchefstroom 28 Sep 2017
20 113 1 1 v Bangladesh Bloemfontein 06 Oct 2017
  1097   Total      
FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 24 1 2 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2017
2 6 1 4 v South Africa Cape Town 02 Jan 2017
3 0 1 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Jan 2017
4 50 1 3 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Jan 2017
5 30 1 1 v Bangladesh Galle 07 Mar 2017
6 32 1 3 v Bangladesh Galle 07 Mar 2017
7 7 1 1 v Bangladesh Col-PSS 15 Mar 2017
8 126 1 3 v Bangladesh Col-PSS 15 Mar 2017
9 25 1 2 v Zimbabwe Col-RPS 14 Jul 2017
10 49 1 4 v Zimbabwe Col-RPS 14 Jul 2017
11 2 1 2 v India Galle 26 Jul 2017
12 97 1 4 v India Galle 26 Jul 2017
13 25 1 2 v India Col-SSC 03 Aug 2017
14 141 1 3 v India Col-SSC 03 Aug 2017
15 4 1 2 v India Pallekele 12 Aug 2017
16 16 1 3 v India Pallekele 12 Aug 2017
17 93 1 1 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 28 Sep 2017
18 10 1 3 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 28 Sep 2017
19 196 1 1 v Pakistan Dubai-DSC 06 Oct 2017
20 7 1 3 v Pakistan Dubai-DSC 06 Oct 2017
21 8 2 2 v India Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
22 1 2 4 v India Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
23 51 2 1 v India Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
24 11* 2 2 v India Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
  1011   Total      
CA Pujara of India
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 83 3 1 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
2 54* 3 3 v Bangladesh Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
3 6 3 2 v Australia Pune 23 Feb 2017
4 31 3 4 v Australia Pune 23 Feb 2017
5 17 3 1 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017
6 92 3 3 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017
7 202 3 2 v Australia Ranchi 16 Mar 2017
8 57 3 2 v Australia Dharamsala 25 Mar 2017
9 0 3 4 v Australia Dharamsala 25 Mar 2017
10 153 3 1 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
11 15 3 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
12 133 3 1 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 03 Aug 2017
13 8 3 1 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 12 Aug 2017
14 52 3 1 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
15 22 3 3 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
16 143 3 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
  1068   Total      

DA Elgar’s feat of 1000 runs in 2017 provides the 16th occasion of a South African batsman aggregating 1000 plus runs in a calendar year while FDM Karunaratne’s feat provides the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman accomplishing such a feat. CA Pujara’s feat provides the 24th occasion of Indian batsman totaling 1000 plus runs in a calendar year. All such feats are tabulated below

South African Batsmen
No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Year
1 WJ Cronje 14 24 2 1040 126 47.27 1 9 1 1998
2 HH Gibbs 13 22 1 1124 196 53.52 3 6 1 2001
3 JH Kallis 13 23 7 1120 189* 70.00 2 7 1 2001
4 HH Gibbs 12 19 1 1156 228 64.22 4 3 1 2003
5 GC Smith 12 19 0 1198 277 63.05 4 2 0 2003
6 JH Kallis 11 21 5 1288 162 80.50 5 7 2 2004
7 AB de Villiers 11 19 0 1008 178 53.05 3 5 0 2005
8 JH Kallis 9 17 3 1210 186 86.42 5 6 1 2007
9 HM Amla 15 24 2 1161 159 52.77 3 6 1 2008
10 AB de Villiers 15 22 4 1061 217* 58.94 4 2 1 2008
11 ND McKenzie 14 23 3 1073 226 53.65 3 3 2 2008
12 GC Smith 15 25 2 1656 232 72.00 6 6 1 2008
13 HM Amla 11 19 3 1249 253* 78.06 5 4 0 2010
14 JH Kallis 11 19 4 1198 201* 79.86 6 2 0 2010
15 HM Amla 10 17 2 1064 311* 70.93 4 2 0 2012
16 D Elgar 11 20 0 1097 199 54.85 5 4 1 2017
Sri Lankan batsmen
No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Year
1 PA de Silva 11 19 3 1220 168 76.25 7 2 2 1997
2 ST Jayasuriya 11 19 0 1271 340 66.89 3 7 2 1997
3 M Jayawardene 13 19 0 1053 150 55.42 4 4 1 2001
4 ST Jayasuriya 11 20 0 1130 253 56.50 4 3 0 2004
5 KC Sangakkara 11 20 0 1114 270 55.70 3 5 1 2004
6 KC Sangakkara 11 20 2 1242 287 69.00 4 4 1 2006
7 TM Dilshan 11 18 1 1097 162 64.52 6 1 2 2009
8 M Jayawardene 11 20 1 1194 275 62.84 3 3 1 2009
9 TT Samaraweera 11 20 3 1234 231 72.58 4 4 1 2009
10 KC Sangakkara 11 20 1 1083 137 57.00 4 5 0 2009
11 KC Sangakkara 11 21 0 1034 211 49.23 4 4 1 2011
12 M Jayawardene 10 18 1 1003 203* 59.00 3 5 1 2014
13 AD Mathews 11 20 5 1160 160 77.33 2 8 0 2014
14 KC Sangakkara 11 21 1 1438 319 71.90 4 8 1 2014
15 FDM Karunaratne 12 24 0 1011 196 43.95 3 4 1 2017
Indian batsmen
No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Year
1 SM Gavaskar 11 20 1 1024 156 53.89 4 4 0 1976
2 SM Gavaskar 8 14 2 1099 205 91.58 5 3 1 1978
3 SM Gavaskar 17 26 0 1407 221 54.11 4 8 0 1979
4 GR Viswanath 17 26 2 1388 179 57.83 5 6 0 1979
5 DB Vengsarkar 17 26 3 1044 146* 45.39 4 6 5 1979
6 SM Gavaskar 18 32 4 1310 236* 46.78 5 5 3 1983
7 M Amarnath 14 24 1 1077 120 46.82 4 7 5 1983
8 SR Tendulkar 12 17 1 1000 169 62.50 4 3 0 1997
9 SR Tendulkar 10 19 3 1088 217 68.00 5 4 3 1999
10 SR Tendulkar 10 18 2 1003 155 62.68 3 6 0 2001
11 SR Tendulkar 16 26 1 1392 193 55.68 4 5 3 2002
12 R Dravid 16 26 3 1357 217 59.00 5 5 0 2002
13 V Sehwag 12 19 1 1141 309 63.38 3 4 2 2004
14 R Dravid 12 22 4 1095 146 60.83 3 7 0 2006
15 SC Ganguly 10 19 1 1106 239 61.44 3 4 0 2007
16 V Sehwag 14 27 1 1462 319 56.23 3 6 1 2008
17 G Gambhir 8 16 0 1134 206 70.87 3 6 0 2008
18 VVS Laxman 15 27 4 1086 200* 47.21 2 7 2 2008
19 SR Tendulkar 13 25 3 1063 154* 48.31 4 3 1 2008
20 SR Tendulkar 14 23 3 1562 214 78.10 7 5 0 2010
21 V Sehwag 14 25 2 1422 173 61.82 5 8 2 2010
22 R Dravid 12 23 3 1145 146* 57.25 5 4 0 2011
23 V Kohli 12 18 2 1215 235 75.93 4 2 0 2016
24 CA Pujara 10 16 1 1068 202 71.20 4 5 1 2017

 

Bowlers conceding 200 plus runs in a test innings – MDK Perera joins the list

Bowlers conceding 200 plus runs in a test innings – MDK Perera joins the list

MDK Perera of Sri Lanka returned with figures of 3 for 202 in India’s first innings – second innings of the test – in the ongoing test at Nagpur to provide the 31st occasion of a bower conceding 200 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 OC Scott 80.2 13 266 5 1 Win Eng Kingston 03 Apr 1930
2 IAR Peebles 71.0 8 204 6 2 Eng Aus The Oval 16 Aug 1930
3 LO Fleetwood-Smith 87.0 11 298 1 1 Aus Eng The Oval 20 Aug 1938
4 MH Mankad 75.0 16 202 3 1 Ind Win Mum-BS 09 Dec 1948
5 MH Mankad 82.0 17 228 5 2 Ind Win Kingston 28 Mar 1953
6 Fazal Mahmood 85.2 20 247 2 2 Pak Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
7 Khan Mohammad 54.0 5 259 0 2 Pak Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
8 Haseeb Ahsan 84.0 19 202 6 2 Pak Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1961
9 BS Bedi 64.2 8 226 6 1 Ind Eng Lord’s 20 Jun 1974
0 N Kapil Dev 38.4 3 220 7 2 Ind Pak Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983
11 IT Botham 52.0 7 217 3 1 Eng Pak The Oval 06 Aug 1987
12 SL Boock 70.0 10 229 1 1 NZl Pak Auckland 24 Feb 1989
13 M Muralitharan 54.0 3 224 2 2 Srl Aus Perth 08 Dec 1995
14 PA Strang 69.0 12 212 5 2 Zim Pak Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1996
15 RK Chauhan 78.0 8 276 1 2 Ind Srl Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
16 A Kumble 72.0 7 223 1 2 Ind Srl Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
17 DL Vettori 57.0 5 200 4 1 NZl Ind Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
18 Saqlain Mushtaq 50.0 3 237 3 1 Pak SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2003
19 OAC Banks 40.0 2 204 3 1 Win Aus Bridgetown 01 May 2003
20 B Lee 39.3 5 201 4 1 Aus Ind Sydney 02 Jan 2004
21 Saqlain Mushtaq 43.0 4 204 1 1 Pak Ind Multan 28 Mar 2004
22 N Boje 65.0 5 221 0 2 SAF Srl Col-SSC 27 Jul 2006
23 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 SAF Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
24 JJ Krejza 43.5 1 215 8 1 Aus Ind Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
25 A Mishra 58.0 6 203 1 2 Ind Srl Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
26 HMRKB Herath 53.3 2 240 3 2 Srl Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
27 S Randiv 73.0 16 222 2 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
28 NM Lyon 47.0 1 215 3 2 Aus Ind Chennai 22 Feb 2013
29 Yasir Shah 54.0 6 213 1 1 Pak Eng Manchester 22 Jul 2016
30 Yasir Shah 41.0 2 207 3 2 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
31 MDK Perera 45.0 2 202 3 2 Srl Ind Nagpur 24 Nov 2017

MDK Perera became the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to concede 200 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 M Muralitharan 54.0 3 224 2 2 Srl Aus Perth 08 Dec 1995
2 HMRKB Herath 53.3 2 240 3 2 Srl Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
3 S Randiv 73.0 16 222 2 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
4 MDK Perera 45.0 2 202 3 2 Srl Ind Nagpur 24 Nov 2017

MDK Perera became the fourth Sri Lankan bowler to concede 200 plus runs in an innings against India. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HMRKB Herath 53.3 2 240 3 2 Srl Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
2 S Randiv 73.0 16 222 2 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
3 MDK Perera 45.0 2 202 3 2 Srl Ind Nagpur 24 Nov 2017

MDK Perera became the tenth bowler to concede 200 plus runs in an innings against India. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Haseeb Ahsan 84.0 19 202 6 2 Pak Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1961
2 DL Vettori 57.0 5 200 4 1 NZl Ind Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
3 B Lee 39.3 5 201 4 1 Aus Ind Sydney 02 Jan 2004
4 Saqlain Mushtaq 43.0 4 204 1 1 Pak Ind Multan 28 Mar 2004
5 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 SAF Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
6 JJ Krejza 43.5 1 215 8 1 Aus Ind Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
7 HMRKB Herath 53.3 2 240 3 2 Srl Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
8 S Randiv 73.0 16 222 2 2 Srl Ind Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
9 NM Lyon 47.0 1 215 3 2 Aus Ind Chennai 22 Feb 2013
10 MDK Perera 45.0 2 202 3 2 Srl Ind Nagpur 24 Nov 2017

MH Mankad, Saqlain Mushtaq and Yasir Shah are the  three bowlers to concede 200 plus runs in an innings on two occasions.

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad 75.0 16 202 3 1 Ind Win Mum-BS 09 Dec 1948
2 MH Mankad 82.0 17 228 5 2 Ind Win Kingston 28 Mar 1953
                     
1 Saqlain Mushtaq 50.0 3 237 3 1 Pak SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2003
2 Saqlain Mushtaq 43.0 4 204 1 1 Pak Ind Multan 28 Mar 2004
                     
1 Yasir Shah 54.0 6 213 1 1 Pak Eng Manchester 22 Jul 2016
2 Yasir Shah 41.0 2 207 3 2 Pak Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2016

MDK Perera became the ninth bowler to concede 200 plus  runs in an innings on Indian soil. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad 75.0 16 202 3 1 Ind Win Mum-BS 09 Dec 1948
2 Haseeb Ahsan 84.0 19 202 6 2 Pak Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1961
3 DL Vettori 57.0 5 200 4 1 NZl Ind Ahmedabad 29 Oct 1999
4 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 SAF Ind Chennai 26 Mar 2008
5 JJ Krejza 43.5 1 215 8 1 Aus Ind Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
6 A Mishra 58.0 6 203 1 2 Ind Srl Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
7 HMRKB Herath 53.3 2 240 3 2 Srl Ind Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
8 NM Lyon 47.0 1 215 3 2 Aus Ind Chennai 22 Feb 2013
9 MDK Perera 45.0 2 202 3 2 Srl Ind Nagpur 24 Nov 2017

 

Four or more batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket

Four or more batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket

M Vijay {128}, CA Pujara {143 }, V Kohli {213} and RG Sharma {102* } scored centuries in India’s innings against Sri Lanka at Nagpur  in the ongoing test to provide the 22nd occasion of four  or more batsmen  scoring centuries in an innings in the  annals of test cricket. The list includes two occasions of five batsmen scoring centuries  in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Aus 2 Win Kingston 11 Jun 1955 5
2 Pak 2 Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001 5
3 Eng 1 Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 4
4 Win 1 Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948 4
5 Pak 2 Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983 4
6 Win 2 Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983 4
7 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
`8 Srl 2 Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001 4
9 NZl 1 Aus Perth 30 Nov 2001 4
10 NZl 1 Ind Mohali 16 Oct 2003 4
11 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
12 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
13 Pak 1 Ind Lahore 13 Jan 2006 4
14 Eng 1 Win Lord’s 17 May 2007 4
15 Ind 1 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007 4
16 Srl 2 Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007 4
17 Srl 1 Ind Col –SSC 23 Jul 2008 4
18 Aus 2 Eng Cardiff 08 Jul 2009 4
19 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
20 Aus 1 Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015 4
21 SAF 1 Ban Bloemfontein 06 Oct 2017 4
22 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen accomplishing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Ind 1 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007 4
2 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
3 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the second occasion of batsmen accomplishing such a feat against Sri Lanka. Both the occasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
2 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the fourth occasion of batsmen accomplishing such a feat on Indian soil. All such ccasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Win 1 Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948 4
2 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
3 NZl 1 Ind Mohali 16 Oct 2003 4
4 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Colombo-SSC in Sri Lanka and St John’s in West Indies are the two grounds to witness three occasion of four batsmen scoring centuries in an innings in the annals of test cricket. The following table list such occasions on each of these grounds

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Srl 1 Ind Col–SSC 23 Jul 2008 4
2 Srl 2 Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001 4
3 Srl 2 Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007 4
             
1 Win 2 Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983 4
2 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
3 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4

 

V Kohli emulates BC Lara in scoring five double centuries as captain

V Kohli emulates BC Lara in scoring five double centuries as captain

V Kohli of India scored 213 against Sri Lanka in  the  ongoing test against Sri  Lanka at Nagpur. This knock represents his fifth double century while leading India. He became the second captain in the history of test cricket to score five double centuries after BC Lara of West Indies. BC Lara has also scored five double centuries  while leading West Indies. He went past DG Bradman, MJ Clarke and GC Smith who had scored four double centuries while leading their respective countries. The following table lists all the five captains who  have scored four  double hundreds

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 200 1 Ind Win North Sound 21 Jul 2016
2 V Kohli 211 1 Ind NZl Indore 08 Oct 2016
3 V Kohli 235 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 08 Dec 2016
4 V Kohli 204 1 Ind Ban Hyd-RGS 09 Feb 2017
5 V Kohli 213 2 Ind Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
               
1 BC Lara 213 2 Win Aus Kingston 13 Mar 1999
2 BC Lara 209 2 Win Srl Gros Islet 20 Jun 2003
3 BC Lara 202 2 Win SAF Johannesburg 12 Dec 2003
4 BC Lara 400* 1 Win Eng St John’s 10 Apr 2004
5 BC Lara 216 2 Win Pak Multan 19 Nov 2006
               
1 DG Bradman 270 3 Aus Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1937
2 DG Bradman 212 3 Aus Eng Adelaide 29 Jan 1937
3 DG Bradman 234 2 Aus Eng Sydney 13 Dec 1946
4 DG Bradman 201 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
               
1 MJ Clarke 329* 2 Aus Ind Sydney 03 Jan 2012
2 MJ Clarke 210 1 Aus Ind Adelaide 24 Jan 2012
3 MJ Clarke 259* 2 Aus SAF Brisbane 09 Nov 2012
4 MJ Clarke 230 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
               
1 GC Smith 277 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
2 GC Smith 259 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 31 Jul 2003
3 GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chittagong 29 Feb 2008
4 GC Smith 234 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013

 

V Kohli shares the record for most centuries in a calendar year by a captain with SPD Smith of Australia

V Kohli shares the record for most centuries in a calendar year by a captain with SPD Smith of Australia

V Kohli’s 123* against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Nagpur against Sri Lanka represent his fourth century in calendar year 2017 while captaining India against Sri Lanka. He now shares the record for most centuries by a captain in Calendar year 2017 with SPD Smith. SPD Smith has also scored four centuries while  leading Australia in the calendar year 2017.  The centuries scored by these two captains are listed below {Figures at the Lunch time on the third day of the test between India and Sri Lanka at Nagpur}

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 103 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
2 V Kohli 103* 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
3 V Kohli 104* 3 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
4 V Kohli 123* 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur-J 24 Nov 2017
             
1 SPD Smith 109 3 India Pune 23 Feb 2017
2 SPD Smith 178* 1 India Ranchi 16 Mar 2017
3 SPD Smith 109 1 India Dharansala 25 Mar 2017
4 SPD Smith 109 2 England Brisbane 23 Nov 2017