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AN Cook’s feats as captain – becomes the first England captain to score 4000 runs

AN Cook’s feats as captain – becomes the first England captain to score 4000 runs

AN Cook became the first England captain to aggregate 4000 plus runs in tests. He reached the milestone when he was on 37 during his knock of 81 in England’s first innings in the ongoing first test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. His run aggregate at the end of the second day of the test read 4044.

AN Cook became the eighth captain to total 4000 plus runs in test cricket. The performance of all the eight captains are furnished below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 50+ 0
1 GC Smith ICC/SAF 109 193 12 8659 277 47.83 25 36 61 10
2 AR Border Aus 93 154 24 6623 205 50.94 15 36 51 7
3 RT Ponting Aus 77 140 13 6542 209 51.51 19 35 54 7
4 CH Lloyd Win 74 111 9 5233 242* 51.30 14 27 41 3
5 SP Fleming NZl 80 135 8 5156 274* 40.59 8 31 34 13
6 BC Lara Win 47 85 4 4685 400* 57.83 14 19 44 5
7 GS Chappell Aus 48 86 10 4209 235 55.38 13 19 39 7
8 AN Cook Eng 49 90 6 4044 263 48.14 10 20 30 3

AN Cook’s 81 at Lord’s provide his 30th fifty in tests – 10 C plus 20 HC. He became the tenth captain in the annals of test cricket to score 30 plus fifties. The following table lists the captains who have scored 30 plus fifties

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 50+
1 GC Smith SAF 54 61 6 6111 277 111.10 25 36 0 61
2 RT Ponting Aus 45 54 8 5063 209 110.06 19 35 0 54
3 AR Border Aus 46 51 15 4619 205 128.30 15 36 0 51
4 CH Lloyd Win 39 41 5 3740 242* 103.88 14 27 0 41
5 SP Fleming NZl 36 39 6 3638 274* 110.24 8 31 0 39
6 Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 30 36 10 2820 135 108.46 8 28 0 36
7 BC Lara Win 27 33 3 3777 400* 125.90 14 19 0 33
8 GS Chappell Aus 26 32 4 3150 235 112.50 13 19 0 32
9 MA Atherton Eng 28 30 4 2649 185* 101.88 8 22 0 30
10 AN Cook Eng 27 30 3 2958 263 109.55 10 20 0 30

AN Cook became the second England captain to score 30 fifties after MA Atherton. MA Atherton has also scored 30 fifties

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 50+
1 MA Atherton Eng 28 30 4 2649 185* 101.88 8 22 0 30
2 AN Cook Eng 27 30 3 2958 263 109.55 10 20 0 30

 

AN Cook go past SM Gavaskar’s run aggregate in tests as an opener

AN Cook go past SM Gavaskar’s run aggregate in tests as an opener

AN Cook of England went past SM Gavaskar’s run aggregate as an opening batsman in tests. He surpassed SM Gavaskar’s run aggregate of 9607 when he was on 58 during his knock of 81 in the first innings of the ongoing Lord’s test between England and Pakistan. At the end of England’s innings, AN Cook’s runs aggregate read 9630. The following table shows the performance of these two openers in tests against each opposition they played

Career summary of SM Gavaskar
Opponents Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
v Australia 1977-1986 20 31 1 1550 172 51.66 8 4 2
v England 1971-1986 37 66 1 2483 221 38.20 4 16 3
v New Zealand 1976-1981 9 16 1 651 119 43.40 2 3 0
v Pakistan 1978-1987 24 40 4 2074 166 57.61 5 12 1
v Sri Lanka 1982-1987 3 3 0 336 176 112.00 2 0 0
v West Indies 1971-1983 26 47 5 2513 220 59.83 12 7 5
Total 1971-1987 119 203 12 9607 221 50.29 33 42 11
Career summary of AN Cook
Opponents Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
v Australia 2006-2015 30 55 1 2117 235* 39.20 4 11 3
v Bangladesh 2010-2010 4 7 1 401 173 66.83 2 0 0
v India 2006-2014 20 35 3 1735 294 54.21 5 7 0
v New Zealand 2008-2015 13 23 0 1024 162 44.52 3 4 0
v Pakistan 2010-2016 11 19 0 857 263 45.10 2 4 0
v South Africa 2008-2016 15 28 0 995 118 35.53 2 7 2
v Sri Lanka 2007-2016 13 22 2 1066 133 53.30 3 6 2
v West Indies 2007-2015 17 30 5 1435 160 57.40 5 8 1
Total 2006-2016 123 219 12 9630 294 46.52 26 47 8

 

 

Six or more wickets by England bowlers in a test innings at Lord’s – CR Woakes in the new entrant

Six or more wickets by England bowlers in a test innings at Lord’s – CR Woakes in the new entrant

CR Woakes of England captured six for 70 in the first innings of the ongoing Lord’s test against Pakistan to provide the 34th occasion of an England bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s. The following table lists all such occasions.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 E Peate 40.0×4 14 85 6 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 21.07.1884
2 G Ulyett 39.1×4 23 36 7 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 21.07.1884
3 J Briggs 38.1×4 17 45 6 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 19.07.1886
4 WH Lockwood 45.0×5 11 101 6 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 17.07.1893
5 T Richardson 11.3×5 3 39 6 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1896
6 SF Barnes 34.0 9 85 6 3 Eng SAF Lord’s 10.06.1912
7 RWV Robins 11.5 1 32 6 2 Eng Win Lord’s 24.06.1933
8 H Verity 36.0 15 61 7 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1934
9 H Verity 22.3 8 43 8 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1934
10 AV Bedser 29.1 11 49 7 1 Eng Ind Lord’s 22.06.1946
11 R Tattersall 28.0 10 52 7 2 Eng SAF Lord’s 21.06.1951
12 JB Statham 29.0 12 39 7 4 Eng SAF Lord’s 23.06.1955
13 TE Bailey 21.0 8 44 7 1 Eng Win Lord’s 20.06.1957
14 JB Statham 20.0 5 63 6 2 Eng SAF Lord’s 23.06.1960
15 FS Trueman 17.4 6 31 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
16 LJ Coldwell 41.0 13 85 6 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
17 FS Trueman 44.0 16 100 6 1 Eng Win Lord’s 20.06.1963
18 K Higgs 33.0 9 91 6 1 Eng Win Lord’s 16.06.1966
19 R Illingworth 22.3 12 29 6 3 Eng Ind Lord’s 22.06.1967
20 DL Underwood 31.0 18 32 7 4 Eng NZl Lord’s 24.07.1969`
21 DL Underwood 34.5 17 51 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 08.08.1974
22 RGD Willis 30.1 7 78 7 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 16.06.1977
23 IT Botham 20.5 8 34 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 15.06.1978
24 IT Botham 38.0 13 101 6 1 Eng NZl Lord’s 24.08.1978
25 RGD Willis 28.0 3 101 6 3 Eng Ind Lord’s 10.06.1982
26 IT Botham 27.4 6 103 8 2 Eng Win Lord’s 28.06.1984
27 IT Botham 27.0 6 90 6 3 Eng Srl Lord’s 23.08.1984
28 PAJ DeFreitas 26.0 8 70 7 2 Eng Srl Lord’s 22.08.1991
29 DG Cork 19.3 5 43 7 4 Eng Win Lord’s 22.06.1995
30 DG Cork 31.1 5 119 6 1 Eng SAF Lord’s 18.06.1998
31 MS Panesar 36.1 3 129 6 2 Eng Win Lord’s 17.05.2007
32 SCJ Broad 24.5 6 72 7 1 Eng Win Lord’s 17.05.2012
33 SCJ Broad 11.0 0 44 7 4 Eng NZl Lord’s 16.05.2013
34 CR Woakes 24.0 7 70 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 14.07.2016

CR Woakes of England captured six for 70 in the first innings of the ongoing Lord’s test against Pakistan to provide the fifth occasion of an England bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s against Pakistan. The following table lists all such occasions

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 FS Trueman 17.4 6 31 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
2 LJ Coldwell 41.0 13 85 6 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
3 DL Underwood 34.5 17 51 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 08.08.1974
4 IT Botham 20.5 8 34 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 15.06.1978
5 CR Woakes 24.0 7 70 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 14.07.2016

The following table lists out eight England bowlers who have captured six or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s on two or more occasions. IT Botham holds the record for capturing six or more wickets in test innings at Lord’s on most occasions. He has accomplished the feat on four occasions

No No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 DG Cork 19.3 5 43 7 4 Eng Win Lord’s 22.06.1995
  2 DG Cork 31.1 5 119 6 1 Eng SAF Lord’s 18.06.1998
                       
2 1 DL Underwood 31.0 18 32 7 4 Eng NZl Lord’s 24.07.1969`
  2 DL Underwood 34.5 17 51 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 08.08.1974
                       
3 1 FS Trueman 17.4 6 31 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
  2 FS Trueman 44.0 16 100 6 1 Eng Win Lord’s 20.06.1963
                       
4 1 H Verity 36.0 15 61 7 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1934
  2 H Verity 22.3 8 43 8 3 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1934
                       
5 1 IT Botham 20.5 8 34 8 3 Eng Pak Lord’s 15.06.1978
  2 IT Botham 38.0 13 101 6 1 Eng NZl Lord’s 24.08.1978
  3 IT Botham 27.4 6 103 8 2 Eng Win Lord’s 28.06.1984
  4 IT Botham 27.0 6 90 6 3 Eng Srl Lord’s 23.08.1984
                       
6 1 JB Statham 29.0 12 39 7 4 Eng SAF Lord’s 23.06.1955
  2 JB Statham 20.0 5 63 6 2 Eng SAF Lord’s 23.06.1960
                       
7 1 RGD Willis 30.1 7 78 7 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 16.06.1977
  2 RGD Willis 28.0 3 101 6 3 Eng Ind Lord’s 10.06.1982
                       
8 1 SCJ Broad 24.5 6 72 7 1 Eng Win Lord’s 17.05.2012
  2 SCJ Broad 11.0 0 44 7 4 Eng NZl Lord’s 16.05.2013

CR Woakes became the tenth England bowler to capture six or more wickets in the first innings of the Lord’s test. His six for 70 in the ongoing test provides the eleventh such occasion. FS Trueman has performed such a feat twice – vs Pakistan in Jun 1962 and  vs West Indies in  Jun 1963. All the eleven such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 E Peate 40.0×4 14 85 6 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 21.07.1884
2 T Richardson 11.3×5 3 39 6 1 Eng Aus Lord’s 22.06.1896
3 AV Bedser 29.1 11 49 7 1 Eng Ind Lord’s 22.06.1946
4 TE Bailey 21.0 8 44 7 1 Eng Win Lord’s 20.06.1957
5 FS Trueman 17.4 6 31 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 21.06.1962
6 FS Trueman 44.0 16 100 6 1 Eng Win Lord’s 20.06.1963
7 K Higgs 33.0 9 91 6 1 Eng Win Lord’s 16.06.1966
8 IT Botham 38.0 13 101 6 1 Eng NZl Lord’s 24.08.1978
9 DG Cork 31.1 5 119 6 1 Eng SAF Lord’s 18.06.1998
10 SCJ Broad 24.5 6 72 7 1 Eng Win Lord’s 17.05.2012
11 CR Woakes 24.0 7 70 6 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 14.07.2016
Centuries by Visiting captains in test innings at Lord’s – Misbah-ul-Haq joins the list

Centuries by Visiting captains in test innings at Lord’s – Misbah-ul-Haq joins the list

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 114 at Lord’s in the ongoing test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s provide the  21st occasion  of a visiting captain scoring a century at Lord’s. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GHS Trott 143 3 Aus Eng Lord’s 22 Jun 1896
2 PW Sherwell 115 3 SAF Eng Lord’s 01 Jul 1907
3 WM Woodfull 155 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
4 DG Bradman 102* 4 Aus Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1938
5 A Melville 117 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 21 Jun 1947
6 AL Hassett 104 1 Aus Eng Lord’s 25 Jun 1953
7 Javed Burki 101 3 Pak Eng Lord’s 21 Jun 1962
8 GS Sobers 163* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
9 Hanif Mohammad 187* 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 27 Jul 1967
10 BE Congdon 175 2 NZl Eng Lord’s 21 Jun 1973
11 RB Kanhai 157 1 Win Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
12 LRD Mendis 111 1 Srl Eng Lord’s 23 Aug 1984
13 AR Border 196 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 27 Jun 1985
14 M Azharuddin 121 2 Ind Eng Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
15 KC Wessels 105 1 SAF Eng Lord’s 21 Jul 1994
16 GC Smith 259 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 31 Jul 2003
17 DPMD Jayawardene 119 3 Srl Eng Lord’s 11 May 2006
18 GC Smith 107 3 SAF Eng Lord’s 10 Jul 2008
19 TM Dilshan 193 2 Srl Eng Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
20 AD Mathews 102 2 Srl Eng Lord’s 12 Jun 2014
21 Misbah-ul-Haq 114 1 Pak Eng Lord’s 14 Jul 2016

GA Smith of South Africa is the only visiting captain to score centuries at Lord’s on two occasions. He has scored 259 in Jul 2003 and 107 in Jul 2008

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 259 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 31 Jul 2003
2 GC Smith 107 3 SAF Eng Lord’s 10 Jul 2008

Misbah-ul-Haq became the third Pakistan captain to score a century in a test innings at Lord’s after Javed Burki and Hanif Mohammad. Javed Burki has scored 101 in Jun 1962 and Hanif Mohammad has scored 187 not out in Jul 1967

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Javed Burki 101 3 Pak Eng Lord’s 21 Jun 1962
2 Hanif Mohammad 187* 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 27 Jul 1967
3 Misbah-ul-Haq 114 1 Pak Eng Lord’s 14 Jul 2016

 

Five or more wickets by a visiting spin bowler at Lord’s – Yasir Shah of Pakistan joins the elite list

Five or more wickets by a visiting spin bowler at Lord’s – Yasir Shah of Pakistan joins the elite list

Yasir Shah of Pakistan captured five for 64 on the second day of the ongoing first test at Lord’s between England and Pakistan to provide the 13th occasion of a visiting spin bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s. He became the 12th visiting spin bowler to perform such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GE Palmer 75.0×4 26 111 6 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 21.07.1884
2 CV Grimmett 53.0 13 167 6 3 Aus Eng Lord’s 27.06.1930
3 XC Balaskas 32.0 8 49 5 2 SAF Eng Lord’s 29.06.1935
4 S Ramadhin 43.0 27 66 5 2 Win Eng Lord’s 24.06.1950
5 S Ramadhin 72.0 43 86 6 4 Win Eng Lord’s 24.06.1950
6 MH Mankad 73.0 24 196 5 2 Ind Eng Lord’s 19.06.1952
7 HJ Tayfield 38.5 12 80 5 3 SAF Eng Lord’s 23.06.1955
8 BS Chandrasekhar 53.0 9 127 5 2 Ind Eng Lord’s 22.06.1967
9 BS Bedi 64.2 8 226 6 1 Ind Eng Lord’s 20.06.1974
10` RG Holland 32.0 12 68 5 3 Aus Eng Lord’s 27.06.1985
11 Mushtaq Ahmed 38.0 15 57 5 4 Pak Eng Lord’s 25.07.1996
12 DL Vettori 22.3 4 69 5 2 NZl Eng Lord’s 15.05.2008
13 Yasir Shah 25.0 5 64 5 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 14.07.2016

Yasir Shah is the second Pakistan spin bowler to capture five or more wickets in a test innings at Lord’s after Mushtaq Ahmed. Mushtaq Ahmed had returned with figures of 5 for 57 in Jul 1996

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Mushtaq Ahmed 38.0 15 57 5 4 Pak Eng Lord’s 25.07.1996
2 Yasir Shah 25.0 5 64 5 2 Pak Eng Lord’s 14.07.2016

 

Batsmen who have collected a pair on test debut – R Chandrika of West Indies is the latest addition to the long list

Batsmen who have collected a pair on test debut – R Chandrika of West Indies is the latest addition to the long list

West Indian batsman R Chandrika who has been named in the West Indies squad to play India in the first test at North Sound on 21st July 2016 had collected a pair on his test debut against Australia at Kingston in Jun 2015. His debut pair provides the 40th occasion of a batsman collecting a pair on test debut. All such occasions are listed below in the chronological order

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GF Grace 0 0 Eng Aus The Oval 06 Sep 1880
2 CS Wimble 0 0 SAF Eng Cape Town 19 Mar 1892
3 JT Willoughby 0 0 SAF Eng Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
4 JJ Kotze 0 0 SAF Aus Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
5 PS Twentyman-Jones 0 0 SAF Aus Cape Town 08 Nov 1902
6 TA Ward 0 0 SAF Aus Manchester 27 May 1912
7 PT Lewis 0 0 SAF Eng Durban 13 Dec 1913
8 CD Dixon 0 0 SAF Eng Johannesburg 01 Jan 1914
9 FT Badcock 0 0 NZl Eng Christchurch 10 Jan 1930
10 KC James 0 0 NZl Eng Christchurch 10 Jan 1930
11 CIJ Smith 0 0 Eng Win Bridgetown 08 Jan 1935
12 LA Butterfield 0 0 NZl Aus Wellington 29 Mar 1946
13 CG Rowe 0 0 NZl Aus Wellington 29 Mar 1946
14 CN McCarthy 0 0 SAF Eng Durban 16 Dec 1948
15 AL Valentine 0 0 Win Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1950
16 GS Ramchand 0 0 Ind Eng Leeds 05 Jun 1952
17 GA Gooch 0 0 Eng Aus Birmingham 10 Jul 1975
18 BP Bracewell 0 0 NZl Eng The Oval 27 Jul 1978
19 MR Whitney 0 0 Aus Eng Manchester 13 Aug 1981
20 Maninder Singh 0 0 Ind Pak Karachi 23 Dec 1982
21 KR Rutherford 0 0 NZl Win Port of Spain 29 Mar 1985
22 CM Kuggeleijn 0 0 NZl Ind Bangalore 12 Nov 1988
23 RGM Patel 0 0 Ind NZl Mumbai 24 Nov 1988
24 MS Atapattu 0 0 Srl Ind Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990
25 Saeed Anwar 0 0 Pak Win Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990
26 AA Donald 0 0 SAF Win Bridgetown 18 Apr 1992
27 SG Peall 0 0 Zim Pak Karachi 01 Dec 1993
28 PE McIntyre 0 0 Aus Eng Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
29 DP Viljoen 0 0 Zim Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
30 GM Hamilton 0 0 Eng SAF Johannesburg 25 Nov 1999
31 JEC Franklin 0 0 NZl Pak Auckland 08 Mar 2001
32 Alamgir Kabir 0 0 Ban Pak Colombo (PSS) 21 Jul 2002
33 KHRK Fernando 0 0 Srl SAF Johannesburg 08 Nov 2002
34 SL Malinga 0 0 Srl Aus Darwin 01 Jul 2004
35 LPC Silva 0 0 Srl NZl Christchurch 07 Dec 2006
36 CT Tremlett 0 0 Eng Ind Lord’s 19 Jul 2007
37 MR Gillespie 0 0 NZl SAF Centurion 16 Nov 2007
38 D Elgar 0 0 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
39 N M’shangwe 0 0 Zim Ban Khulna 03 Nov 2014
40 R Chandrika 0 0 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 2015

R Chandrika became the second West Indies batsman to collect a pair on test debut after AL Valentine. AL Valentine has bagged a pair on his test debut against England at Manchester in Jun 1950. R Chandika emulated him after a gap of 65 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AL Valentine 0 0 Win Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1950
2 R Chandrika 0 0 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 2015

R Chandrika became the tenth batsman to collect a pair on debut against Australia. The list includes GF Grace and GA Gooch of England

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GF Grace 0 0 Eng Aus The Oval 06 Sep 1880
2 JJ Kotze 0 0 SAF Aus Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902
3 PS Twentyman-Jones 0 0 SAF Aus Cape Town 08 Nov 1902
4 TA Ward 0 0 SAF Aus Manchester 27 May 1912
5 LA Butterfield 0 0 NZl Aus Wellington 29 Mar 1946
6 CG Rowe 0 0 NZl Aus Wellington 29 Mar 1946
7 GA Gooch 0 0 Eng Aus Birmingham 10 Jul 1975
8 SL Malinga 0 0 Srl Aus Darwin 01 Jul 2004
9 D Elgar 0 0 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
10 R Chandrika 0 0 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 2015

R Chandrika is one of the four opening batsmen to collect a pair on debut. Others are – KR Rutherford of New Zealand, Saeed Anwar of Pakistan and DP Vijolen of Zimbabwe. The performance of these four batsmen are listed below. R Chandrika is the first West Indian opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KR Rutherford 0 0 NZl Win Port of Spain 29 Mar 1985
2 Saeed Anwar 0 0 Pak Win Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990
3 DP Viljoen 0 0 Zim Pak Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
4 R Chandrika 0 0 Win Aus Kingston 11 Jun 2015

 

Indore all set to become the newest test center

Indore all set to become the newest test center

FIXTURES – India and New Zealand Test Series in India
1st Test: India v New Zealand at Kanpur on Sep 22-26, 2016
(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)
2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Kolkata on Sep 30-Oct 4, 2016
(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)
3rd Test: India v New Zealand at Indore on Oct 8-12, 2016
(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)

Cometh October, 08, 2016, Indore will become the 109th test venue globally, when it hosts the third and final test between India and New Zealand. It will also become the 22nd test venue in India. The performance at the 21 test centers are enumerated below

No Grounds Span M W L T D
1 Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai 1933-1933 1 1 1 0 0
2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1934-2013 39 20 20 0 19
3 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai 1934-2013 31 19 19 1 11
4 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 1948-2015 33 19 19 0 14
5 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 1948-2009 18 7 7 0 11
6 Green Park, Kanpur 1952-2009 21 9 9 0 12
7 University Ground, Lucknow 1952-1952 1 1 1 0 0
8 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad 1955-1988 3 1 1 0 2
9 Nehru Stadium, Madras 1956-1965 9 6 6 0 3
10 Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur 1969-2006 9 4 4 0 5
11 M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 1974-2015 21 12 12 0 9
12 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 1975-2013 24 17 17 0 7
13 Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar 1983-1983 1 0 0 0 1
14 Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 1983-2012 12 6 6 0 6
15 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 1987-1995 2 1 1 0 1
16 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 1987-1987 1 0 0 0 1
17 Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh 1990-1990 1 1 1 0 0
18 K.D.Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium, Lucknow 1994-1994 1 1 1 0 0
19 PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh 1994-2015 12 7 7 0 5
20 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 2008-2015 5 4 4 0 1
21 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad 2010-2013 3 2 2 0 1

Kolkata would host its 40th test when it plays host to the second test between India and New Zealand in September-October 2016.  Kolkata would earn the honour of hosting 40 tests and become the first Indian ground to host 40 tests. It would become the 22nd ground to host 40 plus tests in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists the grounds which have hosted 40 plus tests. {Note – Stats as of 29.06.16}

No Grounds Span M W L T D
1 Lord’s, London 1884-2016 132 83 83 0 49
2 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1877-2015 108 92 92 0 16
3 Sydney Cricket Ground 1882-2016 104 85 85 0 19
4 Kennington Oval, London 1880-2015 98 61 61 0 37
5 Old Trafford, Manchester 1884-2014 76 41 41 0 35
6 Headingley, Leeds 1899-2016 75 57 57 0 18
7 Adelaide Oval 1884-2015 74 55 55 0 19
8 Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1899-2015 61 38 38 0 23
9 Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad 1930-2014 59 37 37 0 22
10 Basin Reserve, Wellington 1930-2016 58 35 35 0 23
11 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1931-2015 58 44 44 1 13
12 Newlands, Cape Town 1889-2016 53 42 42 0 11
13 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 1930-2015 51 34 34 0 17
14 Eden Park, Auckland 1930-2014 49 25 25 0 24
15 Edgbaston, Birmingham 1902-2015 48 33 33 0 15
16 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 1930-2015 48 35 35 0 13
17 W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 1970-2015 42 34 34 0 8
18 Kingsmead, Durban 1923-2015 41 28 28 0 13
19 National Stadium, Karachi 1955-2009 41 23 23 0 18
20 AMI Stadium, Christchurch 1930-2006 40 24 24 0 16
21 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 1959-2009 40 18 18 0 22

 

150 plus runs by wicket keeper batsman in a test innings

150 plus runs by wicket keeper batsman in a test innings

JM Bairstow of England scored 167 not out against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in the ongoing test to provide the 38th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
4 BK Kunderan 192 1 Ind Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
5 DT Lindsay 182 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
6 WK Lees 152 2 NZl Pak Karachi 30 Oct 1976
7 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
8 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
9 IDS Smith 173 1 NZl Ind Auckland 22 Feb 1990
10 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
11 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
12 IA Healy 161* 1 Aus Win Brisbane 22 Nov 1996
13 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
14 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
15 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
16 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
17 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
18 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
19 Rashid Latif 150 1 Pak Win Sharjah 31 Jan 2002
20 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
21 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
22 T Taibu 153 3 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
23 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
24 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
25 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
26 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
27 BJ Haddin 169 2 Aus NZl Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
28 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
29 D Ramdin 166 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
30 HAPW Jayawardene 154* 2 Srl Ind Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
31 BB McCullum 185 1 NZl Ban Hamilton 15 Feb 2010
32 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
33 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
34 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
35 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
36 LD Chandimal 162* 3 Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
37 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
38 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow of England scored 167 not out against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in the ongoing test to provide the second occasion of his scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. Prior to this he had scored 150 not out against South Africa at Cape Town in Jan 2016. He became the eighth wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs on two occasions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
  2 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  3 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
  4 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
                 
2 1 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
  2 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
                 
3 1 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
  2 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
  3 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
                 
4 1 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
  2 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
                 
5 1 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
  2 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
                 
6 1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
  2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
                 
7 1 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016
                 
8 1 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
  2 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009

JM Bairstow’s 167 not out provide the fourth occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. AJ Stewart and JM Bairstow are the only two England wicket keepers to score 150 plus runs in a test innings on two occasions

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
2 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
3 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
4 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow became the third wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings against Sri Lanka after Kamran Akmal and Mushfiqur Rahim.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
3 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow became the second batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings at Lord’s. Prior to this CL Walcott of West Indies had scored 168 not out at Lord’s in Jun 1980. JM Bairstow owns the record of becoming the only England batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings at Lord’s.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

 

Two or more centuries by a wicket keeper batsman in a test series – JM Bairstow of England joins the list

Two or more centuries by a wicket keeper batsman in a test series – JM Bairstow of England joins the list

JM Bairstow of England scored 140 at Leeds and 167 not out at Lord’s in the ongoing test series against Sri Lanka to provide the 14t occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring two or more centuries in a test series. All such occasions are listed below. DT Lindsay of South Africa is the only wicket keeper batsman to score three centuries  in a test series in the annals of test cricket.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 DT Lindsay 182 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
  2 DT Lindsay 137 1 SAF Aus Durban 20 Jan 1967
  3 DT Lindsay 131 2 SAF Aus Johannesburg 03 Feb 1967
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
2 1 LEG Ames 105 3 Eng Win Port of Spain 01 Feb 1930
  2 LEG Ames 149 1 Eng Win Kingston 03 Apr 1930
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
3 1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
  2 CL Walcott 108 3 Win Ind Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
4 1 JHB Waite 115 1 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
  2 JHB Waite 134 2 SAF Aus Durban 24 Jan 1958
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
5 1 BK Kunderan 192 1 Ind Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
  2 BK Kunderan 100 3 Ind Eng Delhi 08 Feb 1964
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
6 1 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  2 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
7 1 A Flower 142 2 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
  2 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
8 1 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist 138* 2 Aus SAF Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
9 1 AC Gilchrist 121 2 Aus NZL Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
  2 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZL Wellington 18 Mar 2005
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
10 1 Kamran Akmal 102* 1 Pak Ind Lahore 13 Jan 2006
  2 Kamran Akmal 113 1 Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
11 1 MS Dhoni 110 1 Ind Srl Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
  2 MS Dhoni 100* 2 Ind Srl Mumbai (BS) 02 Dec 2009
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
12 1 AB de Viiliers 103* 3 SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
  2 AB de Viiliers 121 1 SAF Pak Centurion 22 Feb 2013
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
13 1 LD Chandimal 116* 1 Srl Ban Galle 08 Mar 2013
  2 LD Chandimal 102 2 Srl Ban Colombo (RPS) 16 Mar 2013
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
14 1 JM Bairstow 140 1 Eng Srl Leeds 19 May 2016
  2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

A Flower of Zimbabwe and AC Gilchrist of Australia are the only two wicket keeper batsmen to accomplish the feat of scoring two centuries in series on two occasions. The performance of these two batsmen are furnished below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  2 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
2 1 A Flower 142 2 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
  2 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
                 
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist 138* 2 Aus SAF Cape Town 08 Mar 2002
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
2 1 AC Gilchrist 121 2 Aus NZL Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
  2 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZL Wellington 18 Mar 2005

JM Bairstow of England scored 140 at Leeds and 167 not out at Lord’s in the ongoing test series against Sri Lanka to provide the second occasion of a Engalnd wicket keeper batsman scoring two or more centuries in a test series after LEG Ames. Both the occasions are listed below.  LEG Ames had performed such a feat in 1930 against West Indies in West Indies and it took another eighty six years for an England wicket keeper to emulate LEG Ames.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 LEG Ames 105 3 Eng Win Port of Spain 01 Feb 1930
  2 LEG Ames 149 1 Eng Win Kingston 03 Apr 1930
No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
2 1 JM Bairstow 140 1 Eng Srl Leeds 19 May 2016
  2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow became the first England wicket keeper batsman to score two centuries in a test series played at home. He is the only wicket keeper batsman to score a century at Lord’s – the Mecca of Cricket – while accomplishing such a feat.

All round performance – scoring 150 plus runs and conceding 100 plus runs in the same test – MM Ali of England joins the elite list

All round performance – scoring 150 plus runs and conceding 100 plus runs in the same test – MM Ali of England joins the elite list

MM Ali of England scored 155 not out and returned with figures of 1 for 136 in one of the innings of the just concluded second test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street to provide the ninth occasion of a cricketer scoring 150 plus runs with the willow and conceding 100 plus runs with the leather in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below; MM Ali became the second England cricketer to accomplish such a feat at BA Stokes

No Player Score W Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 G Giffen 161 4 164 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 MH Mankad 184 5 196 Ind Eng Lord’s 19 Jun 1952
3 DS Atkinson 219 2 108 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
4 CG Borde 177* 1 105 Ind Pak Chennai 13 Jan 1961
5 PR Umrigar 172* 5 107 Ind Win Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962
6 RJ Hadlee 151* 4 102 NZl Srl Col-CCC 16 Apr 1987
7 Mohd Hafeez 197 2 110 Pak NZl Sharjah 26 Nov 2014
8 BA Stokes 258 1 100 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
9 MM Ali 155* 1 136 Eng Srl Ch-le-St 27 May 2016

MH Mankad and PR Umrigar of India are the only two cricketerss who have scored 150 plus runs and captured five wickets conceding 100 plus runs in the same test under this category of statistics

No Player Score W Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CG Borde 177* 1 105 Ind Pak Chennai 13 Jan 1961
2 PR Umrigar 172* 5 107 Ind Win Port of Spain 04 Apr 1962

DS Atkinson of West Indies and BA Stokes of England are the only two cricketers who have scored double centuries and conceded 100 plus runs in the same test

No Player Score W Runs Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DS Atkinson 219 2 108 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 BA Stokes 258 1 100 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016