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KS Williamson posts his 23rd test century

27/12/2020 hrg

New Zealand Vs Pakistan at Mt Maunganui 26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan in this test to become the 33^rd captain to lead Pakistan in tests. He also became the 28^th captain to lead Pakistan in away tests.

Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan in this test to become the 18th captain to lead Pakistan in tests against New Zealand. He also became the 13th captain to lead Pakistan in away tests against New Zealand.

Mohammad Rizwan became the 32^nd wicketkeeper captain to lead a team in tests.

He is the sixth captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in tests. Others are – Imtiaz Ahmed, Wasim Bari, Rashid Latif, Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed. He also became the fifth captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in away tests. Others are – Wasim Bari, Rashid Latif, Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed.

He is the third captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in tests against New Zealand. Others are – Moin Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed. He also became the second captain wicket keeper to lead Pakistan in away tests against New Zealand after Sarfaraz Ahmed.

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide the 304^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 165th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide the 37^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the ^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against Pakistan

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide his 55^th fifty. He now shares the record for most fifties by a New Zealand batsman in tests with SP Fleming. SP Fleming has also scored 55 fifties.

KS Williamson scored 129 in the first innings to provide his 23^rd century and also his 21^st century while batting at number three. The following batsmen have score more centuries than KS Williamson when they batted at number three. KC Sangakkara {37}, RT Ponting {32}, R Dravid {28}, HM Amla {25}. KS Williamson went past DG Bradman who had scored centuries at number three on his way to occupy the fifth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries while batting at number three.

LRPL Taylor became New Zealand’s most capped cricketer across all the three formats of the game {Tests, ODIs and TIs.} This test was his 438^th game. He went past DL Vettori who has played 437 games.

KS Williamson {129}, LRPL Taylor {70}, HM Nicholls {56} and BJ Watling {73} scored fifties in this game to provide the 49th occasion of batsmen batting at number three, four, five and six scoring fifties in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third such occasion against Pakistan in a test innings.

KS Williamson {129}, LRPL Taylor {70}, HM Nicholls {56} and BJ Watling {73} scored fifties in this game to provide the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen batting at number three, four, five and six scoring fifties in a test innings.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 1 runs for the third wicket to provide the 349^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 54th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 1 runs for the third wicket to provide the 46^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the ninth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against Pakistan.

KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 350^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 53^rd occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings.

KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 47^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings against Pakistan.

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 120 runs for the third wicket and KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the 67^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting two or more three figure partnerships in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	CS Dempster, ML Page	3	118	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 31
	RC Blunt, ML Page	4	142	3	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 31

2	ME Chapple, GO Rabone	1	126	1	SAF	C Town	Jan 54
	JEF Beck, JR Reid	5	176	1	SAF	C Town	Jan 54

3	JW Guy, B Sutcliffe	2	130	1	Ind	Delhi	Dec 55
	JR Reid, B Sutcliffe	3	222*	1	Ind	Delhi	Dec 55

4	GT Dowling, JR Reid	3	101	1	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 65
	B Sutcliffe, BR Taylor	7	163	1	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 65

5	GT Dowling, TW Jarvis	1	136	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65
	JR Reid, BW Sinclair	3	178	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65

6	GT Dowling, BAG Murray	1	126	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68
	MG Burgess, GT Dowling	4	103	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68
	GT Dowling, K Thomson	5	119	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 68

7	GT Dowling, GM Turner	1	115	3	Win	Ch’urch	Mar 69
	BF Hastings, V Pollard	5	110	3	Win	Ch’urch	Mar 69

8	RE Redmond, GM Turner	1	159	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73
	RO Collinge, BF Hastings	10	151	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73

9	BE Congdon, BF Hastings	3	190	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 73
	MG Burgess, V Pollard	6	117	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 73

10	JFM Morrison, GM Turner	2	108	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Mar 74
	BE Congdon, BF Hastings	4	229	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Mar 74

11	JFM Morrison, JM Parker	2	116	2	Eng	A’land	Feb 75
	JM Parker, KJ Wadsworth	6	112	2	Eng	A’land	Feb 75

12	JV Coney, MD Crowe	5	114	3	Eng	Wel’ton	Jan 84
	BL Cairns, JV Coney	9	118	3	Eng	Wel’ton	Jan 84

13	MD Crowe, JF Reid	3	100	2	Srl	Col-CCC	Mar 84
	JV Coney, JF Reid	6	133	2	Srl	Col-CCC	Mar 84

14	JV Coney, MD Crowe	5	142	2	Win	G’town	Apr 85
	MD Crowe, IDS Smith	7	143	2	Win	G’town	Apr 85

15	JV Coney, KR Rutherford	6	109	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Feb 86
	JV Coney, RJ Hadlee	7	132*	2	Aus	Wel’ton	Feb 86

16	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	128	1	Aus	A’laide	Dec 87
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	213	1	Aus	A’laide	Dec 87

17	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	4	155	1	Eng	Wel’ton	Mar 88
	JG Bracewell, KR Rutherford	6	134	1	Eng	Wel’ton	Mar 88

18	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	149	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89
	JJ Crowe, MD Crowe	5	114	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89

19	AH Jones, RH Vance	2	109	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89
	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	5	154	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89

20	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	115	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 90
	MJ Greatbatch, JG Wright	4	125	1	Ind	Ch’urch	Feb 90

21	RJ Hadlee, IDS Smith	8	103	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 90
	IDS Smith, MC Snedden	9	136	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 90

22	AH Jones, JG Wright	2	148	3	Ind	A’land	Feb 90
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	179	3	Ind	A’land	Feb 90

23	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	185	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 90
	MJ Greatbatch, RJ Hadlee	6	123	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 90

24	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	134	3	Srl	Wel’ton	Jan 91
	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	467	3	Srl	Wel’ton	Jan 91

25	TJ Franklin, JG Wright	1	161	3	Srl	H’ton	Feb 91
	AH Jones, SA Thomson	5	105	3	Srl	H’ton	Feb 91

26	MJ Greatbatch, RT Latham	1	116	1	Zim	B’wayo	Nov 92
	AH Jones, RT Latham	2	127	1	Zim	B’wayo	Nov 92

27	CM Spearman, RG Twose	1	214	3	Zim	A’land	Jan 96
	CL Cairns, AC Parore	5	166	3	Zim	A’land	Jan 96

28	MJ Horne, BA Young	2	140	1	Srl	Dunedin	Mar 97
	CL Cairns, BA Young	6	123	1	Srl	Dunedin	Mar 97

29	MJ Horne, AC Parore	2	103	2	Zim	Wel’ton	Feb 98
	CD McMillan, DJ Nash	7	108	2	Zim	Wel’ton	Feb 98

30	CD McMillan, AC Parore	5	140	3	Ind	H’ton	Jan 99
	CL Cairns, DJ Nash	7	147	3	Ind	H’ton	Jan 99

31	MJ Horne, GR Stead	1	131	4	Ind	Ahm’bad	Oct 99
	SP Fleming, CM Spearman	3	121*	4	Ind	Ahm’bad	Oct 99

32	SP Fleming, MS Sinclair	3	164	1	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 99
	NJ Astle, MS Sinclair	4	189	1	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 99

33	NJ Astle, MH Richardson	4	135	1	Zim	Harare	Sep 00
	CL Cairns, DJ Nash	8	144	1	Zim	Harare	Sep 00

34	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	102	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01
	AC Parore, MS Sinclair	7	101	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01

35	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	181	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	147	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01

36	SP Fleming, L Vincent	3	199	1	Aus	Perth	Nov 01
	NJ Astle, AC Parore	8	253	1	Aus	Perth	Nov 01

37	MJ Horne, MH Richardson	1	104	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Dec 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	130	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Dec 01

38	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	172	1	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	4	157	1	Srl	Col-PSS	Apr 03

39	MH Richardson, L Vincent	1	231	1	Ind	Mohali	Oct 03
	MH Richardson, SB Styris	2	151	1	Ind	Mohali	Oct 03

40	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	101	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	3	100	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, DL Vettori	8	125	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03

41	MH Richardson, SB Styris	3	125	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04
	CD McMillan, SB Styris	4	148	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04
	CL Cairns, JDP Oram	7	225	2	SAF	A’land	Mar 04

42	NJ Astle, MH Richardson	2	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	May 04
	JDP Oram, MH Richardson	5	106	1	Eng	Lord’s	May 04

43	HJH Marshall, JAH Marshall	2	107	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05
	NJ Astle, HJH Marshall	4	125	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05
	NJ Astle, BB McCullum	6	129	1	Srl	Napier	Apr 05

44	NJ Astle, SP Fleming	4	106	1	SAF	C Town	Apr 06
	SP Fleming, JEC Franklin	8	256	1	SAF	C Town	Apr 06

45	DR Flynn, TG McIntosh	2	118	2	Win	Napier	Dec 08
	TG McIntosh, JD Ryder	4	100	2	Win	Napier	Dec 08

46	JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor	4	271	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09
	JEC Franklin, JD Ryder	5	121	1	Ind	Napier	Mar 09

47	MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor	3	117	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09
	BB McCullum, DL Vettori	7	164	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09

48	BB McCullum, LRPL Taylor	3	104	2	Ind	Ahm’bad	Nov 10
	JD Ryder, KS Williamson	5	194	2	Ind	Ahm’bad	Nov 10

49	BB McCullum, TG McIntosh	1	125	3	Ind	Hyd-RG	Nov 10
	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	5	124	3	Ind	Hyd-RG	Nov 10

50	PG Fulton, KS Williamson	2	126	1	Ban	Chat’am	Oct 13
	TA Boult, BJ Watling	10	127	1	Ban	Chat’am	Oct 13

51	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	4	221	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 14
	CJ Anderson, BB McCullum	5	133	1	Ind	A’land	Feb 14

52	BB McCullum, BJ Watling	6	352	3	Ind	Wel’ton	Feb 14
	BB McCullum, JDS Neesham	7	179	3	Ind	Wel’ton	Feb 14

53	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	165	1	Win	Kingston	Jun 14
	JDS Neesham, BJ Watling	6	201	1	Win	Kingston	Jun 14

54	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	2	297	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	116	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14

55	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	4	126	1	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 14
	BB McCullum, JDS Neesham	5	153	1	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 14

56	MJ Guptill, TWM Latham	1	148	2	Eng	Lord’s	May 15
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	189	2	Eng	Lord’s	May 15

57	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	156	2	Zim	B’wayo	Jul 16
	LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling	6	253	2	Zim	B’wayo	Jul 16

58	MJ Guptill, TWM Latham	1	169	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16
	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	160	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16
	LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling	5	193*	1	Zim	B’wayo	Aug 16

59	HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor	4	127	2	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 17
	TA Blundell, C de Grandhomme	7	148	2	Win	Wel’ton	Dec 17

60	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	162	2	Srl	Wel’ton	Dec 18
	TWM Latham, HM Nicholls	4	114	2	Srl	Wel’ton	Dec 18

61	TWM Latham, JA Raval	1	121	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18
	TWM Latham, HM Nicholls	4	214	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18
	C de Grandhomme, HM Nicholls	5	124*	3	Srl	Ch’urch	Dec 18

62	TWM Latham, JA Raval	1	254	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	100	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19
	C de Grandhomme, KS Williamson	7	110*	2	Ban	H’ton	Feb 19

63	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	172	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Mar 19
	HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor	4	216	2	Ban	Wel’ton	Mar 19

64	TWM Latham, BJ Watling	5	143	2	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19
	C de Grandhomme, BJ Watling	6	113	2	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19

65	C de Grandhomme, BJ Watling	6	119	2	Eng	M M’nui	Nov 19
	MJ Santner, BJ Watling	7	261	2	Eng	M M’nui	Nov 19

66	TWM Latham, LRPL Taylor	3	116	1	Eng	H’ton	Nov 19
	DJ Mitchell, BJ Watling	6	124	1	Eng	H’ton	Nov 19

67	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	120	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	133	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20

KS Williamson-LRPL Taylor added 120 runs for the third wicket and KS Williamson-HM Nicholls added 133 runs for the fourth wicket to provide the tenth occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting two or more three figure partnerships in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	GT Dowling, TW Jarvis	1	136	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65
	JR Reid, BW Sinclair	3	178	2	Pak	Lahore	Apr 65

2	RE Redmond, GM Turner	1	159	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73
	RO Collinge, BF Hastings	10	151	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 73

3	MD Crowe, AH Jones	3	149	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89
	JJ Crowe, MD Crowe	5	114	1	Pak	Wel’ton	Feb 89

4	AH Jones, RH Vance	2	109	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89
	MD Crowe, MJ Greatbatch	5	154	2	Pak	A’land	Feb 89

5	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	102	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01
	AC Parore, MS Sinclair	7	101	1	Pak	Ch’urch	Mar 01

6	MD Bell, MH Richardson	1	181	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01
	SP Fleming, CD McMillan	4	147	2	Pak	H’ton	Mar 01

7	SP Fleming, MH Richardson	2	101	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, SB Styris	3	100	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03
	SP Fleming, DL Vettori	8	125	1	Pak	H’ton	Dec 03

8	MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor	3	117	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09
	BB McCullum, DL Vettori	7	164	1	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 09

9	BB McCullum, KS Williamson	2	297	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	116	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14

10	LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson	3	120	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20
	HM Nicholls, KS Williamson	4	133	1	Pak	M M’nui	Dec 20

BJ Watling scored 73 in New Zealand’s innings to provide the 87th occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the 12^th occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against Pakistan.

BJ Watling scored 73 in New Zealand’s innings to provide his 25^th test fifty as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the first New Zealand wicket keeper batsman to score 25 fifties. He also became the tenth wicket keeper batsman to score 25 plus fifties in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all these wicket keeper batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Mat	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	96	20	5570	17	26	43
2	MV Boucher	SAF	147	24	5515	5	35	40
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	90	16	4876	6	33	39
4	A Flower	Zin	55	18	4404	12	23	35
5	APE Knott	Eng	95	15	4389	5	30	35
6	MJ Prior	Eng	79	21	4099	7	28	35
7	AJ Stewart	Eng	82	15	4540	6	23	29
8	Q de Kock	SAF	46	05	2884	5	21	26
9	IA Healy	Aus	1	23	4356	4	22	26
10	BJ Watling	NZl	64	13	3369	7	18	25

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 431 in its first innings to provide the 63^rd occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 36th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings on home soil

New Zealand was dismissed all out for 431 in its first innings to provide the 14th occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the tenth occasion of New Zealand dismissed all out for a total of 400 plus runs in a test innings on home soil against Pakistan.

Skipper AM Rahane scores century on the second day of the Melbourne Test

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Second Day Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne

RR Pant became MA Starc’s 250^th victim in tests. MA Starc became the 46^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the ninth Australian bowler to reach the landmark.

MA Starc became the 33^rd pace bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the seventh Australian pace bowler to reach the landmark.

MA Starc became the tenth left arm bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the second left arm Australian bowler to reach the landmark after MG Johnson. MG Johnson has an aggregate of 313 wickets.

MA Starc became the sixth left arm pace bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. He also became the second Australian left arm pace bowler to reach the landmark after MG Johnson. MG Johnson has an aggregate of 313 wickets.

RA Jadeja was making his 50^th test appearance in this test. He became the 34^th Indian cricketer to play 50 plus tests.

AM Rahane scored 53 not out at Tea on the second day of the test. His fifty provide the 41st occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Australia in Australia.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 74^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 31^st occasion of an an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings on away soil

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MAK Pataudi	128*	2	Aus	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
2	SM Gavaskar	115	1	Aus	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
3	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
4	N Kapil Dev	119	2	Aus	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
5	M Azharuddin	106	4	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
6	M Azharuddin	163*	2	Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
7	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
8	SC Ganguly	144	2	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
9	MS Dhoni	224	2	Aus	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
10	V Kohli	115	2	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
11	V Kohli	141	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
12	V Kohli	147	2	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
13	V Kohli	123	2	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2018
14	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the eighth occasion of an an Indian captain scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against Australia

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	106	4	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
2	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
3	SC Ganguly	144	2	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003
4	V Kohli	115	2	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
5	V Kohli	141	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
6	V Kohli	147	2	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
7	V Kohli	123	2	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2018
8	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane became the second Indian captain to score a century against Australia at Melbourne after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had scored 116 at Melbourne in Dec 1999.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 84^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 46th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against Australia.

AM Rahane scored 104 not out at the end of the second day of the test. His century provide the 518th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against all oppositions. It also provides the 240th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on away soil against all oppositions.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 582nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provide the 46^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 264^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil. It also provide the 17^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket on away soil

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 103rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 51^st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against Australia. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket on away soil against Australia.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the 12th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia at Melbourne. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings for the sixth wicket in tests at Melbourne.

AM Rahane-RA Jadeja added 104 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket to provide the ground record by Indian batsmen for the sixth wicket partnership at Melbourne. The previous best was the 79 runs partnership between N Kapil Dev and RJ Shastri in Dec 1985.

AM Rahane’s 104 not out in this test represent his 12^th century in a test innings against various oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	118	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
2	103	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
3	147	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
4	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
5	127	1	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
6	100*	3	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
7	108*	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jul 2016
8	188	1	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
9	132	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
10	102	3	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019
11	115	1	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
12	104*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

AM Rahane’s 104 not out in this test represent his second century in a test innings against Australia. He had scored 147 at Melbourne in Dec 2014. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	147	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
2	104*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored centuries against Australia at Melbourne

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
2	MH Mankad	111	2	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
3	SM Gavaskar	118	3	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
4	GR Viswanath	114	1	Aus	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981
5	SR Tendulkar	116	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
6	V Sehwag	195	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
7	V Kohli	169	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
8	AM Rahane	147	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
9	CA Pujara	106	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
10	AM Rahane	104*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

An interesting observation

27/12/2020 hrg

An interesting observation. On 26 December 20, three test matches had their start dates. In all the three tests, a team was led by captain wicket keeper.
Based on Indian time schedule New Zealand Vs Pakistan was the first test in which Pakistan was led by wicket keeper captain Mohammad Rizwan.
Australia Vs India was the second test in which Australia was led by wicketkeeper captain TM Paine.
South Afirca Vs Sri Lanka was the third test in which South Africa was lead by wicket keeper captain Q de Kock
Mohammad Rizwan and Q de Kock were making their captaincy debut.

Second Test at Melbourne – Australia dismissed all out for 195

26/12/2020 hrg

Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne – First Day

India capped Mohammad Siraj and Shubman Gill for this test. They became the 296^th and 297^th cricketers to represent India in Tests. They also became the 46^th and 47^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia and also became the 20^th and 21^st Indian cricketers to make their test debut against Australia in Australia. They also became the 133^rd and 134^th Indian cricketers to make their test debut on away soil

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 199th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India.

JA Burns of Australia scored duck in this game to provide the 99^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings on home soil. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring duck in a test innings against India on home soil.

JA Burns had also scored a duck in the Boxing Day test at Melbourne against New Zealand. The following opening batsmen have scored ducks at Melbourne test starting on 26 December in various years

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WJ Edwards	0	6	4	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974
2	GM Wood	0	2	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980
3	ML Hayden	0	5	3	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996
4	DA Warner	0	6	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
5	JA Burns	0	1	1	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019
6	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

The following ten Australian opening batsmen have scored ducks in home tests after facing ten or more deliveries. JA Burns joined this list to become the tenth batsman. He score duck in Australia’s first innings facing ten deliveries. JA Burns became the first Australian batsman to score a duck at home against India after facing ten or more deliveries.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Jones	0	20	2	Eng	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
2	WM Woodfull	0	19	3	Eng	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
3	WM Lawry	0	17	2	Eng	Perth	11 Dec 1970
4	DC Boon	0	17	4	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
5	MTG Elliott	0	15	1	Win	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996
6	JHW Fingleton	0	14	4	Eng	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
7	DC Boon	0	11	3	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
8	AR Morris	0	10	3	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
9	PJ Hughes	0	10	1	Pak	Sydney	03 Jan 2010
10	JA Burns	0	10	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith failed to score in Australia’s first innings to provide his fifth duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides his first duck against India in a test innings.

No	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	0	3	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
2	0	4	SAF	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
3	0	2	Pak	A Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
4	0	2	SAF	Perth	03 Nov 2016
5	0	1	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Mohammad Siraj’s first test victim was M Labuschagne caught by S Gill for 48. Both Mohammad Siraj and S Gill were making their debut in this test

AM Rahane’s catch to dismiss TM Head off JR Bumrah was his 84^th catch in tests. He is now on par with V Kohli who has also taken 84 catches. It was his 16^th catch against Australia. CA Pujara’s catch to dismiss SPD Smith off R Ashwin was his 53^rd catch in tests.

R Ashwin captured three for 35 in Australia’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 373 wickets. It also fetched him an aggregate of 119 wickets on away soil. It also fetched him an aggregate of 35 wickets on away soil against Australia. He is now on par with BS Bedi who also has captured 35 wickets against Australia on away soil. Only N Kapil Dev {51} and A Kumble {49} have captured more wickets against Australia on away soil than R Ashwin and BS Bedi

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 54^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these 54 batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	MN Samuels	bowled	0	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
3	D Bishoo	lbw	0	3	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
4	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
5	CS Martin	bowled	0	2	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
6	TA Boult	caught	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
7	CS Martin	lbw	0	3	NZl	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
8	IJL Trott	caught	0	2	Eng	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
9	MS Panesar	lbw	0	2	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
10	KP Pietersen	caught	0	4	Eng	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
11	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
12	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
13	DJG Sammy	caught	0	1	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
14	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
15	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
16	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
17	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
18	F du Plessis	caught	0	1	SAF	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015
19	S van Zyl	caught	0	2	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
20	JP Duminy	lbw	0	4	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
21	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
22	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
23	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
24	MJ Guptill	caught	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
25	N Wagner	lbw	0	4	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	LRPL Taylor	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
27	L Ronchi	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
28	TA Boult	caught	0	2	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
29	JS Patel	bowled	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
30	MJ Henry	caught	0	4	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
31	JM Anderson	lbw	0	2	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
32	BM Duckett	caught	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
33	ZS Ansari	bowled	0	4	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
34	CR Woakes	bowled	0	3	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
35	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
36	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
37	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
38	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
39	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
40	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
41	MDK Perera	lbw	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
42	HMRKB Herath	caught	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
43	PLS Gamage	bowled	0	3	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
44	ARS Silva	caught	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
45	N Dickwella	bowled	0	2	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
46	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
47	Yamin Ahmadzai	caught	0	2	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
48	Wafadar Momand	bowled	0	3	Afg	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
49	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
50	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
51	SH Lewis	bowled	0	2	Win	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
52	KOA Powell	caught	0	3	Win	Hyd-RGS	12 Oct 2018
53	VD Philander	bowled	0	2	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
54	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the seventh Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these seven batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	PJ Hughes	bowled	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
3	JL Pattinson	lbw	0	3	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	SE Marsh	lbw	0	3	Aus	Pune	23 Feb 2017
5	MS Wade	caught	0	4	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
6	JR Hazlewood	lbw	0	3	Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
7	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the 15^th batsman to be dismissed for a duck on away soil by R Ashwin. The following table lists all these fifteen batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	J Mubarak	caught	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	KTGD Prasad	lbw	0	1	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
4	FDM Karunaratne	bowled	0	3	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
5	KTGD Prasad	caught	0	4	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
6	J Blackwood	caught	0	3	Win	N Sound	21 Jul 2016
7	ML Cummins	caught	0	2	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
8	AS Joseph	caught	0	4	Win	G Islet	09 Aug 2016
9	N Pradeep	caught	0	4	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
10	WU Tharanga	caught	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
11	N Pradeep	bowled	0	2	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
12	Q de Kock	caught	0	1	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
13	JC Buttler	lbw	0	1	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
14	AN Cook	bowled	0	3	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
15	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

SPD Smith was dismissed for a duck in Australia’s first innings off R Ashwin. He became the second Australian batsman to be dismissed for a duck by R Ashwin on away soil. The following table lists both these two batsmen.

No	Batsman	How out	R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NM Lyon	lbw	0	3	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
2	SPD Smith	caught	0	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the seventh occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	174	84.5	Ind	Kolkata	17 Oct 1964
5	177	86.3	Ind	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
6	182	73.0	Ind	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
7	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

Australia was dismissed for 195 in its first innings in this test to provide the fourth occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 200 runs in its first innings against India at home. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	131	49.4×8	Ind	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
2	145	66.4	Ind	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
3	166	46.7×8	Ind	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
4	195	72.3	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 166th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 101st occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings on away soil

MA Agarwal was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 24^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia on away soil

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in this test to provide the tenth occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in a test match in Australia-India test series.

JA Burns of Australia and MA Agarwal of India scored zeroes in first and second innings this test to provide the second occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in the first and second innings of a test match in Australia-India test series. The first such occasion was witnessed in the test at Sydney in Jan 1981. SM Gavaskar of India in the first innings and J Dyson of Australia in the second innings of this test had failed to open their accounts.

Captains scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings

23/12/2020 hrg

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the 20th occasion of a captain scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
3	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
4	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
5	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
6	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
7	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
9	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
10	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
11	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
12	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
13	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
14	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
15	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
16	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
17	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
18	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
19	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
20	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the fifth occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
2	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
3	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
4	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
5	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the second occasion of a captain scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
2	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

GC Smith {02}, MJ Clarke {02} and SP Fleming {02} are the three captains who have scored 250 plus runs in a test innings on two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
2	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003

1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012

1	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
2	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006

MJ Clarke of Australia is the only captain in the annals of test cricket to score a triple hundred and 250 plus runs. He scored 359 not out against India at Sydney in Jan 2012 and 259 not out against South Africa in Nov 2012

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
2	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012

250 plus runs in a test innings – KS Williamson of New Zealand joins the list

23/12/2020 hrg

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the 98^th occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	ML Hayden	380	1	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
3	BC Lara	375	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
4	M Jayawardene	374	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
5	GS Sobers	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
6	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
7	ST Jayasuriya	340	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
8	Hanif Mohammad	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
9	WR Hammond	336*	2	Eng	NZl	Auckland	31 Mar 1933
10	DA Warner	335*	1	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
11	MA Taylor	334*	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
12	DG Bradman	334	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
13	GA Gooch	333	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
14	CH Gayle	333	1	Win	Srl	Galle	15 Nov 2010
15	MJ Clarke	329*	2	Aus	Ind	Sydney	03 Jan 2012
16	Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	01 May 2002
17	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
18	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
19	KC Sangakkara	319	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
20	CH Gayle	317	2	Win	SAF	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
21	Younis Khan	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
22	HM Amla	311*	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	19 Jul 2012
23	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
24	JH Edrich	310*	1	Eng	NZl	Leeds	08 Jul 1965
25	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
26	RM Cowper	307	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
27	DG Bradman	304	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
28	KK Nair	303*	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
29	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	13 Oct 2016
30	LG Rowe	302	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
31	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
32	DG Bradman	299*	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
33	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
34	AN Cook	294	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
35	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
36	IVA Richards	291	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
37	RR Sarwan	291	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009
38	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	13 Nov 2015
39	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
40	KC Sangakkara	287	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
41	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
42	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
43	Javed Miandad	280*	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
44	AB de Villiers	278*	1	SAF	Pak	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
45	DCS Compton	278	2	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954
46	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
47	GC Smith	277	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
48	DJ Cullinan	275*	1	SAF	NZl	Auckland	27 Feb 1999
49	G Kirsten	275	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
50	M Jayawardene	275	2	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
51	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
52	RG Pollock	274	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	05 Feb 1970
53	Zaheer Abbas	274	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
54	Javed Miandad	271	1	Pak	NZl	Auckland	24 Feb 1989
55	GA Headley	270*	1	Win	Eng	Kingston	14 Mar 1935
56	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
57	R Dravid	270	2	Ind	Pak	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
58	KC Sangakkara	270	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
59	AC Voges	269*	1	Aus	Win	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
60	GN Yallop	268	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
61	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
62	PA de Silva	267	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
63	Younis Khan	267	1	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005
64	Z Crawley	267	1	Eng	Pak	Southampton	21 Aug 2020
65	WH Ponsford	266	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
66	DL Houghton	266	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994
67	TWM Latham	264*	2	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
68	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
69	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
70	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
71	RR Sarwan	261*	2	Win	Ban	Kingston	04 Jun 2004
72	FMM Worrell	261	2	Win	Eng	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950
73	CC Hunte	260	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
74	Javed Miandad	260	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
75	MN Samuels	260	2	Win	Ban	Khulna	21 Nov 2012
76	MJ Clarke	259*	2	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
77	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
78	GC Smith	259	2	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
79	TW Graveney	258	1	Eng	Win	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
80	SM Nurse	258	1	Win	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969
81	BA Stokes	258	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
82	Wasim Akram	257*	2	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
83	RT Ponting	257	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
84	RB Kanhai	256	1	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
85	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
86	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
87	V Kohli	254*	1	Ind	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
88	DG Bradman	254	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
89	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
90	JE Root	254	1	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
91	HM Amla	253*	1	SAF	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
92	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
93	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	13 Nov 2015
94	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
95	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020
96	KD Walters	250	1	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977
97	SFAF Bacchus	250	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	2 Feb 1979
98	JL Langer	250	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BB McCullum	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
2	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
3	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	13 Nov 2015
4	SP Fleming	274*	1	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
5	BA Young	267*	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
6	TWM Latham	264*	2	NZl	Srl	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
7	SP Fleming	262	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
8	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
9	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	337	3	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
2	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
3	Azhar Ali	302*	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	13 Oct 2016
4	PBH May	285*	3	Eng	Win	Birmingham	30 May 1957
5	AC Voges	269*	1	Aus	Win	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
6	DL Amiss	262*	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
7	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
8	TW Graveney	258	1	Eng	Win	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957
9	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

KC Williamson of New Zealand scored 251 against West Indies at Hamilton in Dec 2020 to provide the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The list is in the descending order of the runs scored by batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GM Turner	259	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
2	KS Williamson	251	1	NZl	Win	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020

DG Bradman {05}, V Sehwag {04}, BC Lara {03], Javed Miandad {03} and KC Sangakkara {03} are the five batsmen in the annals of test cricket who have scored 250 plus runs in a test innings on three or more occasions. The following table list the 250 plus runs scored by these five batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	334	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
2	DG Bradman	304	2	Aus	Eng	Leeds	20 Jul 1934
3	DG Bradman	299*	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
4	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
5	DG Bradman	254	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930

1	V Sehwag	319	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
2	V Sehwag	309	1	Ind	Pak	Multan	28 Mar 2004
3	V Sehwag	293	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
4	V Sehwag	254	2	Ind	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006

1	BC Lara	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	BC Lara	375	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
3	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1993

1	Javed Miandad	280*	1	Pak	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14 Jan 1983
2	Javed Miandad	271	1	Pak	NZl	Auckland	24 Feb 1989
3	Javed Miandad	260	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987

1	KC Sangakkara	319	1	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
2	KC Sangakkara	287	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
3	KC Sangakkara	270	2	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	14 May 2004

Wrong reporting by Times of India

20/12/2020 hrg

A Times of India {in India} report on yesterday’s match between Australia and India at Adelaide says that India posted its highest and lowest total in test innings on Dec 19. This information is carried in almost all the newspapers and also on social media in the country.

This is wrong and erroneous reporting. India posted its highest total of 759 for 7 declared against England at Chennai in the test which had a start date of 16 Dec 2016. India started its batting on the second day of the test and its score was 60 for no loss at the end of the second day {17 Dec 2016}. India batted the entire third day and took its score to 391 for 4 at the end of the third day {18 Dec 2016}. India declared its innings closed on the fourth day at 759 for 7 {19 Dec 2016}.

Thus to say, that India posted its highest total of 759 for 7 declared on 19 Dec 2016 is absolutely wrong and erroneous because India batted for three days to post 759 runs.

Let us not forget the nomenclature of tests are done on start date, while for one day and Twenty20 Internationals it is match date. If a one day is played for two days, that game will have a start date. This nomenclature is an accepted practice as of now. Let us not deviate from the accepted practice to create something unusual, because the present generation of youngsters and cricket enthusiasts are mislead.

PJ Cummins and JR Hazzlewood wreck India – India dismissed for its lowest total in tests.

19/12/2020 hrg

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – Third day

India lost its six wickets for 19 in its second innings to provide the eighth occasion of a team losing six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	6/19	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
2	6/18	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888
3	6/18	4	Srl	NZl	Kandy	09 Mar 1984
4	6/18	3	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
5	6/18	1	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
6	6/17	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
7	6/11	4	Aus	Eng	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
8	6/07	3	Aus	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 1888

India lost its six wickets for 19 in its second innings to provide the second occasion of a team losing six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs in the annals of test cricket against Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	6/19	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
2	6/17	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887

Thus it took 132 years and eleven months for Australia to capture six wickets for 19 or less than 19 runs.

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the 12^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	8-7	4	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	AER Gilligan	6-7	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
3	H Ironmonger	5-6	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
4	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
5	TBA May	5-9	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
6	JJC Lawson	6-3	3	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002
7	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
8	VD Philander	5-7	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
9	DW Steyn	6-8	2	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	01 Feb 2013
10	KAJ Roach	5-8	1	Win	Ban	N Sound	04 Jul 2018
11	JJ Bumrah	5-7	4	Ind	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
12	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Ironmonger	5-6	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
2	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
3	TBA May	5-9	3	Aus	Win	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
4	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
5	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

JR Hazzlewood captured five wickets conceding eight runs in India’s second innings to provide the third occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against India conceding single digit runs {one to nine}. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ERH Toshack	5-2	2	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947
2	MJ Clarke	6-9	3	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	03 Nov 2004
3	JR Hazlewood	5-8	3	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the 23^rd occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	45	1	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
2	Aus	42	2	Eng	Sydney	10 Feb 1888
3	SAF	47	2	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
4	SAF	43	3	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
5	SAF	30	4	Eng	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
6	Aus	44	4	Eng	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
7	SAF	35	4	Eng	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
8	Aus	36	2	Eng	Birmingham	29 May 1902
9	SAF	30	2	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
10	SAF	36	1	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
11	SAF	45	3	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
12	NZl	42	1	Aus	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
13	NZl	26	3	Eng	Auckland	25 Mar 1955
14	NZl	47	2	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1958
15	Ind	42	3	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
16	Eng	46	4	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
17	Win	47	3	Eng	Kingston	11 Mar 2004
18	Aus	47	3	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
19	NZl	45	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013
20	Pak	49	2	SAF	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
21	Ban	43	1	Win	North Sound	04 Jul 2018
22	Ire	38	4	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jul 2019
23	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the fifth occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket by Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	45	1	Aus	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
2	SAF	36	1	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
3	SAF	45	3	Aus	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
4	NZl	42	1	Aus	Wellington	29 Mar 1946
5	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India was dismissed for 36 in its second innings to provide the second occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 50 in the annals of test cricket by Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	42	3	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
2	Ind	36	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

In India’s second innings, no batsman reached double figures providing the second such occasion in the annals of test cricket. The first such occasion was witnessed when all the eleven batsman of South Africa scored single digit runs in the second innings of the test against England at Birmingham in Jun 1924

No	Team	Score	Num	I	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	SAF	30	11	2	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
2	Ind	36	11	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

Indian second innings contained three ducks to provide the 22^nd occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring ducks in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 14th occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring ducks in a test innings against Australia

TM Paine of Australia scored 73 not out as a wicket keeper batsman and effected five dismissals – all caught – to provide the 44^th occasion of a wicket keeper scoring a fifty in an innings or in both innings and effecting five or more dismissals in an innings or in both innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Scores	Ct+St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	DT Lindsay	69+182	6+0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 66
2	Wasim Bari	63	5+0	Pak	Eng	Leeds	Jul 71
3	RW Marsh	91	5+0	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jun 72
4	RW Marsh	56	5+0	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 75
5	SMH Kirmani	66	5+0	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 83
6	SAR Silva	111	5+0	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Sep 85
7	RC Russell	55	5+0	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 90
8	IA Healy	58	5+0	Aus	Pak	Rawalpindi	Oct 94
9	IA Healy	70	5+0	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	Jan 96
10	MV Boucher	52	6+0	SAF	Pak	P Elizabeth	Mar 98
11	AJ Stewart	56	5+0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 98
12	AC Gilchrist	75	10+0	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 00
13	MV Boucher	63	5+0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Nov 02
14	AC Gilchrist	80	5+0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul 04
15	MV Boucher	63	5+0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Mar 06
16	AC Gilchrist	62	5+0	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 07
17	BB McCullum	51	5+0	NZl	Eng	Hamilton	Mar 08
18	MS Dhoni	52+56*	6+0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr 09
19	D Ramdin	54	5+0	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 09
20	BB McCullum	89	5+0	NZl	Pak	Napier	Dec 09
21	MV Boucher	638	5+0	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Dec 09
22	MJ Prior	85	6+0	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 10
23	MJ Prior	118	5+0	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 11
24	MV Boucher	65	6+0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Dec 11
25	MJ Prior	73	5+1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Aug 12
26	de Villiers	103*	11+0	SAF	Pak	Jo’burg	Feb 13
27	MJ Prior	73+110*	5+0	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Mar 13
28	BJ Haddin	65*	5+0	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Aug 13
29	de Villiers	74	5+0	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 13
30	BJ Watling	124	5+0	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
31	BJ Watling	89	5+0	NZl	Win	Kingston	Jun 14
32	Q de Kock	51	5+0	SAF	Srl	Galle	Jul 14
33	JC Buttler	59*	5+0	Eng	Win	N Sound	Apr 15
34	JM Bairstow	140	5+0	Eng	Srl	Leeds	May 16
35	Q de Kock	82+50	5+0	SAF	NZl	Centurion	Aug 16
36	Q de Kock	90	5+0	SAF	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 17
37	JM Bairstow	101	5+0	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 18
38	JM Bairstow	70	5+0	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 18
39	S Ahmed	50	10+0	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 19
40	BJ Watling	105*	5+0	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 19
41	TD Paine	79	5+0	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 19
42	Q de Kock	95	6+0	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Dec 19
43	Q de Kock	50	5+0	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 20
44	TD Paine	73*	5+0	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 20

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings or in both innings and effecting five or more dismissals in an innings or in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	St	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RW Marsh	–	91	5	0	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
2	RW Marsh	56	–	5	0	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975
3	IA Healy	58	–	5	0	Pak	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
4	IA Healy	70	–	5	0	Srl	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996
5	AC Gilchrist	75	–	10	0	NZl	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000
6	AC Gilchrist	–	80	5	0	Srl	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
7	AC Gilchrist	62	–	5	0	Eng	Sydney	02 Jan 2007
8	BJ Haddin	65*	–	5	0	Eng	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
9	TD Paine	79	–	5	0	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019
10	TD Paine	73*	–	5	0	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Ct	St	Team	Ground	Start Date
1	SAR Silva	111	–	5	0	Srl	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
2	AB de Villiers	74	–	5	0	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
3	BJ Watling	–	124	5	0	NZl	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
4	JM Bairstow	70	–	5	0	Eng	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018
5	TD Paine	73*	–	5	0	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

Australia won this test by eight wickets to post its 394^th win and also its 43^rd win against India. It also represents its eighth win in Pink Ball Tests. Australia is yet to lose a Pink Ball test.

Tim Paine’s fifty reduces the first innings lead for India

19/12/2020 hrg

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – Second Day

MA Starc retuned with four for 53 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of his capturing four or more wickets in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-R	I	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	4-088	3	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	4-119	4	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
3	5-088	4	Eng	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
4	6-066	2	Pak	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
5	5-052	2	NZl	Perth	12 Dec 2019
6	4-045	4	NZl	Perth	12 Dec 2019
7	4-053	1	Ind	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

He remains the only bowler to capture four wickets in an innings on seven occasions in Pink Ball tests.

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the eighth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. It also provides his second fifty in a Pink Ball Test. Prior to this he had scored 57 against England in Dec 2017. TM Paine became the third wicketkeeper batsman to score fifties on two occasions after N Dickwella and Sarfraz Ahmed. The following table lists the performance of these three wicketkeeper batsmen.

No	No	Player	R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	N Dickwella	52	1	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017
	2	N Dickwella	64	1	Srl	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 2019

2	1	TD Paine	57	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2017
	2	TD Paine	73*	2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020

3	1	S Ahmed	59*	2	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2016
	2	S Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the 16th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test.

V Kohli scored 74 and TM Paine scored 73 not out test in the first and second innings of this test to provide the second occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the first and second innings of a Pink Ball Test. It also provides the fifth occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a Pink Ball Test.

TM Paine scored 73 not out in this test to provide the second occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in an innings of a Pink Ball Test. Prior to this Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan had scored 68 against Sri Lanka at Dub-DSC in Oct 2017

No	No	Player	R	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	*+	TD Paine	73*	2	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2020
2	*+	S Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	Oct 2017

R Ashwin captured four for 55 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 40^th occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in an innings in the Pink Ball Test. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the Pink Ball test

No	Player	W-R	I	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	I Sharma	5-22	1	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
2	I Sharma	4-56	3	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
3	UT Yadav	5-53	3	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
4	R Ashwin	4-55	2	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the tenth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in a Pink Ball Test against Australia and the fourth such occasion in a Pink Ball Test at Adelaide.

It also provides the tenth occasion of a spin bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in a Pink Ball Test and also the first occasion of a spin bowler capturing four or more wickets in a Pink Ball Test against Australia

R Ashwin’s four wicket haul in this test fetched him an aggregate of 81 wickets against Australia. He became the third Indian bowler to capture 80 plus wickets against Australia. Others are A Kumble {111} and Harbhajan Singh {95}

R Ashwin and UT Yadav joined the list of Indian bowlers who have captured an aggregate of 30 plus wickets against Australia in Australia. The following table lists the eight bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Ins	Balls	Runs	W	F	T
1	N Kapil Dev	11	21	3137	1254	51	5	0
2	A Kumble	10	18	3204	1849	49	4	1
3	BS Bedi	07	14	2391	0963	35	3	1
4	R Ashwin	08	13	2667	1353	31	0	0
5	Mohd Shami	08	15	1681	0997	31	2	0
6	EAS Prasanna	08	15	2561	0965	31	2	0
7	I Sharma	13	23	2727	1505	31	0	0
8	UT Yadav	09	15	1738	1278	30	1	0

R Ashwin became the fourth Indian spin bowler to capture 30 plus wickets against Australia in Australia.

No	Player	Mat	Ins	Balls	Runs	W	F	T
1	A Kumble	10	18	3204	1849	49	4	1
2	BS Bedi	07	14	2391	0963	35	3	1
3	R Ashwin	08	13	2667	1353	31	0	0
4	EAS Prasanna	08	15	2561	0965	31	2	0

MS Wade and JA Burns opened Australia’s innings to provide the 245th opening pair for Australia. They also became the 44th Australia’s opening pair against India and also became the Australia’s sixth opening pair in Pink Ball Tests.

MS Wade opened for the first time in his test career. This was his 33^rd test and his 56th innings.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 459^th cricketer to represent Australia in tests and also became the 53^rd cricketer to make his test debut against India.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 294th cricketer to represent Australia in tests on home soil and also became the 36th cricketer to make his test debut against India on home soil.

Australia capped C Green for this test. He became the 48th cricketer to represent Australia in tests at Adelaide and also became the 12th cricketer to make his test debut against India at Adelaide.

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him 20 catches against Australia. He became the fifth Indian fieldsman – other than the wicket keepers – to pouch 20 plus catches against Australia. Others are – R Dravid {46}, VVS Laxman {33}, SR Tendulkar {23} and V Sehwag {22}

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him 55 catches while leading India. He is one of the two Indian captains who have pouched 50 plus catches in tests after M Azharuddin. M Azharuddin has pouched 50 catches.

V Kohli pouched two catches in Australia’s first innings in this test which fetched him eleven catches against Australia while leading India. He now owns the record for most catches by an Indian captain against Australia. He went past M Azharuddin who has pouched nine catches against Australia while leading India.

V Kohli’s knock of 74 in India’s first innings contained eight boundary fours which fetched him 150 boundary fours against Australia on away soil. He became the third Indian batsman to score 150 boundary fours against Australia on away soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {209} and V Sehwag {165}

V Kohli’s knock of 74 in India’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 5216 runs while leading India. He now occupies the fifth place in the list of captains who have scored most runs. Other captains to score more than V Kohli are – GC Smith {8659}, AR Border {6623}, RT Ponting {6542} and CH Lloyd {5233}. V Kohli went past SP Fleming’s aggregate of 5156 runs on his way to the fifth place.

V Kohli posts his 50th fifty

18/12/2020 hrg

First Test Australia Vs India Pink Test at Adelaide – First Day

This test provides the 16^th Pink Ball Test in the annals of Test Cricket. It also provides the eighth Pink Ball Test for Australia and the second Pink Ball Test for India.

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this test to provide the tenth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	D Elgar	0	3	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	KC Brathwaite	0	2	Win	Eng	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
3	H Masakadza	0	2	Zim	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
4	MDKJ Perera	0	2	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
5	DS Smith	0	3	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
6	ML Udawatte	0	4	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
7	Shadman Islam	0	3	Ban	Ind	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
8	Imam-ul-Haq	0	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
9	TWM Latham	0	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
10	PP Shaw	0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

It also provides the first occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed without scoring in a Pink Ball Test.

It also provides the first occasion of an opening batsman dismissed without scoring in the first innings of a Pink Ball Test.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed without scoring in the Pink Ball Test against Australia

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	D Elgar	0	3	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	Imam-ul-Haq	0	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
3	TWM Latham	0	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
4	PP Shaw	0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

PP Shaw became the second opening batsman to be dismissed by the second ball of the innings for a duck in a Pink Ball test after TWM Latham of New Zealand. TWM Latham was dismissed by the second ball of the innings for a duck against Australia at Perth in Dec 2019.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TWM Latham	0	2	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	12 Dec 2019
2	PP Shaw	0	2	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a team losing its first wicket without a run on the board in an innings in a pink test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W/R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1/0	2	Win	Eng	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
2	1/0	2	Zim	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
3	1/0	2	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
4	1/0	3	Ban	Ind	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
5	1/0	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli scored 74 in this test to provide the 15^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in a Pink Ball Test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	53	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015
2	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
3	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
4	SPD Smith	130	1	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
5	SPD Smith	63	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
6	JE Root	136	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
7	LD Chandimal	62	1	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
8	Sarfaraz Ahmed	68	4	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
9	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
10	AB de Villiers	53	1	SAF	Zim	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2017
11	KS Williamson	102	2	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
12	JE Root	51	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
13	JO Holder	74	1	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018
14	V Kohli	136	2	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
15	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the third captain to score fifty on two or more occasions in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith and JE Root. SPD Smith has scored fifties on four occasions, while JE Root has scored on three occasions.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	53	2	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	27 Nov 2015
2	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
3	SPD Smith	130	1	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
4	SPD Smith	63	3	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016

1	JE Root	136	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
2	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
3	JE Root	51	3	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018

1	V Kohli	136	2	Ind	Ban	Kolkata	22 Nov 2019
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the third captain to score a fifty against Australia in a Pink Ball Test after F du Plessis and JE Root.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	118*	1	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	JE Root	67	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	02 Dec 2017
3	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the second captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith of Australia. SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 59 against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the second captain to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test after SPD Smith of Australia. SPD Smith was dismissed run out for 59 against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	59	2	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli became the fifteenth batsman to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test. He also became the fourth batsman to be dismissed run out in a Pink Ball Test against Australia

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Rahat Ali	4	2	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
2	Yasir Shah	33	4	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
3	Mohd Abbas	1	3	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019
4	V Kohli	74	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020

V Kohli’s run out for 74 in this game provides the 40^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Australia. It also provides the second occasion of his run out against Australia. Prior to this he was dismissed run out for 22 against Australia at Adelaide in Nov 2012. He became the seventh Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on two or more occasions in a test innings against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {03}, SC Ganguly {03}, SMH Kirmani {02}, CA Pujara {02}, S Ramesh {02} and S Venkataraghavan {02}.

V Kohli’s run out for 74 in this game provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in an innings after scoring a fifty against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	180	3	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	CA Pujara	123	1	Aus	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
3	V Subramanya	75	4	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
4	V Kohli	74	1	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
5	M Kaif	64	2	Aus	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
6	NS Sidhu	62	1	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his tenth fifty against Australia in Australia. He became the second Indian batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia in Australia after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 13 fifties.

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his tenth fifty against Australia in Australia. He became the 16th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more fifties against Australia in Australia

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his sixth fifty against Australia in Australia while captaining India. He became the third captain in the annals of test cricket to score six or more fifties against Australia in Australia. Others are – CH Lloyd of West Indies {11} and AC Maclaren of England {06}

V Kohli’s 74 in this game represent his sixth fifty against Australia while captaining India. He became the third Indian captain in the annals of test cricket to score six or more fifties against Australia. Others are – MAK Pataudi {09} and MS Dhoni {06}

V Kohli’s 74 in this game provide the 50^th fifty of his test career. He became the 55^th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 50 fifties and also the eighth Indian batsman to achieve the feat.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	51	68	119
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	36	63	99
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	34	45	79
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	08781	17	56	73
5	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	23	31	54
6	DB Vengsarkar	116	185	22	06868	17	35	52
7	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	07212	16	35	51
8	V Kohli	087	146	10	07314	27	23	50

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 23rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia in Australia.

PP Shaw was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in a test innings against Australia at Adelaide. Others are MH Mankad in Jan 1948, DJ Gandhi in Dec 1999 and IK Pathan in Jan 2008

India lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 20^th such occasion against Australia in a test innings. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against Australia in Australia and also the third such occasion in a test at Adelaide.

V Kohli’s run aggregate against Australia at Adelaide read 505 at the end of India’s first innings. He became the fourth batsman to total 500 plus runs in tests at Adelaide against Australia. Others are – BC Lara {610}, JB Hobbs {601} and IVA Richards {552}.

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