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R Dravid’s single of MJ Johnson in 40.1 over of India’s innings gave a three run partnership for R Dravid and SR Tendulkar in their fourth wicket partnership in India’s innings and they became the third pair of batsmen to have an aggregate of 6000 plus partnership runs. At the end of third day’s play, the pair had 6076 runs from 120 innings. Other two pairs are – CG Greenidge-DL Haynes of West Indies {6482 runs from 148 innings} and ML Hayden-JL Langer of Australia {6081 runs from 122 innings}. The partnership particulars of Dravid-Tendulakar pair in each of their 120 test innings with runs, oppostion, ground, and month/year are furnished below

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No	Partner	Wkt	Runs		Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SR Tendulkar	4	20		3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 1996
2	SR Tendulkar	3	35		1	SAF	Ahmedabad	Nov 1996
3	SR Tendulkar	3	23		3	SAF	Ahmedabad	Nov 1996
4	SR Tendulkar	3	9		4	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 1996
5	SR Tendulkar	4	25		1	SAF	Kanpur	Dec 1996
6	SR Tendulkar	3	54		1	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 1997
7	SR Tendulkar	3	15		3	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 1997
8	SR Tendulkar	3	13		2	Win	Kingston	Mar 1997
9	SR Tendulkar	3	31	*	4	Win	Kingston	Mar 1997
10	SR Tendulkar	3	170		2	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1997
11	SR Tendulkar	3	163		1	Win	Georgetown	Apr 1997
12	SR Tendulkar	3	47		1	Srl	Col-RPS	Aug 1997
13	SR Tendulkar	3	30		1	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 1997
14	SR Tendulkar	3	33		3	Srl	Mumbai	Dec 1997
15	SR Tendulkar	3	4		1	Aus	Chennai	Mar 1998
16	SR Tendulkar	3	113		3	Aus	Chennai	Mar 1998
17	SR Tendulkar	3	140		2	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 1998
18	SR Tendulkar	3	1		1	Aus	Bangalore	Mar 1998
19	SR Tendulkar	3	31		3	Aus	Bangalore	Mar 1998
20	SR Tendulkar	4	81		2	Zim	Harare	Oct 1998
21	SR Tendulkar	3	23		4	Zim	Harare	Oct 1998
22	SR Tendulkar	3	109		2	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999
23	SR Tendulkar	3	1		2	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
24	SR Tendulkar	3	44		4	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
25	SR Tendulkar	3	9		1	Pak	Delhi	Feb 1999
26	SR Tendulkar	3	11		4	Pak	Kolkata	Feb 1999
27	SR Tendulkar	3	36		1	Srl	Col-SSC	Feb 1999
28	SR Tendulkar	3	229		3	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
29	SR Tendulkar	3	29		2	NZl	Kanpur	Oct 1999
30	SR Tendulkar	4	17		2	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1999
31	SR Tendulkar	3	20		2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1999
32	SR Tendulkar	2	32		4	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1999
33	SR Tendulkar	3	41		1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2000
34	SR Tendulkar	3	30		1	SAF	Mumbai	Feb 2000
35	SR Tendulkar	3	11		3	SAF	Mumbai	Feb 2000
36	SR Tendulkar	3	28		1	SAF	Bangalore	Mar 2000
37	SR Tendulkar	3	213		2	Zim	Delhi	Nov 2000
38	SR Tendulkar	3	65		4	Zim	Delhi	Nov 2000
39	SR Tendulkar	3	249		1	Zim	Nagpur	Nov 2000
40	SR Tendulkar	3	96		3	Aus	Mumbai	Feb 2001
41	SR Tendulkar	3	14		2	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 2001
42	SR Tendulkar	5	169		2	Aus	Chennai	Mar 2001
43	SR Tendulkar	6	80		2	Zim	Bulawayo	Jun 2001
44	SR Tendulkar	4	78		2	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2001
45	SR Tendulkar	3	22		2	Eng	Ahmedabad	Dec 2001
46	SR Tendulkar	3	44		4	Eng	Ahmedabad	Dec 2001
47	SR Tendulkar	4	33		2	Eng	Bangalore	Dec 2001
48	SR Tendulkar	3	38		2	Zim	Nagpur	Feb 2002
49	SR Tendulkar	4	45		2	Win	Georgetown	Apr 2002
50	SR Tendulkar	3	124		1	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2002
51	SR Tendulkar	3	0		3	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2002
52	SR Tendulkar	3	1		1	Win	Bridgetown	May 2002
53	SR Tendulkar	3	16		3	Win	Bridgetown	May 2002
54	SR Tendulkar	3	0		1	Win	St John’s	May 2002
55	SR Tendulkar	3	52		4	Win	Kingston	May 2002
56	SR Tendulkar	4	32		2	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2002
57	SR Tendulkar	3	30		4	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2002
58	SR Tendulkar	3	163		3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
59	SR Tendulkar	3	150		1	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
60	SR Tendulkar	3	91		2	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2002
61	SR Tendulkar	3	68		1	Win	Mumbai	Oct 2002
62	SR Tendulkar	3	20	*	4	Win	Chennai	Oct 2002
63	SR Tendulkar	3	38		3	Win	Kolkata	Oct 2002
64	SR Tendulkar	3	20		1	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2002
65	SR Tendulkar	3	0		3	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2002
66	SR Tendulkar	3	15		1	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 2002
67	SR Tendulkar	3	49		3	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 2002
68	SR Tendulkar	3	27		1	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 2003
69	SR Tendulkar	3	21		3	NZl	Ahmedabad	Oct 2003
70	SR Tendulkar	3	2		2	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2003
71	SR Tendulkar	3	70		4	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2003
72	SR Tendulkar	3	87		3	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2003
73	SR Tendulkar	3	66		1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
74	SR Tendulkar	3	138	*	3	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2004
75	SR Tendulkar	3	6		1	Pak	Lahore	Apr 2004
76	SR Tendulkar	3	1		2	Pak	Rawalpindi	Apr 2004
77	SR Tendulkar	3	15		2	Aus	Nagpur	Oct 2004
78	SR Tendulkar	3	18		1	Aus	Mumbai	Nov 2004
79	SR Tendulkar	3	4		2	SAF	Kanpur	Nov 2004
80	SR Tendulkar	3	45		2	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 2004
81	SR Tendulkar	3	60	*	4	SAF	Kolkata	Nov 2004
82	SR Tendulkar	3	61		1	Ban	Chittagong	Dec 2004
83	SR Tendulkar	3		1	Pak	Kolkata	Mar 2005
84	SR Tendulkar	3	98		3	Pak	Kolkata	Mar 2005
85	SR Tendulkar	3	10		4	Pak	Bangalore	Mar 2005
86	SR Tendulkar	3	52		1	Srl	Chennai	Dec 2005
87	SR Tendulkar	3	5		2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
88	SR Tendulkar	3	7		2	Eng	Mohali	Mar 2006
89	SR Tendulkar	3	4		2	Eng	Mumbai	Mar 2006
90	SR Tendulkar	4	42		4	Eng	Mumbai	Mar 2006
91	SR Tendulkar	3	69		1	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 2006
92	SR Tendulkar	4	24		3	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2007
93	SR Tendulkar	3	8		1	Ban	Chittagong	May 2007
94	SR Tendulkar	1	127		1	Ban	Dhaka	May 2007
95	SR Tendulkar	3	97		2	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2007
96	SR Tendulkar	3	7		4	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2007
97	SR Tendulkar	3	1		3	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2007
98	SR Tendulkar	3	2		2	Pak	Delhi	Nov 2007
99	SR Tendulkar	3	9		4	Pak	Delhi	Nov 2007
100	SR Tendulkar	3	20		4	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2008
101	SR Tendulkar	3	139		1	Aus	Perth	Jan 2008
102	SR Tendulkar	3	0		2	SAF	Chennai	Mar 2008
103	SR Tendulkar	3	0		2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2008
104	SR Tendulkar	3	56		3	Srl	Galle	Jul 2008
105	SR Tendulkar	5	22		3	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2008
106	SR Tendulkar	3	18		2	Aus	Bangalore	Oct 2008
107	SR Tendulkar	3	3		2	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2008
108	SR Tendulkar	3	9		1	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
109	SR Tendulkar	3	35		2	NZl	Hamilton	Mar 2009
110	SR Tendulkar	4	87		2	NZl	Napier	Mar 2009
111	SR Tendulkar	3	90		1	NZl	Wellington	Apr 2009
112	SR Tendulkar	3	4		1	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov 2009
113	SR Tendulkar	3	94		1	Srl	Kanpur	Nov 2009
114	SR Tendulkar	3	29		2	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
115	SR Tendulkar	3	6		1	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010
116	SR Tendulkar	4	12		3	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2010
117	SR Tendulkar	3	222	*	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2010
118	SR Tendulkar	3	119		3	Srl	Galle	Jul 2010
119	SR Tendulkar	3	4		2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
120	SR Tendulkar	4	79		2	Aus	Mohali	Oct 2010
	Total		6076

Break up – Country wisse
No	Oppositon	Partner	Inns	Runs
1	Australia	SR Tendulkar	23	1330
2	Bangladesh	SR Tendulkar	06	436
3	England	SR Tendulkar	18	833
4	New Zealand	SR Tendulkar	12	711
5	Pakistan	SR Tendulkar	12	318
6	South Africa	SR Tendulkar	15	432
7	Sri Lanka	SR Tendulkar	13	526
8	West Indies	SR Tendulkar	14	741
9	Zimbabwe	SR Tendulkar	07	749
		Total	120	6076

Mohali Test – Third day’s highlights

VVS Laxman’s tally of catches against Australia stood at 30 when he caught TD Paine of Zaheer Khan for 92 in Australi’as first innings. He became the second Indian fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches against Australia, after R Dravid who has to his credit 46 catches.

VVS Laxman became the twelfth fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to have a tally of 30 plus catches against Australia. Others are – IT Botham of Australia {57}; R Dravid of India {46}; WR Hammond of England {43}; MC Cowdrey of England {40}; WG Grace of England {39}; CL Hooper of West Indies {38}; LC Braund of England {37}; AW Greig of England {37}; W Rhodes of Australia {36}; FE Woolley of Australia {36} and; BC Lara of West Indies {34}

R Dravid’s single of MJ Johnson in 40.1 over of India’s innings gave a three run partnership for R Dravid and SR Tendulkar in their fourth wicket partnership in India’s innings and they became the third pair of batsmen to have an aggregate of 6000 plus runs.

At the end of third day’s play, the pair had 6076 runs from 122 innings. Other two pairs are – CG Greenidge-DL Haynes of West Indies {6482 runs from 148 innings} and ML Hayden-JL Langer of Australia {6081 runs from 122 innings}.

R Dravid’s 77 gave him his 59^th half-century and 88^th fifty. With 88 fifties he is on par with JH Kallis who also has scored 88 fifties and share the joint fourth place amongst the batsmen who have scored most fifties. SR Tendulkar {105}, RT Ponting {92} and AR Border {90} occupy the first three places.

R Dravid’s 77 in this test provide his 12^th half century against Australia. He has an aggregate of 1914 runs against Australia. His knock provides the 10^th half century against Australia while batting at number three. He earns the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score ten half centuries against Australia while batting at number three.

R Dravid became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more half centuries against a specific opposition while batting at number three. He achieved this feat when he scored his tenth half century against Australia by scoring 77 in this test. Other two batsmen to have achieved this feat are – IM Chappell of Australia – 12 half centuries against England and C Hill of Australia – 11 half centuries against England. R Dravid s became the first Indian batsman to score ten or more half centuries against a specific opposition while batting at number three.

R Dravid’s 12 half centuries against Australia provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 12 or more half centuries against a specific opposition. Others are – SM Gavaskar {15} vs England, SM Gavaskar {12} vs Pakistan, SR Tendulkar {12} vs Australia and GR Viswanath {12} vs England. SR Tendulkar 12^th half century against Australia came in this test when he made 98.

R Dravid is one of the three batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score 10 or more fifties against three specific opponents. Others are – RB Kanhai of West Indies and RT Ponting of Australia. The feats of these three batsmen are – R Dravid – {11 fifties vs Aus ; 10 fifties vs NZl ; 10 fifties vs Srl} : RB Kahnai – {10 fifties vs Aus ; 12 fifties vs Eng ; 10 fifties vs Ind} and RT Ponting – {15 fifties vs Eng ; 15 fifties vs Eng ; 10 fifties vs Win}

SR Tendulkar scored 98 in this test, which represents his 12^th half century against Australia. It was also his 57^th half-century and 105^th fifty.

R Dravid’s 77 and SR Tendulkar’s 98 in this test represent their 25^th half centuries on home soil. They became the 10^th and 11^th batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score 25 or more half centuries on home soil. Others are – AR Border of {35}; RT Ponting {33}; MA Athterton {31}; JH Kallis {31}; SR Waugh {30}; S Chanderpaul {26}; GA Gooch {26}; BC Lara {26} and DPMD Jayawardene {25}

SR Tendulkar’s 98 in this test gave him his 46^th fifty on home soil, He now occupies the fourth place amongst the batsmen who have scored most fifties on home soil. RT Ponting {54}, JH Kallis {49} and AR Border {48} occupy the first three places. SR Tendulkar went past SR Waugh’s 45 fifties on his way to fourth place.

SR Tendulkar’s 98 in this test represent his eighth ninety in a test innings. Others are – 96 vs Sri Lanka at Bangalore in Jan 94; 92 vs West Indies at Bridgetown in Mar 97; 97 vs South Africa at Mumbai-WS in Feb 00; 90 vs England at Bangalore in Dec 2001; 92 vs England at Nottingham in Aug 2002; 94 vs Pakistan at Mohali in Mar 2005 and 91 vs England at Nottingham in Jul 2007. Thus his 98 in this test represent the highest score amongst the eight nineties he has scored

It also represents his second ninety at Mohali, the first being his 94 against Pakistan in Mar 2005. It also represents his first ninety against Australia

SR Tendulkar with his eight nineties became the sixth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight or more nineties. Others are – R Dravid {10}, SR Waugh {10}, MJ Slater {09}, Inzamam-ul-Huq {08}, AI Kallicharan {08} and ML Hayden {08}

SR Tendulkar’s 98 in this test provide the 38th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in India-Australia test series. His knock provides the 19th occasion of and Indian batsman scoring a ninety against Australia. SR Tendulkar became the first batsman to score exact 98 in India-Australia test series

TD Paine {92} and SR Tendulkar {98} scored nineties in the first and second innings of this test providing the second such occasion in India-Australia test series. The other occasion was – KJ Hughes of Australia {92} and GR Viswanath of India {96} has scored nineties in the first and second innings of the test at Kolkata in Oct 1979.

Apart from the captioned two occasions, there is one more occasions of rival batsmen scoring nineties in a test match – MEK Hussey of Australia {90} and V Sehwag of India {92} scored nineties in the second and third innings of the test at Nagpur in Nov 2008.

V Sehwag {59},
R Dravid {77}, SR Tendulkar {98} and SK Raina {86} scored fifties in this test to provide the seventh occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in a test innings against Australia.

SR Tendulkar and SK Raina added 124 runs for the fifth wicket in this test providing the 80^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three-figure partnership against Australia. This stand also represents the 12^th occasion of a a three-figure partnership for the fifth wicket against Australia.

This stand of 124 runs with SK Raina gave SR Tendulkar his 78^th three-figure partnership. Only R Dravid {82} and RT Ponting {79} are ahead of SR Tendulkar in terms of three-figure partnerships.

This partnership of 124 runs with SK Raina gave SR Tendulkar his 20^th three-figure partnership for the fifth wicket. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to have 20 plus three-figure partnerships. Others are – SR Waugh {23} and SC Chanderpaul {20}

MG Johnson captured 5 for 64 in this test providing the 43^rd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets against India.

MG Johnson’s 5 for 64 represents his sixth five wicket haul of his test career and his first against India. The other five occasions are – 8 for 61 vs South Africa in Dec 2008, 6 for 73 vs New Zealand at Hamilton in Mar 2010, 5 for 29 vs New Zealand at Brisbane in Nov 2008, 5 for 69 vs England at Leeds in Aug 2009 and 5 for 103 vs West Indies at Adelaide in Dec 2009.

Zaheer Khan {5 for 94} and MJ Johnson {5 for 64] captured five wickets in the first and second innings of this test providing the eleventh occasion of rival bowlers capturing five or more wickets in the first and second innings of a test match in India-Australia test series.

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 141 runs for the second wicket at Mohali, the venue of the first test of the ongoing test series between India and Australia. This stand gave RT Ponting his 79^th three-figure partnership. Only R Dravid of India is ahead of RT Ponting with 82 three figure partnerships to his credit as at the end of the second day of the Mohali test, i.e., as of 02.10.10. The following table shows the break up of partnerships for each wicket of batsmen who have fifty plus three figure partnerships to their credit

No	Batsmen	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Tot
1	R Dravid	Ind	03	33	24	07	11	02	00	02	00	00	82
2	RT Ponting	Aus	00	39	11	10	15	02	01	01	00	00	79
3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	01	00	32	16	19	05	02	01	00	01	77
4	SR Waugh	Aus	00	01.	01	20	23	12	04	01	02	00	64
5	AR Border	Aus	00	02	15	20	16	08	01	01	00	00	63
6	BC Lara	Win	00	05	26	20	07	03	01	00	00	00	62
7	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	00	00	29.	17	09	01	02	02	00	00	60
8	SM Gavaskar	Ind	22	18	08	06	02	01	00	00	01	00	58
9	JH Kallis	SAF	00	07	25	14	07	01	00	02	00	00	56
10	SC Chanderpaul	Win	00	02	03	20	20	10	01	00	00	00	56
11	ML Hayden	Aus	21	16	07	02	01	03	00.	00	00	00	50
12	Javed Miandad	Pak	00	02	22	15	08	03	00	00	00	00	50

V Sehwag’s 59 in this test gave him his eleventh fifty in consecutive tests. He now shares the record of most consecutive fifties in test with IVA Richards of West Indies and G Gambhir of India.

With Sehwag achieving this feat, for the first time in the annals of test cricket, a teams’ both the opening batsmen are credited with the feat – India is the team and G Gambhir and V Sehwag are the openers.

Batsman	Mat	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon	Year
IVARichards	11	30	101	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Jan	1976
		50	98	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Jan	1976
		142	–	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	Mar	1976
		130	20	Win	Ind	PortofSpain	Mar	1976
		177	23	Win	Ind	PortofSpain	Apr	1976
		64	DNB	Win	Ind	Kingston	Apr	1976
		232	63	Win	Eng	Nottingham	Jun	1976
		4	135	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul	1976
		66	38	Win	Eng	Leeds	Jul	1976
		291	DNB	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug	1976
		32	92	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	Feb	1977
GGambhir	11	67	104	Ind	Aus	Mohali	Oct	2008
		206	36	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct	2008
		19	66	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec	2008
		179	97	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec	2008
		72	30*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	Mar	2009
		16	137	Ind	NZl	Napier	Mar	2009
		23	167	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr	2009
		1	114	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov	2009
		167	–	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	2009
		23	116	Ind	Ban	Chittagong	Jan	2010
		68	0*	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan	2010
VSehwag	11	16	51	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Nov	2009
		131	–	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	2009
		293	–	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	2009
		52	45	Ind	Ban	Chittagong	Jan	2010
		56	0*	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan	2010
		109	16	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	Feb	2010
		165	–	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	Feb	2010
		109	31	Ind	Srl	Galle	Jul	2010
		99	–	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul	2010
		109	0	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug	2010
		59		Ind	Aus	Mohali	Oct	2010

MJ Johnson was playing his 50^th innings in his 37^th test at Mohali – the first test of the India-Australia test series 2010. He celebrated it by completing 1000 runs of his test career. He reached the milestone when he was on 31 during his knock of 47 in this test.

His two wickets in the Indian innings gave him an aggregate of 160 test wickets and with his 1016 run aggregate with the willow, MG Johnson completed the test double – 1000 runs and 100 wickets

MG Johnson’s feat of “All rounders’ double” provide the 52^nd of a cricketer performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. The break up country wise read thus – Australia {12}, Bangladesh {01}, England {10}, India {07}, New Zealand {04}, Pakistan {07}, South Africa {04}, Sri Lanka {02}, West Indies {02} and Zimbabwe {01}. The complete list is furnished below

No	Cricketers	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	3154	99	17.32	0	708	8/71	25.41	37
2	B Lee	Aus	76	1451	64	20.15	0	310	5/30	30.81	10
3	JN Gillespie	Aus	71	1218	201*	18.73	1	259	7/37	26.13	8
4	R Benaud	Aus	63	2201	122	24.45	3	248	7/72	27.03	16
5	RR Lindwall	Aus	61	1502	118	21.15	2	228	7/38	23.03	12
6	MG Hughes	Aus	53	1032	72*	16.64	0	212	8/87	28.38	7
7	AK Davidson	Aus	44	1328	80	24.59	0	186	7/93	20.53	14
8	KR Miller	Aus	55	2958	147	36.97	7	170	7/60	22.97	7
9	MG Johnson	Aus	37	1016	123*	24.19	1	160	8/61	28.70	5
10	MA Noble	Aus	42	1997	133	30.25	1	121	7/17	25.00	9
11	IWG Johnson	Aus	45	1000	77	18.51	0	109	7/44	29.19	3
12	G Giffen	Aus	31	1238	161	23.35	1	103	7/117	27.09	7
13	Moha Rafique	Ban	33	1059	111	18.57	1	100	6/77	40.76	7
14	IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	208	33.54	14	383	8/34	28.40	27
15	A Flintoff	Eng	79	3845	167	31.77	5	226	5/58	32.78	3
16	MW Tate	Eng	39	1198	100*	25.48	1	155	6/42	26.16	7
17	FJ Titmus	Eng	53	1449	84*	22.29	0	153	7/79	32.22	7
18	JE Emburey	Eng	64	1713	75	22.53	0	147	7/78	38.40	6
19	AF Giles	Eng	54	1421	59	20.89	0	143	5/57	40.60	5
20	AW Greig	Eng	58	3599	148	40.43	8	141	8/86	32.20	6
21	TE Bailey	Eng	61	2290	134*	29.74	1	132	7/34	29.21	5
22	W Rhodes	Eng	58	2325	179	30.19	2	127	8/68	26.96	6
23	R Illingworth	Eng	61	1836	113	23.24	2	122	6/29	31.20	3
23	A Kumble	Ind	132	2506	110*	17.77	1	619	10/74	29.65	35
25	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	5248	163	31.05	8	434	9/83	29.64	23
26	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	86	1595	66	16.44	0	360	8/84	31.67	24
27	J Srinath	Ind	67	1009	76	14.21	0	236	8/86	30.49	10
28	MH Mankad	Ind	44	2109	231	31.47	5	162	8/52	32.32	8
29	RJ Shastri	Ind	80	3830	206	35.79	11	151	5/75	40.96	2
30	IK Pathan	Ind	29	1105	102	31.57	1	100	7/59	32.26	7
31	RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	3124	151*	27.16	2	431	9/52	22.29	36
32	DL Vettori	NZl	100	3962	140	30.71	5	325	7/87	33.86	18
33	CL Cairns	NZl	62	3320	158	33.53	5	218	7/27	29.40	13
34	JG Bracewell	NZl	41	1001	110	20.42	1	102	6/32	35.81	4
35	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	2898	257*	22.64	3	414	7/119	23.62	25
36	Waqar Younis	Pak	87	1010	45	10.20	0	373	7/76	23.56	22
37	Imran Khan	Pak	88	3807	136	37.69	6	362	8/58	22.81	23
38	Abdul Qadir	Pak	67	1029	61	15.59	0	236	9/56	32.80	15
39	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pak	55	1045	90	17.71	0	177	9/86	32.75	4
40	Intikhab Alam	Pak	47	1493	138	22.28	1	125	7/52	35.95	5
41	Abdul Razzaq	Pak	46	1946	134	28.61	3	100	5/35	36.94	1
42	SM Pollock	SAF	108	3781	111	32.31	2	421	7/87	23.11	16
43	JH Kallis	SAF	140	11126	189*	55.07	35	266	6/54	31.59	5
44	TL Goddard	SAF	41	2516	112	34.46	1	123	6/53	26.22	5
45	N Boje	SAF	43	1312	85	25.23	0	100	5/62	42.65	3
46	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	1261	67	11.67	0	800	9/51	22.72	67
47	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	3089	100*	24.32	1	355	7/71	29.58	12
48	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	1439	53	12.40	0	405	8/45	20.99	22
49	MD Marshall	Win	81	1810	92	18.85	0	376	7/22	20.94	22
50	GS Sobers	Win	93	8032	365*	57.78	26	235	6/73	34.03	6
51	CL Hooper	Win	102	5762	233	36.46	13	114	5/26	49.42	4
52	HH Streak	Zim	65	1990	127*	22.35	1	216	6/73	28.14	7

MJ Johnson was playing his 50^th innings in his 37^th test at Mohali – the first test of the India-Australia test series 2010. He celebrated it by completing 1000 runs of his test career. He reached the milestone when he was on 31 during his knock of 47 in this test. His two wickets in the Indian innings gave him an aggregate of 160 test wickets and with his 1016 run aggregate with the willow, he completed the “All rounders’ double”

MG Johnson became the 12^th Australian cricketer to complete the test double – 1000 runs and 100 wickets. The complete list is furnished below

Australian all rounders – 1000 runs and 100 wickets
No	Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
1	SK Warne	145	3154	99	17.32	0	708	8/71	25.41	37
2	B Lee	76	1451	64	20.15	0	310	5/30	30.81	10
3	JN Gillespie	71	1218	201*	18.73	1	259	7/37	26.13	8
4	R Benaud	63	2201	122	24.45	3	248	7/72	27.03	16
5	RR Lindwall	61	1502	118	21.15	2	228	7/38	23.03	12
6	MG Hughes	53	1032	72*	16.64	0	212	8/87	28.38	7
7	AK Davidson	44	1328	80	24.59	0	186	7/93	20.53	14
8	KR Miller	55	2958	147	36.97	7	170	7/60	22.97	7
9	MG Johnson	37	1016	123*	24.19	1	160	8/61	28.70	5
10	MA Noble	42	1997	133	30.25	1	121	7/17	25.00	9
11	IWG Johnson	45	1000	77	18.51	0	109	7/44	29.19	3
12	G Giffen	31	1238	161	23.35	1	103	7/117	27.09	7

First Test at Mohali – Second day

RT Ponting’s 71 in the first innings of the first test at Mohali against India gave him one more distinction. It was his 40^th fifty {20 C plus 20 HC} in the first innings of a test match and with it the record for most fifties by a batsman while batting in the first innings of a test match. It is also a record for an Australian batsman in this category of statistics. He went past SR Tendulkar and SR Waugh who had scored 39 fifties. SR Tendulkar’s 39 fifties contains 20 C and 19 HC while SR Waugh’s 39 fifties contains 17 C plus 22 HC

RT Ponting became the fourth batsman to score 20 half centuries while batting in the first innings of a test match. Others are – AR Border of Australia {27}, SR Waugh of Australia {22} and ME Waugh of Australia {22}. This is an all-Australian record.

Both SR Tendulkar and RT Ponting have played 80 tests and 80 innings at the end of Australian first innings in this test. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 5308 runs while RT Ponting has an aggregate of 4887 runs. He went past SR Waugh’s 4855 runs when he was on 40 during his innings of 71 in this test. RT Ponting now owns the Australian record of most runs by a batsman while batting in the first innings of a test match

SR Watson’s 126 in this game represent his highest individual test innings, an improvement over his previous best of 120 not out against Pakistan at Melbourne in Dec 2009.

TD Paine scored 92 in this test to provide the 19^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring an individual ninety against India. He became the second Australian wicket keeper batsman to score a ninety against India. IA Healy had made 90 at Chennai in Mar 1998

TD Paine’s 92 in this test provide the 12^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. He became the seventh batsman from various oppositions to score a ninety against India. Others are – 92 by RT Spooner of England at Kolkatta in Dec 1951, 96 by Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan at Mum-BS in Nov 1952, 90 by APE Knott at The Oval in Jan 1975, 91 by DL Murray of West Indies at Mumbai in Jan 1975, 98 by PJL Dujon at Ahmedabad in Nov 1983 and 90 by IA Healy at Chennai in Mar 1998.

TD Paine registered his career best test score when he scored 92 in this innings. It was his maiden test fifty, the previous best being 47 against Pakistan at Lord’s in Jul 2010

MJ North and DE Bollinger failed to score in the first innings of this test and the number of ducks scored by Australian batsman against India stood at 136. MJ North’s duck represents the 75^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck against India in India and DE Bolliger’s duck provides the 76^th such occasions

Zaheer Khan captured 5 for 94 in this test providing the 272^nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings.

Zaheer Khan’s 5 for 94 in this test provide the tenth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets. The other nine occasions are – 5 for 53 vs New Zealand at Wellington in Dec 2007, 5 for 29 vs New Zealand at Hamilton in Dec 2002, 5 for 95 vs Australia at Brisbane in Dec 2003, 5 for 34 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in May 2007, 5 for 75 vs England at Nottingham in Jul 2007, 5 for 91 vs Australia at Bangalore in Oct 2008, 5 for 65 vs New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 2009, 5 for 72 vs Sri Lanka at Mum-BS in Dec 2009 and 5 for 87 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in Jan 2010.

Zaheer Khan ten five wicket hauls finds him a place amongst the elite list of eight Indian bowlers who have ten or more five wicket hauls. Others are – A Kumble {35}, Harbhahan Singh {24}, N Kapil Dev {23}, BS Chandrashekhar {15}, BS Bedi {13}, SP Gupte {12}, EAS Prasanna {10} and J Srinath {10}. Zaheer Khan became the ninth bowler to achieve the coveted distinction.

Zaheer Khan’s ten five wickets hauls became the fourth left arm pace bowler to capture ten or more five wicket hauls. Others are – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {25}, AK Davidson of Australia {14} and WPUJC Vaas of Sri Lanka {12}

Zaheer Khan’s 5 for 71 provides the 58^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia. His figures represent the third occasion of his capturing five wickets against Australia. The other two occasions are – 5 for 95 vs Australia at Brisbane in Dec 2003 and 5 for 91 vs Australia at Bangalore in Oct 2008, He became the eighth Indian bowler to capture five wicket hauls on three occasions against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {10}, Harbhajan Singh {07}, N Kapil Dev {07}, BS Bedi {05}, EAS Prasanna {05}, BS Chandrashekhar {03} and RG Nadkarni {03}

MJ Johnson was playing his 50^th innings in his 37^th test and celebrated it by completing 1000 runs of his test career. He reached the milestone when he was on 31 during his knock of 47 in this test. At the end of the first innings of this test, his aggregate stood at 1016. He became the 90^th Australian batsman to total 1000 plus test runs.

His two wickets in the Indian innings gave him an aggregate of 160 test wickets and with his 1016 run aggregate with the willow, MG Johnson became the 12^th Australian cricketer to complete the test double – 1000 runs and 100 wickets. The complete list read thus – SK Warne {3154 runs and 708 wickets}, B Lee {1451 runs and 310 wickets}, JN Gillespie {1218 runs and 259 wickets}, R Benaud {2201 runs and 122 wickets}, RR Lindwall {1502 runs and 228 wickets}, MG Hughes {1032 runs and 212 wickets}, AK Davidson {1328 runs and 186 wickets}, KR Miller {2958 runs and 170 wickets}, MG Johnson {1016 runs and 160 wickets}, MA Noble {1997 runs and 121 wickets}, IWG Johnson {1000 runs and 109 wickets} and G Giffen {1238 runs and 103 wickets}

MG Johnson’s feat of “All rounders’ double” provide the 52^nd of a cricketer performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. The break up country wise read thus – Australia {12}, Bangladesh {01}, England {10}, India {07}, New Zealand {04}, Pakistan {07}, South Africa {04}, Sri Lanka {02}, West Indies {02} and Zimbabwe {01}

Harbjajan Singh returned with figures of 3 for 114 providing the 37^th occasion of his conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings. Other bowlers to concede 100 plus runs in a test innings more than Harbhajan Singh are – M Muralitharan {61}, A Kumble {57}, SK Warne {40} and D Kaneria {39}.

Harbjajan Singh returned with figures of 3 for 114 providing the 12^th occasion of his conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against Australia. Only A Kumble of India {15 occasions| has conceded 100 plus runs in a test innings against Australia more than Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh of India and T Richardson of England share the second place amongst the bowlers who have conceded 100 plus runs against Australia. Both the bowlers have conceded 100 plus runs on 12 occasions.

PP Ojha {1 for 113} and Harbhajan Singh {3 for 114} conceded 100 plus runs in this test providing the 99^th and 100^th occasion of Indian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against Australia

PP Ojha sent down 51.4 overs in this test to provide the 15^th occasion of an Indian bowler bowling 50 plus overs in an innings against Australia.

MS Dhoni completed 25 dismissals against Australia when he caught MG Johnson of Zaheer Khan for 47. He became the fourth wicket keeper to effect 25 dismissals in India-Australia test series. Others are – AC Gilchrist {75}, SMH Kirmani {41} and IA Healy {26}

V Sehwag’s 59 in this test represents his tenth fifty against Australia {3C plus 07HC}, He became the sixth Indian batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {21}, VVS Laxman {16}, R Dravid {13}, GR Viswanath {13} and SM Gavaskar {12}

At the end of the second day, RT Ponting and R Dravid have an aggregate of 1858 runs and share the joint fourth place amongst the top run getters in India-Australia test series. SR Tendulkar {2748}, VVS Laxman {2204} and ML Hayden {1888} occupy the first three places in the list

V Sehwag’s 59 in this test gave him his eleventh fifty in consecutive tests. He now shares the record of most consecutive fifties in test with IVA Richards of West Indies and G Gambhir of India.

With Sehwag achieving this feat, for the first time in the annals of test cricket, a teams’ both the opening batsmen are credited with the feat – India is the team and G Gambhir and V Sehwag are the openers.

RT Ponting’s 71 in the first innings of the first test at Mohali against India gave him one more distinction. It was his 40^th fifty {20 C plus 20 HC} in the first innings of a test match and with it the record for most fifties by a batsman while batting in the first innings of a test match. It is also a record for an Australian batsman in this category of statistics. He went past SR Tendulkar and SR Waugh who had scored 39 fifties. SR Tendulkar’s 39 fifties contains 20 C and 19 HC while SR Waugh’s 39 fifties contains 17 C plus 22 HC

RT Ponting became the fourth batsman to score 20 half centuries while batting in the first innings of a test match. Others are – AR Border of Australia {27}, SR Waugh of Australia {22} and ME Waugh of Australia {22}. This is an all-Australian record.

Both SR Tendulkar and RT Ponitng have played 80 tests and 80 innings. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 5308 runs while RT Ponting has an aggregate of 4887 runs. He went past SR Waugh’s 4855 runs when he was on 40 during his innings of 71 in this test. RT Ponting now owns the Australian record of most runs by a batsman while batting in the first innings of a test match

Statistics as of 01.10.10, the first day of the first test match between India and Australia at Mohali

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 141 runs for the second wicket in the first test between India and Australia at Mohali providing 79th occasion of RT Ponting to be one of the partners in a three-figure partnership. Only R Dravid with 82 three-figure partnerships to his credit has more such partnerships then RT Ponting

The break up of partnerships – partner wise and wicket wise are furnished below

RT Ponting’s Three figure Partnerships with various partners
No	Partner	Inns	NO	Runs	High	Ave	100
1	ML Hayden	76	5	4765	272	67.11	16
2	JL Langer	48	6	3451	327	82.16	14
3	SM Katich	40	1	1974	239	50.61	7
4	SR Waugh	36	1	2136	281	61.02	7
5	MEK Hussey	36	2	1837	209	54.02	6
6	DR Martyn	29	1	1666	242	59.50	4
7	AC Gilchrist	13	1	954	171	79.50	4
8	ME Waugh	25	2	1216	221	52.86	3
9	DS Lehmann	4	0	604	315	151.00	3
10	MJ Clarke	19	1	1259	352	69.94	3
11	MA Taylor	9	1	547	168*	68.37	2
12	SR Watson	14	0	581	141	41.50	2
13	SK Warne	13	1	409	145	34.08	1
14	PA Jaques	8	0	407	114	50.87	1
15	IA Healy	12	0	327	105	27.25	1
16	MTG Elliott	2	0	284	268	142.00	1
17	BJ Hodge	6	1	297	119	59.40	1
18	SG Law	1	0	121	121	121.00	1
19	JN Gillespie	6	1	318	107	63.60	1
20	PJ Hughes	3	0	242	164	80.66	1
	Total						79

RT Ponting’s three figure partnerships – Wicket wise break up
No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden	2	272	1	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2002
2	JL Langer	2	248	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	Apr 2003
3	SM Katich	2	239	2	v England	Cardiff	Jul 2009
4	ML Hayden	2	234	2	v India	Melbourne	Dec 2003
5	ML Hayden	2	201	3	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
6	SM Katich	2	191	3	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
7	ML Hayden	2	187	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
8	ML Hayden	2	184	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	Oct 2002
9	JL Langer	2	183	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	Oct 2002
10	ML Hayden	2	182	4	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
11	SM Katich	2	166	1	v India	Bangalore	Oct 2008
12	PJ Hughes	2	164	3	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
13	JL Langer	2	163	3	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
14	ML Hayden	2	154	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2006
15	ML Hayden	2	152	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2005
16	ML Hayden	2	151*	4	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
17	JL Langer	2	148*	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
18	ML Hayden	2	144	3	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
19	SR Watson	2	141	1	v India	Mohali	Oct 2010
20	ML Hayden	2	140	3	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
21	SM Katich	2	136	1	v West Indies	North Sound	May 2008
22	JL Langer	2	134*	3	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
23	MA Taylor	2	126	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 1996
24	SM Katich	2	126	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2009
25	ML Hayden	2	122	3	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
26	SR Watson	2	119	2	v England	Leeds	Aug 2009
27	ML Hayden	2	116*	4	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2004
28	JL Langer	2	114	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	Nov 2005
29	PA Jaques	2	114	1	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Nov 2007
30	JL Langer	2	113	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 2003
31	JL Langer	2	111	1	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
32	JL Langer	2	110*	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	Mar 2005
33	ML Hayden	2	109	4	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	Apr 2006
34	JL Langer	2	108	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	May 2003
35	SM Katich	2	107	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
36	ML Hayden	2	106	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
37	ML Hayden	2	104	3	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
38	JL Langer	2	103	1	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
39	JL Langer	2	102	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001
1	DS Lehmann	3	315	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
2	DR Martyn	3	242	2	v England	Adelaide	Nov 2002
3	ME Waugh	3	221	1	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
4	DR Martyn	3	174	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2005
5	DS Lehmann	3	141	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	May 2003
6	MEK Hussey	3	137	1	v West Indies	Kingston	May 2008
7	MEK Hussey	3	127	4	v England	The Oval	Aug 2009
8	ME Waugh	3	108	1	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2002
9	MEK Hussey	3	106	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2008
10	DR Martyn	3	103	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
11	DR Martyn	3	101	1	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2006
1	MJ Clarke	4	352	1	v Pakistan	Hobart	Jan 2010
2	MJ Clarke	4	210	2	v India	Adelaide	Jan 2008
3	MEK Hussey	4	209	1	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
4	MEK Hussey	4	192	2	v England	Adelaide	Dec 2006
5	AC Gilchrist	4	171	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	Apr 2003
6	SR Waugh	4	135	2	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
7	MEK Hussey	4	130	2	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2006
8	DS Lehmann	4	121	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	Mar 2004
9	BJ Hodge	4	119	1	v West Indies	Kingston	May 2008
10	MJ Clarke	4	113	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	Feb 2009
1	JL Langer	5	327	2	v Pakistan	Perth	Nov 1999
2	SR Waugh	5	281	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
3	MTG Elliott	5	268	2	v England	Leeds	Jul 1997
4	SR Waugh	5	239	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 1999
5	JL Langer	5	190	2	v India	Sydney	Jan 2000
6	MA Taylor	5	168*	1	v Pakistan	Peshawar	Oct 1998
7	AC Gilchrist	5	153	2	v Pakistan	Sydney	Jan 2005
8	SR Waugh	5	145	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 1997
9	SM Katich	5	138	1	v India	Adelaide	Dec 2003
10	SR Waugh	5	132	2	v West Indies	Sydney	Jan 2001
11	ME Waugh	5	123	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	Dec 2000
12	SG Law	5	121	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	Dec 1995
13	SR Waugh	5	115	1	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	Dec 1995
14	SR Waugh	5	112	1	v India	Kolkata	Mar 1998
15	AC Gilchrist	5	104	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2005
1	AC Gilchrist	6	144	1	v India	Melbourne	Dec 1999
2	IA Healy	6	105	3	v England	Nottingham	Aug 1997
1	SK Warne	7	145	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	Nov 2001
1	JN Gillespie	8	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999