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RR Panth of Delhi emulated K Srikar Bharat of Andhra in scoring a triple hundred as a wicket keeper batsman in  the history of Ranji Trophy. K Srikar Bharat had earned the distinction of becoming the first ever wicket keeper batsman to score a triple hundred in Ranji Trophy when he scored 308 against Goa at Ongole  in 2014-15 season. RR Panth of Delhi emulated K Srikar Bharat to score a triple hundred by scoring 308 against Maharashtra at Mumbai-WS in the current season 2016-17. It is interesting to note that it took 70 years for a wicket keeper batsman to score a triple hundred in Ranji Trophy since its inception in 1934-35.

No	Score	Batsmen	Teams	Ground	Season
1	308	K Srikar Bharat	Andhra v Goa	CSRS College Ground, Ongole	2014/15
2	308	RR Panth	Delhi v Maharashtra	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2016/17

 

The following list shows the batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs in an innings in Ranji Trophy games since its inception in 1934-35. The list also includes the batsmen who have scored 250 plus runs in the ongoing season of 2016-17. All stats as at the end of 30.10.16

No	Score	Batsmen	Teams	Ground	Season
1	443*	BB Nimbalkar	Maharashtra v Kathiawar	Poona Club Ground, Poona	1948/49
2	377	SV Manjrekar	Bombay v Hyderabad	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1990/91
3	366	MV Sridhar	Hyderabad v Andhra	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1993/94
4	359*	VM Merchant	Bombay v Maharashtra	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1943/44
5	353	VVS Laxman	Hyderabad v Karnataka	MCS, Bangalore	1999/00
6	352	CA Pujara	Saurashtra v Karnataka	Saurashtra Uni Ground, Rajkot	2012/13
7	351*	SM Gugale	Maharashtra v Delhi	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2016/17
8	340	SM Gavaskar	Bombay v Bengal	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1981/82
9	337	KL Rahul	Karnataka v U Pradesh	MCS, Bangalore	2014/15
0	331	RA Jadeja	Saurashtra v Railways	Saurashtra CA Stadium, Rajkot	2012/13
11	328	KK Nair	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2014/15
12	327	KM Jadhav	Maharashtra v U Pradesh	SRS Stadium, Gahunje	2012/13
13	323	AL Wadekar	Bombay v Mysore	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1966/67
14	323	DJ Gandhi	Bengal v Assam	NEFR Stadium, Guwahati	1998/99
15	319	Gul Mohammad	Baroda v Holkar	Central College Ground, Baroda	1946/47
16	316*	VS Hazare	Maharashtra v Baroda	Poona Club Ground, Poona	1939/40
17	314*	W Jaffer	Mumbai v Saurashtra	Municipal Stadium, Rajkot	1996/97
18	314	RA Jadeja	Saurashtra v Orissa	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	2011/12
19	313	WV Raman	Tamil Nadu v Goa	B Bandodkar Ground, Panaji	1988/89
20	312	R Lamba	Delhi v Him Pradesh	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1994/95
21	312	Sunny Singh	Haryana v M Pradesh	Emerald HS Ground, Indore	2009/10
22	309*	RG Sharma	Mumbai v Gujarat	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	2009/10
23	308*	D Mongia	Punjab v J & K	Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	2000/01
24	308	K Srikar Bharat	Andhra v Goa	CSRS College Ground, Ongole	2014/15
25	308	RR Panth	Delhi v Maharashtra	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2016/17
26	306*	SR Nair	Kerala v Services	Fort Maidan, Palakkad	2007/08
27	305*	P Dharmani	Punjab v J & K	PAU Ground, Ludhiana	1999/00
28	304*	SK Kamat	Goa v Services	DRIEMS, Cuttack	2016/17
29	303*	A Azeem	Hyderabad v Tamil Nadu	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1986/87
30	303*	RA Jadeja	Saurashtra v Gujarat	L Contractor Stadium, Surat	2012/13
31	302*	A Kripal Singh	Tamil Nadu v Goa	B Bandodkar Ground, Panaji	1988/89
32	302*	CA Pujara	Saurashtra v Orissa	Khandheri Cricket Ground, Rajkot	2008/09
33	301*	VVS Laxman	Hyderabad v Bihar	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1997/98
34	301	W Jaffer	Mumbai v Saurashtra	Chepauk, Chennai	2008/09
35	301*	AS Chopra	Rajasthan v Maharashtra	Hut Anant Kanhere Maidan,Nasik	2010/11
36	300*	SS Das	Orissa v J & K	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	2006/07
37	300*	A Mukund	Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra	Hut Anant Kanhere Maidan,Nasik	2008/09
38	300*	T Kohli	Punjab v Jharkhand	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	2012/13
39	299*	SS Sugwekar	Maharashtra v M Pradesh	Nehru Stadium, Pune	1988/89
40	298*	Gursharan Singh	Punjab v Bengal	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1988/89
41	297	Bhupinder Singh	Punjab v Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1994/95
42	293*	D Hooda	Baroda v Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	2016/17
43	290	HH Kanitkar	Maharashtra v Bihar	Tata Digwadi Stadium, Jamadoba	2002/03
44	288	VS Hazare	Baroda v Holkar	Central College Ground, Baroda	1946/47
45	288	S Sriram	Tamil Nadu v U Pradesh	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	1999/00
46	287	J Arun Lal	Bengal v Rajasthan	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1986/87
47	284	DB Vengsarkar	Bombay v M Pradesh	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1991/92
48	283*	RG Nadkarni	Bombay v Delhi	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1960/61
49	283	MH Parmar	Gujarat v Maharashtra	Motera, Ahmedabad	1995/96
50	283	BM Rowland	Karnataka v M Pradesh	MCS, Bangalore	2004/05
51	282	SM Gavaskar	Bombay v Bihar	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1971/72
52	282	SD Jogiyani	Saurashtra v Gujarat	L Contractor Stadium, Surat	2012/13
53	278	VM Merchant	Bombay v Holkar	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1944/45
54	274	SS Bhave	Maharashtra v Bombay	M University Ground, Aurangabad	1988/89
55	273	R Dewan	Haryana v Orissa	EC RSA Ground, Bhubaneswar	2013/14
56	271	R Nayyar	Him Pradesh v J & K	Police Stadium, Chamba	1999/00
57	271	JJ Martin	Baroda v Hyderabad	GSFC Ground, Vadodara	2001/02
58	269	CA Pujara	Saurashtra v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Chennai	2013/14
59	267	V Arjun Raja	Karnataka v Bengal	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1990/91
60	267	S Sriram	Tamil Nadu v Punjab	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2002/03
61	267	W Jaffer	Mumbai v Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	2005/06
62	267	MK Tiwary	Bengal v M Pradesh	Jadavpur Uni Complex, Kolkata	2011/12
63	265	AV Mankad	Bombay v Delhi	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1980/81
64	265	JP Yadav	M Pradesh v Railways	MUT Cricket Ground, Indore	1999/00
65	265*	AM Rahane	Mumbai v Hyderabad	Hyderabad-RGS	2009/10
66	264	AS Pathak	Andhra v Goa	Dr R Prasad Stadium, Margao	2000/01
67	264*	CM Gautam	Karnataka v Maharashtra	SRS Stadium, Gahunje	2012/13
68	263	GH Vihari	Hyderabad v Him Pradesh	Hyderabad-RGS	2014/15
69	262*	M Balan Pandit	Kerala v Andhra	College Ground, Palakkad	1959/60
70	262	VG Kambli	Bombay v Saurashtra	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1991/92
71	262	HH Khadiwale	Maharashtra v Goa	SRS Stadium, Gahunje	2013/14
72	261	RH Shodhan	Baroda v Maharashtra	Wadia Park Maidan, Ahmednagar	1957/58
73	261*	SS Khandkar	U Pradesh v Railways	Railways Stadium, Moradabad	1984/85
74	260	SJ Kalyani	Bengal v Karnataka	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1990/91
75	260	AA Muzumdar	Bombay v Haryana	Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad	1993/94
76	260	Yuvraj Singh	Punjab v Baroda	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	2016/17
77	259	ML Jaisimha	Hyderabad v Bengal	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1964/65
78	259*	KA Jeshwant	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	TNARI Ground, Coimbatore	1990/91
79	259*	AK Sharma	Delhi v Bombay	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1991/92
80	259*	NS Sidhu	Punjab v Him Pradesh	Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	1995/96
81	258*	AO Malhotra	Bengal v Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1989/90
82	258*	DB Vengsarkar	Bombay v Gujarat	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	1990/91
83	258*	AR Bawne	Maharashtra v Delhi	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2016/17
84	257	Zahir Alam	Assam v Tripura	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	1991/92
85	257	A Mukund	Tamil Nadu v Hyderabad	Hyderabad-RGS	2009/10
86	257	VA Saxena	Rajasthan v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Chennai	2011/12
87	257	CM Gautam	Karnataka v Vidarbha	Gangothri Glades,Mysore	2012/13
88	256	AD Jadeja	Haryana v Services	Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad	1991/92
89	256	W Jaffer	Mumbai v Hyderabad	Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai	2008/09
90	255*	NB Behera	Orissa v Haryana	Lahli, Rohtak	2015/16
91	254	V Rathour	Punjab v J & K	GSC Ground, Amritsar	1996/97
92	254*	SA Asnodkar	Goa v Railways	Dr R Prasad Stadium, Margao	2007/08
93	254*	R Dewan	Haryana v Kerala	Fort Maidan, Palakkad	2008/09
94	253*	SS Tanna	Saurashtra v Baroda	Municipal Stadium, Rajkot	1991/92
95	253	SS Das	Orissa v Bengal	Baripada Stadium, Baripada	2001/02
96	251	S Abbas Ali	M Pradesh v Railways	MUT Cricket Ground, Indore	1997/98
97	251	DS Jadhav	Maharashtra v M Pradesh	Nehru Stadium, Pune	2003/04
98	251*	RS Sodhi	Punjab v Maharashtra	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2004/05
99	251*	JJ Martin	Baroda v U Pradesh	J Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad	2005/06
100	251*	KB Pawan	Karnataka v Rajasthan	Field Club Ground, Udaipur	2011/12
101	250*	ND Modi	Gujarat v Hyderabad	Motera, Ahmedabad	2008/09
102	250*	Yashpal Singh	Services v Tripura	MBB College Stadium, Agartala	2012/13
103	250	HS Kanitkar	Maharashtra v Rajasthan	Nehru Stadium, Poona	1970/71
104	250	V Rathour	Punjab v J & K	PCA Stadium, Mohali	1993/94
105	250	R Lamba	Delhi v Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1996/97
106	250	S Badrinath	Tamil Nadu v Mumbai	Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai	2009/10
107	250	LR Shukla	Bengal v Assam	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2010/11

 

Punjab posted a total of 670 against Baroda at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in  the just  concluded Ranji Trophy game to provide the 34^th occasion of Punjab posting a total of 500 plus runs  in an innings in Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

No	Total	Opponent	Grd`	Season
1	780-8	Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1994/95
2	699-3d	Jharkhand	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	2012/13
3	670	Baroda	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	2016/17
4	659-7d	Saurashtra	Saurashtra CA Stadium, Rajkot	2014/15
5	620-6d	J & K	Punjab Agri University Grd, Ludhiana	1999/00
6	608	Gujarat	PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	2015/16
7	604-5d	Railways	PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	2015/16
8	597-8d	Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	2011/12
9	587-5d	J & K	Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	2000/01
10	580	Mumbai	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2012/13
11	579	Haryana	Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad	1987/88
12	579-7d	Bengal	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2012/13
13	568-4d	Services	Palam A Grd, MSC, Delhi	1996/97
14	566-9d	Services	Gandhi Sports Complex Grd, Amritsar	1991/92
15	566-4d	Maharashtra	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2004/05
16	565-6d	Hyderabad	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2012/13
17	560-6d	Orissa	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2013/14
18	558	Bengal	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1998/99
19	551	Bengal	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1988/89
20	550-7d	Hyderabad	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2005/06
21	550	Maharashtra	Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur	2006/07
22	550-7d	Orissa	E Coast Rly Sports Assn Grd, Bhubaneswar	2010/11
23	541-7d	Kerala	Fort Maidan, Palakkad	2003/04
24	540-9d	Him Pradesh	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2001/02
25	533-6d	Services	PCA Stadium, Mohali	1999/00
26	530-7d	Delhi	Punjab Agri University Grd, Ludhiana	1999/00
27	526-7d	Him Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Una	2000/01
28	525-3d	J & K	PCA Stadium, Mohali	1993/94
29	516	Jharkhand	Railway Stadium, Dhanbad	2013/14
30	507-4d	Him Pradesh	Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	1995/96
31	504-8d	Services	Palam A Grd, MSC, Delhi	1990/91
32	503-9d	Bihar	PCA Stadium, Mohali	1999/00
33	503-9d	Gujarat	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2006/07
34	501-9d	Him Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Una	1990/91

 

MS Dhoni became the first captain wicket keeper in the annals of one day games to effect 250 dismissals. He achieved this feat when he caught the New Zealand wicket keeper L Ronchi of the bowling of A Patel for 6 in the second one day game between India and New Zealand at Delhi on 20.10.16. Break up his 250 dismissals read thus –  182 caught and 68 stumped

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MM Ali of England scored 108 in the ongoing The Oval test against Pakistan to provide the 50^th occasion of an England batsman batting at number seven scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Briggs	121	1	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
2	Hon.FS Jackson	103	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1893
3	KS Ranjitsinhji	175	1	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
4	LC Braund	103*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902
5	GL Jessop	104	4	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1902
6	FE Woolley	133*	1	v Australia	Sydney	23 Feb 1912
7	M Leyland	137	1	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
8	MW Tate	100*	3	v South Africa	Lord’s	29 Jun 1929
9	LEG Ames	137	2	v New Zealand	Lord’s	27 Jun 1931
10	LEG Ames	120	1	v Australia	Lord’s	22 Jun 1934
11	RWV Robins	108	1	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1935
12	J Hardstaff jnr	169*	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
13	BH Valentine	112	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938
14	TG Evans	104	2	v India	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
15	BR Knight	125	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963
16	JM Parks	108*	1	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964
17	APE Knott	101	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
18	APE Knott	116	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
19	R Illingworth	107	1	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971
20	APE Knott	106*	4	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
21	APE Knott	116	2	v West Indies	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
22	APE Knott	135	2	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977
23	IT Botham	103	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978
24	IT Botham	100	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978
25	IT Botham	108	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	15 Jun 1978
26	IT Botham	119*	3	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
27	P Willey	102*	1	v West Indies	St John’s	27 Mar 1981
28	IT Botham	149*	3	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981
29	IT Botham	118	3	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
30	DW Randall	164	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984
31	CJ Richards	133	1	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986
32	RC Russell	128*	3	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1989
33	CC Lewis	117	3	v India	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
34	GP Thorpe	114*	3	v Australia	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
35	RC Russell	124	1	v India	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
36	C White	121	1	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
37	A Flintoff	137	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
38	A Flintoff	142	3	v South Africa	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
39	GO Jones	100	2	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
40	MJ Prior	126*	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	17 May 2007
41	TR Ambrose	102	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008
42	MJ Prior	102*	3	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
43	IR Bell	115	2	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
44	MJ Prior	126	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
45	MJ Prior	103*	3	v India	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
46	MM Ali	108*	4	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
47	JM Bairstow	150*	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
48	JM Bairstow	140	1	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016
49	MM Ali	155*	1	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016
50	MM Ali	108	1	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016

MM Ali became the fourth England batsman batting at number seven to score a century in a test innings against Pakistan and his century provide the fifth occasion. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	APE Knott	116	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
2	IT Botham	100	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978
3	IT Botham	108	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	15 Jun 1978
4	MJ Prior	102*	3	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
5	MM Ali	108	1	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016

APE Knott {05}, IT Botham {06}. MJ Prior {04} and MM Ali {03} are the four England batsman to score a century on three or more occasions while batting at number seven. The performance of these four batsman are furnished below. MM Ali joined this elite quartet with his 108 in the ongoing test at The Oval against Pakistan.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	APE Knott	101	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971
2	APE Knott	116	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
3	APE Knott	106*	4	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975
4	APE Knott	116	2	v West Indies	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
5	APE Knott	135	2	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977
1	IT Botham	103	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978
2	IT Botham	100	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978
3	IT Botham	108	1	v Pakistan	Lord’s	15 Jun 1978
4	IT Botham	119*	3	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980
5	IT Botham	149*	3	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981
6	IT Botham	118	3	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
1	MJ Prior	126*	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	17 May 2007
2	MJ Prior	102*	3	v Pakistan	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
3	MJ Prior	126	1	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
4	MJ Prior	103*	3	v India	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
1	MM Ali	108*	4	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
2	MM Ali	155*	1	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016
3	MM Ali	108	1	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016

The Oval has witnessed four England batsmen batting at number seven scoring a century – Hon FS Jackson, GL Gessop, J Hardstaff Jnr and MM Ali. MM Ali’s feat coming after 78 years at The Oval. The last England batsman batting at number seven to score a century at The Oval was J Hardstaff Jnr who had scored 108 against Australia in Aug 1938

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Hon.FS Jackson	103	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1893
2	GL Jessop	104	4	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1902
3	J Hardstaff jnr	169*	1	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
4	MM Ali	108	1	v Pakistan	The Oval	11 Aug 2016

 

 

AN Cook is on the threshold of achieving two world records as an opening batsman in the annals of test cricket. He has an aggregate of 9928 runs as on 07.08.16 and needs 72 more runs which would fetch him 10000 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the first ever opening batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 10000 runs.

Another world record is in store for him is the number of half centuries. As on date he has scored 49 half centuries and require one more for his 50^th half century. Should he score it, he would then earn the distinction of becoming the first ever opening batsman to score 50 half centuries. The following table lists the opening batsmen who have scored 9000 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. SM Gavaskar {9607} and GC Smith {9030} are the other two opening batsmen who have an aggregate of 9000 plus runs

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+	0
1	AN Cook	Eng	125	224	14	9928	294	47.27	27	49	76	8
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	119	203	12	9607	221	50.29	33	42	75	11
3	GC Smith	SAF	114	196	12	9030	277	49.07	27	36	63	11

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 114 at Lord’s in the ongoing first test between England and Pakistan to provide the 42^nd occasion of a batsman scoring a test century after he has crossed 40 years. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WW Armstrong	158	3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
2	WW Armstrong	121	3	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
3	WW Armstrong	123*	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
4	AW Nourse	111	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
5	JB Hobbs	211	2	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
6	JB Hobbs	115	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
7	JB Hobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
8	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
9	W Bardsley	193*	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
10	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
11	CG Macartney	151	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	10 Jul 1926
12	CG Macartney	109	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	24 Jul 1926
12	JB Hobbs	100	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
14	JB Hobbs	159	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	11 Aug 1928
15	JB Hobbs	142	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
16	FE Woolley	154	1	Eng	SAF	Manchester	27 Jul 1929
17	HW Taylor	121	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
18	EH Hendren	205*	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
19	EH Hendren	123	4	Eng	Win	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
20	HW Taylor	117	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
21	EH Hendren	132	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
22	EAB Rowan	143	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	20 Jan 1950
23	AD Nourse	208	1	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951
24	EAB Rowan	236	1	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
25	VM Merchant	154	2	Ind	Eng	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
26	B Sutcliffe	151*	1	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	05 Mar 1965
27	TW Graveney	151	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
28	TW Graveney	118	1	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	19 Jan 1968
29	TW Graveney	105	1	Eng	Pak	Karachi	06 Mar 1969
30	RB Simpson	176	2	Aus	Ind	Perth	16 Dec 1977
31	RB Simpson	100	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
32	G Boycott	104*	3	Eng	Win	St John’s	27 Mar 1981
33	G Boycott	137	2	Eng	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
34	G Boycott	105	1	Eng	Ind	Delhi	23 Dec 1981
35	CH Lloyd	114	2	Win	Aus	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984
36	GA Gooch	210	2	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994
37	S Chanderpaul	101*	3	Win	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
38	Misbah-ul-Haq	101	1	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
39	Misbah-ul-Haq	101*	3	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
40	Misbah-ul-Haq	102*	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
41	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	1	Pak	Eng	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
42	Misbah-ul-Haq	114	1	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2016

Misbah-ul-Haq’s 114 at Lord’s in the ongoing test provides his fifth test century after crossing 40 years.  He became the second batsman in the history of test cricket to score five or more centuries after crossing 40 years. The other batsman to accomplish such a feat was JB Hobbs who has scored eight centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	211	2	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
2	JB Hobbs	115	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
3	JB Hobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
4	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
5	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
6	JB Hobbs	100	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
7	JB Hobbs	159	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	11 Aug 1928
8	JB Hobbs	142	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
1	Misbah-ul-Haq	101	1	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	101*	3	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	102*	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	1	Pak	Eng	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2015
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	114	1	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2016

Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket – has witnessed five centuries by batsman who have crossed 40 years. Misbah-ul-Haq’s 114 in the ongoing test provides the fifth occasion.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	211	2	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
2	W Bardsley	193*	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
3	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
4	TW Graveney	151	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	114	1	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2016

Lord’s and The Oval are the two grounds which have witness four of more centuries scored by batsmen who  have crossed forty years. Lord’s has witnessed five centuries – the most number of centuries – in this category of statistics.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	211	2	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
2	W Bardsley	193*	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
3	JB Hobbs	119	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
4	TW Graveney	151	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	114	1	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2016
1	JB Hobbs	100	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
2	JB Hobbs	159	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	11 Aug 1928
3	HW Taylor	121	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
4	G Boycott	137	2	Eng	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981

 

 

SP Narine of West Indies captured 6 for 27 against South Africa in the first game of the Tri series at Providence on 03.06.16 to provide the 12^th occasion of a spin bowler capturing six of more wickets in the history of one day games. SP Narine became the first West Indies spin bowler to capture six wickets in an innings in one day games. All the twelve occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Shahid Afridi	09.0	3	12	7	2	Pak	Win	Providence	14 Jul 2013
2	M Muralitharan	10.0	1	30	7	2	Srl	Ind	Sharjah	27 Oct 2000
3	A Kumble	06.1	2	12	6	2	Ind	Win	Kolkata	27 Nov 1993
4	BAW Mendis	08.0	1	13	6	2	Srl	Ind	Karachi	06 Jul 2008
5	Yasir Shah	09.0	0	26	6	2	Pak	Zim	Harare	01 Oct 2015
6	M Kartik	10.0	3	27	6	1	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	17 Oct 2007
7	SP Narine	09.5	0	27	6	1	Win	RSA	Providence	03 Jun 2016
8	ST Jayasuriya	09.5	0	29	6	1	Srl	Eng	Moratuwa	20 Mar 1993
9	BAW Mendis	09.0	0	29	6	1	Srl	Zim	Harare	28 Nov 2008
10	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	38	6	1	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Apr 2009
11	AG Cremer	10.0	0	46	6	2	Zim	Ken	Harare	13 Oct 2009
12	A Mishra	08.5	0	48	6	1	Ind	Zim	Bulawayo	03 Aug 2013

BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan are the only two spinners to capture six or more wickets on two occasions in one day games. Their performances are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BAW Mendis	08.0	1	13	6	2	Srl	Ind	Karachi	06 Jul 2008
2	BAW Mendis	09.0	0	29	6	1	Srl	Zim	Harare	28 Nov 2008
1	Shahid Afridi	09.0	3	12	7	2	Pak	Win	Providence	14 Jul 2013
2	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	38	6	1	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	22 Apr 2009