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Ashes Series 2021-22 : Brisbane Test : Fourth Day

11/12/2021 hrg

DJ Malan-JE Root added 162 runs for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket against Australia at Brisbane. Both the occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Hick, GP Thorpe	3	160	4	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
2	DJ Malan, JE Root	3	162	3	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Thus the 162 runs partnership between DJ Malan-JE Root represents the highest partnership for the third wicket by England batsmen for the third wicket at Brisbane against Australia.

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the 17^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 17 bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	166	309	35772	16827	632
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	149	274	29863	14590	524
7	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519
8	DW Steyn	SAF	93	171	18608	10077	439
9	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434
10	HMRKB Herath	Srl	93	170	25993	12157	433
11	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431
12	R Ashwin	Ind	81	152	22288	10303	427
13	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	9733	421
14	Harbhajan	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
15	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414
16	CEL Ambrose	Win	98	179	22103	8501	405
17	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the seventh spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the seven bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
4	HMRKB Herath	Srl	93	170	25993	12157	433
5	R Ashwin	Ind	81	152	22288	10303	427
6	Harbhajan	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417
7	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the third Australian bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists all the three bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
2	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
3	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

NM Lyon’s four wickets in England’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 403 wickets in his test career. He became the second Australian spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to aggregate 400 plus wickets. The following table lists both these two bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkt
1	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
2	NM Lyon	Aus	101	193	25948	12928	403

Australia won this test by nine wickets margin to provide the eighth occasion of Australia winning a test by exact nine wickets margin. All such wins are listed below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882
2	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jun 1909
3	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
4	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959
5	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
6	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Manchester	27 Jul 1989
7	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	01 Feb 1991
8	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Australia won this test by nine wickets margin to provide the sixth occasion of Australia winning a test by exact nine wickets margin on home soil. All such wins are listed below. It also represents Australia’s first nine wickets win against England at Brisbane.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882
2	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1921
3	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959
4	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
5	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Perth	01 Feb 1991
6	Aus	won	9 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Australia’s nine wickets win in this test provides the 13^th occasion of Australia winning a test against England at Brisbane. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	won	I + 332 runs	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
2	Aus	won	I + 154 runs	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954
3	Aus	won	384 runs	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
4	Aus	won	381 runs	Eng	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
5	Aus	won	277 runs	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
6	Aus	won	184 runs	Eng	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
7	Aus	won	166 runs	Eng	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974
8	Aus	won	070 runs	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
9	Aus	won	010 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990
10	Aus	won	010 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
11	Aus	won	009 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021
12	Aus	won	008 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958
13	Aus	won	007 wkts	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982

Ashes Series 2021-22 : Brisbane Test : Third day

11/12/2021 hrg

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 252nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 150th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings on home soil

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 93rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against England. It also provides the 51st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings on home soil against England.

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 27th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings at Brisbane. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against England at Brisbane.

TM Head’s 152 in this test represent the third century of his test career. Prior to this he had scored 161 against Sri Lanka at Canberra in Feb 2019 and 114 against New Zealand at Melbourne in Dec 2019. This two of his three centuries are 150 plus scores

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	TM Head	161	1	Srl	Canberra	Feb 2019
2	TM Head	114	1	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 2019
3	TM Head	152	2	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 2021

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 138th occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 83rd occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings on home soil

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 49th occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings against England. It also provides the 29th occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings on home soil against England.

TM Head scored 152 in this test to provide the 13th occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings at Brisbane. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman batting at number five scoring 100 plus runs in a test innings on home soil against England at Brisbane

MJ Leach returned with figures of 1 for 102 providing the 319^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 165th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs against Australia in Australia. It also provides the 27th occasion of an England bowler conceding 100 plus runs against Australia in tests at Brisbane.

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 1053^rd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 486^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 323^rd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 163^rd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 14^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia at Brisbane.

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 341^st occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 158th occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 93rd occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 45^th occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Australia on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the fifth occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Australia at Brisbane.

JE Root’s 86 not out represents his 36^th fifty {12 C plus 24 HC} while leading England. He shares the record for most fifties by an England captain with AN Cook who has also scored 36 fifties {12 C plus 24 HC}

JE Root’s aggregate in calendar year 2021 read 1541 at the end of the third day of this test while leading England. He became the first England captain and fourth in the annals of test cricket to total 1500 runs in a calendar year. The following table lists all the four captains.

No	Player	Team	Mat	I	NO	Runs	Year
1	GC Smith	SAF	15	25	2	1656	2008
2	MJ Clarke	Aus	11	18	3	1595	2012
3	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28	5	1544	2005
4	JE Root	Eng	13	25	2	1541	2021

JE Root’s aggregate in calendar year 2021 read 1541 at the end of the third day of this test. It provides the eighth occasion of a batsman aggregating 1500 runs in a calendar year. The following table lists all the nine occasions. JE Root became the first England batsman to accomplish the feat.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Year
1	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	11	19	1	1788	2006
2	IVA Richards	Win	11	19	0	1710	1976
3	GC Smith	SAF	15	25	2	1656	2008
4	MJ Clarke	Aus	11	18	3	1595	2012
5	SR Tendulkar	Ind	14	23	3	1562	2010
6	RT Ponting	Aus	15	28	5	1544	2005
7	JE Root	Eng	13	25	2	1541	2021
8	RT Ponting	Aus	11	18	3	1503	2003

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 59th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 30^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the 15^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the eleventh occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against Australia on away soil

DJ Malan-JE Root added 159 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket in England’s innings to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket against Australia at Brisbane. Both the occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Hick, GP Thorpe	3	160	4	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
2	DJ Malan, JE Root	3	159*	3	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

England captains scoring a duck and a fifty in a test match

10/12/2021 hrg

JE Root of England scored zero and 86 not out as at the end of the third day of the Brisbane test against Australia to provide the 29^th occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Op	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	75*	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
3	Hon.FS Jackson	0	82*	Aus	Nottingham	29 May 1905
4	WR Hammond	76	0	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
5	PBH May	0	112	SAF	Lord’s	23 Jun 1955
6	PBH May	61	0	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Feb 1957
7	MC Cowdrey	119	0	Win	Trinidad	25 Mar 1960
8	PBH May	95	0	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
9	MC Cowdrey	101	0	Win	Kingston	08 Feb 1968
10	R Illingworth	53	0	NZl	Lord’s	24 Jul 1969
11	AR Lewis	0	70*	Ind	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
12	JM Brearley	0	51	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
13	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
14	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
15	AJ Stewart	74	0	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
16	MA Atherton	144	0	Win	Georgetown	17 Mar 1994
17	MA Atherton	0	63	SAF	The Oval	18 Aug 1994
18	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
19	MA Atherton	0	51	Aus	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001
20	MP Vaughan	58	0	Aus	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005
21	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
22	AJ Strauss	61	0	Srl	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
23	AN Cook	62	0	Aus	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
24	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
25	JE Root	0	51	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2018
26	JE Root	0	125	Ind	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
27	JE Root	0	77	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
28	JE Root	71	0	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
29	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the 17^th occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	75*	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
3	Hon.FS Jackson	0	82*	Aus	Nottingham	29 May 1905
4	WR Hammond	76	0	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
5	PBH May	95	0	Aus	Manchester	27 Jul 1961
6	JM Brearley	0	51	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
7	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
8	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
9	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
10	MA Atherton	0	51	Aus	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001
11	MP Vaughan	58	0	Aus	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005
12	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
13	AN Cook	62	0	Aus	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
14	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
15	JE Root	0	77	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
16	JE Root	71	0	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
17	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the seventh occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia in Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	65	0	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
2	MW Gatting	100	0	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
3	MW Gatting	0	96	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
4	AJ Stewart	0	63*	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
5	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
6	AN Cook	72	0	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
7	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

It also provides the seconf occasion of an England captain scoring a duck and a fifty in a test against Australia in a test at Brisbane. Bothl such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Strauss	0	110	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
2	JE Root	0	86*	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

Batsmen scoring a century in a test innings in 85 deliveries and less than 85 deliveries

09/12/2021 hrg

TM Head of Australia scored his century in 85 deliveries against England in the ongoing test at Brisbane to provide the 39^th occasion of a batsman scoring century in 85 deliveries or less in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all such occasions in the ascending order of ball faced.

No	BF	Player	Team	Opp	Location	Season
1	54	BB McCullum	NZl	Aus	Ch’church	2015/16
2	56	IVA Richards	Win	Eng	St John’s	1985/86
3	56	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	Aus	A Dhabi	2014/15
4	57	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006/07
5	67	JM Gregory	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	1921/22
6	69	S Chanderpaul	Win	Aus	Georgetown	2002/03
7	69	DA Warner	Aus	Ind	Perth	2011/12
8	70	CH Gayle	Win	Aus	Perth	2009/10
9	71	RC Fredericks	Win	Aus	Perth	1975/76
10	71	de Grandhomme	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017/18
11	74	Majid Khan	Pak	NZl	Karachi	1976/77
12	74	Kapil Dev	Ind	Srl	Kanpur	1986/87
13	74	M Azharuddin	Ind	SAF	Calcutta	1996/97
14	74	BB McCullum	NZl	Srl	Ch’church	2014/15
15	75	AB de Villiers	SAF	Ind	Centurion	2010/11
16	76	GL Jessop	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1902
17	77	BC Lara	Win	Pak	Multan	2006/07
18	78	Shahid Afridi	Pak	Win	Bridgetown	2004/05
19	78	Shahid Afridi	Pak	Ind	Lahore	2005/06
20	78	V Sehwag	Ind	Win	Gros Islet	2006
21	78	BB McCullum	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	2014/15
22	78	DA Warner	Aus	Pak	Sydney	2016/17
23	79	CH Gayle	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003/04
24	80	CH Gayle	Win	Eng	The Oval	2004
25	80	Sarfraz Ahmed	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	2014/15
26	81	M Jayawardene	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	2001/02
27	81	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Ind	Lahore	2005/06
28	81	LRPL Taylor	NZl	Aus	Hamilton	2009/10
29	82	BC Lara	Win	Aus	St John’s	1998/99
30	82	DL Vettori	NZl	Zim	Harare	2005/06
31	82	DA Warner	Aus	Win	Sydney	2015/16
32	83	BR Taylor	NZl	Win	Auckland	1968/69
33	84	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Mum-WS	2000/01
34	84	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003/04
35	84	ML Hayden	Aus	Zim	Sydney	2003/04
36	85	CH Lloyd	Win	Ind	Bangalore	1974/75
37	85	S Dhawan	Ind	Aus	Mohali	2012/13
38	85	BA Stokes	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	2015
39	85	TM Head	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021/22

It also provides rhe third such occasion in the Ashes series – two by an Australian batsman and one by England batsmen

No	BF	Player	Team	Opp	Location	Season
1	57	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006/07
2	85	TM Head	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021/22

1	76	GL Jessop	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1902

The following table lists the nine occasions of Australian batsmen performing such a feat and two occasions by England batsmen.

No	BF	Player	Team	Opp	Location	Season
1	57	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006/07
2	67	JM Gregory	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	1921/22
3	69	DA Warner	Aus	Ind	Perth	2011/12
4	78	DA Warner	Aus	Pak	Sydney	2016/17
5	82	DA Warner	Aus	Win	Sydney	2015/16
6	84	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Mum-WS	2000/01
7	84	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003/04
8	84	ML Hayden	Aus	Zim	Sydney	2003/04
9	85	TM Head	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021/22

1	76	GL Jessop	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1902
2	85	BA Stokes	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	2015

Batsmen dismissed by the first ball of a test

09/12/2021 hrg

RJ Burns was dismissed by the first ball of the test in the ongoing test between Australia and England at Brisbane to provide the 34^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the test match in the annals of test cricket. All auch occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1894
2	TW Hayward	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Aug 1907
3	W Bardsley	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1926
4	H Sutcliffe	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	Mar 1933
5	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 1936
6	CC Hunte	0	1	1	Win	Pak	Trinidad	Mar 1958
7	EJ Barlow	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	Jan 1967
8	RC Fredericks	0	1	1	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1971
9	KR Stackpole	0	1	1	Aus	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1974
10	SM Gavaskar	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1974
11	SS Naik	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Kolkata	Dec 1974
12	JFM Morrison	0	1	1	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	Feb 1975
13	Mohsin Khan	0	1	1	Pak	Ind	Jalandhar	Sep 1983
14	SM Gavaskar	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Kolkata	Dec 1983
15	SM Gavaskar	0	1	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	Feb 1987
16	WV Raman	0	1	1	Ind	NZl	Napier	Feb 1990
17	SJ Cook	0	1	1	SAF	Ind	Durban	Nov 1992
18	G Kirsten	0	1	1	Srl	Win	Cape Town	Jan 1999
19	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep 1999
20	LV Garrick	0	1	1	Win	SAF	Kingston	Apr 2001
21	SS Das	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Bridgetown	May 2002
22	Hannan Sarkar	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Dhaka	Dec 2002
23	Hannan Sarkar	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Gros Islet	May 2004
24	Hannan Sarkar	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Kingston	Jun 2004
25	W Jaffer	0	1	1	Ind	Ban	Chattogram	May 2007
26	D Ganga	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	Jun 2007
27	TG McIntosh	0	1	1	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	Nov 2009
28	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan 2010
29	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Srl	Pallekele	Dec 2010
30	FDM Karunaratne	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Aug 2016
31	KL Rahul	0	1	1	Ind	Srl	Kolkata	Nov 2017
32	D Elgar	0	1	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	Dec 2019
33	Abdul Malik (1)	0	1	1	Afg	Zim	Abu Dhabi	Mar 2021
34	RJ Burns	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2021

It also provides the fourth such occasion in the Ashes series. All the four occasions are listed below.

No	Player	R	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	W Bardsley	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1926

1	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1894
2	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 1936
3	RJ Burns	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 2021

Batsmen scoring 100 plus runs between Tea and close of play in a test innings

09/12/2021 hrg

TM Head scored 112 runs in the last session of the day. He was not out on zero at the Tea and scored 112 runs during Tea and the close of play. His feat of scoring 100 plus runs during Tea and close of play provides the 37^th occasion of batsman performing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Runs	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	113	GJ Bonnor (128)	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1884-85
2	112	*VT Trumper (185)**	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04
3	133	VT Trumper (159)	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1910-11
4	102	*CAG Russell (102)**	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1921
5	101	DG Bradman (254)	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
6	102	DG Bradman (304)	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
7	118*	WR Hammond (167)	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1936
8	104	*A Melville (104)**	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	1947
9	107	DG Bradman (201)	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48
10	114*	ED Weekes (156)	Win	NZl	Wellington	1955-56
11	110*	ED Weekes (123)	Win	NZl	Dunedin	1955-56
12	105	DT Lindsay (182)	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	1966-67
13	100	KD Walters (103)	Aus	Eng	Perth	1974-75
14	106	*IT Botham (149)**	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1981
15	140	IDS Smith (173)	NZl	Ind	Auckland	1989-90
16	110	*ME Waugh (139)**	Aus	Win	St.John’s	1990-91
17	106	RB Richardson (182)	Win	Aus	Georgetown	1990-91
18	121	VVS Laxman (167)	Ind	Aus	Sydney	1999-00
19	111	SM Pollock (111)	SAF	Srl	Centurion	2000-01
20	139	NJ Astle (222)	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	2001-02
21	112	CH Gayle (116)	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
22	107	ML Hayden (380)	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003-04
23	105	*DR Smith (105)**	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
24	105	CL Cairns (158)	NZl	SAF	Auckland	2003-04
25	105	DS Lehmann (177)	Aus	Ban	Cairns	2003-04
26	127	DL Vettori (127)	NZl	Zim	Harare	2005-06
27	102	*AC Gilchrist (102)**	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006-07
28	121	*MJ Prior (126)**	Eng	Win	Lord’s	2007
29	100	*KC Sangakkara (222)**	Srl	Ban	Kandy	2007
30	102	Yuvraj Singh (169)	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	2007-08
31	119	*MG Johnson (123)**	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	2008-09
32	133	V Sehwag (293)	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	2009-10
33	104	*DA Warner (104)**	Aus	Ind	Perth	2011-12
34	109	MS Dhoni (224)	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2012-13
35	108	*KK Nair (303)**	Ind	Eng	Chennai	2016-17
36	105	de Grandhomme (105)	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017-18
37	112	*TM Head (112)**	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021-22

His feat provides the ninth such occasion in the Ashes series – seven Australian batsmen and two England batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	113	GJ Bonnor (128)	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1884-85
2	112	*VT Trumper (185)**	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04
3	101	DG Bradman (254)	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
4	102	DG Bradman (304)	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
5	100	KD Walters (103)	Aus	Eng	Perth	1974-75
6	102	*AC Gilchrist (102)**	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006-07
7	112	*TM Head (112)**	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021-22

1	102	*CAG Russell (102)**	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1921
2	106	*IT Botham (149)**	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1981

Ashes Series 2021 22 : Brisbane Test : Second day

09/12/2021 hrg

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 923^rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 529th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 177th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 100th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 342nd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England. It also provides the 187th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil against England

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 66th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil against England.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 33^rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings at Brisbane. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in a test innings at Brisbane.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 358^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 217th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings on home soil.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 128th occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings against England. It also provides the 76th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil against England.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 72nd occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings. It also provides the 40^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 25th occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings against England. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings on home soil against England.

DA Warner-M Labuschagne added 156 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the 17^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership in a test innings at Brisbane. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in a test innings at Brisbane.

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 191^st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the 68th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England.

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 112th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the 41st occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England on home soil

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 60th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the 15th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England.

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 41^st occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England on home soil

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 15th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in a test at Brisbane. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test at Brisbane

DA Warner scored 94 in Australia’s first innings to provide the eighth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test against England at Brisbane. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety against England in a test at Brisbane. Prior to DA Warner, WM Lawry has scored 98 as an opening batsman against England at Brisbane in Nov 1962.

DA Warner’s run aggregate against England on home soil at the end of Australia’s first innings read 1058. He became the 22^nd Australian batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England at home.

DA Warner’s run aggregate against England on home soil at the end of Australia’s first innings read 1058. He became the eighth Australian left hand batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England at home.

DA Warner’s run aggregate against England on home soil at the end of Australia’s first innings read 1058. He became the fourth Australian opening batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England at home.

DA Warner’s run aggregate against England on home soil at the end of Australia’s first innings read 1058. He became the third left hand Australian opening batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England at home. Others are WM Lawry {1226} and AR Morris {1047}

C Green collected the first ball duck in Australia’s first innings to provide the 110^th occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed by the first ball for a duck in an innings against England. It also provides the 61^st occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed by the first ball for a duck in an innings against England on home soil. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian batsman dismissed by the first ball for a duck in an innings against England at Brisbane.

DA Warner’s 94 in this game represent his second ninety in his test career. Prior to this he had scored 97 against South Africa at Perth in Nov 2016. It also represents his second ninety while opening the innings for Australia. It was his first ninety against England.

No	Runs	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	113	GJ Bonnor (128)	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1884-85
2	112	*VT Trumper (185)**	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04
3	133	VT Trumper (159)	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1910-11
4	102	*CAG Russell (102)**	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1921
5	101	DG Bradman (254)	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
6	102	DG Bradman (304)	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
7	118*	WR Hammond (167)	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1936
8	104	*A Melville (104)**	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	1947
9	107	DG Bradman (201)	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	1947-48
10	114*	ED Weekes (156)	Win	NZl	Wellington	1955-56
11	110*	ED Weekes (123)	Win	NZl	Dunedin	1955-56
12	105	DT Lindsay (182)	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	1966-67
13	100	KD Walters (103)	Aus	Eng	Perth	1974-75
14	106	*IT Botham (149)**	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1981
15	140	IDS Smith (173)	NZl	Ind	Auckland	1989-90
16	110	*ME Waugh (139)**	Aus	Win	St.John’s	1990-91
17	106	RB Richardson (182)	Win	Aus	Georgetown	1990-91
18	121	VVS Laxman (167)	Ind	Aus	Sydney	1999-00
19	111	SM Pollock (111)	SAF	Srl	Centurion	2000-01
20	139	NJ Astle (222)	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	2001-02
21	112	CH Gayle (116)	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
22	107	ML Hayden (380)	Aus	Zim	Perth	2003-04
23	105	*DR Smith (105)**	Win	SAF	Cape Town	2003-04
24	105	CL Cairns (158)	NZl	SAF	Auckland	2003-04
25	105	DS Lehmann (177)	Aus	Ban	Cairns	2003-04
26	127	DL Vettori (127)	NZl	Zim	Harare	2005-06
27	102	*AC Gilchrist (102)**	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006-07
28	121	*MJ Prior (126)**	Eng	Win	Lord’s	2007
29	100	*KC Sangakkara (222)**	Srl	Ban	Kandy	2007
30	102	Yuvraj Singh (169)	Ind	Pak	Bangalore	2007-08
31	119	*MG Johnson (123)**	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	2008-09
32	133	V Sehwag (293)	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	2009-10
33	104	*DA Warner (104)**	Aus	Ind	Perth	2011-12
34	109	MS Dhoni (224)	Ind	Aus	Chennai	2012-13
35	108	*KK Nair (303)**	Ind	Eng	Chennai	2016-17
36	105	de Grandhomme (105)	NZl	Win	Wellington	2017-18
37	112	*TM Head (112)**	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021-22

His feat provides the ninth such occasion in the Ashes series – seven Australian batsmen and two England batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	113	GJ Bonnor (128)	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1884-85
2	112	*VT Trumper (185)**	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1903-04
3	101	DG Bradman (254)	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	1930
4	102	DG Bradman (304)	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1934
5	100	KD Walters (103)	Aus	Eng	Perth	1974-75
6	102	*AC Gilchrist (102)**	Aus	Eng	Perth	2006-07
7	112	*TM Head (112)**	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	2021-22

1	102	*CAG Russell (102)**	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1921
2	106	*IT Botham (149)**	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1981

Five or more wickets on captaincy debut – PJ Cummins of Australia joins the elite list

08/12/2021 hrg

PJ Cummins became the 14th captain to capture five or more wickets in a test innings on his captaincy debut in the annals of test cricket. His feat provides the 19th such occasion. The performance of these captains who have performed the fear is tabulated below

No	No	W-R	Captain	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	5-019	CA Smith	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	Mar 1889
2	2	6-155	G Giffen	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1894
3	3	5-052	Hon FS Jackson	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	May 1905
4	4	6-007	AER Gilligan	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
	5	5-083	AER Gilligan	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
5	6	5-063	EP Nupen	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930
	7	6-087	EP Nupen	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930
6	8	5-035	GOB Allen	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1936
	9	5-043	GOB Allen	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1936
7	10	5-031	JDC Goddard	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Mar 1948
8	11	6-101	RGD Willis	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1982
9	12	7-052	Imran Khan	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1982
10	13	7-091	Waqar Younis	Pak	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
	14	6-044	Waqar Younis	Pak	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
11	15	6-132	Naimur Rahman	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Nov 2000
12	16	5-070	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	Win	St George’s	Jul 2009
13	17	5-055	Rashid Khan	Afg	Ban	Chattogram	Sep 2019
	18	6-049	Rashid Khan	Afg	Ban	Chattogram	Sep 2019
14	19	5-038	PJ Cummins	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 2021

Ashes Series 2021-22 : Brisbane Test : First day

08/12/2021 hrg

Australia was led by P Cummins in this test. He became the 47th cricketer to lead Australia in tests. He also became the 37th cricketer to lead Australia in a home test

Australia was led by P Cummins in this test. He became the 42nd cricketer to lead Australia in tests against England. He also became the 34th cricketer to lead Australia in a home test against England

England won the toss in this test and opted to bat first to provide the 147th occasion of England doing so against Australia. It also provides the 64th occasion of England doing so against Australia in Australia.

Australia capped AT Carey for this test. He became the 461^st cricketer to make his test debut for Australia. He also became the 402nd cricketer to make his test debut against Australia on home soil

Australian cricketers AT Carey amd C Green made their first appearance in this test against England. They became the 382nd and 383^rd cricketers to make their first appearance for Australia against England.

Australian cricketers – AT Carey, C Green, MS Harris, T Head and M Labuschagne – made their first appearance against England. The Australian cricketers who have played against England on home soil stood at 322 at the end of this test.

Australia capped AT Carey for this test as a wicket keeper. He became the 34^th wicket keeper to represent Australia in tests. He also became the 28th wicket keeper to represent Australia on home soil

AT Carey was making his first appearance as wicket keeper in this test against England. He became the 30^th Australian wicket keeper cricketer to make his first appearance for Australia against England. He also became 23^rd Australian wicket keeper cricketer to make his first appearance against England Australia on home soil

RJ Burns was dismissed for a duck in this test to provide the 95^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck in an innings against Australia. It also provides the 64^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck in an innings against Australia in Australia and also provided the ninth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a duck in an innings at Brisbane

RJ Burns was dismissed for a first ball duck in this test to provide the 17^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings against Australia. It also provides the 15^th occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings against Australia in Australia and also provided the fifth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings at Brisbane

JE Root was dismissed for a duck in this test to provide the 49^th occasion of an England captain dismissed for a duck in an innings against Australia. It also provides the 28^th occasion of an England captain dismissed for a duck in an innings against Australia in Australia and also provided the third occasion of an England captain dismissed for a duck in an innings at Brisbane

JE Root’s duck in England’s first innings represent his fourth duck while leading England against Australia. He now shares the record for most ducks by an England captain against Australia with JM Brearley. JM Brearley has also scored four ducks against Australia. The following table lists the ducks scored by these two captains.

Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
JE Root	0	3	Aus	Lord’s	14 Aug 2019
JE Root	0	2	Aus	Leeds	22 Aug 2019
JE Root	0	4	Aus	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
JE Root	0	1	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

JM Brearley	0	1	Aus	Leeds	11 Aug 1977
JM Brearley	0	3	Aus	Perth	15 Dec 1978
JM Brearley	0	4	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978
JM Brearley	0	2	Aus	The Oval	27 Aug 1981

JE Root’s duck in England’s first innings represent his sixth duck while leading England against various oppositions. He now shares the second place with AJ Strauss for record for most ducks by an England captain against vsrious opposition. MA Atherton with eight ducks occupies the first place.

RJ Burns was dismissed by the first ball for a duck in this test to provide the sixth occasion of an England batsmen dismissed by the first ball for a duck in a test innings.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
2	TW Hayward	0	1	1	SAF	The Oval	19 Aug 1907
3	H Sutcliffe	0	1	1	NZl	Ch’church	24 Mar 1933
4	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
5	AJ Strauss	0	1	1	SAF	Jo’burg	14 Jan 2010
6	RJ Burns	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

RJ Burns was dismissed by the first ball for a duck in this test to provide the third occasion of an England batsmen dismissed by the first ball for a duck in a test innings against Australia.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894
2	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
3	RJ Burns	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021

RJ Burns was dismissed by the first ball for a duck in this test to provide the 34th occasion of a batsmen dismissed by the first ball for a duck in a test match in the annals of test cricket.

RJ Burns was dismissed by the first ball for a duck in this test to provide the fourth occasion of a batsmen dismissed by the first ball for a duck in a test match in the annals of test cricket in Australia-England test series.

P Cummins captured five for 38 in England’s innings to provide the 128^th occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in a test innings on home soil

P Cummins captured five for 38 in England’s innings to provide the tenth occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against England. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in a test innings on home soil against England.

It also provides the second occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in a test innings at Brisbane against England. The first such occasion was R Benaud’s six for 115 in Nov 1962. Thus an Australian captain captured five or more wickets in a Briabane test after a gap of 59 years.P Cummin’s effort came in his first test as captain.

England wad dismissed for 147 in its first innings to provide the 151st occasion of England dismissed for a total less than 150 runs in a test innings. It also provides the 87th occasion of England dismissed for a total less than 150 runs in a test innings on away soil

England wad dismissed for 147 in its first innings to provide the 75th occasion of England dismissed for a total less than 150 runs in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 45th occasion of England dismissed for a total less than 150 runs in a test innings on away soil against Australia

England wad dismissed for 147 in its first innings to provide the seventh occasion of England dismissed for a total less than 150 runs in a test innings at Brisbane.

PJ Cummins’ 5 for 38 in this test provide the 29^th occasion of a captain capturing five or more wickets in the first innings of a test. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in the first innings of a test. It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain capturing five or more wickets in the first innings of a test against England.

No	No	W-R	Captain	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	5-019	CA Smith	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	Mar 1889
2	2	6-155	G Giffen	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1894
3	3	5-052	Hon FS Jackson	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	May 1905
4	4	6-007	AER Gilligan	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
	5	5-083	AER Gilligan	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	Jun 1924
5	6	5-063	EP Nupen	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930
	7	6-087	EP Nupen	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	Dec 1930
6	8	5-035	GOB Allen	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1936
	9	5-043	GOB Allen	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1936
7	10	5-031	JDC Goddard	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Mar 1948
8	11	6-101	RGD Willis	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1982
9	12	7-052	Imran Khan	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1982
10	13	7-091	Waqar Younis	Pak	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
	14	6-044	Waqar Younis	Pak	Zim	Karachi	Dec 1993
11	15	6-132	Naimur Rahman	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Nov 2000
12	16	5-070	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	Win	St George’s	Jul 2009
13	17	5-055	Rashid Khan	Afg	Ban	Chattogram	Sep 2019
	18	6-049	Rashid Khan	Afg	Ban	Chattogram	Sep 2019
14	19	5-038	PJ Cummins	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 2021

Spin bowler’s ten plus wickets in a match in a losing cause

07/12/2021 hrg

AY Patel’s 14 for 225 in the test at Mum-WS between India and New Zealand was in a losing cause to provide the 37^th occasion of a spin bowler’s ten plus wickets in a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of wickets captured by the bowler.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	H Trumble	12-089	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1896
3	SK Warne	12-128	Aus	SAF	Sydney	Jan 1994
4	DL Vettori	12-149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
5	H Trumble	12-173	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1902
6	KA Maharaj	12-283	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2018
7	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
8	NGB Cook	11-083	Eng	Pak	Karachi	Mar 1984
9	Saeed Ajmal	11-111	Pak	Win	Providence	May 2011
10	RG Nadkarni	11-122	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Oct 1964
11	Taijul Islam	11-170	Ban	Zim	Sylhet	Nov 2018
12	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
13	Muralitharan	11-212	Srl	Aus	Galle	Mar 2004
14	DL Underwood	11-215	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
15	Harbhajan Singh	11-224	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	Oct 2004
16	BS Chandrasekhar	11-235	Ind	Win	Mumb-BS	Dec 1966
17	RJ Bright	10-111	Aus	Pak	Karachi	Feb 1980
18	Muralitharan	10-115	Srl	Eng	Birmingham	May 2006
19	Maninder Singh	10-126	Ind	Pak	Bengaluru	Mar 1987
20	Ghulam Ahmed	10-130	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	Nov 1956
21	Mushtaq Ahmed	10-143	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Nov 1996
22	Saeed Ajmal	10-146	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	Feb 2013
23	PA Strang	10-158	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	Sep 2000
24	R Ashwin	10-160	Ind	Srl	Galle	Aug 2015
25	HV Hordern	10-161	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1912
26	SK Warne	10-162	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Aug 2005
27	EAS Prasanna	10-174	Ind	Aus	Chennai	Dec 1969
28	D Bishoo	10-174	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
29	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979
30	DL Vettori	10-184	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Dec 2006
31	BS Bedi	10-194	Ind	Aus	Perth	Dec 1977
32	CV Grimmett	10-201	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1930
33	BAW Mendis	10-209	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2008
34	L Embuldeniya	10-210	Srl	Eng	Galle	Jan 2021
35	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999
36	S Shillingford	10-219	Win	Aus	Roseau	Apr 2012
37	SP Gupte	10-223	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958

It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	DL Vettori	12-149	NZl	Aus	Auckland	Mar 2000
3	DL Vettori	10-184	NZl	Srl	Wellington	Dec 2006

It also provides the fifth occasion of a spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
3	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979
4	BAW Mendis	10-209	Srl	Ind	Galle	Jul 2008
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999

It also provides the fourth occasion of a visiting spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
3	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	10-216	Pak	Ind	Delhi	Feb 1999

It also provides the second occasion of a visiting spin bowler witnessing his ten wicket haul in a losing cause against India at Mum-WS. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	14-225	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	Iqbal Qasim	10-175	Pak	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1979