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Sri Lankan bowlers who have captured six or more wickets in a test innings

02/12/2021 hrg

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the 76^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RJ Ratnayake	6	85	3	Ind	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
2	JR Ratnayeke	8	83	2	Pak	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985
3	ALF de Mel	6	109	2	Pak	Karachi	7 Nov 1985
4	RJ Ratnayake	6	66	1	Aus	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
5	HDPK Dharmasena	6	99	1	Pak	Col-PSS	09 Aug 1994
6	KR Pushpakumara	7	116	2	Zim	Harare	26 Oct 1994
7	WPUJC Vaas	6	87	2	NZl	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
8	M Muralitharan	6	98	2	Pak	Col-RPS	19 Apr 1997
9	M Muralitharan	7	94	3	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
10	HDPK Dharmasena	6	72	1	NZl	Galle	03 Jun 1998
11	M Muralitharan	7	155	1	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
12	M Muralitharan	9	65	3	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
13	GP Wickramasinghe	6	103	1	Pak	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
14	UDU Chandana	6	179	2	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
15	GP Wickramasinghe	6	60	1	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
16	M Muralitharan	6	71	4	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
17	M Muralitharan	6	87	2	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
18	M Muralitharan	7	84	3	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
19	M Muralitharan	6	39	3	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000
20	WPUJC Vaas	6	73	2	Eng	Col-SSC	15 Mar 2001
21	M Muralitharan	8	87	1	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
22	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
23	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
24	WPUJC Vaas	7	120	1	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
25	WPUJC Vaas	7	71	3	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
26	M Muralitharan	9	51	1	Zim	Kandy	04 Jan 2002
27	M Muralitharan	7	46	2	Eng	Galle	02 Dec 2003
28	M Muralitharan	6	59	1	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
29	M Muralitharan	6	45	1	Zim	Harare	06 May 2004
30	WPUJC Vaas	6	29	4	SAF	Col-SSC	11 Aug 2004
31	WPUJC Vaas	6	108	2	NZl	Wellington	11 Apr 2005
32	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
33	WPUJC Vaas	6	22	2	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
34	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
35	M Muralitharan	6	18	3	Ban	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2005
36	M Muralitharan	7	100	1	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
37	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006
38	M Muralitharan	6	86	2	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 2006
39	M Muralitharan	8	70	4	Eng	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006
40	M Muralitharan	6	131	3	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
41	M Muralitharan	7	97	3	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
42	M Muralitharan	6	87	4	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
43	M Muralitharan	6	28	1	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
44	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
45	M Muralitharan	6	55	2	Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
46	M Muralitharan	6	26	3	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
47	BAW Mendis	6	117	1	Ind	Galle	31 Jul 2008
48	M Muralitharan	6	49	2	Ban	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
49	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
50	HMRKB Herath	7	157	3	Aus	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
51	HMRKB Herath	6	74	2	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
52	HMRKB Herath	6	97	4	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
53	HMRKB Herath	6	133	2	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
54	HMRKB Herath	6	43	3	NZl	Galle	17 Nov 2012
55	HMRKB Herath	6	103	1	NZl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
56	HMRKB Herath	7	89	3	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
57	BAW Mendis	6	99	2	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
58	HMRKB Herath	6	48	3	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
59	HMRKB Herath	9	127	2	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
60	HMRKB Herath	7	48	4	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
61	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
62	MDK Perera	6	70	4	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
63	HMRKB Herath	6	81	2	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
64	HMRKB Herath	7	64	4	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
65	HMRKB Herath	8	63	4	Zim	Harare	06 Nov 2016
66	CBRLS Kumara	6	122	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
67	HMRKB Herath	6	59	4	Ban	Galle	07 Mar 2017
68	HMRKB Herath	6	133	3	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
69	N Pradeep	6	132	1	Ind	Galle	26 Jul 2017
70	HMRKB Herath	6	43	4	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
71	MDK Perera	6	32	4	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
72	HMRKB Herath	6	98	4	SAF	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
73	A Dananjaya	6	115	3	Eng	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
74	L Embuldeniya	7	137	2	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
75	P Jayawickrama	6	92	2	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
76	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against West Indies All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
2	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
3	WPUJC Vaas	7	120	1	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
4	WPUJC Vaas	7	71	3	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
5	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
6	WPUJC Vaas	6	22	2	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
7	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
8	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
9	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
10	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

Bowlers who have captured ten plus wickets in a test on debut

01/12/2021 hrg

P Jayawickrama of Sri Lanka captured eleven wickets conceding 178 runs against Bangladesh at Pallekele in Apr 2021 this year to provide the 16^th occasion of a bowler capturing ten or more wickets on test debut. He became the first Sri Lankan bowler to achieve such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opo	Ground	Mon/Year
1	F Martin	12-102	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1890
2	T Richardson	10-256	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Aug 1893
3	AE Hall	11-112	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 1923
4	CV Grimmett	11-082	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1925
5	CS Marriott	11-096	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug 1933
6	K Farnes	10-179	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1934
7	AV Bedser	11-145	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1946
8	HHH Johnson	10-096	Win	Eng	Kingston	Mar 1948
9	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
10	SF Burke	11-196	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1962
11	RAL Massie	16-137	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1972
12	JK Lever	10-070	Eng	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
13	ND Hirwani	16-136	Ind	Win	Chennai	Jan 1988
14	Mohd Zahid	11-130	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	Nov 1996
15	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
16	P Jayawickrama	11-178	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	Apr 2021

P Jayawickrama was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance in this test. He became the 50^th cricketer to bag the Man of the Match Award on test debut in the annals of test cricket

West Indies left arm spinners capturing five or more wickets in a test innings

01/12/2021 hrg

V Permaul of West Indies captured five of 35 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 17^th occasion of a West Indies left arm spinner capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. He also became the fourth West Indies left arm spinner to perform such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
2	AL Valentine	6-039	3	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
3	AL Valentine	5-099	2	Aus	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951
4	AL Valentine	6-102	3	Aus	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951
5	AL Valentine	5-088	4	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
6	AL Valentine	5-127	1	Ind	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953
7	AL Valentine	5-064	1	Ind	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
8	AL Valentine	5-032	3	NZl	Ch’church	18 Feb 1956
9	Inshan Ali	5-059	2	NZl	Trinidad	20 Apr 1972
10	JC Adams	5-017	1	NZl	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996
11	SJ Benn	5-155	2	Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
12	SJ Benn	5-120	1	SAF	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
13	SJ Benn	6-081	2	SAF	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010
14	SJ Benn	5-093	1	NZl	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2014
15	SJ Benn	5-039	2	Ban	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
16	SJ Benn	5-072	4	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
17	V Permaul	5-035	1	Srl	Galle	29 Nov 2021

Man of the Match Awards for a test debutant

30/11/2021 hrg

SS Iyer of India was awarded the Man of the Match for his batting performance in the just concluded test against New Zealand at Kanpur to provide the 51^st occasion of a cricketer getting a Man of the Match on test debut ever since the concept of Man of the Match Awards are instituted in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Year	No	Player	Team	Year
1	KC Wessels	Aus	1982	26	JJ Krejza	Aus	2008
2	BP Patterson	Win	1986	27	Fawad Alam	Pak	2009
3	PL Taylor	Aus	1987	28	R Ashwin	Ind	2011
4	PJ Newport	Eng	1988	29	PJ Cummins	Ays	2011
5	PK Amre	Ind	1992	30	Elias Sunny	Ban	2011
6	AC Hudson	SAF	1992	31	JL Pattinson	Aus	2011
7	GP Thorpe	Eng	1993	32	VD Philander	SAF	2011
8	SP Fleming	NZl	1994	33	F du Plessis	SAF	2012
9	DG Cork	Eng	1995	34	KJ Abbott	SAF	2013
10	Mohd Zahid	Pak	1996	35	S Dhawan	Ind	2013
11	Azhar Mahmood	Pak	1997	36	RG Sharma	Ind	2013
12	FA Rose	Win	1997	37	MD Craig	NZl	2014
13	MS Sinclair	NZl	1999	38	DL Piedt	SAF	2014
14	Javed Omar	Ban	2001	39	Mustafizur Rahman	Ban	2015
15	H Masakadza	Zim	2001	40	AC Voges	Aus	2015
16	Mohd Ashraful	Ban	2001	41	C de Grandhomme	NZl	2016
17	Mohd Sami	Pak	2001	42	BT Foakes	Eng	2018
18	RL Johnson	Eng	2003	43	L Ngidi	SAF	2018
19	RJ Kirtley	Eng	2003	44	KJ O’Brien	Ire	2018
20	JA Rudolph	SAD	2003	45	AY Patel	NZl	2018
21	Yasir Hameed	Pak	2003	46	PP Shaw	Ind	2018
22	MJ Clarke	Aus	2004	47	Abid Ali	Pak	2019
23	AJ Strauss	Eng	2004	48	KR Mayers	Win	2021
24	SR Clark	Aus	2006	49	DP Conway	NZl	2021
25	RP Singh	Ind	2006	50	P Jayawickrama	Srl	2021
				51	SS Iyer	Ind	2021

SS Iyer of India was awarded the Man of the Match for his batting performance in the just concluded test against New Zealand at Kanpur to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian cricketer getting a Man of the Match on test debut ever since the concept of Man of the Match Awards are instituted in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Year
1	PK Amre	Ind	1992
2	RP Singh	Ind	2006
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011
4	S Dhawan	Ind	2013
5	RG Sharma	Ind	2013
6	PP Shaw	Ind	2018
7	SS Iyer	Ind	2021

New Zealand batsmen scoring twin fifties on two or more occasions

30/11/2021 hrg

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 95 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur. It was the third occasion of his scoring twin fifties in a test. He became the tenth New Zealand batsman to score twin fifties on three or more occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1	NJ Astle	54	125	Win	Bridgetown	19.04.96
	2	NJ Astle	141	51*	Zim	Wellington	26.12.00
	3	NJ Astle	103	51*	Ind	Ahmedabad	08.10.03

2	1	CL Cairns	57	120	Zim	Auckland	20.01.96
	2	CL Cairns	57	52	Eng	Christchurch	14.02.97
	3	CL Cairns	109	69	Aus	Wellington	24.03.00

3	1	MD Crowe	57	84	Pak	Dunedin	09.02.85
	2	MD Crowe	82	79	Aus	Melbourne	26.12.87
	3	MD Crowe	140	61	Zim	Harare	07.11.92
	4	MD Crowe	70	115	Eng	Manchester	30.06.94

4	1	SP Fleming	79	53	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.95
	2	SP Fleming	78	174*	Srl	Col-RPS	27.05.98
	3	SP Fleming	57	99	SAF	Bloemfontein	17.11.00
	4	SP Fleming	274*	69*	Srl	Col-PSS	25.04.03
	5	SP Fleming	59	66	Eng	Napier	22.03.08

5	1	TWM Latham	83	73	Win	Kingston	08.06.14
	2	TWM Latham	52	52	Ind	Christchurch	29.02.20
	3	TWM Latham	95	52	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.21

6	1	JR Reid	60	142	SAF	Johannesburg	02.02.62
	2	JR Reid	74	100	Eng	Christchurch	15.03.63
	3	JR Reid	128	76	Pak	Karachi	09.04.65

7	1	MH Richardson	95	71	Win	St George’s	28.06.02
	2	MH Richardson	55	55	Srl	Kandy	03.05.03
	3	MH Richardson	93	101	Eng	Lord’s	20.05.04

8	1	KR Rutherford	74	89	Zim	Harare	07.11.92
	2	KR Rutherford	105	53	Srl	Moratuwa	27.11.92
	3	KR Rutherford	57	102	Aus	Christchurch	25.02.93
	4	KR Rutherford	63	59	Ind	Hamilton	19.03.94

9	1	LRPL Taylor	53	55	Eng	Wellington	13.03.08
	2	LRPL Taylor	94	59	Pak	Dunedin	24.11.09
	3	LRPL Taylor	78	52	Pak	Wellington	15.01.11
	4	LRPL Taylor	76	76	Zim	Bulawayo	01.11.11
	5	LRPL Taylor	142	74	Srl	Col-PSS	25.11.12
	6	LRPL Taylor	124*	67*	Zim	Bulawayo	06.08.16
	7	LRPL Taylor	53	105*	Eng	Hamilton	29.11.19

10	1	KS Williamson	114	74	Ban	Chattogram	09.10.13
	2	KS Williamson	58	56	Win	Hamilton	19.12.13
	3	KS Williamson	69	242*	Srl	Wellington	03.01.15
	4	KS Williamson	140	59	Aus	Brisbane	05.11.15
	5	KS Williamson	88	71	Srl	Dunedin	10.12.15
	6	KS Williamson	113	68*	Zim	Bulawayo	06.08.16
	7	KS Williamson	53	104*	Ban	Wellington	12.01.17
	8	KS Williamson	89	139	Pak	Abu Dhabi	03.12.18

India-New Zealand test at Kanpur – Stats of the final day

29/11/2021 hrg

TWM Latham scored 95 and 52 in this test to provide the 91st occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring twin fifties in a test. It also provides the seventh occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against India.

TWM Latham scored 95 and 52 in this test to provide the 25th occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring twin fifties in a test. It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand opening batsman scoring twin fifties in a test against India. The first occasion was also by TWM Latham. He had scored 52 and 52 against India at Christchurch in Feb 2020

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the fourth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the first occasion of a a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
2	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
3	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	N Sound	25.07.2012
4	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
3	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
4	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
5	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
6	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
7	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl`	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 95 and 52 against India at Kanpur in the just concluded test to provide the 115^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. It also provides the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FB Smith	96	54*	NZl	Eng	Leeds	11.06.1949
2	NS Harford	93	64	NZl	Pak	Lahore	26.10.1955
3	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
4	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
5	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17.11.2000
6	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
7	LRPL Taylor	94	59	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	24.11.2009
8	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	North Sound	25.07.2012
9	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

It also provides the 19th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	GS Sobers	95	74*	Win	Ind	Chennai	13.01.1967
3	KD Walters	93	62*	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	19.01.1968
4	KJ Hughes	92	64*	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	26.10.1979
5	Wasim Raja	97	61	Pak	Ind	Delhi	04.12.1979
6	RL Dias	60	97	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17.09.1982
7	RL Dias	95	60*	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	06.09.1985
8	Javed Miandad	94	54	Pak	Ind	Chennai	03.02.1987
9	RB Richardson	93	59	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	07.04.1989
10	Shoaib Mohammad	67	95	Pak	Ind	Karachi	15.11.1989
11	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
12	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
13	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
14	MJ Clarke	91	73	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	26.10.2004
15	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
16	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
17	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
18	M Labuschagne	91	73	Aus	Ind	Sydney	07.01.2021
19	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

R Ashwin’s three wickets in New Zealand’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 58 wickets against New Zealand. He now owns the record amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against New Zealand. He went past BS Bedi who had captured 57 wickets.

R Ashwin’s three wickets in New Zealand’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 419 wickets in his test career. He now occupies the third place amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets in their test career with Harbhajan Singh. He went past Harbhajan Singh has captured 417 wickets to occupy the third place. A Kumble {619} and Kapil Dev {434} occupy the first two places.

R Ashwin’s three wickets in New Zealand’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 51 wickets against New Zealand on home soil. He became the first Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against New Zealand on home soil.

R Ashwin’s 51 wickets against New Zealand on home soil provide the eleventh occasion of Indian bowlers capturing 50 plus wickets against various oppositions on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Opp	M	I	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts
1	Harbhajan	Aus	14	28	778.4	153	2187	86
2	R Ashwin	Eng	13	26	732.1	126	2055	74
3	Chandrasekhar	Eng	14	23	646.4	169	1538	64
4	A Kumble	Aus	10	20	552.0	115	1517	62
5	A Kumble	Pak	9	18	540.5	140	1572	57
6	A Kumble	Eng	9	17	547.3	145	1324	56
7	Kapil Dev	Pak	14	25	464.5	113	1221	55
8	Kapil Dev	Win	16	28	472.3	105	1407	54
9	R Ashwin	NZl	6	12	308.2	70	833	51
10	R Ashwin	Aus	8	16	466.4	125	1158	50
11	BS Bedi	Eng	10	18	670.5	240	1206	50

R Ashwin became the second Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against three oppositions on home soil after A Kumble. The following table lists the performances of these two bowlers

No	Player	Opp	M	I	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts
1	A Kumble	Aus	10	20	552.0	115	1517	62
2	A Kumble	Pak	9	18	540.5	140	1572	57
3	A Kumble	Eng	9	17	547.3	145	1324	56

1	R Ashwin	Eng	13	26	732.1	126	2055	74
2	R Ashwin	NZl	6	12	308.2	70	833	51
3	R Ashwin	Aus	8	16	466.4	125	1158	50

This drawn test provides the 27^th drawn test between the two teams. The result summary is furnished below and does not include the abandoned test between the two teams.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
India	61	21	13	0	27
New Zealand	61	13	21	0	27

Opening batsmen scoring a ninety and a half century in a test

29/11/2021 hrg

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the 40^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	64	97	Eng	SAF	Durban	14.02.1914
2	RH Catterall	67	98	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	15.06.1929
3	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03.04.1930
4	B Mitchell	75	95	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	29.01.1932
5	L Hutton	94	76	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31.01.1947
6	B Mitchell	99	56	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	05.03.1949
7	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
8	RB Simpson	75	92	Aus	Win	Melbourne	10.02.1961
9	G Boycott	61	92	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	21.06.1973
10	IVA Richards	50	98	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31.01.1976
11	CG Greenidge	91	96	Win	Pak	Georgetown	18.03.1977
12	BM Laird	92	75	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01.12.1979
13	GA Gooch	99	51	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.02.1980
14	CG Greenidge	91	97	Win	NZl	Christchurch	22.02.1980
15	MA Atherton	80	99	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17.06.1993
16	NV Knight	56	96	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	18.12.1996
17	MA Atherton	58	98*	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	23.07.1998
18	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
19	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
20	MJ Slater	96	86*	Aus	Win	Sydney	02.01.2001
21	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
22	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
23	ML Hayden	63	96	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	08.03.2002
24	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
25	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
26	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
27	Salman Butt	63	92	Pak	Aus	Lord’s	13.07.2010
28	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
29	G Gambhir	93	64	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.2011
30	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	N Sound	25.07.2012
31	Tamim Iqbal	95	70	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	21.10.2013
32	JK Silva	95	58	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	08.01.2014
33	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
34	M Vijay	53	99	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.2014
35	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
36	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
37	Fakhar Zaman	94	66	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16.10.2018
38	RJ Burns	57	90	Eng	Win	Manchester	24.07.2020
39	Tamim Iqbal	90	74*	Ban	Srl	Pallekele	21.04.2021
40	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl`	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
2	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
3	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	N Sound	25.07.2012
4	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
3	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
4	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
5	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
6	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
7	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl`	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 90 and 52 against India in the just concluded test at Kanpur to provide the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
3	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
4	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
5	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
6	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
7	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
8	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

Batsmen scoring a ninety and a half century in a test

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TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 95 and 52 against India at Kanpur in the just concluded test to provide the 115^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	C Hill	98	97	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	17.01.1902
2	JT Tyldesley	97	62	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.1904
3	VS Ransford	75	95	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	17.02.1911
4	GA Faulkner	52	92	SAF	Aus	Sydney	03.03.1911
5	JB Hobbs	64	97	Eng	SAF	Durban	14.02.1914
6	FE Woolley	95	93	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	11.06.1921
7	JM Taylor	72	90	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1925
8	RH Catterall	67	98	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	15.06.1929
9	FE Woolley	83	95*	Eng	SAF	Leeds	13.07.1929
10	RK Nunes	66	92	Win	Eng	Kingston	03.04.1930
11	EH Hendren	93	86	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	01.01.1931
12	B Mitchell	75	95	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	29.01.1932
13	L Hutton	94	76	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	31.01.1947
14	B Mitchell	99	56	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	05.03.1949
15	FB Smith	96	54*	NZl	Eng	Leeds	11.06.1949
16	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
17	JC Watkins	92	50	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	06.02.1953
18	ED Weekes	55	90*	Win	Eng	Kingston	15.01.1954
19	NS Harford	93	64	NZl	Pak	Lahore	26.10.1955
20	RB Simpson	75	92	Aus	Win	Melbourne	10.02.1961
21	ER Dexter	70	99	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30.11.1962
22	ER Dexter	93	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29.12.1962
23	SM Nurse	93	53	Win	Eng	Nottingham	30.06.1966
24	GS Sobers	95	74*	Win	Ind	Chennai	13.01.1967
25	KD Walters	93	62*	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	19.01.1968
26	IM Chappell	76	96	Aus	Win	Adelaide	24.01.1969
27	APE Knott	92	63	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10.08.1972
28	AI Kallicharran	53	91	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	23.03.1973
29	G Boycott	61	92	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	21.06.1973
30	R Edwards	99	52*	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	31.07.1975
31	DS Steele	73	92	Eng	Aus	Leeds	14.08.1975
32	KD Boyce	95*	69	Win	Aus	Adelaide	23.01.1976
33	IVA Richards	50	98	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31.01.1976
34	Zaheer Abbas	90	58	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.1977
35	CG Greenidge	91	96	Win	Pak	Georgetown	18.03.1977
36	KJ Hughes	92	64*	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	26.10.1979
37	BM Laird	92	75	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01.12.1979
38	Wasim Raja	97	61	Pak	Ind	Delhi	04.12.1979
39	GA Gooch	99	51	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.02.1980
40	CG Greenidge	91	97	Win	NZl	Christchurch	22.02.1980
41	RL Dias	60	97	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17.09.1982
42	M Amarnath	91	80	Ind	Win	Bridgetown	15.04.1983
43	KC Wessels	98	70	Aus	Win	Adelaide	07.12.1984
44	M Amarnath	78	95	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13.01.1985
45	Qasim Umar	96	89	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	09.02.1985
46	RL Dias	95	60*	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	06.09.1985
47	Javed Miandad	94	54	Pak	Ind	Chennai	03.02.1987
48	AL Logie	81	95*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	16.06.1988
49	RB Richardson	93	59	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	07.04.1989
50	DC Boon	94	58*	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.1989
51	Shoaib Mohammad	67	95	Pak	Ind	Karachi	15.11.1989
52	SV Manjrekar	93	50	Ind	Eng	Manchester	09.08.1990
53	GRJ Matthews	57	96	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08.09.1992
54	MA Atherton	80	99	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17.06.1993
55	SR Waugh	99*	80	Aus	Eng	Perth	03.02.1995
56	RA Smith	61	90	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22.06.1995
57	GA Hick	96	51*	Eng	Win	The Oval	24.08.1995
58	NV Knight	56	96	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	18.12.1996
59	GS Blewett	99	56	Aus	NZl	Hobart	27.11.1997
60	R Dravid	93	85	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	03.12.1997
61	MA Atherton	58	98*	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	23.07.1998
62	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
63	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
64	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
65	RT Ponting	96	51	Aus	Srl	Kandy	09.09.1999
66	Mohd Yousuf	95	75	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	05.11.1999
67	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17.11.2000
68	MJ Slater	96	86*	Aus	Win	Sydney	02.01.2001
69	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
70	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
71	ML Hayden	63	96	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	08.03.2002
72	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
73	SC Ganguly	68	99	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	08.08.2002
74	N Hussain	76	95	Eng	Ban	Chattogram	29.10.2003
75	DR Martyn	97	52	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09.07.2004
76	MJ Clarke	91	73	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	26.10.2004
77	Habibul Bashar	94	55	Ban	Zim	Chattogram	06.01.2005
78	PD Collingwood	96	80	Eng	Pak	Lahore	29.11.2005
79	MEK Hussey	91	61*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01.12.2006
80	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
81	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17.10.2008
82	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
83	TT Samaraweera	90	62	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	26.12.2008
84	CK Kapugedera	96	59*	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	03.01.2009
85	M Jayawardene	92	96	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	26.08.2009
86	LRPL Taylor	94	59	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	24.11.2009
87	Mushfiqur Rahim	79	95	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	12.03.2010
88	Salman Butt	63	92	Pak	Aus	Lord’s	13.07.2010
89	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
90	MEK Hussey	93	52	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	03.12.2010
91	G Gambhir	93	64	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.2011
92	Misbah-ul-Haq	99	70*	Pak	NZl	Wellington	15.01.2011
93	S Chanderpaul	87*	91	Win	Eng	Lord’s	17.05.2012
94	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	North Sound	25.07.2012
95	JM Bairstow	95	54	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	16.08.2012
96	Nasir Hossain	52	94	Ban	Win	Khulna	21.11.2012
97	Mushfiqur Rahim	60	93	Ban	Zim	Harare	25.04.2013
98	Tamim Iqbal	95	70	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	21.10.2013
99	BJ Haddin	94	53	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	21.11.2013
100	AM Rahane	51*	96	Ind	SAF	Durban	26.12.2013
101	JK Silva	95	58	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	08.01.2014
102	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
103	M Vijay	53	99	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.2014
104	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
105	JE Root	98	84	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	21.05.2015
106	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
107	Fakhar Zaman	94	66	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16.10.2018
108	Sarfaraz Ahmed	94	81	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16.10.2018
109	Rahmat Shah	98	76	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	15.03.2019
110	Asghar Afghan	92	50	Afg	Ban	Chattogram	05.09.2019
111	RJ Burns	57	90	Eng	Win	Manchester	24.07.2020
112	M Labuschagne	91	73	Aus	Ind	Sydney	07.01.2021
113	Tamim Iqbal	90	74*	Ban	Srl	Pallekele	21.04.2021
114	BRM Taylor	81	92	Zim	Ban	Harare	07.07.2021
115	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

It also provides the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FB Smith	96	54*	NZl	Eng	Leeds	11.06.1949
2	NS Harford	93	64	NZl	Pak	Lahore	26.10.1955
3	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
4	MJ Horne	93	60	NZl	SAF	Auckland	27.02.1999
5	SP Fleming	57	99	NZl	SAF	Bloemfontein	17.11.2000
6	MH Richardson	95	71	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
7	LRPL Taylor	94	59	NZl	Pak	Dunedin	24.11.2009
8	MJ Guptill	97	67	NZl	Win	North Sound	25.07.2012
9	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

It also provides the 19th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	GS Sobers	95	74*	Win	Ind	Chennai	13.01.1967
3	KD Walters	93	62*	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	19.01.1968
4	KJ Hughes	92	64*	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	26.10.1979
5	Wasim Raja	97	61	Pak	Ind	Delhi	04.12.1979
6	RL Dias	60	97	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17.09.1982
7	RL Dias	95	60*	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	06.09.1985
8	Javed Miandad	94	54	Pak	Ind	Chennai	03.02.1987
9	RB Richardson	93	59	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	07.04.1989
10	Shoaib Mohammad	67	95	Pak	Ind	Karachi	15.11.1989
11	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
12	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
13	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
14	MJ Clarke	91	73	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	26.10.2004
15	GC Smith	94	55	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02.01.2007
16	AN Cook	95	70*	Eng	Ind	Southampton	27.07.2014
17	CJL Rogers	95	56	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06.01.2015
18	M Labuschagne	91	73	Aus	Ind	Sydney	07.01.2021
19	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CD McMillan	92	84	NZl	Ind	Hamilton	02.01.1999
2	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

TWM Latham of New Zealand scored 95 and 52 against India at Kanpur in the just concluded test to provide the 19^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a half century in a test on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Spooner	71	92	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30.12.1951
2	ED Weekes	55	90*	Win	Eng	Kingston	15.01.1954
3	GS Sobers	95	74*	Win	Ind	Chennai	13.01.1967
4	Wasim Raja	97	61	Pak	Ind	Delhi	04.12.1979
5	KJ Hughes	92	64*	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	26.10.1979
6	RL Dias	60	97	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17.09.1982
7	M Amarnath	78	95	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13.01.1985
8	Javed Miandad	94	54	Pak	Ind	Chennai	03.02.1987
9	R Dravid	93	85	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	03.12.1997
10	S Ramesh	60	96	Ind	Pak	Delhi	04.02.1999
11	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11.03.2001
12	MA Butcher	51	92	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.12.2001
13	MJ Clarke	91	73	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	26.10.2004
14	V Sehwag	66	92	Ind	Aus	Nagpur	06.11.2008
15	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17.10.2008
16	V Sehwag	96	54*	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12.11.2010
17	KL Rahul	90	51	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	04.03.2017
18	Rahmat Shah	98	76	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	15.03.2019
19	TWM Latham	95	52	NZl	Ind	Kanpur	25.11.2021

India-New Zealand Test at Kanpur – Stats of the fourth day

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SS Iyer of India scored 105 and 65 at Kanpur against New Zealand in the ongoing test to become the 16^th batsman to score a hundred and a fifty on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes LG Rowe and Yasir Hameed who have scored twin hundreds on test debut. SS Iyer became the first Indian to perform such a feat.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KS Ranjitsinhji	62	154*	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16.07.1896
2	G Gunn	119	74	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13.12.1907
3	HL Collins	70	104	Aus	Eng	Sydney	17.12.1920
4	PA Gibb	93	106	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	24.12.1938
5	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	16.02.1972
6	RE Redmond	107	56	NZl	Pak	Auckland	16.02.1973
7	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bengaluru	22.11.1974
8	A Mahmood	128*	50*	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	06.10.1997
9	L Vincent	104	54	NZl	Aus	Perth	30.11.2001
10	SB Styris	107	69*	NZl	Win	St George’s	28.06.2002
11	Yasir Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20.08.2003
12	AJ Strauss	112	83	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	20.05.2004
13	AN Cook	60	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01.03.2006
14	Umar Akmal	129	75	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	24.11.2009
15	F du Plessis	78	110*	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22.11.2012
16	SS Iyer	105	65	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.2021

SS Iyer’s feat provides the third such feat on Indian soil. Bangalore and Nagpur are the other test centers to witness such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Greenidge	93	107	Win	Ind	Bengaluru	22.11.1974
2	AN Cook	60	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	01.03.2006
3	SS Iyer	105	65	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.2021

RA Jadeja of India scored 50 and zero in the ongoing test at Kanpur against New Zealand to provide the 23^rd occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	VS Ransford	50	0	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	07.01.11
2	AP Freeman	0	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19.12.24
3	FE Woolley	0	50	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.25
4	CA Roach	50	0	Win	Eng	Manchester	21.07.28
5	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
6	RA McLean	50	0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	23.12.57
7	RC Fredericks	0	50	Win	Eng	Manchester	08.07.76
8	DL Haynes	0	50	Win	Aus	Adelaide	07.12.84
9	KR Rutherford	0	50*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13.03.86
10	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
11	RS Mahanama	50	0	Srl	SAF	Centurion	27.03.98
12	M Yousuf	0	50	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.03
13	S Chanderpaul	50	0	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	01.04.04
14	ME Trescothick	50	0	Eng	Pak	Lahore	29.11.05
15	IR Bell	50	0	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	23.11.06
16	DL Vettori	50*	0	NZl	Eng	Wellington	13.03.08
17	KC Brathwaite	50	0	Win	Ban	Dhaka	29.10.11
18	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
19	FDM Karunaratne	0	50	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	12.01.17
20	S Ahmed	50	0	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11.01.19
21	SSJ Brooks	0	50	Win	Ind	Kingston	30.08.19
22	DP Sibley	0	50	Eng	Win	Southampton	08.07.20
23	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test against New Zealand Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test on Indian soil. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

CA Pujara’s run aggregate at the end of this test against New Zealand read 820. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 800 plus runs against New Zealand. Others are – R Dravid {1659}, SR Tendulkar {1595}, V Sehwag {883}, V Kohli {830} and VVS Laxman {818}

CA Pujara’s run aggregate at the end of this test read 6542. He became the ninth Indian batsman to score 6500 plus runs in his test career. The following table lists these nine batsmen who have scored 6500 plus runs.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
1	Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	51	68
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	36	63
3	Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	34	45
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	8781	281	17	56
5	V Sehwag	103	178	6	8503	319	23	31
6	V Kohli	96	162	10	7765	254*	27	27
7	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	7212	239	16	35
8	Vengsarkar	116	185	22	6868	166	17	35
9	CA Pujara	91	154	9	6542	206*	18	31

R Ashwin’s lone wicket on the fourth day fetched him an aggregate of 56 wickets against New Zealand. He now occupies the second place amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets against New Zealand. He went past EAS Prasanna who had captured 55 wickets. BS Bedi with 57 wickets occupies the first place.

R Ashwin’s lone wicket on the fourth day fetched him an aggregate of 417 wickets in his test career. He now shares the third place amongst the Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets in their test career with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh has captured 417 wickets. A Kumble {619} and Kapil Dev {434} occupy the first two places.

R Ashwin is one of the three right arm spin bowlers to capture fifty plus wickets against New Zealand with 56 wickets to his credit. EAS Prasanna {55} and A Kumble {50} are the other two bowlers. Thus R Ashwin now holds the record for most wickets by an Indian right arm spin bowler against New Zealand.

R Ashwin’s 56 wickets against New Zealand is also a record for an Indian right arm bowler.

W Saha scored 61 not out in India’s second innings to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against New Zealand. It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand.

It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand. With three fifties to his credit against New Zealand, WP Saha became the fourth Indian wicket keeper to score three fifties against New Zealand. Others are – MS Dhoni {06}, FM Engineer {03} and SMH Kirmani {03}.

It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings against New Zealand on home soil.

It also represents his third fifty against New Zealand. With three fifties to his credit on home soil against New Zealand. WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score three fifties against New Zealand on home soil after MS Dhoni.

WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score a fifty against New Zealand at Kanpur. Prior to this SMH Kirmani had scored 64 in Nov 1976.

W Saha scored 61 not out in India’s second innings to provide the 128^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the 69th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings on home soil.

WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to score a fifty at Kanpur. The following table lists the other three Indian wicket keepers who have scored fifties at Kanpur.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BK Kunderan	55	3	Eng	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
2	FM Engineer	77	1	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
3	SMH Kirmani	64	1	NZl	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
4	WP Saha	61*	3	NZl	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

WP Saha’s 61 not out in this test provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a test innings at Kanpur.

WP Saha’s 61 not out in this test provide the ninth occasion of his scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	60	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	56	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
4	54*	1	v New Zealand	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
5	58*	3	v New Zealand	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
6	106*	1	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
7	117	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
8	67	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
9	61*	3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

TG Southee’s three wickets in India’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 52 wickets against India. He became the second New Zealand bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India after RJ Hadlee. RJ Hadlee has captured 65 wickets against India.

TG Southee’s three wickets in India’s second innings fetched him an aggregate of 52 wickets against India. He became the 28^th bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India.

In New Zealand’s second innings, two Indian spinners AR Patel and R Ashwin -shared the new ball to provide the 72^nd occasion of spinners sharing the new ball in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 18^th occasion of Indian spinners sharing the new ball in an innings.

It also provides the second such occasion against New Zealand. Prior to this, two Sri Lankan spinners – MDK Perera and DM de Silva – had shared the new ball in the second innings of the test at Col-PSS in Aug 2019.

TG Southee of New Zealand returned with match figures of eight for 144 in this test to provide the 12^th occasion of a New Zealnd bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test against India. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Wkts	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BR Taylor	08-102	Ind	Mum-BS	12 Mar 1965
2	HJ Howarth	09-100	Ind	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969
3	RJ Hadlee	11-058	Ind	Wellington	13 Feb 1976
4	JG Bracewell	09-136	Ind	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
5	JG Bracewell	08-132	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
6	RJ Hadlee	10-088	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988
7	SB Doull	09-114	Ind	Wellington	26 Dec 1998
8	DR Tuffey	08-053	Ind	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002
9	TG Southee	08-132	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
10	N Wagner	08-126	Ind	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
11	TG Southee	09-110	Ind	Wellington	21 Feb 2020
12	TG Southee	08-144	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

TG Southee became the third New Zealand bowler to capture eight or more wickets in a test on two or more occasions against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. TG Southee owns the record with three occasions.

No	Player	Wkts	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JG Bracewell	09-136	Ind	Auckland	13 Mar 1981
2	JG Bracewell	08-132	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988

1	RJ Hadlee	11-058	Ind	Wellington	13 Feb 1976
2	RJ Hadlee	10-088	Ind	Mumbai	24 Nov 1988

1	TG Southee	08-132	Ind	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
2	TG Southee	09-110	Ind	Wellington	21 Feb 2020
3	TG Southee	08-144	Ind	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021

Batsman scoring an exact fifty and a duck in a test

28/11/2021 hrg

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	VS Ransford	50	0	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	07.01.11
2	AP Freeman	0	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19.12.24
3	FE Woolley	0	50	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01.01.25
4	CA Roach	50	0	Win	Eng	Manchester	21.07.28
5	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
6	RA McLean	50	0	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	23.12.57
7	RC Fredericks	0	50	Win	Eng	Manchester	08.07.76
8	DL Haynes	0	50	Win	Aus	Adelaide	07.12.84
9	KR Rutherford	0	50*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	13.03.86
10	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
11	RS Mahanama	50	0	Srl	SAF	Centurion	27.03.98
12	M Yousuf	0	50	Pak	SAF	Cape Town	02.01.03
13	S Chanderpaul	50	0	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	01.04.04
14	ME Trescothick	50	0	Eng	Pak	Lahore	29.11.05
15	IR Bell	50	0	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	23.11.06
16	DL Vettori	50*	0	NZl	Eng	Wellington	13.03.08
17	KC Brathwaite	50	0	Win	Ban	Dhaka	29.10.11
18	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
19	FDM Karunaratne	0	50	Srl	SAF	Jo’burg	12.01.17
20	S Ahmed	50	0	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11.01.19
21	SSJ Brooks	0	50	Win	Ind	Kingston	30.08.19
22	DP Sibley	0	50	Eng	Win	Southampton	08.07.20
23	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	L Amarnath	0	50	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.46
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test against New Zealand Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	50	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07.03.97
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman scoring an exact 50 and a zero in a test on Indian soil. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MM Ali	50	0	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	08.12.16
2	RA Jadeja	50	0	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25.11.21