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Second Test – England Vs India at Lord’s – Fourth day

16/08/2021 hrg

CA Pujara-AM Rahane added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s second innings to provide the 107^th occasion of batsmen posting an exact 100 runs partnership in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 17^th occasion of batsmen posting an exact 100 runs partnership in the annals of test cricket for the fourth wicket.

CA Pujara-AM Rahane added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s second innings to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting an exact 100 runs partnership in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting an exact 100 runs partnership in the annals of test cricket for the fourth wicket.

It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting an exact 100 runs partnership against England at Lord’s. All the three occasions are detailed below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Start Date
1	GS Sobers, ED Weekes	5	100	3	Win	20 Jun 1957
2	J Islam, J Siddique	3	100	3	Ban	27 May 2010
3	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	4	100	3	Ind	12 Aug 2021

CA Pujara-AM Rahane added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s second innings to provide the 115^h occasion of batsmen posting a a three figure partnership against England. It also provides the 17^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the annals of test cricket for the fourth wicket against England

CA Pujara-AM Rahane added 100 runs for the fourth wicket in India’s second innings to provide the 46th occasion of batsmen posting a a three figure partnership against England in England. It also provides the 17^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the annals of test cricket for the fourth wicket against England in England

AM Rahane’s run aggregate read 3045 at the end of India’s second innings on away soil. He became the tenth Indian batsman to total 3000 plus runs on away soil. The following table lists all these ten batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	Tendulkar	106	176	17	8705	248*
2	R Dravid	93	164	21	7667	270
3	Gavaskar	60	106	9	5055	221
4	VVS Laxman	77	134	16	5014	178
5	SC Ganguly	63	104	7	4032	147
6	V Sehwag	51	089	3	3847	309
7	V Kohli	50	090	2	3822	200
7	Vengsarkar	62	105	9	3143	157
9	AM Rahane	44	078	8	3045	147
10	M Amarnath	37	063	5	3008	138

CA Pujara’s run aggregate against England read 1542 at the end of India’s second innings. He became the seventh Indian batsman to total 1500 plus runs against England. The following table lists all these seven batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	SR Tendulkar	32	53	4	2535	193
2	SM Gavaskar	38	67	2	2483	221
3	R Dravid	21	37	5	1950	217
4	GR Viswanath	30	54	4	1880	222
5	V Kohli	25	44	3	1804	235
6	DB Vengsarkar	26	43	6	1589	157
7	CA Pujara	24	43	4	1542	206*

AM Rahane’s 61 in India’s second innings provide the 47^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England at Lord’s. It also provides the 391^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England. It also provides the 188^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against England in England.

AM Rahane’s 61 in India’s second innings provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century against England at Lord’s. It also provides the 286th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century against England. It also provides the 143rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century against England in England.

JE Root’s 180 not out in England’s first innings was his fifth century in the calendar year 2021. He became the seventh England batsman to score five or more centuries in a calendar year. The following table lists all these seven batsmen

No	Player	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	Year
1	DCS Compton	09	15	1	1159	208	6	1947
2	MP Vaughan	14	26	2	1481	197	6	2002
3	DL Amiss	13	22	2	1379	262*	5	1974
4	Pietersen	12	20	0	1015	152	5	2008
5	AN Cook	14	24	2	1287	235*	5	2010
6	IR Bell	08	11	3	0950	235	5	2011
7	JE Root	10	19	1	1244	228	5	2021

JE Root’s 180 not out in England’s first innings was his fifth century in the calendar year 2021 while leading England. He became the first England batsman to score five or more centuries in a calendar year. He went past GA Gooch {1990}, MA Atherton {1994} and AJ Strauss {2009} who had scored four centuries in a calendar year.

Two or more England batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in the same innings of a test

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No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FA MacKinnon	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
	T Emmett	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879

2	LC Braund	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904
	AFA Lilley	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904

3	JB Hobbs	0	1	2	Aus	Birmingham	27 May 1909
	CB Fry	0	1	2	Aus	Birmingham	27 May 1909

4	AER Gilligan	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
	MW Tate	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925

5	H Sutcliffe	0	1	1	NZl	Ch’church	24 Mar 1933
	E Paynter	0	1	1	NZl	Ch’church	24 Mar 1933

6	TS Worthington	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
	WR Hammond	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936

7	WR Hammond	0	1	3	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
	DVP Wright	0	1	3	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
	WE Bowes	0	1	3	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938

8	JT Ikin	0	1	2	Aus	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946
	AV Bedser	0	1	2	Aus	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946

9	TG Evans	0	1	2	SAF	Durban	16 Dec 1948
	DVP Wright	0	1	2	SAF	Durban	16 Dec 1948

10	RT Simpson	0	1	4	Aus	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950
	DCS Compton	0	1	4	Aus	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950

11	TE Bailey	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959
	ER Dexter	0	1	1	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959

12	JT Murray	0	1	1	Aus	Sydney	11 Jan 1963
	JB Statham	0	1	1	Aus	Sydney	11 Jan 1963

13	JA Snow	0	1	2	Win	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
	DL Underwood	0	1	2	Win	The Oval	26 Jul 1973

14	RA Woolmer	0	1	4	Win	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
	DL Underwood	0	1	4	Win	Manchester	08 Jul 1976

15	G Boycott	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 1979
	RGD Willis	0	1	3	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 1979

16	DL Underwood	0	1	2	Srl	Col-PSS	17 Feb 1982
	RGD Willis	0	1	2	Srl	Col-PSS	17 Feb 1982

17	IT Botham	0	1	4	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
	PH Edmonds	0	1	4	Aus	Sydney	10 Jan 1987

18	AJ Lamb	0	1	3	Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991
	RA Smith	0	1	3	Win	Leeds	06 Jun 1991

19	D Gough	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994
	DE Malcolm	0	1	4	Aus	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994

20	DW Headley	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998
	PM Such	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	11 Dec 1998

21	NV Knight	0	1	4	Pak	Manchester	31 May 2001
	AR Caddick	0	1	4	Pak	Manchester	31 May 2001

22	ME Trescothick	0	1	3	SAF	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
	ET Smith	0	1	3	SAF	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003

23	RS Bopara	0	1	1	Srl	Col-SSC	09 Dec 2007
	SJ Harmison	0	1	1	Srl	Col-SSC	09 Dec 2007

24	KP Pietersen	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009
	G Onions	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009

25	MJ Prior	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
	SCJ Broad	0	1	1	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010

26	SCJ Broad	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
	JM Anderson	0	1	2	Aus	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013

27	MA Wood	0	1	4	SAF	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017
	JM Anderson	0	1	4	SAF	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017

28	JM Bairstow	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018
	SCJ Broad	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018

29	Z Crawley	0	1	1	Win	Manchester	16 Jul 2020
	CR Woakes	0	1	1	Win	Manchester	16 Jul 2020

30	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

H Hameed and SM Curran of England collected first ball ducks in England’s first innings at Lord’s in the ongoing test against India to provide the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Bairstow	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018
	SCJ Broad	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018

2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

H Hameed and SM Curran of England collected first ball ducks in England’s first innings at Lord’s in the ongoing test against India to provide the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings at Lord’s. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KP Pietersen	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009
	G Onions	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009

2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

Second Test – England Vs India at Lord’s – Third day

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JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 157th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the 90th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India on home soil.

JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 36th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India. It also provides the 21st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India on home soil.

JE Root and JM Bairstow added 121 runs for the fourth wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 28th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth against India at Lord’s. It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India on at Lord’s

JE Root scored 180 not out in this game to provide his 22^nd century of his test career. It also represents his eleventh century on home soil.

It also represents the 23^rdoccasion by an England batsman scoring a century against India at Lord’s and 133^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against various oppositions at Lord’s

JE Root’s 180 not out represent his fourth century at Lord’s. All his four centuries are listed below.

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
4	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root became the eighth England batsman to score four or more centuries at Lord’s. The following table lists all these eight batsmen.

No	Player	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	GA Gooch	21	39	1	2015	333	6
2	MP Vaughan	12	19	1	0974	120	6
3	Pietersen	15	25	3	1235	202*	5
4	AJ Strauss	18	31	1	1562	161	5
5	IR Bell	18	32	5	1264	199	4
6	AN Cook	26	47	2	1937	162	4
7	AJ Lamb	13	24	2	0959	139	4
8	JE Root	16	29	2	1451	200*	4

JE Root became the first England batsman to score 150 plus runs in an innings on four occasions. He went past GA Gooch and KP Pietersen who had scored 150 plus runs in an innings on three occasions,

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Gooch	183	3	NZl	Lord’s	24 Jul 1986
2	GA Gooch	333	1	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	GA Gooch	174	3	Srl	Lord’s	22 Aug 1991

1	Pietersen	158	1	Srl	Lord’s	11 May 2006
2	Pietersen	152	1	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
3	Pietersen	202*	1	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011

1	JE Root	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
4	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root’s 180 not out in this test represent his eleventh score of 150 plus score in a test innings. He now shares the record of most 150 plus scores by an England batsman with AN Cook.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	160	1	Win	Ch-le-St	14 May 2009
2	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
3	AN Cook	235*	3	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
4	AN Cook	189	2	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
5	AN Cook	294	2	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
6	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
7	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
8	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
9	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
10	AN Cook	243	1	Win	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
11	AN Cook	244*	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

1	JE Root	180	3	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
2	JE Root	200*	1	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
3	JE Root	154*	2	Ind	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
4	JE Root	182*	2	Win	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
5	JE Root	254	1	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
6	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
7	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
8	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
9	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
10	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
11	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root’s 180 not out in this game represent his sixth score of 150 plus runs while captaining England. He now holds the record for most 150 plus scores by an England captain. He went past AN Cook and DI Gower who had scored five scores of 150 plus runs while leading England.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AN Cook	173	1	Ban	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
2	AN Cook	176	3	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
3	AN Cook	190	2	Ind	Kolkata	05 Dec 2012
4	AN Cook	162	3	NZl	Lord’s	21 May 2015
5	AN Cook	263	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015

1	DI Gower	152	2	Pak	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984
2	DI Gower	173*	3	Pak	Lahore	19 Mar 1984
3	DI Gower	166	1	Aus	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985
4	DI Gower	215	2	Aus	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985
5	DI Gower	157	1	Aus	The Oval	29 Aug 1985

1	JE Root	190	1	SAF	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
2	JE Root	226	2	NZl	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019
3	JE Root	228	2	Srl	Galle	14 Jan 2021
4	JE Root	186	2	Srl	Galle	22 Jan 2021
5	JE Root	218	1	Ind	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
6	JE Root	180*	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JE Root completed 9000 runs of his test career when he was on 113 during his knock of 180 not out in this game. At the end of England’s first innings, his run aggregate read 9067. He became the second England batsman to total 9000 plus runs in tests after AN Cook. AN Cook has an aggregate of 12472

JE Root completed 2000 runs of his test career against India when he was on 38 during his knock of 180 not out in this game. At the end of England’s first innings, his run aggregate read 2142. He became the second England batsman to total 2000 plus runs against India in tests after AN Cook. AN Cook has an aggregate of 2431

JE Root became the seventh batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs against India.

No	Player	Team	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS
1	RT Ponting	Aus	29	51	04	2555	257
2	AN Cook	Eng	30	54	03	2431	294
3	CH Lloyd	Win	28	44	04	2344	242*
4	J Miandad	Pak	28	39	06	2228	280*
5	Chanderpaul	Win	25	44	10	2171	140
6	JE Root	Eng	22	39	04	2142	218
7	MJ Clarke	Aus	22	40	02	2049	329*

JE Root’s aggregate runs against India read 1040 while leading England at the end of England’s innings on home soil. He became the second England captain and sixth overall to total 1000 plus runs against India on home soil. The following table lists all the six captains.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS
1	CH Lloyd	Win	20	29	3	1822	242*
2	AN Cook	Eng	14	25	2	1229	190
3	RB Simpson	Aus	10	19	0	1098	176
4	SPD Smith	Aus	07	14	1	1054	192
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	08	14	1	1047	329*
6	JE Root	Eng	11	20	1	1040	218

JE Root was leading England in 54^th test. He now jointly owns the record for most capped England captain with ME Atherton. AN Cook is the most capped England captain with 59 tests.

At the end of the England’s innings, JE Root has an aggregate of 4473 runs while leading England. AN Cook has more runs by an England captain – 4844 runs

JE Root was leading England in 29^th test on home soil, He now jointly owns the record for most capped England captain on home soil with MP Vaughan. AN Cook is the most capped England captain on home soil with 31 tests.

JE Root’s 180 not out in this test represent his 18^th fifty on home soil while leading England. GA Gooch {20} and PBH May {19} have scored more fifties than JE Root while leading England at home.

SM Curran of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the 39^th occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India. It also provides the 15th occasion an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India in England.

SM Curran of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the fifth occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India at Lord’s.

No	Player	R	B	I	Mon/Year
1	DCS Compton	0	1	2	Jun 1946
2	CT Tremlett	0	1	3	Jul 2007
3	SCJ Broad	0	1	1	Jul 2011
4	H Hameed	0	1	2	Aug 2021
5	SM Curran	0	1	2	Aug 2021

H Hameed and SM Curran of England collected first ball ducks in England’s first innings at Lord’s in the ongoing test against India to provide the 30^th occasion of two or more England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings. It also provides the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Bairstow	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018
	SCJ Broad	0	1	3	Ind	S’hampton	30 Aug 2018

2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of two England batsmen collecting the first ball duck in the same innings against India at Lord’s. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	BF	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KP Pietersen	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009
	G Onions	0	1	1	Win	Lord’s	06 May 2009

2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	SM Curran	0	1	2	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

England vs India at Lord’s – First and second day stats highlights

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England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 41^st occasion of a team inserting the opposition after it had won the toss at Lord’s. It also provides the 14th occasion of England doing so at Lord’s. It also provides the fourth occasion of England doing so against India at Lord’s

England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 99th occasion of a team inserting the opposition after it had won the toss. It also provides the 47th occasion of England doing so on home soil.

England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the eighth occasion of a team inserting the opposition after it had won the toss against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of England doing so on home soil against India.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the 36^th occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in the same innings. It also provides the 30^th occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in the same innings on away soil.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the 13^th occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in the same innings against England. It also provides the seventh occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in the same innings against England on away soil.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the first occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in the same innings against England at Lord’s.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of one Indian opener scoring a half century and another Indian opener a century which includes both the Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings. It also provides the 14^th occasion of one Indian opener scoring a half century and another Indian opener a century which includes both the Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings on away soil.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of one Indian opener scoring a half century and another Indian opener a century which includes both the Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings against England. It also provides the fourth occasion of one Indian opener scoring a half century and another Indian opener a century which includes both the Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings against England on away soil.

RG Sharma and KL Rahul scored 83 and 129 in this game to provide the first occasion of one Indian opener scoring a half century and another Indian opener a century in the same innings against England at Lord’s.

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted a 114 runs for the first wicket and KL Rahul-V Kohli posted 117 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 113^th and 114^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England. It also provides the 44^th and 45^th such occasion by Indian batsmen against England in England.

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted a 114 runs for the first wicket and KL Rahul-V Kohli posted 117 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings to provide the eighth and ninth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s

No	Partners	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	106	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	Engineer, Gavaskar	1	131	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
4	Vengsarkar, Viswanath	3	210	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
5	Vengsarkar, Y Sharma	5	142	Eng	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
6	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	126	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
7	AB Agarkar, Laxman	7	126	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
8	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	126	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
9	V Kohli, KL Rahul	3	117	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted a 114 runs for the first wicket India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s for the first wicket

No	Partners	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	106	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	Engineer, Gavaskar	1	131	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
8	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	126	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

KL Rahul-V Kohli posted 117 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s for the third wicket.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	Vengsarkar, Viswanath	3	210	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
3	V Kohli, KL Rahul	3	117	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted a 114 runs for the first wicket and KL Rahul-V Kohli posted 117 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting two three figure partnership in a test innings against England at Lord’s

No	Partners	W	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	106	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
	Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952

2	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	126	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
	AB Agarkar, Laxman	7	126	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002

3	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	126	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
	V Kohli, KL Rahul	3	117	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

RG Sharma-KL Rahul posted a 114 runs for the first wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 17^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against England. It also provides the eighth such occasion by Indian batsmen against England in England.

KL Rahul-V Kohli posted 117 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings to provide the 20th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against England. It also provides the seventh such occasion by Indian batsmen against England in England.

KL Rahul’s 129 in this game provide the 105^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a century against England. It also provides the 45th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a century against England in England.

KL Rahul’s 129 in this game provide the 241st occasion of batsmen scoring a century at Lord’s. It also provides the 107th occasion batsmen scoring a century against England at Lord’s.

KL Rahul’s 129 in this game provide the 12th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a century at Lord’s.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	DB Vengsarkar	103	3	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
3	GR Viswanath	113	3	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
4	DB Vengsarkar	157	3	Eng	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
5	DB Vengsarkar	126*	2	Eng	Lord’s	05 Jun 1986
6	RJ Shastri	100	2	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
7	M Azharuddin	121	2	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
8	SC Ganguly	131	2	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
9	AB Agarkar	109*	4	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
10	R Dravid	103*	2	Eng	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
11	AM Rahane	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
12	KL Rahul	129	1	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

KL Rahul’s 129 in this game provide the third occasion of Indian opening batsmen scoring a century at Lord’s.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad	184	3	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	RJ Shastri	100	2	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	KL Rahul	129	1	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

KL Rahul’s 129 in this game provide the 80th occasion of opening batsmen scoring a century at Lord’s. It also provides the 38th occasion of a visiting opening batsman scoring a century at Lord’s.

India posted a team total of 364 in its first innings to provide the sixth occasion of India posting a team total of 350 plus runs against England at Lord’s. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	O	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	454	2	Eng	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
2	Ind	429	2	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
3	Ind	397	4	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
4	Ind	378	3	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
5	Ind	369	3	Eng	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
6	Ind	364	1	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JM Anderson returned with figures of 5 for 62 in India’s first innings to provide the 98^th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings at Lord’s. It also provides the occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings at Lord’s against India.

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GOB Allen	5-035	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
2	GOB Allen	5-043	Ind	Lord’s	27 Jun 1936
3	AV Bedser	7-049	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
4	T Greenhough	5-035	Ind	Lord’s	18 Jun 1959
5	R Illingworth	6-029	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1967
6	CM Old	5-021	Ind	Lord’s	20 Jun 1974
7	IT Botham	5-035	Ind	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
8	IT Botham	5-046	Ind	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
9	RGD Willis	6-101	Ind	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
10	ARC Fraser	5-104	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
11	JM Anderson	5-042	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
12	JM Anderson	5-065	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
13	JM Anderson	5-020	Ind	Lord’s	09 Aug 2018
14	JM Anderson	5-062	Ind	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

JM Anderson’s 5 for 62 in India’s first innings provides the seventh occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in an innings at Lord’s. The record for most five fors by an England bowler is eight and is credited to IT Botham.

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Anderson	5-073	2	Zim	Lord’s	22 May 2003
2	JM Anderson	5-042	2	Ind	Lord’s	19 Jul 2007
3	JM Anderson	5-065	4	Ind	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
4	JM Anderson	5-047	2	NZl	Lord’s	16 May 2013
5	JM Anderson	7-042	3	Win	Lord’s	07 Sep 2017
6	JM Anderson	5-020	1	Ind	Lord’s	09 Aug 2018
7	JM Anderson	5-062	1	INd	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

1	IT Botham	8-034	3	Pak	Lord’s	15 Jun 1978
2	IT Botham	6-101	1	NZl	Lord’s	24 Aug 1978
3	IT Botham	5-039	3	NZl	Lord’s	24 Aug 1978
4	IT Botham	5-035	1	Ind	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
5	IT Botham	5=046	2	Ind	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
6	IT Botham	8-108	2	Win	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
7	IT Botham	6-090	3	Srl	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
8	IT Botham	5-109	2	Aus	Lord’s	27 Jun 1985

H Hameed of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the 38^th occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India. It also provides the 14th occasion an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India in England.

H Hameed of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the fourth occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India at Lord’s.

No	Player	R	B	I	Mon/Year
1	DCS Compton	0	1	2	Jun 1946
2	CT Tremlett	0	1	3	Jul 2007
3	SCJ Broad	0	1	1	Jul 2011
4	H Hameed	0	1	2	Aug 2021

H Hameed of England collected the first ball duck in England’s innings to provide the 22nd occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India while batting at number three. It also provides the 14th occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India while batting at number three on home soil.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India while batting at number three against India.

No	Player	R	B	I	Ground	Start Date
1	DCS Compton	0	1	2	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	W Larkins	0	1	2	Mumbai	15 Feb 1980
3	JM Bairstow	0	1	3	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021
4	H Hameed	0	1	2	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

It also provides the second occasion of an England batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against India while batting at number three against India on home soil. Coincidentally both these two occasions are at Lord’s on home soil

No	Player	R	B	I	Ground	Start Date
1	DCS Compton	0	1	2	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
2	H Hameed	0	1	2	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021

Teams dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

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Australia was dismissed all out for 62 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 09 Aug 2021 to provide the 123^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	79	2	Eng	S’hampton	13 Jun 2005
2	Ken	92	1	Pak	Nairobi-G	04 Sep 2007
3	Ken	73	1	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
4	Ken	88	2	Srl	Jo’burg	14 Sep 2007
5	Ban	83	2	Srl	Jo’burg	18 Sep 2007
6	Ind	74	1	Aus	Melbourne	01 Feb 2008
7	Net	97	1	Can	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
8	Can	91	1	Ken	Belfast	03 Aug 2008
9	Ken	67	1	Ire	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
10	Ber	70	1	Can	Belfast	05 Aug 2008
11	Can	75	2	Zim	KCity-NW	13 Oct 2008
12	Sco	81	2	RSA	The Ov	07 Jun 2009
13	Net	93	2	Pak	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
14	NZl	99	1	Pak	The Ov	13 Jun 2009
15	Ban	78	1	NZl	Hamilton	03 Feb 2010
16	Sco	99	2	Ire	Dub-DSC	11 Feb 2010
17	Net	86	2	Ire	Dub-DSC	13 Feb 2010
18	Ire	68	2	Win	Providence	30 Apr 2010
19	Zim	84	1	NZl	Providence	04 May 2010
20	Afg	80	2	RSA	Bridgetown	05 May 2010
21	Srl	87	2	Aus	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
22	Srl	92	2	NZl	Lauderhill	22 May 2010
23	NZl	81	1	Srl	Lauderhill	23 May 2010
24	Pak	89	1	Eng	Cardiff	07 Sep 2010
25	NZl	80	2	Pak	Ch’church	30 Dec 2010
26	Eng	88	2	Win	The Oval	25 Sep 2011
27	Can	93	2	Net	Dub-DSC	13 Mar 2012
28	Ken	71	1	Ire	Dub-DSC	14 Mar 2012
29	Pak	95	2	Srl	Hambantota	01 Jun 2012
30	Srl	99	2	Pak	Hambantota	03 Jun 2012
31	Aus	89	1	Pak	Dub-DSC	05 Sep 2012
32	Pak	74	2	Aus	Dub-DSC	10 Sep 2012
33	Afg	80	2	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
34	Eng	80	2	Ind	Col-RPS	23 Sep 2012
35	NZl	86	1	RSA	Durban	21 Dec 2012
36	Ken	78	2	Sco	Aberdeen	04 Jul 2013
37	Ken	56	2	Afg	Sharjah	30 Sep 2013
38	Afg	90	1	Net	Sharjah	15 Nov 2013
39	Sco	91	2	Ken	ICCA Dub	19 Nov 2013
40	Afg	72	1	Ban	Dhaka	16 Mar 2014
41	HKG	69	2	Nep	Chattogram	16 Mar 2014
42	Net	39	1	Srl	Chattogram	24 Mar 2014
43	Ban	98	2	Win	Dhaka	25 Mar 2014
44	Aus	86	2	Ind	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
45	Eng	88	2	Net	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
46	NZl	60	2	Srl	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
47	Pak	82	2	Win	Dhaka	01 Apr 2014
48	Nep	72	1	HKG	Col-PSS	24 Nov 2014
49	Nep	69	2	Net	Amstelveen	01 Jul 2015
50	Ban	96	2	RSA	Dhaka	05 Jul 2015
51	Nep	53	1	Ire	Belfast	13 Jul 2015
52	Nep	93	1	PNG.	Dublin-M	17 Jul 2015
53	Ind	92	1	RSA	Cuttack	05 Oct 2015
54	UAE	73	2	Net	ICCA Dub	03 Feb 2016
55	Srl	82	1	Ind	Vizag	14 Feb 2016
56	UAE	82	2	Ban	Dhaka	26 Feb 2016
57	Pak	83	1	Ind	Dhaka	27 Feb 2016
58	Ind	79	2	NZl	Nagpur	15 Mar 2016
59	Ban	70	2	NZl	Kolkata	26 Mar 2016
60	HKG	87	1	Oma	Abu Dhabi	16 Jan 2017
61	Net	92	2	HKG	Dub-DSC	18 Jan 2017
62	Ire	71	1	Afg	Dub-DSC	20 Jan 2017
63	Afg	93	2	Win	Basseterre	03 Jun 2017
64	Srl	87	2	Ind	Cuttack	20 Dec 2017
65	Win	60	2	Pak	Karachi	01 Apr 2018
66	Sco	82	2	Pak	Edinburgh	13 Jun 2018
67	Ire	70	2	Ind	Dublin-M	29 Jun 2018
68	RSA	98	1	Srl	Col-RPS	14 Aug 2018
69	Ire	79	2	Afg	Bready	22 Aug 2018
70	Aus	89	2	Pak	Abu Dhabi	24 Oct 2018
71	Win	45	2	Eng	Basseterre	08 Mar 2019
72	Win	71	1	Eng	Basseterre	10 Mar 2019
73	Mal	97	2	Spa	Cartagena	30 Mar 2019
74	CoR	89	1	Bel	Naucpan	27 Apr 2019
75	Bel	87	2	Ger	Waterloo	11 May 2019
76	Bot	90	2	Uga	Kampa	20 May 2019
77	Gha	88	2	Ken	Kampa	21 May 2019
78	Bot	46	1	Nam	Kampa	22 May 2019
79	Ger	53	1	Ity	Utrecht	25 May 2019
80	Gue	95	2	Jer	Castel	01 Jun 2019
81	Nor	80	2	Jer	Castel	16 Jun 2019
82	Ity	76	2	Jer	St P Port	19 Jun 2019
83	Nor	99	1	Ger	St P Port	20 Jun 2019
84	Van	77	1	PNG	Apia-No 3	09 Jul 2019
85	Sam	81	1	PNG	Apia-No 2	10 Jul 2019
86	Fin	86	2	Den	Brondby	13 Jul 2019
87	Mal	92	1	Sin	Singapore	26 Jul 2019
88	Bot	96	2	Nam	Windhoek	22 Aug 2019
89	Tur	28	1	Lux	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
90	Tur	53	2	Rom	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
91	Tur	21	2	CzR.	Ilfov County	30 Aug 2019
92	Tur	32	1	Aust	Ilfov County	31 Aug 2019
93	NZl	88	2	Srl	Pallekele	06 Sep 2019
94	Per	85	1	Arg	CPC Pitch B	04 Oct 2019
95	Chi	93	2	Per	CPC Pitch A	05 Oct 2019
96	Bra	76	2	Mex	CPC Pitch B	05 Oct 2019
97	Net	94	1	Oma	Al Amerat	09 Oct 2019
98	Nep	64	1	Oma	Al Amerat	10 Oct 2019
99	Ser	52	1	Gre	Corfu	15 Oct 2019
100	Ber	89	1	PNG	ICCA Dub	19 Oct 2019
101	Nam	96	2	Net	ICCA Dub	19 Oct 2019
102	Ber	93	2	Ken	ICCA Dub	21 Oct 2019
103	Nig	71	1	Oma	T Oval	23 Oct 2019
104	Ken	94	2	Nam	Dub-DSC	25 Oct 2019
105	Ken	73	2	PNG	Dub-DSC	27 Oct 2019
106	Gib	95	1	Spa	Cartagena	27 Oct 2019
107	RSA	89	2	Aus	Jo’burg	21 Feb 2020
108	Bah	83	1	Oma	Al Amerat	23 Feb 2020
109	Qat	94	2	UAE	Al Amerat	26 Feb 2020
110	RSA	96	2	Aus	Cape Town	26 Feb 2020
111	Tha	96	2	Sin	Bangkok	29 Feb 2020
112	Tha	66	1	Nep	Bangkok	04 Mar 2020
113	Rom	95	2	Bul	Ilfov County	16 Oct 2020
114	Bul	60	1	Rom	Ilfov County	18 Oct 2020
115	Ban	76	2	NZl	Auckland	01 Apr 2021
116	Pak	99	2	Zim	Harare	23 Apr 2021
117	Net	96	2	Nep	Kirtipur	24 Apr 2021
118	CzR	84	2	Aust	Vivor	22 May 2021
119	Srl	91	2	Eng	S’hampton	26 Jun 2021
120	Bel	99	1	Mal	Marsa	08 Jul 2021
121	Mal	50	1	Bel	Marsa	08 Jul 2021
122	Nov r	76	1	Ger	Krefeld	05 Aug 2021
123	Aus	62	2	Ban	Dhaka	09 Aug 2021

Australia was dismissed all out for 62 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 09 Aug 2021 to provide the fifth occasion of Australia dismissed all out for a total less than 100 in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents Australia’s lowest total in T20Is. T

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aus	79	2	Eng	S’hampton	13 Jun 2005
2	Aus	89	1	Pak	Dub-DSC	05 Sep 2012
3	Aus	86	2	Ind	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
4	Aus	89	2	Pak	A Dhabi	24 Oct 2018
5	Aus	62	2	Ban	Dhaka	09 Aug 2021

Australia was dismissed all out for 62 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 09 Aug 2021 to provide the third occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 in the history of Twenty20 Internationals against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Afg	72	1	Ban	Dhaka	16 Mar 2014
2	UAE	82	2	Ban	Dhaka	26 Feb 2016
3	Aus	62	2	Ban	Dhaka	09 Aug 2021

No play on a day’s play in England-India test series

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The final days play in the Nottingham test was abandoned to provide the 14th occasion of a day’s play abandoned in England-India test series. It also provided the eleventh such occasion on England soil and the third such occasion on Indian soil.

It also provides the seventh occasion on the fifth day of the test in England-India test series. It also provides the fifth such occasion on English soil and also provides the second occasion of the fifth day’s play on Indian soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
2	Eng	Ind	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	1979	2	Eng
4	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1946	3	Eng
5	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	Eng
6	Eng	Ind	Southampton	2021	4	Eng
7	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
8	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
9	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
10	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
11	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	2021	5	Eng

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	4	Ind
2	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	5	Ind
3	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	2001-02	5	Ind

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
2	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
3	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
4	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
5	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	2021	5	Eng

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	5	Ind
2	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	2001-02	5	Ind

England vs India : First test at Nottingham – Fifth day

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The final day’s play in the Nottingham test was abandoned to provide the 313^th occasion of a day’s play abandoned in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 76^th such occasion on English soil and also provides the 60th occasion of the fifth day’s play abandoned in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1921	1	Eng
2	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	1	Eng
3	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	1	Eng
4	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	1	Eng
5	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1962	1	Eng
6	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
7	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	1974	1	Eng
8	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1977	1	Eng
9	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	2001	1	Eng
10	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2007	1	Eng
11	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	1	Eng
12	Eng	Ind	Southampton	2021	1	Eng
13	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	2	Eng
14	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	2	Eng
15	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	Eng
16	Eng	NZl	Manchester	1931	2	Eng
17	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1851	2	Eng
18	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	2	Eng
19	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	2	Eng
20	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1960	2	Eng
21	Eng	Ind	Leeds	1979	2	Eng
22	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	2	Eng
23	Eng	Zim	Nottingham	2000	2	Eng
24	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	2003	2	Eng
25	Eng	WI	Manchester	2004	2	Eng
26	Eng	Win	Ch-le-St	2009	2	Eng
27	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	2	Eng
28	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1899	3	Eng
29	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1902	3	Eng
30	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	1905	3	Eng
31	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	1907	3	Eng
32	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1912	3	Eng
33	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1912	3	Eng
34	Eng	SAF	Manchester	1924	3	Eng
35	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	3	Eng
36	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	1935	3	Eng
37	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1946	3	Eng
38	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	3	Eng
39	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1954	3	Eng
40	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1956	3	Eng
41	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	3	Eng
42	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1978	3	Eng
43	Eng	Win	Manchester	1980	3	Eng
44	Eng	Win	The Oval	1980	3	Eng
45	Eng	Win	Leeds	1980	3	Eng
46	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	3	Eng
47	Eng	Win	Leeds	2007	3	Eng
48	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	2009	3	Eng
49	Eng	Pak	Southampton	2021	3	Eng
50	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	2021	3	Eng
51	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1930	4	Eng
52	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1953	4	Eng
53	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	4	Eng
54	Eng	Aus	The Ovql	1956	4	Eng
55	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1958	4	Eng
56	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
57	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1978	4	Eng
58	Eng	Aus	The Oval	2013	4	Eng
59	Eng	Win	Manchester	2020-21	4	Eng
60	Eng	Ind	Southampton	2021	4	Eng
61	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1930	5	Eng
62	Eng	SAF	Leeds	1951	5	Eng
63	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
64	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	5	Eng
65	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1964	5	Eng
66	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
67	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1974	5	Eng
68	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1974	5	Eng
69	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1975	5	Eng
70	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
71	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1987	5	Eng
72	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	5	Eng
73	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	1998	5	Eng
74	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
75	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	5	Eng
76	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	2021	5	Eng

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1881-82	5	Aus
2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1907-08	5	Aus
3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1930	5	Eng
4	Aus	Ind	Bribane	1947-48	5	Aus
5	Eng	SAF	Leeds	1951	5	Eng
6	Eng	Ind	The Oval	1952	5	Eng
7	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1954	5	Eng
8	Pak	NZl	Dacca	1955-56	5	Pak
9	Ind	Eng	Delhi	1961-62	5	Ind
10	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1964	5	Eng
11	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	1964-65	5	Ind
12	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1971	5	Eng
13	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1973-74	5	Aus
14	Eng	Pak	Leeds	1974	5	Eng
15	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1974	5	Eng
16	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	1974-75	5	NZl
17	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1975	5	Eng
18	Ind	Win	Bengaluru*	1978-79	5	Ind
19	Ind	Win	Kanpur	1978-79	5	Ind
20	Pak	Win	Multan	1980-81	5	Pak
21	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1982	5	Eng
22	Pak	Ind	Lahore	1982-83	5	Pak
23	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	1983-84	5	Aus
24	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1985-86	5	NZl
25	Eng	Pak	Manchester	1987	5	Eng
26	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	1987	5	Eng
27	NZl	Eng	Wellington	1987-88	5	NZl
28	Win	Ind	Georgetown	1988-89	5	Win
29	NZl	Ind	Napier	1989-90	5	NZl
30	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	1991-92	5	Pak
31	Win	Pak	St John’s	1992-93	5	Win
32	Srl	Ind	Kandy	1993-94	5	Srl
33	Srl	Win	Moratuwa	1993-94	5	Srl
34	Zim	Srl	Harare	1994-95	5	Zim
35	Ind	NZl	Chepauk	1995-96	5	Ind
36	SAF	Eng	Centurion	1995-96	5	SAF
37	SAF	Eng	Durban	1995-96	5	SAF
38	Zim	Eng	Harare	1996-97	5	Zim
39	SAF	Pak	Shiekupura	1997-98	5	Pak
40	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	1997-98	5	Ind
41	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	1998	5	Eng
42	Srl	Aus	Col-PSS	1999-00	5	Srl
43	Win	Pak	Georgetown	1999-00	5	Win
44	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	5	Srl
45	Srl	Pak	Kandy	2000-01	5	Srl
46	Ban	Zim	Mirpur	2001-02	5	Ban
47	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	2001-02	5	Ind
48	Win	Ind	Georgetown	2001-02	5	Win
49	Eng	Ind	The Oval	2002	5	Eng
50	Ind	Aus	Chepauk	2004-05	5	Ind
51	NZl	Win	Napier	2005-06	5	NZl
52	NZl	Win	Dunedin	2008-09	5	NZl
53	Srl	Win	Pallekele	2010-11	5	Srl
54	Eng	Win	Birmingham	2012	5	Eng
55	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	2013-14	5	Ban
56	SAF	Win	P Elizabeth	2014-15	5	SAF
57	Ban	SAF	Chittagong	2015	5	Ban
58	Win	Ind	Trinidad	2016	5	Win
59	SAF	NZl	Durban	2016	5	SAF
60	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	2021	5	Eng

It also provides a No day’s play for the first occasion in a Nottingham test between England and India and the eighth such occasion against all the oppositions.

aaNo	Team	Opp	Ground	Season	Day	Soil
1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1964	1	Eng
2	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	2	Eng
3	Eng	Zim	Nottingham	2000	2	Eng
4	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1912	3	Eng
5	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	1926	3	Eng
6	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	1935	3	Eng
7	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	1967	4	Eng
8	Eng	Ind	Nottingham	2021	5	Eng

Solutions to Cricket Crossword Puzzle – 006

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England – India: First Test at Nottingham – Fourth day

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JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 26^th occasion of an England batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India.

JE Root of England scored 64 and 109 in this test to provide the 12^th occasion of an England batsman scoring half century and century in a including twin centuries in a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain scoring fifties performing such a feat in a test against India.

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his 21^st century of his test career. The following table lists the England batsmen who have scored 20 plus centuries

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C
1	AN Cook	161	291	16	12472	294	33
2	KP Pietersen	104	181	08	08181	227	23
3	IR Bell	118	205	24	07727	235	22
4	G Boycott	108	193	23	08114	246*	22
5	MC Cowdrey	114	188	15	07624	182	22
6	WR Hammond	085	140	16	07249	336*	22
7	JE Root	106	195	14	08887	254	21
8	AJ Strauss	100	178	06	07037	177	21
9	KF Barrington	082	131	15	06806	256	20
10	GA Gooch	118	215	06	08900	333	20

JE Root scored 109 in England’s second innings of this test to provide his tenth century of his test career while leading England. He became the fourth England captain to score ten or more centuries. Others are – AN Cook {12}, GA Gooch {11} and PBH May {10}

JE Root’s aggregate of runs read 8887 at the end of this test. He now stands third in the list of England batsmen who have scored most runs in tests. Others are – AN Cook {12472} and GA Gooch {8900}

JE Root’s 64 and 109 in this test gave him an aggregate of 33 fifties while leading England. He is one of the three England captains who have scored 30 plus fifties. Others are – AN Cool {36} and MA Atherton {30}

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of 5 for 64 in England’s second innings to provide the 79^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test against England

The following table lists the Indian bowlers who have captured five or more wickets against England at Nottingham. It was JJ Bumrah’s second five wicket haul against England and also against England at Nottingham after his 5 for 85 in Aug 2018

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Z Khan	5-72	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2007
2	B Kumar	5-82	2	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2014
3	HH Pandya	5-28	2	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
4	JJ Bumrah	5-85	4	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
5	JJ Bumrah	5-64	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

The following table lists the JJ Bumrah’s five wickets hauls of his test career. His five for 64 in this test represent his best bowling figures in an innings against England.

No	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	5-54	2	SAG	Johannesburg	Jan 2018
2	5-85	4	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2018
3	6-33	2	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 2018
4	5-07	4	Win	North Sound	Aug 2019
5	6-27	2	Win	Kingston	Aug 2019
6	5-64	3	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2021

Nine wickets haul in this test fetched JJ Bumrah an aggregate of 27 wickets against England. He became the 23^rd Indian bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England. He also became the ninth Indian pace bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against England.

84 and 26 in this test fetched KL Rahul an aggregate of 625 runs against England as an opening batsman. He became the ninth Indian opening batsman to total 600 plus runs against England.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC
1	Gavaskar	37	66	1	2483	221	4	16
2	M Vijay	11	21	0	756	146	3	02
3	V Sehwag	15	26	1	735	117	2	03
4	G Gambhir	11	19	0	733	179	1	04
5	Merchant	07	12	0	681	154	3	02
6	Jaisimha	09	14	0	639	129	2	04
7	KL Rahul	08	14	0	625	199	2	01
8	P Roy	14	25	1	620	140	2	01
9	Kunderan	07	13	0	607	192	2	01

SCJ Broad collected the first ball duck in England’s second innings to provide the 37^th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India and also provides the 13^th occasion of an England batsman colleting the first ball duck against India in England. It also provides the second occasion for SCJ Broad to suffer such an ignominy against India. The first such occasion was at Southampton in Aug 2018.

AM Rahane pouched his 50^th catch on away soil when he caught OE Robinson off Mohammad Shami in England’s second innings. He became the sixth Indian fieldsman other than wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil. Others are – R Dravid {111}, VVS Laxman {74}, SR Tendulkar {57}, Azharuddin {57} and SM Gavaskar {53}. He also became the 38^th fieldsman other than wicket keepers to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil.

AM Rahane has pouched 97 catches in his test career at the end of this test and needs three more for his 100 catches.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide the 123^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India. It also provides the 73^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a century against India in England.

JE Root’s 109 in the second innings of this test provide his sixth century against India. He now holds the second place jointly with KP Pietersen who has also scored six centuries. AN Cook with seven centuries owns the record for most centuries against India.

England batsmen scoring a half century and a century including twin hundreds in a test against India

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No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	CF Walters	59	102	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1934
2	KF Barrington	151*	52*	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	Nov 1961
3	BW Luckhurst	78	101	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1971
4	GA Gooch	333	123	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
5	MA Atherton	131	74	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
6	RA Smith	121*	61*	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
7	JP Crawley	64	100*	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2002
8	AN Cook	60	104*	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
9	AJ Strauss	123	108	Ind	Chennai	Dec 2008
10	MJ Prior	71	103*	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2011
11	AN Cook	71	147	Ind	The Oval	Sep 2018
12	JE Root	64	109	Ind	Nottingham	Aug 2021

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GA Gooch	333	123	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
2	JE Root	64	109	Ind	Nottingham	Aug 2021