South African bowler M Morkel’s aggregate of test wickets at the end of New Zealand’s first innings in the ongoing test at Hamilton read 252. He became the sixth South African bowler to capture 250 plus test wickets. The following table furnishes the detailed particulars of all the six bowlers who have accomplished such a feat

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	SM Pollock	108	202	24353	9733	421	7/87	10/147	23.11	16	1
2	DW Steyn	085	156	17286	9303	417	7/51	11/060	22.30	26	5
3	M Ntini	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/37	13/132	28.82	18	4
4	AA Donald	072	129	15519	7344	330	8/71	12/139	22.25	20	3
5	JH Kallis	165	270	20172	9497	291	6/54	09/092	32.63	05	0
6	M Morkel	074	136	14162	7382	252	6/23	08/196	29.29	06	0

 

KM Willamson’s 148 not out as at the end of the third day in the test between New Zealand and South Africa at Hamilton represents his 17^th test century. He now jointly shares the record of most centuries by a New Zealand batsman in test cricket with MD Crowe who has also scored similar number of centuries. Centuries scored by these two batsmen are tabulated below

MD CROWE’S TEST CENTURIES
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	100	4	caught	3	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984
2	188	4	lbw	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1985
3	188	4	bowled	2	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985
4	137	4	caught	2	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
5	106	4	caught	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jul 1986
6	119	4	caught	3	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987
7	104	4	caught	3	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1987
8	137	4	caught	1	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987
9	143	4	lbw	1	v England	Wellington	03 Mar 1988
10	174	4	caught	1	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989
11	113	4	lbw	3	v India	Auckland	22 Feb 1990
12	108*	4	not out	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Oct 1990
13	299	4	caught	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
14	140	4	caught	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Nov 1992
15	107	4	caught	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992
16	142	4	caught	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jun 1994
17	115	5	caught	3	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1994
KN WILLIAMSON’S TEST CENTURIES
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	131	6	caught	2	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
2	102*	4	not out	4	v South Africa	Wellington	23 Mar 2012
3	135	3	lbw	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012
4	114	3	lbw	1	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	09 Oct 2013
5	113	3	caught	1	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
6	113	3	bowled	1	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Jun 2014
7	161*	3	not out	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2014
8	192	3	caught	2	v Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
9	242*	3	not out	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
10	132	3	caught	2	v England	Lord’s	21 May 2015
11	140	3	caught	2	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
12	166	3	caught	2	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 2015
13	108*	3	not out	4	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015
14	113	3	caught	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016
15	104*	3	not out	4	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
16	130	3	caught	2	v South Africa	Dunedin	08 Mar 2017
17	148*	3	not out	2	v South Africa	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017

 

KN Willamson of New Zealand completed 5000  test runs during his knock of 148 not out against South Africa in the ongoing test at Hamilton. He reached the milestone when he was on 60 during his knock of 148 not out. At the  end of the third day of the test, his run aggregate read 5088. He became the 90th batsman in the annals of test cricket to amass 5000 plus test runs and also the sixth New Zealand batsman to compile 5000 plus test runs. The following table lists the six New Zealand batsmen who have aggregated 5000 plus test runs.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SP Fleming	111	189	10	7172	274*	40.06	09	46	16
2	BB McCullum	101	176	09	6453	302	38.64	12	31	14
3	LRPL Taylor	081	146	18	6030	290	47.10	16	27	12
4	MD Crowe	077	131	11	5444	299	45.36	17	18	09
5	JG Wright	082	148	07	5334	185	37.82	12	23	07
6	KS Williamson	061	110	11	5088	242*	51.39	17	25	06

 

R Aswhin created two world records – one individually and another with RA Jadeja. His individual record will be thus –He took three wickets in the second innings of Dharamsala test to take his tally of wickets to 82 in this season of 2016-17. He became the first bowler ever in the history of test cricket to capture 80 plus wickets in a test season. At the end of the first innings of the ongoing test at Dharamsala, his aggregate of wickets in 2016-17 read 79

Another record he has created with RA Jadeja reads thus – RA Jadeja had captured 68 wickets as at the end of the first innings of the ongoing test at Dharamsala. He needed two more wickets for his 70 wickets. He took three wickets in the second  innings to take his tally of wickets to 71 in 2016-17 season and  paired with R Ashwin to become the first pair of bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture seventy plus wickets in the same test season – a feat never achieved before. R Ashwin had captured 82 wickets as at the end of Australia’s  second innings of the ongoing test at Dharamsala

NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. He took five for 92 in India’s first innings to become seventh bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India. Others are – M Muralitharan {07}, IT Botham {06}, Imran Khan {06}, MD Marshall {06}, R Benaud {05} and DW Steyn {05}

NM Lyon has captured five or more wickets in an innings on four occasions against India. One more five wicket innings haul would give him five such occasions. He took five for 92 in India’s first innings to become the second Australian bowler to capture five or more five wicket innings haul against India after R Benaud. R Benaud has captured five or more wickets in an innings on five occasions against India.

WP Saha has an aggregate of 982 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needed 18 more runs for his 1000 runs. He scored 31 runs in the first innings of this test to take his tally to 1013 runs. He became the 66^th Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs  in tests.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 67 wickets against Australia. Three more wickets would fetch him 70 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 71 against Australia. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 70 plus wickets against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {111}, Harbhajan Singh {95} and N Kapil Dev {79}

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 wickets against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He become the third Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. Other two are – Harbhajan Singh {86} and A Kumble {62}

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 wickets against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He became the 17^th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. The following table lists all the eighteen bowlers

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	14	28	4672	2187	86	25.43	7	3
2	IT Botham	Eng	18	32	4251	2130	79	26.96	6	1
3	W Rhodes	Eng	21	32	3190	1405	67	20.97	3	0
4	JC Laker	Eng	11	21	2988	1126	64	17.59	4	2
5	CA Walsh	Win	13	24	3217	1400	63	22.22	2	0
6	A Kumble	Ind	10	20	3312	1517	62	24.46	6	1
7	SCJ Broad	Eng	15	27	2901	1587	61	26.01	5	1
8	AV Bedser	Eng	10	19	3238	1370	57	24.03	5	1
9	RGD Willis	Eng	11	21	2516	1200	56	21.42	4	0
10	DL Underwood	Eng	15	26	3810	1196	55	21.74	3	1
11	HMRKB Herath	Srl	08	14	2327	1087	54	20.12	5	1
12	RJ Hadlee	NZl	11	20	2726	1301	53	24.54	4	0
13	JA Snow	Eng	14	27	3268	1418	52	27.26	2	0
14	J Briggs	Eng	10	17	1915	0695	51	13.62	5	2
15	CEL Ambrose	Win	13	23	2941	1174	50	23.48	2	0
16	FS Trueman	Eng	11	20	2398	1202	50	24.04	4	1
17	R Ashwin	Ind	08	16	2800	1158	50	23.16	5	1

R Ashwin had an aggregate of 46 against Australia at home. He needed four more wickets for his 50 wickets. He took four wickets in this test to take his tally of wickets to 50 against Australia at home. He became the eighth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 50 plus wickets against Australia at home. The following table lists all the eight bowlers

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10
1	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	14	28	4672	2187	86	25.43	7	3
2	W Rhodes	Eng	21	32	3190	1405	67	20.97	3	0
3	JC Laker	Eng	11	21	2988	1126	64	17.59	4	2
4	A Kumble	Ind	10	20	3312	1517	62	24.46	6	1
5	DL Underwood	Eng	15	26	3810	1196	55	21.74	3	1
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	08	14	2327	1087	54	20.12	5	1
7	J Briggs	Eng	10	17	1915	0695	51	13.62	5	2
8	R Ashwin	Ind	08	16	2800	1158	50	23.16	5	1

RA Jadeja’s run aggregate at the end  of the second day of the Dharamsala test between India and Australia read 1004. He has already captured 139 wickets. He became the ninth spin bowler to capture 100 plus wickets and score 1000 plus runs in the annals of test cricket.  The performance of these nine cricketers is listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
1	HMRKB Herath	Srl	80	1444	80*	14.73	373	9/127	27.87	29
2	DL Vettori	NZl	113	4531	140	30.00	362	7/87	34.36	20
3	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	49	3479	217	40.92	176	7/36	33.04	15
4	MH Mankad	Ind	44	2109	231	31.47	162	8/52	32.32	08
5	RJ Shastri	Ind	80	3830	206	35.79	151	5/75	40.96	02
6	AF Giles	Eng	54	1421	59	20.89	143	5/57	40.60	05
7	RA Jadeja	Ind	30	1004	90	27.88	139	7/48	23.45	08
8	W Rhodes	Eng	58	2325	179	30.19	127	8/68	26.96	06
9	N Boje	SAF	43	1312	85	25.23	100	5/62	42.65	03

RA Jadeja’s run aggregate at the end  of the second day of the Dharamsala test between India and Australia read 1004. He has already captured 139 wickets. He  became the third Indian spin bowler to capture 100 plus wickets and score 1000 plus runs in the annals of test cricket.  The performance of  these three  cricketers is listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
1	MH Mankad	Ind	44	2109	231	31.47	162	8/52	32.32	8
2	RJ Shastri	Ind	80	3830	206	35.79	151	5/75	40.96	2
3	RA Jadeja	Ind	30	1004	90	27.88	139	7/48	23.45	8

 

RA Jadeja became the tenth Indian all rounder to score 1000 runs and capture 100 wickets. His run aggregate at the end of the second day of the Dharamsala test between India and Australia read 1004. He had already captured 139 wickets. The following table lists all the ten Indian all-rounders who have scored 1000 plus runs and captured 100 plus wickets in tests

No	Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St
1	A Kumble	132	2506	110*	17.77	1	619	10/74	29.65	35	60	0
2	N Kapil Dev	131	5248	163	31.05	8	434	9/83	29.64	23	64	0
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	2224	115	18.22	2	417	8/84	32.46	25	42	0
4	Z Khan	92	1231	75	11.95	0	311	7/87	32.94	11	19	0
5	R Ashwin	49	1903	124	32.25	4	272	7/59	25.39	25	20	0
6	J Srinath	67	1009	76	14.21	0	236	8/86	30.49	10	22	0
7	MH Mankad	44	2109	231	31.47	5	162	8/52	32.32	8	33	0
8	RJ Shastri	80	3830	206	35.79	11	151	5/75	40.96	2	36	0
9	RA Jadeja	30	1004	90	27.88	0	139	7/48	23.45	8	27	0
10	IK Pathan	29	1105	102	31.57	1	100	7/59	32.26	7	8	0

 

 

RA Jadeja had an aggregate of 988 runs in tests prior to the start of the test. He needed 12 more runs for his 1000 runs. He scored 16 runs and remained not out at the end of the second day of  the  test and has an aggregate of 1004 runs. He became the 65^th Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs  in tests.

 

NM Lyon had an aggregate of 59 wickets against India. He needed one more wicket for his 60 wickets. He took four wickets in India’s first innings and his aggregate read 63 wickets. He became the 14th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 60 plus wickets against India. The following table lists all such bowlers

 

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	22	32	7020	3425	105	8/87	11/110	32.61	7	2
2	Imran Khan	Pak	23	38	5078	2260	94	8/60	11/79	24.04	6	2
3	JM Anderson	Eng	22	42	4935	2423	86	5/42	7/77	28.17	3	0
4	MD Marshall	Win	17	30	3507	1671	76	6/37	11/89	21.98	6	1
5	AME Roberts	Win	14	25	3030	1454	67	7/64	12/121	21.70	4	1
6	RJ Hadlee	NZl	14	24	3106	1493	65	7/23	11/58	22.96	4	2
7	WW Hall	Win	13	26	2774	1221	65	6/49	11/126	18.78	4	1
8	CA Walsh	Win	15	25	3124	1316	65	6/62	10/101	20.24	4	1
9	LR Gibbs	Win	15	30	4793	1467	63	8/38	9/63	23.28	4	0
10	DW Steyn	SAF	13	22	2616	1349	63	7/51	10/108	21.41	5	1
11	NM Lyon	Aus	14	26	3597	2088	63	8/50	12/286	33.14	4	1
12	DL Underwood	Eng	20	36	4995	1699	62	5/84	9/173	27.40	1	0
13	RGD Willis	Eng	17	30	2941	1441	62	6/53	9/142	23.24	3	0
14	MA Holding	Win	15	26	3142	1543	61	6/65	7/117	25.29	2	0

 

NM Lyon had an aggregate of 59 wickets against India. He needed one more wickets for his 60 wickets. He took four wickets in India’s first innings and his aggregate read 63 wickets. He become the first Australian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against India.

 

NM Lyon had an aggregate of 59 wickets against India. He needed one more wicket for his 60 wickets. He took four wickets in India’s first innings and his aggregate read 63 wickets. He became the fourth spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 60 plus wickets against India. The following table lists all such bowlers

 

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	22	32	7020	3425	105	8/87	11/110	32.61	7	2
2	LR Gibbs	Win	15	30	4793	1467	63	8/38	9/63	23.28	4	0
3	NM Lyon	Aus	14	26	3597	2088	63	8/50	12/286	33.14	4	1
4	DL Underwood	Eng	20	36	4995	1699	62	5/84	9/173	27.40	1	0

 

SPD Smith of Australia became the second captain in the annals of test cricket to score five hundreds in a season after RT Ponting. RT Ponting  on his  part had scored eight centuries  in 2005-06 season.

No	Captain	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Season
1	RT Ponting	Aus	5	8	3	970	149	194.00	8	2005/06
2	SPD Smith	Aus	5	5	2	693	178*	231.00	5	2016/17

The following table lists the performance of RT Ponting and SPD Smith with details of hundreds scored by them in 2005-06 and 2016-17 seasons

RT PONTING OF AUSTRALIA
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	149	3	caught	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
2	104*	3	not out	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
3	117	3	caught	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
4	120	3	lbw	2	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
5	143*	3	not out	4	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
6	103	3	caught	1	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
7	116	3	caught	3	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
8	118*	3	not out	4	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
SPD SMITH OF AUSTRALIA
No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	130	4	caught	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
2	165*	4	not out	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
3	109	3	lbw	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
4	178*	3	not out	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
5	111	3	caught	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017

 

SPD Smith’s 111 in the ongoing test at Dharamsala against India provide the fifth century of the season 2016-17. His feat of scoring five centuries in a season provides the 18^th occasion of a batsman scoring five ore more  centuries in a season. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Season
1	RT Ponting	Aus	12	23	4	1483	149	78.05	8	2005/06
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	9	15	2	1179	205	90.69	6	1978/79
3	JH Kallis	SAF	12	20	4	1227	186	76.68	6	2007/08
4	CL Walcott	Win	5	10	0	827	155	82.70	5	1955
5	M Amarnath	Ind	11	19	2	1182	120	69.52	5	1982/83
6	MJ Slater	Aus	12	23	0	975	123	42.39	5	1998/99
7	SR Waugh	Aus	12	23	6	1142	199	67.17	5	1998/99
8	ML Hayden	Aus	9	16	2	1035	138	73.92	5	2001/02
9	JH Kallis	SAF	9	16	3	1166	177	89.69	5	2003/04
10	AC Gilchrist	Aus	12	17	3	967	162	69.07	5	2004/05
11	DR Martyn	Aus	12	18	2	1072	165	67.00	5	2004/05
12	ML Hayden	Aus	12	23	1	1287	137	58.50	5	2005/06
13	G Gambhir	Ind	8	16	1	1269	206	84.60	5	2008/09
14	AJ Strauss	Eng	7	13	2	793	169	72.09	5	2008/09
15	SR Tendulkar	Ind	7	10	2	674	143	84.25	5	2009/10
16	JH Kallis	SAF	5	9	3	821	201*	136.83	5	2010/11
17	DA Warner	Aus	8	16	1	1066	145	71.06	5	2013/14
18	SPD Smith	Aus	10	18	3	1135	178*	75.66	5	2016/17

It is intresting to note that half of 18 occasions of a batsman scoring five ore centuries belonged to Australian batsmen. The following table lists the nine occasion of Australian batsman scoring five or more centuries in a season

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Season
1	RT Ponting	Aus	12	23	4	1483	149	78.05	8	2005/06
2	MJ Slater	Aus	12	23	0	975	123	42.39	5	1998/99
3	SR Waugh	Aus	12	23	6	1142	199	67.17	5	1998/99
4	ML Hayden	Aus	9	16	2	1035	138	73.92	5	2001/02
5	AC Gilchrist	Aus	12	17	3	967	162	69.07	5	2004/05
6	DR Martyn	Aus	12	18	2	1072	165	67.00	5	2004/05
7	ML Hayden	Aus	12	23	1	1287	137	58.50	5	2005/06
8	DA Warner	Aus	8	16	1	1066	145	71.06	5	2013/14
9	SPD Smith	Aus	10	18	3	1135	178*	75.66	5	2016/17