SC Cook’s 104 against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the 14^th occasion of a South African opening batsman’s century going in vain in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JW Zulch	150	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	HW Taylor	109	1	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913
3	B Mitchell	109	3	v England	Durban	20 Jan 1939
4	A Melville	117	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
5	EAB Rowan	143	1	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
6	EJ Barlow	109	1	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
7	AC Hudson	163	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
8	AC Hudson	102	1	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994
9	G Kirsten	153	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
10	HH Gibbs	183	1	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
11	HH Gibbs	161	2	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
12	AN Petersen	100	1	v India	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
13	D Elgar	118*	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015
14	SC Cook	104	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

SC Cook’s 104 against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of a South African opening batsman’s century going in vain in a test against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JW Zulch	150	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	EAB Rowan	143	1	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950
3	EJ Barlow	109	1	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
4	AC Hudson	102	1	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994
5	G Kirsten	153	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
6	SC Cook	104	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

 

F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	109	1	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913
2	HW Taylor	102	4	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	A Melville	117	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
4	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
5	WJ Cronje	126	1	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
6	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test against Australia. Both the occasions are listed below. It is interesting  to note that the interval between  the two occurrences is 66 years 11 months

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

R Ashwin completed 500 runs in the calendar year 2016 when he was on 27 during his knock of 57 not out in the third test at Mohali. With 56 wickets in the calendar year 2016, he achieved the all-round feat of scoring 500 plus runs and capturing 50 plus wickets in calendar year 2016. His feat provides the tenth occasion of such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below in the chronological order of the calendar year.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	IT Botham	Eng	12	597	66	1978
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	17	619	74	1979
3	IT Botham	Eng	13	629	62	1981
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	18	579	75	1983
5	SM Pollock	SAF	14	593	69	1998
6	SM Pollock	SAF	13	573	55	2001
7	A Flintoff	Eng	14	709	68	2005
8	DL Vettori	NZl	14	672	54	2008
9	MG Johnson	Aus	13	500	63	2009
10	R Ashwin	Ind	10	530	56	2016

N Kapil Dev, SM Pollock. IT Botham are the three cricketers to perform such a feat on two occasions. The performance of these three cricketers are furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	IT Botham	Eng	12	597	66	1978
2	IT Botham	Eng	13	629	62	1981
1	N Kapil Dev	Ind	17	619	74	1979
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	18	579	75	1983
1	SM Pollock	SAF	14	593	69	1998
2	SM Pollock	SAF	13	573	55	2001

It is interesting to note that DL Vettori and R Ashwin are the only two spin bowlers in the elite list. The performance of these two cricketers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	Year
1	DL Vettori	NZl	14	672	54	2008
2	R Ashwin	Ind	10	530	56	2016

 

KK Nair was dismissed run out for 4 against England at Mohali in the ongoing test to provide the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out on his test debut. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Ibrahim	44	3	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	JM Ghorpade	0	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
3	CG Borde	7	2	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	28 Nov 1958
4	Surendranath	8	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
5	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
6	PH Sharma	49	3	v West Indies	Delhi	11 Dec 1974
7	K Srikkanth	13	3	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
8	AO Malhotra	31	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
9	NS Sidhu	15	2	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
10	R Lamba	24	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
11	A Kumble	2	2	v England	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
12	KK Nair	4	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

KK Nair was dismissed run out for 4 against England at Mohali in the ongoing test to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out on his test debut against England. The following table lists all such occasions. The previous such occasion was witnessed against England when A Kumble  dismissed run out for 4 at Manchester in  Aug 1990.  A Kumble  is  the present coach of the Indian team

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
2	K Srikkanth	13	3	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
3	AO Malhotra	31	3	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982
4	A Kumble	2	2	v England	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
5	KK Nair	4	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

 

F du Plessis’ 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide in the ongoing test provides the seventh occasion of a South African captain scoring a century against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	DJ McGlew	108	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
3	GC Smith	108	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
4	JH Kallis	102	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
5	GC Smith	101*	4	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
6	GC Smith	122	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
7	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

It also provides the second century by a South African captain against Australia at Adelaide, the first being GC Smith’ s 122 in Nov 2012. It also provides the second unbeaten century by a South African captain against Australia, the first being GC Smith’s 101 not out at Cape Town in Nov 2011

It also provides the third century by a South African captain against Australia in Australia. The following table lists all the three centurions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	108	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
2	GC Smith	122	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
3	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

 

MA Taylor and SPD Smith are the two Australian captains to be dismissed run out for an identical score of 59. MA Taylor was dismissed run out for 59 against England at Brisbane in Nov 1994 and SPD Smith against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016. MA Taylor was dismissed for 59 on the first day of the test – that is on 25.11.1994, while SPD Smith was dismissed for 59 on the second day of the test – that is on 25.11.2016

No	Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Taylor	59	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
2	SPD Smith	59	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

SPD Smith of Australia was dismissed  run  out for 59 in  the Adelaide Test against South Africa to  provide the 16^th occasion  of an Australian captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WM Woodfull	83	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931
2	WM Woodfull	73	v England	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
3	RB Simpson	77	v India	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
4	IM Chappell	72	v West Indies	Bridgetown	09 Mar 1973
5	GS Chappell	58	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977
6	RB Simpson	67	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
7	GS Chappell	53	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982
8	AR Border	73	v West Indies	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992
9	MA Taylor	59	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
10	SR Waugh	67	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 2001
11	SR Waugh	90	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
12	AC Gilchrist	80	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
13	RT Ponting	52	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
14	RT Ponting	66	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
15	RT Ponting	71	v India	Mohali	01 Oct 2010
16	SPD Smith	59	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain to be dismissed run out against Australia. SR Waugh was the other captain to be dismissed for 90 against South Africa at Melbourne in Dec 2001.

No	Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Waugh	90	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
2	SPD Smith	59	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

MA Taylor and SPD Smith are the two Australian captains to be dismissed run out for an identical score of 59. MA Taylor was dismissed run out for 59 against England at Brisbane in Nov 1994 and SPD Smith against South Africa at Adelaide in Nov 2016. MA Taylor was dismissed for 59 on the first day of the test – that is on 25.11.1994, while SPD Smith was dismissed for 59 on the second day of the test – that is on 25.11.2016

No	Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Taylor	59	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
2	SPD Smith	59	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

Australia capped three cricketers –  PSP Handscomb, NJ Maddison and MT Renshaw – for the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the 35^th occasion of Australia capping three or more cricketers in a test. The complete list in the chronological order is furnished below

No	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Debutants
1	England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	11
2	England	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	03
3	England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	03
4	England	The Oval	06 Sep 1880	07
5	England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881	04
6	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	09
7	England	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	03
8	England	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	05
9	England	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888	03
10	England	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890	05
11	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	03
12	England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	05
13	England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1896	03
14	England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907	04
15	South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912	03
16	England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	07
17	England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	03
18	England	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	03
19	South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	03
20	England	Brisbane	10 Feb 1933	03
21	England	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	04
22	New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	07
23	India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	03
24	West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	03
25	South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	04
26	West Indies	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	03
27	England	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	03
28	New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	03
29	England	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977	03
30	India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	06
31`	India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	04
32	India	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	03
33	South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	03
34	New Zealand	Brisbane	01 Dec 2011	03
35	South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	03

The summary read thus

No	Debutants	Occasions
1	11	01
2	09	01
3	07	03
4	06	01
5	05	03
6	04	05
7	03	21
l	Total	35

The previous of three cricketers making their test for Australia was at Brisbane against New Zealand in Dec 2011. The cricketers who made their debut in this test are – JL Pattison, MA Starc and DA Warner

It also provides the fifth occasion of three or more cricketers making their test debut for Australia at Adelaide. The following table lists all such occasions

No	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Debutants
1	India	Adelaide	29 Jan 1978	4
2	South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	3
3	New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	3
4	India	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	3
5	South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	3

The previous occasion of Australia capping three cricketers at Adelaide was against India was in Dec 1985. The capped cricketers were –  MG Hughes, GR Marsh and BA Reid

The previous occasion of Australia capping three cricketers at Adelaide was against South Africa was in Jan 1932. The capped cricketers were –  WA Hunt, WJ O’Reilly and HM Thurlow

No	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Debutants
1	South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	4
2	South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912	3
3	South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	3
4	South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	3
5	South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	3