V Kohli owns the record for most boundary fours in a calendar year in Twenty20 games

V Kohli owns the record for most boundary fours in a calendar year in Twenty20 games

V Kohli owns the record for scoring most boundary fours in a calendar year in Twenty20 games. He has scored 153 boundary fours in 2016. He has become the first batsman to score 150 boundary fours in a calendar year in the history of T20 games. The previous record for most boundary fours in a calendar year was held by DPMD Jayawardne who had scored 139 boundary fours in the calendar year 2010. The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 100 plus boundary fours in a calendar year.

No Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s
1 V Kohli 2016 31 29 11 1614 113 89.66 4 14 1 153
2 M Jayawardene 2010 32 32 4 1156 110* 41.28 2 8 3 139
3 Ahmed Shehzad 2012 34 34 3 1138 113* 36.70 2 8 5 134
4 TM Dilshan 2009 37 36 4 1086 96* 33.93 0 10 2 128
5 LMP Simmons 2015 37 37 2 1172 73 33.48 0 11 3 126
6 CH Gayle 2015 36 36 8 1665 151* 59.46 3 10 0 123
7 DR Smith 2014 44 43 2 1203 110* 29.34 2 7 2 121
8 Imran Nazir 2012 37 37 4 1036 76* 31.39 0 9 3 118
9 Azhar Mahmood 2012 48 47 9 1158 100* 30.47 1 7 1 117
10 LMP Simmons 2014 37 36 4 1209 100* 37.78 1 9 4 116
11 AJ Finch 2014 42 42 4 1172 89 30.84 0 9 2 114
12 LJ Wright 2012 37 35 3 1090 117 34.06 1 6 1 114
13 CH Gayle 2011 31 31 5 1497 109* 57.57 4 10 3 112
14 DA Warner 2011 33 33 5 1181 135* 42.17 3 7 2 112
15 DA Warner 2010 45 45 2 1082 107* 25.16 1 5 4 110
16 DR Smith 2013 48 47 4 1077 68 25.04 0 7 5 110
17 LJ Wright 2014 36 36 3 1028 153* 31.15 2 4 4 110
18 DA Warner 2016 25 25 3 1033 93* 46.95 0 10 1 105
19 BB McCullum 2012 37 36 1 1034 123 29.54 2 2 2 103
20 CH Gayle 2012 40 38 6 1532 128* 47.87 3 13 2 100

CH Gayle and DA Warner are the only two batsmen in the history of Twenty20 games to score 100 plus boundaries in three calendar years. CH Gayle narrowly missed the feat in the calendar year 2013 by just two boundary fours. He had scored 98 boundary fours in 2013. DR Smith, LJ Wright and LMP Simmons are the three batsmen to accomplish the feat in two calendar years. The following table furnishes the performance of these five batsmen

No Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s
1 CH Gayle 2015 36 36 8 1665 151* 59.46 3 10 0 123
2 CH Gayle 2011 31 31 5 1497 109* 57.57 4 10 3 112
3 CH Gayle 2012 40 38 6 1532 128* 47.87 3 13 2 100
                         
1 DA Warner 2011 33 33 5 1181 135* 42.17 3 7 2 112
2 DA Warner 2010 45 45 2 1082 107* 25.16 1 5 4 110
3 DA Warner 2016 25 25 3 1033 93* 46.95 0 10 1 105
                         
1 DR Smith 2014 44 43 2 1203 110* 29.34 2 7 2 121
2 DR Smith 2013 48 47 4 1077 68 25.04 0 7 5 110
                         
1 LJ Wright 2012 37 35 3 1090 117 34.06 1 6 1 114
2 LJ Wright 2014 36 36 3 1028 153* 31.15 2 4 4 110
                         
1 LMP Simmons 2015 37 37 2 1172 73 33.48 0 11

3

 126
2 LMP Simmons 2014 37 36 4 1209 100* 37.78 1 9 4 116

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 90 plus boundary fours in a calendar year and missed the distinction of joining the batsmen who have accomplished the feat of scoring 100 plus boundary fours in a calendar year. CH Gayle missed the distinction in two calendar years – 2013 and 2014. He scored 98 boundary fours in 2013 and 91 boundary fours in 2014

No Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 4s
1 CH Gayle 2013 33 33 6 1344 175* 49.77 3 7 98
2 GJ Maxwell 2014 51 50 2 1123 95 23.39 0 6 96
3 AB de Villiers 2016 30 29 5 1122 129* 46.75 1 10 92
4 CH Gayle 2014 37 36 3 1056 111* 32.00 2 5 91
5 MJ Guptill 2012 26 26 6 1042 120* 52.10 2 5 90
V Kohli on the threshold of writing a new record for most Twenty20 runs in a calendar year

V Kohli on the threshold of writing a new record for most Twenty20 runs in a calendar year

V Kohli is on the threshold of rewriting a new Twenty20 record. He would be rewriting the record for most runs in a calendar year in Twenty20 games. He has scored 1614 runs in the calendar year 2016. The present record is held by CH Gayle who had amassed 1665 runs in the calendar year 2015. V Kohli needs 52 more runs to own the record for most runs in a calendar year to surpass CH Gayle’s aggregate of 1665. CH Gayle and V Kohli are the only two batsmen to amass 1600 plus runs in a calendar year in the history of Twenty20 games

Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 4s 6s
CH Gayle 2015 36 36 8 1665 151* 59.46 3 10 0 123 135
V Kohli 2016 31 29 11 1614 113 89.66 4 14 1 153 047

CH Gayle represented Barisal Bulls, Jamaica Tallawahs, Melbourne Renegades, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, West Indies in calendar year 2015 while V Kohli represented India, Royal Challengers Bangalore in calendar year 2016. The following table furnished the performance of V Kohli in the calendar year 2016

No Inns Score Match Date
1 1 90* India v Australia 26 Jan 2016
2 2 59* India v Australia 29 Jan 2016
3 3 50  India v Australia 31 Jan 2016
4 4 8  India v Bangladesh 24 Feb 2016
5 5 49  India v Pakistan 27 Feb 2016
6 6 56* India v Sri Lanka 01 Mar 2016
7   DNB India v United Arab Emirates 03 Mar 2016
8 7 41* India v Bangladesh 06 Mar 2016
9 8 23  India v New Zealand 15 Mar 2016
10 9 55* India v Pakistan 19 Mar 2016
11 10 24  India v Bangladesh 23 Mar 2016
12 11 82* India v Australia 27 Mar 2016
13 12 89* India v West Indies 31 Mar 2016
14 13 75  RCB v Sunrisers 12 Apr 2016
15 14 79  RCB v Delhi Daredevils 17 Apr 2016
16 15 33  RCB v Mumbai Indians 20 Apr 2016
17 16 80  RCB v Rising Pune Supergiants 22 Apr 2016
18 17 100* RCB v Gujarat Lions 24 Apr 2016
19 18 14  RCB v Sunrisers 30 Apr 2016
20 19 52  RCB v Kolkata Knight Riders 02 May 2016
21 20 108* RCB v Rising Pune Supergiants 07 May 2016
22 21 20  RCB v Kings XI Punjab 09 May 2016
23 22 7  RCB v Mumbai Indians 11 May 2016
24 23 109  RCB v Gujarat Lions 14 May 2016
25 24 75* RCB v Kolkata Knight Riders 16 May 2016
26 25 113  RCB v Kings XI Punjab 18 May 2016
27 26 54* RCB v Delhi Daredevils 22 May 2016
28 27 0  RCB v Gujarat Lions 24 May 2016
29 28 54  RCB v Sunrisers 29 May 2016
30 29 16  India v West Indies 27 Aug 2016
31   DNB India v West Indies 28 Aug 2016
31 29 1614 Total  

 

List of batsmen who have scored the one day fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries

List of batsmen who have scored the one day fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries

AJ Finch of Australia scored fifty in 18 balls against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 31.08.16 to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries in the history of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below in the ascending order of the balls taken to score the fifty.

No Runs 50 in Balls Player Match Venue Date
1 149 50 16 AB de Villiers RSA v Win Johannesburg 18.01.15
2 76 50 17 ST Jayasuriya Srl v Pak Singapore 07.04.96
3 68 50 17 MDKJ Perera Srl v Pak Pallekele 15.07.15
4 93 50 17 MJ Guptill NZl v Srl Christchurch 28.12.15
5 74 50 18 SP O’Donnell Aus v Srl Sharjah 02.05.90
6 102 50 18 Shahid Afridi Pak v Srl Nairobi 04.10.96
7 55* 50 18 Shahid Afridi Pak v Net Colombo 21.09.02
8 60 50 18 GJ Maxwell Aus v Ind Bangalore 02.11.13
9 59 50 18 Shahid Afridi Pak v Ban Mirpur 04.03.14
10 77 50 18 BB McCullum NZl v Eng Wellington 20.02.15
11 55 50 18 AJ Finch Aus v Srl Dambulla 31.08.16
12 51* 50 19 MV Boucher RSA v Ken Cape Town 22.10.01
13 53* 50 19 JM Kemp RSA v Zim Durban 27.02.05
14 80* 50 19 BB McCullum NZl v Ban Queenstown 31.12.07
15 59* 50 19 LRPL Taylor NZl v Ire Aberdeen 01.07.08
16 52 50 19 DJ Hussey Aus v Win St Kitts 06.07.08
17 65 50 19 Shahid Afridi Pak v NZl Christchurch 29.01.11
18 51 50 19 BB McCullum NZl v Srl Christchurch 11.01.15
19 102 50 20 Shahid Afridi Pak v Ind Kanpur 15.04.05
20 77* 50 20 Shahid Afridi Pak v RSA Durban 07.02.07
21 52 50 20 BB McCullum NZl v Can St Lucia 22.03.07
22 58* 50 20 DJG Sammy Win v RSA Antigua 24.05.10
23 56 50 20 RD Berrington Sco v Ire Edinburgh 12.07.11
24 131* 50 20 CJ Anderson NZl v Win Queenstown 01.01.14
25 51 50 20 AD Mathews Srl v Sco Hobart 11.03.15

AJ Finch became the fourth Australian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring a fifty In less than 20 deliveries. Others are – GJ Maxwell {18}, SP O’Donnell {18} and DJ Hussey {19}. The feats of these four batsmen are listed below. AJ Finch emulated the first two batsmen – GJ Maxwell and SP O’Donell – in scoring  fifty in 18 balls.

No Runs 50 in Balls Player Match Venue Date
1 60 50 18 GJ Maxwell Aus v Ind Bangalore 02.11.13
2 74 50 18 SP O’Donnell Aus v Srl Sharjah 02.05.90
3 55 50 18 AJ Finch Aus v Srl Dambulla 31.08.16
4 52 50 19 DJ Hussey Aus v Win St Kitts 06.07.08

AJ Finch became the sixth batsman to score a fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries against Sri Lanka in one day games. Others are – MJ Guptill {17}, SP O’Donnell {18}, Shahid Afridi {18), BB McCullum {19} and CJ Anderson {20}. The performance of these six batsmen are furnished below

No Runs 50 in Balls Player Match Venue Date
1 93 50 17 MJ Guptill NZl v Srl Christchurch 28.12.15
2 74 50 18 SP O’Donnell Aus v Srl Sharjah 02.05.90
3 102 50 18 Shahid Afridi Pak v Srl Nairobi 04.10.96
4 55 50 18 AJ Finch Aus v Srl Dambulla 31.08.16
5 51 50 19 BB McCullum NZl v Srl Christchurch 11.01.15
6 131* 50 20 CJ Anderson NZl v Win Queenstown 01.01.14
Australian batsmen who have scored nineties against Sri Lanka in one day games

Australian batsmen who have scored nineties against Sri Lanka in one day games

GJ Bailey of Australia scored 90 not out against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 31.09.16 to provide the eighth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety against Sri Lanka in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DM Jones 99* 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 28 Jan 1985
2 MA Taylor 94 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 15 Aug 1992
3 MA Taylor 90 2 v Sri Lanka Sydney 21 Dec 1995
4 AC Gilchrist 99 1 v Sri Lanka Centurion 07 Mar 2003
5 A Symonds 91* 1 v Sri Lanka Port Elizabeth 18 Mar 2003
6 ML Hayden 93 2 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 22 Feb 2004
7 RT Ponting 90* 2 v Sri Lanka Hambantota 14 Aug 2011
8 GJ Bailey 90* 2 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 31 Aug 2016

GJ Bailey scored 11 boundary fours in his knock of 90 not out against Sri Lanka on 31.08.16 to provide the 16th occasion of an Australian batsman to score ten or more boundary fours while scoring a ninety in a one-day innings against various oppositions. He also became the second Australian batsman to accomplish such a feat against Sri Lanka after AC Gilchrist. AC Gilchrist had scored 14 boundary fours in his knock of 99 against Sri Lanka at Centurion on 07.03.03. All the sixteen occasions are listed below

No Player Runs 4s Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GS Chappell 92 10 1 v England Melbourne 08 Dec 1979
2 KJ Hughes 98 10 2 v England Birmingham 22 Aug 1980
3 ME Waugh 95 12 1 v England Lord’s 25 May 1997
4 JP Maher 95 10 1 v South Africa Centurion 24 Mar 2002
5 AC Gilchrist 99 14 1 v Sri Lanka Centurion 07 Mar 2003
6 DR Martyn 92* 15 2 v Bangladesh Cairns 03 Aug 2003
7 AC Gilchrist 95 14 2 v India Sydney 22 Jan 2004
8 MJ Clarke 97 12 2 v Pakistan Hobart 16 Jan 2005
9 PA Jaques 94 14 1 v South Africa Melbourne (CS) 20 Jan 2006
10 AC Gilchrist 92 11 2 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 18 Oct 2006
11 BJ Hodge 97* 10 1 v New Zealand Auckland 18 Feb 2007
12 ML Hayden 92 11 2 v India Chandigarh 08 Oct 2007
13 RT Ponting 92 10 1 v England The Oval 30 Jun 2010
14 GJ Maxwell 95 15 1 v England Perth 01 Feb 2015
15 DA Warner 93 12 1 v India Canberra 20 Jan 2016
16 GJ Bailey 90* 11 2 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 31 Aug 2016

 

Teams posting two 150 plus runs partnerships in an innings in one day games

Teams posting two 150 plus runs partnerships in an innings in one day games

AD Hales-JE Root added 248 runs for the second wicket and JC Buttler-EJG Morgan added 161 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s innings against Pakistan at Nottingham on 30.08.16 to provide the seventh occasion of a team posting two partnerships of 150 plus runs in an innings in the annals of one day games. All the seven occasions are listed below

It is interesting to note that the first such instance was witnessed in.12.09 – 38 years after the first one-day game was played – in the game between India and Sri Lanka at Rajkot on 15.12.09. Indian batsmen accomplished such a feat

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Date
1 1 V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar 1 153 1 Ind Srl Rajkot 15.12.09
  2 MS Dhoni, V Sehwag 2 156 1 Ind Srl Rajkot 15.12.09
                   
2 1 JP Duminy, CA Ingram 3 151 1 RSA Neth Amstelveen 31.05.13
  2 JP Duminy, F du Plessis 4 152* 1 RSA Neth Amstelveen 31.05.13
                   
3 1 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 176 2 Ind Aus Jaipur 16.10.13
  2 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 186* 2 Ind Aus Jaipur 16.10.13
                   
4 1 HM Amla, RR Rossouw 1 247 1 RSA Win Jo’burg 18.01.15
  2 HM Amla, AB de Villiers 2 192 1 RSA Win Jo’burg 18.01.15
                   
5 1 Azhar Ali, Mohd Hafeez 1 170 1 Pak Zim Lahore 26.05.15
  2 Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik 3 201 1 Pak Zim Lahore 26.05.15
                   
6 1 Q de Kock, F du Plessis 2 154 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
  2 AB de Villiers, F du Plessis 3 164* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
                   
7 1 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30.08.16
  2 JC Buttler, EJG Morgan 4 161* 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30.08.16

AD Hales-JE Root added 248 runs for the second wicket and JC Buttler-EJG Morgan added 161 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in England’s innings against Pakistan at Nottingham on 30.08.16 to provide the third occasion of a team posting two partnerships of 150 plus runs in  an innings – of which one is a 200 plus runs partnership – in the annals of one  day games. All the three occasions are listed below

The first such instance was witnessed in.12.15 – 44 years after the first one-day game was played – in the game between South Africa against West Indies at Johannesburg on 18.01.15. South African batsmen accomplished such a feat

No No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Date
1 1 HM Amla, RR Rossouw 1 247 1 RSA Win Jo’burg 18.01.15
  2 HM Amla, AB de Villiers 2 192 1 RSA Win Jo’burg 18.01.15
                   
2 1 Azhar Ali, Mohd Hafeez 1 170 1 Pak Zim Lahore 26.05.15
  2 Haris Sohail, Shoaib Malik 3 201 1 Pak Zim Lahore 26.05.15
                   
3 1 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30.08.16
  2 JC Buttler, EJG Morgan 4 161* 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30.08.16

 

England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a one day game

England batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a one day game

AD Hales of England scored 171 runs against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the seventh occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a one-day game against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below. It also represents the highest score by an England batsman in one day games. The previous best was 167 not out by RA Smith against Australia at Birmingham on 21.05.93. Thus RA Smith’s score of 167 not out stood as a record score by an England batsman for 23 years.

No Player Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AD Hales 171 1 Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 RA Smith 167* 1 Aus Birmingham 21 May 1993
3 JJ Roy 162 2 Srl The Oval 29 Jun 2016
4 DI Gower 158 1 NZl Brisbane 15 Jan 1983
5 AJ Strauss 158 2 Ind Bangalore 27 Feb 2011
6 AJ Strauss 154 1 Ban Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
7 AJ Strauss 152 1 Ban Nottingham 21 Jun 2005

AD Hales’ 171 in this game represents the highest score by an England opening batsman in one day games. Previous best was 161 by JJ Roy against Sri Lanka at The Oval on 29.06.16. The following table furnished the five occasions of England opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games

No Player Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AD Hales 171 1 Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 JJ Roy 162 2 Srl The Oval 29 Jun 2016
3 AJ Strauss 158 2 Ind Bangalore 27 Feb 2011
4 AJ Strauss 154 1 Ban Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
5 AJ Strauss 152 1 Ban Nottingham 21 Jun 2005

AD Hales became the third batsman to score 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one day games. His 171 in this game provide the fourth occasion of England batsman scoring 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one-day game. All the four occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 183 2 Ind Pak Dhaka 18 Mar 2012
2 AD Hales 171 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
3 BC Lara 156 1 Win Pak Adelaide 28 Jan 2005
4 BC Lara 153 2 Win Pak Sharjah 05 Nov 1993

AD Hales became the second batsman to score 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one day games. His 171 in this game provide the highest score by an England batsman against Pakistan in one-day game. Previous best was BC Lara’s 153 at Sharjah on 05.11.93. Both the occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AD Hales 171 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 BC Lara 153 2 Eng Pak Sharjah 05 Nov 1993

 

England’s 200 plus runs partnership in one day games

England’s 200 plus runs partnership in one day games

AD Hales and JE Root of England posted 248 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the ninth occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against various oppositions in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GA Gooch, DI Gower 2 202 2 v Australia Lord’s 03 Jun 1985
2 NH Fairbrother, GA Hick 3 213 2 v West Indies Lord’s 27 May 1991
3 VS Solanki, ME Trescothick 1 200 2 v South Africa The Oval 28 Jun 2003
4 A Flintoff, AJ Strauss 4 226 1 v West Indies Lord’s 06 Jul 2004
5 PD Collingwood, AJ Strauss 4 210 1 v Bangladesh Nottingham 21 Jun 2005
6 AJ Strauss, IJL Trott 2 250 1 v Bangladesh Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
7 RS Bopara, EJG Morgan 5 226* 2 v Ireland Dublin (M) 03 Sep 2013
8 AD Hales, JJ Roy 1 256* 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 24 Jun 2016
9 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016

AD Hales and JE Root of England posted 248 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against various oppositions at Nottingham in one day games. Nottingham became the third ground on England soil on which England batsmen have posted 200 plus runs on two or more occasions. Others are – Lord’s {03] and Birmingham {02}. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Strauss, IJL Trott 2 250 1 v Bangladesh Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
2 AD Hales, JJ Roy 1 256* 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 24 Jun 2016
               
1 GA Gooch, DI Gower 2 202 2 v Australia Lord’s 03 Jun 1985
2 NH Fairbrother, GA Hick 3 213 2 v West Indies Lord’s 27 May 1991
3 A Flintoff, AJ Strauss 4 226 1 v West Indies Lord’s 06 Jul 2004
               
1 PD Collingwood, AJ Strauss 4 210 1 v Bangladesh Nottingham 21 Jun 2005
3 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016

AD Hales and JE Root of England posted 248 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the third occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against various oppositions in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Strauss, IJL Trott 2 250 1 v Bangladesh Birmingham 12 Jul 2010
2 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
3 GA Gooch, DI Gower 2 202 2 v Australia Lord’s 03 Jun 1985

The following table lists the seven occasions of various teams posting a 200 plus runs partnership against Pakistan in one day games. England’s 248 runs partnership for the second wicket in this game represents the highest partnership posted by a team against Pakistan in one day games. The previous best was 238 runs partnership between HM Amla and AB de Villiers of South Africa at Johannesburg on 17.03.13

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 HM Amla, AB de Villiers 3 238 1 RSA Pak Johannesburg 17 Mar 2013
3 DJ Cullinan, JN Rhodes 4 232 1 RSA Pak Nairobi (G) 29 Sep 1996
4 NS Sidhu, SR Tendulkar 2 231 1 Ind Pak Sharjah 15 Apr 1996
5 PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya 3 213* 2 Srl Pak Lahore 05 Nov 1997
6 M Jayawardene, WU Tharanga 1 202 2 Srl Pak Dambulla 03 Aug 2009
7 R Dravid, V Sehwag 3 201 1 Ind Pak Kochi 02 Apr 2005

AD Hales and JE Root of England posted 248 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the second wicket against Pakistan in one day games. All such occasions are listed below.

This stand represents the highest partnership by any team for the second wicket against Pakistan in one day games. The previous best was the 231 runs partnership between India’s NS Sidhu and SR Tendulkar at Sharjah on 15.04.96. Thus England rewrote the second wicket partnership against Pakistan after 20 years

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AD Hales, JE Root 2 248 1 Eng Pak Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 NS Sidhu, SR Tendulkar 2 231 1 Ind Pak Sharjah 15 Apr 1996

 

England posts the highest team total in one day games – posts 444 for 3 against Pakistan at Nottingham

England posts the highest team total in one day games – posts 444 for 3 against Pakistan at Nottingham

England posted a team total of 444 for 3 against Pakistan at Nottingham on 30.08.16 which represents the highest team total registered by a team in the history of one day games. The previous best was 443 for 9 by Sri Lanka against Netherlands at Amstelveen on 04.07.16. Sri Lanka’s total stood as a record for ten years one month and 25 days. The following table furnishes the occasions of a team positing 400 plus runs in an innings in the history of one day games

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 444/3 50.0 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 Sri Lanka 443/9 50.0 1 v Netherlands Amstelveen 04 Jul 2006
3 South Africa 439/2 50.0 1 v West Indies Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
4 South Africa 438/9 49.5 2 v Australia Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
5 South Africa 438/4 50.0 1 v India Mumbai 25 Oct 2015
6 Australia 434/4 50.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
7 South Africa 418/5 50.0 1 v Zimbabwe Potchefstroom 20 Sep 2006
8 India 418/5 50.0 1 v West Indies Indore 08 Dec 2011
9 Australia 417/6 50.0 1 v Afghanistan Perth 04 Mar 2015
10 India 414/7 50.0 1 v Sri Lanka Rajkot 15 Dec 2009
11 India 413/5 50.0 1 v Bermuda Port of Spain 19 Mar 2007
12 Sri Lanka 411/8 50.0 2 v India Rajkot 15 Dec 2009
13 South Africa 411/4 50.0 1 v Ireland Canberra 03 Mar 2015
14 South Africa 408/5 50.0 1 v West Indies Sydney 27 Feb 2015
15 England 408/9 50.0 1 v New Zealand Birmingham 09 Jun 2015
16 India 404/5 50.0 1 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 13 Nov 2014
17 New Zealand 402/2 50.0 1 v Ireland Aberdeen 01 Jul 2008
18 India 401/3 50.0 1 v South Africa Gwalior 24 Feb 2010

England’s 444 for 3 represents the highest team total losing few wickets. The previous best was 402 for 2 by New Zealand against Ireland at Aberdeen on 01.07.09

England’s 444 for 3 in this game provides England’s highest team total in one day games. The previous best was 408 for 9 against New Zealand at Birmingham on 09.06.15. These are the only two occasions of England positng a total of 400 plus runs in one day games

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 444/3 50.0 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 England 408/9 50.0 1 v New Zealand Birmingham 09 Jun 2015

England became the first team to post a total of 400 plus runs in one day games. The previous best total against Pakistan in a one-day game was South Africa’s 392 for 6 at Centurion on 04.02.07

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 444/3 50.0 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 30 Aug 2016
2 South Africa 392/6 50.0 1 v Pakistan Centurion 04 Feb 2007

 

DW Steyn’s five wicket hauls in South Africa’s winning tests

DW Steyn’s five wicket hauls in South Africa’s winning tests

DW Steyn of South Africa captured 5 for 33 in the just concluded test against New Zealand at Centurion and South Africa won the test by 204 runs. DW Steyn’s five for 33 in this game represents the 22nd five wicket haul in South Africa’s winning tests. He is the only pace bowler to have captured 20 plus five wicket hauls is a team’s winning tests in the annals of test cricket. All such hauls are listed below. The next best performance in this category of statistics is by G McGrath of Australia who has captured 18 five wicket hauls in his team’s winning tests

No Overs M Runs W Opposition Ground Start Date
1 17.0 4 47 5 v New Zealand Centurion 15 Apr 2006
2 15.0 3 56 5 v Pakistan Karachi 01 Oct 2007
3 14.3 3 34 5 v New Zealand Johannesburg 08 Nov 2007
4 17.0 1 59 5 v New Zealand Johannesburg 08 Nov 2007
5 10.3 1 49 6 v New Zealand Centurion 16 Nov 2007
6 21.5 6 72 6 v West Indies Durban 10 Jan 2008
7 8.0 2 23 5 v India Ahmedabad 03 Apr 2008
8 18.0 4 63 5 v Bangladesh Bloemfontein 19 Nov 2008
9 29.0 6 87 5 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
10 20.2 3 67 5 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2008
11 13.5 1 51 5 v England Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
12 16.4 6 51 7 v India Nagpur 06 Feb 2010
13 14.0 5 29 5 v West Indies Port of Spain 10 Jun 2010
14 21.0 6 56 5 v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012
15 13.0 5 17 5 v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 11 Jan 2013
16 8.1 6 08 6 v Pakistan Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
17 28.4 10 52 5 v Pakistan Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
18 30.0 9 100 6 v India Durban 26 Dec 2013
19 23.0 8 54 5 v Sri Lanka Galle 16 Jul 2014
20 22.4 11 46 5 v Zimbabwe Harare 09 Aug 2014
21 8.2 2 34 6 v West Indies Centurion 17 Dec 2014
22 16.2 4 33 5 v New Zealand Centurion 27 Aug 2016

DW Steyn’s best performance of six for 8 against Pakistan at Johannesburg in Feb 2013 is one of the four performances of a bowler capturing six or more wickets conceding single digit runs in an innings

No Player O M R W Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GA Lohmann 9.4×5 5 7 8 Eng SAF P Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896
2 JJC Lawson 6.5×6 4 3 6 Win Ban Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
3 AER Gilligan 6.3×6 4 7 6 Eng SAF Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
4 DW Steyn 8.1×6 6 8 6 SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013

DW Steyn is one of the four bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in a team’s winning tests on 20 plus occasions in the annals of test cricket. Others are – M Muralitharan {41}, SK Warne {27} and A Kumble {20}

No Player Team M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5
1 M Muralitharan Srl 32 41 7493 2653 245 9/051 16/220 10.82 41
2 SK Warne Aus 24 27 4945 2020 154 8/071 11/077 13.11 27
3 DW Steyn SAF 19 22 2321 1088 117 7/051 11/060 09.29 22
4 A Kumble Ind 20 20 3588 1499 115 10/74 14/149 13.03 20

DW Steyn is one of the five bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 100 plus wickets with their five wicket hauls in their team’s winning tests. The five bowlers are – M Muralitharan {245 wkts : 41 5W}, SK Warne {154 wkts : 27 5W}, DW Steyn {117 wkts : 22 5W}, A Kumble {115 wkts : 20 5W} and HMRKB Herath {101 wkts : 17 5W}

Player Team M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5
M Muralitharan Srl 32 41 7493 2653 245 09/051 16/220 10.82 41
SK Warne Aus 24 27 4945 2020 154 08/071 11/077 13.11 27
DW Steyn SAF 19 22 2321 1088 117 07/051 11/060 09.29 22
A Kumble Ind 20 20 3588 1499 115 10/074 14/149 13.03 20
HMRKB Herath Srl 12 17 3075 1300 101 09/127 14/184 12.87 17

It is interesting to note that DW Steyn is the only pace bowler in the captioned five bowlers list. Thus DW Steyn is the only pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets – to be exact 117 wickets – with his 22 five wicket hauls. The next best performance in this category of statistics is held by RJ Hadlee who has captured 99 wickets with 17 five wicket hauls in New Zealand’s winning tests. The following table lists the bowlers with 90 plus wickets with their five wicket hauls in their team’s winning tests

No Player Team M I Balls Runs W BBI BBM Ave 5
1 DW Steyn SAF 19 22 2321 1088 117 7/051 11/060 09.29 22
2 RJ Hadlee NZl 13 17 2358 0891 99 9/052 15/123 09.00 17
3 GD McGrath Aus 16 18 2107 0845 96 8/024 10/027 08.80 18
4 MD Marshall Win 15 17 2240 0873 95 7/022 11/089 09.18 17
5 SF Barnes Eng 12 16 2661 0975 92 9/103 17/159 10.59 16
6 DK Lillee Aus 13 17 2417 1111 92 7/083 11/123 12.07 17
Captains scoring ducks in a one day international at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket

Captains scoring ducks in a one day international at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket

Pakistan’s captain Azhar Ali failed to score against England at Lord’s on 27.08.16 to provide the sixth occasion of a captain scoring a duck in a one day game at Lord’s. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Stewart 0 2 Eng Pak Lord’s 22 Aug 1992
2 Waqar Younis 0 1 Pak Aus Lord’s 23 Jun 2001
3 MP Vaughan 0 2 Eng Aus Lord’s 02 Jul 2005
4 AJ Strauss 0 1 Eng Pak Lord’s 02 Sep 2006
5 R Dravid 0 1 Ind Eng Lord’s 08 Sep 2007
6 Azhar Ali 0 1 Pak Eng Lord’s 27 Aug 2016

Azhar Ali became the third visiting captain after Waqar Younis and R Dravid to score a duck at Lord’s against England in a one day game. Azhar Ali is the second Pakistan captain to suffer the ignominy of scoring a duck at Lord’s in a one day game. He also became the second batting captain to score a duck at Lord’s in a one-day game after R Dravid. R Dravid had failed to score at Lord’s on 08.09.07. Waqar Younis is considered a bowling captain. Azhar Ali became the second captain after R Dravid to open the account against England at Lord’s. Waqar Younis had failed to score against Australia on 23.06.01

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Waqar Younis 0 1 Pak Aus Lord’s 23 Jun 2001
2 R Dravid 0 1 Ind Eng Lord’s 08 Sep 2007
3 Azhar Ali 0 1 Pak Eng Lord’s 27 Aug 2016