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Most boundary fours scored by Australia in a test played in Australia

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The ongoing Perth test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth witnessed 114 boundary fours by Australian batsman to provide the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen scoring 100 plus boundary fours in a test played In Australia. All such occasions are listed below

114 boundary fours by Australian batsman is a new record by Australian batsman for most boundary fours scored by Australia in a test in Australia. The previous record was 113 boundary fours against India at Sydney in Jan 2004.

No	Teams and Grounds	Start Date	4s
1	Australia v New Zealand at Perth	13 Nov 2015	114
2	Australia v India at Sydney	02 Jan 2004	113
3	Australia v South Africa at Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	110
4	Australia v India at Sydney	06 Jan 2015	103

MG Johnson announces his international retirement at the end of the Perth Test

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MG Johnson has announced his international retirement at the end of the ongoing Perth test. We at www.hrgcricstats.com bring out a statisitical tribute to this great left arm pace bowler from Australia. Pleas read on….

He made his test debut against Sri Lanka at Brisbane in Nov 2007 and his farewell test was against New Zealand at Perth in Nov 2015,

He is one of the two Australian cricketers who have scored 2000 plus rest runs and capture 300 plus test wickets. He has scored 2034 runs and captured 310 wickets prior to the start of the Perth test against New Zealand. The other Australian cricketer to perform such feat was SK Warne – 3154 runs and 708 wickets

He is one of three left arm pace bowlers in the world to score score 2000 plus runs and capture 300 plus test wickets. Others are WPUJC Vaas of Sri Lanka and Wasim Akram of Pakistan

Player	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5
WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	3089	100*	24.32	1	355	7/71	29.58	12
Wasim Akraam	Pak	104	2898	257*	22.64	3	414	7/119	23.62	25
MG Johnson	Aus	72	2034	123*	22.40	1	311	8/61	28.52	12

MG Johnson has scored a century in his test career – 123 not out against South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 2009. His best innings bowling effort was 8 for 61 against South Africa at Perth in Dec 2008.

Apart from is only hundred with the willow he has scored eleven half centuries. He has captured five or more wickets on twelve occasions and ten or more wickets in a match on three occasion. His best match effort was 12 for 127 – against South Africa at Centurion in Feb 2014

He has captured fifty plus wickets against three teams – England {87}, South Africa {64} and India {64}. He has captured 50 plus wickets in two consecutive calendar years – 63 wickets in 2008 and 2009. He has captured 169 wickets on home soil, 133 wickets on away soil and nine wickets on neutral soil. He has captured 198 wickets in Australia’s winning tests

On the one day front, he has captured 239 wickets from 153 matches with four wickets hauls on nine occasions and five wickets hauls on three occasions. His best bowling effort in one day games was against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 10.08.11 when he returned with figures of 6 for 31. He has captured 25 wickets in World Cup from 15 games.

He played 30 T20Is to capture 38 wickets. His best was 3 for 15 against Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on 09.05.10 in a World Cup T20I. He appeared in 14 T20I World Cup games to captured 20 wickets

His career figures prior to the start of the Perth test between Australia and New Zealand is furnished below

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

107

2034

123*

22.35

3481

58.43

242

ODIs

153

951

73*

16.11

987

96.35

T20Is

109

28*

10.90

114.73

First-class

116

168

3149

123*

22.98

List A

184

108

1115

73*

16.15

1223

91.16

Twenty20

275

11.95

256

107.42

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

138

15797

8714

310

8/61

12/127

28.10

3.30

50.9

ODIs

153

150

7489

6038

239

6/31

25.26

4.83

31.3

T20Is

656

797

3/15

20.97

7.28

17.2

First-class

116

23561

13175

462

8/61

28.51

3.35

50.9

List A

184

9227

7387

284

6/31

26.01

4.80

32.4

Twenty20

1738

2254

3/15

24.50

7.78

18.8

An Australian Ground – Perth – witnesses six centuries in a test and the total of these centuries exceeding one thousand runs for the first occasion

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Australian test grounds have witnessed six test centuries on nine occasions including the ongoing Perth test against New Zealand. On all the other eight occasions in which six test centuries were scored the aggregate of these six centuries never exceeded one thousand runs. The highest aggregate was 995 at Adelaide against India in Jan 1968. The Perth test is the only test in Australia to witness 1000 plus runs when it witnessed six centuries. It has witnessed 1087 runs in the ongoing test

The first ever test was played in 1877 in Australia at Melbourne and it is interesting to note that in these 138 years of test cricket – an Australian ground has witnessed six hundreds and the aggregate of these six hundreds exceeding 1000 plus runs for the first time.

Australia has hosted 400 tests including the ongoing test against New Zealand and this is the first occasion the total of six hundreds at any ground exceeded 1000 plus runs and the Perth is crowned with this record

Perth has witnessed 34 tests including the ongoing test. It has seen six centuries scored on it for the first occasion and also the total of these six centuries exceeding 1000 plus runs

No	Rival teams and Ground	Runs	100	Date
1	Australia v New Zealand at Perth	1087	6	13 Nov 2015
2	Australia v India at Adelaide	895	6	23 Jan 1948
3	Australia v West Indies at Sydney	878	6	14 Feb 1969
4	Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne	815	6	29 Dec 1972
5	Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide	795	6	09 Dec 1983
6	Australia v India at Adelaide	793	6	09 Dec 2014
7	Australia v England at Adelaide	792	6	14 Jan 1921
8	Australia v England at Melbourne	766	6	29 Dec 1928
9	Australia v England at Sydney	685	6	19 Dec 1924

Six or more centuries in a test and the aggregate of these hundreds exceeding one thousand plus runs

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The Perth test between Australia and New Zealand witnessed six centuries and the aggregate of these six hundred exceeded 1000 runs – to be exact 1087 runs. to provide the sixth occasion of a team scoring six or more centuries and the run aggregate of these six or more centuries exceeding 1000 plus runs.

It is interesting to note that there are two occasion of a test witnessing eight centuries, two occasions of seven centuries and two occasions of six centuries

Perth test now owns the record of most run aggregate when exact six centuries have been scored. It has now 1087 runs. The previous record of most run aggregate wrested with Col-RPS in Aug 1997. The total of six centuries in this test was 1071

No	Rival teams and Ground	Runs	100	Start Date
1	West Indies v South Africa at St John’s	1196	8	29 Apr 2005
2	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle	1134	8	08 Mar 2013
3	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS)	1071	6	02 Aug 1997
4	Australia v New Zealand at Perth	1062	6	13 Nov 2015
5	England v Australia at Nottingham	1053	7	10 Jun 1938
6	India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad	1042	7	16 Nov 2009

Three partnerships of 200 plus runs in an innings in a test match

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The ongoing Perth test between Australia and New Zealand has witnessed three partnerships of 200 plus runs as at the end of fourth day of the test – 302 runs for the second wicket between DA Warner and UT Khawaja for Australia; 265 runs for the third wicket between KS Williamson and LRPL Taylor for New Zealand and 212 runs unfinished partnership for the third wicket between SPD Smith and AC Voges – to provide the sixth occasion of teams posting three partnerships of 200 plus runs in a test match. All six such occasions are listed below

No	Inns	Wkt	Runs	Player	Player	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	5th	219	BC Booth	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1964
	1	1st	201	WM Lawry	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1964
	2	3rd	246	ER Dexter	KF Barrington	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1964

2	2	296	1^st	DL Haynes	CG Greenidge	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983
	2	207	6^th	CH Lloyd	PJL Dujonn	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983
	3	200	2^nd	AD Gaekwad	M Amarnath	Ind	Win	St John’s	Apr 1983

3	1	245	1^st	GC Smith	AB de Villiers	SAF	Win	St John’s	Apr 2005
	1	287	5^th	JH Kallis	AG Prince	SAF	Win	St John’s	Apr 2005
	2	331	2^nd	CH Gayle	RR Sarwan	Win	SAF	St John’s	Apr 2005

4	1	209	1^st	AN Petersen	HM Amla	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010
	2	249	3^rd	V Sehwag	SR Tendulkar	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	Feb 2010
	2	259*	7^th	VVS Laxman	MS Dhoni	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	Feb 2010

5	1	203*	5^th	LD Chandimal	HDRL Thirimannw	Srl	Ban	Galle	Feb 2013
	2	267	5^th	Mohd Ashraful	Mushfiqur Rahim	Ban	Srl	Galle	Feb 2013
	3	213	2^nd	KC Sangakkara	TM Dilshan	Srl	Ban	Galle	Feb 2013

6	1	302	2^nd	DA Warner	UT Khawaja	Aus	NZl	Perth	Nov 2015
	2	265	3^rd	KS Williamson	LRPL Taylor	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2015
	3	212*	3^rd	SPD Smith	AC Voges	Aus	NZl	Perth	Nov 2015

LRPL Taylor’s 290 against Australia at Perth – records/milestones associated with it

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LRPL Taylor’s 290 against Australia in the ongoing test at Perth provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs against Australia in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

It also provides the second highest individual innings by a batsman against Australia. The highest individual innings against Australia is credited to L Hutton of England who had scored 364 at The Oval in Aug 1938

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	13 Nov 2015
3	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
4	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
5	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
6	RG Pollock	274	1	SAF	Aus	Durban	05 Feb 1970
7	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928

LRPL Taylor’s 290 against Australia in the ongoing test at Perth provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs against Australia in Australia in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. It is noted with interest that the earlier three innings of 250 plus runs against Australia in Australia were at Sydney and LRPL Taylor became the first batsman to score 250 plus runs at Perth

It also provides the highest individual score by a batsman in a test innings against Australia in Australia. The previous best was 287 by RE Foster who had scored 287 at Sydney in Dec 1903. Thus LRPL Foster rewrote the record for the highest individual innings by a batsman against Australia in Australia after 111 years and 11 months.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	13 Nov 2015
2	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
3	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
4	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928

LRPL Taylor’s 290 at Perth provide the first occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a double century in a test at Perth. The previous best was 196 by HM Amla in Nov 2012

Teams scoring 550 plus runs in the first and second innings of a test

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Australia and New Zealand posted a team total of 559 for 8 declared and 624 in the first and second innings of the ongoing Perth test to provide the tenth occasion of teams posting a total in excess of 550 plus runs in the first and second innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Lead	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Aus	656/8d	656	1	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1964
	Eng	611	-45	2	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1964

2	Aus	650/6d	650	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 1965
	Win	573	-77	2	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1965

3	Win	593/5d	593	1	Eng	St John’s	Apr 1994
	Eng	593	0	2	Win	St John’s	Apr 1994

4	Aus	599/4d	599	1	Pak	Peshawar	Oct 1998
	Pak	580/9d	-19	2	Aus	Peshawar	Oct 1998

5	SAF	588/6d	588	1	Win	St John’s	Apr 2005
	Win	747	159	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 2005

6	Pak	588	588	1	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
	Ind	603	15	2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006

7	Ind	613/7d	613	1	Aus	Delhi	Oct 2008
	Aus	577	-36	2	Ind	Delhi	Oct 2008

8	Srl	644/7d	644	1	Pak	Karachi	Feb 2009
	Pak	765/6d	121	2	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009

9	Eng	600	600	1	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009
	Win	749	149	2	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb 2009

10	Srl	642/4d	642	1	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
	Ind	707	65	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010

11	Srl	570/4d	570	1	Ban	Gslle	Mar 2013
	Ban	638	68	2	Srl	Galle	Mar 2013

12	Aus	559/9d	559	1	NZl	Perth	Nov 2015
	NZl	624	65	2	Aus	Perth	Nov 2015

It is interesting to note on seven occasions the team batting in the second innings has taken the first innings lead. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Lead	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	SAF	588/6d	588	1	Win	St John’s	Apr 2005
	Win	747	159	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 2005

2	Pak	588	588	1	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
	Ind	603	15	2	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006

3	Srl	644/7d	644	1	Pak	Karachi	Feb 2009
	Pak	765/6d	121	2	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009

4	Eng	600	600	1	Win	Bridgetown	Feb 2009
	Win	749	149	2	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb 2009

5	Srl	642/4d	642	1	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
	Ind	707	65	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010

6	Srl	570/4d	570	1	Ban	Gslle	Mar 2013
	Ban	638	68	2	Srl	Galle	Mar 2013

7	Aus	559/9d	559	1	NZl	Perth	Nov 2015
	NZl	624	65	2	Aus	Perth	Nov 2015

LRPL Taylor’s feat

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LRPL Taylor became the second batsman to score a double century when the rival batsmen have scored double centuries on two or more occasions. He had scored 290 in the ongoing test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth when Australian batsman DA Warner had scored 253 in this test. The other occasion of such a feat by him was witnessed at Dunedin in Dec 2013. LRPL Taylor and DM Bravo scored 217 not out and 218 runs respectively in this test. KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka appears thrice in this category of stats. The feats of both these batsmen are furnished below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	KC Sangakkara	219	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
	2	SR Tendulkar	203	2	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010

2	1	Taufeeq Umar	236	2	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
	2	KC Sangakkara	211	3	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011

3	1	KC Sangakkara	203	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
	2	KS Williamson	242*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015

1	1	LRPL Taylor	217*	1	NZl	Win	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013
	2	DM Bravo	218	3	Win	NZl	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013

2	1	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	14 Nov 2015
	2	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	14 Nov 2015

Rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test involving New Zealand batsmen

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DA Warner of Australia and LRPL Taylor of New Zealand scored 253 and 290 respectively in the ongoing test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth to provide the seventh occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test involving a New Zealand batsman. All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	LG Rowe	214	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
	2	GM Turner	223*	2	NZl	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1972

2	1	PA de Silva	267	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
	2	MD Crowe	299	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991

3	1	MS Sinclair	204*	1	NZl	Pak	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001
	2	Mohammad Yousuf	203	2	Pak	NZl	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001

4	1	GP Thorpe	200*	3	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
	2	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002

5	1	LRPL Taylor	217*	1	NZl	Win	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013
	2	DM Bravo	218	3	Win	NZl	Dunedin	03 Dec 2013

6	1	KC Sangakkara	203	2	Srl	NZl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
	2	KS Williamson	242*	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	03 Jan 2015

7	1	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	14 Nov 2015
	2	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	14 Nov 2015

Rival batsmen scoring hundreds in a test involving Australian batsmen

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DA Warner of Australia and LRPL Taylor of New Zealand scored 253 and 290 respectively in the ongoing test between Australia and New Zealand at Perth to provide the seventh occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test involving Australian batsmen. All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	E Paynter	216*	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
	2	SJ McCabe	232	2	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938

2	1	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
	2	WA Brown	206*	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938

3	1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
	2	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964

4	1	WM Lawry	210	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	2	RB Simpson	201	1	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
	3	SM Nurse	201	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 1965

5	1	GS Chappell	235	1	Aus	Pak	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
	2	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980

6	1	RT Ponting	242	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
	2	R Dravid	233	2	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003

7	1	DA Warner	253	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	14 Nov 2015
	2	LRPL Taylor	290	2	NZl	Aus	Perth	14 Nov 2015