DA Warner of Australia scored centuries in both innings – 163 and 116 – against New Zealand at Brisbane in the just concluded test. He has performed the feat of scoring twin hundreds for the third time in his test career. He emulated SM Gavaskar of India and RT Ponting of Australia who have scored twin hundreds on three occasions. The performance of these three batsmen are listed below

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
	2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
	3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
2	1	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
	2	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
	3	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
3	1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
	2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
	3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

SM Gavaskar had scored twin hundreds against West Indies on two occasions, while RT Ponting had performed the feat on two occasions against South Africa. DA Warner’s feat is different from SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting as he has scored twin hundreds against three different teams – South Africa, India and New Zealand

DA Warner became the second Australian batsman after RT Ponting to score twin hundreds on three occasions. He also became the second opening batsman to perform the feat after SM Gavaskar. DA Warner is the only left handed opening batsman to perform such a feat in the annals of test cricket.

DA Warner’s feat of twin hundreds in this test provide the 80^th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both inning of a test. It also provides the 22^nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring twin hundreds in a test.

DA Warner’s feat of twin hundreds in this test provides the 29th occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a test. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring twin hundreds in a test.

It also provides the 21^st occasion of a left handed batsman to score twin hundreds in a test and also provides the 12^th occasion of a left handed opening batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a test.

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian left handed batsman to score twin hundreds in a test and also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian left handed opening batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a test.

 

 

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the first innings and 237 runs for the first wicket in second innings of the just concluded test against New Zealand at Brisbane to provide the eighth occasion of same pair of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in both innings of test match for the first wicket in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe	1	157	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
	JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe	1	110	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
2	RH Catterall/B Mitchell	1	119	2	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1929
	RH Catterall/B Mitchell	1	171	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1929
3	L Hutton/C Washbrook	1	137	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1947
	L Hutton/C Washbrook	1	100	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1947
4	L Hutton/C Washbrook	1	168	1	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Jul 1948
	L Hutton/C Washbrook	1	129	3	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Jul 1948
5	G Boycott/JH Edrich	1	107	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1971
	G Boycott/JH Edrich	1	103	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1971
6	MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham	1	116	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	Nov 1992
	MJ Greatbatch/RT Latham	1	102	3	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	Nov 1992
7	I Farhat/T Umar	1	109	2	Pak	SAF	Lahore	Oct 2003
	I Farhat/T Umar	1	134	4	Pak	SAF	Lahore	Oct 2003
8	JA Burns/DA Warner	1	161	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
	JA Burns/DA Warner	1	237	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015

 

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the 23^rd occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WA Brown, JHW Fingleton	1	233	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
2	J Moroney, AR Morris	1	214	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
3	WM Lawry, IR Redpath	1	219	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
4	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	201	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	382	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
6	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	244	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
7	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	217	2	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
8	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	1	329	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
9	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
10	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	208	4	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
11	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	228	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
12	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	1	269	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
13	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
14	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
15	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	202	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
16	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	219	1	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
17	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	242	3	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
18	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	255	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
19	ML Hayden, MEK Hussey	1	231	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
20	PA Jaques, SM Katich	1	223	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
21	EJM Cowan, DA Warner	1	214	2	v India	Perth	13 Jan 2012
22	CJL Rogers, DA Warner	1	200	1	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
23	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the third occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
2	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
3	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the record partnership by Australian opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings against New Zealand.  The previous best was 224 runs partnership between JL Langer and ML Hayden at Brisbane in Nov 2001. Thus this stand also represent the ground record partnership for the first wicket by Australian batsmen against New Zealand at Brisbane

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
2	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the 23^rd occasion of Australia opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	413	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
2	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	225	3	Win	NZl	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980
3	G Fowler, CJ Tavare	1	223	3	Eng	NZl	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
4	SL Campbell, AFG Griffith	1	276	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
5	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
6	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	Aus	NZl	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
7	CH Gayle, KOA Powell	1	254	2	Win	NZl	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
8	NRD Compton, AN Cook	1	231	3	Eng	NZl	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
9	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner added 237 runs for the first wicket against New Zealand in the just concluded first test at Brisbane to provide the third occasion of opening batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings in a test at Brisbane  All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
12	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	1	269	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
13	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
23	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	237	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

 

RA Jadeja captured five wickets conceding 21 runs in the second innings of the first test between India and South Africa to provide the 17^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa. All the seventeen occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	BPO	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CA Smith	13.2	4	6	19	5	1	Eng	SAF	Port Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
2	J Briggs	19.1	4	11	17	7	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
3	J Briggs	14.2	4	5	11	8	3	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
4	GA Lohmann	9.4	5	5	7	8	4	Eng	SAF	Port Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
5	S Haigh	11.4	5	6	11	6	4	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
6	WJ Whitty	16.0	6	7	17	6	4	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910
7	FR Foster	13.1	6	7	16	5	1	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jun 1912
8	AER Gilligan	6.3	6	4	7	6	2	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
9	TW Wall	15.1	6	7	14	5	3	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931
10	H Ironmonger	7.2	6	5	6	5	1	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
11	H Ironmonger	15.3	6	7	18	6	3	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932
12	WJ O’Reilly	21.0	6	11	20	5	1	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936
13	TE Bailey	15.4	8	6	20	5	4	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956
14	J Srinath	11.5	6	4	21	6	4	Ind	SAF	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
15	GD McGrath	12.3	6	4	21	5	3	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
16	SR Watson	5.0	6	2	17	5	2	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
17	RA Jadeja	11.5	6	4	21	5	4	Ind	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

 

R Ashwin captured 5 for 51 in the first innings of this test to provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa.

With five wickets in the first innings of this test, R Ashwin achieved two milestones. He completed his 150 test wickets and also became the first Indian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets while sharing the new ball as a spinner

R Ashwin became the 13^th Indian bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
4	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
5	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
6	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
7	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
8	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1
9	EAS Prasanna	49	86	14353	5742	189	8/76	11/140	30.38	10	2
10	MH Mankad	44	70	14686	5236	162	8/52	13/131	32.32	8	2
11	S Venkataraghavan	57	96	14877	5634	156	8/72	12/152	36.11	3	1
12	R Ashwin	29	54	8464	4215	153	7/103	12/85	27.54	13	3
13	RJ Shastri	80	125	15751	6185	151	5/75	8/179	40.96	2	0

R Ashwin became the ninth Indian spin bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
3	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
4	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
5	EAS Prasanna	49	86	14353	5742	189	8/76	11/140	30.38	10	2
6	MH Mankad	44	70	14686	5236	162	8/52	13/131	32.32	8	2
7	S Venkataraghavan	57	96	14877	5634	156	8/72	12/152	36.11	3	1
8	R Ashwin	29	54	8464	4215	153	7/103	12/85	27.54	13	3
9	RJ Shastri	80	125	15751	6185	151	5/75	8/179	40.96	2	0

R Ashwin of India achieved a rare distinction which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket. Opening the bowling attack as spinner he had an aggregate of 45 wickets prior to the start of the test series against South Africa. At Mohali, the first test of the series, he opened the bowling and captured five for 51 runs in South Africa’s first innings. These five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 50 wickets. He became the sixth bowler to aggregate 50 plus wickets while opening the bowling attack as a spin bowler and achieved the coveted distinction of becoming the first bowler from 1910 onwards to total 50 plus wickets under this category of statistics. The following table lists the bowler who have captured fifty wickets. The last bowler to achieve the feat was C Blythe who had captured 74 wickets under this category of statistics. He played eleven tests during 1902 to 1910. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings of this test to take his aggregate of wickets to 53 in this category of statistics.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	1884-1896	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	1902-1910	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
5	W Rhodes	Eng	1899-1908	9	16	1766	784	48	8/68	15/124	16.33	3	1
6	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	13	16	1972	1057	53	6/47	12/198	19.94	6	2

One more little specification with the above classification – replacing spin bowler – with right arm spin bowler – would redefine the list further. The list would reduce to three bowlers. Thus R Ashwin would become the third right arm spin bowler while opening the bowling to capture 50 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	13	16	1972	1057	53	6/47	12/198	19.94	6	2

HM Amla was dismissed stumped in the first innings of this test to provide the 12th occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against various oppositions. It also provides the first occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against India.

AB de Villiers scored 63 in this game to provide the 97^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the 35^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in India.

AB de Villiers’ 63 in this game represent his 58^th fifty and also his 37^th half century in his test career. He has played 99 tests and 164 innings. It also represents his sixth fifty and third half century against India.

India won this test under V Kohli. It was India’s third win under V Kohli and the first win on home soil. India had won two tests against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka – at Col-RPS and at Col-SSC

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 43rd occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions and also provides the sixth occasion against India

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the third occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against India in India. The other two occasions are – WJ Cronje at Mumbai in Feb 2009 and GC Smith at Kolkata in Nov 2004.

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 21^st occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions on away soil.

South Africa was dismissed for 109 in the second innings to provide its second lowest total in a completed innings against India in India. Its lowest total was 105 at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996.

RA Jadeja captured 5 for 21 in second innings to provide the 19^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against India at home. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	w	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
2	BKV Prasad	35.0	6	104	6	1	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
3	A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	2 Mar 2000
4	A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
5	Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
6	Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	1	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
7	Harbhajan Singh	48.3	23	59	5	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
8	R Ashwin	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
9	RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

RA Jadeja became the sixth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in a test innings conceding less than 25 runs against various opposition. All the six bowlers with their performances are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Gupte	6.0	0	18	5	3	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955
2	S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	4	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
3	SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
4	J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
5	Harbhajan Singh	4.3	0	13	5	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006
6	RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

J Srinath and RA Jadeja are the only two bowlers to have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa at home. J Srinath and RA Jadeja have similarities in their bowling figures except for the wickets taken by them. Both have bowled 11.5 overs of which four were maiden overs. Both have conceded 21 runs. J Srinath had captured six wickets while RA Jadeja has captured five wickets. Both the bowler’s performance came in the fourth innings of the test. India won the Ahmedabad test by 64 runs and the Mohali test by 108 runs.

Player	O	M	R	w	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

India won this test by 108 runs to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin. It also provides the third occasions of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin at home. The other two occasions are – by 280 runs at Kanpur in Dec 1996 and 64 runs at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996. Thus the win by 108 runs in this test provides the second occasion of India winning the test by 100 plus runs against South Africa at home.

S Dhawan collected a pair at Mohali in the first test against South Africa to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting a pair in tests. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman collecting a pair at home. The first such occasion was FM Engineer’s pair against West Indies at Mumbai in Jan 1975. Thus after almost after forty years an Indian opening batsman collected a pair on home soil

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	P Roy	0	0	v England	Manchester	17 Jul 1952
2	FM Engineer	0	0	v West Indies	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
3	W Jaffer	0	0	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	18 May 2007
4	V Sehwag	0	0	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
5	S Dhawan	0	0	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

S Dhawan’s pair in this test provide the 54^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a pair in a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting a pair in a test against South Africa.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Srinath	0	0	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
2	Z Khan	0	0	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
3	A Mishra	0	0	v South Africa	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
4	S Dhawan	0	0	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

R Ashwin of India achieved a rare distinction which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket. Opening the bowling attack as spinner he had an aggregate of 45 wickets prior to the start of the test series against South Africa. At Mohali, the first test of the series, he opened the bowling and captured five for 51 runs in South Africa’s first innings. These five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 50 wickets. He became the fifth bowler to aggregate 50 plus wickets while opening the bowling attack as a spin bowler and achieved the coveted distinction of becoming the first bowler from 1910 onwards to total 50 plus wickets under this category of statistics. The following table lists the bowlers who have captured fifty wickets. The last bowler to achieve the feat was C Blythe who had captured 74 wickets under this category of statistics. He played eleven tests during 1902 to 1910

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	1884-1896	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	1902-1910	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
5	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	12	15	1888	1018	50	6/47	12/198	20.38	6	2

One more little specification with the above classification – replacing spin bowler – with right arm spin bowler – would redefine the list further. The list would reduce to three bowlers.  Thus R Ashwin became the third right arm spin bowler while opening the bowling to capture 50 plus wickets

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	12	15	1888	1018	50	6/47	12/198	20.38	6	2

 

JA Burns-DA Warner added 161 runs for the first wicket and DA Warner-UT Khwaja added 150 runs for the second wicket in the ongoing first test between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane to provide the 14^th occasion of a team posting 150 plus runs for the consecutive first and second wickets in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WH Ponsford/WM Woodfull	1	162	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
	DG Bradman/WM Woodfull	2	231	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
2	DL Amiss/D Lloyd	1	157	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1974
	MH Denness/D Lloyd	2	211	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	Jul 1974
3	CPS Chauhan/SM Gavaskar	1	213	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
	SM Gavaskar/DB Vengsarkar	2	153	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
4	J Arun Lal/SM Gavaskar	1	156	2	Ind	Srl	Chennai	Sep 1982
	SM Gavaskar/DB Vengsarkar	2	173	2	Ind	Srl	Chennai	Sep 1982
5	G Fowler/RT Robinson	1	178	2	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1985
	G Fowler/MW Gatting	2	241	2	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Jan 1985
6	SM Gavaskar/K Srikkanth	1	191	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1986
	M Amarnath/SM Gavaskar	2	224	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1986
7	HH Gibbs/G Kirsten	1	256	1	SAF	Zim	Harare	Sep 2001
	JH Kallis/G Kirsten	2	199	1	SAF	Zim	Harare	Sep 2001
8	MH Richardson/L Vincent	1	231	1	NZl	Ind	Mohali	Oct 2003
	MH Richardson/SB Styris	2	151	1	NZl	Ind	Mohali	Oct 2003
9	W Jaffer/V Sehwag	1	213	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	Mar 2008
	R Dravid/V Sehwag	2	268	2	Ind	SAF	Chennai	Mar 2008
10	V Sehwag/M Vijay	1	221	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
	R Dravid/V Sehwag	2	237	2	Ind	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec 2009
11	AN Cook/AJ Strauss	1	188	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2010
	AN Cook/IJL Trott	2	329*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2010
12	NRD Compton/AN Cook	1	165	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 2012
	AN Cook/IJL Trott	2	173	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 2012
13	A Shehzad/Mohd Hafeez	1	178	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
	A Shehzad/Azhar Ali	2	169	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
14	JA Burns/DA Warner	1	161	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
	UT Khawaja/DA Warner	2	150	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015

 

South Africa capped K Rabada for this game. He became the 320th cricketer to represent South Africa in tests. He also became the 18th South African cricketer to make his test debut against India.

There were five South African cricketers in the playing eleven who were making their first appearance in tests against India – DL Elgar, S van Zyl, SP Harmer, K Rabada and DJ Vilas. The total number of South African cricketers who have played against India numbers to 58

VR Aaron and UT Yadav are the two Indian cricketers in the playing eleven who were making their first appearance in tests against South Africa. The total number of Indian cricketers who have played against South Africa numbers to 62.

For this test and also for the series – both the teams had new captains and also wicket keepers – For India V Kohli and WP Saha are the new captain and wicket keepers against South Africa and for South Africa – HM Amla and DJ Vilas were the new captain and wicket keeper against India

V Kohli became the seventh Indian captain to lead India against South Africa, while HM Amla would became the fifth South African captain to lead South Africa against India. Thus both the teams will be playing under new captains.

DJ Vilas donned the gloves in this test for South Africa to become the fourth South African wicket keeper to keep wickets against India. Others are DJ Richardson, MV Boucher and TL Tsolekele.

WP Saha donned the gloves in this series for India to become the sixth Indian wicket keeper to keep wickets against South Africa. Others are – KS More, NR Mongia, D Dasgupta and KD Karthik

S Dhawan scored a duck in this game to provide the 54th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against South Africa.

S Dhawan scored a duck in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa at home. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against South Africa at home. VVS Laxman’s duck at Mumbai in Feb 2000 provides the first occasion.

V Kohli scored one run in this game to provide the 30^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring one in a test innings. It also provides the third such occasion against South Africa in a test innings. The other two occasions – M Azharuddin at Johannesburg in Nov 92 and R Dravid at Johannesburg in Dec 2006. Thus V Kohli became the first Indian captain to be dismissed for one against South Africa at home.

S Dhawan, WP Saha and VR Aaron scored ducks in India’s first innings to provide the 54^th, 55^th and 56^th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a duck against South Africa

WP Saha scored a duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against South Africa. The following table lists all the four occasions.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KS More	0	6	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993
2	NR Mongia	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
3	MS Dhoni	0	3	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
4	WP Saha	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

WP Saha collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 13th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against South Africa.

WP Saha collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed for a first ball duck against South Africa at home. NR Mongia had collected the first ball duck at Mumbai in Feb 2000

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	NR Mongia	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
2	WP Saha	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

S Dhawan, WP Saha and VR Aaron scored ducks in India’s first innings to provide the seventh occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring a ducks in an innings against South Africa

S Dhawan scored a duck in this test to provide the third duck of his test career of 16 tests and 27 innings. The other two occasions were – against New Zealand at Auckland in Feb 2014 and against Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2014. This he collected his first home duck in this test

WP Saha scored a duck in this test to provide his third duck of his test career of eight tests and 14 innings. The other two occasions were – against South Africa at Nagpur in Feb 2010 {his debut test innings} and against Australia at Sydney in Jan 2015.

VR Aaron scored a duck in this test to provide the first duck of his test career of eight tests and 13 innings.

WP Saha scored a duck in this test to provide the 71^st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 33^rd occasion of an Indian wicket keeper scoring a duck in a test innings at home and the second such occasion in a test at Mohali. MS Dhoni was the other wicket keeper. He had scored a duck against England at Mohali in Dec 2008.

M Vijay scored 75 in this test to provide the 20^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa. It also provides his second fifty as an opening batsman against South Africa. Other occasion was – his 97 at Durban in Dec 2013.

M Vijay scored 75, while S Dhawan scored a duck in this test to provide the second occasion of Indian openers scoring a fifty and duck in an innings against South Africa. Both such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	D Dasgupta	63	4	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
	2	SS Das	0	4	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
2	1	M Vijay	75	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
	2	S Dhawan	0	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

D Elgar returned with figures of 4 for 22 in this test to provide his best innings bowling effort. His previous best was 1 for 3 against Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) in Oct 2013.

South African innings was opened by two left handers in this game – D Elgar and S van Zyl – to provide the 24^th occasion of two left handers opening the innings for South Africa. It also provides the second such occasion for South Africa against India. The earlier such occasion was witnessed at Nagpur in Feb 2010, when GC Smith and AG Prince had opened the innings for South Africa.

F du Plessis scored a duck in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a South African batsman scoring a duck against India. It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman batting at number three scoring a duck against India.

F du Plessis scored a duck in this test to provide his second duck in test career of 23 tests and 34 innings. The other occasion of his scoring a duck in a test innings was against West Indies in the first innings of the test at Centurion in Feb 2014.

 

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 47^th occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start
1	W Bardsley, SE Gregory	1	180	3	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull	1	162	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
3	WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull	1	159	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930
4	A Jackson, WH Ponsford	1	172*	4	v West Indies	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
5	WA Brown, JHW Fingleton	1	233	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
6	WA Brown, JHW Fingleton	1	162	2	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936
7	J Moroney, AR Morris	1	214	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
8	CC McDonald, AR Morris	1	191	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
9	JW Burke, CC McDonald	1	190	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
10	JW Burke, CC McDonald	1	171	1	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959
11	WM Lawry, IR Redpath	1	219	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
12	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	201	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
13	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	382	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	5 May 1965
14	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	244	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
15	WM Lawry, RB Simpson	1	191	2	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
16	IR Redpath, KR Stackpole	1	161	3	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1973
17	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	217	2	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
18	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	162	3	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988
19	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	1	329	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
20	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	1	157*	4	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990
21	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	260	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
22	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	198	3	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993
23	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	176	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
24	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	208	4	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
25	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	228	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
26	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	1	269	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
27	ML Hayden, MJ Slater	1	156	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000
28	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	158	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001
29	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
30	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
31	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	202	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
32	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	219	1	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
33	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	195	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
34	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	242	3	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
35	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	255	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
36	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	185	2	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005
37	ML Hayden, MEK Hussey	1	231	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
38	ML Hayden, PA Jaques	1	159	2	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
39	PA Jaques, SM Katich	1	223	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
40	PJ Hughes, SM Katich	1	184	1	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
41	SM Katich, SR Watson	1	174	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
42	SM Katich, SR Watson	1	182	1	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009
43	PJ Hughes, SR Watson	1	174	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
44	EJM Cowan, DA Warner	1	214	2	v India	Perth	13 Jan 2012
45	CJL Rogers, DA Warner	1	157	3	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
46	CJL Rogers, DA Warner	1	200	1	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
47	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 47^th occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket against New Zealand. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start
1	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	198	3	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993
2	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
3	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
4	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket in a test at Briabane. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start
1	GR Marsh, MA Taylor	1	157*	4	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 1990
2	GS Blewett, MJ Slater	1	269	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
3	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
4	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015

JA Burns and DA Warner of Australia added 161 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing first test against New Zealand at Brisbane which started today [05.11.15} to provide the 25th occasion of batsmen concerned in a partnership of 150 plus for the first wicket against New Zealand. The following table lists all such occasions.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JAJ Christy, B Mitchell	1	196	2	SAF	NZl	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932
2	AF Rae, JB Stollmeyer	1	197	1	Win	NZl	Auckland	15 Feb 1952
3	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	413	1	Ind	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
4	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	225	3	Win	NZl	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980
5	G Fowler, CJ Tavare	1	223	3	Eng	NZl	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
6	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	150	2	Win	NZl	Wellington	20 Feb 1987
7	MA Atherton, GA Gooch	1	170	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990
8	Rameez Raja, Shoaib Mohd	1	172	2	Pak	NZl	Karachi	10 Oct 1990
9	MJ Slater, MA Taylor	1	198	3	Aus	NZl	Perth	12 Nov 1993
10	GW Flower, GJ Rennie	1	156	3	Zim	NZl	Harare	18 Sep 1997
11	DJ Gandhi, S Ramesh	1	162	2	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999
12	SL Campbell, AFG Griffith	1	276	1	Win	NZl	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
13	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	224	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
14	ML Hayden, JL Langer	1	223	1	Aus	NZl	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
15	A Chopra, V Sehwag	1	164	2	Ind	NZl	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
16	HH Gibbs, GC Smith	1	177	1	SAF	NZl	Auckland	18 Mar 2004
17	AJ Strauss, ME Trescothick	1	190	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	20 May 2004
18	AJ Strauss, ME Trescothick	1	153	2	Eng	NZl	Leeds	03 Jun 2004
19	J Siddique, Tamim Iqbal	1	161	3	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008
20	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	160	2	Ind	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
21	CH Gayle, KOA Powell	1	254	2	Win	NZl	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
22	NRD Compton, AN Cook	1	231	3	Eng	NZl	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
23	A Shehzad, Mohd Hafeez	1	178	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	09 Nov 2014
24	AN Cook, A Lyth	1	177	2	Eng	NZl	Leeds	29 May 2015
25	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015