England batsmen scoring a century and a half century in a test against Australia

England batsmen scoring a century and a half century in a test against Australia

JE Root of England scored 134 and 60 against Australia in the just concluded first test at Cardiff to provide the 39th  occasion of an England batsman scoring a century and half century in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Ulyett 149 64 v Australia Melbourne 10 Mar 1882
2 A Shrewsbury snr 106 81 v Australia Lord’s 17 Jul 1893
3 A Ward 75 117 v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1894
4 KS Ranjitsinhji 62 154* v Australia Manchester 16 Jul 1896
5 AC MacLaren 109 50* v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1897
6 G Gunn 119 74 v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1907
7 JWH Makepeace 117 54 v Australia Melbourne 11 Feb 1921
8 JB Hobbs 115 57 v Australia Sydney 19 Dec 1924
9 H Sutcliffe 59 115 v Australia Sydney 19 Dec 1924
10 H Sutcliffe 76 161 v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1926
11 H Sutcliffe 58 135 v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
12 JB Hobbs 142 65 v Australia Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
14 M Leyland 137 53* v Australia Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
15 H Sutcliffe 161 54 v Australia The Oval 16 Aug 1930
16 WR Hammond 101 75* v Australia Sydney 23 Feb 1933
17 WJ Edrich 71 119 v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1946
18 C Washbrook 62 112 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
19 C Washbrook 143 65 v Australia Leeds 22 Jul 1948
20 WJ Edrich 111 54 v Australia Leeds 22 Jul 1948
21 R Subba Row 59 112 v Australia Birmingham 08 Jun 1961
22 MC Cowdrey 113 58* v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1962
22 KF Barrington 63 132* v Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1963
23 KF Barrington 101 94 v Australia Sydney 15 Feb 1963
24 KF Barrington 60 102 v Australia Adelaide 28 Jan 1966
25 G Boycott 77 142* v Australia Sydney 09 Jan 1971
26 G Boycott 58 119* v Australia Adelaide 29 Jan 1971
27 RA Woolmer 79 120 v Australia Lord’s 16 Jun 1977
28 G Boycott 107 80* v Australia Nottingham 28 Jul 1977
29 G Boycott 62 128* v Australia Lord’s 28 Aug 1980
30 IT Botham 50 149* v Australia Leeds 16 Jul 1981
31 DW Randall 78 115 v Australia Perth 12 Nov 1982
32 DI Gower 60 114 v Australia Adelaide 10 Dec 1982
33 DI Gower 57 106 v Australia Lord’s 22 Jun 1989
34 GA Gooch 87 117 v Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1991
35 GA Gooch 65 133 v Australia Manchester 03 Jun 1993
36 AJ Stewart 107 52 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
37 AN Cook 67 235* v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
38 IR Bell 109 74 v Australia Lord’s 18 Jul 2013
39 JE Root 134 60 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015

JE Root of England scored 134 and 60 against Australia in the just concluded first test at Cardiff to provide the second occasion of an England batsman scoring a century and half century in a test while batting at number five after DCS Compton and DI Gower. The performance of these two batsmen are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DI Gower 57 106 v Australia Lord’s 22 Jun 1989
2 JE Root 134 60 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015

 

India’s wins by five and less than five runs margin in one day games

India’s wins by five and less than five runs margin in one day games

India won the first one day game against Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.07.15 by four runs to provide the 16th occasion of India winning a one day game by five and less than five runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India won 5 runs v Australia Mohali 03 Nov 1996
2 India won 5 runs v England Birmingham 23 Jun 2013
3 India won 5 runs v New Zealand Perth 09 Dec 1980
4 India won 5 runs v West Indies Jaipur 11 Nov 1994
5 India won 5 runs v Pakistan Karachi 13 Mar 2004
6 India won 4 runs v West Indies Visakhapatnam 07 Nov 1994
7 India won 4 runs v Pakistan Quetta 01 Oct 1978
8 India won 4 runs v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 27 Jul 2004
9 India won 4 runs v Zimbabwe Harare 10 Jul 2015
10 India won 3 runs v Zimbabwe Adelaide 24 Jan 2004
11 India won 3 runs v Sri Lanka Rajkot 15 Dec 2009
12 India won 2 runs v South Africa Kolkata 24 Nov 1993
13 India won 1 run v New Zealand Wellington 06 Mar 1990
14 India won 1 run v South Africa Jaipur 21 Feb 2010
15 India won 1 run v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 25 Jul 1993
16 India won 1 run v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Jan 2011

 

India won the first one day game against Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.07.15 by four runs to provide the fourth occasion of India winning a one day game by exact four runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India won 4 runs v Pakistan Quetta 01 Oct 1978
2 India won 4 runs v West Indies Visakhapatnam 07 Nov 1994
3 India won 4 runs v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 27 Jul 2004
4 India won 4 runs v Zimbabwe Harare 10 Jul 2015

 

 

Bowlers capturing six or more wickets conceding 16 and less than 16 runs in one day games

Bowlers capturing six or more wickets conceding 16 and less than 16 runs in one day games

K Rabada of South Africa returned with figures of 6 for 16 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 10.07.15  {the game is in progress at the time of posting this article} to provide the eleventh occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets conceding 16 and less than 16 runs in the annals of one day games. All such  occasions are listed below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GJ Gilmour 12.0 6 14 6 1 Aus Eng Leeds 18 Jun 1975
2 CEH Croft 9.0 4 15 6 2 Win Eng Kingstown 04 Feb 1981
3 Imran Khan 10.0 2 14 6 1 Pak Ind Sharjah 22 Mar 1985
4 A Kumble 6.1 2 12 6 2 Ind Win Kolkata 27 Nov 1993
5 Shoaib Akhtar 9.0 1 16 6 2 Pak NZl Karachi 21 Apr 2002
6 GD McGrath 7.0 4 15 7 2 Aus Nam Potchefstroom 27 Feb 2003
7 MF Maharoof 9.0 2 14 6 1 Srl Win Mumbai (BS) 14 Oct 2006
8 BAW Mendis 8.0 1 13 6 2 Srl Ind Karachi 06 Jul 2008
9 Shahid Afridi 9.0 3 12 7 2 Pak Win Providence 14 Jul 2013
10 STR Binny 4.4 2 4 6 2 Ind Ban Dhaka 17 Jun 2014
11 K Rabada 8.0 3 16 6 1 RSA Ban Dhaka 10 Jul 2015

 

K Rabada of South Africa returned with figures of 6 for 16 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 10.07.15  to provide the second occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets conceding 16 and less than 16 runs in one day games against Bangladesh. STR Biinny had returned with figures of 6 for four at Dhaka on 17.06.14. Both  the occasions are listed below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 STR Binny 4.4 2 4 6 2 Ind Ban Dhaka 17 Jun 2014
2 K Rabada 8.0 3 16 6 1 RSA Ban Dhaka 10 Jul 2015

 

K Rabada of South Africa and Shoiab Akthar of Pakistan are the only two bowlers to return with figures of 6 for 16 in the history of one day internationals.

 

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Shoaib Akhtar 9.0 1 16 6 2 Pak NZl Karachi 21 Apr 2002
2 K Rabada 8.0 3 16 6 1 RSA Ban Dhaka 10 Jul 2015

 

Indian wicket keeper batsmen dismissed run out for a duck in one day games

Indian wicket keeper batsmen dismissed run out for a duck in one day games

RV Uthappa was dismissed run out for zero in India’s innings in the first one day game against Zimbabwe on 10.07.15 to provide the eleventh occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out for a duck in one day games. It also provides the first such occasion against Zimbabwe in one day games. All the eleven occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KS More 0 2 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 1986
2 NR Mongia 0 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 16 Apr 1999
3 MSK Prasad 0 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 25 Aug 1999
4 MSK Prasad 0 2 v West Indies Toronto 12 Sep 1999
5 V Dahiya 0 1 v Sri Lanka Sharjah 20 Oct 2000
6 SS Dighe 0 2 v New Zealand Colombo (RPS) 26 Jul 2001
7 D Dasgupta 0 2 v South Africa East London 19 Oct 2001
8 R Dravid 0 2 v Australia Sydney 08 Feb 2004
9 R Dravid 0 2 v Pakistan Amstelveen 21 Aug 2004
10 MS Dhoni 0 1 v Bangladesh Chittagong 23 Dec 2004
11 RV Uthappa 0 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 10 Jul 2015

 

Australian openers scoring a ninety in a test innings against England – CJL Rogers joins the list

Australian openers scoring a ninety in a test innings against England – CJL Rogers joins the list

CJL Rogers of Australia scored 95 against England in the ongoing first test at Cardiff to provide the 14h occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AC Bannerman 94 2 v England Sydney 26 Jan 1883
2 AC Bannerman 91 3 v England Sydney 29 Jan 1892
3 GHS Trott 95 4 v England Melbourne 29 Dec 1894
4 TJE Andrews 92 3 v England Leeds 02 Jul 1921
5 AJ Richardson 98 3 v England Sydney 19 Dec 1924
6 WM Lawry 98 3 v England Brisbane 30 Nov 1962
7 RB Simpson 91 2 v England Sydney 11 Jan 1963
8 WM Lawry 94 2 v England The Oval 13 Aug 1964
9 RB McCosker 95* 4 v England Leeds 14 Aug 1975
10 WM Darling 91 2 v England Sydney 06 Jan 1979
11 MA Taylor 90 2 v England Adelaide 26 Jan 1995
1 ML Hayden 92 3 v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
13 SR Watson 95 3 v England Perth 16 Dec 2010
14 CJL Rogers 95 2 v England Cardiff 08 Jul 2015

 

CH Gayle posts his sixteenth Twenty20 hundred

CH Gayle posts his sixteenth Twenty20 hundred

Chris Gayle scored his 16th Twenty20 hundred when he scored 105 representing Jamaica Tallawahs against Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel at Kingson on 09.07.15 in Caribbean Premier League. The match is still in progress at the time of posting this article. Jamaica Talllawahs has socred 180 for six in its twenty overs. All the sixteen hundreds scored by CH Gayle are listed below. It was his first Twenty20 hundred in front of his  home crowd and second in the Caribbean Premier League

No Score Match Ground Date
1 117  West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 102* Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata 22 Apr 2011
3 107  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
4 109* Matabeleland Tuskers v Mid West Rhinos Harare 29 Nov 2011
5 100* Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers Sydney-ANZ 23 Dec 2011
6 101* Barisal Burners v Sylhet Royals Mirpur 10 Feb 2012
7 116  Barisal Burners v Dhaka Gladiators Mirpur 14 Feb 2012
8 128* Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils Delhi 17 May 2012
9 122* Jamaica v Guyana Gros Islet 19 Jan 2013
10 114  Dhaka Gladiators v Sylhet Royals Mirpur 15 Feb 2013
11 175* Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors Bengaluru 23 Apr 2013
12 111* Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks St George’s 12 Jul 2014
13 108* Lions v Warriors East London 07 Nov 2014
14 117  Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
15 151* Somerset v Kent Taunton 31 May 2015
16 105 Jamaica Tallawahs v Tri & Tob Red Steel Kingston 09 Jul 2015

 

Bowlers conceding “Nelson” runs without a wicket in a test innings – MG Johnson joins the list to become the first Aussie bowler to suffer such an ignominy

Bowlers conceding “Nelson” runs without a wicket in a test innings – MG Johnson joins the list to become the first Aussie bowler to suffer such an ignominy

MG Johnson of Australia returned with figure of none for 111 in England’s  first innings in the ongoing first test between England and Australia at Cardiff to provide the 16th occasion of a bowler conceding “Nelson”  runs without a wicket in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. MG Johnson became the first Australian bowler to suffer such an ignominy. The following table lists the sixteen bowlers who have returned with figures of none of 111 in a test innings

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 VI Smith 25.0×8 0 111 0 1 SAF Aus Cape Town 31 Dec 1949
2 Fazal Mahmood 39.0 10 111 0 2 Pak Ind Mum-BS 13 Nov 1952
3 DR Smith 44.0 11 111 0 1 Eng Ind Kanpur 01 Dec 1961
4 GG Arnold 35.0 6 111 0 1 Eng Win Lord’s 23 Aug 1973
5 N Kapil Dev 27.0 2 111 0 1 Ind Pak Hyd-Pak 14 Jan 1983
6 MD Marshall 37.0 2 111 0 1 Win Aus Sydney 30 Dec 1984
7 AA Donald 35.0 10 111 0 2 SAF Aus Cape Town 17 Mar 1994
8 IR Bishop 35.0 5 111 0 1 Win Eng The Oval 24 Aug 1995
9 AB Agarkar 24.0 4 111 0 1 Ind Eng The Oval 5 Sep 2002
10 SM Pollock 34.0 5 111 0 2 SAF Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005
11 AG Cremer 24.0 1 111 0 2 Zim NZl Bulawayo 15 Aug 2005
12 RP Singh 23.0 1 111 0 1 Ind SAF Chennai 26 Mar 2008
13 JM Anderson 30.0 4 111 0 2 Eng SAF Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
14 RJ Peterson 27.0 2 111 0 2 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
15 MD Craig 29.0 4 111 0 2 NZl Win Trinidad 16 Jun 2014
16 MG Johnson 25.0 3 111 0 1 Aus Eng Cardiff 08 Jul 2015

 

JE Root’s distinction – becomes the second England batsman to score fifth hundred on home soil at number five

JE Root’s distinction – becomes the second England batsman to score fifth hundred on home soil at number five

JE Root became the second England batsman to score five or more hundreds at home while batting at number five after IR Bell. J Root’a 134 against Australia in the ongoing first test at Cardiff was his fifth hundred while batting at number five. IR Bell has six hundreds to his credit while batting at number five at home. The hundreds scored by these two batsmen are listed below

 

IR BELL
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 199 5 1 v South Africa Lord’s 10 Jul 2008
2 128 5 1 v Bangladesh Manchester 04 Jun 2010
3 119* 5 2 v Sri Lanka Southampton 16 Jun 2011
4 109 5 3 v Australia Nottingham 10 Jul 2013
5 109 5 1 v Australia Lord’s 18 Jul 2013
6 113 5 3 v Australia Ch-le-St 09 Aug 2013
JE  ROOT
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 104 5 1 v New Zealand Leeds 24 May 2013
2 200* 5 1 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 12 Jun 2014
3 154* 5 2 v India Nottingham 09 Jul 2014
4 149* 5 2 v India The Oval 15 Aug 2014
5 134 5 1 v Australia Cardiff 08 Jul 2015

 

India Women’s nine plus wickets margin wins in one day internationals

India Women’s nine plus wickets margin wins in one day internationals

Indian women registered a facile nine wickets win in the fifth one day international against New Zealand at Bangalore on 08.06.15 to provide the 14th occasion of India women winning a one day game by nine or more wickets margin. It also provides the seventh occasion of India women winning a one day game by exact nine wickets margin.

India women’s win by nine wickets in this game provide the second win by exact nine wickets against New Zealand women. India women had won by nine wickets against New Zealand by nine wikets at Aurangabad on 07.12.09

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India Women won 10 wickets Srl Women Karachi 01 Jan 2006
2 India Women won 10 wickets Srl Women Jaipur 15 Dec 2006
3 India Women won 10 wickets Pak Women Karachi 02 Jan 2006
4 India Women won 10 wickets Srl Women Kandy 25 Apr 2004
5 India Women won 10 wickets Srl Women Karachi 29 Dec 2005
6 India Women won 10 wickets Pak Women Bowral 07 Mar 2009
7 India Women won 10 wickets Eng Women Silchar 07 Dec 2005
8 India Women won 09 wickets Eng Women Hyd-RGS 08 Jan 2002
9 India Women won 09 wickets NZl Women Bangalore 08 Jul 2015
10 India Women won 09 wickets Den Women Srlough 29 Jul 1993
11 India Women won 09 wickets Ire Women Pretoria 24 Mar 2005
12 India Women won 09 wickets NZl Women Aurangabad 07 Dec 2003
13 India Women won 09 wickets Eng Women Lucknow 05 Dec 1995
14 India Women won 09 wickets Ire Women Loughborough 24 Jun 2012

 

CH Gayle become the first batsman to total 8000 plus runs in Twenty20 games

CH Gayle become the first batsman to total 8000 plus runs in Twenty20 games

CH Gayle became the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to total 8000 plus runs. He had an aggregate of 7973 runs prior to the game between  Jamaica Tallawahs and St Lucia Zouks at Kingston on 07.07.2015 in the Caribbean Premier League. He reached the landmark when he was on 27 during his knock of 64 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 8037 which earned him the record of becoming the first batsman ever to score 8000 plus runs in the history of Twenty20 games. His 64 not out was his 67th fifty which includes 52 half centuries. His performance season wise is listed below

 

Season Countru M Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC Ct
2005 England 2 1 0 11 11  11.00 0 0 2
2005-06 New Zealand 1 1 0 10 10  10.00 0 0 0
2006 West Indies 2 2 1 76 40* 76.00 0 0 0
2007 England 3 3 0 70 61  23.33 0 1 1
2007-08 South Africa 2 2 0 117 117  58.50 1 0 2
2007-08 West Indies 3 3 1 38 28* 19.00 0 0 1
2008-09 New Zealand 2 2 0 68 67  34.00 0 1 1
2008-09 West Indies 2 2 1 65 65* 65.00 0 1 0
2009 England 5 5 1 193 88  48.25 0 2 1
2009 South Africa 7 7 1 171 44* 28.50 0 0 5
2009-10 Australia 4 4 0 78 44  19.50 0 0 1
2009-10 India 9 9 0 292 88  32.44 0 2 2
2010 West Indies 9 9 0 168 98  18.66 0 1 1
2010-11 Australia 5 5 0 182 92  36.40 0 2 2
2011 India 12 12 3 608 107  67.55 2 3 2
2011-12 Bangladesh 5 5 2 288 116  96.00 2 0 0
2011-12 India 6 6 0 257 92  42.83 0 2 2
2011-12 Zimbabwe 6 6 1 293 109* 58.60 1 2 1
2011-12 Australia 7 7 1 252 100* 42.00 1 2 1
2012 USA 2 2 1 138 85* 138.00 0 2 1
2012 England 1 1 0 2 2  2.00 0 0 0
2012 India 15 14 2 733 128* 61.08 1 7 2
2012-13 West Indies 2 2 1 207 122* 207.00 1 1 0
2012-13 Australia 8 8 0 145 65  18.12 0 1 3
2012-13 Bangladesh 2 2 0 120 114  60.00 1 0 0
2012-13 Sri Lanka 7 6 1 222 75* 44.40 0 3 3
2013 India 16 16 4 708 175* 59.00 1 4 3
2013 West Indies 11 11 1 240 51  24.00 0 1 5
2013-14 West Indies 3 3 0 97 43  32.33 0 0 0
2013-14 Bangladesh 5 5 0 143 53  28.60 0 1 2
2014 India 8 8 0 176 46  22.00 0 0 2
2014 West Indies 12 11 2 363 111* 40.33 1 2 2
2014 UAE 1 1 0 20 20  20.00 0 0 0
2014-15 South Africa 10 10 1 424 108* 47.11 1 4 3
2015 England 3 3 2 328 151* 328.00 1 2 1
2015 India 14 14 2 491 117  40.91 1 2 1
2015 West Indies 5 5 3 243 90* 121.50 0 3 1
  Total 217 213 32 8037 175* 44.40 15 52 54