India vs New Zealand : Third one day game at Vadodara on 04.12.10 : India won by nine wickets

India won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first providing the 25^th occasion of India inserting the opposition in India-New Zealand one day series.

BB McCullum was playing his 150^th one day innings. He became the eighth New Zealand batsman to play 150 plus innings. Others are – SP Fleming {268} : NJ Astle {217} : CZ Harris {213} : CL Cairns {192} : CD McMillan {183} : AC Parore {161} and DL Vettori {161}

BB McCullum scored a duck in this game providing the 58^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a duck against India in one day games. BB McCullum collected his third duck against India when he failed to score in this game. The other two occasions are – at Auckland on 11.01.03 and at Napier on 03.03.09

BB McCullum became the fifth New Zealand batsman to score three ducks against India. Others are – NJ Astle, CZ Harris, AC Parore and MS Sinclair.

BB McCullum is one of the six New Zealand batsmen who have collected ten or more ducks in one day games. He has 14 ducks to his credit including the one in this game. Others are – DL Vettori {22} : NJ Astle {19} : AC Parore {19} : SP Fleming {17} and CZ Harris {12}

BB McCullum scored a duck in this game providing the 15^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a duck against India in one day games. BB McCullum collected his second duck as an opening batsman against India. The other occasion was at Napier on 03.03.09

BB McCullum became the third New Zealand opening batsman to score ducks on two occasions. Others are – NJ Astle and BA Young

JC Franklin scored his maiden one day half century when he scored 72 not out in this game. His previous best was 45 not out against Sri Lanka at Queenstown on 31.12.06.

NL McCullum scored 43 in this game which represent his highest score in one day games. His previous best was 36 against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 13.08.10.

JC Franklin and NL McCullum added 94 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which is a record stand for the eighth wicket by New Zealand batsman against India. The previous best was the 43 runs partnership between DJ Nash and DL Vettori at Col-RPS on 26.07.01.

JC Franklin and NL McCullum added 94 runs for the eighth wicket in this game which is a record stand for the eighth wicket in India-New Zealand One day series. The previous best was the 82 runs unfinished partnership between N Kapil Dev and KS More at Bangalore on 14.10.87.

MJ Guptill and KD Mills were run out in this game providing the 73^rd and 74^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out against India.

MJ Guptill was run out in this game providing the 13^th occasion of an opening batsman run out against India. KD Mills was run out in this game providing the ninth occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out against India

Yuvraj Singh pouched three catches in this game providing the sixth occasion of an Indian fieldsman accounting for three or more catches in an innings against New Zealand. Other occasions are – SM Gavaskar at Perth on 18.01.86: YK Pathan at Guwahati on 28.11.10: BKV Prasad at Mum {BS} on 29.11.95: DB Vengsarkar at Perth on 09.12.80 and DB Vengskarkar at Hamilton on 15.02.81

M Vijay and G Gambhir added 115 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 299^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure stand in one day games. India has posted most three figure partnerships in one day games. Australia is close behind with 296 three figure partnerships.

M Vijay and G Gambhir added 115 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 435th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure stand for the first wicket in one day games.

M Vijay and G Gambhir added 115 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 74th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure stand for the first wicket in one day games. India with 74 three figures partnerships holds the record for most three figure partnerships for the first wicket in one day games. Australia is close behind with 67 three figure partnerships for the first wicket.

M Vijay and G Gambhir added 115 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 26th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure stand for the first wicket in one day games against New Zealand. This stand provides the eleventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against New Zealand.

M Vijay was run out in this game providing the 71^st occasion of an Indian batsman run out against New Zealand. His run out in this game provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman run out against New Zealand.

MJ Guptill of New Zealand and M Vijay of India were dismissed run out in this game providing the first occasion of rival openers dismissed run out in India-New Zealand one day series.

G Gambhir scored hundreds in consecutive games – 138 not out vs New Zealand at 01.12.10 and 126 not out vs New Zealand at Vadodara on 04.12.10. His feat provide the 60^th occasion of a batsman scoring hundreds in two or more consecutive games in the annals of one day games He earned the distinction of becoming the eighth Indian batsman to score hundreds in consecutive games. Others are – SR Tendulkar, R Dravid, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, RG Sharma and V Kohli.

G Gambhir and V Kohli added 114 runs unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game providing the 300^th occasion of three figure partnership posted by Indian ba
tsmen in one day games. India became the first team to post 300 three figure partnerships in one day games.

G Gambhir’s 126 not out in this game represent his ninth one day hundred and 30^th fifty. V Kohli’s 63 not out in this game represent his tenth one day half century and 14^th fifty.

G Gambhir scored 126 not out in this game providing the 180^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock provides the 99^th occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

G Gambhir scored 126 not out in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against New Zealand. His knock provides the 17^th occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against New Zealand.

G Gambhir scored 126 not out in this game providing the 158th occasion of captain scoring a hundred in one day games, His knock provides the 23^rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred against New Zealand.

G Gambhir’s 126 in this game provide the 32^nd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a hundred against various oppositions

G Gambhir’s 126 in this game provide the fifth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a hundred against New Zealand. The other four occasions are – 117 by SR Tendulkar at Bangalore on 14.05.97: 186* by SR Tendulkar at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99: 117 by SC Ganguly at Nairobi {Gym} on 15.10.00 and 138* by G Gambhir at Jaipur on 01.12.10

G Gambhir became the second Indian captain to score two hundreds against New Zealand after SR Tendulkar.

G Gambhir’s 126 not out in this game provide the 69th occasion of a captain-cum-opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock provides the 18^th occasion of an Indian captain-cum-opening batsman scoring a hundred.

G Gambhir’s 126 not out represent the 169^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred on Indian soil. Break up team wise read thus – India {80} : Australia {21} : West Indies {17} : Sri Lanka {14} : England {08} : New Zealand {08} : South Africa {08} : Pakistan {06} : Zimbabwe {03} : Asia Eleven {02} : Africa Eleven {01} and Bangladesh {01}

G Gambhir’s 126 not out represent the 23rd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred on Indian soil. Break up team wise read thus – India {13}: Australia {03}: West Indies {01}: England {01}: New Zealand {01}: South Africa {02}: Zimbabwe {01} and Asia Eleven {01}

India won this game after inserting the opposition to provide India’s 116^th win in one day games after it had invited the opposition to bat first after winning the toss. It was India’s 14th win against New Zealand after inserting the opposition.

India won this game by nine wickets – its largest win by wickets margin against New Zealand – after it had inserted the opposition.

Bangaldesh vs Zimbabwe – Second one day game at Dhaka – Mirpur on 03.12.10: Bangladesh won by six wickets

Shakib Al Hasan was playing his 100^th one day appearance in this game. He became the seventh Bangladesh cricketer to play 100 one day games. Others are – Mohammad Ashraful {162} : Khaled Mashud {126} : Mohammad Rafique {123} : Mashrafe Mortaza {114} : Habibul Bashar {111} and Abdur Razak {109}

Abdur Razzak captured five for 30 in this game which represent his seventh four wicket haul in one day games. The other six occasions are – 4 for 33 vs Zimbabwe at Khulna on 30.11.06: 5 for 33 vs Zimbabwe at Bogra o 05.12.06: 4 for 23 vs Scotland at Dhaka on 17.12.06: 4 for 39 vs West Indies at Roseau on 26.07.09 and 5 for 29 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 29.10.09 and 4 for 41 vs Zimbabwe at Mirpur on 01.12.10

Abdur Razzak now holds the record for most four plus wicket hauls by a Bangladesh bowler. He wrested the record from Mashrafe Mortaza who also has captured four plus wickets on six occasions

Abdur Razzak’s 5 for 41 and Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 39 in this game provide the 36^th and 37^th occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. These figures represents the 13^th and 14th occasion of a Bangldesh bowler capturing four or more wickets in an one day game against Zimbabwe.

Abdur Razak has captured four or more wickets on five occasions against Zimbabwe. The four occasions are – 4 for 33 at Khulna on 30.11.06 : 5 for 33 at Bogra on 05.12.06 : 5 for 29 at Dhaka on 29.10.09 : 4 for 41 at Dhaka on 01.12.10 and 5 for 30 at Dhaka on 03.12.10. He holds the record for most four wickets haul by a Bangladesh bowler against Zimbabwe.

Abdur Razzak became the second bowler to capture four or more wickets on five occasions against Zimbabwe. M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka is the other bowler to have captured four or more wickets against Zimbabwe on six occasions.

Abdur Razzak {5 for 30} and Shakib Al Hasan {4 for 39} captured four or more wickets in this game to provide the 44th occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the history of one day games.

Abdur Razzak {5 for 30} and Shakib Al Hasan {4 for 39} captured four or more wickets in this game to provide the second occasion of two Bangladesh bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings. Coincidentally, both the occasions are against Zimbabwe. The other such occasion was witnessed at Dhaka against Zimbabwe – Banglabandhu National Stadium on 29.01.05. Manjural Islam Rana {4 for 36} and Mohammad Rafique {4 for 33} were the two Bangladesh bowlers who captured four wickets each.

Abdur Razzak captured four plus wickets in consecutive matches – 4 for 41 at Dhaka-Mirpur on 01.12.01 and 5 for 30 at Dhaka-Mirpur on 03.12.10 providing the 55^th occasion of a bowler capturing four plus wickets on two or more consecutive games in one day games.

Abdur Razzak captured four plus wickets in consecutive matches – 4 for 41 at Dhaka-Mirpur on 01.12.01 and 5 for 30 at Dhaka-Mirpur on 03.12.10 providing the second occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing four plus wickets on two or more consecutive games in one day games. Manjural Islam Rana is other bowler. He had captured 4 for 34 vs Zimbabwe at Chittagong on 26.01.05 and 4 for 36 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 29.01.05

Abdur Razzak performed the Hat trick in this game by picking up the wickets of P Utseya {of the last ball of team’s 45^th over – 44.6 and his ninth over – 8.6}, RW Price {of the first ball of team’s 47^th over – 46.1 and his tenth over – 9.1} and CB Mpofu {of the second ball of team’s 47^th over – 46.2 and his tenth over – 9.2}

Abdur Razzak’s hat trick in this game provides the 27^th occasion of a bowler performing the feat in one day games. Abdur Razzak became the second Bangladesh bowler to perform the hat trick, after Shohadat Hussain who had performed the feat against Zimbabwe on 02.08.06

Abdur Razzak’s 5 for 30 in this game provide the 338^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. His figures provide the seventh occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. It is the third occasion for Abdur Razzak to capture five wickets in one day games. The other two occasions are – coincidentally all against Zimbabwe – 5 for 33 at Bogra on 05.12.06 and 5 for 29 at Dhaka on 29.10.09

Abdur Razak with his three five wicket hauls holds the record for most five wicket hauls against Zimbabwe. He wrested the record form M Muralitharan who had two five wicket hauls – 5 for 23 at Harare on 29.04.04 and 5 for 29 at Harare on 30.11.08

Shakib Al Hasan with his 4 for 39 in this game became the fifth captain to capture four or more wickets in a one day game against Zimbabwe. The other four are – 5 for 15 by Wasim Akram of Pakistan at Karachi on 24.12.93 : 4 for 33 by WJ Cronje of South Africa at Harare on 22.10.95 : 4 for 41 by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Bulawayo on 12.12.99 and 5 for 34 by SC Ganguly of India at Kanpur on 11.12.00

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 39 in this game provide the 61^st occasion of a captain capturing four or more wickets in a one day games. His figures provide the second occasion of a Bangladesh captain capturing four wickets in one day games. The other occasion was also by Shakib Al Hasan. He had captured 4 for 33 vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11.02.10.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 4 for 39 in this game represent his third four wicket haul in one day games. The other two are – 4 for 33 vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11.02.10 and 4 for 41 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 05.10.10

Junaid Siddique’s 53 in this game represent his fifth one day half century and his sixth fifty. Raqibul Hasan’s 65 in this game represent his eight one day half century. Junaid Siddique at the end of this game has an aggregate of 999 runs.

Bangladesh win in this game provide the 15^th one day win under Shakib Al Hasan and 62^nd overall win in one day games.

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe – First one day at Dhaka – Mirpur on 01.12.10: Zimbabwe won by nine runs

Abdur Razzak captured four for 41 in this game which represent his sixth four wicket haul in one day games. The other five occasions are – 4 for 33 vs Zimbabwe at Khulna on 30.11.06: 5 for 33 vs Zimbabwe at Bogra o 05.12.06: 4 for 23 vs Scotland at Dhaka on 17.12.06: 4 for 39 vs West Indies at Roseau on 26.07.09 and 5 for 29 vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on 29.10.09

Abdur Razzak shares the record for most four plus wicket hauls by a Bangladesh bowler with Mashrafe Mortaza who also has captured four plus wickets on six occasions – 4 for 31 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 04.08.07: 6 for 26 vs Kenya at Nairobi {Gym} on 15.08.06 : 4 for 38 vs India at Trinidad on 17.03.07 : 4 for 41 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 29.07.06 : 4 for 44 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 09.10.08 and 4 for 65 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 19.04.08

Abdur Razzak’s 4 for 41 in this game provide the 35^th occasion of a Bangladesh bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. His figures represents the 12^th occasion of a Bangldesh bowler capturing four or more wickets in an one day game against Zimbabwe.

Abdur Razak has captured four or more wickets on four occasions against Zimbabwe. The four occasions are – 4 for 33 at Khulna on 30.11.06 : 5 for 33 at Bogra on 05.12.06 : 5 for 29 at Dhaka on 29.10.09 and 4 for 41 at Dhaka on 01.12.10. He holds the record for most four wickets haul by a Bangladesh bowler against Zimbabwe. Manjural Islam Rana and Mashrafe Mortaza are the other bowler who have captured four wickets against Zimbabwe on two occasions.

Abdur Razzak, Manjural Islam Rana and Mashrafe Mortaza are the three Bangladesh bowlers who have captured exact four wicket hauls on two occasions against Zimbabwe.

CB Mpofu captured three wickets in this game. His second wicket – Mahmadullah caught by Chibabha for 14- gave him the 50^th wicket of his one day career. At the end of this game his tally of wickets stood at 51.

CM Mpofu became the 14^th Zimbabwean bowler to capture 50 or more wickets in one day games. The complete list read thus – HH Streak {237} : GW Flower {104} : PA Strang {96} : P Utseya {89} : GJ Whittal {88} : RW Price {76} : GB Brent {75} : E Chigumbara {75} : EA Brandes {70} : DT Hondo {61} : HK Olonga {58} : T Mupariwa {55} : CB Mpofu {51} and AM Blignaut {50}

Junaid Siddique, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shafiul Islam were dismissed run out in Bangladesh’s innings providing the 60^th occasion of four or more batsmen run out in an innings in the history of one day games.

Junaid Siddique, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shafiul Islam were dismissed run out in Bangladesh’s innings providing the second occasion of four Bangladesh batsmen run out in an innings. By a coincidence both the occasions are against Zimbabwe. The other occasion was at Bulawayo on 11.08.09. Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmadulla were dismissed run out in this game.

RW Price captured his 75^th wicket in this game when he dismissed Imrul Kayes – caught by Chakbava for 41. At the end of this game, he had an aggregate of 76 wickets

RW Price became the sixth Zimbabwean bowler to capture 75 plus one day wickets. The complete list read thus – HH Streak {237} : GW Flower {104} : PA Strang {96} : P Utseya {89} : GJ Whittal {88} and RW Price {76}

Shakib Al Hasan scored 63 in this game which represents his 16^th one day half century and 21^st fifty. Mohammad Ashraful with 23 fifties {3 centuries and 20 half centuries} hold the record for most fifties by a Bangladesh batsman in one day games. Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Ali Hasan are the only two Bangladesh batsmen who have scored 20 fifties in one day games.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 63 in this game provide the 56^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe. His knock provides the sixth occasion of a Bangladesh captain scoring a fifty against Zimbabwe. The six occasions are – 59 by Akram Khan at Nairobi {Gym} on 11.10.97 : 61 by Habibul Bashar at Harare on 10.03.04 : 78 by Habibul Bashar at Harare on 04.02.07 : 104 by Shakib Al Hasan at Bulawayo on 11.08.09 : 105* by Shakib Al Hasan at Dhaka on 29.10.09 and 63 by Shakib Al Hasan at Dhaka on 01.12.10

Shakib Al Hasan with three fifties to his credit holds the record for most fifties by a Bangladesh captain against Zimbabwe

Shakib Al Hasan’s 63 in this game was in a losing cause providing the second occasion of a Bangladesh captain’s fifty going in vain in one day games against Zimbabwe. The other occasion was Akram Khan’s 59 going in vain at Nairobi {Gym} on 11.10.97

Shakib Al Hasan’s 63 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 122^nd occasion of a Bangladesh batsman’s fifty going in vain in one day games. Shakib Al Hasan’s 63 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 24th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman’s fifty going in vain in one day games against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe won this game by nine runs providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning a game by exact nine runs in the history of one day games. As far Zimbabwe is concerned this win is its second win by nine runs, the first being its win against England at Albury on 18.03.92

India vs New Zealand – Second one day game at Jaipur on 01.12.10 : India won by eight wickets

India won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the 24^th occasion of India inserting New Zealand after it had won the toss in India-New Zealand one day series.

MJ Guptill’s 70 in this game provide the 75^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a half century against India. SB Styris’ 59 provide the 76^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a half century against India.

MJ Guptill’s 70 and SB Styris’ 59 in this game provide the 88^th and 89^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring fifties against India.

MJ Guptill’s 70 in this game provide the 37^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring a fifty against India. His knock represents the 29^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a half century against India.

MJ Guptill’s 70 in this game represent his eight one day half century and ninth fifty. It also represents his highest score against India. His previous best against India was 64 at Napier on 03.03.09, SB Styris’ 59 represent his 26^th one day half century and 30^th fifty.

DL Vettori completed 2000 runs when he was on 21 during his knock of 31 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 2010.

DL Vettori completed the all rounder double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in this game. He has captured 276 wickets prior to India’s innings. He became the 12^th all rounder in the history of one day game to score 2000 runs and capture 200 wickets. The complete list read thus – ST Jayasuriya {13428 runs and 322 wickets} : JH Kallis {11002 runs and 259 wickets} : Shahid Afridi {6431 and 288 wickets} : CL Cairns {4950 runs and 201 wickets} : Abdul Razzaq {4921 runs and 259 wickets} : CZ Harris {4379 runs and 203 wickets} : N Kapil Dev {3783 runs and 253 wickets} : Wasim Akram {3717 runs and 502 wickets} : SM Pollock {3519 runs and 393 wickets} : HH Streak {2943 runs and 239 wickets} : WPUJC Vaas {2025 runs and 400 wickets} and DL Vettori {2010 runs and 276 wickets}

DL Vettori completed the all rounder double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in this game. He has captured 276 wickets at the end of this game. He became the third New Zealand all rounder to score 2000 runs and capture 200 wickets. The complete list read thus – CL Cairns {4950 runs and 201 wickets} : CZ Harris {4379 runs and 203 wickets} and DL Vettori {2010 runs and 276 wickets}

S Sreesanth captured 4 for 47 in this game to provide the 129^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. His figures represent the 15^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets against New Zealand.

NL McCullum was run out for 12 in this game providing the 72^nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out against India.

S Sreesanth’s four for 47 in this game represents his third four wicket haul of his one day career. The other two occasions are – 6 for 55 vs England at Indore on 15.04.06 and 4 for 58 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 19.02.06.

G Gambhir and V Kohli added 116 runs for the second wicket providing the 298^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. India holds the record of most three figure partnerships in one day games. Australia is close behind with 296 three figure partnerships.

G Gambhir and V Kohli added 116 runs for the second wicket providing the 25th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against New Zealand. This stand provides the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against New Zealand. The other three stands are – 127 between M Azharuddin and SR Tendulkar at Dunedin on 12.03.92 : 113 runs between R Dravid and SC Ganguly at Taupo on 09.01.99 and 331 runs between R Dravid and SR Tendulkar at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99

G Gambhir scored 138 not out in this game providing the 179^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock provides the 98^th occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games.

G Gambhir scored 138 not out in this game providing the 22nd occasion of Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against New Zealand. His knock provides the 16th occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games against New Zealand.

G Gambhir scored 138 not out in this game providing the 157th occasion of captain scoring a hundred in one day games, His knock provides the 22^nd occasion of a captain scoring a hundred against New Zealand.

G Gambhir’s 138 in this game provide the 31st occasion of an Indian captain scoring a hundred against various oppositions

G Gambhir’s 138 in this game provide the fourth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a hundred against New Zealand. The other three occasions are – 117 by SR Tendulkar at Bangalore on 14.05.97 : 186* by SR Tendulkar at Hyd-LBS on 08.11.99 and 117 by SC Ganguly at Nairobi {Gym} on 15.10.00

G Gambhir’s 138 not out in this game represent the eighth hundred of his one day career. The eight hundreds are listed thus – 150* vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata on 24.12.09 : 150 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 05.02.09 : 138* vs New Zealand at Jaipur on 01.12.10 : 113 vs Australia at Sydney on 24.02.08 : 107* vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 12.06.08 : 102* vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane on 05.02.08 and 101 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 12.05.07

G Gambhir’s 138 not out in this game provide the 68th occasion of a captain-cum-opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian captain
-cum-opening batsman scoring a hundred.

V Kohli scored 64 in this game providing his ninth one day half century and 13^th fifty. G Gambhir’s 138 not out represents his eigth one day hundred and 29^th fifty

V Kohli’s 64 and G Gambhir’s 138 not out represents the 101^st and 102^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against New Zealand.

G Gambhir’s 138 not out represent the 168^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred on Indian soil. Break up team wise read thus – India {79} : Australia {21} : West Indies {17} : Sri Lanka {14} : England {08} : New Zealand {08} : South Africa {08} : Pakistan {06} : Zimbabwe {03} : Asia Eleven {02} : Africa Eleven {01} and Bangladesh {01}

G Gambhir’s 138 not out represent the 22nd^h occasion of a captain scoring a hundred on Indian soil. Break up team wise read thus – India {12}: Australia {03}: West Indies {01}: England {01}: New Zealand {01}: South Africa {02}: Zimbabwe {01} and Asia Eleven {01}

G Gambhir’s 138 not out in this game represent his highest score against New Zealand and also his first hundred. His previous best was 63 not out at Hamilton on 11.03.09

India won this game after inserting the opposition to provide India’s 115^th win in one day games after it had invited the opposition to bat first after winning the toss

Summarised scores of Ranji Trophy matches – 2010-11 season

Group A: Delhi v Bengal at Delhi – Nov 1-4, 2010

Bengal 473 and 92/3; Delhi 459

Match drawn

Group B: Himachal Pradesh v Haryana at Dharamsala – Nov 1-4, 2010

Haryana 316 and 249/5d; Himachal Pradesh 206 and 168/2

Match drawn

Group A: Mumbai v Saurashtra at Mumbai – Nov 1-4, 2010

Mumbai 580/9d and 207/2; Saurashtra 374

Match drawn

Group B: Orissa v Baroda at Cuttack – Nov 1-4, 2010

Baroda 148 and 414/6; Orissa 352

Match drawn

Group A: Railways v Gujarat at Delhi – Nov 1-4, 2010

Gujarat 379; Railways 221 and 246/8 (f/o)

Match drawn

Group A: Tamil Nadu v Assam at Chennai – Nov 1-4, 2010

Assam 184 and 281; Tamil Nadu 346/9d and 123/3

Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Punjab at Meerut – Nov 1-4, 2010

Punjab 288 and 354/6; Uttar Pradesh 362

Match drawn

Group A: Bengal v Mumbai at Kolkata – Nov 10-13, 2010

Mumbai 621/8d and 286/1; Bengal 296

Match drawn

Group A: Gujarat v Saurashtra at Surat – Nov 10-13, 2010

Saurashtra 261 and 125; Gujarat 191 and 196/8

Gujarat won by 2 wickets

Group B: Haryana v Baroda at Rohtak – Nov 10-12, 2010

Haryana 127 and 310; Baroda 470

Baroda won by an innings and 33 runs

Group B: Punjab v Karnataka at Mohali – Nov 10-13, 2010

Punjab 243 and 322; Karnataka 426 and 140/2

Karnataka won by 8 wickets

Group A: Railways v Assam at Delhi – Nov 10-13, 2010

Assam 187 and 170; Railways 182 and 21/0

Match drawn

Group A: Tamil Nadu v Delhi at Chennai – Nov 10-13, 2010

Delhi 318 and 209/9d; Tamil Nadu 208 and 143/3

Match drawn

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Orissa at Lucknow – Nov 10-13, 2010

Uttar Pradesh 403; Orissa 245 and 171/9 (f/o)

Match drawn

Group B: Baroda v Uttar Pradesh at Vadodara – Nov 17-20, 2010

Uttar Pradesh 190 and 294; Baroda 309 and 143

Uttar Pradesh won by 32 runs

Group A: Bengal v Assam at Kolkata – Nov 17-20, 2010

Bengal 562/6d; Assam 588/6

Match drawn

Group A: Delhi v Gujarat at Delhi – Nov 17-20, 2010

Gujarat 71 and 289/9; Delhi 437/6d

Match drawn

Group B: Haryana v Karnataka at Rohtak – Nov 17-20, 2010

Karnataka 222 and 409/8; Haryana 319

Match drawn

Group B: Himachal Pradesh v Punjab at Dharamsala – Nov 17-20, 2010

Himachal Pradesh 473; Punjab 229 and 285/4 (f/o)

Match drawn

Group A: Mumbai v Railways at Mumbai – Nov 17-20, 2010

Railways 201 and 269; Mumbai 219 and 252/8

Mumbai won by 2 wickets

Group A: Saurashtra v Tamil Nadu at Rajkot – Nov 17-20, 2010

Tamil Nadu 582/4d and 30/1; Saurashtra 492

Match drawn

Group B: Baroda v Punjab at Vadodara – Nov 24-27, 2010

Baroda 416; Punjab 243 and 118 (f/o)

Baroda won by an innings and 55 runs

Group A: Gujarat v Bengal at Ahmedabad – Nov 24-27, 2010

Gujarat 273; Bengal 340/7

Match drawn

Group B: Karnataka v Orissa at Bangalore – Nov 24-27, 2010

Orissa 191 and 279; Karnataka 503

Karnataka won by an innings and 33 runs

Group A: Mumbai v Assam at Mumbai – Nov 24-27, 2010

Assam 298 and 53/3; Mumbai 318

Match drawn

Group A: Saurashtra v Delhi at Rajkot – Nov 24-27, 2010

Saurashtra 354/9d; Delhi 194/2

Match drawn

Group A: Tamil Nadu v Railways at Chennai – Nov 24-27, 2010

Tamil Nadu 335/4d; Railways 143/1

Match drawn

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Himachal Pradesh at Kanpur – Nov 24-27, 2010

Uttar Pradesh 197 and 138/8d; Himachal Pradesh 84

Match drawn

Remaining League matches
Group A: Delhi v Assam at Delhi	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group A: Gujarat v Mumbai at Valsad	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group A: Saurashtra v Railways at Rajkot	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group A: Tamil Nadu v Bengal at Chennai	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group B: Himachal Pradesh v Karnataka at Dharamsala	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group B: Orissa v Punjab at Bhubaneswar	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Haryana at Ghaziabad	Dec 01	to	4, 2010
Group A: Assam v Gujarat at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group A: Delhi v Railways at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group A: Saurashtra v Bengal at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group A: Tamil Nadu v Mumbai at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group B: Haryana v Punjab at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group B: Karnataka v Baroda at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group B: Orissa v Himachal Pradesh at TBA	Dec 08	to	11, 2010
Group A: Delhi v Mumbai at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group A: Railways v Bengal at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group A: Saurashtra v Assam at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group A: Tamil Nadu v Gujarat at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group B: Baroda v Himachal Pradesh at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group B: Haryana v Orissa at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010
Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at TBA	Dec 15	to	18, 2010

Knock out Matches

2nd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 24-27, 2010

1st Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 24-27, 2010

4th Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 24-27, 2010

3rd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 24-27, 2010

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Jan 3-6, 2011

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Jan 3-6, 2011

Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Jan 11-15, 2011

Highlights of Karnataka/Orissa Ranji Trophy match at Bangalore : 24^th to 27^th November 2010; Karnataka won by an innings and 33 runs

This article is penned by Sri C Keshavamurthy

In the absence of regular captain R Vinaykumar donning the duties in the One Day International series against New Zealand, Ganesh Satish led Karnataka in the match against Orissa at Bangalore, He became the 46^th captain to lead Karnataka in Ranji Trophy.

He became the third Karnataka captain to lead against Orissa. The other two are – GR Viswanath at Bangalore in 1984/85 and A Kumble at Rourkela in 1997/98.

Ganesh Satish celebrated his captaincy assignment by winning the match comfortably. He became the 21^st Karnataka captain to win a match on his first captaincy assignment. R Vinaykumar had earlier performed a similar feat in the inaugural match of this season against Punjab at Mohali in November 2010. Ganesh Satish thus brought in a hat trick of wins against Orissa as Karnatka had won both the matches – the first ever in 1984/85 and the last in 1997/98. Ganesh Satish led Karnataka in his 13^th Ranji Trophy. He had made his debut against Railways at Bangalore in 2008/09.

Ganesh Satish earned the distinction of becoming the youngest Karnataka captain at the age of 22 years 8 months and 9 days. The earlier record was held by TD Krishna – having led against Hyderabad at Hyderabad in 1954/55 at the age of 23 years and 20 days.

Shiv Sundar Das was leading Orissa for the second time against Karnataka. He was captain of Orissa in 1997/98 at Rourkela also. He has lost both the matches as captain.

Aditya B Sagar became the 267^th Karnataka cricketer to make debut in Ranji Trophy and only the second Karnataka player to do so against Orissa. AK Raghu was the first Karnataka player to have debuted against Orissa at Bangalore in 1984/85.

Born at Hubli on 21.10.1988, Sagar turned in an impressive performance when he captured a wicket in his very first over in his debut game. He coaxed the Orissa opener N Behera to nick an edge to Uthappa in the last ball of his opening over. As if this was no fluke, he repeated this feat in the Orissa’s second innings also when he clean bowled Orissa captain Shiv Sundar Das – again of the last ball of his first over. This is only the second instance of a bowler capturing a wicket in each innings of his first over on debut in the history of Ranji Trophy matches pertaining to Karnataka. Only KS Ponnappa had performed the feat of taking a wicket in both the innings of a match on debut prior to Sagar’s feat (1/02 in 0.5 overs and 1/0 in 0.3 overs, against Andhra at Kurnool in 2001/02). (Additions to this list are welcome from the readers).

Shiv Sundar Das who should have led from the front as Orissa skipper, had a miserable time at the crease in both the innings – bagging a pair. Das faced just seven balls in the first innings and two balls in the second innings. He is the second Orissa batsman to be dismissed for a pair – the first being Gautam Gopal at Rourkela in 1997/98.

Shiv Sundar Das is the 60^th batsman to collect a pair against Karnataka. His dismissal for a pair in this match provides the Tthe 62^nd occasion of a batsman collecting a pair againt Karnataka. Ravi Achan and Mohd Ibrahim of Kerala are the only players to have bagged a Pair on two occasions against Karnataka.

Shiv Sundar Das, with a pair in this game, became the sixth captain to bag a Pair against Karnataka. Other captains who have bagged a Pair against Karnataka – A Babu of Kerala at Banglaore in 1963-64 : MN Ravikumar of Andhra at Bangalore in 1984-85 : S Mahadevan of Goa at Panaji in 1992-93 : SLV Raju of Hyderabad at Bijapur in 1994-95 : FV Rashid of Kerala at Telassery in 1994-95 and SS Das of Orissa at Bangalore in 2010-11

Dhiraj Singh became the first Orissa bowler to concede over 100 runs without taking a wicket against Karnataka, when he conceded 123 runs in 24 overs.

N Behera became the first Orissa batsman to be dismissed for a score in the 90s against Karnataka – to be exact 94 in the second innings. He became the 39^th opposition player to be dismissed in the 90s. He is also the third opposition player to be dismissed on the score of 94 – the two others being GSN Raju of Andhra in 1956/57 and U Kaul of Punjab in 2010/11.

For N Behera this was the third occasion to have been stranded in the 90s. He had earlier made 97 against Jammu & Kashmir at Cuttack in 2006/07 and 95 against Tamilnadu at Sambalpur in 2009/10.

N Behera, who fought almost single handedly to help Orissa reach a modest score in the first innings, scored fifties in each innings. By scoring 83* and 94, Niranjan Behera provided the seventh instance of a batsman scoring a twin half centuries {of which one is a ninety} against Karnataka. Behera is the first Orissa player to perform such a feat. The following are the seven occasions – 55 and 91 by AG Ramsingh of Madras at Madras in 1939-40 : 66 and 94 by GSN Raju of Andhra at Guntur in 1956-57 : 89 and 95 by RD Parkar of Bombay at Bombay in 1971-72 : 69 and 92 of Madras at Madras in 1972-73 : 56 and 93 by D Vinay Kumar of Hyderabad at Secunderabad in 1999-00 : 64 and 90 by Khanolkar of Railways at Delhi in 2000-01 and 83 not out and 94 by N Behera of Orissa at Bangalore in 2010/11.

Niranjan Behera has now scored 22 fifty plus scores inclusive of one century in 48 Ranji Trophy matches.

Nataraj Behea scored 60 in the second innings. This was his third fifty plus scores including one century in just four Ranji Trophy matches.

CM Gautam recorded his highest individual score of 158 surpassing the previous identical scores of 108 against Maharashtra at Bangalore in 2008/09 and 108* against Bengal at Mysore in 2009/10. He was appearing in his 14^th Ranji Trophy. 158 by Gautam was his fourth century and his first fifty plus score in 2010/11.

158 by Gautam is his third century as wicket keeper and the 25^th century by a Karnataka wicket keeper. SMH Kirmani and VS Thilaknaidu jointly share the record for most number of centuries (five each) by a Karnataka wicket keeper.

Manish Pandey made 171, bringing up his fifth century in 17 Ranji Trophy matches and this was his first century in 2010/11 going ahead of the highest score of 55 in the last match against Haryana in November 2010. His best remains at 194 against UP at Meerut in 2009/10.

Abhimanyu Mithun scored a maiden fifty (63 of 89 balls) in his 12^th Ranji Trophy match. His previous best was 39 against Delhi at Delhi in 2009/10.

Sunil Joshi scored zero in this game. This was his 1
1^th duck in 112 matches. Only R Ananth and BS Chandrasekhar have scored more ducks (14 each) for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy.

Sunil Joshi proved that age does not matter as long as one performs, by taking 5-35 in 22 overs. Strangely he had failed to achieve this feat against Orissa earlier having played only one match against Orissa in 1997/98. 5-22 against Orissa by Joshi is his best against this team improving upon his previous best of 3/36 at Rourkela in 1997/98.

5-22 by Joshi was his 26^th five wicket haul in his 112^th match, besides five occasions of 10WM or more in a match. Joshi has now a tally of 467 wickets.

The Orissa openers N Behera and skipper SS Das scored ducks in the first innings providing the fifth occasion of both the openers from the opponent team scoring ducks. The five instances are as under – PS Moses and AR Shenoy of Kerala at Bangalore in 1963-64 : B Ramprasad and T Sridhar of Andhra at Vijayawada in 1967-68 : S Suresh and AR Kapoor of Tamilnadu vs Bangalore in 1999-00 : SO Sharma and Sunny Singh of Haryana at Mysore in 2006/07 and N Behera and SS Das of Orissa at Banglaore in 2010/11

Orissa batsmen accounted for five ducks in the first innings. This provided the ninth occasion of five or more opposing batsmen scoring ducks in an innings. The last such occasion was by Uttar Pradesh at Bangalore in 2009/10. The following are the nine such instances – Six ducks by Kerala batsmen at Banglaore in 1963-64 : six ducks by Kerala batsmen at Bijapur in 1969-70 : five ducks by Kerala batsmen at Banglaore in 1965-66 : five ducks by Punjab batsmen at Bangalore in 1981-82 : five ducks by Baroda batsmen at Baroda in 1982-83 : five ducks by Goa batsmen at Bhadravathi in 1985-86 : five ducks by Bombay batsmen at Bangalore in 1993-94 : five ducks by Uttar Pradesh batsmen at Bangalore in 2009-10 and five ducks by Orissa batsmen at Bangalore in 2010-11

MK Pandey and CM Gautam who saved Karnataka when it was tottering at 5/54 and were instrumental in carving out victory in the end, were involved in a record breaking partnership for the sixth wicket. They added 328 runs for the sixth wicket breaking the previous record of 238 runs held by KA Jeshwant and RS Dravid against Maharashtra at Pune in 1990/91. This is the fourth century partnership of over 300 runs and the third best for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. The list of 300 or more runs partnerships for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy reads as under – 451* runs for the first wicket between RMH Binny and Sanjay Desai at Chickmagalur in 1977-78 : 336 runs for the fifth wicket between SMH Kirmani and K Jeswanth vs Tamilnadu at Coimbatore in 1990-91 : 328 runs for the sixth wicket between MK Pandey and CM Gautam vs Orissa at Bangalore in 2010-11 amd 324 runs for the first wicket between RV Uthappa and RL Barrington vs Madhya Pradesh at Bangalore in 2004-05

Orissa recorded its highest innings total against Karnataka by scoring 279 in the second iinnings. Its previous best was 276 at Bangalore in its first encounter against Karnataka in 1984/85.

Karnataka recorded a score of 503 – its first 500 plus score this season. 503 by Karnataka is the 32^nd occasion when Karnataka has scored over 500 runs in an innings. However, this is the first time that Karnataka has crossed this figure against Orissa. The previous highest total against Orissa was 473+16 at Bangalore in 1984/85.

Karnataka tasted innings victory for the first time against Orissa and for the 63^rd time in all in 360 matches. Just for the record, Kerala has been at the receiving end most times against Karnataka, having suffered 22 innings defeats.

Karnataka’s victory against Orissa at Bangalore is 163^rd win for Karnataka. Playing Record after the match against Orissa on 27.11.2010:

Karnataka; Played-360, Won-163, Lost-56, Drawn-141 (including NR) and Orissa Played-238, Won-54, Lost-84, Drawn-100 (including NR)

Highlights of Karnataka/Haryana Ranji Trophy match at Rohtak : 17-20^th November 2010: Match Drawn

This article is penned by Sri C Keshavamaurthy

Karnataka, fresh from their inaugural win in the opening fixture against Punjab in the 2010/11 season suffered a set back at the hands of the modest Haryana team and managed just one point, conceding the first innings lead to Haryana.

Karnataka’s first innings contained a solitary 50 by skipper R Vinaykumar, which was his second fifty in 46 matches. He narrowly missed to go past his highest individual score of 51* (vs Punjab at Mysore in 2009/10)

Amit Verma scored 103* in the second innings which is his third century in 13 Ranji Trophy matches. He is the fourth Karnataka bassman to score a century against Haryana. Others are – BP Patel – 157 at Bangalore in 1979-80 : Vijay Bharadwaj – 175 at Bangalore in 1998-99 and RV Uthappa – 108 at Mysore in 2006-07

Hemang Badani, the former Tamilnadu player, playing for Haryana this season top scored with 88 runs with which Haryana obtaind the crucial first innings lead. This was his 41^st fifty plus score (inclusive of 9 centuries) in his 66^th Ranji Trophy match. This was also his highest individual score for Haryana nosing ahead of the previous best of 79 made against Baroda at Rohtak in November 2010. His career beat in Ranji Trophy is 164 against Hyderbad at Secunderabad in 1996/97.

Joginder Sharma and Sanjay Badhwar, who were the wreckers in chief for Haryana, took 5-66 and 5-56 respectively.

5-66 by Joginder Sharma was his 14^th five wicket haul (apart from five ten wicket hauls) in his 44^th Ranji Trophy match.

Just for the record, Joginder Sharma had taken 11 wickets and scored 81 runs in his debut Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh at Rohtak in 2002/03.

Joginder Sharma is best remembered as the bowler who dismissed Misbah ul Haq in the final of the inaugural World Cup Twenty-20. Ironically, he has never appeared for India again.

5-56 by Sanjay Badhwar was his fifth five wicket haul in 24 Ranji Trophy matches.

After Rajinder Goel had taken 6/55 in the first ever Ranji match between Haryana and Karnataka in 1979/80, no ohter bowler from Haryana had captured five wickets in an innings against Karnataka, till Joginder Sharma and Sanjay Badhwar captured five wickets in an innings. This is the first time that two bowlers have shared ten wickets in an an innings in the match for Haryana against Karnataka.

The feat of sharing five wickets equally in an innings by Joginder and Badhwar, provides the 16^th occasion of bolwers sharing the ten wickets equally in an innings.

KB Pawan scored his second fifty plus score this season brining his tally of 50 plus scores to 12 inclusive of four centuries in 25 Ranji Trophy matches.

Manish Pandey made his first fifty this season. This was his seventh fifty (excluding four hundreds) in his 16^th Ranji Trophy match.

Nitin Saini’s 64 was his fifth 50 plus score (including one century) in 16 Ranji Trophy matches. Sunny Singh’s 53 was his first fifty in five innings in 20010/11 and overall his 18^th fifty plus score (including 9 centuries) in 37 Ranji Trophy matches.

SB Joshi scored exactly 50 which brought up his 50 plus scores tally to 24 including four centuries. SB Joshi completed 4000 runs in Ranji Trophy when on 35 during his innings of 50 in the second innings. This was his 111^th Ranji Trophy match and 156^th innings.

By completing 4000 runs, SB Joshi became the ninth Karnataka batsman to score 4000 plus runs in Ranji Trophy. The complete list of Karnataka players who have scored 4000 plus runs in Ranji Trophy read thus – BP Patel {7126 runs from 104 matches} : GR Viswanath {5655 runs from 93 matches} : J Arun Kumar {4679 runs from 72 matches} : R Dravid {4874 runs from 48 matches} : R Vijay Bharadwaj {4288 runs from 67 matches} : SMH Kirmani {4195 runs from 67 matches} : RMH Binny {4173 runs from 68 matches} : VS Thilak Naidu {4027 runs from 81 matches} and SB Joshi {4015 runs from 111 matches|

SB Joshi earned the distinction of becoming the only all rounder in Ranji Trophy history to score 4000 runs and take 450 wickets. At the end of this match, his run aggregate stood at 4015 runs and wicket aggregate stood at 451.

SB Joshi captured his 450^th wicket when he had Manav Sharma caught by Robin Uthappa. R Goel {637} and S Venkataraghavan {530} are the two bowlers who have aggregated more wickets than SB Joshi in Ranji Trophy

At the end of the Haryana match, Joshi has scored 4015 runs and taken 451 wickets in 111 matches. Break up for Joshi’s 4015 runs read thus

Opp	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	F	Ct
And	10	15	5	336	72*	33.60	0	2	7
Asm	3	4	1	179	110	59.66	1	0	4
Bar	4	5	1	166	56	41.50	0	2	1
Bgl	7	9	2	217	44	31.00	0	0	3
Bih	2	2	0	17	14	8.50	0	0	3
Bom	7	12	3	313	118	34.77	1	1	2
Del	5	7	1	82	25	13.66	0	0	2
Goa	5	6	1	233	104	46.60	1	1	4
Guj	3	5	0	122	54	24.40	0	1	1
Har	3	4	0	193	84	48.25	0	1	3
HP	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	0	0	1
Hyd	12	16	1	584	118	38.93	1	3	8
J&K	1	0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
Ker	7	10	1	231	59*	25.66	0	1	5
Mah	4	4	0	50	35	12/50	0	0	1
MP	4	7	0	88	34	12.57	0	0	4
Ori	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	0	0	1
Pun	4	5	1	139	72*	34.75	0	1	0
Raj	3	5	1	79	35	19.75	0	0	0
Rly	4	6	0	97	35	16.16	0	0	2
Sau	3	5	0	85	42	17.00	0	0	0
TN	12	17	3	524	86	37,42	0	4	11
UP	5	8	1	162	64	23.14	0	1	1
Vid	1	2	0	102	99	51.00	0	1	1
Total	111	156	22	4015	118	29.96	4	19	65

Joginder Sharma captured his 200th wicket in Ranji Trophy. when he dismissed Sunil Joshi in the second innings. At the end of this match, his tally of wickets stood at 201. Joginder Sharma has scored 1914 runs and captured 201 wickets from 44 Ranji Trophy matches. Break up of 201 wickets read thus

Opponents	M	Runs	W	Best	5w	10w
Mumbai	1	89	2	2/89	–	–
Baroda	3	260	11	4/102	–	–
Maharashtra	2	249	7	4/126	–	–
Saurashtra	1	64	3	3/55	–	–
Railways	1	74	2	2/74	–	–
Punjab	1	117	6	5/84	1	–
Karnataka	3	309	17	4/101	1	–
UttarPradesh	2	206	19	7/28	2	1
MadhyaPradesh	4	358	23	6/21	3	1
Jharkhand	4	356	14	3/55	–	–
HimPradesh	1	70	4	3/36	–	–
Hyderabad	1	152	10	5/56	2	1
Delhi	1	86	1	1/86	–	–
Tamilnadu	1	68	3	3/65	–	–
Andhra	3	255	17	7/41	1	1
Kerala	1	40	3	3/15	–	–
Goa	2	201	15	6/48	1	–
Vidarbha	2	170	17	8/24	2	1
Tripura	3	176	3	1/45	–	–
Jammu&Kashmir	4	238	8	3/50	–	–
Services	3	397	16	5/67	1	–
Total	44	3935	201	8/24	14	5

Highlights of Karnataka/Punjab Ranji Trophy at Mohali, Chandigargh : 10^th to 13^th November,2010 : Karnataka won by eight wickets.

This article is prepared by Sri C Keshavamurthy, a reputed Cricket Statistician in Domestic Cricket

Karnataka started the Ranji Trophy season 2010/11 on a happy note by registering a comprehensive eight victory over Punjab. This was Karnataka’s 162^nd win in 358 matches (lost 56 and drawn 140). Punjab surrendered to Karnataka for the fourth time in its sixth encounter. It is yet to register an outright win and has drawn the other two matches – only once it has gained first innings lead at Mohali in 1994/95. The previous three victories by Karnataka have come as under – 1981-82 at Bangalore – won by 167 runs : 1997-98 at Bangalore – won by 262 runs : 1998-99 at Amritsar – won by seven wickets

Karnataka had last met Punjab in the quarter final at Mysore in 2009/10 which had ended in a draw – with Karnataka qualifying for the semi final on 1^st innings lead.

R Vinaykumar became the 45^th cricketer to lead Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy – in a span of 358 matches. By a coincidence – he was playing in his 45^th match. He is the sixth captain to lead Karnataka against Punjab. Others are – GR Viswanath (1981/82), KA Jeshwanth (1994/95), A Kumble (1997/98), SB Somasundar (1998/99) and RS Dravid (2009/10).

The opposition skipper P Dharmani was leading Punjab against Karnataka for the second time – having first led at Mysore in 2009/10. Overall, this was Punjab’s 35^th outright defeat in its 252^nd match, having won 89 and drawn 128.

Robin Uthappa scored 149 in this match of 182 balls. This was his first century against Punjab and his ninth century in his 43^rd Ranji Trophy career This was also his highest individual score against Punjab – his previous best being 91 at Mysore in 2009/10. RV Uthappa in accomplishing his three figure innings against Punjab emulated the feat of VS Thilaknaidu (125 at Amritsar in 1998/99) and MK Pandey (115 at Mysore in 2009/10) to become the third Karnataka player to register a hundred against Punjab. The nine centuries scored by Uthappa are listed below

No	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	162	MadPradesh	Bangalore	2004/05
2	108	Haryana	Mysore	2006/07
3	161	Delhi	Delhi	2006/07
4	159	Tamilnadu	Bangalore	2006/07
5	108	Saurashtra	Rajkot	2006/07
6	131	Railways	Bangalore	2008/09
7	133	Andhra	Mysore	2008/09
8	139	Saurashtra	Mumbai	2008/09
9	149	Punjab	Mohali	2010/11

Incidentally Punjab’s batsmen is yet to register a century against Karnataka. Wicket Keeper U Kaul came very near to achieving it but fell six short of the coveted mark. He became the second Punjab player to be dismissed in the nineties against Karnataka. The record for the highest individual score against Karnataka by a Punjab player stands to the credit of Krishna Mohan who was dismissed for 98 at Mohali in 1994/95.

94 by Kaul was his third consecutive 50 plus score against Karnataka, he had earlier scored 68 and 86 in the quarter final at Mysore in 2009/10. He failed to achieve his fourth successive fifty against Karnataka when he was given out for 43 in his 2^nd innings at Mohali. Kaul is also the only Punjab player to score register two or more fifties against Karnataka, in a total of 14 fifty plus scores by Punjab batsmen against Karnataka till date.

By registering 94, Kaul became the 38^th opposition player and the second Punjab player after Krishna Mohan to score 90s against Karnataka.

By winning the match, R Vinay Kumar achieved the distinction of becoming the 20^th Karnataka captain to register a victory on his first appearance as skipper

The last occasion in which a Ka
rnataka player had accomplished such a rare honour was in 2006/07 when KT Yeregoud had won his debut match as Captain against Haryana at Mysore in 2006-07

No	Captains	Opp	Venue	Season	MNo
1.	Shyamsundar PR	Ker	Bangalore	1951/52	24
2.	Subbu LT	And	Guntur	1956/57	36
3.	Alva BC	Ker	Palghat	1958/59	42
4.	Krishnaswamy AS	Hyd	Hyderabad	1959/60	46
5.	Suryanarayana M	Ker	Mangalore	1959/60	49
6	Kasturirangan B*	Ker	Ernakulam	1960/61	52
7.	Krishnamurthy S	And	Bangalore	1962/63	58
8.	Subramanya V	Ker	Bangalore	1963/64	62
9.	Patel YB	Ker	Trivandrum	1964/65	70
10.	Ashokanand PR	Bih	Bangalore	1970/71	99
11.	Chandrashekhar BS	And	Vijayawada	1971/72	101
12.	Sudhakar Rao R	Ker	Chikmagalur	1977/78	136
13.	Binny RMH	And	Tirupathi	1983/84	175
14.	Jeshwanth KA	Goa	Panaji	1992/93	224
15.	Kumble A	Goa	Margao	1994/95	238
16.	Joshi S	Bih	Bangalore	1998/99	275
17.	Prasad BKV	Del	Bangalore	1999/00	286
18.	Arunkumar J	And	Belgaum	2000/01	290
19.	Yeregoud KT	Har	Mysore	2006/07	328
20.	R Vinaykumar	Pun	Mohali	2010/11	358

It may be of interest to note that no Punjab player has taken 5WI against Karnataka so far. The trend continued in this match also as the best bowling performance by a Punjab player was 3-92 by MS Gony. The best ever bowling performance in an innings by Punjab against Karnataka is 4-31 by Arun Bedi at Mohali in 1994/95.

On the other hand, Vinaykumar took 5-61 in the 1^st innings. This was his best bowling performance against Punjab surpassing his prev
ious best of 3-100 at Mysore in 2009/10. Overall, 5-61 was his 10^th five wicket haul in his 45^th match. These occasions are as under:

No	W	RC	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	5	83	Gujarat	Bangalore	2004/05
2	5	65	Railways	Delhi	2005/06
3	5	22	Maharashtra	Bangalore	2005/06
4	5	47	UttarPradesh	Kanpur	2006/07
5	5	70	Saurashtra	Mysore	2007/08
6	5	121	Delhi	Bangalore	2007/08
7	6	38	Maharashtra	Ratnagiri	2007/08
8	8	32	Delhi	Delhi	2009/10
8	5	40	Maharashtra	Poona	2009/10

R Vinaykumar became the sixth Karnataka bowler to take 5WI against Punjab; The others who have achieved this feat against Punjab are: 5-45 by AR Bhat at Bangalore in 1981/82 : 5-93 by DJ Johnson at Mohali in 1994/95 : 5-99 by R Ananth at Mohali in 1994/95 : 6-37 by Dodda Ganesh at Amritsar in 1998/99 and 5-51 by A Kumble at Bangalore in 1997/98. However, best bowling performance by Vinaykumar is 8-32 against Delhi at Delhi in 2009/10.

Vinaykumar also achieved another rare distinction by becoming only the sixth Karnataka bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on his debut as captain. The other five bowlers are : 5 for 78 by S Darashah vs Madras at Madras in 1939/40 : 5 for 73 by PE Palia vs Madras at Madras In 1964-65 : 6 for 24 by KA Jeswanth vs Goa at Panaji in 1992-93 : 5 for 48 by SB Joshi vs Bihar at Bangalore in 1998-99 and 6 for 60 and 5 for 35 by BKV Prasad vs Delhi at Bangalore in 1999/00. BKV Prasad remains the only player to capture ten or more wickets on his debut as Captain.

Rajwinder Singh of Punjab had the dubious distinction of bagging a ‘pair’. He became the 59^th player to be dismissed for pair against Karnataka. This was the 61^st such occasion for the opponents. Ravi Achan and Mohd Ibrahim of Kerala are the only players to have bagged a ‘pair’ – on two occasions against Karnataka.

KL Rahul made his debut in Ranji Trophy for Karnataka. He celebrated his selection by scoring a 50 plus in the 2^nd innings (61). He is the 44^th Karnataka player to score a half century on debut. The last player before him to accomplish this feat was Manish Pandey who had scored 64 in his debut match against Railways at Bangalore in 2008/09.

Ganesh Satish scored his sixth fifty plus score including two hundreds in his 11^th match. Amit Verma took his tally of 50 plus scores to four including 2 hundreds in his 12^th match. KB Pawan made 65. This was his 11^th fifty plus score including four hundreds. He was playing in his 24^th match.

Abhimanyu Mithun took his 50^th wicket in Ranji Trophy when he dismissed K Goel for a first ball duck. Mithun was playing in his 10^th match.

Inder Singh made his 9^th fifty plus score including four hundreds in his 23^rd match. This was his first fifty against Karnataka surpassing his previous best of 38 at Mysore in 2009/10.

Yuvraj Singh by making 79 in his 2^nd innings took his 50 plus scores tally to 16 including five hundreds. He was playing in his 32^nd match. Surprisingly, this was his first Ranji match against Karnataka.

Punjab skipper P Dharmani scored 51 in the second innings. This was his 53^rd fifty plus score including 22 hundreds. He was playing in his 113^th match. This was his highest individual score against Karnataka
in five matches surpassing his previous best of 39 at Mohali in 1994/95.

Australia vs England – First Test at Brisbane : Test ends in a draw

Australia capped XJ Doherty for this test. He became the 417th Australian cricketer to represent Australia in tests. He became the 237th Australian cricketer to make his test deubt against England.

AJ Strauss was dismissed for zero in the first innings of this test providing the 43^rd occasion of an England captain collecting a duck against Australia. His duck provides the 14^th occasion of an England captain opener collecting a duck against Australia.

PM Siddle performed the hat trick in the first innings of this test. His victims were – AN Cook, MJ Prior and SJC Broad. His feat provides the 38^th occasion of a bowler performing the hat trick in the annals of test cricket.

His feat provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian bowler performing the hat trick against various oppositions. His feat provides the fifth occasion of an Australian bowler peforming the hat trick against England.

PM Siddle captured 6 for 54 in the first innings providing the 118^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets against England. His figures provide the 13^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets against England at Brisbane.

PM Siddle’s 6 for 54 represent the third occasion of his capturing a five wicket haul in a test innings. The other two occasions are – 5 for 21 vs England at Leeds in Aug 2009 and 5 for 59 vs South Africa at Sydney in Jan 2009. This his 6 for 54 in this test represents his career best innings bowling figures.

AN Cook scored 67 in the first innings of this test. It was his 23^rd test half century. IR Bell scored 76 in the first innings of this test. It was his 24^th test half century.

MJ Prior scored zero in the first innings of this test providing the 52^nd occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against Australia.

AJ Strauss, MJ Prior and SJC Broad scored zeroes in England’s first innings taking the number of zeroes by England batsmen against Australia to 637.

AJ Strauss, MJ Prior and SJC Broad scored zeroes in England’s first innings providing the 57^th occasion of three or more England batsmen scoring ducks in an innings against Australia.

MEK Hussey {195} and BJ Haddin {136} scored hundreds in Australia’s innings providing the 285^th and 286^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring hundreds against England

MEK Hussey’s 195 in this test provide the 62^nd occasion of a batsman scoring runs between 190 and 199 in the annals of test cricket. His knock provides the 15^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring runs between 190 and 199 in a test innings against various oppositions and the eighth occasion against England.

MEK Hussey’s 195 in this test provide the 12^th hundred of his test career and also his test career best score. It was an improvement over his previous best of 182 against Bangladesh at Chittagong in Apr 2006.

MEK Hussey missed the distinction of scoring 300^th double hundred in tests. Another batsman who missed the distinction was R Dravid. He scored 191 against New Zealand at Nagpur in Nov 2010.

BJ Haddin scored his third hundred when he made 136 in this test. The other two hundreds are – 169 vs New Zealand at Adelaide in Nov 2008 and 121 vs England at Cardiff in Jul 2009.

BJ Haddin scored 136 in the first innings of this test. His knock provides the 28^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred in tests. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring hundreds in tests against England. The other seven occasions are – 110* by RW Marsh at Melbourne in Mar 1977 : 102* by IA Healy at Manchester in Jun 1993 : 134 by IA Healey at Brisbane in Nov 1998 : 152 by AC Gilchrist at Birmingham in Jul 2001 : 133 by AC Gilchrist at Birmingham in Jan 2003 : 102* by AC Gilchrist at Sydney in Jan 2003 : 121 by BJ Haddin at Cardiff in Jul 2009

BJ Haddin became the third Australian wicket keeper to score two or more hundreds against England. Others are IA Healey {02} and AC Gilchrist {03}

BJ Haddin’s 136 represent his highest score against England. His previous best was 121 at Cardiff in Jul 2009

BJ Haddin’s 136 represent the highest score by an Australian wicket keeper batsman against England in tests at Brisbane. The previous best was 134 by IA Healey in Nov 1998.

MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin added 307 runs for the sixth wicket in Australia’s first innings providing the eighth occasion of Australian batsman posting 300 plus runs in a test innings against England. The eight occasions are – 388 runs for the fourth wicket between DG Bradman and WH Ponsford at Leeds in Jul 1934 : 451 runs for the second wicket between DG Bradman and WH Ponsford at The Oval in Aug 1934 : 346 runs for the sixth wicket between DG Bradman and JHW Fingleton at Melbourne in Jan 1937 : 405 runs for the fifth wicket between SG Barnes and DG Bradman at Sydney in Dec 1946 : 301 runs for the second wicket between DG Bradman and AR Morris at Leeds in Jul 1948 : 329 for the first wicket between GR Marsh and MA Taylor at Nottingham in Aug 1989 : 332* runs for the fifth wicket between AR Border and SR Waugh at Leeds in Jul 1993 and 307 for the sixth wicket between MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin at Brisbane in Nov 2010.

MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin added 307 runs for the sixth wicket in Australia’s first innings providing the second occasion of Australian batsman posting 300 plus runs in a test innings against England for the sixth wicket. The other occasion was the 346 runs
between DG Bradman and JHW Fingleton at Melbourne in Jan 1937.

MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin added 307 runs for the sixth wicket in Australia’s first innings providing the 78th occasion of 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin added 307 runs for the sixth wicket in Australia’s first innings providing the 303rd occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England. This stand provides the 27^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England for the sixth wicket

ST Finn captured 6 for 125 in England’s first innings providing the 95^th occasion of an England bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings against Australia. His figures provide the 16^th occasion of an England bowler capturing six or more conceding 100 plus runs against Australia.

GP Swann {128} and ST Finn {125} conceded 100 plus runs in this test providing the 293^rd and 294^th occasion of England bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against Australia.

AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the 79^th occasion of 300 plus runs partnership in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

MEK Hussey and BJ Haddin added 307 runs for the sixth wicket in Australia’s first innings

and AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the second occasion of rival teams posting 300 plus runs partnership in a test in the annals of test cricket. The first such occasion was witnessed at Lahore Jan 2006 in the test match between Pakistan and India – Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan added 319 runs for the fourth wicket in Pakistan’s first innings ; V Sehwag and R Dravid added 410 runs for the first wicket in India’s first innings

AJ Strauss {110} and AN Cook {235 not out} scored hundreds in this test providing the 63rd occasion of both the openers scoring hundreds in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

AJ Strauss {110} and AN Cook {235 not out} scored hundreds in this test providing the 63rd occasion of England’s both openers scoring hundreds in an innings against various oppositions

AJ Strauss {110} and AN Cook {235 not out} scored hundreds in this test providing the sixth occasion of England’s both openers scoring hundreds in an innings against Australia.

AJ Strauss {110}, AN Cook {235 not out} and IJL Trott {135 not out} scored hundreds in England’s second innings providing the eleventh occasion of first three batsmen scoring hundreds in an innings in the annals of test cricket. The other ten occasions are – JB Hobbs {211}, H Sutcliffe {122} and FE Woolley {134} of England vs South Africa at Lord’s in July 1924 : CC McDonald {110}, AR Morris {111} and RN Harvey {133} of Australia vs West Indies at Trinidad in April 1955 : WM Lawry {210}, RB Simpson {201} and RW Cowper {102} of Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown in May 1965 : SM Gavaskar {172}, K Srikkanth {116} and M Amaranath {138} of India vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 1986 : MA Taylor {111}, MJ Slater {152} and DC Boon {164} of Australia vs England at Lord’s in Jun 1993 : HH Gibbs {147}, G Kirsten {220} and JH Kallis {157} of South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Harare in Sep 2001 : MH Richardson {145}, L Vincent {106} and SB Styris {119} of New Zealand vs India at Mohali in Oct 2003 :KD Karthik {129}, W Jaffer {138} and R Dravid {129} of India vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in May 2007 : GC Smith {107}, ND McKenzie {138} and HM Amla {104} of South Africa vs England at Lord’s in Jul 2008 and G Gambhir {167}, V Sehwag {131} and R Dravid {144} of India vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Nov 2009.

AN Cook with his 235 not out in the second innings of this test earned the distinction of scoring the 300^th double hundred in the annals of test cricket. The progressive milestones of double hundreds in terms of 100 hundreds read thus – First double hundred – 211 by WL Mudroch of Australia vs England at The Oval in Aug 1984 : 100^th double hundred – 223* by GM Turner of New Zealand vs West Indies at Kingston in Feb 1972 : 200^th double hundred – 201* by SR Tendulkar of India vs Zimbabwe at Nagpur in Nov 2000 and 300^th double hundred – 235 not out by AN Cook of England vs Australia at Brisbane in Nov 2010.

AJ Strauss and AN Cook added 188 runs for the first wicket and AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the 293^rd and 294^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia

AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the sixth occasion of England batsmen posting a 300 plus runs in an innings against Australia. The other five occasions are – 323 runs for the first wicket between JB Hobbs and W Rhodes at Melbourne in Feb 1912 : 382 runs for the second wicket between L Hutton and M Leyland at The Oval in Aug 1938 : 331 runs for the second wicket between DI Gower and RT Robinson at Birmingham in Aug 1985 : 351 runs for the second wicket between DI Gower and GA Gooch at The Oval in Aug 1985 : 310 runs for the fourth wicket between PD Collingwood and KP Pietersen at Adelaide in Dec 2006

AJ Strauss and AN Cook added 188 runs for the first wicket in England’s second innings providing the 60^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against Australia.

AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the 59^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Australia

AJ Strauss and AN Cook added 188 runs for the first wicket and AN Cook and IJL Trott added 329 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s second innings providing the tenth occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first two wickets in an innings against Australia

AJ Strauss score
d zero and 110 in this test providing the 135^th occasion of a batsman scoring a duck and hundred in a test in the annals of test cricket. His feat provides the 30^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a duck and a hundred in a test against various oppositions. AJ Strauss’ feat provides the 15^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a duck and hundred in a test against Australia

AJ Strauss scored zero and 110 in this test. This is the third occasion of his scoring a duck and a hundred in a test. The other two occasions are – 147 and zero vs South Africa at Jo’burg in Jan 2005 and zero and 177 vs New Zealand at Napier in Mar 2008

AJ Strauss emulated SC Chanderpaul of West Indies who also has scored a duck and hundred in a test on three occcaions – 110 and zero vs England at Georgetown in Feb 1995 : zero and 109 vs South Africa at Durban in Dec 2003 and 126* and duck vs New Zealand at Napier in Dec 2008

As on date AJ Strauss and SC Chanderpaul are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score a duck and a hundred in a test on three occasions.

England’s 517 for one declared in this test provide the sixth occasion of England posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test match. The other six occasions are – 583 for 4 declared vs West Indies at Birmingham on May 1957 : 570 for 7 declared vs South Africa at Durban in Dec 2004 : 551 all out vs South Africa at Nottingham in Jun 1947 : 538 vs Australia at The Oval in Aug 1975 and 529 for 5 declared vs Sri Lanka at Lord’s in May 2002.

England’s 517 for one declared in this test provide the second occasion of England posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test match against Australia. The other occasion was – 538 at The Oval in Aug 1975.

AJ Strauss’ 110 represents his 19^th test hundred: AN Cook’s 235 not out represents his 14^th test hundred and his test career best score {Previous best – 173 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Mar 2010} and IJL Trott’s 135 not out represents his fourth test hundred.

AN Cook’s 235 not out in this test provides the 15^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a double hundred in a test innings against various oppositions. He became the second England opening batsman to score a double hundred against Australia, the first being L Hutton who had scored 364 at The Oval in Aug 1938.

AN Cook with his 235 not out became the first England opening batsman to score a double hundred against Australia in Australia.

AN Cook’s 235 not out in this test provide the 46^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a double hundred in a test innings against various oppositions.

MG Johnson {104} and XJ Doherty {107} conceded 100 plus runs in Australia’s second innings providing the 244^th and 245^th innings of an Australian bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against England.

MG Johnson {none for 104} and XJ Doherty {none for 107} conceded 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in Australia’s second innings providing the 18^th and 19^th innings of an Australian bowler conceding 100 plus runs without a wicket in an innings against England.

XJ Doherty returned with figures of none for 107 in Australia’s second innings providing the 18^th occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket on debut. He became the third Australian bowler to concede 100 plus runs without a capturing a wicket on test debut. Others are – JR Thomson {none for 100} vs Pakistan at Melbourne in Dec 1972 and BE McGain {none for 149} vs South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 2009

XJ Doherty earned the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to concede 100 runs without capturing a wicket in a test innings on debut against England.

At the end of this test, AJ Strauss and AN Cook has an aggregate of 3415 runs for the first wicket which is a record for England openers. They wrested the previous best of 3249 runs between JB Hobbs and H Sutcliffe.

AJ Strauss and AN Cook have partnered nine three figure stands for the first wicket which includes the 188 runs stand in the second innings of this test. Only JB Hobbs and H Sutcliffe have partnered in more stands for the first wicket – 15.

AN Cook scored 67 and 235 not out in this test providing the eleventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty and a double hundred in a test in the annals of test cricket. He became the third England opening batsman to perform such a feat. Others are – GA Gooch – 333 and 123 vs India at Lord’s in Jul 98 and ME Trescothick – 219 and 69* vs South Africa at The Oval in Sep 03

AN Cook earned the distinction of becoming the first England opening batsman to score a fifty and double hundred in a test against Australia.

AN Cook with his 67 and 235 not out in this test became the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a double hundred in the second innings of a test amongst those who have scored a fifty and a double hundred in a test. Other are – 77 and 205 by EH Hendren of England vs West Indies at Trinidad in Feb 1930 : 124 and 220 by SM Gavaskar of India vs West Indies at Trinidad in Apr 1971 : 55 and 232* by A Flower of Zimbabwe vs India at Nagpur in Nov 2000 and 59 and 281 by VVS Laxman of India vs Australia at Kolkata in Mar 2001.

AN Cook’s 67 and 235 not out in this test provide the 36^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty and a double hundred in a test match in the annals of test cricket. He became the fifth England batsman to perform such a feat. Other four are – 77 and 205* by EH Hendren vs West Indies at Port of Spain in Feb 1930 : 325 and 50 by A Sandham vs West Indies at Kingston in Apr 1930 : GA Gooch – 333 and 123 vs India at Lord’s in Jul 98 and ME Trescothick – 219 and 69* vs South Africa at The Oval in Sep 03

RT Ponting scored 51 in the second innings of this test which represents his 95^th f
ifty {39 centuries and 56 half centuries}. This knock represents his 75^th fitty {32 Centuries plus 43 half centuries} while batting at number three. He became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 75 fifties.

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 102 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket providing RT Ponting his 80^th three figure partnership. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to be a partner in 80 plus three figure partnerships. Others are R Dravid {85} and SR Tendulkar {80}

SR Watson and RT Ponting added 102 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket providing the 304^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnerships against England. This stand provides the 61^st occasion Australian batsman posting a three figure partnerships against England for the second wicket.