Philip Bailey, a distinguished member of The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, England has discovered another world record for India whilst doing a query suggested by David Kendix. His research is based on CricketArchive database www.cricketarchive.com

Saurashtra recently set a new record for the highest lowest score among the first ten batsmen in the order in an innings beating the previous record of 31 by one.

The highest lowest score among the first ten batsmen in the order of runs in first-class matches are:

Order	Score	Team	Oppositon	Ground	Season
2	243	Yorkshire	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	1898
2	243	Tamil Nadu	Maharashtra	Nasik	2008/09
3	147	Trinidad	Jamaica	Port of Spain	1949/50
3	147	SouthAfrica	Zimbabwe	Harare	2001/02
4	122	India	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2007
5	86	NSW	W Aus	Sydney	1925/26
6	65	India	Australia	Kolkata	1997/98
7	59	SriLankaA	SouthAfricaA	Pot’stroom	2008/09
8	44	Canterbury	Otago	Christchurch	1996/97
9	39	Holkar	Bengal	Indore	1953/54
10	32	Saurashtra	Bengal	Kolkata	2009/10
11	22	Yorkshire	Leicestershire	Leicester	1907

Robin Abrahams, Member of Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, observes that the Pakistani pair sets world record partnership for the second wicket in first class matches

Pakistani pair Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad set a world record for second wicket partnership Sunday in a first class match at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Mohmand (302 not out) and Sajjad (289) put on 580 runs for the second wicket stand while playing for Wapda on the last day of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Sui Southern Gas Corporation {SSGC}

They broke the previous second wicket world record of 576 runs held by Sri Lankan pair Sanath Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (225) during a test match against India in Colombo in 1997.

Sajjad hit 36 boundaries while Mohmand smashed 34 fours. Wapda finished the match at 671-2 in reply to SSGC’s first innings effort of 466 all out.

Ensuing matches in Plate Leauge 2009-10

Group B: Andhra v Jammu & Kashmir at Anantapur – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Assam v Vidarbha at Guwahati – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Haryana v Kerala at Rohtak – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Jharkhand v Rajasthan at Dhanbad – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Services at Indore – Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Tripura v Goa at Agartala – Dec 8-11, 2009

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 15-18, 2009

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Dec 15-18, 2009

The following are the summarised scores of the Ranji Trophy Plate League matches.

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Services at Srinagar –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group B: Kerala v Andhra at Kannur –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Andhra 442 and 46/0; Kerala 336

Group A: Assam v Rajasthan at Guwahati –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Rajasthan won by 95 runs

Rajasthan 228 and 256; Assam 189 and 200

Group A: Jharkhand v Tripura at Ranchi –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 431 and 167/3; Tripura 438

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Haryana at Indore –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Haryana 546 and 244/0; Madhya Pradesh 434

Group A: Vidarbha v Goa at Nagpur –

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 474 and 203/8d; Vidarbha 338 and 83/1

Group B: Andhra v Services at Anantapur –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group A: Goa v Assam at Margao –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Assam 177/5

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Haryana at Srinagar –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Haryana 225 and 57/3; Jammu & Kashmir 179

Group A: Jharkhand v Vidarbha at Ranchi –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 292 and 155/9; Vidarbha 248

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Kerala at Indore –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Madhya Pradesh 172/1

Group A: Tripura v Rajasthan at Agartala –

Nov 10-13, 2009

Tripura won by 1 wicket

Rajasthan 102 and 206; Tripura 179 and 130/9

Group B: Haryana v Services at Sirsa –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group B: Andhra v Madhya Pradesh at Vijayawada –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Madhya Pradesh 308/5d; Andhra 145/6

Group A: Assam v Jharkhand at Guwahati –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Jharkhand 261 and 247; Assam 298 and 99/9

Group A: Goa v Rajasthan at Margao –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 338 and 212/9; Rajasthan 225

Group B: Jammu & Kashmir v Kerala at Jammu –

Nov 17-19, 2009

Jammu & Kashmir won by 194 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 164 and 244; Kerala 133 and 81

Group A: Vidarbha v Tripura at Nagpur –

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Vidarbha 222 and 217/6d; Tripura 151 and 73/4

Group B: Andhra v Haryana at Anantapur –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Haryana won by 123 runs

Haryana 170 and 298; Andhra 138 and 207

Group B: Services v Kerala at Delhi –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Services were debarred by BCCI from playing any matches in 2009-10

Group A: Assam v Tripura at Guwahati –

Dec 1-3, 2009

Assam won by an innings and 55 runs

Assam 331; Tripura 104 and 172 (f/o)

Group A: Jharkhand v Goa at Dhanbad –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Match drawn

Goa 561/8d; Jharkhand 303 and 205/3 (f/o)

Group B: Madhya Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir at Indore –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Madhya Pradesh won by an innings and 48 runs

Jammu & Kashmir 171 and 300; Madhya Pradesh 519

Group A: Rajasthan v Vidarbha at Jaipur –

Dec 1-4, 2009

Vidarbha won by 129 runs

Vidarbha 238 and 271/9d; Rajasthan 244 and 136

Ensuing matches of Ranji Trophy Super League 2009-10

Group B: Baroda v Saurashtra at Vadodara Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Delhi v Maharashtra at Delhi Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Gujarat v Himachal Pradesh at Surat Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Hyderabad v Railways at Hyderabad (Decc) Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Mumbai v Tamil Nadu at Mumbai Dec 8-11, 2009

Group A: Punjab v Orissa at Chandigarh Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Bengal at Kanpur Dec 8-11, 2009

Group B: Bengal v Delhi at Kolkata Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Himachal Pradesh v Orissa at Dharamsala Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Hyderabad v Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad Dec 15-18, 2009

Group B: Maharashtra v Baroda at Pune Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Mumbai v Gujarat at Mumbai (BS) Dec 15-18, 2009

Group A: Railways v Punjab at Delhi Dec 15-18, 2009

Group B: Saurashtra v Karnataka at Rajkot Dec 15-18, 2009

3rd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

2nd Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

1st Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

4th Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Dec 24-27, 2009

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Jan 3-6, 2010

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at TBA Jan 3-6, 2010

Final: TBA v TBA at TBA – Jan 11-15, 2010

The following are the summarised scores of Ranji Trophy Super League matches.

Group A: Gujarat v Orissa at Ahmedabad

Nov 3-6, 2009

Gujarat won by 159 runs

Gujarat 270 and 301/6d; Orissa 192 and 220

Group A: Hyderabad v Himachal Pradesh at Hyderabad

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Hyderabad 328 and 189; Himachal Pradesh 350 and 136/8

Group B: Maharashtra v Bengal at Pune

Nov 3-6, 2009

Bengal won by 7 wickets

Maharashtra 179 and 319; Bengal 325 and 175/3

Group A: Punjab v Mumbai at Chandigarh

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Punjab 259 and 311/7; Mumbai 471/9d

Group A: Railways v Tamil Nadu at Delhi

Nov 3-6, 2009

Match drawn

Railways 327 and 178/2; Tamil Nadu 337

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Meerut

Nov 3-6, 2009

Karnataka won by 185 runs

Karnataka 405 and 311/5d; Uttar Pradesh 279 and 252

Group B: Bengal v Baroda at Kolkata

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Baroda 307 and 458/8; Bengal 293

Group B: Delhi v Karnataka at Delhi

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Delhi 154 and 277; Karnataka 260 and 149/6

Group A: Gujarat v Tamil Nadu at Ahmedabad

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Gujarat 343 and 165/4; Tamil Nadu 419/8d

Group A: Mumbai v Orissa at Mumbai (BS)

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Mumbai 307/4d; Orissa 243/8

Group A: Punjab v Hyderabad at Mohali

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Punjab 221 and 307/9d; Hyderabad 193 and 254/7

Group A: Railways v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Railways 419; Himachal Pradesh 145/4

Group B: Saurashtra v Uttar Pradesh at Rajkot

Nov 10-13, 2009

Match drawn

Uttar Pradesh 395 and 148/9d; Saurashtra 267 and 155/5

Group A: Hyderabad v Gujarat at Hyderabad

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Hyderabad 236 and 2/0; Gujarat 536

Group B: Karnataka v Bengal at Mysore

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Bengal 324 and 213/6; Karnataka 523/9d

Group A: Mumbai v Himachal Pradesh at Mumbai

Nov 17-20, 2009

Mumbai won by 85 runs

Mumbai 162 and 335/7d; Himachal Pradesh 246 and 166

Group A: Orissa v Railways at Bhubaneswar

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Railways 307/8d; Orissa 132/4

Group A: Punjab v Tamil Nadu at Amritsar

Nov 17-20, 2009

Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 45 runs

Punjab 228 and 248; Tamil Nadu 521/9d

Group B: Saurashtra v Maharashtra at Rajkot

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Saurashtra 544/3d; Maharashtra 289 and 162/5 (f/o)

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Baroda at Ghaziabad

Nov 17-20, 2009

Match drawn

Baroda 234 and 331; Uttar Pradesh 240 and 8/1

Group B: Bengal v Saurashtra at Kolkata

Nov 24-27, 2009

Match drawn

Saurashtra 650/9d; Bengal 456 and 135/1 (f/o)

Group A: Himachal Pradesh v Tamil Nadu at Dharamsala

Nov 24-27, 2009

Tamil Nadu won by 91 runs

Tamil Nadu 293/8d and 319; Himachal Pradesh 366 and 155

Group A: Hyderabad v Orissa at Hyderabad

Nov 24-27, 2009

Match drawn

Orissa 276 and 243/5d; Hyderabad 199 and 205/9

Group B: Maharashtra v Karnataka at Pune

Nov 24-27, 2009

Karnataka won by an innings and 128 runs

Maharashtra 105 and 320; Karnataka 553/4d

Group A: Punjab v Gujarat at Mohali

Nov 24-27, 2009

Punjab won by an innings and 32 runs

Gujarat 160 and 252; Punjab 444

Group A: Railways v Mumbai at Delhi

Nov 24-27, 2009

Match drawn

Railways 187 and 309; Mumbai 284 and 69/0

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Delhi at Lucknow

Nov 24-27, 2009

Uttar Pradesh won by an innings and 22 runs

Uttar Pradesh 536/7d; Delhi 202 and 312 (f/o)

Group B: Baroda v Karnataka at Vadodara

Dec 1-3, 2009

Karnataka won by an innings and 102 runs

Karnataka 488; Baroda 153 and 233 (f/o)

Group B: Delhi v Saurashtra at Delhi

Dec 1-4, 2009

Delhi won by 8 wickets

Saurashtra 328 and 214; Delhi 383 and 161/2

Group A: Gujarat v Railways at Valsad

Dec 1-4, 2009

Railways won by an innings and 5 runs

Gujarat 91 and 295; Railways 391

Group A: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad

Dec 1-4, 2009

Match drawn

Hyderabad 266 and 276/6; Mumbai 521/2d

Group B: Maharashtra v Uttar Pradesh at Pune

Dec 1-4, 2009

Match drawn

Maharashtra 292 and 338/9d; Uttar Pradesh 208 and 391/7

Group A: Orissa v Tamil Nadu at Sambalpur

Dec 1-4, 2009

Match drawn

Tamil Nadu 361 and 375/8; Orissa 327

Group A: Punjab v Himachal Pradesh at Mohali

Dec 1-3, 2009

Punjab won by 8 wickets

Himachal Pradesh 197 and 82; Punjab 186 and 97/2

England on its tour of South Africa in Nov-Dec 09, played five one day games and won the series 2-1 with two games abandoned without a ball being bowled. crickick’s statistician HR Gopala Krishna brings out the stats highlights of each of the five one day games in detail for the visitors. Read on …………

First One day game at Johannesburg on 20.11.09 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

This abandoned game provides the 71^st occasion of a one day game being abandoned without a ball being bowled in the history of one day games. As far as South Africa is concerned this game represents the tenth occasion of an abandoned game and South Africa’s first abandoned game against England. The ten games are listed below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RSA	NZl	Adelaide	11	12	1993
2	RSA	NZl	Wellington	31	03	1999
3	RSA	NZl	Dunedin	24	02	2004
4	RSA	NZl	Auckland	28	02	2004
5	RSA	Ind	Chepauk	22	11	2005
6	RSA	Zim	East London	17	09	2006
7	RSA	Ind	Jo’burg	19	11	2006
8	RSA	Srl	Col-RPS	14	08	2006
9	RSA	Ban	East London	12	11	2008
10	RSA	Eng	Jo’burg	20	11	2009

As far as England is concerned, this game represents the 14th abandoned game which are listed below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	Win	Melbourne	12	01	1980
2	Eng	Win	Guyana	14	03	1990
3	Eng	NZl	Lord’s,	21	05	1994
4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	12	02	1999
5	Eng	Zim	Harare	23	02	2000
6	Eng	Zim	Centurion	09	02	2000
7	Eng	Srl	Col-RPS	21	11	2003
8	Eng	Srl	Col-RPS	23	11	2003
9	Eng	Win	Grenada	28	04	2004
10	Eng	NZl	Manchester	24	06	2004
11	Eng	Win	Trinidad	25	04	2005
12	Eng	Ind	Guwahati	09	04	2006
13	Eng	Win	Leeds	21	05	2009
14	Eng	RSA	Jo’burg	20	11	2009

Second one day game at Centurion on 22.11.09 : England won by seven wickets

HM Amla scored 57 in this game which was his fifth one day half century and sixth one day fifty. His knock represents the 45th occasion of a South African batsman registering a fifty against England.

AN Petersen’s 64 in this game represents his second one day half century, the other being his 80 against Zimbabwe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.06. His knock represents the 46th occasion of a South African batsman registering a fifty against England.

IJL Trott scored 87 in this game which was his first one day half century. He made his first one day run in this game as he had failed to open his account on his debut against Ireland at Belfast on 27.08.09

PD Collingwood scored 105 not out in this game which was his fifth one day hundred. His other four hundreds are – 120* vs Australia at Melbourne on 09.02.07, 112* vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 21.06.05, 106 vs New Zealand at Brisbane on 06.02.07 and 100 vs Sri Lanka at Perth on 22.12.02.

PD Collingwood’s 105 not out represent the 1031st hundred in the history of one day games. It also represents the 91^st hundred by England batsman in one day games.

PD Collingwood’s 105 not out represent the sixth hundred by an England batsman against South Africa. The other five hundreds are – 114* by ME Trescothick at The Oval on 28.06.03, 106 by VS Solanki at The Oval on 28.06.03, 108* by KP Pietersen at Bloemfontein on 02.02.05, 100* by KP Pietersen at East London on 09.02.05 and 116 by KP Pietersen at Centurion on 13.02.05.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 13^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against England. The other two occasions are – 113 runs stand between NV Knight and GA Hick at Birmingham on 18.08.98 and 114 runs stand between ME Trescothick and A McGrath at Manchester on 03.07.03.

IJL Trott and PD Collingwood added 162 runs for the third wicket in this game which represents the record stand for the third wicket by England batsmen against South Africa. The previous best for the third wicket was 114 runs stand between ME Trescothick and A McGrath at Manchester on 03.07.03.

Third one day game at Cape Town on 27.11.09 : South Africa won by 112 runs

South Africa’s total of 354 for 6 in this game provides the 343^rd occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. This total also represents the 42^nd occasion of a team posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games.

South Africa’s total of 354 for 6 in this game provides the ninth occasion of a South Africa posting a total of 350 plus runs in one day games. Only India is ahead with 12 occasions in this category of statistics. Nine occasions of South Africa posting 350 plus runs in an one day game is furnished below

No	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	363/3	50.0	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01
2	354/3	50.0	Ken	Cape Town	22.10.01
3	438/9	49.5	Aus	Johannesburg	12.03.06
4	418/5	50.0	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06
5	392/6	50.0	Pak	Centurion	04.02.07
6	353/3	40.0	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07
7	356/4	50.0	Win	St George’s	10.04.07
8	358/4	50.0	Ban	Benoni	09.11.08
9	354/6	50.0	Enf	Cape Town	27.11.09

HM Amla {86}, GC Smith {54}, AB de Villers {121} and AN Petersen {51} scored fifties in this game providing the 34^th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day games.

South African batsmen have achieved such a feat on six occasions and it is their first such feat against England. All the six such occasions are listed below

No	RSA	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	50+
1	RSA	1	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01	4
2	RSA	1	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06	4
3	RSA	1	Pak	Centurion	04.02.07	4
4	RSA	1	Net	Basseterre	16.03.07	4
5	RSA	1	Win	St George’s	10.04.08	4
6	RSA	1	Eng	Cape Town	27.11.09	4

HM Amla {86}, GC Smith {54} and AB de Villers {121} scored fifties in the game providing the 56^th occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day games.

South African batsmen have achieved such a feat on eight occasions and it is their first such feat against England. All the eight such occasions are listed below

No	RSA	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date	50+
1	RSA	1	Pak	Sharjah	13.04.96	3
2	RSA	1	Zim	Bulawayo	23.09.01	3
3	RSA	2	Ken	Kimberley	14.10.01	3
4	RSA	1	Ken	Colombo (RPS	20.09.02	3
5	RSA	1	Zim	Johannesburg	25.02.05	3
6	RSA	2	Win	Kingston	07.05.05	3
7	RSA	1	Zim	Potchefstroom	20.09.06	3
8	RSA	1	Eng	Cape Town	27.11.09	3

HM Amla and GC Smith added 107 for the first wicket in this game providing the 45^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against various oppositions in one day games.

HM Amla and GC Smith added 107 for the first wicket in this game providing the sixth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket against England in one day games. The six occasions are listed below

No	Partner1	Partner2	Runs	Ground	Date
1	ACHudson	KCWessels	151	Melbourne	12.03.92
2	ACHudson	RPSnell	116	Bloemfontein	11.01.96
3	ACHudson	GKirsten	156	Centurion	14.01.96
4	DJCullinan	MJRRindell	113	Dhaka	25.10.98
5	HHGibbs	GKirsten	111	The Oval	22.05.99
6	HMAmla	GCSmith	107	Cape Town	27.11.09

SJC Broad captured four for 71 in this game providing the 828^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in one day games.

SJC Broad became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to capture four or more wickets conceding seventy plus runs. The five bowlers list is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Opp	W	R	Ground	Date
1	Waqar Younis	Pak	Eng	4	73	Nottingham	20.08.92
2	JN Gillespie	Aus	Pak	5	70	Nairobi-G	07.09.02
3	A Nehra	Ind	Pak	4	72	Vizag	05.04.05
4	G Goudie	Sco	Aus	5	73	Edinburgh	28.08.09
5	SCJ Broad	Eng	RSA	4	71	Cape Town	27.11.09

SJC Broad became the first England bowler to capture four wickets conceding seventy plus runs in a one day games

SJC Broad’s four for 71 in this game provides the 413rd occasion of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game. His figures represent the 34^th occasion of an England bowler conceding seventy plus runs in a one day game. He became the second England bowler to leak seventy plus runs in a one day game against South Africa after MJ Hoggard who had figures of none for 74 at East London on 09.02.05.

WD Parnell captured 5 for 48 in this game providing the 320^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in one day games. Parnell’s figures also provide the 28^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing five or more wickets against various oppositions.

WD Parnell with his 5 for 48 in this game became the third South African bowler to capture five wickets against England in a one day game. The other two bowlers are – SM Pollock – 5 for 20 at Johannesburg on 13.02.00 and AJ Hall – 5 for 18 at Bridgetown on 17.04.07.

WD Parnell’s 5 for 48 in this game represent his second five wicket haul in one day game, the other being his 5 for 57 against New Zealand at Centurion on 24.02.09. This his figures of 5 for 48 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures.

WD Parnell’s 5 for 48 in this game represent the 33^rd occasion of a left arm pace bowler capturing five wickets in a one day game. His two five wicket hauls makes him the only South African left arm pace bowler to capture five or more wickets on two occasions.

WD Parnell with his two five wicket hauls joins the select band of left arm pace men who have captured five wicket hauls on two or more occasions – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {06}, WPUJC Vaas of Sri Lanka {04}, DE Bollinger of Australia {02}, NW Bracken of Australia {02}, GJ Gilmour of Australia {02}, MG Johnson of Australia {02}, A Nehra of India {02} and SB O’Connor of New Zealand {02}

SJC Broad {4 for 71} and WD Parnell {5 for 48} captured four or more wickets for England and South Africa respectively in this game providing the 123^rd occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in one day games.

South Africa won this game by 112 runs providing the 37^th occasion of South Africa winning a one day game by 100 plus runs margin.

South Africa’s win by 112 runs in this game represents its third win against England by 100 plus runs margin which are listed below

No	SAF	Won	Margin	Opp	Ground	DD	MM	YY
1	SAF	won	122 runs	Eng	The Oval	22	05	99
2	SAF	won	112 runs	Eng	Cape Town	27	11	09
3	SAF	won	108 runs	Eng	Cape Town	06	02	05

Fourth One day game at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.09 : England won by seven wickets

South Africa were all out for 119 in this game providing the 82^nd occasion of South Africa dismissed all out in one day games.

South Africa lost this game after dismissed all out for 119 providing the 70^th occasion of South Africa losing a one day after dismissed all out.

South Africa has been dismissed all out against England on six occasions including the one in this game and has lost all these six matches. South Africa’s 119 all out represent its lowest completed innings total against England in South Africa. It is only the second occasion that South Africa were all out against England in South Africa, the first occasion being its 184 all out at Bloemfontein on 23.01.00.

JM Anderson’s 5 for 23 in this game represent the 21^st occasion of England bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game. JM Anderson became the third England bowler to capture five wickets against South Africa. The other two are – SJC Broad – 5 for 23 at Nottingham on 26.08.08 and SR Patel – 5 for 41 at The Oval on 29.08.08.

JM Andersons’s 5 for 23 in this game provides the 321st occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in one day games

Fifth One day game at Durban on 04.12.09 : Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

This abandoned game provides the 72nd occasion of a one day game being abandoned without a ball being bowled in the history of one day games. As far as South Africa is concerned this game represents the eleventh occasion of an abandoned game and South Africa’s second abandoned game against England. This game represents the 14th abandoned game involving England

Indian domestic Champion statistician, C Keshavamurthy, details out the highlights of the recently concluded Ranji Trophy match between Karnatkaka and Baroda played at Vadodara. Read on ……………..

Karnataka was playing its 353rd Match while it was Baroda’s 318^th match. Results at the end of the game are – Karnataka: Won-160, Lost-55, Drawn-138 : Baroda – Won-74, Lost-68, Drawn-175; Tied-1

Head to Head count between Karnataka and Baroda are – Played-6, Won by Karnataka -5, Won by Baroda – 1

Karnataka with an innings victory over Baroda ensured thee Quarter Finals berth Ranji Trophy Super League in 2009

The innings win in this game was Karnataka’s 62nd innings victories against various opponents in Ranji Trophy. It was the third innings win against Baroda. The other two are in 1978-79 and 1995-96 at Bangalore

The follow on enforced against Baroda in this match provide the 42nd occasion of Karnataka enforcing the follow on against various oppositions.

While Irfan Pathan was leading Baroda for the first occasion against Karnataka, Robin Uthappa led Karnataka for the second occasion gainst Baroda. Karnataka had won both the game under Robin Uthappa. Karnataka’s first win was at Vadodara in 2009-09 when it won by 10 wickets.

Manish Pandey scored his second century (110) of the season – his first one (194) had come against Uttar Pradesh at Meerut in November 2009. Pandey was playing in his 10th match.

Pandey became the fifth Karnataka batsman after BP Patel, GR Vishwanath, KA Jeshwant and R Vijay Bharadwaj, to register a hundred against Baroda. Brijesh Patel holds the record for the highest individual score of 216 at Bangalore in 1978-79

Ganesh Satish’s 94 in this game provide the 32nd individual ninety by Karnataka batsman in Ranji Trophy. Ganesh Satish’s 94 provide the second occasion of Karnataka batsman registering individual ninety against Baroda. VST Naidu was the other batsman who had made 90 at Bangalore in 2008-09

Robin Uthappa’s 58 represent his 11th fifty in 38 matches. Stuart Binny, playing his first match of the season at the expense of B Akhil scored 66, which was highest individual score in Ranji Trophy, an improvement over his previous best of 54 against Tamilnadu at Bangalore in 2003.

Irfan Pathan made individual fifties (68 and 81) in both innings of the match. He is the first Baroda Captain to accomplish such a feat against Karnataka. The highest individual score recorded by a Baroda Captain is 137 by CC Williams at Bangalore in 2008-09.

By scoring 68 and 81, Irfan Pathan became the 42nd batsmen and the second Baroda batsmen to register fifties in both innings against Karnataka. RK Solanki had scored 53 and 66 at Bangalore in 2008-09.

Irfan Pathan completed 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy when he was on 80 during his second innings score of 81. At the end of the match his aggregate read 1001 which cane in his was his 24th match and 39th innings.

Satyajit Parab bagged a “Pair”in this match and became the 58th batsman to bag a pair against Karnataka. Parab is the third Baroda batsmen after DV Pardeshi and MS Patel to bag a pair against Karnataka. Pardeshi and Patel had collected the paid at Baroda in 1982-83.

PR Shah – the Baroda wicket keeper pouched five catches in an innings. He became the first Baroda wicket keeper and the 10th wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals against Karnataka.

Abhimanyu Mithun who had an aggregate of 22 wickets prior to this match took six wickets in this match and extended his aggregate to 28. He became the second Karnatka bowler to have an aggregate of 25 plus wickets this season, after R Vinay Kumar whose aggregate of wickets at the end of this match stood at 33. A Mithun’s 28 wickets came in his debut season

Mithun’s 25 plus wicket aggregate provides the 55th occasaion of a Karnataka bowler capturing 25 plus wickets in a season

Baroda conceded 53 extras in this match providing the fourth occasion of team conceding 50 plus extras against Karnataka. The other three occasions are Hyderabad conceding 56 Extras at Bangalore in 1999-00, Kerala conceding 55 Extras at Quilon in 1988-89 and Bombay conceding 53 Extras at Bombay in 1982-83

The fouth wicket partnership of 183 runs between Ganesh Satish and MK Pandey is a record standagainst Baroda for the fourth wicket. The previous best was the 156 runs partnership between R Vijay Bharadwaj and KA Jeshwant at Bangalore in 1995-96.

India carved its 27^th innings victory when it trounced Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs to win the third test at Mumbai-BS

No	Team	Result	Inns and	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	India	won	008 runs	Eng	Chennai	Feb	52
2	India	won	070 runs	Pak	Delhi	Oct	53
3	India	won	027 runs	NZl	Mum-BS	Dec	55
4	India	won	109 runs	NZl	Chennai	Jan	56
5	India	won	002 runs	Aus	Sydney	Jan	78
6	India	won	100 runs	Aus	Mumbai	Nov	79
7	India	won	106 runs	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
8	India	won	067 runs	Srl	Cuttack	Jan	87
9	India	won	008 runs	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
10	India	won	022 runs	Eng	Chennai	Feb	93
11	India	won	015 runs	Eng	Mumbai	Feb	93
12	India	won	013 runs	Zim	Delhi	Mar	93
13	India	won	119 runs	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
14	India	won	095 runs	Srl	Bangalore	Jan	94
15	India	won	017 runs	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
16	India	won	219 runs	Aus	Kolkata	Mar	98
17	India	won	101 runs	Zim	Nagpur	Feb	02
18	India	won	046 runs	Eng	Leeds	Aug	02
19	India	won	112 runs	Win	Mumbai	Oct	02
20	India	won	052 runs	Pak	Multan	Mar	04
21	India	won	131 runs	Pak	Rawalpindi	Apr	04
22	India	won	140 runs	Ban	Dhaka	Dec	04
23	India	won	083 runs	Ban	Chittagong	Dec	04
24	India	won	090 runs	Zim	Bulawayo	Sep	05
25	India	won	239 runs	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
26	India	won	144 runs	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
27	India	won	024 runs	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

It was India’s eight innings win against Sri Lanka and second in the series. India had won the Kanpur test by an innings and 144 runs. The following list shows India’s eight innings win against Sri Lanka.

No	Team	Result	Inns and	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	India	Won	106 runs	Srl	Nagpur	Dec	86
2	India	Won	067 runs	Srl	Cuttack	Jan	87
3	India	Won	008 runs	Srl	Chandigarh	Nov	90
4	India	Won	119 runs	Srl	Lucknow	Jan	94
5	India	Won	095 runs	Srl	Bangalore	Jan	94
6	India	Won	017 runs	Srl	Ahmedabad	Feb	94
7	India	Won	144 runs	Srl	Kanpur	Nov	09
8	India	Won	024 runs	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

KC Sangakkara’s 137 in the second innings of Sri Lanka in the test match against India at Mumbai {BS} was in a losing cause providing the 70^th occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain in the annals of test cricket.

KC Sangakkara’s 137 which went in vain provide the fifth occasion of a captain’s hundred going in vain against India. Other captains to witness their hundreds in a losing cause against India are – SR Waugh of Australia, N Hussain of England. MP Vaughan of England and DL Vettori of New Zealand

KC Sangakkara became the third Sri Lankan captain to witness his hundred to go in vain after A Ranatunga and M Jayawardene

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 provides the 101^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings in India’s winning tests. Sreesanth’s 5 for 75 at Kanpur was the 100^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in India’s winning tests. S Sreesanth’s five wicket haul came in India’s 100^th test win, while Zaheer Khan’s 5 for 72 came in India’s 101^st test win.

Zaheer Khan’s five wicket haul at Mumbai-BS represents the 14^th occasion of an Indian bowler has captured five wickets in an innings when India has registered a win against Sri Lanka

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 in this test represent the 269^th occasion of an Indian bolwer capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also represents the eight five wicket haul of Zaheer Khan’s test career and first against Sri Lanka

No	W	R	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	5	53	2	NZl	Wellington	Dec	02
2	5	29	2	NZl	Hamilton	Dec	02
3	5	95	1	Aus	Brisbane	Dec	03
4	5	34	2	Ban	Mirpur	May	07
5	5	75	3	Eng	Nottingham	Jul	08
6	5	91	1	Aus	Bangalore	Oct	08
7	5	65	2	NZl	Wellington	Apr	09
8	5	72	3	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec	09

Zaheer Khan’s five for 72 in this test represent the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against Sri Lanka.