Numbers game of the Day 1 of the Dominica Test | |
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 | | Windsor Park became the 106th ground to host a Test, 133 Number of matches played by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul . Most by any Caribbean player. Chanderpaul erased the record..... |
106 Windsor Park became the 106th ground to host a Test.
133 Number of matches played by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul . Most by any Caribbean player. Chanderpaul erased the record of Courtney Walsh who played 132 Tests for West Indies.
291 & 292 Kieran Powell and Kirk Edwards became 291st and 292nd player respectively to represent West Indies in Tests.
2008-09 After the 2008-09 Wellington Test Munaf was playing his first Test for India.
10 Number of times MS Dhoni won the toss as a captain in 27 Tests.
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Numbers game of the Day 2 of the Dominica Test | |
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 | | 21 Number of wickets claimed by Ishant Sharma at an avg of 14.04.Most by any Indian pacer against the West Indies in West Indies. Ishant bettered the record of all-rounder.... |
21 Number of wickets claimed by Ishant Sharma at an avg of 14.04.Most by any Indian pacer against the West Indies in West Indies. Ishant bettered the record of all-rounder Kapil Dev who took 18 wickets at an avg of 21.38 in 4 Tests in 1988-89.
6 Number of half-centuries scored by Darren Bravo in 8 Tests. It was his 2nd v/s India in 3 Tests.
60 Is the highest score of Carlton Baugh v/s India . His previous best was 46* in the second innings of the Bridgetown Test. Overall, it was his 3rd half century in his 13th Test. The first v/s India in 3 Tests.
3 Number of times when Ishant Sharma took five or more wickets in an innings in 34 Tests. It was his 2nd five wicket haul v/s Caribbeans in 3 Tests.
Ist MS Dhoni became the first wicket-keeper cum captain to claimed 100 dismissals in Tests. Dhoni achieved this milestone when he dismissed Shivnaraine Chanderpaul. In 27 matches as captain Dhoni took 90 catches and effected 10 stumpings. While as a batsman he has so far aggregated 15 26 runs at an avg of 44.58 which includes 3 tons and 11 half -centuries.
11 Playing in his 96th Test, offie Harbhajan Singh became the 11th bowler overall and 3rd Indian to capture 400 wickets in Tests. Harbhajan achieved this milestone when he clean bowled Carlton Baugh. Anil Kumble (619 wickets in 132 Tests) and Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 Tests) are the other two Indians who captured 400 or more wickets in Tests.
Here is Harbhajan's break up:-
| Against |
Tests |
Wkts |
Best |
Avg |
Eco |
SR |
5WI |
10 WM |
| Australia |
16 |
90 |
8/84 |
29.35 |
2.98 |
58.90 |
7 |
3 |
| Bangladesh |
3 |
6 |
2/19 |
48.00 |
3.11 |
92.50 |
0 |
0 |
| England |
11 |
41 |
5/51 |
33.97 |
2.67 |
76.10 |
3 |
0 |
| New Zealand |
13 |
43 |
6/63 |
33.11 |
2.46 |
80.40 |
1 |
0 |
| Pakistan |
9 |
25 |
6/152 |
52.04 |
3.13 |
99.60 |
2 |
0 |
| South Africa |
11 |
60 |
7/87 |
28.40 |
2.86 |
59.40 |
4 |
0 |
| Sri Lanka |
15 |
52 |
7/62 |
38.80 |
3.15 |
73.70 |
2 |
2 |
| West Indies |
11 |
52 |
7/48 |
22.90 |
2.58 |
53.10 |
5 |
0 |
| Zimbabwe |
7 |
31 |
6/62 |
24.54 |
2.43 |
60.50 |
1 |
0 |
| Total |
96 |
400 |
8/84 |
31.80 |
2.82 |
67.40 |
25 |
5 |
| At Home |
52 |
258 |
8/84 |
28.43 |
2.69 |
63.30 |
18 |
4 |
| Abroad |
44 |
142 |
7/120 |
37.92 |
3.03 |
74.80 |
7 |
1 |
Note : Harbhajan's bunny is Ricky Ponting whom he dismissed 10 times. Bowlers who took 400 or more wickets in Tests.
| Bowler |
Country |
Tests |
Wickets |
Average |
| M. Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka |
133 |
800 |
22.72 |
| Shane Warne |
Australia |
145 |
708 |
25.41 |
| Anil Kumble |
India |
132 |
619 |
29.65 |
| Glenn McGrath |
Australia |
124 |
563 |
21.64 |
| Courtney Walsh |
West Indies |
132 |
519 |
24.44 |
| Kapil Dev |
India |
131 |
434 |
29.64 |
| Richard Hadlee |
New Zealand |
86 |
431 |
22.29 |
| Shaun Pollock |
South Africa |
108 |
421 |
23.11 |
| Wasim Akram |
Pakistan |
104 |
414 |
23.62 |
| Curtly Ambrose |
West Indies |
98 |
405 |
20.99 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
India |
96 |
400 |
31.80 |
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Numbers game of Day 3 of the Dominica Test | |
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 | | 7001 No. of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 53.44 in 86 away Tests which includes 18 centuries and 35 half-centuries. After Sachin Tendulkar (8145 runs in 98 Tests... |
7001 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 53.44 in 86 away Tests which includes 18 centuries and 35 half-centuries. After Sachin Tendulkar (8145 runs in 98 Tests) Dravid became only the 2nd batsman to aggregate 7000 or more runs on foreign soil.
308-6 Is India's highest innings total in the present series. Their previous best was 269-6 dec in the 2nd innings of the Bridgetown Test. Interestingly in the ongoing series it happened first time when a team manage to score 300 plus during an innings.
62 Is the highest score of Abhinav Mukund in his 3rd Test. His previous best was 48 in the 2nd innings of the Bridgetown Test.
30 Is the highest score of Virat Kohli in his 3rd Test. His previous best was 27 in the second innings of the Bridgetown Test.
52 Number of half centuries scored by VVS Laxman in 123 Tests. It was his 10th v/s West Indies in 19 Tests. Out of 10 , he hit 9 half-centuries in the West Indies.
1414 Number of runs scored by VVS Laxman at an avg of 52.37v/s West Indies which includes 3 centuries and 10 half-centuries.
5 Number of half-centuries scored by Suresh Raina in 11 Tests. It was his 3rd v/s West Indies in 3 Tests.
21 Number of half centuries scored by MS Dhoni in 57 Test. It was his 2nd v/s West Indies in 7 Tests. During this innings he also completed his 3000 runs thus he became the Ist Indian wicket-keeper to aggregate 3000 runs in Tests. In 57 Tests he now collected 3013 runs at an avg of 39.12 which includes 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries.
224 Number of runs scored by Suresh Raina at an avg of 56.00 in the present series. This is his best performance in a bilateral series. Earlier, he had scored 223 runs v/s Sri Lanka in two Tests in 2010.
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Numbers game of Day 4 of the Dominica Test | |
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 | | 5055 Number of runs scored by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul at an avg of 5.7.44 in 66 Tests at home. After Brain Charles Lara (6217 runs at an avg of 58.65 in 65 Tests). He is the.. |
74 Is the highest score of MS Dhoni v/s West Indies. His previous best was 69 in St John's in 2006.
23 Is the highest score of Praveen Kumar in his 3rd Test. His previous best was 12 in the first innings of the Bridgetown Test.
13 Kirk Edwards became the 13th Caribbean player to scored a hundred on debut.
56 Number of half-centuries scored by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul in 133 Tests. It was his 11 th half-century v/s India in 21 Tests.
65.88 Is the batting average of Shivnarine Chanderpaul v/s India. In 21 matches v/s Indians he collected 1779 runs which includes 5 tons and 11 fifty.
5055 Number of runs scored by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul at an avg of 5.7.44 in 66 Tests at home. After Brain Charles Lara (6217 runs at an avg of 58.65 in 65 Tests). He is the only second batsman to aggregate 5000 or more runs in the West Indies.
10 Number of times Fidel Edwards took five or more wickets in 46 Tests. The 2nd time v/s India in 4 Tests.
18 Number of wickets taken by Fidel Edwards at an avg of 20.05i n the present series. This is his best ever performance in a bilateral series, outstripping the 15 wickets at an avg of 25.13 in a three Test series v/s Australia at home in 2008.
5 Marlon Samuels failed to open his account. It was his 5th duck in his 32nd Test the first v/s India in 5 Tests.
205 Number of runs scored by Darren Bravo at an avg of 34.16 in the present series. Most by any Caribbean player in the current series.
Century in debut match for West Indies.
| Score |
Player |
Against |
Venue |
Season |
| 176 |
G. Headley |
England |
Bridgetown |
1929-30 |
| 112 |
A. Ganteaume |
England |
Port of Spain |
1947-48 |
| 115 |
B. Pairaudeau |
India |
Port of Spian |
1952-53 |
| 104 |
OG.Smith |
Australia |
Kingston |
1954-55 |
| 142 |
C. Hunte |
Pakistan |
Bridgetown |
1957-58 |
| 214 |
L. Rowe |
New Zealand |
Kingston |
1971-72 |
| 100* |
L. Rowe |
New Zealand |
Kingston |
1971-72 |
| 100* |
A. Kallicharran |
New Zealand |
Georgetown |
1971-72 |
| 107 |
G. Greenidge |
India |
Bangalore |
1974-75 |
| 105* |
L. Baichan |
Pakistan |
Lahore |
1974-75 |
| 100 |
AB. Williams |
Australia |
Georgetown |
1977-78 |
| 105* |
D. Smith |
South Africa |
Cape Town |
2003-04 |
| 104 |
A. Barath |
Australia |
Brisbane |
2009-10 |
| 110 |
K. Edwards |
India |
Dominica |
2011 |
Note : Lawrence Rowe scored century in the both innings.
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Numbers game of Day 5 of the Dominica Test | |
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 | | 22 No. of wkts taken by Ishant at an avg of 16.86. Most by any bowler from the either sides. Ishant Sharma won his 2nd Man of the series award. Earlier, he had also won the.. |
23 Number of centuries scored by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul in 133 Tests. It was his 6th v/s India in 21 Tests.
67.48 Is the batting average of Shivnaraine Chanderpaul v/s India. In 21 Tests he collected 1822 runs which includes 6 tons and 10 fifty.
1547 Number of runs scored by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul v/s India in West Indies. In 17 Tests he averaged 70.31. Interestingly, he is the only Caribbean player to achieve this milestone.
16 Number of centuries scored by Shivnarine in the Caribbean. Now only Brain Lara with (17 centuries) is ahead of him.
10 Number of times when Chanderpaul was declared Man of the Match in Tests. It was his 3rd Man of the Match award v/s India.
8 Number of series won by India under the leadership of MS Dhoni The details as follows
| Series |
Against |
Venue |
Winning Margin |
| 2008-09 |
Australia |
India |
2-0 |
| 2008-09 |
England |
India |
1-0 |
| 2008-09 |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
1-0. |
| 2009-10 |
Sri Lanka |
India |
2-0 |
| 2009-10 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
2-0 |
| 2010-11 |
Australia |
India |
2-0 |
| 2010-11 |
New Zealand |
India |
1-0 |
| 2011 |
West Indies |
West Indies |
1-0 |
Note : In the 2008-09 home series v/s Australia, Anil Kumble led India in the first two Tests while in 2009-10 series v/s Bangladesh Sehwag led India in the first Test.
2008 Since losing to Sri Lanka by 2-1 in the Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Anil Kumble, Indian team are without a series defeat. Till date they have so far played 11 series winning eight and drawing 3.
45 Is the highest score of Vijay Murali v/s West Indies. His previous best was 11 in the first innings of Bridgetown Test.
22 Number of wickets taken by Ishant Sharma at an avg of 16.86. Most by any bowler from the either sides.
2 Ishant Sharma won his 2nd Man of the series award. Earlier, he had also won the Man of the series award v/s Australia in India in 2008-09.
1 Abhinav Mukund failed to open his account. It was his first duck in his 3rd Test.
251 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid which includes one century and one fifty. Most by any player from the either side.
30 Is the highest score of Fidel Edwards in his 46th Test. His previous best was 21 v/s South Africa in Cape Town in 2007-08.
5 Number of series won by India against West Indies. The details are as follows:
| Series |
Venue |
Margin |
Winning Captain |
| 1970-71 |
West Indies |
1-0 |
Ajit Wadekar |
| 1978-79 |
India |
1-0 |
Sunil Gavaskar |
| 2002-03 |
India |
2-0 |
Sourav Ganulgy |
| 2006 |
West Indies |
1-0 |
Rahul Dravid |
| 2011 |
West Indies |
1-0 |
MS Dhoni |
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Some of the Interesting facts on the occasion of 2000 Test | |
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 | | 1st Test was played between Aus vs Eng in Melbourne from March 15 - 19, 1877. Aus won by 45 runs. Eng holds the record of playing maximum. Till date they have played 911 Tests |
The first Test was played between Australia v England in Melbourne from March 15 1877 to March 19, 1977. Australia won this Test match by 45 runs.
England's Alfred Shaw bowled the first ball in Test cricket while Charles Bannerman of Australia faced the first ball.
England's Allen Hill took the first wicket in Test cricket when he dismissed Australian opener Nat Thomson.
Charlers Bannerman was not only the first man to score the first run but he had also scored the first ever hundred in Test cricket. During this innings he scored an unbeaten 165 runs before he was retired hurt.
Alfred Shaw was the first player to took five wickets in an innings. He achieved this landmark in the 2nd innings of the inaugural Test when he took 5 for 38.
Australia's Billy . Murdoch was the first batsman to score a double century. He scored 211 runs v/s England at The Oval in 1884 while batting at number 3.
Andrew Sandham of England was the first batsman to score a triple century. He scored 325 runs v/s West Indies at Kingston in 1929-30.
Brain Charles Lara of West Indies is the only batsman to score 400 runs. He scored an unbeaten 400 runs v/s England in Antigua in 2003-04.
England's Frederick Spofforth was the first bower to took 10 wickets in a match. Playing against Australia in Melbourne in 1878-79 he took 13 for 110. In the same match he also became the first bowler to achieve a hat-trick.
England's late off-spinner Jim Laker holds the record of capturing maximum wickets in a match. In the 1956 Old Trafford match he took 19 for 90 v/s Australia.
Out of 1999 Tests two Tests ended in a tied. The first tied Test was played between Australia v West Indies in 1960-61 in Brisbane while the 2nd tied Test was played between India v Australia in Chennai in 1986-87.
England holds the record of playing maximum Tests. Till date they have played 911 Tests.
Australia holds the record of winning maximum Tests. Till date they have won 341 Tests.
England also holds the dubious record of losing maximum numbers of Test matches. Till date they have lost 261 matches.
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Some of the Interesting facts on the occasion of 2000 Test - Part 2 | |
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 | | India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of scoring maximum runs in Tests. Till date he has played 177 Tests and aggregated 14692 runs at an avg of 56.94..... |
Little master Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of scoring maximum runs in Tests. Till date he has played 177 Tests and aggregated 14692 runs at an avg of 56.94.
Sachin Tendulkar also holds the record of scoring maximum centuries in Tests. Till date he has scored 51 tons in 177 Tests. In the history of Test cricket Sachin is also the most capped player.
Allan Border of Australia holds the record of scoring maximum half-centuries in Tests. In 156 Tests he scored 63 half-centuries.
England's Graham Gooch holds the record of scoring maximum runs in a Test match. Playing against India n Lord's in 1990, Gooch scored 456 runs i.e 333 in the first innings and 123 in the second innings.
Australia's late Sir Donald Bradman holds the record of scoring maximum runs in a Test series. In the 1930 Ashes series Bradman accumulated 974 runs at an avg of 139.14.
Don Bradman is the only batsman to score 300 or more runs on a single day play. Playing against England in Leeds in 1930, Bradman scored 309 runs in a single day's play.
99.94 is the batting average of late Sir Donald Bradman (Highest by any batsman in Tests).
Lawrance Rowe of West Indies is the only player who scored double century and century on his debut Test . Playing against New Zealand in Kingston in 1971-72 Rowe scored 214 and 100 (not out) runs respectively.
Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh is the youngest batsman to score a century in Tests. Ashraful was 17 years and 61 days old when he scored 114 v/s Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2001.
Late Jack Hobs of England is the oldest player to score a century in Tests. Hobs was 46 years and 82 days old when he scored 142 runs v/s Australia in Melbourne in 1928-29.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record of capturing maximum wickes in Tests. In 133 Tests he took 800 wickets at an avg of 22.72. He took five or more wickets in an innings on 67 occasions while 10 or more wickets in a match on 22 times. Most by any player.
England's Jim Laker and India's Anil Kumble are the only two bowlers who claimed all the 10 wickets during an innings. Laker achieved this milestone v/s Australia in Manchester in 1956 when he took 10 for 53 while Anil Kumble took 10 for 74 v/s Pakistan in New Delhi in 1998-99.
Muttiah Muralitharan bowled the maximum balls in Test cricket. In 133 Tests he bowled 44039 balls.
Wicket-keeper Mark Boucher of South Africa holds the record of claiming maximum dismissals in Tests. In 139 Tests he claimed 521 dismissals ( 499 catches and 22 stumpings).
India's Rahul Dravid holds the record of snapping maximum catches as a fielder. In 153 Tests he took 203 catches.
South Africa's Jacques Kallis is the most successful all-rounder in Test history . In 145 Tests he aggregated 11947 runs at an avg of 57.43. In bowling he took 270 wickets at an avg of 32.01 while as a fielder he took 166 catches.
Allan Border holds the record of captaining his side in the maximum matches. Allan Border has led Australia in 93 Tests.
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India v/s England in Tests | |
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 | | India is leading by 4-1, Highest innings totals by India is 664, The Oval, 2007, Top wickets taker for India: 95 wickets average is 27.27, B. S. Chandrasekhar in 23 Tests.... |
Results in the last 10 matches
India is leading by 4-1
Highest innings totals
India : 664, The Oval, 2007
England : 653-4 dec, Lord's 1990
Lowest innings totals
India : 42, Lord's, 1974
England : 101, The Oval, 1971
Highest individual scores
India : 224, V. Kambli, Mumbai, 1992-93
England : 333, G. Gooch, Lord's 1990
Best bowling figures in an innings
India : 8-55, V. Mankad, Chennai, 1951-52
England : 8-31, F. Trueman, Manchester, 1952
Best bowling figures in a match
India : 12-108, V. Mankad, Chennai, 1951-52
England : 13-106, I. Botham, Mumbai 1979-80
| Tests |
Tests |
India |
England |
Drawn |
| In England |
48 |
5 |
23 |
20 |
| In India |
51 |
14 |
11 |
26 |
| Total |
99 |
19 |
34 |
46 |
Top runs-getter
For India : 2483 runs ( avg 38.20), S. Gavaskar in 38 Tests
For England : 1725 runs ( avg 55.64), G. Gooch in 19 Tests
Top wickets-taker
For India:95 wickets ( avg 27.27), B. S. Chandrasekhar in 23 Tests
For England
62 wickets ( avg 23. 24), B. Willis in 17 Tests
62 wickets ( avg 27.40), D. Underwood in 20 Tests)
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1st Test India vs England - Dossier ' Lord's | |
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 | | Ground's name : Lord's, First Test played : Between England v/s Australia in 1884, Total Tests played : 122, Sides batting first : Have won 40 matches, Sides batting second... |
Ground's name : Lord's
First Test played : Between England v/s Australia in 1884
Total Tests played : 122
Sides batting first : Have won 40 matches
Sides batting second : Have won 35 matches
Drawn : 47
India played : 15 Tests
Won : 1
Lost : 10
Drawn : 4
England Played : 120
Won : 46
Lost : 27
Drawn : 47
Highest innings totals
729-6 dec, Australia v/s England, 1930
For India : 454 v/s England, 1990
For England : 653-4 dec v/s India, 1990
Lowest innings totals
42, India v/s England, 1974
For England : 53 v/s Australia, 1888
Highest individual scores
333, G. Gooch , England v/s India, 1990
For India : 184, V. Mankad v/s England, 1952
Best bowling figures in an innings
8-34, I. Botham , England v/s Pakistan, 1978
For India : 6-35, Amar Singh v/s England, 1936
Best bowling figures in a match
16-137, B. Massie, Australia v/s England, 1972
For India : 8-168, Kapil Dev v/s England, 1982
For England : 15-104, H. Verity v/s Australia, 1934
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