Monday, November 29, 2004

Clarke’s unique feat

Michael Clarke by scoring a brilliant 141 in the Brisbane Test against New Zealand has joined a very exclusive club of batsmen who have scored a hundred in their first ever Test appearance, both at home and abroad. Clarke had started his Test career with a match winning 151 against India at Bangalore last month. Only five batsmen have performed this feat before Clarke. The details: 

H Graham (Aus)	107	v Eng	Lord's	    1893

	        105	v Eng	Sydney 	    1894-95

KS Ranji (Eng)	154*	v Aus	Manchester  1896

	        175	v Aus	Sydney 	    1897-98

LG Rowe (WI)	214 	v NZ	Kingston    1971-72

                & 100*

	        107	v Aus	Brisbane    1975-76

KC Wessels(Aus)	162	v Eng	Brisbane    1982-83

	        141	v SL	Kandy	    1982-83

A.Mahmood (Pak)	128*	v SA	Rawalpindi  1997-98

          	136	v SA	Jo'burg	    1997-98

MJ Clarke (Aus)	151	v Ind	Bangalore   2004-05

        	141	v NZ	Brisbane    2004-05


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