Thursday, January 26, 2006

The Number Game

from the fifth day of Faisalabad Test:

0 – Number of wickets taken by Harbhajan Singh in the series after bowling 81 overs and conceding 355 runs.

4 – Number of centuries scored by Younis Khan in last four Tests against India, becoming only the fourth batsman to score four consecutive centuries against a particular country after Don Bradman (twice v England), Neil Harvey (v South Africa) and Jacques Kallis (v West Indies).

12 – Number of centuries scored in first two Tests of this series – 6 at Lahore and 6 at Faisalabad. This equals the existing world record of most centuries in first two Tests of a series. Interestingly the previous two occasions also involved India – v England in 1990 and v Sri Lanka in 1997.

77.52 – Average runs scored per wicket in this series so far.

236 – Rahul Dravid’s batting average in this series.

446 – runs conceded by Anil Kumble in two Tests in this series.

984 - Younis Khan’s career aggregate against India in just 5 Tests and 9 innings.

1078 – Pakistan’s aggregate in their two innings – the second highest for any side in all Tests after England’s 1121 against West Indies at Kingston in 1929-30.

1702 – Runs scored in the Faisalabad Test- seventh highest in all Tests and highest between India-Pakistan.surpassing the 1492 (for the loss of 32 wickets) by a long way at Bangalore in 2004-05.