Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Yuvraj's hot streak

In his last seven innings (starting from Kolkata ODI vs South Africa) Yuvraj has made a score of at least 35, which is a new Indian record. The previous best sequence for India was of six consecutive innings, jointly held by Sanjay Manjrekar (in 1991), Virender Sehwag (in 2002) and Sachin Tendulkar (twice – in 2003 & 2003-04).

Eight more batsmen - Australia's Graham Yallop and Geoff Marsh, England's Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch, West Indian Gordon Greenidge, New Zealand's Glenn Turner, South Africa's Jacques Kallis and Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf – have also made 35-plus scores in 7 consecutive innings. Yuvraj, however, has the chance to extend his streak and get past the tally of following four who have had a longer streak:



Inns Batsman Year Sequence
9 Javed Miandad 1987 78,78*,74*,60,52*,113,71*,68,103
9 Sanath J'suriya 2002 36,49,97,46,71,102*,36,42,74
8 Marvan Atapattu 2000 119*,57,77,41*,42,62,100,62
8 Graham Gooch 1987-88 92,61,115,35,43,142,57,43

7 Yuvraj Singh 2005-06 53,49,39,82*,79*,37,107*