Mumbai teenager sets a national record

Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record by hitting 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D'Assisi Borivali in an inter-school Harris Shield match. During his stay of 367 minutes at the wicket, Prithvi faced 330 balls and hit 85 boundaries and five sixes.

With this, Prithvi has broken the earlier Mumbai schools cricket record of Armaan Jaffer who had amassed 498 in a Giles Shield semi-final in 2010-11. Armaan also held the Harris Shield record of 476 runs in the finals last year which has also been broken now.

Prithvi’s innings is now the highest by an Indian in any competitive match, well clear of D.R. Havewala’s 515 for the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Sports Club against St. Xavier’s College in 1933-34. D.R. Havewala, a left-hander, who subsequently played for India in an unofficial Test, hit 55 boundaries and 32 sixes during his marathon knock. His team, facing a total of 446, replied with 721 and won by an innings. The number of sixes he hit equalled the then world record.  However, Havewala’s 55 boundaries were eclipsed in 1953-54 by S.V. Patkar, who in a schools match in Bombay hit 83 boundaries, believed to be a world record. Patkar remained unbeaten on 431.

One more Indian player scored 500 in minor Indian cricket. C.L. Malhotra scored 502 not out for Mahendra College against Government College, Rupar, in Patiala in 1956-57. In his next two innings Malhotra made 360 and 144 so that he completed a thousand runs in three innings, a feat unparalleled at any level of cricket in the world.

Prithvi’s innings is the third highest in any competitive cricket match. Only AEJ Collins (628 not out in a competitive match in England in 1899) and CJ Eady (566 in Australia in 1901-02) have made higher scores than Prithvi.

Highest scores by Indians in minor cricket

Score	Batsman	Match	Season
546	Prithvi Shaw	Rizvi Springfield v St Francis D'Assisi Borivali	2013-14
515	DR Havewalla	B.B & C.I Railways v St Xavier's	1933-34
502*	Chaman Lal	Mehandra College Patiala v Government College Rupar	1956-57
498	Arman Jaffer	Rizvi Springfield v IES Raje Shivaji	2010-11
473	Armaan Jaffer	Rizvi Springfield v IES VN Sule Guruji	2012-13
442	RY Deshmukh	Baroda University v Akola University	1978-79
439	Sarfaraz Khan	Rizvi Springfield v Indian Education Society	2009-10

Highest individual scores in minor cricket

Runs	Batsman	Match	Season
628*	AEJ Collins	Clark's House v North Town	1899
566	CJ Eady	Break-o-day v Wellington	1901-02
546	Prithvi Shaw	Rizvi Springfield v St Francis D'Assisi Borivali	2013-14

Ashwin : Quickest Indian to race to 100 Test wickets

R Ashwin today became 19^th Indian to complete 100 wickets in Test cricket with the dismissal of Darren Sammy.  By taking just 18 Tests, Ashwin is now the quickest among Indians to accomplish this feat. The previous record was held by Erapalli Prasanna’s record, who reached the mark in his 20^th Test.

Ashwin is the second quickest among all spinners to reach this landmark after Australia’s Clarrie Grimmett, who took 17 Tests to perform this feat.

Among all bowlers (pacers or spinners) Ashwin is the fifth quickest to reach this landmark after George Lohmann (16 Tests) and Syd Barnes, Clarrie Grimmett and Charlie Turner (18 each).

Quickest to 100 Test wickets for India

	Mts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5WI	10WM
R Ashwin	18	7-103	27.68	57.63	2.88	9	2
Erapalli Prasanna	20	6-94	26.86	66.37	2.43	7	0
Anil Kumble	21	7-59	24.75	64.81	2.29	6	1
Subhash Gupte	22	7-128	25.58	70.86	2.17	10	0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	22	8-79	27.36	67.98	2.41	6	1
Pragyan Ojha	22	6-47	32.23	71.69	2.70	5	0
Vinoo Mankad	23	8-52	27.67	77.86	2.13	6	2
Kapil Dev	25	7-56	26.24	51.69	3.05	6	1
Harbhajan Singh	25	8-84	28.36	63.22	2.69	8	2
Bishan Singh Bedi	28	7-98	28.59	87.42	1.96	4	0
Dilip Doshi	28	6-102	27.60	79.99	2.07	5	0
Irfan Pathan	28	7-59	31.41	57.56	3.27	7	2

Quickest spinners to 100 Test wickets

	For	Mts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5WI	10WM
Clarrie Grimmett	Aus	17	7-87	28.07	68.23	2.47	11	3
R Ashwin	Ind	18	7-103	27.68	57.63	2.88	9	2
Colin Blythe	Eng	19	8-59	18.63	45.46	2.46	9	4
Alf Valentine	WI	19	8-104	27.24	86.79	1.88	7	2
Saeed Ajmal	Pak	19	7-55	27.31	62.51	2.62	5	2
Bobby Peel	Eng	20	7-31	16.98	51.64	1.97	5	1
Bill O'Reilly	Aus	20	7-54	23.72	74.73	1.90	7	2
Erapalli Prasanna	Ind	20	6-94	26.86	66.37	2.43	7	0
Anil Kumble	Ind	21	7-59	24.75	64.81	2.29	6	1
Stuart MacGill	Aus	21	7-50	27.96	55.18	3.04	5	1
Hugh Tayfield	SA	22	7-23	25.73	76.46	2.02	9	1
Subhash Gupte	Ind	22	7-128	25.58	70.86	2.17	10	0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Ind	22	8-79	27.36	67.98	2.41	6	1
Pragyan Ojha	Ind	22	6-47	32.23	71.69	2.70	5	0

Quickest to 100 Test wickets

	For	Mts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5WI	10WM
George Lohmann	Eng	16	9-28	10.55	33.96	1.86	8	5
Charlie Turner	Aus	17	7-43	16.53	51.28	1.93	11	2
Syd Barnes	Eng	17	7-60	21.45	53.24	2.42	11	1
Clarrie Grimmett	Aus	17	7-87	28.07	68.23	2.47	11	3
R Ashwin	Ind	18	7-103	27.68	57.63	2.88	9	2
Colin Blythe	Eng	19	8-59	18.63	45.46	2.46	9	4
Alf Valentine	WI	19	8-104	27.24	86.79	1.88	7	2
Andy Roberts	WI	19	7-54	21.42	47.19	2.72	8	2
Ian Botham	Eng	19	8-34	18.97	44.76	2.54	10	1
Saeed Ajmal	Pak	19	7-55	27.31	62.51	2.62	5	2

Note: All statistics are completed up to the end of innings in which 100^th wicket was taken.