Country Target Total Opponents Venue Season
India 278 152-9 England Manchester 1946
Australia 460 273-9 West Indies Adelaide 1960-61
England 234 228-9 West Indies Lord's 1963
England 308 206-9 West Indies Georgetown 1967-68
Australia 360 339-9 West Indies Adelaide 1968-69
West Indies 306 251-9 Pakistan Bridgetown 1976-77
West Indies 369 258-9 Australia Kingston 1977-78
West Indies 335 197-9 India Calcutta 1978-79
Australia 247 230-9 New Zealand Melbourne 1987-88
Pakistan 372 341-9 West Indies Port-of-Spain 1987-88
New Zealand 288 223-9 Australia Hobart 1997-98
West Indies 373 207-9 Zimbabwe Harare 2003-04
England 323 210-9 Sri Lanka Galle 2003-04
Australia 423 371-9 England Manchester 2005
West Indies 392 298-9 India St.John's 2005-06
India 380 282-9 England Lord's 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Closest draws in Test cricket
The rain gods saved India from a certain defeat at Lord's. This provided the 16th instance in Test cricket history of a side hanging onto a draw with 9 wickets down in the fourth innings of a Test. This was the second such instance for India. Interestingly first ever such instance also belonged to India - vs England at Manchester in 1946.Twice India have been at the receiving end - both times against West Indies.The following table lists the all such instances:
MOST LBW DISMISSALS IN ENGLAND
There were as many as 14 LBW dismissals in the Lord's Test- seven for both sides. This equals the existing record of most such dismissals in a Test in England. The details:
LBW Teams Venue Season
14 Eng v WI The Oval 2000
14 Eng v Ind Lord’s 2007
12 Eng v WI Lord’s 1984
11 Eng v Aus Lord’s 1975
11 Eng v NZ Lord’s 1994
11 Eng v NZ Nottingham 2004
Thursday, July 19, 2007
A world record for Kumble
When he had Andrew Strauss snapped by Rahul Dravid as his 150th catch on the opening day of Lord’s Test, Anil Kumble achieved a world record of different type on his name.
This was the tenth time Kumble was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals. He was previously at level with former teammate Kapil Dev with nine such instances. The accompanying table has the details:
…..and following is the list of batsmen dismissed in 90s by Kumble:
This was the tenth time Kumble was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals. He was previously at level with former teammate Kapil Dev with nine such instances. The accompanying table has the details:
90s Bowler For Mts Wkts
10 A Kumble Ind 116 553*
9 Kapil Dev Ind 131 434
6 MD Marshall WI 81 376
6 M Muralitharan SL 113 700
5 LR Gibbs WI 79 309
5 DL Underwood Eng 86 297
5 RJ Hadlee NZ 86 431
5 IT Botham Eng 102 383
5 B Yardley Aus 33 126
5 SR Waugh Aus 168 92
5 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 52 185
5 AA Donald SA 72 330
5 WPUJC Vaas SL 98 319
5 AF Giles Eng 54 143
5 MJ Hoggard Eng 64 240
5 Danish Kaneria Pak 46 198
5 SJ Harmison Eng 54 205
…..and following is the list of batsmen dismissed in 90s by Kumble:
Batsman Score Venue Season How out
ME Trescothick (Eng) 99 Ahmedabad 2001-02 Caught
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 97 Karachi 2005-06 LBW
AG Prince (SA) 97 Johannesburg 2006-07 Bowled
AJ Strauss (Eng) 96 Lord's 2007 Caught
JH Kallis (SA) 95 Bangalore 1999-00 Caught
GC Smith (SA) 94 Cape Town 2006-07 Caught
PA de Silva (SL) 93 Colombo SSC 1993-94 Caught
CD McMillan (NZ) 92 Hamilton 1998-99 Caught
JN Rhodes (SA) 91 Johannesburg 1992-93 LBW
Abdul Razzaq (Pak) 90 Karachi 2005-06 Caught
Saturday, July 14, 2007
A day of numerous records for Sangakkara
On the third day of Kandy Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Kumar Sangakkara scored an unbeaten 222 - his second double century in successive innings.Sangakkara had also made an unbeaten 200 in Sri Lanka's only innings in second Test at P.Sarvanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. With this Sangakkara became only the fourth batsman in Test cricket history to score double centuries in successive innings after England's Wally Hammond, Australia's Don Bradman and India's Vinod Kambli. Hammond had done so on two occasions. The following table has the details:
Double centuries in successive innings
Batsman Score Opponent Venue Season
WR Hammond (Eng) 251 Australia Sydney 1928-29
200 Australia Melbourne 1928-29
WR Hammond (Eng) 227 New Zealand Christchurch 1932-33
336* New Zealand Auckland 1932-33
DG Bradman (Aus) 304 England Leeds 1934
244 England The Oval 1934
VG Kambli (Ind) 224 England Mumbai WS 1992-93
227 Zimbabwe Delhi 1992-93
KC S'kara (SL) 200* Bangladesh Colombo PSS 2007
222* Bangladesh Kandy 2007
This was sixth double century of Sangakkara's career, which puts him at top in level with Marvan Atapattu among Sri Lankans. Only Bradman, Lara and Hammond have scored more double centuries than Sangakkara. Sangakkara's frequency of scoring double centuries is second best after Don Bradman (who else!) among all batsmen who have scored at least five double centuries in a career.
Most double centuries in a career
200s Batsman Inns Inns/200
12 DG Bradman (Aus) 80 6.66
9 BC Lara (WI) 232 25.78
7 WR Hammond (Eng) 140 20.00
6 KC Sangakkara (SL) 110 18.33
6 MS Atapattu (SL) 152 25.33
6 Javed Miandad (Pak) 189 31.50
5 R Dravid (Ind) 185 37.00
Sangakkara's 222 runs in third day's play are the most scored by a Sri Lankan batsman in a single day's play. The previous record was held by Aravinda de Silva.
Most runs in one day by a Sri Lankan batsman
Day
222 (0-222*) KC Sangakkara v Bangladesh Kandy 2007 3rd
206 (0-206) PA de Silva v Bangladesh Colombo PSS 2002-03 2nd
203 (0*-203*) PA de Silva v New Zealand Wellington 1990-91 2nd
Sri Lanka made 470 runs for the loss of four wickets in third day's play. This is the sixth best performance by a side in a day's play. The world record is also held by Sri Lanka. No points for guessing who the opposition was.
Most runs in one day - by one team
509-9 SL 32-0 to 541-9 Bangladesh Colombo PSS 2002-03 2nd
503-2 Eng 28-0 to 531-2d South Africa Lord's 1924 2nd
494-6 Aus 494-6 South Africa Sydney 1910-11 1st
475-2 Aus 475-2 England The Oval 1934 1st
471-8 Eng 471-8d India The Oval 1936 1st
470-4 SL 30-0 to 500-4 Bangladesh Kandy 2007 3rd
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