Cricket in numbers, records and useless statistics

[HuskerFan]

0-10 ODI Career Runs in most number of matches.

Player  	          Mat  	Inns  	NO  	Runs   HS  	Ave  	BF  	 SR  	0  	
A Mishra (India)  	   10  	 1  	0  	 0  	0  	0.00  	 3  	0.00  	1
Mohammad Kashif (Neth)     11  	 3  	0  	 1  	1  	0.33  	17  	5.88  	2
RJ Kirtley (Eng)  	   11  	 2  	0  	 2  	1  	1.00  	11  	18.18  	0
IE O'Brien (NZ)  	   10  	 2  	2  	 3  	3*  	 -  	11  	27.27  	0   
DE Bollinger (Aus)  	   26  	 4  	2  	 4  	3  	2.00  	 6  	66.66  	1  
Sivaramakrishnan (India)   16  	 4  	2  	 5  	2*  	2.50  	24  	20.83  	0  
M Hendrick (Eng)  	   22  	10  	5  	 6  	2*  	1.20  	22  	27.27  	3
EA Moseley (WI)  	    9  	 6  	2  	 7  	2*  	1.75  	15  	46.66  	2
CS Martin (NZ)  	   20  	 7  	2  	 8  	3  	1.60  	27  	29.62  	2
AG Huckle (Zim)  	   19  	 8  	4  	 9  	5*  	2.25  	16  	56.25  	3
Shabbir Ahmed (Pak)  	   32  	11  	5  	10  	2  	1.66  	29  	34.48  	0

[HuskerFan]

500 runs in 2/3-Test series

Here is a list of batsmen who have scored 500 or more runs while appearing in three or fewer matches in a Test series.

                 M  I  NO  R    Avge
GA Gooch         3  6  0  752  125.33   Eng v Ind in Eng  1990
BC Lara          3  6  0  668  114.67   WI  v SL  in SL   2001-02
Mohammad Yousuf  3  5  0  665  113.00   Pak v WI  in Pak  2006-07
Zaheer Abbas     3  5  2  583  194.33   Pak v Ind in Pak  1978-79
ST Jayasuriya    2  3  0  571  190.33   SL  v Ind in SL   1997-98
WR Hammond       2  2  1  563  563.00   Eng v NZ  in NZ   1932-33
SM Nurse         3  5  0  558  111.60   WI  v NZ  in NZ   1968-69
Salim Malik      3  6  0  557   92.83   Pak v Aus in Pak  1994-95
Younis Khan      3  5  0  553  110.60   Pak v Ind in Pak  2005-06
ML Hayden        3  6  1  549  109.80   Aus v Ind in Ind  2000-01
V Sehwag         3  6  0  544   90.66   Ind v Pak in Ind  2004-05
A Flower         2  4  2  540  270.00   Zim v Ind in Ind  2000-01
SC Ganguly       3  6  0  534   89.00   Ind v Pak in Ind  2007-08
RT Ponting       3  5  1  523  130.75   Aus v WI  in WI   2002-03
JC Adams         3  6  3  520  173.33   WI  v Ind in Ind  1994-95
RT Ponting       3  6  1  515  103.00   Aus v SAf in Aus  2005-06
AH Jones         3  6  1  513  102.60   NZ  v SL  in NZ   1990-91
MA Taylor        3  5  1  513  128.25   Aus v Pak in Pak  1998-99
DPM Jayawardene  2  3  0  510  170.00   SL  v SAf in SL   2006
Younis Khan      3  6  1  508  101.60   Pak v Ind in Ind  2004-05
Shoaib Mohammad  3  5  2  507  169.00   Pak v NZ  in Pak  1990-91
Javed Miandad    3  5  1  504  126.00   Pak v NZ  in Pak  1976-77
VVS Laxman       3  6  0  503   83.83   Ind v Aus in Ind  2000-01
ML Hayden        2  3  1  501  250.50   Aus v Zim in Aus  2003-04

[shahrukh619]

i never get one thing in cricket when u look at the score cards y are all the muslim players name writen full, when all the other players have the first and middle intials.

[HuskerFan]

0 & 50 on Test Debut

Here is a list of players who were dismissed for a duck in the first innings of their debut Test and scored 50 or more runs in the second innings.

0 &  53  J Darling         Aus v Eng  Sydney(1)    1894-95 L 
0 &  50* AP Freeman        Eng v Aus  Sydney(1)    1924-25 L 
0 &  52  JA Small          WI  v Eng  Lord's       1928    L 
0 &  56* W Ferguson        WI  v Eng  Bridgetown   1947-48 D 
0 &  94  C Milburn         Eng v WI   Manchester   1966    L 
0 & 137  GR Viswanath      Ind v Aus  Kanpur       1969-70 D 
0 &  70* AR Lewis          Eng v Ind  Delhi        1972-73 W 
0 &  77  RL Dias           SL  v Eng  Colombo(PSS) 1981-82 L 
0 &  57  MAR Samarasekera  SL  v Eng  Lord's       1988    L 
0 & 109* Mohammas Wasim    Pak v NZ   Lahore       1996-97 L 
0 &  75  DJ Gandhi         Ind v NZ   Mohali       1999-00 D 
0 &  75  PJ Hughes         Aus v SAf  Johannesburg 2008-09 W 
0 &  88  Zulqarnain Haider Pak v Eng  Birmingahm   2010

Lewis was captaining his side and Zulqarnain was the only player on the list keeping wicket.

[HuskerFan]

Here is a list of Test matches in which one side was dismissed for less than 100 runs in the first innings and then went on to improve that total by at least 200 runs (Imp) in the second innings.

Imp 
400   75 & 475  Eng v Aus  Melbourne(4)  1894-95 W 
360   30 & 390  SAf v Eng  Birmingham    1924    L F/O 
343   97 & 440  NZ  v Eng  Nottingham    1973    L 
322   95 & 417  Eng v Aus  Melbourne     1976-77 L 
294   53 & 347  Aus v Eng  Lord’s        1896    L 
261   88 & 349  Aus v Pak  Leeds         2010    L 
252   75 & 327  Ind v WI   Delhi         1987-88 L 
252   76 & 328  Ind v SAf  Ahmedabad     2007-08 L 
244   80 & 324  Aus v Eng  Sydney        1936-37 L F/O 
238   92 & 330  Eng v SAf  Cape Town     1898-99 W 
238   90 & 328  BD  v SL   Colombo(SSC)  2001-02 L 
230   90 & 320  Pak v SL   Colombo(PSS)  2009    L 
224   72 & 296  Pak v Eng  Birmingham    2010    L 
211   54 & 265  Zim v SAf  Cape Town     2004-05 L

[HuskerFan]

Here is a list of Limited-overs International matches in which at least one batsman from the side batting first scored more runs than the total achieved by the side batting second. The sides batting first are listed first and the batsmen are in the second line. Matches with no results and with adjusted targets have been excluded.

WI  v Eng (168)   Manchester      May 31, 1984 
                  IVA Richards 189* 


Aus v SL  (91)    Adelaide        Jan 28, 1985 
                  AR Border 110*; DM Jones 99* 


WI  v NZ  (129)   Berbice         Apr 14, 1985 
                  DL Haynes 145* 


WI  v SL  (55)    Sharjah         Dec  3, 1986 
                  RB Richardson 109; CG Greenidge 67 


WI  v Aus (91)    Perth           Jan  4, 1987 
                  CG Greenidge 100 


WI  v SL  (169-4) Karachi         Oct 13, 1987 
                  IVA Richards 181 


Pak v BD  (111-6) Chittagong      Oct 29, 1988 
                  Ijaz Ahmed 124* 


Aus v NZ  (94)    Christchurch    Mar  4, 1989 
                  DM Jones 107 


WI  v Pak (81)    Sydney          Dec 17, 1992 
                  DL Haynes 96 


SL  v Zim (105)   Harare          Nov  6, 1994 
                  PA de Silva 107* 


SAf v UAE (152-8) Rawalpindi      Feb 16, 1996 
                  G Kirsten 188* 


Zim v Ken (123)   Dhaka           Mar 27, 1999 
                  GW Flower 140 


SL  v Ind (54)    Sharjah         Oct 29, 2000 
                  ST Jayasuriya 189 


Pak v Zim (78)    Sharjah         Apr 17, 2002 
                  Mohammad Yousuf 129 


Aus v Pak (108)   Nairobi         Aug 30, 2002 
                  ML Hayden 146 


SL  v Net (86)    Colombo(RPS)    Sep 16, 2002 
                  MS Atapattu 101 


SAf v  BD  (133)  Potchefstroom   Oct  3, 2002 
                  HH Gibbs 153 


Ind v Nam (130)   PietermaritzburgFeb 23, 2003 
                  SR Tendulkar 152 


Aus v Nam (45)    Potchefstroom   Feb 27, 2003 
                  ML Hayden 88; A Symonds 59; DS Lehmann 50* 


WI  v Ken (104)   Kimberley       Mar  4, 2003 
                  CH Gayle 119 


Ind v BD  (76)    Dhaka           Apr 11, 2003 
                  Yuvraj Singh 102* 


SAf v WI  (54)    Cape Town       Jan 25, 2004 
                  JH Kallis 109*; JA Rudolph 61* 


NZ  v USA (137)   The Oval        Sep 10, 2004 
                  NJ Astle 145* 


SAf v Ind (91)    Durban          Nov 22, 2006 
                  JH Kallis 119* 


SL  v NZ  (73)    Auckland        Jan  6, 2007 
                  KC Sangakkara 79 


SL  v Ber (78)   Port-of-Spain   Mar 15, 2007 
                 DPM Jayawardene 85 


Pak v Zim (99)   Kingston        Mar 21, 2007 
                 Imran Nazir 160 


NZ  v Ire (112)  Aberdeen       Jul  1, 2008 
                 BB McCullum 166; JAH Marshall 161 


Aus v BD  (74)   Darwin         Aug 30, 2008 
                 MEK Hussey 85; SE Marsh 76 


SL  v Pak (75)   Lahore         Jan 24, 2009 
                 TM Dilshan 137* 


NZ  v Ind (88)   Dambulla       Aug 10, 2010 
                 LRPL Taylor 95; SB Styris 89

[HuskerFan]

Test career batting average never below 40

Here is a list of batsmen whose batting average never dipped below 40.00 at any time during their Test careers. The last column gives the lowest batting average of the career/the innings (In) after which it was achieved.

Qualification - batted in at least 50 innings

                       M   Inn  No  Runs   Avg   Lowest/In 
H Sutcliffe (Eng)      54   84   9  4555  60.73  60.73/84 
TT Samaraweera (SL)    60   95  16  4244  53.72  40.04/61 
Javed Miandad (Pak)   124  189  21  8832  52.57  51.75/76 
SM Gavaskar (Ind)     125  214  16 10122  51.12  47.70/59 
DCS Compton (Eng)      78  131  15  5807  50.06  42.94/22 
FMM Worrell (WI)       51   87   9  3860  49.49  49.49/87 
KD Walters (Aus)       74  125  14  5357  48.26  47.03/65 
AC Gilchrist (Aus)     96  137  20  5570  47.61  43.50/2 
WM Lawry (Aus)         67  123  12  5234  47.15  40.29/17 
CC Hunte (WI)          44   78   6  3245  45.07  40.92/53 
M Azharuddin (Ind)     99  147   9  6215  45.04  43.96/120 
AI Kallicharran (WI)   66  109  10  4399  44.43  44.31/108 
DI Gower (Eng)        117  204  18  8231  44.25  40.53/55 
AN Cook (Eng)          58  105   6  4238  42.38  40.88/68 
SC Ganguly (Ind)      112  188  17  7212  42.18  40.42/88

Cook is gradually working his way out of this list. His data do not
include The Oval Test.

[LBW]

good record keeping

[HuskerFan]

Nightwatchman on Test debut

Nightwatchmen are sometimes difficult to define, still here is my list of the lower order batsmen who were used as nightwatchmen in their debut Test matches. The innings are at the end of the lines.

EFS Tylecote      Eng v Aus  Melbourne(1)    1882-83  2nd 
HR Butt           Eng v SAf  Port Elizabeth  1895-96  2nd 
JDA O'Connor      Aus v Eng  Adelaide        1907-08  2nd 
T Campbell        SAf v Eng  Johannesburg(1) 1909-10  2nd 
ER Wilson         Eng v Aus  Sydney(5)       1920-21  2nd 
AS Kennedy        Eng v SAf  Johannesburg(1) 1922-23  2nd 
PM Hornibrook     Aus v Eng  Melbourne(5)    1928-29  2nd 
LG Hylton         WI  v Eng  Bridgetown      1934-35  2nd 
M Baqa Jilani     Ind v Eng  The Oval        1936     2nd 
MW Sievers        Aus v Eng  Brisbane        1936-37  2nd 
FE Fisher         NZ  v SAf  Wellington      1952-53  1st 
D Wilson          Eng v Ind  Madras          1963-64  1st 
RM Edwards        WI  v Aus  Melbourne       1968-69  2nd 
MA Holding        WI  v Aus  Brisbane        1975-76  2nd 
JR Ratnayeke      SL  v Pak  Karachi         1981-82  1st 
WW Davis          WI  v Ind  St John's       1982-83  1st 
RC Russell        Eng v SL   Lord's          1988     1st 
IR Bishop         WI  v Ind  Georgetown      1988-89  1st 
SLV Raju          Ind v NZ   Christchurch    1989-90  1st 
NF Williams       Eng v Ind  The Oval        1990     1st 
Moin Khan         Pak v WI   Faisalabad      1990-91  2nd 
Masood Anwar      Pak v WI   Lahore          1990-91  2nd 
IDK Salisbury     Eng v Pak  Lord's          1992     2nd 
MG Burmester      Zim v Ind  Harare          1992-93  1st 
PK Wijetunge      SL  v SAf  Moratuwa        1993-94  2nd 
PA Emery          Aus v Pak  Lahore          1994-95  1st 
PT Collins        WI  v Aus  Port-of-Spain   1998-99  1st 
CEL Stuart        WI  v Aus  Melbourne       2000-01  2nd 
RJ Sidebottom     Eng v Pak  Lord's          2001     1st 
Riaz Afridi       Pak v SL   Karachi         2004-05  1st 
AG Cremer         Zim v BD   Chittagong      2004-05  1st 
IDR Bradshaw      WI  v NZ   Auckland        2005-06  1st 
Abdur Rehman      Pak v SAf  Karachi         2007-08  1st 
Abdur Rauf        Pak v SL   Galle           2009     1st 
RA Austin         WI  v BD   Arnos Vale      2009     1st 
Wahab Riaz        Pak v Eng  The Oval        2010     1st

[HuskerFan]

Career best individual score achieved as nightwatchman

Here is a list of players who achieved their career best individual scores (Sco) in a Test innings in which they were used as a nightwatchman. # indicates their batting position in the innings.

Sco  # 
 31  4  Abdur Rauf       Pak v SL   Galle        2009 
 34  4  JM Anderson      Eng v SAf  Leeds        2008 
 79  4  AV Bedser        Eng v Aus  Leeds        1948 
 33  3  CEH Croft        WI  v Eng  Bridgetown   1980-81 
 59  5  BN French        Eng v Pak  Manchester   1987 
201* 3  JN Gillespie     Aus v BD   Chittagong   2005-06 
 95  3  EE Hemmings      Eng v Aus  Sydney       1982-83 
 30  4  CW Henderson     SAf v Aus  Adelaide     2001-02 
 56  3  Iqbal Qasim      Pak v SL   Karachi      1981-82 
 56  4  RR Jumadeen      WI  v Ind  Kanpur       1978-79 
 43  3  M Kartik         Ind v BD   Mirpur       2009-10 
 98  4  H Larwood        Eng v Aus  Sydney(5)    1932-33 
105  3  AL Mann          Aus v Ind  Perth        1977-78 
 37  4  Masood Anwar     Pak v WI   Lahore       1990-91 
 31  5  SLV Raju         Ind v NZ   Christchurch 1989-90 
 67  4  DR Ring          Aus v WI   Adelaide     1951-52 
 40  4  Shahadat Hossain BD  v Ind  Mirpur       2009-10 
 54  3  C Sharma         Ind v Aus  Adelaide     1985-86 
 99* 3  AJ Tudor         Eng v NZ   Birmingham   1999 
 27  3  Wahab Riaz       Pak v Eng  The Oval     2010 
 26  3  ET Willett       WI  v Ind  Delhi        1974-75 
 85  3  Wasim Bari       Pak v Ind  Lahore       1978-79

[Sir John]

good job husker.well done.

[HuskerFan]

Numbers of test wickets taken by bowlers before their 19th birthday. Mohammad Aamer needs only 9 more wickets to get to the top of the list;

Link: Wickets taken by bowlers before their 19th birthday

[pakmufc]

I think i may be right, was that Hameeds first test match duck today?

[HuskerFan]

Originally Posted by pakmufc

I think i may be right, was that Hameeds first test match duck today?

Yes.... 1st duck in 47 innings.

[HuskerFan]

A. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out BOWLED: 

 24  CO Browne and RO Hinds (WI) 
 21  MH Dekker (Zim) 
 16  PL Taylor (Aus); SB Bangar (Ind); S Ranatunga (SL) 
 15  JH Hampshire (Eng) 
 14  SAR Silva (SL) 
 13  D Lloyd (Eng) 
 12  JB Bolus (Eng); PJ Hughes and BK Shepherd (Aus); PAM Hands (SAf); 
     XM Marshall (WI); JS Patel (NZ) 
 11  MP Donnelly and JAH Marshall (NZ) 
 10  CS Baugh and SC Joseph (WI); PK Amre (Ind); 
     Abdur Razzak and Manjural Islam Rana (BD) 
For Pakistan: 
  9  Ata-ur-Rahman (Pak) 


B. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out CAUGHT: 


  7  JT Partridge (SAf); DT Dewdney (WI); Israr Ali (Pak) 
  6  AN Hornby (Eng); DE Bollinger (Aus); AH McKinnon (SAf) 
  5  J Hunter and SJ Staples (Eng); JJ Kotze and FW Smith (SAf); 
     S Guha (Ind); RGCE Wijesuriya (SL) 
For other countries: 
  4  AJ Traicos (Zim) 
  3  PN Webb (NZ) 
  1  Nazmul Hossain (BD) 


B1. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out CAUGHT BY 
WICKETKEEPER: 


 43  GA Faulkner (SAf) 
 40  PT Collins (WI) 
 33  Mahmood Hussain (Pak) 
 27  JM Read (Eng) 
 26  WW Read (Eng); HB Cave (NZ) 
 25  H Larwood (Eng); A Cotter and GRA Langley (Aus); 
     WKM Benjamin (WI) 
 24  DJ Capel and CP Mead (Eng) 
 23  FR Spofforth (Aus); SJ Pegler (SAf) 
 22  KS Ranjitsinhji (Eng) 
 20  JD Higgs and SP Jones (Aus); PNF Mansell (SAf) 
For other countries: 
 16  CS Nayudu (Ind) 
 15  TJ Friend (Zim) 
 14  Naimur Rahman (BD) 
 10  CI Dunusinghe (SL) 


B2. Most dismissals Test career without ever being out CAUGHT IN THE 
FIELD: 


 13  SE Bond (NZ) 
 11  L Tuckett (SAf) 
 10  H Graham (Aus); FJ Cameron (NZ) 
  9  RB Kenny (Ind); Pervez Sajjad (Pak) 
  8  LJ Moon (Eng) 
  7  JT Partridge and F Nicholson (SAf); 
     DT Dewdney and RM Edwards (WI); Israr Ali (Pak) 
  6  AN Hornby, A Lyttelton and F Ridgway (Eng); AH McKinnon (SAf); 
     J Angel and DE Bollinger (Aus); DAR Moloney and JT Ward (NZ); 
     CN Evans and AJ Traicos (Zim); Jahurul Islam (BD) 
 For Sri Lanka: 
  5  RGCE Wijesuriya 


C. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out LBW: 


 58  J Darling (Aus) 
 47  Shahid Afridi (Pak) 
 44  WH Ponsford (Aus) 
 37  RG Pollock (SAf) 
 36  Tamim Iqbal (BD) 
 35  J Hardstaff, jr (Eng) 
 34  WG Grace (Eng) 
 32  APF Chapman (Eng); WJ O'Reilly (Aus)  30  GJ Bonnor and MHN 
Walker (Aus) 
For other countries: 
 26  HB Cave (NZ) 
 22  Hanumant Singh and NS Tamhane (Ind) 
 17  JED Sealy (WI) 
  9  KPJ Warnaweera (SL) 
  6  CB Mpofu (Zim) 


D. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out RUN OUT: 


169  Kapil Dev (Ind) 
109  Mudassar Nazar (Pak) 
108  GA Hick (Eng) 
102  AN Cook (Eng) 
 99  PD Collingwood (Eng) 
 97  PBH May (Eng) 
 90  R Benaud (Aus) 
 89  Rameez Raja (Pak) 
 80  Nawab of Pataudi, jr (Ind) 
 79  R Illingworth (Eng) 
 78  Javed Omar (BD) 
 74  Khaled Mashud (BD) 
 73  JC Adams (WI) 
 71  FS Trueman (Eng); IDS Smith (NZ) 
For other countries: 
 61  AA Donald (SAf) 
 43  T Taibu (Zim) 
 25  WU Tharanga (SL) 


E. Most dismissals in Test career without ever being out STUMPED: 


182  S Chanderpaul (WI) 
174  DPM Jayawardene (SL) 
155  N Hussain (Eng) 
142  GC Smith (SAf) 
138  MP Vaughan (Eng) 
134  AJ Strauss (Eng) 
132  Salim Malik (Pak) 
129  DL Vettori (NZ) 
127  RN Harvey (Aus) 
125  RJ Hadlee (NZ) 
118  JH Edrich (Eng) 
117  GW Flower (Zim) 
116  KF Barrington (Eng) 
102  AN Cook (Eng); RC Fredericks (WI) 
For other countries: 
 86  CG Borde (Ind) 
 78  Javed Omar (BD)

[HuskerFan]

Dhoni just lost another toss. Made me look, where he stands in all time Toss winners/losers list. Here is a list of all test captains who have captained their teams in 10 or tests;

Mat  Toss Won	Toss win %	Span		Captain
14	11	78.57%		2005-2006	S Chanderpaul
24	18	75.00%		1949-1953	AL Hassett
16	12	75.00%		1930-1935	RES Wyatt
12	 9	75.00%		1927-1931	HG Deane
15	11	73.33%		1903-1909	MA Noble
21	15	71.43%		1996-2002	ADR Campbell
17	12	70.59%		1969-1975	Intikhab Alam
39	27	69.23%		1965-1972	GS Sobers
16	11	68.75%		1992-1994	KC Wessels
22	15	68.18%		2001-2002	CL Hooper
18	12	66.67%		1993-1995	KR Rutherford
38	25	65.79%		1999-2002	ST Jayasuriya
14	 9	64.29%		1947-1950	NWD Yardley
11	 7	63.64%		1921-1926	HL Collins
41	26	63.41%		1955-1961	PBH May
27	17	62.96%		1959-1969	MC Cowdrey
21	13	61.90%		2000-2004	HH Streak
47	29	61.70%		1990-1999	M Azharuddin
18	11	61.11%		1913-1924	HW Taylor
23	14	60.87%		1986-1988	MW Gatting
48	29	60.42%		1975-1983	GS Chappell
25	15	60.00%		2003-2007	R Dravid
25	15	60.00%		1996-2000	SR Tendulkar
20	12	60.00%		1938-1947	WR Hammond
15	 9	60.00%		2000-2001	JC Adams
15	 9	60.00%		1960-1963	FMM Worrell
10	 6	60.00%		1959-1961	Fazal Mahmood
27	16	59.26%		2006-2010	AJ Strauss
22	13	59.09%		1976-1978	BS Bedi
22	13	59.09%		1994-1997	CA Walsh
12	 7	58.33%		1960-1962	NJ Contractor
12	 7	58.33%		2001-2004	Khaled Mashud
14	 8	57.14%		1951-1953	VS Hazare
14	 8	57.14%		2007-2008	A Kumble
14	 8	57.14%		1988-1990	JG Wright
30	17	56.67%		1971-1975	IM Chappell
30	17	56.67%		1980-1985	GP Howarth
78	43	55.13%		2003-2010	GC Smith
22	12	54.55%		1948-1957	JDC Goddard
11	 6	54.55%		1936-1948	GOB Allen
11	 6	54.55%		2006-2007	A Flintoff
11	 6	54.55%		1964-1967	Hanif Mohammad
11	 6	54.55%		2009-2010	KC Sangakkara
57	31	54.39%		1999-2004	SR Waugh
13	 7	53.85%		1952-1955	JB Stollmeyer
15	 8	53.33%		1984-1987	JV Coney
17	 9	52.94%		1926-1931	APF Chapman
19	10	52.63%		1968-1972	GT Dowling
19	10	52.63%		1982-1987	LRD Mendis
19	10	52.63%		1976-1979	Mushtaq Mohammad
48	25	52.08%		1982-1992	Imran Khan
50	26	52.00%		1994-1999	MA Taylor
27	14	51.85%		2007-2010	DL Vettori
56	29	51.79%		1989-1999	A Ranatunga
31	16	51.61%		2001-2007	Inzamam-ul-Haq 
40	20	50.00%		1962-1975	MAK Pataudi
34	17	50.00%		1956-1965	JR Reid
28	14	50.00%		2006-2009	DPMD Jayawardene
24	12	50.00%		1992-1995	RB Richardson
22	11	50.00%		1897-1909	AC MacLaren
20	10	50.00%		1993-2000	A Flower
18	 9	50.00%		1958-1960	FCM Alexander
18	 9	50.00%		2002-2005	MS Atapattu
16	 8	50.00%		1990-1993	MD Crowe
12	 6	50.00%		1980-1981	IT Botham
12	 6	50.00%		1995-1997	LK Germon
12	 6	50.00%		1994-1995	Saleem Malik
10	 5	50.00%		1910-1912	C Hill
10	 5	50.00%		2004-2005	T Taibu
10	 5	50.00%		1987-1989	DB Vengsarkar
10	 5	50.00%		1935-1936	HF Wade
10	 5	50.00%		1903-1906	PF Warner
93	46	49.46%		1984-1994	AR Border
39	19	48.72%		1964-1978	RB Simpson
72	35	48.61%		2004-2010	RT Ponting
31	15	48.39%		1969-1973	R Illingworth
25	12	48.00%		1930-1934	WM Woodfull
19	 9	47.37%		1974-1975	MH Denness
74	35	47.30%		1974-1985	CH Lloyd
34	16	47.06%		1988-1993	GA Gooch
17	 8	47.06%		1993-2003	Waqar Younis
47	22	46.81%		1976-1985	SM Gavaskar
15	 7	46.67%		1931-1934	DR Jardine
15	 7	46.67%		1948-1951	AD Nourse
28	13	46.43%		1979-1984	KJ Hughes
80	37	46.25%		1997-2006	SP Fleming
13	 6	46.15%		1973-1974	RB Kanhai
50	23	46.00%		1980-1991	IVA Richards
51	23	45.10%		2003-2008	MP Vaughan
20	 9	45.00%		2007-2010	CH Gayle
18	 8	44.44%		2004-2007	Habibul Bashar
18	 8	44.44%		1982-1984	RGD Willis
34	15	44.12%		1983-1987	Kapil Dev
32	14	43.75%		1982-1989	DI Gower
16	 7	43.75%		1880-1890	WL Murdoch
16	 7	43.75%		1971-1974	AL Wadekar
23	10	43.48%		1952-1958	AH Kardar
30	13	43.33%		1961-1964	ER Dexter
49	21	42.86%		2000-2005	SC Ganguly
14	 6	42.86%		1975-1977	AW Greig
14	 6	42.86%		1983-1984	Zaheer Abbas
54	23	42.59%		1993-2001	MA Atherton
47	20	42.55%		1997-2006	BC Lara
45	19	42.22%		1999-2003	N Hussain
31	13	41.94%		1977-1981	JM Brearley
24	10	41.67%		1936-1948	DG Bradman
12	 5	41.67%		1930-1935	GC Grant
53	22	41.51%		1994-2000	WJ Cronje
25	10	40.00%		1964-1966	MJK Smith
15	 6	40.00%		1952-1955	JE Cheetham
10	 4	40.00%		1920-1921	WW Armstrong
10	 4	40.00%		1978-1980	MG Burgess
10	 4	40.00%		1938-1947	A Melville
28	11	39.29%		1958-1963	R Benaud
18	 7	38.89%		1911-1924	JWHT Douglas
13	 5	38.46%		2007-2009	Mohammad Ashraful
13	 5	38.46%		1998-2001	Moin Khan
13	 5	38.46%		1906-1911	PW Sherwell
34	12	35.29%		1980-1993	Javed Miandad
17	 6	35.29%		2008-2010	MS Dhoni
17	 6	35.29%		1954-1956	IWG Johnson
26	 9	34.62%		2000-2003	SM Pollock
21	 7	33.33%		1899-1905	J Darling
15	 5	33.33%		1993-2001	AJ Stewart
25	 8	32.00%		1968-1971	WM Lawry
25	 8	32.00%		1993-1999	Wasim Akram
13	 4	30.77%		1963-1965	TL Goddard
13	 4	30.77%		1888-1899	WG Grace
23	 7	30.43%		1952-1955	L Hutton
14	 4	28.57%		1955-1962	DJ McGlew
11	 3	27.27%		1999-2004	HP Tillakaratne
15	 4	26.67%		1947-1952	L Amarnath
17	 4	23.53%		1972-1975	BE Congdon
15	 3	20.00%		1949-1951	FR Brown
10	 2	20.00%		1976-1977	GM Turner

[ghulam35]

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[HuskerFan]

Originally Posted by ghulam35

The must intriguing thread ever, keep it going. Great work

Thanx!
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[ghulam35]

Originally Posted by HuskerFan

Thanx!
I'll keep it going just for you, if you promise to do RBS fantasy competition!

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[HuskerFan]

Originally Posted by ghulam35

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[HuskerFan]

Most wickets in two consecutive ODIs

Here is a list of instances where a bowler took 10 or more wickets in any two consecutive Limited-overs International innings (in which bowled).

THIRTEEN: 
Waqar Younis (Pak)    7/36  v Eng  Leeds        Jun 17, 2001 W 
                      6/59  v Aus  Nottingham   Jun 19, 2001 W 


ELEVEN: 
GJ Gilmour (Aus)      6/14  v Eng  Leeds        Jun 18, 1975 W 
                      5/48  v WI   Lord's       Jun 21, 1975 L 


Waqar Younis (Pak)    6/26  v SL   Sharjah      Apr 29, 1990 W 
                      5/20  v NZ   Sharjah      May  1, 1990 W 


Azhar Mahmood (Pak)   6/18  v WI   Sharjah      Oct 19, 1999 W 
                      5/28  v SL   Sharjah      Oct 22, 1999 W 


TEN: 
ALF de Mel (SL)       5/39  v Pak  Leeds        Jun 16, 1983 L 
                      5/32  v NZ   Derby        Jun 18, 1983 W 


Waqar Younis (Pak)    4/42  v Ind  Sharjah      Apr 27, 1990 W 
                      6/26  v SL   Sharjah      Apr 29, 1990 W 


Waqar Younis (Pak)    5/11  v NZ   Peshawar     Nov  4, 1990 W 
                      5/16  v NZ   Sialkot      Nov  6, 1990 W 


Waqar Younis (Pak)    5/16  v NZ   Sialkot      Nov  6, 1990 W 
                      5/52  v WI   Karachi      Nov  9, 1990 W 


Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 5/38  v BD   Colombo(RPS) Jul 16, 1997 W 
                      5/45  v Ind  Toronto      Sep 13, 1997 L 


M Muralitharan (SL)   7/30  v Ind  Sharjah      Oct 27, 2000 W 
                      3/6   v Ind  Sharjah      Oct 29, 2000 W 


SE Bond (NZ)          6/54  v Ind  Bulawayo     Aug 26, 2005 W 
                      4/42  v Zim  Harare       Aug 31, 2005 W 


RJ Harris (Aus)       5/43  v Pak  Adelaide     Jan 26, 2010 W 
                      5/19  v Pak  Perth        Jan 29, 2010 W 


Umar Gul (Pak)        6/42  v Eng  The Oval     Sep 17, 2010 W 
                      4/32  v Eng  Lord’s       Sep 20, 2010 W

The record for any three consecutive matches is 15 by Waqar, twice. The first instance was 5 wickets in three consecutive innings (see above) and in the second instance, the first entry in the list was preceded by 2/20 in a win against England at Lord’s on Jun 12, 2001.

[HuskerFan]

Here is a list of batsmen who scored at least 50% of the runs in the fourth innings for their sides in a Test match for a win. The batsmen’s sides are listed second. (Qualification – fourth innings target of 200 or more runs)

  % 
62.38  Mohammad Ilyas (126) 
       NZ  (285 & 223)    v Pak (307-8d & 202-2) Karachi     1964-65 


62.21  CG Greenidge (214*) 
       Eng (286 & 300-9d) v WI  (245 & 344-1)    Lord’s      1984 


57.97  J Darling (160) 
       Eng (335 & 178)    v Aus (239 & 276-4)    Sydney(5)   1897-98 


57.55  JL Langer (122*) 
       NZ  (232 & 229)    v Aus (252 & 212-4)    Hamilton    1999-00 


57.53  JB Hobbs (126*) 
       Aus (184 & 199)    v Eng (265 & 219-2)    Melbourne(2)1911-12 


54.92  MA Butcher (173*) 
       Aus (447 & 176-4d) v Eng (309 & 315-4)    Leeds       2001 


54.42  GC Smith (154*) 
       Eng (231 & 363)    v SAf (314 & 283-5)    Birmingham  2008 


53.42  GC Smith (125*) 
       NZ  (297 & 252)    v SAf (316 & 234-4)    Wellington  2003-04 


52.67  Inzamam-ul-Haq (138*) 
       BD  (281 & 154)    v Pak (175 & 262-9)    Multan      2003 


52.15  AN Cook (109*) 
       BD  (419 & 285)    v Eng (496 & 209-1)    Mirpur      2009-10

[HuskerFan]

c Brother           b Brother

In ODIs;

caught TM Chappell bowled GS Chappell (Aus) 
Kapil Dev (Ind)        Melbourne      Jan 11, 1981 
JG Wright (NZ)         Sydney         Jun 13, 1981 
MG Burgess (NZ)        Melbourne      Feb  1, 1981 

caught A Flower bowled GW Flower (Zim) 
TM Odoyo (Ken)         Nairobi        Oct 18, 1997 
CD McMillan (NZ)       Christchurch   Mar  4, 1998 
Shahid Afridi (Pak)    Bulawayo       Nov 24, 2002 


stumped A Flower bowled GW Flower (Zim) 
AH Jones (NZ)          Bulawayo       Oct 31, 1992 
Wasim Akram (Pak)      Harare         Feb 26, 1995 
MO Odumbe (Ken)        Dhaka          Mar 23, 1999 
SB Joshi (Ind)         Jodhpur        Jan  8, 2000 


caught RJ Hadlee bowled DR Hadlee (NZ) 
SM Gavaskar (Ind)      Manchester     Jun 14, 1975 


caught BL Kotze bowled DB Kotze (Nam) 
AJ Stewart (Eng)       Port Elizabeth Feb 19, 2003 


caught S Lee bowled B Lee (Aus) 
Azhar Mahmood (Pak)    Sydney         Feb  4, 2000 
SP Fleming (Aus)       Auckland       Feb 19, 2000 


caught BB McCullum bowled NM McCullum (NZ) 
Shahriar Nafees (BD)   Mirpur         Oct 11, 2010 


caught GMC Mol bowled HJC Mol (Net) 
AC Botha (Ire)         Belfast        Jul 11, 2007 


caught PJK Mooney bowled JF Mooney (Ire) 
ME Trescothick (Eng)   Belfast        Jun 13, 2006 


caught JA Morkel bowled M Morkel (SAf) 
Mushfiqur Rahim (BD)   Benoni         Nov  9, 2008 
RT Ponting (Aus)       Durban         Apr  3, 2009 


caught NJ O'Brien bowled KJ O'Brien (Ire) 
Shoaib Malik (Pak)     Kingston       Mar 17, 2007 
IR Bell (Eng)          Providence     Mar 30, 2007 
Mohammad Ashraful (BD) Mirpur         Mar 22, 2008 
Raqibul Hasan (BD)     Mirpur         Mar 22, 2008 
TD Paine (Aus)         Dublin         Jun 17, 2010 
MEK Hussey (Aus)       Dublin         Jun 17, 2010 
NM Hauritz (Aus)       Dublin         Jun 17, 2010 


stumped NJ O'Brien bowled KJ O'Brien (Ire) 
PW Borren (Net)        Nairobi(Gym)   Feb  5, 2007 


caught DO Obuya bowled CO Obuya (Ken) 
JH Kallis (SAf)        Benoni         Oct 17, 2001 


stumped DO Obuya bowled CO Obuya (Ken) 
HH Dippenaar (SAf)     Colombo(RPS)   Sep 20, 2002 


caught KO Obuya bowled CO Obuya (Ken) 
KC Sangakkara (SL)     Nairobi(Gym)   Feb 24, 2003 
PA de Silva (SL)       Nairobi(Gym)   Feb 24, 2003 
T Taibu (Zim)          Bloemfontein   Mar 12, 2003 
KM Dabengwa (Zim)      Mombasa        Jan 29, 2009 


stumped KO Obuya bowled CO Obuya (Ken) 
DD Ebrahim (Zim)       Bloemfontein   Mar 12, 2003 


caught NN Odhiambo bowled LN Onyango (Ken) 
S Dhaniram (Can)       Mombasa        Jan 24, 2007 


caught GJ Rennie bowled JA Rennie (Zim) 
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)  Harare         Dec 15, 1999 
ST Jayasuriya (SL)     Harare         Dec 18, 1999 


caught BC Strang bowled PA Strang (Zim) 
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)       Harare         Feb 26, 1995 
MO Odumbe (Ken)        Patna          Feb 27, 1996 
MA Taylor (Aus)        Nagpur         Mar  1, 1996 
SC Ganguly (Ind)       Colombo(SSC)   Sep  1, 1996 


caught PA Strang bowled BC Strang (Zim) 
Manzoor Elahi (Pak)    Harare         Feb 22, 1995 
Shahriar Hossain (BD)  Nairobi(Gym)   Oct 14, 1997 
CJ Nevin (NZ)          Harare         Sep 27, 2000 


Caught AO Suji bowled MA Suji (Ken) 
SR Tendulkar (Ind)     Cape Town      Mar  7, 2003 


caught ME Waugh bowled SR Waugh (Aus) 
RB Richardson (WI)     Sydney         Jan 16, 1989 
Wasim Akram (Pak)      Perth          Mar 11, 1992 
AJ Pycroft (Zim)       Hobart         Mar 14, 1992 
DN Patel (NZ)          Auckland       Mar 28, 1993 
ADR Campbell (Zim)     Nagpur         Mar  1, 1996 
DL Vettori (NZ)        Wellington     Feb  2, 1998 
Harvinder Singh (Ind)  Sharjah        Apr 19, 1998 
BKV Prasad (Ind)       Sharjah        Apr 19, 1998 
RD Jacobs (WI)         Bridgetown     Apr 25, 1999 


caught SR Waugh bowled ME Waugh (Aus) 
AH Jones (NZ)          Sydney         Jan 13, 1991 
AL Logie (WI)          Kingston       Feb 26, 1991 
MA Atherton (Eng)      Melbourne      Jan 10, 1995 
A Kumble (Ind)         Colombo(SSC)   Sep  6, 1996

[HuskerFan]

Large 10th wicket ODI partnerships with 0 from #11

Here is a list of instances of 10th wicket partnerships of 20 or more runs with no contribution from #11s in a Limited-overs International innings (the batsmen involved are in the second lines with the number 11s listed first):

38  SAf v Aus  Johannesburg Mar 22, 2002 L 
    M Ntini (0*)/L Klusener (83) 


30* Pak v SAf  Abu Dhabi    Oct 31, 2010 W 
    Shoiab Akhtar (0*)/Abul Razzaq (109*) 

26  NZ  v BD   Mirpur       Oct 17, 2010 L 
    HK Bennett (0*)/KD Mills (33) 


24  Pak v SL   Tangier      Aug 17, 2002 L 
    Mohammad Sami (0*)/Shahid Afridi (26) 


24  Ken v BD   Nairobi(Gym) Aug 13, 2006 L 
    J Ababu (0*)/TM Odoyo (84) 


22* Zim v BD   Chittagong   Nov  5, 2009 L 
    CB Mpofu (0*)/BRM Taylor (118*) 


22  Eng v Ind  Rajkot       Nov 14, 2008 L 
    JM Anderson (0)/RS Bopara (54*)

[iHammad]

Shoaib Akhtar must've been under a lot of pressure to survive that lone delivery.