Daniel Vettori : Hundred at No. 8

New Zealand captain Daniel Vetteri could not save his team by losing against Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC) on Sunday but by batting at No. 8 he created a world record of most runs in the 4th innings of the test. He scored 140 runs and overtook the previous record of Mitchell Johnson of Australia. Johnson scored 123 (not out) against South Africa at Cape Town in this season. Only 10 batsmen have scored hundred in the 4th innings of the match by batting at No. 8.
The highest score at this number in any innings of the test match is 257 (by Wasim Akram, Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe, Sheikhupura, 1996-97).
Wasim Akram and Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan are the only cricketers who scored double hundred by batting at No. 8.
This was the 3rd century by Vettori on this batting order. He had scored hundred by batting at No. 9.
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Jayawardene an unlucky one

Jayawardene an unlucky one
Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene had got out in the nervous nineties only three times in his Test career of 106 matches. However, in the ongoing Test against New Zealand – his 107th – he was out in 90s twice. Jayawardene scored 92 and 96 (both time O’Brien got his wicket) and thus became fourth batsman (5th instance) in the history of the longer version of the game to be out in the nervous nineties in the both innings of a test.
Interestingly, he is first batsman in last 30 years and also first Sri Lankan to do so. Former West Indian opener Gordon Greenidge scored a ‘nervous’ against the Kiwis at Christchurch in 1979-80. In fact Greenidge did it against Pakistan in 1976-77 at Georgetown. Australia’s Clem Hill (98 & 97; Vs England, Adelaide, 1901-02) and England’s Frank Woolley (95 & 93; Vs Australia, Lord’s, 1921) are among the others who scored a pair of 90s in test cricket.

• About nervous nineties:
• Most nervous nineties: 10 each by Steve Waugh (Australia) and Rahul Dravid (India)
• 99: there are 76 batsmen out on 99 in an innings.
• 9: Number of batsmen whose highest score in test cricket is 99.
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OPEN THE BOWLING AND BATTING

Sri Lanka’s Tilakratne Dilshan opened a bowling on 27 August against New Zealand during the 2nd test at Colombo. He also opened the innings in this test. This is a rare feat for Dilshan as only two other countrymen have done it earlier. Ravi Ratnayeke had opened the batting and bowling Vs India, at Chepauk, Chennai in 1982-83 and Bandula Warnapura done it in the first ever test for Sri Lanka (Vs England, at Colombo, 1981-82).
In fact Ratnayeke had done it for 4 times.
India’s former all rounder Manoj Prabhakar holds the world record for most time open the innings with ball and bat. Prabhakar played 39 tests and 22 times he did open the innings with a bat as well as with a ball.
India’s ML Jaisimha is at No.2 position with 13 times played dual roll. The openers like Sunil Gavaskar, Mudassar Nazar and even Sir Frank Worrell have done it some time in their respective test career.
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Samarweera complete 1000 runs in 2009

1000 runs in calendar year

• Sri Lanka Thilan Samaraweera complete 1000 runs in test in the calendar year 2009 when he reached 85 against New Zealand during the first innings of the second test played at SSC, Colombo. Here are some interesting facts about 1000 runs in test in a single calendar year.
• Samaraweera is the 111th batsmen in test history to do so.
• He is the 7th Sri Lankan to do so.
• Most time : 5 Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Mathew Hayden and Ricky Ponting have the distinction to score 1000 or more runs in calendar year for 5 times.
• Most Runs: 1788 scored by Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan in 2006.
• Yousuf scored 9 hundreds in that year which is the most in the year in test cricket.
• There are 4 batsmen who scored exactly 1000 runs in calendar year.
• Most for team: There are 30 Australians have done it so far.
• Samarweera is the second batsmen to do so after England captain AJ Strauss to score 1000 runs in 2009.
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Don Bradman, Mukesh and Mother Teresr

Sir Don Bradman, Mother Teresa and Mukesh

It’s a classic combination of Cricket, Social service and Bolywood. Though all these three things have a different stratum, today I found some similarities in it, and that is the DATE - August 27.

27 August is the 101st birth anniversary of one of the all time great cricketer Sri Don Bradman, and it is the same date when Mukesh had stopped singing forever. We Indians always love to talk about Don Bradman and never miss to listen the legendary singer of Hindi cinema Mukesh.

The great cricketer Sir Don Bradman was probably the best batsman; he was a relentless accumulator of runs, often at a rapid rate. His Test record was such that he needed only four in his final innings against England at The Oval in 1948 to set the average of 100 but he was bowled by Eric Hollies for a duck.

Don Bradman made 19 hundreds against England between 1928 and 1948, including two triple centuries and six double centuries. He led the Ashes four consecutive series as a captain.

27 August (1976): the day Bolywood singer Mukesh died at Detroit (Michigan, USA). He was on a tour with Lata Mangeshkar and his son Nitin Mukesh. On the morning of August 27 he was in the bathroom and suddenly collapsed. Mukesh sung thousand of songs and is still alive in our minds through various mediums including radio and video.

The Date is also worth to remember in case of Mother Teresa also. Born on August 27, 1910 Mother Teresa devoted her life for the sick and poor and founded the Missionaries of Charity. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

A very interesting incident is churning in my mind. Don Bradman never played on Indian soil but in 1948 on the way to Australia he had to stay at Kolkata (then Calcutta) air port for 3-4 hours as he was waiting for the connecting flight. As the news spread in the city of Calcutta thousand of Bradman fans rushed to the air port to have a glimpse of the cricket legend. 1948 is also the year when Mother Teresa received permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to work among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.
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Rare distinction for Daniel Vettori

When he took a wicket of Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara New Zealand skipper and Daniel Vettori became the 8th all rounder in the history of test cricket to score more than 3000 runs and bag 300 or more wickets. Vettori, already 3329 runs to his credit, claimed his 300th wicket when Jacob Oram caught Sangakkara at the mid-wicket region on the first day of the second test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground at Colombo.
With this Vettori joined the likes of Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Imran Khan. 34 year old Vettori is playing his 94 test. The others are: Shaun Pollock) South Africa), Shane Warne (Australia) and Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka).
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Ashes statistical highlights

England Vs Australia Ashes 2009

England won the 5 test series by 2-1.

• Statistical highlights of the Ashes series 2009


• Most Runs: 474 by Andrew Strauss (Eng) in 5 match, 9 innings, 52.67 Avg., 1x100, 3x50


• Best Score: 161 by Andrew Strauss (Eng) at Lord’s


• Most Wickets: 22 by Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus) in 5 match, 27.45 Avg. 4 for 60 best


• Best bowling (innings): 6 for 91, Stuart Broad (Eng) at Leeds


• Best Bowling in a match: 8 for 158, Graeme Swann (Eng) at The Oval.


• Most Catches: 11 by Ricky Ponting (Aus) in 5 matches.


• Most Victims: 15 (all catches) by Brad Haddin (Aus)


• Total 100: 10 (8 by Australia, 2 by England).


• Most 100: 2 each by Marcus North and Michael Clarke (both from Aus).


• Total 5 wicket haul: 6 (4 by England, 2 by Australia).


• Most time 5 wkt: Twice by Stuart Broad (England).


• Best Partnership


• 239 for the 2nd wkt between Simon Katich & Ricky Ponting at Cardiff.


• Best for England: 196 for the 1st wkt between AJ Strauss & Alastair Cook at Lord’s.


• Total 100 runs partnership: 13 (8 by Australia, 5 by England)


• Highest Total


• 6-674 by Australia at Cardiff.


• 435 by England at Cardiff.


• Lowest Total


• 102 by England at Leeds.


• 160 by Australia at The Oval.


• Biggest Victory


• By an innings & 80 runs: Australia at Leeds.


• By 197 runs: England at The Oval.

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Lucky 23 August for England

England Vs Australia
5th test At The Oval

Australia’s target 546 runs to win
Australia lost by 197 runs

*** 23 August: This is the 4th test for England which ended on 23 August and England never lost. They won thrice (all against Australia, by 161 runs in 1993 and by 19 runs in 1997, by 197 runs in 2009). Interestingly all victory at The Oval. England and South Africa drew a test in 1960 at The Oval on 23 August.
*** Only twice Australia achieved 200 or more runs target on England soil. 404 at Leeds in 1948 and 242 at The Oval in 1972.
*** Against any team: last time Australia scored more than 300 runs and won a test was against Bangladesh at Fatullah in 2005-06. They achieved the target of 307 by losing 7 wickets.
*** In this series Australia scored 406 at Lord’s still lost the match by 115 runs.
*** 10th century for Mike Hussey but this is the first time Australia has lost a test when Hussey scored hundred.
*** Hussey became the 43rd Australian to score a hundred for the losing team against England.
*** This was the 5th DUCK for Michael Clarke in his test career. Interestingly Australia have lost only ONCE when Clarke out on Zero. (Lost to South Africa at Cape Town in 2008-09).
*** 11th time Ricky Ponting run out in his 229-innings test career. 7 times Australia has won the test when Ponting lost his wicket by running him out.
*** This is the 3rd occasion Ponting ran out against England.
*** 27th Half century for Ponting as captain. Only Alan Border (36) and Stephen Fleming (31) have scored more then him. Clive Lloyd also scored 27 fifties as captain.
*** This was the 48th fifty for Ricky Ponting in his test career.
*** This is the 99th lost for Australia against England.
*** This is the 16th lost for Australia at The Oval.
*** England also won the series by 2-1 in 2005.
*** 29th Series win for England Vs Australia.
*** 11th test lost for Ricky Ponting as captain.



Biggest target put by England against Australia.

*** 742 at Brisbane in 1928-29 (England won by 675 runs)
*** 546 at The Oval in 2009 (England won by 197 runs)
*** 532 at Adelaide in 1932-33 (England won by 338 runs)
*** 522 at Lord’s in 2009 (England won by 115 runs)

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22 August and Parcy Fender

Surrey's Percy Fender was born on 22 August 1892 (The season wehn the first ever First class cricket match played in India). The world of cricket always Percy Fender for his fastest FC hundred. He scored 100 in only 35 minutes against Northemptonshire in 1920 (also in August) at Northempton.

In 1983 Steven O'Shaughnessy of Lancashire equelled Percy Fender's record by scoring 100 in just 35 minnutes against Leicestershire at Old Trafford, Machester. After hitting 100 off 35 minutes O'Shaughnessy met Fender at his London home. On that day fender told O'Shaughnessy that in 1920 there was a problem in Northempton's clock and when he came back after scoring hundred it was around 34 minutes and not 35 minutes which recorded. However world historian and statistician still believe that both Fender and O'Shaughnessy scored hundred in 35 minutes.

The most significant thing between Fender and O'Shaughnessy is both scored fastest in in the month they born. Fender did it in August and O'Shaughnessy did it in September (he was born on 9 September 1961) and he scored 100 off 35 minutes in September 1983.

Percy Fender died in 1985 (15 June). In 1932 once he called Duglas Jardine, the then England captian, and asked him to invent a theory to check Sir Don Bradman and then Jardine & Fender invented BODY LINE bowling to check Bradman and also Bill Woodful.

By the way Woodful was also born on 22 August.

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Anderson creates history

When Helfenhaus got the wicket of England's James Anderson the later was out first time on DUCk in his 55 innings test career. This is an unique thing in it's kind as only four other batsmen in the history of test cricket have taken more innings then Anderson to be out first time on ZERO in thier respactive test career. They are : South Africa’s AB de Villiars has played 78 innings before out on DUCK in test career. Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) 75 innings and Clive Lloyd (West Indies) by, 58 innings

• No DUCKS in entire career.


• 45 innings Yasir Hameed (Pakistan), 44: Jim Burke (Australia), 40: Reggie Duff (Australia).


• Most consecutive innings without scoring DUCK
  *** 119 David Gower (England)
  *** 96 Richie Richardson (West Indies)
  *** 89 Alan Border (Australia)
  

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