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.
Do you know who holds the world record in One Day International?
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