As the other sports forums seem to have taken old to some respect, well here is a cricket forum. NOTE: This forum will be heavily moderated and can be revoked at any time is discussions go out of hand.
Individual double centuries in the second innings of the side in a Test
match:
337 Hanif Mohammad Pak v WI Bridgetown 1957-58 D
299 MD Crowe NZ v SL Wellington 1990-91 D
285* PBH May Eng v WI Birmingham 1957 D
281 VVS Laxman Ind v Aus Calcutta 2000-01 W
275 G Kirsten SAf v Eng Durban 1999-00 D
270 DG Bradman Aus v Eng Melbourne(5) 1936-37 W
262* DL Amiss Eng v WI Kingston 1973-74 D
253 ST Jayasuriya SL v Pak Faisalabad 2004-05 W
237 Salim Malik Pak v Aus Rawalpindi 1994-95 D
232* A Flower Zim v Ind Nagpur 2000-01 D
231 AD Nourse SAf v Aus Johannesburg(2) 1935-36 D
226 CG Greenidge WI v Aus Bridgetown 1990-91 W
223 GA Headley WI v Eng Kingston 1929-30 D
222 NJ Astle NZ v Eng Christchurch 2001-02 L
221 SM Gavaskar Ind v Eng The Oval 1979 D
220 SM Gavaskar Ind v WI Port-of-Spain(5)1970-71 D
219 WJ Edrich Eng v SAf Durban(5) 1938-39 D
214* CG Greenidge WI v Eng Lord's 1984 W
212 DG Bradman Aus v Eng Adelaide 1936-37 W
209* BF Butcher WI v Eng Nottingham 1966 W
205* EH Hendren Eng v WI Port-of-Spain 1929-30 W
203* MAK Pataudi Ind v Eng Delhi 1963-64 D
203* BJ Hodge Aus v SAf Perth 2005-06 D
200* DN Sardesai Ind v NZ Bombay 1964-65 D
200* GP Thorpe Eng v NZ Christchurch 2001-02 W
Notes:
1. The scores of Flower, Hanif, Kirsten, Laxman, Malik and Sardesai
were achieved while following-on.
2. Headley, Gavaskar (221), Edrich, Greenidge (214) and Astle scored
their double centuries in the fourth innings of the match.
3. Thorpe and Astle achieved this feat in the same match.
4. The first-class record for the highest individual score in the
second innings is 452* by DG Bradman, New South Wales v Queensland,
Sydney, 1929-30.
Description:
To determine which is the better, I have analysed both bowling attacks based on their "Wicket Taking Potential" (WTP, to coin my own abbreviation), which is the simple addition of the Wickets per match statistic of their front line bowlers.
I have assumed that the bowling attack for India will consist of Pathan, Kumble, Harbhajan and Zaheer (sorry Agarkar) and Pakistan will go with Akhtar, Sami, Naved and Kaneria.
Also, to get a better spread for analysis, I have determined the WTP based on the records from the last 5, 10, 15, 20 Tests and entire career. (Except in the case of Naved, who has only played in 7 Tests and Pathan, in 18).
I have used the bowling averages to determine the potential runs a bowling attack is likely to give away while taking 20 wickets, i.e. I have multiplied the bowling average with wickets per Test for each bowler, added it for the entire attack and normalised it to twenty wickets (for example, if India gives 340 runs to get 17 wickets, they will give 400 runs to get 20).
Last edited by puneets on Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
Here is a list of players who have bowled in at least 50 matches and have conceded 6 runs per overs most/least often during their Limited-overs International careers. (no minimal qualification for the number of balls bowled in an innings)
6 - number of innings conceding 6 runs per over
B - number of innings in which bowled
P - number of matches played
WI 102 & 51-6d Bridgetown 1934-35
Eng 81-7d & 75-6
Eng won by 4 wickets
WI captain - GC Grant
Eng 496 & 365-3d Leeds 1948
Aus 458 & 404-3
Aus won by 7 wickets
Aus captain - NWD Yardley
SAf 379 & 187-3d Port Elizabeth 1948-49
Eng 395 & 174-7
Eng won by 3 wickets
SAf captain - AD Nourse
WI 527-7d & 92-2d Port-of-Spain(4)1967-68
Eng 404 & 215-3
Eng won by 7 wickets
WI captain - GStA Sobers
NZ 323 & 297-8d Auckland 1968-69
WI 276 & 348-5
WI won by 6 wickets
NZ captain - GT Dowling
WI 359 & 271-6d Port-of-Spain(3)1975-76
Ind 228 & 406-4
Ind won by 6 wickets
WI captain - CH Lloyd
Ind 402 & 330-9d Perth 1977-78
Aus 392 & 342-8
Aus won by 2 wickets
Ind captain - BS Bedi
Eng 286 & 300-9d Lord's 1984
WI 245 & 344-1
WI won by 9 wickets
Eng captain - DI Gower
SAf 248-8d & Forfeit Pretoria 1999-00
Eng Forfiet& 251-8
Eng won by 2 wickets
SAf captain - WJ Cronje
Aus 447 & 176-4d Leeds 2001
Eng 309 & 315-4
Eng won by 6 wickets
Aus captain - AC Gilchrist
SAf 451-9d & 194-6d Sydney 2005-06
Aus 359 & 288-2
Aus won by 8 wickets
SAf captain - GC Smith
Note: There have been only two instances where a side lost a Test match
having declared both of its innings closed.
I don't know if anybody reads this thread....anyways here's another statistic:
Here is a list of bowlers who have conceded 500 runs while bowling in 3 or fewer matches in a Test series.
Bs = Balls, R = Runs, Ws = Wickets, Ave = Average
Bs R Ws Ave
A Kumble 1237 710 24 29.58 Ind v Aus in Aus 2003-04
M Muralitharan 1225 649 28 23.18 SL v Aus in SL 2003-04
A Kumble 1309 644 17 37.88 Ind v Pak in Ind 2004-05
Danish Kaneria 1156 599 19 31.53 Pak v Ind in Ind 2004-05
ND Hirwani 1272 586 9 65.11 Ind v Eng in Eng 1990
Abdul Qadir 1275 562 22 25.22 Pak v Aus in Pak 1982-83
Danish Kaneria 896 560 15 37.33 Pak v Aus in Aus 2004-05
M Prabhakar 930 554 8 69.25 Ind v Eng in Eng 1990
AP Freeman 1129 547 22 24.86 Eng v Aus in Eng 1929
Harbhajan Singh 1071 545 32 17.03 Ind v Aus in Ind 2000-01
DL Vettori 1149 543 12 45.25 NZ v Ind in Ind 1999-00
DK Lillee 1042 540 21 25.71 Aus v Pak in Aus 1976-77
SK Warne 1002 540 10 54.00 Aus v Ind in Ind 1997-98
AF Giles 1185 539 18 29.94 Eng v SL in SL 2003-04
Abdul Qadir 976 538 14 38.43 Pak v WI in WI 1987-88
M Muralitharan 1306 536 24 22.33 SL v WI in SL 2001-02
B Lee 868 536 13 41.23 Aus v Eng in Aus 2002-03
DVP Wright 1072 526 9 58.44 Eng v SAf in SAf 1938-39
BS Bedi 1034 523 10 52.30 Ind v Eng in Eng 1974
SK Warne 1008 521 26 20.04 Aus v SL in SL 2003-04
Imran Khan 964 519 18 28.83 Pak v Aus in Aus 1976-77
J Srinath 889 517 18 28.72 Ind v SAf in SAf 1996-97
M Muralitharan 1279 516 26 19.85 SL v Pak in Pak 1999-00
BS Chandrasekhar 1181 513 18 28.50 Ind v WI in Ind 1966-67
VA Holder 872 513 13 39.46 WI v Aus in Aus 1975-76
Saqlain Mushtaq 1171 512 14 36.57 Pak v SL in SL 1996-97
HC Griffith 1141 508 16 31.75 WI v Eng in WI 1929-30
SK Warne 913 505 10 50.50 Aus v Ind in Ind 2000-01
SK Warne 1090 504 18 28.00 Aus v Pak in Pak 1994-95
A Kumble 1045 504 14 35.00 Ind v Eng in Eng 2002
Harbhajan Singh 1073 504 21 24.00 Ind v Aus in Ind 2004-05
Saqlain Mushtaq 1127 503 24 20.96 Pak v Ind in Ind 1998-99
Note: All performances were in three Tests except Saqlain's who appeared in two matches against SL (1996-97).
After a much needed boost (in the form of Sandeep and Bhushanji), here's another statistic.
Recently, South Africa lost to Australia (even after scoring 450+) runs in one of their innigns. Here is a list of all such matches Losing a Test after scoring 450 in an innings
The second column gives the innings (Inn) of the match.
Inn
586 1st Aus v Eng Sydney(1) 1894-95
485 3rd Aus v Eng Sydney(1) 1903-04
506 2nd SAf v Aus Melbourne(2) 1910-11
465 2nd Aus v SAf Adelaide 1910-11
476 3rd Aus v Eng Adelaide 1911-12
479 2nd Eng v Aus Melbourne(2) 1924-25
519 1st Eng v Aus Melbourne(5) 1928-29
496 1st Eng v Aus Leeds 1948
520 1st Aus v SAf Melbourne(5) 1952-53
510 3rd Ind v Eng Leeds 1967
526-7d 1st WI v Eng Port-of-Spain(4) 1967-68
574-8d 2nd Pak v Aus Melbourne 1972-73
465 3rd Ind v Pak Lahore 1978-79
454 2nd Ind v Eng Lord's 1990
547-8d 2nd SL v Aus Colombo(SSC) 1992-93
477 3rd Aus v Eng Birmingham 1997
490 1st Aus v WI Bridgetown 1998-99
452 3rd SAf v Aus Sydney 2001-02
473 3rd SAf v Aus Cape Town 2001-02
451 4th NZ v Eng Christchurch 2001-02
484 1st SAf v Eng The Oval 2003
556 1st Aus v Ind Adelaide 2003-04
451-9d 1st SAf v Aus Sydney 2005-06
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