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Four or more fifties in an one day innings

HM Amla {86}, GC Smith {54}, AB de Villers {121} and RN Petersen {54*} scored fifties in RSA’s innings against Eng at Cape Town on 27.11.09 providing the 34^th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in the annals of one day games.

As far as South Africa is concerned, this is the sixth occasion of four batsmen registering fifties in an innings. The six occasions are listed below

South Africa’s feat of four of its batsmen registering fifties against England at Cape Town provides the sixth occasion of various teams achieving such a feat against England and it also provides the first occasion of South African batsmen achieving such a feat against Engalnd

A hundred and fifty on test debut

Umar Akmar of Pakistan with scores of 129 and 75 on his debut against New Zealand at Dunedin in Nov 2009 became the 12^th batsman in the annals test cricket to score a hundred and fifty on debut. He is the third Pakistan batsman after Azar Mahmood and Yasir Hameed to achieve the feat. All the twelve occasions are listed below

Debut test hundreds in vain

Umar Akmal’s debut hundred was in a losing cause as Pakistan lost the match to New Zealand by 33 runs at Dunedin, provides the 18^th occasion of a debut hundred by a batsman in a test inning going in vain. Umar Akmal  became the fourth Pakistan batsman to witness his debut hundred going in vain

At Brisbane, another debutant West Indian – A Barath scored a debut hundred only to see his side losing to Australia by an innings and 65 runs – providing the 19^th occasion of a debut hundred going in vain. AD Barath became the third West Indian batsman to witness his debut hundred in a losing cause.

India’s innings victories

India’s win against Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second test at Kanpur represent its 26th test win by an innings margin against various oppositions. . All the 26 innings victories are tabulated below. This win also represents India’s seventh innings victory over Sri Lanka and the 19^th innings win by an innings margin on home soil

India’s one hundred test wins

India’s win against Sri Lanka  by an innings and 144  runs in the second test at Kanpur represent its 100^th test win. All the 100 victories are tabulated below

India and Sri Lanka at Kanpur : Fourth day’s highlights

Fourth day's highlights

R Dravid pouched his 90^th catch on home soil when he caught AD Matthews of Zaheer Khan for 15 in Sri Lanka’s second innings. Dravid became the sixth fieldsman to pouch 90 plus catches on home soil. Others are – MA Taylor {97}, SP Fleming {94}, BC Lara {94}, DPMD Jayawardene {92} and JH Kallis {92}. Dravid went past RT Ponting and ME Waugh who have pouched 89 catches on home soil

India won its 100^th test match when it trounced Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs. The progressive milestones in terms of 25 tests are furnished in the following table

India’s innings win over Sri Lanka in this test provides the 26^th occasion of India winning a test by an innings margin and 19^th innings in on home soil. This win also represents the seventh innings win against Sri Lanka.

TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis added 73 runs for the ninth wicket which represent the record stand by Sri Lankan batsmen against India. The previous best was 60 runs between HP Tilakaratne and MAWR Madurasinghe at Chandigarh in Nov 90.

India and Sri Lanka at Kanpur : Third day highlights

Third day’s highlights

R Dravid has been dismissed run out on ten occasions in his test career including his run out dismissal in the first innings of this test. He is the sixth batsman in the annals of test cricket who have been dismissed run out on ten or more occasions. Others are – AR Border {12}, ML Hayden {12}, RT Ponting {11}, CL Hooper {10} and GS Sobers {10}

KC Sangakkara was playing his 80^th test while playing at number three. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 80 plus tests after R Dravid of India {110} and RT Ponting of Australia {96}

AD Mathews became the 40^th Sri Lankan victim of Harbhajan Singh. A Kumble {74} and Kapil Dev {45} are the other two Indian bowlers who have captured 40 plus wickets against Sri Lanka

Zaheer Khan’s fifth maiden over in his spell represented his 450^th maiden over of his test career.

P Ojha’s captured his first test wicket was DPMD Jayawardene caught by SR Tendulkar for 47.

It was the 10^th catch for SR Tendulkar against Sri Lanka. M Azharuddin {27}, A Kumble {13} and R Dravid {10} are the other fieldsmen who have pouched 10 or more catches against Sri Lanka.

Sreesanth’s five for 75 represent the 23^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets haul in a test at Kanpur. He is the ninth Indian bowler and the second Indian pace bowler to capture five wicket haul at Kanpur. N Kapil Dev with his 6 for 63 against Pakistan in Dec 79 is the other Indian pace bowler to capture five plus wickets at Kanpur

Sreesanth’s five for 75 represent the 17th occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets haul against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth became the fifth Indian pace bowler to capture five plus wickets against Sri Lanka. Others are – N Kapil Dev – five for 110 at Chennai in Sep 82, Chetan Sharma – five for 118 at Col-PSS in Sep 85, J Srinath – five for 114 at Galle and BKV Prasad – five for 72 at Kandy in Aug 01

Sreesanth with his five for 75 became the second Indian bowler to capture five wicket haul against Sri Lanka on home soil, the first being N Kapil Dev {five for 110 at Chennai in Sep 82}

Herath’s dismissal bowled in Sri Lanka’s innings provides the 75^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen getting dismissed bowled against India

Welegedera’s dismissal leg before wicket in Sri Lanka’s innings provides the 80^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen getting dismissed leg before wicket against India

Sri Lanka’s 229 all out in the first innings provide the 36^th occasion of Sri Lanka all out against India. Ir also provides the 15^th occasion of Sri Lanka getting all out when it has batted in the second innings of a test match.

India has enforced follow on against Sri Lanka on seven occasions including the ongoing test. The following table lists all the seven occasions

India took the first innings lead of 413 runs against Sri Lanka in the second test at Kanpur providing the 25^th occasion of a team taking the first innings lead of 400 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

India has taken the first innings lead of 400 plus runs on two occasions which are furnished in the following table

India has taken the first innings lead against Sri Lanka on eleven occasions including the 413 runs lead in the ongoing test.

DPMD Jayawardene’s run out dismissal in the second innings provide the 10^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman getting dismissed run out in a test innings against Sri Lanka.  This run out also represents the 115^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed run out against various oppositions.

DPMD Jayawardene has been dismissed run out on four occasions including the one in Sri Lanka’s second innings and it was his first run out dismissal against India. The four occasions are – vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi in Feb 00 for 42, vs England at Galle in Feb 01 for 61,  vs West Indies at Galle in Nov 01 for 99 and vs India at Kanpur in Nov 09 for 10

400 plus runs first innings lead in tests

India took the first innings lead of 413 runs against Sri Lanka in the second test at Kanpur providing the 25^th occasion of a team taking the first innings lead of 400 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

India has taken the first innings lead of 400 plus runs on two occasions which are furnished in the following table

RT Ponting’s 51 fifties on home soil

RT Ponting scored 55 against West Indies on the first day of the first test against West Indies at Brisbane today, to take his number of fifties to 51 on home soil. RT Ponting remains the only batsman in the world to register fifty fifties on home soil. All his 51 fifties are listed beloe

Both the openers registering hundreds in the same innings

V Sehwag {131} and G Gambhir {167} scored hundreds in India’s first innings providing the 62^nd occasion of both the openers scoring hundreds in a test innings. It is the sixth occasion of Indian opening batsmen achieving such a feat. This also represents the second occasion of both the openers scoring hundreds against Sri Lanka. The first occasion was Australian openers JL Langer {162} and ML Hayden {117} at Cairns in Jul 04. The six occasions of both the Indian openers registering hundreds are listed below