India in Sri Lanka : Second Test : Fourth day : Some more highlights
SR Tendulkar’s 203 in this test represent the fourth double hundred by a batsman against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Other batsmen are – BC Lara {221 at Col-SSC in Nov 2001}, SP Fleming {274* at Col-PSS in Apr 2003} and V Sehwag {201* at Galle in Jul 2008}
SR Tendulkar’s 203 in this test provide his eleventh score of 150 plus runs on away soil. He now owns the record of most 150 plus runs on away soil in the annals of test constituting a World record. He wrested the record from BC Lara and SR Waugh who had scored ten hundreds on away soil
SR Tendulkar’s eleven 150 plus scores read thus – 177 vs England at Nottingham in Jul 1996, 169 vs South Africa at Cape Town in Jan 1997, 155 vs South Africa at Bloemfontein in Nov 2001, 193 vs England at Leeds in Aug 2002, 241* vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 2004, 194* vs Pakistan at Sydney in Mar 2004, 248* vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in Dec 2004, 154* vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 2008, 153 vs Australia at Adelaide in Jan 2008, 160 vs New Zealand at Hamilton in Mar 2009 and 203 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010.
BC Lara’s ten 150 plus scores on away soil read thus – 277 vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 1993, 152 vs England at Nottingham in Aug 1995, 179 vs England at The Oval in Aug 1995, 182 vs Australia at Adelaide in Dec 2000, 176 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in Nov 2001, 221 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Nov 2001, 191 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in Nov 2003, 202 vs South Africa at Jo’burg in Dec 2003, 226 vs Australia at Adelaide in Nov 2005 and 216 vs Pakistan at Multan in Nov 2006
SR Waugh’s ten 150 plus scores read thus – 177* vs England at Leeds in Jun 1989, 152* vs England at Lord’s in Jun 1989, 157* vs England at Leeds in Jul 1993, 200 vs West Indies at Kingston in Apr 1995, 160 vs South Africa at Jo’burg in Feb 1997, 157 vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi in Oct 1998, 199 vs West Indies at Bridgetown in Mar 1999, 151* vs Zimbabwe at Harare in Oct 1999, 151* vs New Zealand in Wellington in Mar 2000 and 157* vs England at The Oval in Aug 2001
SR Tendulkar and SK Raina added 256 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the ninth occasion of a 200 runs partnership against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. This stand is a record stand for any wicket against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The previous best was 246 runs unfinished stand for the sixth wicket between JJ Crowe and RJ Hadlee of New Zealand at Col-CCC in Apr 1987
July 29th, 2010 - 20:58
interesting and meticulous work done which fascinates cricket and statistic enthusiasts like me. i also love compiling stats and this blog is paradise. however, the language annoys me. for instance, the repetition of the phrase, “in the annals of Test cricket” and “read thus-” and “constituting a World Record” are quite annoying for a reader. as an active article writer, i was displeased to see no variation in writing. however, the facts are amazing.
July 30th, 2010 - 01:12
Thanks for your comments and suggestions.
There has to be repetition of phrases on such occasions when it is for the first time in the annals of test cricket and constituting a World record if different stats are of such kind. We cannot help but to repeat the words on such occasions. Thanks for saying that the facts are amazing. We are the best in the business of providing the best and creamy layer of stats and we are proud of being one such cricket portal. We believe in the saying “Contents are the King”. Please look at this stats, which no other statistician in the world would have ever dreamed of
The second test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC would go down as unique in the annals of test cricket as it contained five batsmen who have scored five or more double hundreds – KC Sangakkara {07}, DPMD Jayawardene {06}, V Sehwag {06}, R Dravid {05} and SR Tendulkar {05}
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July 30th, 2010 - 16:04
i acknowledge that HR G is supporting the portal and that is amazing. if this portal had started from 1900 onwards, it would be quite complete with all facts and figures. i am looking forward to the next game. in my eyes, this website is second only to the great Cricinfo and deserves more publicity. however, i maintain that if i were provided with the facts, i could avoid repetition. but the stats are good enough for now, until more writers are brought into the Crickick team.
August 3rd, 2010 - 09:15
Thanks for your kind words. At least now i know that HRG is a quite popular in the world of cricket stats. Already efforts are being made to avoid repetitive words
which please note. Thanks for comparing with cricinfo.com
Yours – HR Gopala Krishna