Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Players who remained unbeaten on 99 in Test Matches



Geoff Boycott carried the bat in the match in which he remained unbeaten on 99
5 Players has so far remained not out on 99 after the end of an innings(either the team being bowled out or reached the target.They are Geoff Boycott,Steve Waugh,Alex Tudor,Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall.

Alex Tudor is the only batsman to remain unbeaten on 99 when the team reached the target.While Geoff Boycott is the only player to finish in the losing side after scoring 99*

Player
Opposition
Match Date
Innings
Match Result
Geoffrey Boycott
Australia
14 Dec 1979
4
Lost
Steve Waugh
England
3 Feb 1995
1
Won
Alex Tudor
New Zealnd
1 Jul 1999
4
Won
Shaun Pollock
Sri Lanka
15 Nov 2002
2
Won
Andrew Hall
England
21 Aug 2003
3
Won

Sri Lanka-South Africa Series-3rd T20I-Sri Lanka vs South Africa-August 06,Hambantota

Sri Lanka vs South Africa-3rd T20I at Hambantota
South Africa won the 3 match T20I series 2-1
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining
South Africa(20 overs)


163/3
Faf Du Plessis
85
Suranga Lakmal
1/29
Jean Paul Duminy
51*
Ajantha Mendis
1/31
Quinton De Kock
16
Nuwan Kulasekara
1/37

Sri Lanka(18.1 overs)
Target-164 from 20 overs

164/4
Tilakartene Dilshan
74*
David Wiese
2/24
Mahela Jayawardene
33
Imran Tahir
1/20
Thissara Perera
25*
Wayne Parnell
1/37


Man of the Match-Tilakartene Dilshan(74* runs)
Man of the Series-Jean Paul Duminy(132 runs and 3 wickets)

South Africa won the series:2-1

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Players with two 50+ Scores in a Bilateral T20I series

JP Duminy joins the list of players with two 50+ scores twice in a Bilateral T20I series
JP Duminy,Brendon McCullum and Mohammed Hafeez are the only players to register two 50+ scores in a Bilateral T20I series twice.While 11 other players has registered two 50+ scores in a Bilateral T20I Series once

Players with two 50+ scores in a bilateral T20I series
Number of Times
Player
2
Jean Paul Duminy-SA
2
Brendon McCullum-NZ
2
Mohammed Hafeez-Pak
1
Loots Bosman-SA
1
Kumar Sangakkara-SL
1
Chamu Chibabha-Zim
1
Hamilton Masakadza-Zim
1
Chris Gayle-WI
1
Michael Swart-Ned
1
Tamim Iqbal-Ban
1
Henry Davids-SA



Monday, August 5, 2013

The Ashes-3rd Match-England vs Australia-August 1-5,Old Trafford

England vs Australia-3rd Test at Old Trafford
Michael Clarke scored his 24th  hundred in Test Matches
Match Drawn
Australia(146 overs)


527/7 dec
Michael Clarke
187
Graeme Swann
5/159
Steven Smith
89
Stuart Broad
1/108
Chris Rogers
84
Tim Bresnan
1/114

England(139.3 overs)


368/10
Kevin Pietersen
113
Peter Siddle
4/63
Alistair Cook
62
Mitchel Starc
3/76
Ian Bell
60
Ryan Harris
2/82

Australia(36 overs)


172/7 dec
David Warner
41
Tim Bresnan
2/25
Michael Clarke
30*
James Anderson
2/37
Usman Khawaja
24
Stuart Broad
1/30
Engaland(20.3 overs)


37/3
Joe Root
13*
 Ryan Harris
2/13
Jonathan Trott
11
Peter Siddle
1/8
Kevin Pietersen
8




Man of the Match-Michael Clarke(1st inns-187,2nd inns-30*)

Most number of dismisals in a Test Match


Jack Russel
AB De Villiers
Jack Russel of England and Ab De Villiers holds the record for most number of dismissals in a Test Match with 11 dismissals.Ab De Villiers achieved this feat vs Pakistan in Feb 2013,while Jack Russel achieved this vs South Africa in Nov 1995.Interestingly,Johannesburg was the venue which saw this feat.

Dismissals Per Match-Top 5
Dismissals
Player
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
11
Jack Russel
South Africa
Johannesburg
30 Nov 1995
11
AB De Villiers
Pakistan
Johannesburg
1 Feb 2013
10
Bob Taylor
India
Mumbai
15 Feb 1980
10
Adam Gilchrist
New Zealand
Hamilton
31 Mar 2000
9
Gill Langley
England
Lord’s
21 Jun 1956


Michael Clarke-217 runs at Old Trafford

Michael Clarke for the first time aggregated 200+ in a Test Match at away

Michael Clarke scored a total of 217 runs(1st and 2nd innings combined) in the 3rd Test at Old Trafford.This is the first time since 2000, a player has aggregated 200+ in a Test Match at Old Trafford

Michael Clarke has aggregated 200 or more runs in 5 test matches.His overall aggregate in a test match is vs India in 2012.He scored 329 runs(1st Inns-329*,2nd Inns-DNB).

Runs
Bat 1
Bat 2
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
329
329
-
India
Sydney
3 Jan 2012
268
230
38
South Africa
Adelaide
22 Nov 2012
259
259*
-
South Africa
Brisbane
9 Nov 2012
247
210
37
India
Adelaide
24 Jan 2012
217
187
30*
England
Manchester
1 Aug 2013



Sri Lanka-South Africa Series-2nd T20I-Sri Lanka vs South Africa-August 04,Hambantota

Sri Lanka vs South Africa-2nd T20I at Hambantota
David Miller top scored for South Africa with 36 runs
South Africa won by 22 runs
South Africa(20 overs)


145/6
David Miller
36
Sachitra Senanayake
2/18
Jean Paul Duminy
30
Nuwan Kulasekara
1/22
Quinton De Kock
19
Lasith Malinga
1/32

Sri Lanka(20 overs)
Target-146 from 20 overs

123/7
Kumar Sangakkara
39
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
2/17
Thissara Perera
22*
Morne Morkel
2/34
Kushal Janith Perera
21
Imran Tahir
1/21


Man of the Match-David Miller(36 runs)