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January 9
Only batsmen in top-5 rankings across all 3 formats.
Kohli:
Tests – 2
ODIs – 2
T20Is – 1Williamson:
Tests – 4
ODIs – 5
T20Is – 4— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 9, 2017
Wishart was the first Zimbabwe batsman to score 150+ in ODIs & his 172* against Namibia in 2003 still remains the highest for Zim in WCs. https://t.co/c2k2jaBlxu
— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 9, 2017
January 8
Lowest individual score to include 10 or more sixes in T20s:
89* S Chitnis
91* R Whiteley
94 D Athulathmudali
94* C ANDERSON
98* C Lynn— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 8, 2017
January 7
Pak’s last 4 Test series in Aus:
1999-00 – Whitewashed 3-0
2004-05 – Whitewashed 3-0
2009-10 – Whitewashed 3-0
2016-17 – Whitewashed 3-0— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 7, 2017
January 6
Most runs conceded in a 3-Test series:
672 Yasir Shah this series
649 Muralitharan v Aus in 2003-04
644 Kumble v Pak in 2004-05#AUSvPAK— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 6, 2017
AUS’s RR of 7.53 is the highest ever in the third innings of a Test match.
PRE: 7.46 (97 in 13 ovrs) by Ind vs Eng, Kanpur, 1985#AUSvPAK— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 6, 2017
Most runs in first 50 Tests:
6790 Bradman
4947 Gavaskar
4709* STEVEN SMITH
4682 Len Hutton#AUSvPAK— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 6, 2017
Warner – first opener with an inns of 50+ runs at SR of more than 200 – 203.70 (55 off 27). Prev highest: Gayle’s 173.91 (80*/46) v NZ 2014.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 6, 2017
Most 175+ scores in Tests:
15 Lara, Sangakkara
14 Bradman
13 Tendulkar
10 YOUNIS KHAN#AusvPak— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 6, 2017
January 5
Sixes in #BBL06 :
55 Brisbane
29 Adelaide
26 CHRIS LYNN *
25 Perth
24 Hobart
22 Syd Thunder
21 Syd Sixers
16 Mel Renegades
11 Mel Stars— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 5, 2017
Best match figures for #SAvSL:
10/92 K RABADA *
10/102 V Philander, Centurion, 2011
9/99 D Steyn, Galle, 2014
9/106 B Schultz, Colombo, 1993— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 5, 2017
Dravid and Younis are the only players to score Test centuries in all ten full-member nations. #AUSvPAK
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 5, 2017
January 4
Hilton Cartwright has joined this list of players who hit the first ball they faced in Tests for 4:https://t.co/DYqnk2LtMg
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) January 4, 2017
January 3
Youngest to take 50 Test wickets for SA:
21 yrs 138 days Paul Adams
21 yrs 223 days Kagiso Rabada— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) January 3, 2017
Third consecutive century opening stand for Australia in New Year Tests at SCG. They had stands of 200 v Ind in 2015 and 100 v WI in 2016.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 3, 2017
100s before Lunch on 1st Day of a Test:
Trumper in 1904
Macartney in 1926
Bradman in 1930
Mazid Khan in 1976
WARNER in 2017#AUSvPAK— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 3, 2017
Most runs in first 50 Tests:
6790 Bradman @ 99.85
4947 Gavaskar @ 57.52
4685* STEVEN SMITH @ 60.84*
4682 Len Hutton @ 59.26#AUSvPAK— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 3, 2017
Most century inns with 100+ strike rate in Tests:
7 Gilchrist
6 Sehwag, WARNER(No other batsman with more than 3 such inns)
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 3, 2017
When Tharanga made his debut, Herath had 35 wkts from 12 Tests.
Tharanga playing his 24th Test, Hearth added 321 wkts from 64 Tests.#SAvSL— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 3, 2017
Two WKs taking 3+ catches in an inngs:
Majid Khan(4)/ Wasim Bari(3) v WI, Kingston, 1977
D Chandimal(4)/ K Mendis(3) v SA, CT, 2016 *#SAvSL— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 3, 2017
Lahiru Kumara (19y 325d) is the second youngest to take a fifer for SL after Ravindra Pushpakumara (19y 97d) – 7/116 v Zim, 1994. #SAvSL
— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 3, 2017
January 2
#SAvSL Test was the 13th instance of a wkt falling before a run got scored in a calendar year in Tests.https://t.co/tUnZWHZ8t7
— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) January 2, 2017
Cartwright will also become the first Zimbabwe-born to play Test cricket for Australia. @ESPNcricinfo https://t.co/6DcQH28vr5
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 2, 2017
January 1
Happy New Stat.
December 31
Virat Kohli’s rankings – end of 2016:
Tests – No. 2
ODIs – No. 2
T20Is – No. 1Only batsman in top-5 in all three formats.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 31, 2016
December 30
2 teams lost 5 consecutive Tests this year – Australia and Pakistan. Both were ranked No.1 at a point; Aus (Feb to Aug) & Pak (Aug-Oct).
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 30, 2016
Out of 43 double-centuries by Pakistan batsmen, Azhar Ali’s 205* is the first to end in a defeat. Prev highest in defeat: Hafeez’s 197.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 30, 2016
No. of teams to bat 1st score 400+ and lose by an innings:
First 2238 Tests: 2
Next 4 Tests: 3— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 30, 2016
December 29
More Christmas.
December 28
Test dismissals (updated till Amla’s)
Caught: 40,460
Bowled: 14,545
LBW: 10,000
Run-out: 2366
Stumped: 1389
Hit wicket: 155
Other modes: 10— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 28, 2016
December 27
Highest scores ‘Carrying the Bat’ in FCC:
359 SAMIT GOHEL, 2016 *
357 Bobby Abel, 1899
318 WG Grace, 1876
305 WH Ashdown, 1935#RanjiTrophy— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) December 27, 2016
December 13 – 26
Christmas.
December 12
Scoring 400 batting 1st and losing by an innings:
Eng 405 & 251 v Aus 695 Oval 1930
SL 400 & 82 v Eng 496-5 Cardiff 2011
E v I Mumbai 2016— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 12, 2016
10 wkts in match in highest % of Tests:
16.5% (22/133) M Muralitharan
16.3% (7/43) R Ashwin
10.4% (9/86) R Hadlee
10.0% (7/70) D Lillee— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 12, 2016
Most 12-wkt hauls in Tests:
6 Murali
5 Herath, ASHWIN
4 Barnes, Fazal Mahmood
3 Lohmann, Underwood, Kumble— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 12, 2016
December 11
Most Test 200s in a calendar year:
4 M Clarke 2012
3 D Bradman 1930, R Ponting 2003, B McCullum 2014, V Kohli 2016— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 11, 2016
Beating career best score most often:
13 V Kohli
11 D Vengsarkar
10 J Kallis, D Martyn, Mushtaq Ahmed & K Sangakkara— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 11, 2016
100 in 1st inns and duck in 2nd inns on debut:
A Hudson 163 & 0 (2 balls) SA v WI Bridgetown 1992
K Jennings 112 & 0 (1 ball) E v I 2016— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 11, 2016
December 10
Most 140+ scores in Tests since Nov 2014:
7 Kohli
5 Smith
4 Williamson, Khawaja– Next best for India: 2 by Rahane#IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 10, 2016
Kohli’s Test 100s:
First 7 – 116, 103, 103, 107, 119, 105*, 115
Next 8 – 141, 169, 147, 103, 200, 211, 167, 147* (ongoing)#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 10, 2016
December 9
Most ODI runs in a year with 50+ ave and 100+ SR:
1894 – Sachin in 1998 (Ave 65.31, SR 102.15)
1388 – Warner in 2016 (Ave 63.09, SR 105.47)— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 9, 2016
Lowest ODI totals to include a 150+ score:
261 – Ind v NZ, 1999 (Ganguly 153)
264 – AUS v NZ, today (Warner 156)#AusvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 9, 2016
Most overs with the same ball is 185.3 by WI v Ind 1962 https://t.co/QQGZMvBpLB Back then, rule was to change ball after team scores 200. https://t.co/Aqf9ipjOsl
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 9, 2016
December 8
Jennings’ strike-rate off the back foot is over 70. Eng in this series: just 51, versus 64 for India. One of the key differences. #IndvsEng
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) December 8, 2016
Moeen Ali vs spin in Tests
707 runs, 22 dismissals, ave 31.13 #INDvENG
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) December 8, 2016
That’s the fourth stumping in Cook’s Test career, from 235 dismissals
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) December 8, 2016
Alastair Cook has more Test runs in Asia than all the Indian batsmen in this team. #INDvENG
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 8, 2016
Most opening partners in Tests:
19 S Gavaskar
18 G Gooch/L Hutton
17 Saeed Anwar
16 G Boycott
15 RC Fredericks
14 A Cook/C Gayle— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 8, 2016
Eng debutants in India since 2006 (top-6 batsmen):
Cook 60 & 104*
Shah 88 & 39
Compton 9 & 37
Root 73 & 20*
Hameed 31 & 82
Jennings 52*— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 8, 2016
England’s debutants have averaged more than 50 in India since 2006. They haven’t averaged even 30 in any other country. #IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 8, 2016
December 7
In absentia.
December 6
Anderson to Kohli before this series:
Balls 131
Runs 42
Dismissals 5
Average 8.4This series:
Balls 76
Runs 47
Dismissals 0
Average –— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) December 6, 2016
Most ODI 100s in a year:
9 Tendulkar 1998
7 Ganguly 2000
6 Kirsten 1996, Tendulkar 1996, Dravid 1999, WARNER 2016#AusvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2016
December 5
Shikhar Dhawan turns 31 today.
– Smashed the fastest century on Test debut (85 balls)
– Highest score by an Indian on Test debut (187 runs)— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 5, 2016
Online votes for TIME’s Person of the Year (final):
18% Narendra Modi
7% Julian Assange, Barack Obama, Donald Trump— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 5, 2016
December 4
Steven Smith is only the second Aus captain after Ponting to score 1000+ ODI runs in a year. Ponting did it 4 times – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 4, 2016
Unbelievable STAT. Ferguson is first NZ bowler who’s overstepped in 35 ODIs. NZ bowlers had bowled 8500+ deliveries without overstepping!
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) December 4, 2016
H/T to Mazher Arshad
Highest average in ODIs at home in last 2 years (500+ runs)
75.53* S SMITH
75.37 Kohli
66.07 Amla
64.72 QDK
63.44 ABD#AusvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 4, 2016
December 2-3
Stats called in sick today.
December 1
On this day in 2006 India played their first T20I v SA in Johannesburg. That’s the only T20I MSD played as non-captain; Sehwag was captain.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 1, 2016
Arjuna Ranatunga turns 53rd today.
– Only player to appear in his country’s 1st and 100th Tests.
– Only SL captain to win a World Cup.— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 1, 2016
November 31
This date doesn’t exist.
November 30
Stats overslept.
November 29
@bbctms 8 wkts on each day of this Test – the 1st time in a Test with 4+ days of play that the same number of wkts have fallen each day.
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 29, 2016
Most wickeets lost in final possible session to lose Test:
9 Pak today
8 SL v Aus Col-SSC 1992
8 E v P Manch 2001
8 I v A Adel 2014— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 29, 2016
Vijay’s average in each Test of a series since 2014:
1st/only match – 69
2nd match – 37.33
3rd match – 21.20
4th match – 18.83 #IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 29, 2016
Haseeb Hameed is the first teenager to face 600+ balls in India. Prev most: K Brathwaite (598). #IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 29, 2016
November 28
Batting in positions 1-9 in Tests for England:
Wilfred Rhodes (who batted in all 11 postitions), Trevor Bailey & Moeen Ali— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 28, 2016
Ashwin (72), Jadeja (90), Jayant (55) – first instance of Ind’s No. 7, 8, 9 all scoring 50+ in an inns. 7th instance for any team. #INDvENG
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 28, 2016
Most dismissals in a calendar year:
68 J Bairstow 2016
67 I Healy 1993
67 M Boucher 1998
66 A Gilchrist 2004— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 28, 2016
November 27
Ashwin became only the second spinner to do the double of 500+ runs & 50+ wkts in a year. First: Vettori in 2008. #INDvENG
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 27, 2016
2 debutants not out in a successful chase:
F Penn-WG Grace, Eng v Aus, 1880
P Handscomb-M Renshaw, #AUSvSA— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 27, 2016
November 26
Players who have reappeared after missing 40+ Tests twice:
DB Close
FJ Titmus
GB Hogg
PA Patel— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 26, 2016
Younis Khan:
Last 4 Test innings – 0, 2, 1, 2
4 inns prior to that – 218, 127, 29*, 51#NZvsPak— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 26, 2016
November 25
Khawaja in Tests:
1st inns – 5 centuries, no scores between 50 and 99
2nd inns – 0 centuries, 5 scores between 50 and 99#AusvsSA— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 25, 2016
November 24
Declaration before stumps on day 1:
E v NZ Lord’s 1949 Mann
P v E Lord’s 1974 Intikhab
I v A Hyd 2013 Clarke
SA v A Adel 2016 Du Plessis— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 24, 2016
Players born on 24 November have scored more Test runs for England than any other birthday – 18218. 2nd: 25 Dec 17027.
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 24, 2016
Du Plessis’s achievements in D/N Tests
– First captain to score a century
– First SA player to score a century
– First centurion in Aus— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 24, 2016
November 23
Highest maiden ODI century by WI players:
157* X Marshall
152 Gayle
148 Haynes, EVIN LEVIS#SLvWI— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 23, 2016
November 22
Stats has called in sick.
November 21
Most consecutive wickets lost to lbws:
6 Eng v Ind Vizakhapatnam 2016
6 WI v Eng 2009 (1 at St John’s & 5 at Bridgetown)— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 21, 2016
Most Tests lost by Eng captains:
21 Atherton
19 Cook
18 Gower#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 21, 2016
November 20
Least runs in 50 ovs (since Jun 2001)
49 SA v Ind, 2015
68 SA v WI, 2005
71 Ban v NZ, 2008
75 ENG v IND, 2016
77 SA v Aus, 2012#INDvENG— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 20, 2016
Hameed’s S/R 17.36 (25 off 144b) is the lowest S/R of Eng opener since @sjamesjourno 16.67 (25 150b) v SL (The Oval) 1998
(qual.100b faced)— Richard V Isaacs (@RVISkyStatto) November 20, 2016
November 19
Most ducks in Tests for Eng:
20 J Anderson, M Atherton, S Broad, S Harmison & M Panesar
19 A Caddick, M Hoggard, D Underwood— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 19, 2016
@AWSStats Most inns before 1st duck for England:
54 J Anderson— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 19, 2016
Most runs for any wkt for a team in a calendar year:
2341 Pak 3rd 2006
1800 SA 2nd 2008
1790 Aus 2nd 2005
1759 Eng 6th 2016— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 19, 2016
Azhar Ali’s strike rate of 17.91 is the lowest for any Pakistan opener facing 100 or more balls. Prev lowest: 18.18 by Sadiq Mhd v Eng 1978.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 19, 2016
England’s 6th wicket averages more than 80 in Tests this year. No other wicket for them averages even 50. #IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 19, 2016
November 18
De Grandhomme takes best figures by a NZ bowler on Test debut https://t.co/lTY4JH7WyZ
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 18, 2016
November 17
Most Tests played together by a pair for England:
107 A Cook/J Anderson
106 A Cook/I Bell
100 A Cook/S Broad— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 17, 2016
Most 150+ scores by captains in a year:
4 Clarke 2012, McCullum 2014
3 Kohli 2016* and 8 others#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 17, 2016
Kohli’s Test 100s:
First 7 100s – 116, 103, 103, 107, 119, 105*, 115
Next 7 100s – 141, 169, 147, 103, 200, 211, 141* (batting)#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 17, 2016
November 16
Stat-less day.
November 15
Rabada in Tests:
Won Tests – 30 wkts in 4 mts at 16.13
Lost Test – 7 wkts in 3 mts at 28.57
Drawn Tests – 4 wkts in 3 mts at 62.25— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 15, 2016
November 14
Most consecutive 50+ scores for SA:
6 Melville, Kallis
5 Cronje, Kallis (twice), Amla, Q DE KOCK*#AUSvSA— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 14, 2016
November 13
100+ runs and 4 cts on Test debut:
AG Chipperfield (99 & 4, 4 cts) A v E Nottingham 1934
H Hameed (31 & 82, 4 cts) E v I Rajkot 2016— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 13, 2016
Most 100s in 3rd inns of Tests:
12 Sangakkara, COOK
10 Hayden, Kallis, Tendulkar
9 Amla, Border#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 13, 2016
November 12
32.5 overs – Australia’s second-shortest innings at home since World War II. They were all-out for 76 in 31.2 ovs v WI, Perth, 1984-85.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 12, 2016
There have been 49 previous Tests where both teams made 480+ in 1st inns:
Draw: 43
Won by team batting 3rd: 2
Won by team batting 4th: 4— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 12, 2016
Indian captains getting hit wicket in Tests:
Lala Amarnath v WI, Chennai, 1948-49
Virat Kohli v Eng, Rajkot, 2016-17#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 12, 2016
November 11
Moeen 99* at close yesterday, Pujara 99* at tea today. This is the first Test where 2 batsmen have been 99* at the end of a session.
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 11, 2016
Vijay’s ave in particular Tests of a series since Jun 2014:
1st – 81.45 (includes one-match series)
2nd – 52
3rd – 25
4th – 18.83
5th – 10— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 11, 2016
November 10
Authentic number 11s with previous Test 100:
X Balaskas (Prev HS 122) , G Evans (104), R Lindwall (100), S Kirmani (101), S Broad (169)— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 10, 2016
15 instances of a batsman remaining not out on 99 overnight. All those scored centuries the following day, including Moeen Ali. #IndvsEng
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 10, 2016
21 of the 22 players in this #IndvsEng Test have scored centuries in their first-class careers. Mohammad Shami the only one to not have one.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 10, 2016
Most 12-wkt hauls in Tests:
6 Muralitharan
5 Herath
4 Barnes, Fazal Mahmood, Ashwin#ZimvsSL— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 10, 2016
November 9
Haseeb Hameed (19 years, 297 days) is the youngest England player to open the batting on his Test debut. Previous youngest: Hutton 21y, 3d.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 9, 2016
England players 99* overnight:
Hobbs v Aus, 1925
Hammond v SA,1939
Lamb v WI, 1988
Hick v Ind, 1993
MOEEN ALI v Ind, 2016#IndvsEng— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 9, 2016
Most wkts by spinners in first 75 Tests:
420 Muralitharan
348* Herath
346 Kumble#ZimvSL— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 9, 2016
November 8
Rangana Herath becomes the third bowler after Muralitharan and Steyn to take five-wicket hauls against each team in Tests. #ZimvsSL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 8, 2016
Fastest 100s by Indians in first-class matches:
48 RR Pant 2016-17
56 RK Borat 1987-88
56 VB Chandrasekhar 1988-89
60 S Reuben Paul 1995-96— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 8, 2016
November 7
Australia are the first team to lose 6 wickets to lbws in a Perth Test.
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 7, 2016
November 6
Highest target set by team that conceded 1st innings lead in Tests:
539 SA v Aus Perth 2016
495 SA v Aus Jhb 1966
491 Aus v SA Perth 2005— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 6, 2016
November 5
Duminy & Elgar:
Both made their debuts in Perth.
Both scored their 5th Test ton in this Test.
For both this was their first ton in 2nd inns.— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 5, 2016
Most Test 100s by a player who got pair on his debut:
20 Gooch
16 Atapattu
11 Anwar
5 DEAN ALGAR#AusvsSA— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 5, 2016
November 4
Worst 10 wkt collapse after being 150-0:
153-0 to 236-10 Zim v SL Galle 2002
158-0 to 244-10 Aus today
276-0 to 365-10 WI v NZ Hamilton 1999— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 4, 2016
First time Warner got out in 90s in Tests, after making 16 centuries. #AusvSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 4, 2016
November 3
Brathwaite becomes the first opener to remain not out in both innings of any Test. #PakvsWI
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 3, 2016
November 2
First time Jason Holder has taken more than 3 wickets in a Test inns. This is his 20th Test.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 2, 2016
November 1
Lowest first-class career batting average before 1st 100 (min 30 inns):
7.34 R Routledge 1951
7.50 Aamer Hameed 1977
7.53 G Cremer 2007— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 1, 2016
4 ducks by Pakistan’s top-4 batsmen in a Test:
vs Aus, Sharjah, Oct 2002
vs WI, Sharjah, Oct 2016#PakvsWI— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 1, 2016
First time after 13 Tests, when batting second, WI have gained a first-inns lead. They had conceded ave lead of 204 runs in those Tests.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 1, 2016
Happy birthday @VVSLaxman281
Still holds the Indian record for highest % of runs in a completed Test inns (63.98% – 167/261) SCG 1999-00.— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 1, 2016