India and England bagan their 42
day long 5 match test series at Trent Bridge. It was the first test both sides
are playing after the ICC has been reconstituted with India, England and
Australia at the helm of affairs. It was a test match in which the headlines
were created by the bowlers, but rather surprisingly for their batting.
Mohammed Shami, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and James Anderson all made merry on a
docile and life-less track. Out of the 26 century partnerships for the 10th
wicket in tests, 12 came since 2000 indicating how seriously tail enders take
care of their batting. Let us look into
some of the batting records broken by the bowlers during the test match.
Highest 10th wicket stands in tests
|
Players
|
Runs
|
vs
|
Venue
|
Date
|
|
Joe
Root/ James Anderson (Eng)
|
198
|
Ind
|
Trent
Bridge
|
13 Jul
2014
|
|
Phili Hughes/ Ashton Agar (Aus)
|
163
|
Eng
|
Trent Bridge
|
11 Jul 2013
|
|
RO Collinge/ BF Hastings (NZ)
|
151
|
Pak
|
Auckland
|
18 Feb 1973
|
|
A Mahmood/ M Ahmed (Pak)
|
151
|
SA
|
Rawalpindi
|
07 Oct 1997
|
|
Denesh Ramdin/ Tino Best (WI)
|
143
|
Eng
|
Edgbaston
|
10 Jun 2012
|
 |
| Anderson scored a career best 81. |
Highest scores by #11 in tests
|
Player
|
Runs
|
vs
|
Venue
|
Date
|
|
Ashton Agar (Aus)
|
98
|
Eng
|
Trent Bridge
|
11 Jul 2013
|
|
Tino Best (WI)
|
95
|
Eng
|
Edgbaston
|
10 Jun 2012
|
|
James
Anderson (Eng)
|
81
|
Ind
|
Trent
Bridge
|
13 Jul
2014
|
|
Zaheer Khan (Ind)
|
75
|
Bang
|
Dhaka
|
12 Dec 2004
|
|
Richard Collinge (NZ)
|
68*
|
Pak
|
Auckland
|
18 Feb 1973
|
# Ashton Agar’s 98 came
on his debut innings.
Most tests before maiden half century in tests
|
Player
|
Tests
|
Innings
|
Score
|
Vs
|
Venue
|
Year
|
|
Glenn McGrath
|
102
|
115
|
61
|
NZ
|
Gabba
|
2004
|
|
James
Anderson
|
95
|
131
|
81
|
Ind
|
Trent
Bridge
|
2014
|
|
M Muralitharan
|
64
|
85
|
67
|
Ind
|
Kandy
|
2001
|
|
Jason Gillespie
|
59
|
77
|
54*
|
NZ
|
Gabba
|
2004
|
|
BishanSingh Bedi
|
47
|
71
|
50*
|
NZ
|
Kanpur
|
1976
|
# Glenn McGrath &
Jason Gillespie did it in the same test match.
# Players without any
50s batting over 100 innings in tests – Courtney Walsh (185 innings); Bob
Willis (128); Waqar Younis (120); Makhaya Ntini (116); Derek Underwood (116);
Lance Gibbs (109); Chris Martin (104)
Highest aggregate by 10th wicket partnerships in a test
|
Tests
|
Venue
|
Year
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
Total
|
|
England
– India
|
Trent
Bridge
|
2014
|
111
|
198
|
|
|
309*
|
|
England – Aus
|
Trent Bridge
|
2013
|
2
|
163
|
0
|
65
|
230
|
|
NZ – Pakistan
|
Auckland
|
1973
|
48
|
151
|
29
|
-
|
228
|
|
England – Aus
|
Sydney
|
1924
|
62
|
24
|
127
|
7
|
220
|
|
England – WI
|
Kennington Oval
|
1966
|
45
|
128
|
21
|
-
|
194
|
# England – India,
Trent Bridge, 2014 is the only instance of both sides registering a 10th
wicket stand of 100 or more runs.
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| Bhuvi & Shami - rescued India from 346/9 to 457 |
Highest run aggregate by #11’s in a test
|
Teams
|
Inngs
|
Batsmen
|
Runs
|
Venue
|
Year
|
|
Eng -
Ind
|
2
|
M
Shami; J Anderson
|
132
|
Trent
Bridge
|
2014
|
|
Eng Aus
|
4
|
J Anderson; A Agar;J Pattinson
|
124
|
Trent Bridge
|
2013
|
|
NZ - Pak
|
3
|
R Collinge; P Sajad
|
100
|
Auckland
|
1973
|
|
Eng - WI
|
1
|
Tino Best
|
95
|
Edgbaston
|
2012
|
|
Ind – Bang
|
3
|
Zaheer Khan; Mashrafe Mortaza
|
82
|
Dhaka
|
2004
|
# M Shami and J
Anderson are the only #11’s in a test to score 50s in the same test.
Most balls faced by #11 in a test
|
Player
|
Balls
|
vs
|
Venue
|
Date
|
|
Rodney Hogg (Aus)
|
160
|
WI
|
Georgetown
|
03 Mar 1984
|
|
John Snow (Eng)
|
146
|
WI
|
Kennington Oval
|
20 Aug 1966
|
|
Trent Boult (NZ)
|
137
|
Bang
|
Chittagong
|
10 Oct 2013
|
|
Danny Morrison (NZ)
|
133
|
Eng
|
Auckland
|
28 Jan 1997
|
|
James
Anderson(Eng)
|
130
|
Ind
|
Trent
Bridge
|
13 Jul
2014
|
Most boundaries hit by #11 in a test
|
Player
|
4s
|
vs
|
Venue
|
Date
|
|
James
Anderson(Eng)
|
17
|
Ind
|
Trent
Bridge
|
13 Jul
2014
|
|
Tino Best(WI)
|
14
|
Eng
|
Edgbaston
|
10 Jun 2012
|
|
Ashton Agar (Aus)
|
12
|
Eng
|
Trent Bridge
|
11 Jul 2013
|
|
Wasim Bari (Pak)
|
10
|
WI
|
Bridgetown
|
22 Feb 1977
|
|
Zaheer Khan (Ind)
|
10
|
Bang
|
Dhaka
|
12 Dec 2004
|
# Shane Shillingford
struck most 6s for a #11 batsman – 5 against NZ at Kingston on 9 June 2014.
Instances of 2 #11 scoring 25+ in the same test
|
Batsman 1
|
Score
|
Batsman 2
|
Score
|
Venue
|
Year
|
|
Wilfred Rhodes (Eng)
|
29
|
Tibby Cotter(Aus)
|
34
|
Sydney
|
1904
|
|
Angus Fraser (Eng)
|
32
|
M Muralitharan (SL)
|
30
|
Kennington Oval
|
1998
|
|
T Panangara (Zim)
|
32
|
M Muralitharan(SL)
|
26
|
Harare
|
2004
|
|
M Muralitharan (SL)
|
33
|
Monty Panesar(Eng)
|
26
|
Trent Bridge
|
2006
|
|
Ashton Agar (Aus)
|
98
|
James Pattinson(Aus)
|
25*
|
Trent Bridge
|
2013
|
|
M Shami
(Ind)
|
51*
|
James
Anderson(Eng)
|
81
|
Trent
Bridge
|
2014
|
Highest scores by Indian openers on the first day of a tour
|
Player
|
Runs
|
vs
|
Venue
|
Country
|
Date
|
|
Murali
Vijay
|
122*
|
Eng
|
Trent
Bridge
|
England
|
10 Jul
2014
|
|
Madhav Apte
|
64
|
WI
|
Port of Spain
|
West Indies
|
21 Jan 1953
|
|
Dinesh Karthik
|
56
|
Bang
|
Chittagong
|
Bangladesh
|
18 May 2007
|
|
Virender Sehwag
|
52
|
Bang
|
Chittagong
|
Bangladesh
|
17 Jan 2010
|
 |
| Ashton Agar - scored a stroke filled 98 on debut |
Other important facts and figures from the match
# Mohammed Shami is
the 3rd Indian #11 to score a test 50 after Ghulam Ahmed (50 vs Pak
at Delhi, 1952) & Zaheer Khan (75 vs Bang at Dhaka, 2004).
# James Anderson’s 81
is the highest score by an English #11 beating John Snow’s 59*vs WI at Oval in
1966.
# Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
is the 10th Indian to score a fifty and take a 5-fer in an overseas
test (58 & 5/58). Kapil Dev did it thrice.
# James Anderson is
the 2nd #11 to score a 50 against India after Wes Hall (50* at Port
of Spain in 1962).
# Mohammed Shami is
the only Indian to be involved in two 75+ stands for the 10th
wicket.
# Mohammed Shami(51*)
is the highest score by an Indian #11 against England. (Previous : 35 by S
Sreesanth at The Oval in 2007).
# MS Dhoni was run-out for the first time in a test outside
Asia.
# MS Dhoni now has 153
innings outside Asia in all internationals without scoring a century. Among batsman from
sub-continent only Chaminda Vaas has batted in more innings – 173 outside Asia
century less.
# Murali Vijay scored
the 100th test century at Trent Bridge. It is 9th venue
overall and 5th in England in which 100 or more centuries have been
scored. First century at Trent Bridge was scored by Archie MacLaren (140) for
England against Australia in 1905.
# This is the 3rd
time in tests, 2 among India’s batsmen
from 9-11 scoring 50s. Other occasions being
Nana Joshi & Ramkant Desai vs
Pakistan in 1952 and Kiran More & Atul Wassan vs NZ in 1990.
