Monday 28 November 2016

Biggest collapses after a hundred-plus opening stand



Pakistan collapsed from 131 without loss to 230 all out in the second Test against New Zealand in Hamilton to lose the match by 138 runs and surrender the series 2-0. Sami Aslam (91) and Azhar Ali (58) put together 131 runs in 60 overs before the rest of the side folded out in the next 32 overs. It was the 22nd instance of team losing their ten wickets for less than 100 runs after a century opening wicket partnership. It was the third such instance in the last month and listed below are the instances:


Runs after opening stand is broken
Opening stand
Team total
Inngs #
Team
Against
Venue
Start date
46
124
170
2
Ind
Eng
Manchester
20-Jul-46
51
107
158
4
NZ
Aus
Auckland
22-Mar-74
64
164
228
3
Zim
WI
Harare
19-Jul-01
64
100
164
4
Eng
Ban
Mirpur
28-Oct-16
73
135
208
1
Pak
NZ
Christchurch
8-Dec-95
75
106
181
1
NZ
Ind
Hyderabad
15-Oct-69
83
153
236
2
Zim
SL
Galle
12-Jan-02
85
121
206
2
Ind
Aus
Delhi
12-Dec-59
86
158
244
3
Aus
SA
Perth
3-Nov-16
88
101
189
3
Eng
SL
Galle
22-Feb-01
89
276
365
1
WI
NZ
Hamilton
16-Dec-99
90
138
228
2
Aus
SL
Galle
22-Sep-99
90
126
226
2
Ban
Eng
Manchester
4-Jun-10
90
126
226
4
Aus
SA
Port Elizabeth
20-Feb-14
93
161
254
3
Ban
NZ
Dunedin
4-Jan-08
93
100
193
3
NZ
Aus
Sydney
22-Nov-85
94
122
216
3
Pak
Eng
Dhaka
19-Jan-62
98
129
227
1
Eng
WI
Kingston
27-Mar-48
98
120
218
2
SL
Ind
Lucknow
18-Jan-94
99
136
235
1
Aus
Ind
Chennai
14-Oct-04
99
129
228
3
SA
Eng
Port Elizabeth
27-Feb-14
99
131
230
4
Pak
NZ
Hamilton
25-Nov-16


* Stuart Carlisle was absent hurt in Zimbabwe's match against West Indies in Harare in 2001

* The only instance of a team losing 10 wickets after a 200+ opening wicket stand was by WI against NZ in Hamilton in 1999.

* Tamim Iqbal is the only opener to feature twice in the list.

* Australia has the most such instances (4) while SA, SL and SL have only one instance each.

* Galle has seen most such collapses - 3 - all by the visiting sides


Thursday 17 November 2016

Hundreds at a venue’s maiden Test – Away/ Neutral



For instances of player's scoring hundred in the maiden Test at a home venue click here: http://deepunarayanan.blogspot.in/2016/11/hundreds-at-venues-maiden-test-home.html


Hundreds at a venue’s maiden Test – Away/ Neutral

Player
Score
Team
Against
Venue
Year
Result
Billy Burdoch
153*
Aus
Eng
The Oval
1880
Lost
Billy Barnes
134
Eng
Aus
Adelaide
1884
Won
Bobby Abel
120
Eng
SA
Cape Town
1889
Won
Tom Hayward
122
Eng
SA
Johannesburg (OW)
1896
Won
Clem Hill
119
Aus
Eng
Sheffield
1902
Won
Phil Mead
181
Eng
SA
Durban
1923
Draw
Pasty Hendren
169
Eng
Aus
Brisbane (EG)
1928
Won
Andy Sandham
152
Eng
WI
Bridgetown
1930
Draw
Pasty Hendren
205*
Eng
WI
Port of Spain
1930
Won
Les Ames
105
Eng
WI
Port of Spain
1930
Won
Ted Bowley
109
Eng
NZ
Auckland
1930
Draw
KS Duleepsinhji
117
Eng
NZ
Auckland
1930
Draw
Pasty Hendren
123
Eng
WI
Georgetown
1930
Lost
A Sandham
325
Eng
WI
Kingston
1930
Draw
Les Ames
149
Eng
WI
Kingston
1930
Draw
B Valentine
136
Eng
Ind
Mumbai (Gym)
1934
Won
C Walters
102
Eng
Ind
Chennai (MAC)
1934
Lost
C Walcott
152
WI
Ind
Delhi
1948
Draw
Gerry Gomez
101
WI
Ind
Delhi
1948
Draw
E Weekes
128
WI
Ind
Delhi
1948
Draw
R Christiani
107
WI
Ind
Delhi
1948
Draw
Allan Rae
104
WI
Ind
Mumbai (BS)
1948
Draw
E Weekes
194
WI
Ind
Mumbai (BS)
1948
Draw
Len Hutton
159
Eng
SA
Johannesburg (EP)
1948
Draw
C Washbrook
195
Eng
SA
Johannesburg (EP)
1948
Draw
D Compton
114
Eng
SA
Johannesburg (EP)
1948
Draw
Nazar Mohammad
124
Pak
Ind
Lucknow (UG)
1952
Won
Polly Umrigar
108
Ind
Pak
Peshawar (SG)
1955
Draw
John Guy
102
NZ
Ind
Hyderabad (LBS)
1955
Draw
B Sutcliffe
137*
NZ
Ind
Hyderabad (LBS)
1955
Draw
P Richardson
117
Eng
SA
Johannesburg (NW)
1956
Won
N O'Neill
134
Aus
Pak
Lahore
1959
Won
B Lackhurst
131
Eng
Aus
Perth
1970
Draw
J Edrich
115*
Eng
Aus
Perth
1970
Draw
Denis Amiss
158
Eng
Pak
Hyderabad (Sind)
1973
Draw
A Kallicharan
124
WI
Ind
Bangalore
1974
Won
G Greenidge
107
WI
Ind
Bangalore
1974
Won
C Lloyd
163
WI
Ind
Bangalore
1974
Won
R Fredericks
104
WI
Ind
Mumbai (WS)
1975
Won
C Lloyd
242*
WI
Ind
Mumbai (WS)
1975
Won
G Vishwanath
145
Ind
Pak
Faisalabad
1978
Draw
Asif Iqbal
104
Pak
NZ
Napier
1979
Draw
Majid Khan
119*
Pak
NZ
Napier
1979
Draw
Viv Richards
120*
WI
Pak
Multan (IQBS)
1981
Draw
P Willey
102*
Eng
WI
St John's
1981
Draw
G Boycott
104*
Eng
WI
St John's
1981
Draw
K Wessels
141
Aus
SL
Kandy
1983
Won
D Hookes
143*
Aus
SL
Kandy
1983
Won
Wasim Raja
125
Pak
Ind
Jalandhar
1983
Draw
A Gaekwad
201
Pak
Ind
Jalandhar
1983
Draw
John Reid
180
NZ
SL
Colombo (CCC)
1984
Won
Rameez Raja
114
Pak
Ind
Jaipur
1987
Draw
A Gurusinha
119
SL
NZ
Hamilton
1991
Draw
Dean Jones
100*
Aus
SL
Colombo (RPS)
1992
Draw
Allan Border
106
Aus
SL
Moratuwa
1992
Draw
S Manjrekar
104
Ind
Zim
Harare
1992
Draw
Rob Latham
119
NZ
Zim
Bulawayo (AC)
1992
Draw
S Ranatunga
100*
SL
Zim
Bulawayo (QSC)
1994
Draw
Jimmy Adams
174*
WI
Ind
Mohali
1994
Won
Graeme Hick
141
Eng
SA
Centurion
1995
Draw
Grant Flower
110
Zim
Pak
Shekhupura
1996
Draw
Paul Strang
106*
Zim
Pak
Shekhupura
1996
Draw
T Gripper
112
Zim
Ban
Chittagong (MAA)
2001
Won
Andy Flower
114*
Zim
Ban
Chittagong (MAA)
2001
Won
C Wishart
114
Zim
Ban
Chittagong (MAA)
2001
Won
Mohd Yousuf
146
Pak
WI
Sharjah
2002
Won
Rashid Latif
150
Pak
WI
Sharjah
2002
Won
Scott Styris
107
NZ
WI
St George's
2002
Draw
M Atapattu
118
SL
WI
Gros Islet
2003
Draw
U Tharanga
165
SL
Ban
Bogra
2006
Won
A Gilchrist
144
Aus
Ban
Fatullah
2006
Won
R Ponting
118*
Aus
Ban
Fatullah
2006
Won
VVS Laxman
100
Ind
WI
Basseterre
2006
Draw
D Karthik
129
Ind
Ban
Mirpur
2007
Won
W Jaffer
138*
Ind
Ban
Mirpur
2007
Won
R Dravid
129
Ind
Ban
Mirpur
2007
Won
S Tendulkar
122*
Ind
Ban
Mirpur
2007
Won
M Warnapura
120
SL
WI
Providence
2008
Won
M Jayawardene
136
SL
WI
Providence
2008
Won
S Katich
113
Aus
WI
North Sound
2008
Draw
M Clarke
110
Aus
WI
North Sound
2008
Draw
S Katich
102
Aus
Ind
Nagpur (VCA)
2008
Lost
S Katich
122
Aus
Eng
Cardiff
2009
Draw
R Ponting
150
Aus
Eng
Cardiff
2009
Draw
M North
125*
Aus
Eng
Cardiff
2009
Draw
B Haddin
121
Aus
Eng
Cardiff
2009
Draw
T McIntosh
102
NZ
Ind
Hyderabad (RGS)
2010
Draw
B McCuluum
225
NZ
Ind
Hyderabad (RGS)
2010
Draw
Graeme Smith
100
SA
Pak
Dubai
2010
Draw
Hashim Amla
118*
SA
Pak
Dubai
2010
Draw
J Kallis
135*
SA
Pak
Dubai
2010
Draw
Younis Khan
131*
Pak
SA
Dubai
2010
Draw
J Kallis
105
SA
Pak
Abu Dhabi
2010
Draw
AB de Villiers
278*
SA
Pak
Abu Dhabi
2010
Draw
K Sangakkara
119
SL
Eng
Southampton
2011
Draw
Darren Bravo
127
WI
Ban
Khulna
2012
Won
M Samuels
260
WI
Ban
Khulna
2012
Won
S Chanderpaul
150*
WI
Ban
Khulna
2012
Won
D Karunaratne
152
SL
NZ
Christchurch (HO)
2014
Lost
Joe Root
124
Eng
Ind
Rajkot (SCA)
2016
Draw
Moeen Ali
117
Eng
Ind
Rajkot (SCA)
2016
Draw
Ben Stokes
128
Eng
Ind
Rajkot (SCA)
2016
Draw
A Cook
130
Eng
Ind
Rajkot (SCA)
2016
Draw


+ Valentine and Greenidge achieved the feat in their debut Test.

+ Murdoch’s 153* was the first century by a captain in Tests.

+ Players scoring a three different venues – Headley, Hendren, Steve Waugh, Tendulkar, Kallis, Katich, Chanderpaul and Pujara. Headley & Pujara’s all instances were in the same season.

+ There are four instances of four hundreds in a Test by a visiting team – WI in Delhi, India in Mirpur, Australia in Cardiff and England in Rajkot. SA and Pakistan have together managed four in Dubai’s first ever Test.


+ The highest individual score (away) is Andy Sandham’s 325 – first 300 in Test cricket.