Saturday 23 January 2016

A tribute to the Chanderpaul in numbers


“Has it gone? Has it gone? Has it gone? Has it gone? It’s gone” – Ian Bishop was commentating in the first ODI between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Port of Spain in 2008 when Chanderpaul managed to pull off a heist with ten required off two balls and only the last man for company. That was Chanderpaul. Known for his stubbornness out there in the middle he could also pull of some unbelievable innings out from nowhere. He was the greatest proof to the fact that there is life beyond the coaching manual. A crab like stance with the back of the bat facing the fielder at the backward point, the little man from Guyana scored over 10000 runs in tests at an average of above fifty in a career spanning over 21 long years. Let us ride through his career with the help of a few numbers.


FACT FILE

NAME: Shivnarine Chanderpaul

BORN: August 16, 1974, Unity Village, East Coast, Demerara, Guyana

MAJOR TEAMS: West Indies, Derbyshire, Durham, Guyana, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Khulna Royal Bengals, Lancashire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Stanford Superstars, Uva Next, Warwickshire, Warwickshire 2nd XI

BATTING STYLE: Left handed

BOWLING STYE: Right arm leg break



CAREER STATS – BATTING & FIELDING

Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
Tests
164
280
49
11867
203*
51.37
30
66
66
ODIs
268
251
40
8778
150
41.6
11
59
73
T20Is
22
22
5
343
41
20.17
0
0
7
First-class
349
570
103
25399
303*
54.38
71
133
185
List A
408
380
70
13031
150
42.03
12
96
112
Twenty20
81
78
11
1576
87*
23.52
0
8
24



CAREER STATS - BOWLING

Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
SR
4w
Tests
164
43
1740
883
9
1/2
1/2
98.11
193.3
0
ODIs
268
28
740
636
14
3/18
3/18
45.42
52.8
0
T20Is
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
349
4812
2532
60
4/48
-
42.2
80.2
List A
408
1681
1388
56
4/22
4/22
24.78
30
2
Twenty20
81
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


Chanders: The immovable crab


(In)Auspicious start

Chanderpaul made his first class debut for Guyana in his home ground Bourda at a young age of 17. He was run out for a duck in the first innings and scored ninety in the second innings while following on (out of 243 when no one crossed fifty). Two years later, he made his way into the test side. Playing against England at Bourda, he scored 62 in his only outing. He was just 19 years & 215 days old, thereby making the third youngest West Indies player to score fifty or more on debut innings.


Second in command

For a major part of his career, Chanderpaul had to play the second fiddle to Brian Lara. However one interesting record that the two combined hold is the highest difference between two scores in the same innings in a test match. When Lara scored the record breaking 375 against England at St John’s in 1994, the next highest score was Chanderpaul’s 75* - difference of exactly 300. It is the only instance of a difference of 300 or more between two scores in the same innings in tests.


First of the 30

India toured West Indies after 8 long years in 1997 under Sachin Tendulkar. In the two dud draws in the first two tests, Chanderpaul scored 52, 48, 42 and 79. But the elusive three figure score eluded him even after 18 tests. In the only test match that had a result in the 5-match series, Chanderpaul scored 137* at Bridgetown – his only test hundred batting in the top three positions. It was just the beginning of the love affair he was to have with the Indians.


The watershed moment

After 51 tests, Chanderpaul’s career stats were: 2934 runs at 38.6 with two hundreds and 23 fifties in 85 innings. Hardly earth shattering. His favorite opposition once again visited the Caribbean shores in the summer of 2002 and in the series which followed, he just refused to get out. His scores read – 140, 1 & 67*, 101*, 136* and 58 & 59 – 562 runs at 140.5 earning him a Man of the Series award. He batted for 1513 minutes between his first innings dismissals in the second and fifth tests – a world record. He went on to bat undismissed for over 1000 minutes thrice more in his career – 1031 minutes in 2004, 1074 minutes in 2007 and 1115 minutes in 2008.


Century of 69 balls

When your side is reeling at 51/5 against Steve Waugh’s all conquering side of the 2000s, no one expects you to score a century in 69 balls, especially if your name is Shivnarine Chanderpaul. But that is exactly what happened at the Bourda in April 2003. In company of ‘Iron Gloves’ Ridley Jacobs, he thrashed the Aussie bowlers to all corners of the ground. It was then the third fastest hundred in the history of the game (currently the joint 5th fastest).


The world record chase

Despite of Chanderpaul’s heroic efforts, West Indies lost that Bourda test as well as the next two tests. Coming into the fourth test at St John’s in Antigua, they were on the threshold of facing the ignominy of first whitewash at home. Set to chase 418 in the last innings writing was on the wall. When Lara departed just after lunch at 165 it was just a matter of time. Chanderpaul, who was nursing a broken thumb, joined fellow Guyanese Ramnaresh Sarwan in the middle and batted out the day scoring 103. He added only one more on the fifth morning but that was enough to set up a West Indian victory at last. West Indies’ 418/7 still remains the highest successful fourth innings chase in the history of cricket. It was also the last time West Indies beat Australia in a test match.


Double century on captaincy debut

Chanderpaul was one of the two players to score a double century on captaincy debut. Leading a depleted side against the mighty Proteas, he scored an unbeaten 203 on his home ground at Georgetown, Guyana. The first player to score a double hundred on captaincy debut was New Zealand’s Graham Dowling (239 vs India, Christchurch, 1968). In the same innings, opener Wavell Hinds also smashed his first double century. It was the second and the last time, two West Indians scored double hundreds in the same innings. The other occasion was when Garfield Sobers made the world record 365 not out and Conrad Hunte scored 260 in the same innings against Pakistan in 1958.


One of eight

In the last test match of the series discussed above, eight hundreds were scored for the first time in a test match (emulated once later).  AB de Villiers, Graeme Smith, Jack Kallis and Ashwell Prince from South Africa and Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Chanderpaul from West Indies reached the three figure mark.


The Bridgetown classic

Against Pakistan in Bridgetown in May 2005, Chanderpaul scored 92 in the first innings and an unbeaten 153 in the second which paved for a rare West Indian victory. It was the second time in leas then 12 months where he scored a hundred and ninety-odd in the same test. He was the first player to do it twice (Alistair Cook is the only player to emulate him since). He has also scored a century and a duck in the same test thrice – Andrew Strauss being the only other to do so.


The run of seven consecutive fifties

Chanderpaul was the third player to score fifty or more in seven consecutive innings in tests after Everton Weekes in 1948/49 and Andy Flower in 2000/01. The record run started in the second innings of Karachi test against Pakistan where he scored 69. In the England tour which followed, Chanderpaul scored 74 at Lord’s, 50 and 116* at Old Trafford and 136* & 70 at Chester-Le-Street. In the Boxing Day test against South Africa ta Port Elizabeth he scored 104 in the first innings. His dismissal for 8 in the second innings ended the run. Kumar Sangakkara and Chris Rogers emulated the feat since.


The 64th loss

In the Kolkata test of 2011 tour of India, Chanderpaul went past Brian Lara’s dubious record of being in the losing side of most tests. The Kolkata test was his 64th and he ended the career with 77 losses. Chanderpaul (5370 runs) and Lara (5316 runs) are the only ones to score more than 5000 runs in test losses. In the 43 test losses they featured together, the duo scored 6003 runs combined – more than any other pair.


203* again

In his second tour to Bangladesh in 2012, Chanderpaul scored his second test double century. It was the second time in his career he scored 203* and it remained his career best. 203* is the joint highest identical career highest score for a batsman. Shoaib Mohammed also scored 203* twice in his career which remained his personal best.


The late stumping

Chanderpaul was stumped for the first time in his career in his 266th innings – the most by any before getting stumped. He was stumped by BJ Watling off Matt Craig at Bridgetown in 2014. Graeme Smith is at a distant next with 194 innings before getting stumped. Mahela Jayawardene has played the most innings without ever getting stumped in tests – 252.


Refusing to get out

When Bangladesh toured the Caribbean in 2014, Chanderpaul scored 270 runs in the series without getting dismissed (85*, 84* and 101*). It was the then second highest run aggregate in a series without getting dismissed (currently third) by a batsman with more than one innings.


Last bow from test cap #204

Chanderpaul was the 204th cricketer to play for West Indies. In his last test at Bridgetown, he played alongside Shai Hope who was the 302nd to represent the West Indies. The difference of 98 (302 - 204) is the biggest for a side other than England. A testament to his longevity and consistency!


The perennial not out man

Chanderpaul has remain unbeaten on a record 49 times – more than any other specialist batsman. Steve Waugh is next best with 46. The 4094 runs he scored in his not out innings is clearly ahead of the next played Waugh who has 3318 runs. Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on 18 of his 30 test hundreds, again another list where he leads. Tendulkar is next best with 16.


The fulcrum

Batting at number is not the easiest thing for one to do. You have to farm the strike well and protect the tail-enders thereby sacrificing your opportunities to score big hundreds (Ask VVS Laxman). Among batsmen with ten or more innings at number six. Chanderpaul’s average of 64.82 in the highest. His seven hundreds at #6 is only behind Gary Sobers and Asad Shafiq.


The explorer

Chanderpaul played his 164 test matches in 58 separate grounds – second only to Sachin Tendulkar who played in 59 (in 200 tests). He played the most in Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados – 19 times. Among away grounds, the most came at Lord’s - five.


Top scoring in each innings

Chanderpaul has top scored for the West Indies in each innings for a record nine occasions – the joint most with Ken Barrington and Brian Lara.


The man who saw the most

Chanderpaul has witnessed the dismissal of 519 partners from the other end in 771 partnerships – the most by any in both aspects. Rahul Dravid is the distant next with witnessing 453 dismissals in 738 partnerships.  Chanderpaul has played with 105 team mates in his 21 year long career and forged partnerships with 83 of them – another world record.


Nine in nine

Chanderpaul has taken nine wickets in his entire test career – all nine coming in separate innings in separate tests. The next best is Joey Carew with eight followed by Roy Fredericks and Michael Hussey with seven each.



The man who carried a team on his shoulders has finally faded into the oblivion without even a farewell test match like his more illustrated contemporaries. And as a cricket fan and admirer of Chanderpaul and West Indies cricket of the 1990s and 2000s, I hope his legacy is carried forward by his son Tagenarine Chanderpaul.



READ:: How his career winded down - Chanderpaul; has the age finally caught up with him: http://cricking.com/chanderpaul-has-age-finally-caught-up-with-him/


Tuesday 5 January 2016

Maiden first class century & five wicket haul coming in test matches




Maiden first class century coming in a test match


Player
Team
Vs
Runs
Venue
Date
Test#
FC#
Previous Best in FCC
Charles Bannerman
Aus
Eng
165*
MCG
15 Mar 1877
1
9
83
Billy Murdoch
Aus
Eng
153*
The Oval
08 Sep 1880
3
30
82*
Percy McDonell
Aus
Eng
147
SCG
03 Mar 1882
4
21
79
Henry Wood
Eng
SA
134
Cape Town
21 Mar 1892
4
154
75
Harry Graham
Aus
Eng
107
Lord's
18 Jul 1893
1
22
86
Jimmy Sinclair
SA
Eng
106
Cape Town
01 Apr 1899
5
18
86
Percy Sherwell
SA
Eng
115
Lord's
2-Jul-1907
6
28
74
HGO Owen-Smith
SA
Eng
129
Leeds
15-Jul-1929
3
17
52*
Clifford Roach
WI
Eng
122
Bridgetown
11-Jan-1930
4
39
92
Billy Griffith
Eng
WI
140
Port of Spain
11-Feb-1948
1
129
87
Vijay Manjrekar
Ind
Eng
133
Leeds
5-Jun-1952
3
21
81
Clairmonte Depeiaza
WI
Aus
122
Bridgetown
17-May-1955
2
8
64
Paul Winslow
SA
Eng
108
Old Trafford
9-Jul-1955
4
44
94
Noel McGregor
NZ
Pak
111
Lahore
26-Oct-1955
4
34
84
Gerry Alexander
WI
Aus
108
SCG
16-Jan-1961
23
89
99
Nasim-ul-Ghani
Pak
Eng
101
Lord's
22-Jun-1962
18
48
73
Bruce Taylor
NZ
Ind
105
Kolkata
5-Mar-1965
1
4
49
Bernard Julien
WI
Eng
121
Lord's
24-Aug-1973
3
84
98
Warren Lees
NZ
Pak
152
Karachi
1-Nov-1976
3
34
77
Kapil Dev
Ind
WI
126*
Delhi
25-Jan-1979
8
34
88
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
Pak
157
Faisalabad
14-Mar-1982
3
18
95
Amal Silva
SL
Eng
102*
Lord's
28-Aug-1984
2
9
91
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
NZ
201*
Colombo (CCC)
16-Apr-1987
1
12
55
Jack Russell
Eng
Aus
128*
Old Trafford
31-Jul-1989
5
166
94
Ian Healy
Aus
Eng
102*
Old Trafford
6-Jun-1993
48
102
90
Paul Strang
Zim
Pak
106*
Sheikhupura
17-Oct-1996
10
38
97
Azhar Mahmood
Pak
SA
128*
Rawalpindi
6-Oct-1997
1
44
92
Saqlain Mushtaq
Pak
NZ
101*
Christchurch
17-Mar-2001
33
106
79
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
Ind
105*
Galle
15-Aug-2001
10
50
98
Ajay Ratra
Ind
WI
115*
St John's
11-May-2002
3
28
77
Marlon Samuels
WI
Ind
102
Kolkata
1-Nov-2002
13
29
84
Mohammad Rafique
Ban
WI
111
St Lucia
28-May-2004
11
26
76
Shahriar Nafees
Ban
Aus
138
Fatullah
9-Apr-2006
5
20
97
Jason Gillespie
Aus
Ban
201*
Chittagong
16-Apr-2006
71
129
58
Jerome Taylor
WI
NZ
106
Dunedin
14-Dec-2008
21
55
40
Mitchell Johnson
Aus
SA
123*
Cape Town
22-Mar-2009
21
47
96
Stuart Broad
Eng
Pak
169
Lord's
27-Aug-2010
32
73
91
Harbhajan Singh
Ind
NZ
115
Ahmedabad
7-Nov-2010
88
152
84
Abul Hasan
Ban
WI
113
Khulna
21-Nov-2012
1
7
61
Jason Holder
WI
Eng
103*
North Sound
17-Apr-2015
4
27
52

** The date given is the start of batsman's individual innings.

Jason Holder: a capable lower order batsman


# Bannerman’s hundred was the first in the history of test cricket and scored on the very first day.

# These were the only test hundreds for –Bannerman, Henry Wood, Depeiaza, Alexzander, Saqlain, Rafique, Jerome Taylor, Nafees and Holder.

# Henry wood played 316 FC matches – the most by any with just one FC hundred and that coming in a test match.

# Sangakkara and Healy scored their first four FC hundreds in test matches. These were the only 4 hundreds in Healy’s entire FC career.

# Jerome Taylor and Bruce Taylor didn’t even had a fifty in their FC career at the time of their maiden test century.

# Brendon Kuruppu & Jason Gillespie scored double hundreds and these remained their only hundreds in their test career. Gillespie didn’t play another test and Kuruppu played just 3 more in his entire career.

# Bannerman, Graham, Griffith, Bruce Taylor, Kuruppu, Azhar Mahmood and Abul Hasan were on their test debut.

# Bruce Taylor also took a took a 5-fer in the same test thereby making it the only instance of a player scoring a hundred and taking a 5-fer in his debut test.

# Nasim-ul-Ghani was a night watchman in the test where he scored his maiden FC hundred.

# Harbhajan scored another hundred in his next test and these two are his only hundreds in his FC career.




Maiden first class five wicket haul coming in a test match


Player
Figures
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
Test #
FC #
Previous Best in FCC
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Tom Kendall
33.1
12
55
7
Aus
Eng
MCG
19-Mar-1877
1
1
1/51
A Rose-Innes
18
5
43
5
SA
Eng
Port Elizabeth
12-Mar-1889
1
1
-
Gobo Ashley
43.1
18
95
7
SA
Eng
Cape Town
25-Mar-1889
1
1
-
Bonnor Middleton
25.4
6
64
5
SA
Eng
Port Elizabeth
13-Feb-1896
1
9
3/42
George Rowe
49
9
115
5
SA
Eng
Johannesburg
02-Mar-1896
1
5
4/84
Chris Heseltine
16.2
3
38
5
Eng
SA
Johannesburg
02-Mar-1896
1
12
2/17
Tip Snooke
31.4
8
70
8
SA
Eng
Johannesburg
13-Mar-1906
3
23
4/49
George Parker
37
2
152
6
SA
Eng
Birmingham
14-Jun-1924
1
2
4/34
Morris Sievers
11.2
5
21
5
Aus
Eng
MCG
1-Jan-1937
3
23
3/29
Keith Miller
22
4
60
7
Aus
Eng
Brisbane
2-Dec-1946
2
26
4/49
Mick Melle
33
3
113
5
SA
Aus
Johannesburg
10-Feb-1950
1
5
4/82
Esmond Kentish
29
11
49
5
WI
Eng
Kingston
20-Jan-1954
2
10
4/58
Dennis Atkinson
36.2
16
56
5
WI
Aus
Bridgetown
19-May-1955
15
43
4/26
Eric Atkinson
21
7
42
5
WI
Pak
Kingston
26-Feb-1958
2
12
4/70
Lance Gibbs
42
12
80
5
WI
Pak
Georgetown
17-Mar-1958
3
8
4/68
Jaswick Taylor
36.5
6
109
5
WI
Pak
Port of Spain
27-Mar-1958
1
6
1/7
Lester King
19
4
46
5
WI
Ind
Kingston
13-Apr-1962
1
3
4/129
Arif Butt
21.3
1
89
6
Pak
Aus
MCG
5-Dec-1964
1
16
4/78
Eddie Barlow
33.3
9
85
5
SA
Aus
Cape Town
31-Dec-1966
23
93
4/28
Basil Butcher
13.2
2
34
5
WI
Eng
Port of Spain
16-Mar-1968
32
121
2/46
Mudassar Nazar
19
7
32
6
Pak
Eng
Lord's
14-Aug-1982
25
130
3/13
Ashanta de Mel
14
0
68
5
SL
Ind
Chennai
22-Sep-1982
5
17
4/70
Vinothen John
25.2
9
60
5
SL
NZ
Wellington
12-Mar-1983
2
9
2/29
Saliya Ahangama
24
7
52
5
SL
Ind
Kandy
14-Sep-1985
3
5
3/49
K Kuruppuarachchi
14.5
2
44
5
SL
Pak
Colombo (CCC)
14-Mar-1986
1
5
4/85
Steve Waugh
21.3
4
69
5
Aus
Eng
WACA
2-Dec-1986
10
29
4/56
Allan Border
26
10
46
7
Aus
WI
SCG
26-Jan-1989
101
259
4/61
Vivek Razdan
27
5
79
5
Ind
Pak
Sialkot
10-Dec-1989
2
4
3/63
Chris Pringle
16
4
52
7
NZ
Pak
Faisalabad
26-Oct-1990
3
15
4/56
Chris Cairns
27
6
75
5
NZ
SL
Auckland
3-Mar-1991
1
26
4/57
Heath Streak
20.3
3
56
5
Zim
Pak
Rawalpindi
11-Dec-1993
2
6
3/58
Jimmy Adams
9
4
17
5
WI
NZ
Bridgetown
19-Apr-1996
23
110
4/43
Michael Bevan
22.4
3
82
6
Aus
WI
Adelaide
27-Jan-1997
10
116
4/31
Mervyn Dillon
29.4
4
111
5
WI
Pak
Karachi
6-Dec-1997
3
14
4/94
Naimur Rahman
44.3
9
132
6
Ban
Ind
Dhaka
11-Nov-2000
1
4
3/60
Andy Blignaut
23.5
5
73
5
Zim
Ban
Bulawayo
19-Apr-2001
1
16
4/44
Travis Friend
18
7
31
5
Zim
Ban
Dhaka
8-Nov-2001
4
14
3/87
Sanath Jayasuriya
29
10
43
5
SL
Zim
Galle
13-Jan-2002
69
176
4/24
Fidel Edwards
15.4
1
36
5
WI
SL
Bridgetown
27-Jun-2003
1
2
1/22
Chris Gayle
15.1
4
34
5
WI
Eng
Birmingham
31-Jul-2004
45
104
4/86
Michael Clarke
6.2
0
9
6
Aus
Ind
Mumbai (WS)
4-Nov-2004
4
53
2/25
Elton Chigumbura
16.1
3
54
5
Zim
Ban
Chittagong
9-Jan-2005
3
23
4/38
Virender Sehwag
40
9
104
5
Ind
Aus
Delhi
30-Oct-2008
63
124
4/32
Jason Krejza
43.5
1
215
8
Aus
Ind
Nagpur
6-Nov-2008
1
25
4/91
Mahmudullah
15
4
51
5
Ban
WI
Kingstown
13-Jul-2009
1
40
4/64
Nathan Hauritz
14
4
101
5
Aus
Pak
MCG
29-Dec-2009
11
54
3/16
Nathan Lyon
15
3
34
5
Aus
SL
Galle
1-Sep-2011
1
6
4/81
Pat Cummins
29
5
79
6
Aus
SA
Johannesburg
18-Nov-2011
1
4
3/111
James Pattinson
11
5
27
5
Aus
NZ
Brisbane
3-Dec-2011
1
10
4/52
Jubair Hossain
20
1
96
5
Ban
Zim
Chittagong
13-Nov-2014
3
5
4/18
Kraigg Brathwaite
11.3
4
29
6
WI
SL
Colombo (PSS)
23-Oct-2015
24
81
1/3

** The date given is the start of bowler's team's innings as ball by ball data for earlier matches are unavailable.
Kraigg Bratwaite: Never taken more than a single wkt in an inngs before routing the Sri Lankans


# Tom Kendall's effort came in the very first test match.

# Tom Kendall, A Rose-Innes, Gobo Ashley were making their First Class debuts in their first test.

# It was the only 5-fer of A Rose-Innes, George Parker, Jimmy Adams and Michael Bevan  in their FC career.

# It was the only apperance in tests for Gobo Ashley & Pat Cummins.

# G Parker only played 3 FC matches,

# It was the last test for Sievers, Kentish, Ahangama & Razdan                                                                 
# Snooker and Pringle reached their 50th FC wicket in their respective matches.
                                                                                                                               
# Jimmy Adams scored his only double hundred in tests in the very next test of the series.                          
# T Friend also scored his maiden test fifty (81) for Zimbabwe in the same match.                                                           
# Kendall (Aus), Rose-Innes (SA) & Rahman (Ban) efforts came in the first test match of their respective countries.               

# The two player’s which came very close in making the cut in both the tables were Dennis Atkinson and Bruce Taylor. Taylor had one FC 5-fer prior to his maiden test 5-fer whereas Atkinson had one FC hundred before his maiden test century. Their maiden test century and 5-fer came in the same test macth.