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2nd Test, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 19 June 2001
- It was the 1549th Test match in cricket history.
- It was India's 341st and Zimbabwe's 52nd Test match – seventh between
these two sides.
- It was the 28th Test match on Zimbabwean soil- fourth between these
two sides.
- Umpire Ian Robinson was officiating in his 25th Test match. He became
first Zimbabwean and 31st umpire in Test annals to reach this
landmark. The other umpire Asoka de Silva was standing in his third
Test.
- Hemang Badani and Travis Friend became the 237th and 51st player to
represent India and Zimbabwe respectively. By an odd coincidence both
these players have appeared in 13 matches each for their respective
sides.
- Grant Flower was playing his 50th Test match. He became third
Zimbabwean after brother Andy and Alistair Campbell (52) and 171st
player in all to have reached this milestone.
- Rahul Dravid on 25 in first innings became the highest run-scorer
against Zimbabwe in Tests moving ahead of New Zealander Nathan Astle
who has an aggregate of 662 runs from 9 Tests and 15 innings. At the
end of this match Dravid has scored 732 runs from five Tests and 8
innings. Tendulkar with 664 runs from 7 Tests and 11 innings has moved
to second place behind Dravid.
- Andy Blignaut's three catches in first innings equalled the best
performance by a Zimbabwean in the field in an innings against India.
Guy Whittall had also taken three catches in the first innings of the
Bulawayo Test just a week ago.
- Andy Flower completed his 1000 Test runs against India when his score
reached 18 in first innings. He became first Zimbabwean and 22nd
batsman in all to have accomplished this feat. At the end of this
match Andy has taken his aggregate to 1043 runs from 14 innings of
seven Tests against India. Flower The accompanying table lists the
batsman with 1000 runs in a career against India. It might be noted
that Andy's average of 128.37 is the highest among this elite band.
Batsmen with a career aggregate of 1000 runs against India :
Batsman |
Runs |
For |
M |
Inn |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
100 |
50 |
0 |
CH Lloyd |
2344 |
WI |
28 |
44 |
4 |
58.60 |
242* |
7 |
12 |
1 |
Javed Miandad |
2228 |
Pak |
28 |
39 |
6 |
67.52 |
280* |
5 |
14 |
1 |
IVA Richards |
1927 |
WI |
28 |
41 |
3 |
50.71 |
192* |
8 |
7 |
1 |
GStA Sobers |
1920 |
WI |
18 |
30 |
7 |
83.48 |
198 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
Zaheer Abbas |
1740 |
Pak |
19 |
25 |
5 |
87.00 |
235* |
6 |
3 |
1 |
GA Gooch |
1725 |
Eng |
19 |
33 |
2 |
55.65 |
333 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
RB Kanhai |
1693 |
WI |
18 |
28 |
1 |
62.70 |
256 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
CG Greenidge |
1678 |
WI |
23 |
39 |
4 |
47.94 |
194 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
AR Border |
1567 |
Aus |
20 |
35 |
5 |
52.23 |
163 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
EdeC Weekes |
1495 |
WI |
10 |
15 |
1 |
106.79 |
207 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
Mudassar Nazar |
1431 |
Pak |
18 |
25 |
2 |
62.22 |
231 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
DI Gower |
1391 |
Eng |
24 |
37 |
6 |
44.87 |
200* |
2 |
6 |
3 |
KF Barrington |
1355 |
Eng |
14 |
21 |
3 |
75.28 |
172 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
PA de Silva |
1252 |
SL |
19 |
32 |
2 |
41.73 |
148 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
AI Kallicharran |
1229 |
WI |
15 |
25 |
3 |
55.86 |
187 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
DC Boon |
1204 |
Aus |
11 |
20 |
3 |
70.82 |
135 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
IT Botham |
1201 |
Eng |
14 |
17 |
0 |
70.65 |
208 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
MW Gatting |
1155 |
Eng |
16 |
27 |
6 |
55.00 |
207 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
RB Simpson |
1125 |
Aus |
11 |
21 |
0 |
53.57 |
176 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
Imran Khan |
1091 |
Pak |
23 |
29 |
8 |
51.95 |
135* |
3 |
3 |
0 |
G Boycott |
1084 |
Eng |
13 |
22 |
3 |
57.05 |
246* |
4 |
2 |
0 |
A Flower |
1043 |
Zim |
7 |
14 |
6 |
130.37 |
232* |
3 |
6 |
0 |
- The remarkable thing about Andy's feat is that he needed only seven
Tests to complete his 1000 runs.Flower now shares the record of
completing 1000 runs in a career against India in least Test matches
with West Indian Everton Weekes. Weekes, however, is the fastest in
terms of innings as he accomplished this feat in four innings lesser
than Andy.
- Andy is now jointly placed second among the batsmen reaching 1000 runs
in a career against a particular country in least matches alongwith
West Indian Everton Weekes, Australia's Don Bradman and Doug Walters
with West Indian Viv Richards heading the table. Richards took only
six Tests to achieve a run- aggregate of 1000 against England. Another
West Indian Weekes holds the world record of being the fastest in
least innings as he took only nine inning to complete his 1000 runs
against India. The details:
Fastest to complete 1000 test runs against a specific country :
Batsman |
For |
M |
Inns |
NO |
Ave |
Hs |
100s |
0s |
Vs |
Venue |
Tst |
Series |
IVA Richards |
WI |
6 |
10 |
1 |
111.11 |
291 |
3 |
0 |
Eng |
Lord's |
2nd |
1980 |
EdeC Weekes |
WI |
7 |
9 |
1 |
125.00 |
207 |
5 |
0 |
Ind |
Bridgetown |
2nd |
1952-53 |
KD Walters |
Aus |
7 |
11 |
2 |
111.11 |
242 |
6 |
0 |
WI |
Port-of-Spain |
3rd |
1972-73 |
DG Bradman |
Aus |
7 |
13 |
2 |
90.91 |
254 |
5 |
0 |
Eng |
Leeds |
3rd |
1930 |
A Flower |
Zim |
7 |
13 |
5 |
128.37 |
232* |
3 |
0 |
Ind |
Harare |
2nd |
2000-01 |
RN Harvey |
Aus |
8 |
13 |
4 |
111.11 |
178 |
6 |
0 |
SA |
Sydney |
3rd |
1952-53 |
DCS Compton |
Eng |
8 |
13 |
1 |
83.33 |
208 |
5 |
0 |
SA |
Cape Town |
3rd |
1948-49 |
Javed Miandad |
Pak |
8 |
14 |
5 |
111.11 |
206 |
4 |
0 |
NZ |
Hyderabad |
2nd |
1984-85 |
WR Hammond |
Eng |
8 |
14 |
2 |
83.33 |
251 |
4 |
0 |
Aus |
Leeds |
3rd |
1930 |
GA Headley |
WI |
8 |
15 |
2 |
76.92 |
223 |
5 |
0 |
Eng |
Bridgetown |
1st |
1934-35 |
SM Gavaskar |
Ind |
8 |
15 |
4 |
90.91 |
220 |
4 |
1 |
WI |
Port-of-Spain |
2nd |
1975-76 |
WR Hammond |
Eng |
9 |
11 |
3 |
125.00 |
336* |
4 |
1 |
NZ |
Christchurch |
1st |
1946-47 |
BC Lara |
WI |
9 |
14 |
2 |
83.33 |
375 |
2 |
0 |
Eng |
Manchester |
4th |
1995 |
M Azharuddin |
Ind |
9 |
16 |
3 |
76.92 |
179 |
5 |
0 |
Eng |
The Oval |
3rd |
1990 |
AR Morris |
Aus |
9 |
16 |
3 |
76.92 |
179* |
5 |
0 |
Eng |
Leeds |
4th |
1948 |
MA Taylor |
Aus |
9 |
17 |
3 |
71.43 |
219 |
2 |
0 |
Eng |
Sydney |
3rd |
1990-91 |
L Hutton |
Eng |
9 |
17 |
3 |
71.43 |
202* |
3 |
0 |
WI |
Kingston |
1st |
1953-54 |
- Heath Streak,on 11 in first innings,completed his 1000 runs in 40th
Test. He became seventh Zimbabwean and 363rd batsman in Test annals to
reach this landmark. The batsman with a career aggregate of 1000 runs
for Zimbabwe are :Andy Flower (3908 runs in 52 Tests), Grant Flower
(2812 runs in 50 Tests), Alistair Campbell (2307 runs in 52 Tests),Guy
Whittall (2056 runs in 41 Tests), Dave Houghton (1464 runs in 22
Tests),Murray Goodwin (1414 runs in 19 Tests) and Heath Streak (1037
runs in 40 Tests).
- With this, Streak also completed the coveted double of 1000 runs and
100 wickets, becoming the first Zimbabwean and 36th allrounder to do
so.
- Grant Flower,on 10 in first innings, became only the second batsman
after brother Andy to reach 1000 runs at Harare Sports Club Ground. At
the end of this Test,Grant has an aggregate of 1079 runs from 17 Tests
after Andy's 1098 runs from 18 Tests.
- Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra by returning the figures of four for
71 and four for 72 achieved the two best figures by an Indian bowler
in Zimbabwe. Anil Kumble had figures of four for 87 at this same venue
in 1998-99.
- Sachin Tendulkar,on 19 in second innings,became the second highest
run-getter for India in Tests. He surpassed Dilip Vengsarkar's tally
of 6868 runs from 116 matches and 185 innings. Tendulkar overhauled
Vengsarkar's aggregate in 32 Tests and 50 innings lesser. Now only
Sunil Gavaskar with 10122 runs in 125 Tests and 214 innings is ahead
of Tendulkar. Tendulkar,with 6919 runs at the end of this Test,is
placed 23rd in the list of leading Test batsmen.It is interesting to
note that Tendulkar's average of 57.18 is second only to Don Bradman's
99.94.
- Tendulkar now has 53 scores of fifty plus on this name including 25
hundreds which takes him past Vengsarkar who has 52 such scores (17
hundreds and 35 fifties) to his credit. Only Gavaskar has more fifty
plus scores 79 (34+45) among Indian batsmen.
- Tendulkar now has aggregated 2004 runs in 25 Tests (ave 40.08) in the
matches lost by India . He became second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar
(2314 runs in 34 Tests) and 11th batsman in all to aggregate 2000 runs
in the `lost' matches. For the record Australia's Allan Border has the
maximum run aggregate of 2771 runs (ave.33.39) in 46 Tests lost by
Australia. The accompanying tables have details.
Most runs in `lost' matches
Batsman |
Runs |
For |
M |
Inn |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
100 |
50 |
0 |
AR Border |
2771 |
Aus |
46 |
92 |
9 |
33.39 |
152* |
5 |
13 |
7 |
DI Gower |
2581 |
Eng |
42 |
84 |
4 |
32.26 |
114 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
AJ Stewart |
2473 |
Eng |
44 |
87 |
5 |
30.16 |
89 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
GA Gooch |
2423 |
Eng |
42 |
84 |
0 |
28.85 |
133 |
3 |
16 |
5 |
SM Gavaskar |
2314 |
Ind |
34 |
67 |
1 |
35.06 |
137 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
A Ranatunga |
2163 |
SL |
35 |
70 |
2 |
31.81 |
127 |
1 |
15 |
5 |
MA Atherton |
2128 |
Eng |
40 |
80 |
0 |
26.60 |
144 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
BC Lara |
2125 |
WI |
33 |
66 |
0 |
32.20 |
182 |
3 |
14 |
7 |
SR Waugh |
2065 |
Aus |
32 |
63 |
7 |
36.88 |
199 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
A Flower |
2050 |
Zim |
26 |
52 |
4 |
42.71 |
183* |
5 |
13 |
3 |
SR Tendulkar |
2004 |
Ind |
25 |
50 |
0 |
40.08 |
177 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
Most runs in `lost' matches for India
Batsman |
Runs |
For |
M |
Inn |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
100 |
50 |
0 |
SM Gavaskar |
2314 |
Ind |
34 |
67 |
1 |
35.06 |
137 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
SR Tendulkar |
2004 |
Ind |
25 |
50 |
0 |
40.08 |
177 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
DB Vengsarkar |
1654 |
Ind |
34 |
68 |
2 |
25.06 |
157 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
M Azharuddin |
1605 |
Ind |
25 |
50 |
1 |
32.76 |
121 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
N Kapil Dev |
1576 |
Ind |
31 |
62 |
2 |
26.27 |
129 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
M Amarnath |
1534 |
Ind |
23 |
46 |
1 |
34.09 |
100 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
GR Viswanath |
1483 |
Ind |
28 |
55 |
0 |
26.96 |
95 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
Pataudi (Nawab of) jr |
1298 |
Ind |
19 |
37 |
1 |
36.06 |
148 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
PR Umrigar |
1154 |
Ind |
21 |
42 |
2 |
28.85 |
172* |
2 |
5 |
3 |
FM Engineer |
1115 |
Ind |
22 |
43 |
1 |
26.55 |
89 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
CG Borde |
1027 |
Ind |
25 |
49 |
1 |
21.40 |
121 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
- The duck in second innings was eighth for Ajit Agarkar in his tenth
Test and 16th innings. Agarkar's duck frequency of 50 % is the highest
in Test cricket by a batsman aggregating atleast five ducks in a
career. The details :
Highest duck percentage in a career(Min 5 ducks)
Batsman |
Duck Freq. |
0s |
For |
M |
Inn |
Runs |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
AB Agarkar |
50.00 |
8 |
Ind |
10 |
16 |
124 |
1 |
8.27 |
41* |
AG Huckle |
50.00 |
7 |
Zim |
8 |
14 |
74 |
3 |
6.73 |
28* |
AG Hurst |
50.00 |
10 |
Aus |
12 |
20 |
102 |
3 |
6.00 |
26 |
G Kishenchand |
50.00 |
5 |
Ind |
5 |
10 |
89 |
0 |
8.90 |
44 |
JM Patel |
50.00 |
5 |
Ind |
7 |
10 |
25 |
1 |
2.78 |
12 |
RG Holland |
46.67 |
7 |
Aus |
11 |
15 |
35 |
4 |
3.18 |
10 |
A Kuruvilla |
45.45 |
5 |
Ind |
10 |
11 |
66 |
1 |
6.60 |
35* |
AD Mullally |
42.31 |
11 |
Eng |
18 |
26 |
127 |
4 |
5.77 |
24 |
WM Clark |
42.11 |
8 |
Aus |
10 |
19 |
98 |
2 |
5.76 |
33 |
BP Bracewell |
41.67 |
5 |
NZ |
6 |
12 |
24 |
2 |
2.40 |
8 |
MB Owens |
41.67 |
5 |
NZ |
8 |
12 |
16 |
6 |
2.67 |
8* |
Highest duck percentage by Indian batsmen(Min 5 ducks)
Batsman |
Duck Freq. |
0s |
For |
M |
Inn |
Runs |
NO |
Ave |
HS |
AB Agarkar |
50.00 |
8 |
Ind |
10 |
16 |
124 |
1 |
8.27 |
41* |
G Kishenchand |
50.00 |
5 |
Ind |
5 |
10 |
89 |
0 |
8.90 |
44 |
JM Patel |
50.00 |
5 |
Ind |
7 |
10 |
25 |
1 |
2.78 |
12 |
A Kuruvilla |
45.45 |
5 |
Ind |
10 |
11 |
66 |
1 |
6.60 |
35* |
DR Doshi |
36.84 |
14 |
Ind |
33 |
38 |
129 |
10 |
4.61 |
20 |
NS Tamhane |
29.63 |
8 |
Ind |
21 |
27 |
225 |
5 |
10.23 |
54* |
Ghulam Ahmed |
29.03 |
9 |
Ind |
22 |
31 |
192 |
9 |
8.73 |
50 |
Maninder Singh |
28.95 |
11 |
Ind |
35 |
38 |
99 |
12 |
3.81 |
15 |
BS Chandrasekhar |
28.75 |
23 |
Ind |
58 |
80 |
167 |
39 |
4.07 |
22 |
ND Hirwani |
22.73 |
5 |
Ind |
17 |
22 |
54 |
12 |
5.40 |
17 |
BKV Prasad |
21.43 |
9 |
Ind |
30 |
42 |
168 |
17 |
6.72 |
30* |
- Ashish Nehra became 27th Indian to bag a Test match pair (i.e. duck in
both innings) on 36th occasion. He also achieved the dubious
distinction of becoming the first Indian to suffer this ignominy
against Zimbabwe. The other batsmen to do so against Zimbabwe are
Pakistan's Manzoor Elahi (1994-95) and Mushtaq Ahmed (1997-98),West
Indian Adrian Griffith (1999-00) and Bangladesh's Manjural Islam and
Mohammad Sharif (2000-01).
- Blignaut (5-74) became the third Zimbabwean to take a five wicket haul
against India. Interestingly all three have performed this feat this
same ground. John Traicos (5-86) in 1992-93 and Henry Olonga (5-70)
are the others to do so.
- Javagal Srinath now has taken 192 wickets in 52 Tests which puts him
ahead of Erapally Prasanna who had 189 wickets from 49 Tests to his
credit. Now only Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 Tests), Anil Kumble
(276 in 61), Bishan Singh Bedi (266 in 67) and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
(242 in 58) are ahead of Srinath for India.
- With the series tied at 1-1,India now has still not won a Test series
outside the sub-continent since 1986 when it defeated England by 2-0
margin.
- The win was Zimbabwe's sixth in 52 matches. Interestingly Zimbabwe has
now beaten three neighbouring countries India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
on two occasions each.
- The defeat was India's 71st in 159th Test on foreign soil and second
in four Tests in Zimbabwe.
- At the end of this series :
- India's overall Test record :played 341,won 66,lost 114,drawn 160 and
tied one.
- Zimbabwe's overall Test record:played 52,won 6,lost 26 and drawn 20.
- Saurav Ganguly's captaincy record :played 8,won 5,lost 2 and drawn
one.
- Heath Streak's captaincy record :played 9,won 3,lost 4 and drawn 2.
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