The best scores while batting at numbers 9, 10 and 11:
At No 9: (75 and above):
At No 10 (60 and above):
At No 11 (50 and above):
More than 25 in each innings at No 11:
This table is for those with 2 innings and over 50 runs. It can be seen that only TJ Murtagh has scored 25+ in each innings.
Finally, those who have scored a fifty in each innings at 9 to 11:
It can be verified that both of them scored 50+ in both innings at No 9.
On the opening day of the first Afghanistan – Ireland Test at the new Test venue Dehradun, Ireland’s last pair of GH Dockrell and TJ Murtagh took Ireland from 85/9 to 172. They contributed 39 (No 8) and 54* (No 11) respectively.
First we look at :
High Scores at No 11:
Only 19 such instances. Murtagh is 11th in this list.
He also figures in this list in Cricinfo’s records section:
When No 11 was top scorer of the innings:
There have been only 11 such instances, 6 of them after 2000.
Murtagh has the third highest score here, after Agar and Vogler.
The partnership which lasted from 85/9 to 172 is one of the few instances where a team’s score was doubled after the 9th wicket fell.
There are only 5 such instances, and 4 of them were after 2010. More about this later.
We also add a table of the Highest 10th-wicket partnerships (85 and above):
Dockrell and Murtagh just manage to enter here.
The highest partnership involving No 10 and 11 appears to be the 128 by Higgs (63) and Snow (59*) in 1966.
Finally, we come to women’s matches at Lord’s.
Regarding women’s Tests at Lord’s, there is nothing to be said because there aren’t any. It is strange to see that 52 such Tests were played in England with none at Lord’s.
They have been played in some of the Test centres such as Birmingham, Nottingham and the Oval besides some other venues such as Wormsley (Bucks.) and Shenley (Herts.) which most English cricket fans would not have heard of.
So we move to ODIs:
A total of 15 women’s ODIs have been played at Lord’s, all of them involving England. Thus there are no neutral matches here.
Centuries in Women’s ODIs at Lord’s:
The “home” board would include nos 2,3 and 4 on this list.
The “visitors” board would include no 1.
And the “neutral” board would not be needed yet.
The best by an Indian player here is 94* by M Raj in the match on 1 Jul 2012. India won that match by 5 wickets.
The best against India is 156* by SC Taylor listed above. England won that match by 100 runs.
5-fors in Women’s ODIs at Lord’s:
This is an even shorter list.
The “home” board would include nos 2 and 3.
The “visitors” board would include no 1.
The best by an Indian player here is 4-61 by A Das in the match on I Jul 2012, in which M Raj scored the 94* mentioned above. That is the only one of the 3 ODIs at Lord’s which was won by India. (Another one was washed out in 2014).
The best against India is 6-46 by A Shrubsole listed above. That was the final of the World Cup which England won by 9 runs.
The topic of honors boards at Lord’s for Tests has been covered in this blog several times.
Now the authorities have announced that they would be adding honors boards for
ODIs and Women’s matches.
Having covered the centuries, we continue with the 5-fors in ODIs at Lord’s:
Only 9 such instances, compared to the 30 centuries.
No one has taken more than 5 wickets in an innings. And no one has taken a 5-for more than once. Unlike in the case of centuries, we cannot find anyone here who failed to take a 5-for in Tests at Lord’s.
The first such instance was by GJ Gilmour in the final of the 1975 World Cup. The best is 5-30 by DL Vettori vs WI in 2004. Also note J Garner’s 5-38 in the final of the 1979 World Cup.
The “Home” board:
Only one entry here.
The best against India are 4-22 by SJ Harmison on 05 Sep 2004 and 4-46 by LE Plunkett on 17 Jul 2018.
Now for the “Visitors” board:
Somewhat longer. The best by India is 3-26 by A Nehra and 3-28 by Harbhajan Singh in the same match against England on 5 Sep 2004 (in which Harmison also had the best figures against India).
And the “Neutral” board:
In this category India has only played one match, the World Cup final in 1983. India’s best performances were 3-12 by M Amarnath and 3-31 by S Madan Lal. The best against India was 3-32 by AME Roberts.
The topic of honors boards at Lord’s for Tests has been covered in this blog several times.
Now the authorities have announced that they would be adding honors boards for
ODIs and Women’s matches.
We start with the centuries in ODIs at Lord’s:
Here is the entire list of 30 centuries:
A total of 30 centuries have been made here. The highest is 138* by Vivian Richards in the final of the 1979 World Cup. Next is 137 by DL Amiss which was in the very first match of the inaugural match of the World Cup, and another 137 by ME Trescothick in 2001. You can see that Trescothick is the only one to score three centuries here.
Some of the earlier matches were of 60-over duration.
While World Cup matches have been played here in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 (including the finals), none of the Champions Trophy matches in 2004 were played here.
We now list out the centuries in the way they would be listed at Lord’s. They would be in chronological order.
First, the centuries by the home team (15):
The highest is 137 by Amiss and Trescothick. Trescothick has 3 centuries and Gooch 2.
Atherton never scored a Test century at Lord’s, with 99 being is highest in 15 Tests. He does however have a century here in 1995.
There are 4 centuries against India, headed by Amiss’s 137.
Next, the centuries by the visiting team against England (11):
The record score by Vivian Richards is the first such score here.
No one has scored more than one century here.
RT Ponting never scored a Test century at Lord’s, with a top score of 42 in 4 Tests. He does appear here.
No centuries by India here. The highest such score is 90 by SC Ganguly on 5 Sep 2004. Next is 87* by M Kaif in the tri-series final on 13 Jul 2002.
Finally, the centuries by neutral teams (4):
The first is by CH Lloyd in the World Cup final in 1975.
The next two by Mark Waugh and Neil Johnson were in the same World Cup league match in 1999. Johnson’s 132* is the highest score here.
The highest for India was only 38 by K Srikkanth in the World Cup final on 25 Jun 1983. It was the highest score in that match. This is the only neutral ODI played by India at Lord’s.
In that match, the highest score against India was 33 by IVA Richards.
Next we will look at the 5-fors in ODIs at Lord’s. As you may guess, there are considerably less instances than centuries.
Here you can see the updated list of stations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_1_(Mumbai_Monorail)#Route_description
Note that the map is incomplete.
A total of 20 T20Is have been played between India and Australia. Here is the summary of all results:
And the summary of the matches in India:
Considering bilateral matches in a series of at least 2 matches, we see that the 2017 series was drawn 1-1 and this series was won 2-0 by Australia.
Coming to individual performances:
Batting:
100 or more runs:
Kohli is far ahead of the others. Watson and Maxwell are the only ones to score centuries. The most 50+ scores are by Kohli (6 with no centuries) and 3 each by RG Sharma, Watson and Yuvraj.
Highest individual scores (50 and above):
Maxwell’s 113* was the highest for Australia in India, surpassing AJ Finch’s 89 in 2013.
Bowling:
Most wickets (5 and above):
Bumrah has moved into the lead.
Best innings bowling (includes all 3wi and above):
Bumrah’s 3-16 is the best for India at home, surpassing the earlier 3-26 by Vinay Kumar in 2013. The overall best performance was by Ashwin in the 2014 World Championship.
Fielding:
Most dismissals (4 or more dismissals):
Dhoni has the most stumpings and catches by a keeper. Kohli has the most catches by a non-keeper.
Best innings dismissals (2 and above):
All-round performance:
100 runs and 5 wickets:
Clearly they are the best all-rounders in these teams.
Match performance (20 runs and 2 wickets):
Watson’s effort is the best here.
The same teams continue with a 5-match ODI series.
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