Here is a list of all instances of a century and 5wi in a Test by Indian players.
Decide if Jadeja’s is the best such feat.
Of the 6 instances, 3 are by Ashwin.
Here is list of the alternative all-round feat of a fifty and 10wm by Indian players:
Here we see that Jadeja is one of only 2 Indian players to achieve this.
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Continuing with individual performances in
Bowling:
Most wickets (20 and above):
The current players here are Wagner and Rabada.
Steyn has the most fivers (6), followed by CS Martin and M Ntini with 4 each.
Steyn is the only one with two tenners.
Best innings bowling (including all 6wi and better):
In this series we have MJ Henry taking 7-23 in the first Test as a record for NZ v SA, surpassing JR Reid’s 6-60 at Dunedin in 1964.
Best match bowling (including all 9wm and better):
Here Henry has 9-55, which is NZ’s second best match bowling performance against SA. CS Martin’s 11-180 figured in NZ’s first home victory against SA in 2004.
Best bowling averages (Minimum 2000 balls bowled, all instances):
Headed by Steyn and Tayfield. No current players here. Also note Vettori’s poor performance.
Steyn and Tayfield have the best averages.
Tayfield and Reid have the best economy rates.
Steyn and CS Martin have the best strike rates.
Now for
Fielding:
Most dismissals (12 and above):
Headed by Waite and Boucher, who are far ahead of the others. Boucher has 49 catches to Waite’s 47, although Waite has the most dismissals.
No current players here. GC Smith (18) has the most catches by a fielder.
Most innings dismissals (5 and above):
de Kock appears twice, while several other keepers have 4 dismissals in an innings. No fielder has more than 3 catches in an innings.
Most match dismissals (6 and above):
Several keepers have made 7 dismissals in a match. The best by a current player is 6 by Blundell. GC Smith took 5 catches as a fielder.
Best dismissal rate (Minimum 20 innings and 0.40):
Waite heads this list by a large margin, followed by Boucher. GC Smith has the best rate for a fielder.
All-round performances:
Overall (see criteria in table):
With these criteria, JR Reid has the best overall performance, far ahead of Vettori.
Match (fifty and five-for):
Only two instances, and MJ Henry’s performance is the best here. His fifty came at No 11.
The series was drawn 1-1 after NZ’s unexpected win in the first Test. It was only the second Test win for them at home. The previous win was in March 2004 at Auckland. They have never won a Test series against SA, though some have been drawn. Their best performance was probably the 2-2 draw in SA in 1961-62.
Summary of all Tests between these teams:
We can see that SA has historically done better.
Now for individual performances, starting with
Batting:
Most runs (750 and above):
Led by Kallis, while Williamson is the only current player here.
Kallis has the most centuries-6
Kallis also has the most 50+ scores (12) followed by Amla (11).
Highest innings (125 and above):
While there are several large scores from the past, the highest from this series was 136* by SA newcomer K Verreynne. Williamson is also in this list although he did not play in this series.
Highest batting averages (Minimum 20 innings, all instances):
Headed by DJ McGlew from the past. No current players here.
Highest strike rates (Minimum 1000 balls faced, all instances):
Headed by GC Smith. This list also includes Williamson and Elgar.
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