Fakhar Zaman made 193 in a losing ODI chase, thus making a new record.
Here we look at the record high scores in unsuccessful ODI chases:
Until now the record was 175 by Tendulkar against Australia in 2009. Oddly enough, the previous highest score in this category for Pakistan was ALSO by Fakhar Zaman (138 v Eng in 2019).
From the above table you can see that India is well represented.
For India alone, the highest scores in unsuccessful ODI chases are:
The last of a series of reviews of Test cricket in 2018. Here we identify the good performances on Test debut.
Batting:
40 runs or more in an innings:
3 centuries headed by PP Shaw, and numerous other 50s.
There are several instances of 40+ in both innings, with Fakhar Zaman with 50+ in both innings. This will be seen more clearly here:
80 runs or more in match:
Fakhar Zaman’s 160 shares the second place among those who made two scores between 50 and 99 on debut.
The most is by the lesser-known BM Laird with 167 (Aus v WI, 1979-80) followed by CH Lloyd with 160 (WI v Ind, 1966-67).
Bowling:
3 or more wickets in an innings:
5 instances of fivers, led by Bilal Asif and L Ngidi. Vihari and Bumrah took 3-fors for India. Ireland has TJ Murtagh and SR Thompson in their debut Test, while Yamin Ahmadzai represents Afghanistan on their debut.
6 or more wickets in match:
Dananjaya’s 8-44 is the best for Sri Lanka on debut. The previous record was 8-132 by BAW Mendis (SL v Ind, 2008). Ireland has TJ Murtagh in their debut Test. Bilal Asif took 6 in the first innings and none in the second.
Fielding:
2 or more dismissals in an innings:
RR Pant leads here. His 5 dismissals equaled the record for India, though Yajurvindra Singh was a non-keeper. 3 Indian keepers made 4 dismissals in an innings on debut, all in the 1950s.
3 or more dismissals in a match:
RR Pant leads again with 7 dismissals. No one else has more than 3. MA Agarwal is one of those who took 3 as a non-keeper
Pant’s 7 dismissals equaled the Indian record with non-keeper Yajurvindra Singh. Several Indian keepers took 5 on debut, along with non-keepers RR Singh (only Test) and SS Das.
All-round performances:
30 runs and 3 wickets in match:
3 instances, with probably SR Thompson’s being the best.
30 runs and 3 dismissals:
3 instances, with Foakes being the only keeper and MA Agarwal having the best by a non-keeper. Also note MS Harris’s 26 and 26.
The ODIs of the year are over, and we review team and individual performances here:
First, the ICC rankings at the end of the year:
It can be seen that the 10 teams participating in the 2019 World Cup are the top 10 here.
This table includes matches in the past 2-3 years. Nepal has ODI status but has not played enough matches to get a ranking.
Here we look at W/L ratios. This and all subsequent tables refer to performances in the calendar year 2018.
Teams ranked by W/L ratio
Guess who finished last 🙂
And guess who played the most matches.
Of course, this table does not mean much as it does not take into account the opponent’s strength, which the ICC rankings are supposed to.
We now move to individual performances, starting with
Batting:
500 or more runs:
Also note that Kohli (6) and RG Sharma (5) have the most centuries, while Kohli (9) also has the most fifties followed by RG Sharma, Root and Fakhar Zaman with 8.
Innings scores of 125 or more:
Batting averages (Minimum 20 innings, all instances):
You might expect Kohli, Sharma and a few others to be here but they did not play enough innings. However, they appear below:
Highest strike rates (Minimum 80.00 for a minimum of 500 balls faced):
Note that England has the two top spots, while India also has a few with strike rates above 100.
To be continued.
Centuries on debut are well documented. Here we look at those who made two fifties (between 50 and 99) on debut, and then those who scored two scores of 50+ on debut.
Fakhar Zaman with 160 runs is in joint second place here with Clive Lloyd while the list is headed by the lesser-known Bruce Laird.
Gavaskar and Dilawar represent India, while there are current and near-current players such as Tamim Iqbal, Chandimal, Henriques and Pietersen.
GC Grant is the only one with two unbeaten fifties on debut.
There are, of course, numerous cases of one fifty and one hundred on debut, and even two cases of two hundreds on debut (LG Rowe and Yasir Hameed).
Here are the complete list of those who scored two scores of 50+ on debut.
Azhar Mahmood is the only one with an unbeaten 100 and an unbeaten 50.
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