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 West Indies has had many levels of aristocracy, such as Baron Constantine and Sir Frank Worrell. And the calypso men such as Lord Kitchener, Lord Beginner and Lord Relator.
So the tabloids in Barbados may well refer to Kyle Mayers as Lord Mayers of Chattogram.
(They might also be interested in what their heroine Rihanna says about India 🙂 )
Also his partner Nkrumah Bonner whose parents must have named him after the Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/348056.html
https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/314650.html
Both of them have been prominent in domestic cricket for a while, but would probably not been on this tour if not for Covid.
Here are some of the records set during the chase of 395:
Most runs on debut (innings scores):
5th position here among the 6 who scored 200+
Most runs in a match on debut:
4th among the 12 who have made 200 in their debut match. Yasir Hameed did not score a century after making two on debut. Others such as Foster, Umar Akmal and Kuruppu did not last long, and Rowe somewhat under-performed though he played Tests up to 1980. He did make 302 against England in 1974.
Most runs in 4th innings on debut:
Mayers does top this list, surpassing India’s AA Baig who had provided a small silver lining to the 5-0 sweep in 1959. None of the other debutants except Yasir Hameed figured in successful chases.
Highest partnerships in successful chases (not only for debutants):
6th in this all-time list. No other instance where both were debutants. Gilchrist was playing his 2nd Test.
Most runs in unbeaten innings in successful run chase:
Here too Mayers is far ahead of the rest. No one else scored a century under these conditions. Next in line is a recent player Bancroft who was part of the Smith-Warner axis and probably will not play again.
This list also includes Lloyd, Lewis and Gimblett against India, besides Gavaskar for India against the West Indies. Maybe in some cases they hit the winning runs, but we need to check accounts of the match or commentary transcripts if available. It can be seen that Mayers did hit the winning run (a single).
Finally, we look at the cases of unbeaten 100+ scores in successful run chases (all instances, not only debutants):
Here Mayers is second only to Greenidge. India has Tendulkar and VVS near the bottom. There are also Haynes, Richards and Mark Taylor against India. But the next highest debutant after Mayers is Bancroft, as described above.
Tail piece: The WI captain Kraigg Brathwaite recorded his first win. His first 5 Tests as captain were losses.
With the summer season of 2020 out of the way, we review Test captaincies up to Aug 31, 2020:
Most Tests
Headed by Tendulkar with 200. Anderson (156) and Broad (143) are unlikely to come near, although they may challenge Cook for the England record of 161.
Most Tests as captain:
GC Smith leads with 108. Kohli (55) will probably overtake Dhoni (60) but is unlikely to come near GC Smith. Root (44) is probably the only other captain who will move up a bit-but may not pass Cook’s England record of 59.
Most Tests not as captain:
Tendulkar again, with Anderson and Broad some distance behind.
The next logical question is to find who has played the
Most Tests without ever being captain:
The record was held by Warne for a long time. He has now been overtaken by Anderson with Broad just behind him. Other potential candidates like Ishant Sharma and Lyon are unlikely to come near. VVS Laxman has the India record of 134.
And finally
Those who were captains in all their Tests:
Many of them were from the glorious days of amateurs ruling the roost, although that does not apply to the first few names here. Germon and Porterfield are the only ones from recent times.
Also note the 5 who captained their sides in their only Tests. CA Smith was the only to have won their Test, and ultimately settled in Hollywood.
Also note the father-son duo of FT Mann and FG Mann.
Vizianagram or Vizzy joins his amateur English friends here.
Continuing with our study of individual performances. Now for bowling.
Most wickets (20 or more):
Jadeja and Shami have the most wickets among current players. Cummins has the most among current Australian players.
Best innings bowling (includes all instances of 5wi):
The first two places are occupied by now-forgotten players. There is nothing from this series, although YS Chahal took 6-42 early in 2019. Cummins also had a fiver in 2019.
Best bowling averages (Min 1000 balls, all instances):
Brett Lee has a much better average than the second-placed Johnson. However Jadeja at 17th place has the best average among current players.
Kapil and McDermott have the best economy rates, and Lee and Agarkar (!) the best strike rates.
Now for fielding:
Most dismissals (15 or more):
Gilchrist and Dhoni are far ahead of the others, including Tendulkar who has the most catches by a non-keeper. Dhoni has the most stumpings. Kohli and Maxwell are the only current players here.
Most innings dismissals (4 or more):
Gilchrist and Dhoni again. Clarke is the only non-keeper with 4 catches.
Best dismissal rate (Min 20 innings, 0.500):
Gilchrist and Dhoni lead, with Maxwell having the best average for a non-keeper.
All-round performance (overall)-see criteria in table):
The first two (or three) would not generally be considered leading all-rounders, although they have done well in these contests.
All-round match performances (30 runs and 3 wickets):
The best performance here would be by Tendulkar, followed by Kapil and Watson (5 Nov 2009).
As you know, India won the series of January 2020 by a 2-1 margin.
Here are the results of ODIs between these teams since January 2019:
India won 2-1 in Australia in Jan 2019
Aus won 3-2 in Ind in Mar 2019
Ind won 1-0 in the World Cup in Jun 2019
Ind won 2-1 in Ind in Jan 2020
On the whole India has done better in the past year.
We also look at the results of all ODIs between these teams:
Australia still leads 78-51 overall but only 30-29 in India.
We now look at the individual performances in batting:
Most runs (750 and above):
RG Sharma and Kohli continue to move up though they have some distance to go to reach Tendulkar’s record. Finch and Dhawan are among the other current players here.
Tendulkar has the most centuries (9) followed by Kohli and Sharma with 8.
Tendulkar also has the most scores of 50-plus (24) and is predictably followed by Kohli and Sharma with 16.
Highest innings (125 or more):
Note that RG Sharma has the highest overall score in this series (209) as well as India’s highest in Australia (171*).
However, Smith (131) and Warner (128*) made the highest scores in this series.
Highest batting average (Min 20 innings, 35.00):
Sharma and Kohli are the top two. Dhawan and Finch are among the other current players here. Smith and Warner have not played enough to qualify.
Highest strike rate (Minimum 500 balls faced, 80.00):
Now you can see why Australian fans want Maxwell back in the team.
Dhawan and SPD Smith have the best strike rates among those who played in 2020.
To be continued:
It is easy enough to get updated tables like this:
(All these tables are updated to May 15, 2021):
Most Tests (120 and above)
Current players with the most Tests are Anderson (160) and Broad (146).
Another table which is easy to create:
Most Tests as Captain (40 and above):
Kohli is the only current player here. He has captained in 60 Tests and has equalled Dhoni (60). He overtook Ganguly (49), Gavaskar and Azharuddin (47) not long ago. Root is on 50.
But this one needs a little more work with Excel:
Most Tests NOT as Captain (90 and above):
Tendulkar and Kallis lead. The most by current players are 161 by Anderson and 146 by his team-mate Broad.
Now what about those who played the most Tests without ever captaining their sides (90 and above)?
Led by Anderson and Broad, who recently surpassed the long-standing record of Warne.
VVS Laxman (134) has the highest for India which will probably stand for a long time..
Other current players are Ishant Sharma (101) and NM Lyon (100).
Finally, those who played all their Tests as captains (all cases):
Most of them are from the olden days, except LK Germon (12). Perhaps there was an acute shortage of captaincy talent in New Zealand in the mid-90s. And there is Porterfield who captained Ireland in the only 3 Tests which they have played.
Note the 5 at the bottom who played only one Test, in which they were captain.
There are a fair number of the glorious amateurs and their counterparts like Vizianagaram.
RG Sharma made the 54th score of 200 and above in a Test for India. These include 3 of 300+ and 51 from 200-299. Kohli has the most such scores (7), although Sehwag has the highest scores both inside and outside India. Outside Asia, we go quite far down until we reach Tendulkar’s 241* at Sydney.
The first such score was Umrigar’s 223 in 1955, equalled in the next month by Mankad and then surpassed by him with 231 which remained the record until Gavaskar’s 236* in 1983.This was surpassed by VVS Laxman’s 281 in 2001, Sehwag’s 309 in 2004 and again by him in 2008.
The highest in a win is 309 by Sehwag, in a loss 201* by Sehwag and in a draw 319 by (who else) Sehwag. An unique triple.
Now we see who did the same against India:
4 triple centuries and 47 from 200-299.
McCullum and Ponting have each done this 3 times against India.
The highest score here is Jayasuriya’s 340, the highest outside Asia is Gooch’s 333 and the highest in India is M Jayawardene’s 275.
The best in a victory is 333 by Gooch, in a defeat 242 by Ponting and in a draw 340 by Jayasuriya. In fact, Ponting’s 242 is the highest in any Test defeat.
Information correct as on Oct 11, 2019.
First we look at those who have made 5 or more scores of 200 or more:
We can see that Kohli is now equal with Hammond and M Jayawardene in making 7 scores of 200+. The previous record of 6 for India was shared by him, Sehwag and Tendulkar. Kohli is also the only current player above.
The only other player with more than one triple century is CH Gayle, whose 4 scores of 200+ include 2 triples.
A total of 374 scores of 200+ have been made in Tests. This includes one quadruple century, 29 triples and 344 doubles.
All those who have made 200+ for India are tabulated below:
We also look at scores of 200+ in ODIs:
There are only 8 such scores.
RG Sharma has made 3, with a top score of 264 which is the ODI record.
Others who have made 200+ scores in ODIs are Fakhar Zaman, CH Gayle, MJ Guptill, V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar.
And for T20Is:
The highest score is 172 by AJ Finch. There are 2 other scores above 150, by AJ Finch again and H Zazai.
With India finishing its commitments at the 2019 World Cup, we look at individual performances in all the World Cups from 1975 to 2019.
Batting:
Most runs (500+):
While Kohli is second, he still has less than half the runs scored by Tendulkar. RG Sharma and Dhoni are next among current players.
Tendulkar and RG Sharma each have 6 centuries. Tendulkar also has the most 50+ scores (21), followed by Sharma with 9. Note Sharma’s conversion rate; he scored a century on 6 of the 9 occasions when he crossed 50. And Dhawan did the same on 3 of the 4 occasions!
Highest innings (95+):
This lists all the centuries and near-centuries. No one had scored an ODI century for India until Kapil did so in 1983. Note Gambhir’s 97 in the 2011 final. No one from either India or WI crossed 40 in the 1983 final.
Batting averages (Minimum 20 innings, all instances):
Some like RG Sharma, Gavaskar and Dhawan miss out as they did not play enough WC matches. Dhoni is in the middle of this table.
Strike rates (Minimum 500 balls faced, all instances):
The names at the top are predictable. And that Dhoni and Kohli (?) are in the middle, with Gavaskar and M Amarnath bringing up the rear.
Bowling:
Most wickets (10+):
The top position of 44 wickets is shared by Zaheer Khan and Srinath, with the former bowling significantly less overs. M Shami has the highest among current players.
No one has more than one fiver. M Shami is the only one with 4 four-fors, followed by Srinath and UT Yadav with 2 each.
Best innings bowling (including all instances of 4+ wickets):
The best figures here are by A Nehra (the only 6-for). The highest among current players is 4-16 by M Shami. His 4-40 including a hat-trick is further down.
Bowling averages (Minimum 1000 balls bowled, all instances):
Zaheer Khan has the best average and best strike-rate, while Kapil Dev has the best economy rate. None of the current bowlers have played enough.
Fielding:
Most dismissals (10+):
Dhoni has more than twice the dismissals of the next man Dravid, while regular keeper KS More has the same number of dismissals.
Dhoni has the most dismissals (42), stumpings (8), and catches by a keeper (34). Kohli and Kumble have the most catches by non-keepers (14).
Most dismissals in an innings (3+):
The most dismissals are by Kirmani and Mongia (5 apiece). M Kaif has the most (4) by a non-keeper. He held this World Cup record from 2003 to 2015, when others also took 4 catches in an innings.
Best dismissal rate (Minimum 20 innings, all instances):
Dhoni is the highest, followed by Dravid who kept in most of his WC matches. Kohli and Sehwag have the most among non-keepers.
All-round performance:
Overall (see criteria in table):
Kapil is the only one from India to reach this standard. Imran and Kallis also reached this, although Botham and Hadlee did not.
Match performance (30 runs and 3 wickets):
Yuvraj is here in his purple patch leading to the Man of the Series award in 2011. He and Shakib are the only ones with 50/5 in the World Cup. Next best is Kapil’s in 1983, although it ended in a defeat.
1975: Group stage.
1979: Group stage (no wins).
1983: Won, vs WI in finals.
1987: Lost in SF to Eng.
1992: Group stage.
1996: Lost in SF to SL.
1999: Super Six.
2003: Lost in final to Aus. Tendulkar is Man of the Series.
2007: Group stage.
2011: Won, vs SL in finals. Yuvraj is Man of the Series.
2015: Lost in SF to Aus.
2019: Lost in SF to NZ.
It seems unlikely that there will be any bilateral series between India and Pakistan for quite some time. It has already been decided that India will not play Pakistan in the group stages of the World Test Championship.
So this seems to be a good time to look back at the records of ODIs between India and Pakistan (not just in the World Cup).
Of a total of 132 ODIs between the sides, India has won 55, Pakistan 73, no ties and No Result 4.
In India: 30 matches; Ind 11, Pak 19.
In Pakistan: 27 matches; Ind 11, Pak 14, NR 2.
In Neutral venues: 75 matches; Ind 33, Pak 40, NR 2.
Looking at individual figures:
Batting:
500 or more runs:
Headed by the older players who had more opportunities to play these matches. Among current players there is Shoaib Malik (1782) and MS Dhoni (1231).
The most centuries are 5 by Tendulkar, followed by 4 by several others.
The most 50+ scores are also led by Tendulkar with 21. Next is 16 by Inzamam and Dravid.
Highest innings: 110 and more:
Saeed Anwar’s 194 was a record in all ODIs for several years. The highest score in recent years is RG Sharma’s 140 in the current World Cup.
Highest Averages (Minimum 20 innings, 30.00 and above):
A number of current players such as Kohli are not here as they have not played 20 innings. Dhoni and Shoaib Malik have the highest averages among current players.
Highest Strike Rates (Minimum 500 balls faced, 80.00 and above):
Shahid Afridi and Sehwag lead as one would expect. Kohli, Dhoni and RG Sharma have the highest strike rates among current players.
To be continued:
At the turn of the century, Indian batsmen held more than half the ODI partnership records. To be precise, the partnerships for the first five wickets plus the 9th wicket.
On 31 December, 1999, these were the partnership records for ODIs:
1st: SC Ganguly and SR Tendulkar, 252 vs SL, Colombo (Premadasa), 07/07/1998
2nd: SR Tendulkar and R Dravid, 331 vs NZ, Hyderabad (Deccan), 08/11/1999
3rd: R Dravid and SR Tendulkar, 237* v Ken, Bristol, 23/05/1999
4th: M Azharuddin and A Jadeja, 275* v Zim, Cuttack, 09/04/1998
5th: M Azharuddin and A Jadeja, 223 v SL, Colombo (Premadasa), 17/08/1997
The other record ODI partnerships on that date were:
6th: MO Odumbe and AV Vadher, 161, Ken v SL, Southampton, 30/05/1999
7th: TM Odoyo and AO Suji, Ken v Zim, 119, Nairobi (Aga), 16/10/1997
8th: PR Reiffel and SK Warne, 160, Aus v SA, Port Elizabeth, 04/04/1994
9th: Kapil Dev and SMH Kirmani, 126*, Ind v Zim, Tunbridge Wells, 18/06/1983
10th: IVA Richards and MA Holding, 106*, WI v Eng, Manchester, 31/05/1984
Note that the 4th and 10th wicket records mentioned above are still the world ODI records at the time of writing (29/10/2017).
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