We continue with individual performances in Fielding:
Most dismissals (20 or more):
Headed by Dhoni and Dujon, with others far behind. Dhoni has the most stumpings (14). Richards (26) and Hooper (25) have the most catches by a fielder. Dravid has 27 dismissals including 10 as a keeper and 17 as a fielder.
Most innings dismissals (4 or more):
Ramdin is the only one with 5 dismissals. Dravid is the only one with 4 catches as a fielder.
Highest dismissal rate (Min 20 innings, 0.600):
Headed by Ramdin, closely followed by Jacobs and Dhoni. Richards has the highest dis rate by a fielder, ahead of the “hybrid” Dravid.
All-round performance:
Overall (see criteria in table):
Richards and Hooper are the only ones who can be called true all-rounders.
India won this series 2-1. West Indies has not won a series against India since May 2006.
A total of 142 ODIs have been played between India and the West Indies. India lads 72-64 with 2 ties and 4 no results.
In India, 61 matches have been played. India lead 32-28 with 1 tie
In West Indies, 45 matches have been played. The two teams share them 21-21 with 3 no results.
In neutral venues, 36 matches have been played. India lead 19-15 with 1 tie and 1 no result.
In this series, India won the 3rd ODI at Tarouba by 200 runs. This was the greatest margin by runs for India in the West Indies, surpassing their 119-run win at Port of Spain in 2022. However India’s greatest winning margin over WI was 224 runs at Brabourne in 2018.
We now look at individual records, starting with Batting:
Most runs (750 and above):
Led by Kohli, with RG Sharma some distance away. Kohli has the most centuries (9) and 50+ scores (20). No one else has scored more than 4 centuries. Regarding 50+ scores, RG Sharma and Tendulkar are next with 15 each.
Highest innings (115 and above):
Headed by Sehwag’s 219 in 2011. No high scores in recent years.
Best batting averages (Min 20 innings, 35.00):
Headed by Kohli, with Greenidge in second place.
Best batting strike rate (Min 500 balls faced, 75.00):
Headed by Sehwag, with SS Iyer Viv Richards close behind. Kohli and RG Sharma are next.
Bowling records:
Most wickets (Min 25):
In this series, Jadeja caught up with Walsh’s record of 44. The next among current players is K Yadav with 33. M Dillon is the only one with 2 5-fors.
Best innings bowling (incl all cases of 5wi):
Most of the better performances are from earlier years. The best in recent years is 4-6 by K Yadav in this series.
Best bowling average (Min 1000 balls and max 35.00):
Vivian Richards has the best average (21.97). Marshall has the best economy rate (3.17) and Richards (again) has the best strike rate (28.4):
Headed by Dujon, with Dhoni a distant second. Dhoni (8) and Kirmani (7) have the most stumpings. Richards has the most catches by a fielder (39)
Most innings dismissals (5 and above):
Saha is the only one with 6 dismissals. Sammy is the only one with 5 catches as a fielder.
More surprising is KS More’s 5 stumpings which is a world record, assisting in Hirwani’s 16-wicket haul.
Most match dismissals (6 and above):
Headed by Dhoni (8) followed by More and Saha with 7 each. More’s 6 stumpings in the match is a world record. It often gets overshadowed by Hirwani’s 16-wicket haul, which is a record for India and for all debutants.
Dismissal rate (0.500 or more):
Dhoni leads, followed by Dujon. Azharuddin has the best rate for a fielder.
All-round performance:
Overall (see criteria in table):
Sobers (followed by Kapil at a long distance) are the only ones with good figures.
Match (50 and 5wi):
Those with the 100/5wi double are OG Smith, PR Umrigar, GS Sobers, R Ashwin (twice) and RL Chase. There is no instance of the rarer 50/10wm double.
Australia won the two-Test series 2-0. This was the first series between these teams since 2015-16 in Australia. The West Indies has not hosted Australia since 2015.
Here is a summary of all Tests between these teams:
Total: 118 Tests, 60 won by Aus, 32 won by WI, 1 tie, 25 draws
In Aus: 68 Tests, 39 won by Aus, 18 won by WI,1 tie, 10 draws
In WI: 50 Tests, 21 won by Aus, 14 won by WI, 15 draws.
Going to individual scores, starting with
Batting:
Most runs, minimum 1000:
Led by Lara by a large margin.Next is Viv Richards. The most by an Aus player is by Steve Waugh. Lara and Richards also have the most centuries (9 each). Lara also has the most 50+ scores (20) followed by Haynes and Border with 19.
No current player here, partly because these teams have not met much in the recent past.
Highest individual scores, minimum 175:
Led by Lara, with what was his first Test century.Second is 269* by the already forgotten AC Voges less than a decade ago. The 242 by KD Walters is significant as he was the first of several to score a double century and century in the same Test. M Labuschagne also achieved this, and his 204 also appears above.
Highest batting averages (Minimum 20 innings and 40.00):
Headed by the somewhat unexpected pair of Ian Chappell and Larry Gomes. Greg Chappell is just after Gomes. No current player here.
Highest strike rates (Minimum 1000 balls faced and 50.00):
Data on balls faced is not fully available. But it is reasonable to assume that Viv Richards would have the highest strike rate. Next is the less disputable SR of Steven Smith..
Now for
Bowling:
Most wickets (Minimum 50):
Headed by the long-serving CA Walsh (135), Ambrose (128) and McGrath (110). Again, no one from recent years.
The most fivers are 8 by Ambrose and McGrath. Only McGrath has taken two tenners.
Best innings bowling (including all 7wi and better):
Nothing from recent years. The most recent entry is by WI’s J Lawson in 2003 (not the Australian GF Lawson).
Best match bowling (Including all 10wm and better):
Headed by the colourful MG Hughes. Nothing after 2012, which does include current player Kemar Roach.
Best bowling averages (Minimum 2000 balls bowled, maximum 30.00):
Headed by McGrath and Garner. We also see that the best economy rates were by Gibbs and Walker, and that the best strike rates were by B Lee and J Thomson). N Lyon represents the current players.
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.
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