Brod's Cricket Stats (it interests me anyway)

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13,000
- Ricky Ponting became the third player to score 13,000 Test runs (Tendulkar, Dravid)

2411
- Ricky Ponting has scored more runs against India (ave 52.41) than any other player (overtook CH Lloyd 2344 @ 58.6)

8
- Ricky Ponting equalled the record of Richards and Sobers for most Test centuries against India

6
- Rick Ponting scored his sixth Test century at Adelaide Oval, only Bradman at the MCG (9) has more centuries at a single Australian venue

1579
- Ricky Ponting went past 1500 Test runs at Adelaide Oval. Only seven players have score more runs at a single oval. (Most DPMD Jayawardene 2697 @ 79.32 - Sinhalese Ground, Colombo)

17
- Shaun Marsh's series total of 17 runs is the second lowest in a test series (min 5 innings) for a top order (1-6) batsman (Ken Rutherford 12 runs v WI 1985 in 7 innings)

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Australia v India: Day 2

386 Ponting/Clarke
- Highest between Australia and India (previous 376 Laxman/Dravid, Kolkata in 2001)
- 4th highest partnership for Australia
451 (2nd) - Bradman/Ponsford
405 (5th) - Barnes/Bradman
388 (4th) - Bradman/Ponsford
386 (4th) - Ponting/Clarke
385 (5th) - Blewett/S Waugh

942
- Partnership runs by Ponting and Clarke against India, second only to Hayden/Langer (949)

589
- Most runs Clarke has scored in a series (previous - 450)

2 Double centuries
-16th time in test cricket two double centuries in the same innings (lat Jayawardene/Samaraweera 2009, last Australians Lawry/Simpson 1965)

19 Double centuries
- Adelaide Oval has seen the most double centuries scored in test cricket

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Ishant Sharma

Last 6 tests...(before he took 0/100 in Adelaide)
v AUS
1/89 (Perth)
1/144 (SCG)
1/48 & 2/42 (MCG)
v WI
1/84 & 0/15 (Mumbai)
1/14 & 2/95 (Kolkata)
1/80 & 1/49 (Delhi)

TOTAL
11 wickets @ 60

[Media Park]

Brod,

Misbah-ul-Haq has two very different batting averages:
Non-captain: 33.60
Captain: 80.00 (not including his ongoing 83*)

Is this just about the biggest captain/non-captain batting average discrepancy?

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Brod,

Misbah-ul-Haq has two very different batting averages:
Non-captain: 33.60
Captain: 80.00 (not including his ongoing 83*)

Is this just about the biggest captain/non-captain batting average discrepancy?

It it the biggest difference

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Australia v India: Day Three

5 for 49
- PM Siddle's fifth five wicket haul, first against Inida. This is the second time he has taken more than 20 wickets in a series (2009 Ashes)

34.77
- Sachin Tundulkars average of 34.77 is hiw lowest at any Australian ground where he has played three or more times. It is now 21 innings since his last test century

25 ducks
- Zaheer Khan has the most ducks by an Indian (has been out for 6 golden ducks)
25 Z Kahn
23 BS Chandrasekhar
20 BS Bedi
18 Harbhajan Singh
17 A Kumble

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Australia v India - Day Four

35.87
- Sachin Tendulkar's series average. His lowest ever in Australia and 4th lowest ever (min 4 matches..lowest 33.66 v SA 92/3)

19.37
- VVS Laxman's series average. His second lowest ever series average (min 4 tests..lowest 17.57 v Aus 2004)

15.16
- Opening partnership between Gambhir and Sehwag since their last 100 stand (2010), they have scored 182 runs in 12 innings, with a high of 27

315
- Highest 4th innings score to win a test in Adelaide (Aus in 1902)

120
- Most overs seen out in the 4th innings to secure a draw (Aus in 1961 - 8 ball overs)

[Media Park]

For a specialist batsman involved in a full four-test series, how does Shaun Marsh's efforts compare with the worst of all time?

Averaged below three...

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For a specialist batsman involved in a full four-test series, how does Shaun Marsh's efforts compare with the worst of all time?

Averaged below three...

No, Ken Rutherford scored 12 runs in 7 innings against WI (AVE - 1.71)

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NZ v Zimbabwe

51
- Zimbabwe's lowest ever Test score (previous 54 v SA, 2005)
- Lowest score by anyone against NZ (previous 59 v Zim, 2005)

Twice in a day
- Zimbabwe are the only nation to have now been bowled twice in a day more than once (other twice in a day - India v Eng, 1954 & Zim v NZ, 2005)

444
- The biggest lead NZ have ever had after the first innings (previous, 392 v Zim, 2005)

Innings and 301 runs
- Zimbabwe's biggest innings loss (previous, Innings and 294 v NZ, 2005)
- NZ's biggest innings win (previous, as above)

495
- NZ's highest ever score v Zimbabwe (previous 487, 2000)
- Third highest score at Napier (highest 9d/691 NZ v Ind, 2009)

6 for 26
- Chris Martin, best innings bowling for NZ v Zim (Martin's 10th five wicket haul in Tests)

8 for 31
- Chris Martin, second best match bowling NZ v Zim (Best: Bond 10 for 99, 2005)

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Stats with Zimbabwe shouldn't even count

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Stats with Zimbabwe shouldn't even count

Nearly won their previous test match

[Phantom Gossiper]

Stats with Zimbabwe shouldn't even count

Nearly won their previous test match

Against who? They are a disgrace! Makes me sick seeing sides punish them and boost their stats. Matt Hayden hit 380 against them FFS in what less than two days?!

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Stats with Zimbabwe shouldn't even count

Nearly won their previous test match

Against who? They are a disgrace! Makes me sick seeing sides punish them and boost their stats. Matt Hayden hit 380 against them FFS in what less than two days?!

NZ, who in their last test beat....AUSTRALIA
NZ 436 & 8d/252
Zim 313 & 331
(NZ win by 34 runs)

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Australia v India - 4th Test

8
- India have lost overseas tests in a row, their second worst run (worst was 17 in a row between 1959 and 1968)
- Of the 8 tests, four have been by an innings and two by more than 290 runs

298
- 8th largest runs defeat by India (5 of these eight have happened since Oct 2004)

49.43
- Australia's batting average, its eighth best (min 4 tests)

51.11
- India's bowling average, its fifth worst (min 4 tests). Their second worst was 58.45 in England last year, so two of their worst five have occured in the last six months

544
- Series runs for Ricky Ponting, his third highest ever and highest since 2006-07 Ashes

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England v Pakistan - 2nd Test

Less than 150
- The fifth time England have lost chasing less than 150 in the fourth innings (last was v NZ, 1978, before than 110 years ago)
- Only the second time Pakistan have defended less than 150 to win (other was v NZ, 1993

72
- England's lowest score against Pakistan (previous was 130)
- England's 12th lowest Test score

19/287
- Pakistan spinners, their third best match figures (Spinners took all 20 wickets v Eng, 1987 and v WI, 1980)

31
- Wickets taken by spin bowlers, the sixth most ever in a test

8/92 (match) & 6/25 (innings)
- Abdul Rehman took his best match and innings test bowlgin figures

29
- Batsmen out bowled or LBW, the most ever in Test cricket (previous 26 Pak v WI, 2011)

Less than 2
- Seven English batsmen score less than two in their second innings, the equal second most ever (most is 8 NZ v Eng 1955)

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NM Lyon

For South Australia
14 wickets
47.64 ave
97.78 srate

For AUSTRALIA
29 wickets
28.68 ave
55.7 srate

[Trader]

NM Lyon

For South Australia
14 wickets
47.64 ave
97.78 srate

For AUSTRALIA
29 wickets
28.68 ave
55.7 srate

Haha, brilliant stats!

[Jim05]

NM Lyon

For South Australia
14 wickets
47.64 ave
97.78 srate

For AUSTRALIA
29 wickets
28.68 ave
55.7 srate

Maybe because the Aussies give him a decent total to defend, when he bowls for the Redbacks he is only defending a pitifull target.

[Media Park]

Last time we had a player as captain in his debut match?

Our first ODI ever? Would you have to go back that far?