In
1952, versus England at Leeds, India were reduced to 0 for 4.
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In
1952, versus England at Leeds, India were reduced to 0 for 4.
Sir Donald Bradman retired
from test cricket having scored 6,996 runs at an average of 99.94. In his last
test innings he needed 4 runs to have an average of 100. He scored 0.
Never have the first four
batsman of a team, each scored centuries in the same test innings. However, playing
England at Lord's in June,1993 Australia's score-card looked like this:
Mark Taylor 111
Michael Slater 152
David Boon 164
Mark Waugh 99
Sri Lanka once scored 951
for 6 versus India, in 1997 - the highest ever team-total in test cricket.
New Zealand have the dubious
distinction of having scored the lowest ever team test score - 26.
According to Sir Donald
Bradman(Australia), the best innings he has ever seen was his compatriot Stan Mcabe
scoring 232* against England, in England in 1938.
Sir Garfield Sobers'(West
Indies) first test century was a then world record 365*. Brian Lara's (West Indies)
first test century was 277. He later went on to break Sir Garfield's record, scoring
375.
Allan Border is the only
batsman to have scored over 150 in both innings of a test match.
On test debut Lawrence
Rowe(West Indies) scored 214* and 100*.
Only 3 Indian batsmen -
Gundappa Vishwanath, Mohammed Azharuddin and Saurav Ganguly - have scored centuries
on debut for India, and then scored centuries again in their careers.
Against England, at Lord's
in 1990, India needed 24 runs to avoid the follow-on, with 1-wicket in hand. After
playing the first 2 balls of the over defensively Kapil Dev hit off-spinner Eddie
Hemmings for 4 consecutive sixes (the only time this has ever been done), to avoid
the follow-on. Next ball number 11 batsman Narendra Hirwani was dismissed by Angus
Fraser.
The contemporary batsman
who Sir Donald Bradman(Australia) thinks bats a bit like he did is Sachin Tendulkar
of India.
Sanath Jayasuriya(Sri Lanka)
scored 340 against India, in India, in 1997. Sri Lanka scored a world record 951
for 6 in that innings. In the next match Jayasuriya was dismissed for 199.
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