|
Virender Sehwag became the 11th Indian (and 96th overall)
to aggregate 4000 Test runs when he reached 3 in the second
innings of his 48th match. He is the second-quickest (with
Rahul Dravid) among Indians to touch the 400-run mark, Sunil
Gavaskar having done it in 43 Tests. In terms of innings,
Sehwag is the joint-quickest (with Gavaskar), both having
taken 81 innings
Sehwags 65 was only his fourth second-innings half-century
in Tests. He now has 732 runs @ 26.14 in the second
innings, with a highest of 90. His first-innings record
is far superior ?3330 runs @ 69.38, with 12 hundreds
and 8 fifties
Dravids unbeaten 68 took his Test tally to 8900, placing
him at joint-sixth position (with Graham Gooch) among top
run-getters. Those ahead of Dravid and Gooch are Brian Lara
(11468), Allan Border (11174), Steve Waugh (10927), Sachin
Tendulkar (10469) and Gavaskar (10122)
Dravids current average of 58.55 is the third-best
among the 66 batsmen who have aggregated 5000 or more runs
in Test history. Only Don Bradman (6996 runs @ 99.94)
and Ken Barrington (6806 runs @ 58.67) have better
averages. For the record, among contemporary players with
at least 1000 Test runs, only Mike Hussey (1139 runs @
75.93) exceeds the Indian captains average
The third-wicket partnership of 100 between V.V.S. Laxman
and Dravid was the pairs tenth century stand in Tests.
Only Dravid-Tendulkar (14 ) and Gavaskar-Chetan Chauhan
(11) have more century stands among Indians
Anil Kumble became the 11th bowler in Test history (on Day
IV) to claim 200 away victims in 53 matches.
The only other Indian in the list is Kapil Dev with 215
wickets in 66 matches. Shane Warne leads the pack with 389
wickets in 76 Tests
The last time India did as well or better in the fourth
innings was against England at Lords in 2002, when
they made 397 (and still lost by 170 runs)
A total of 357 runs were scored on the final day for the
loss of six wickets. The only occasion when more runs were
scored on Day V of a Test in the Caribbean also involved
India ? in the 1971 Georgetown Test when 367 runs were scored
The last time India were involved in three drawn Tests in
a row was in October-December 2003
Seventeen sixes were hit in this Test, including 14 by the
home team. So far, 35 sixes have been hit in this series
? 22 by the West Indians and 13 by Indians
In the last six away Tests, the Indian bowlers have been
hit for 59 sixes ? 37 in Pakistan and 22 in the West Indies.
Add the 16 hit by English batsman in India, the total swells
to 75 overboundaries conceded by Kumble & Co. in the
last nine Tests!
|