3rd Test, Australia v England, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1554th Test in cricket history
- It was the 1554th Test in cricket history.
Wkts |
Bowler |
For |
Mts |
Balls |
Runs |
Ave |
Best |
SR |
ER |
5WI |
10WM |
167 |
DK Lillee |
Aus |
29 |
8516 |
3507 |
21.00 |
7/89 |
50.99 |
41.18 |
11 |
4 |
164 |
CEL Ambrose |
WI |
34 |
8284 |
3082 |
18.79 |
8/45 |
50.51 |
37.20 |
8 |
2 |
145 |
CA Walsh |
WI |
36 |
8818 |
3683 |
25.40 |
6/74 |
60.81 |
41.77 |
5 |
1 |
141 |
H Trumble |
Aus |
31 |
7895 |
2945 |
20.89 |
8/65 |
55.99 |
37.30 |
9 |
3 |
127 |
MD Marshall |
WI |
26 |
5790 |
2436 |
19.18 |
7/22 |
45.59 |
42.07 |
6 |
1 |
115 |
MA Noble |
Aus |
39 |
6895 |
2860 |
24.87 |
7/17 |
59.96 |
41.48 |
9 |
2 |
114 |
RR Lindwall |
Aus |
29 |
6728 |
2559 |
22.45 |
7/63 |
59.02 |
38.04 |
6 |
0 |
106 |
CV Grimmett |
Aus |
22 |
9164 |
3439 |
32.44 |
6/37 |
86.45 |
37.53 |
11 |
2 |
106 |
SK Warne |
Aus |
21 |
6365 |
2357 |
22.24 |
8/71 |
60.05 |
37.03 |
6 |
1 |
103 |
G Giffen |
Aus |
31 |
6391 |
2791 |
27.10 |
7/117 |
62.05 |
43.67 |
7 |
1 |
102 |
WJ O'Reilly |
Aus |
19 |
7864 |
2587 |
25.36 |
7/54 |
77.10 |
32.90 |
8 |
3 |
102 |
GstA Sobers |
WI |
36 |
8771 |
3323 |
32.58 |
5/41 |
85.99 |
37.89 |
3 |
0 |
101 |
CTB Turner |
Aus |
17 |
5179 |
1670 |
16.53 |
7/43 |
51.28 |
32.25 |
11 |
2 |
100 |
TM Alderman |
Aus |
17 |
4717 |
2117 |
21.17 |
6/47 |
47.17 |
44.88 |
11 |
1 |
100 |
LR Gibbs |
WI |
26 |
8841 |
2889 |
28.89 |
6/39 |
88.41 |
32.68 |
7 |
2 |
100 |
JR Thomson |
Aus |
21 |
4951 |
2418 |
24.18 |
6/46 |
49.51 |
48.84 |
5 |
0 |
- Mike Atherton, at the end of this match, has an aggregate of 7676 runs from 113 matches which takes him ahead of Colin Cowdrey who had an aggregate of 7624 runs from 114 matches. Now only Graham Gooch (8900 runs from 118 matches), David Gower (8231 from 117) and Geoff Boycott (8114 from 108) are ahead of Atherton for England.
Highest Percentage of Winning matches : (Min.Qualification : 10 matches)
Player |
For |
Mts |
Won |
Lost |
D/T |
%wins |
EAE Baptiste |
WI |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
B Lee |
Aus |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
AC Gilchrist |
Aus |
20 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
90.00 |
GA Lohmann |
Eng |
18 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
83.33 |
SJE Loxton |
Aus |
12 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
83.33 |
EJ Smith |
Eng |
11 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
81.82 |
CE Pellew |
Aus |
10 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
80.00 |
SG Barnes |
Aus |
13 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
76.92 |
ERH Toshack |
Aus |
12 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
75.00 |
FR Foster |
Eng |
11 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
72.73 |
WW Reid |
Eng |
18 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
72.22 |
D Tallon |
Aus |
21 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
71.43 |
CL McCool |
Aus |
14 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
71.43 |
AG Fairfax |
Aus |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
70.00 |
Highest Percentage of Undefeated Matches (Min.Qualification : 10 matches)
Player |
For |
Mts |
Won |
Lost |
D/T |
W+D |
%undef |
EAE Baptiste |
WI |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
100.00 |
B Lee |
Aus |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
100.00 |
SJE Loxton |
Aus |
12 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
100.00 |
EJ Smith |
Eng |
11 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
100.00 |
CE Pellew |
Aus |
10 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
100.00 |
ERH Toshack |
Aus |
12 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
100.00 |
CL McCool |
Aus |
14 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
100.00 |
EA McDonald |
Aus |
11 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
100.00 |
RK Chauhan |
Ind |
21 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
21 |
100.00 |
WW Daniel |
WI |
10 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
100.00 |
RH Spooner |
Eng |
10 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
100.00 |
- Alec Stewart has now appeared in 47 `lost' matchesmaximum by any player in Test cricket history. He was earlier at level with Australia's Allan Border. The details :
Player |
For |
Mts |
Won |
Lost |
D/T |
%loss |
AJ Stewart |
Eng |
113 |
30 |
47 |
36 |
41.59 |
AR Boder |
Aus |
156 |
50 |
46 |
60 |
29.49 |
MA Atherton |
Eng |
113 |
30 |
43 |
40 |
38.05 |
CA Walsh |
WI |
132 |
52 |
43 |
37 |
32.58 |
GA Gooch |
Eng |
118 |
32 |
42 |
44 |
35.59 |
DI Gower |
Eng |
117 |
32 |
42 |
43 |
35.90 |
A Ranatunga |
SL |
93 |
17 |
35 |
41 |
37.63 |
- Australia has now played in 21 consecutive result matches winning 19 and losing two. It is now only one short of equalling England's all time record of 22 consecutive matches without a draw between 1884-85 and 1891-92 with 17 wins and five losses.