England v West Indies, Old Trafford - Trivia

Travis Basevi

12-Jun-2007

Most Test wins as captain
10 wickets in a match by postwar England spinners
Highest match score in the 4th innings but losing the Test
Most extras in a Test
More than 20 runs as wides in a match
Most runs in matches lost
Best average in Tests in England

Most Test wins as captain
Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L
SR Waugh (Aus)	1999-2004	57	41	9	0	7	4.55
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1985	74	36	12	0	26	3.00
AR Border (Aus)	1984-1994	93	32	22	1	38	1.45
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-2006	80	28	27	0	25	1.03
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1991	50	27	8	0	15	3.37
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	2.45
RT Ponting (Aus)	2004-2007	35	27	3	0	5	9.00
MA Taylor (Aus)	1994-1999	50	26	13	0	11	2.00
GS Chappell (Aus)	1975-1983	48	21	13	0	14	1.61
SC Ganguly (India)	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	1.61
MP Vaughan (Eng)	2003-2007	35	21	6	0	8	3.50
PBH May (Eng)	1955-1961	41	20	10	0	11	2.00
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2003-2007	46	19	15	0	12	1.26
JM Brearley (Eng)	1977-1981	31	18	4	0	9	4.50
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1999-2002	38	18	12	0	8	1.50
N Hussain (Eng)	1999-2003	45	17	15	0	13	1.13
DG Bradman (Aus)	1936-1948	24	15	3	0	6	5.00
IM Chappell (Aus)	1971-1975	30	15	5	0	10	3.00
WM Woodfull (Aus)	1930-1934	25	14	7	0	4	2.00
AL Hassett (Aus)	1949-1953	24	14	4	0	6	3.50

10 wickets in a match by postwar England spinners
Player	Figures	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MS Panesar (Eng)	10/187	v West Indies	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test 1835
PCR Tufnell (Eng)	11/93	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test 1377
PCR Tufnell (Eng)	11/147	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test 1183
NGB Cook (Eng)	11/83	v Pakistan	Karachi	2 Mar 1984	Test 978
AW Greig (Eng)	10/149	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test 757
DL Underwood (Eng)	11/215	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test 754
DL Underwood (Eng)	13/71	v Pakistan	Lord's	8 Aug 1974	Test 743
AW Greig (Eng)	13/156	v West Indies	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test 738
DL Underwood (Eng)	10/82	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test 701
DL Underwood (Eng)	12/97	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test 681
DL Underwood (Eng)	12/101	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test 658
DL Underwood (Eng)	11/70	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test 656
GAR Lock (Eng)	11/84	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test 470
GAR Lock (Eng)	11/65	v New Zealand	Leeds	3 Jul 1958	Test 456
GAR Lock (Eng)	11/48	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test 443
JH Wardle (Eng)	12/89	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test 435
JC Laker (Eng)	19/90	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test 428
JC Laker (Eng)	11/113	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test 427
JC Laker (Eng)	10/119	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test 338
R Tattersall (Eng)	12/101	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test 335
DVP Wright (Eng)	10/175	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test 286

Highest match score in the 4th innings but losing the Test
Team	Score	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	207	214	v Australia	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test 19
Australia	335	429	v England	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test 194
West Indies	172	214	v Pakistan	Dhaka	6 Mar 1959	Test 471
West Indies	272	303	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1969	Test 655
Australia	252	342	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test 698
New Zealand	440	479	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test 722
Pakistan	336	429	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test 1134
West Indies	219	269	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test 1808
South Africa	278	402	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test 1823
West Indies	394	455	v England	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test 1835

Most extras in a Test
Match	b	lb	w	nb	Tot	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies v Pakistan	37	31	2	103	173	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977	Test 797
England v West Indies	51	45	29	37	167	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test 1835
Australia v West Indies	25	34	0	90	149	Perth	2 Dec 1988	Test 1110
Australia v West Indies	20	48	1	71	140	Adelaide	3 Feb 1989	Test 1114
England v New Zealand	34	52	7	47	140	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test 1700
England v West Indies	30	54	18	35	137	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test 1707
West Indies v Australia	28	29	4	75	136	Georgetown	23 Mar 1991	Test 1167
West Indies v Australia	52	35	13	35	135	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test 1639
West Indies v Australia	22	31	3	78	134	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test 1453
South Africa v Pakistan	18	35	22	54	129	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test 1283
West Indies v England	22	38	5	62	127	Bridgetown	5 Apr 1990	Test 1143
West Indies v England	21	36	4	63	124	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test 1045
England v South Africa	9	70	10	35	124	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test 1656
England v West Indies	19	33	12	58	122	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test 780
England v India	31	39	15	37	122	The Oval	23 Aug 1990	Test 1150
England v Sri Lanka	11	31	11	69	122	Lord's	16 May 2002	Test 1603
England v Australia	22	23	13	64	122	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test 1760
Sri Lanka v Australia	4	43	5	68	120	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test 1194
West Indies v South Africa	25	27	1	66	119	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test 1188
West Indies v India	19	49	2	48	118	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test 1119

More than 20 runs as wides in a match
Match	b	lb	w	nb	Tot	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England v West Indies	51	45	29	37	167	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test 1835
England v West Indies	17	40	28	13	98	Lord's	17 May 2007	Test 1831
England v Pakistan	21	28	29	29	107	Lord's	13 Jul 2006	Test 1809
India v Pakistan	29	27	20	29	105	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005	Test 1743
England v West Indies	28	31	25	28	112	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	Test 1711
South Africa v West Indies	9	35	29	26	99	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test 1682
New Zealand v Pakistan	4	20	21	60	105	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test 1676
Zimbabwe v India	5	27	20	10	62	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test 1549
South Africa v Pakistan	18	35	22	54	129	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test 1283
Pakistan v India	11	32	30	39	112	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test 1128
West Indies v England	23	24	20	7	74	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test 489

Most runs in matches lost
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2006	63	126	5316	226	42.19	14
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2007	50	100	3225	128*	35.05	4
AJ Stewart (Eng)	1990-2003	54	107	2993	89	29.93	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1990-2007	39	78	2783	177	35.67	8
AR Border (Aus)	1979-1994	46	92	2771	152*	33.38	5
A Flower (Zim)	1992-2002	34	68	2713	199*	43.06	7
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	42	84	2581	114	32.26	4
Habibul Bashar (Ban)	2000-2007	38	76	2479	108	33.05	2
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	42	84	2423	133	28.84	3
SR Waugh (Aus)	1986-2003	36	71	2380	199	37.77	5
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	44	88	2319	144	26.35	1
SM Gavaskar (India)	1972-1987	34	67	2314	137	35.06	6
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2007	37	72	2174	139	31.97	4
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	35	70	2163	127	31.80	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2007	39	77	2156	142	28.36	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2006	38	76	2154	117	28.34	1
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1997-2007	30	59	2030	121	36.25	3
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2007	25	49	1962	192	40.87	7
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	38	76	1945	106	26.64	2
AJ Lamb (Eng)	1982-1992	32	64	1943	125	31.33	6

Best average in Tests in England (qualification: minimum of 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
DG Bradman (Aus)	1930-1948	19	30	2674	334	102.84	11
DR Jardine (Eng)	1928-1933	8	10	490	127	81.66	1
SR Waugh (Aus)	1989-2001	22	32	1633	177*	74.22	7
SR Tendulkar (India)	1990-2002	10	16	1074	193	71.60	4
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1995-2007	10	17	884	128*	68.00	2
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1987-1996	13	18	931	165	66.50	3
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	2001-2006	6	11	716	202	65.09	3
AR Border (Aus)	1980-1993	25	43	2082	200*	65.06	5
H Sutcliffe (Eng)	1924-1935	33	47	2584	161	64.60	9
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	24	34	2057	291	64.28	5
A Melville (SA)	1947-1947	5	10	569	189	63.22	3
WH Ponsford (Aus)	1926-1934	10	16	936	266	62.40	3
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2005-2007	15	27	1618	226	62.23	6
GA Headley (WI)	1933-1939	6	11	611	169*	61.10	3
DCS Compton (Eng)	1937-1956	47	76	3963	278	60.04	13
AN Cook (Eng)	2006-2007	10	17	956	127	59.75	4
J Hardstaff jnr (Eng)	1935-1948	14	21	1067	205*	59.27	4
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1954	44	77	3930	364	57.79	13
AR Morris (Aus)	1948-1953	10	19	1033	196	57.38	3
PBH May (Eng)	1951-1961	39	57	2865	285*	57.30	9

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1835: England v West Indies at Manchester, The Wisden Trophy 3rd Test, Jun 7-11, 2007
• ODI # 2589: Africa XI v Asia XI at Chennai, Afro-Asia Cup 3rd Match, Jun 10, 2007