2nd Test, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1549th Test match in cricket history

19-Jun-2001

It was the 1549th Test match in cricket history.

It was India's 341st and Zimbabwe's 52nd Test match - seventh between these two sides.

It was the 28th Test match on Zimbabwean soilfourth between these two sides.

Umpire Ian Robinson was officiating in his 25th Test match. He became first Zimbabwean and 31st umpire in Test annals to reach this landmark. The other umpire Asoka de Silva was standing in his third Test.

Hemang Badani and Travis Friend became the 237th and 51st player to represent India and Zimbabwe respectively. By an odd coincidence both these players have appeared in 13 matches each for their respective sides.

Grant Flower was playing his 50th Test match. He became third Zimbabwean after brother Andy and Alistair Campbell (52) and 171st player in all to have reached this milestone.

Rahul Dravid on 25 in first innings became the highest run-scorer against Zimbabwe in Tests moving ahead of New Zealander Nathan Astle who has an aggregate of 662 runs from 9 Tests and 15 innings. At the end of this match Dravid has scored 732 runs from five Tests and 8 innings. Tendulkar with 664 runs from 7 Tests and 11 innings has moved to second place behind Dravid.

Andy Blignaut's three catches in first innings equalled the best performance by a Zimbabwean in the field in an innings against India. Guy Whittall had also taken three catches in the first innings of the Bulawayo Test just a week ago.

Andy Flower completed his 1000 Test runs against India when his score reached 18 in first innings. He became first Zimbabwean and 22nd batsman in all to have accomplished this feat. At the end of this match Andy has taken his aggregate to 1043 runs from 14 innings of seven Tests against India. Flower The accompanying table lists the batsman with 1000 runs in a career against India. It might be noted that Andy's average of 128.37 is the highest among this elite band.

Batsmen with a career aggregate of 1000 runs against India :

Batsman	Runs	For	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
CH Lloyd	2344	WI	28	44	4	58.60	242*	7	12	1
Javed Miandad	2228	Pak	28	39	6	67.52	280*	5	14	1
IVA Richards	1927	WI	28	41	3	50.71	192*	8	7	1
GStA Sobers	1920	WI	18	30	7	83.48	198	8	7	2
Zaheer Abbas	1740	Pak	19	25	5	87.00	235*	6	3	1
GA Gooch	1725	Eng	19	33	2	55.65	333	5	8	1
RB Kanhai	1693	WI	18	28	1	62.70	256	4	7	1
CG Greenidge	1678	WI	23	39	4	47.94	194	5	8	3
AR Border	1567	Aus	20	35	5	52.23	163	4	9	2
EdeC Weekes	1495	WI	10	15	1	106.79	207	7	4	0
Mudassar Nazar	1431	Pak	18	25	2	62.22	231	6	3	0
DI Gower	1391	Eng	24	37	6	44.87	200*	2	6	3
KF Barrington	1355	Eng	14	21	3	75.28	172	3	9	0
PA de Silva	1252	SL	19	32	2	41.73	148	5	3	0
AI Kallicharran	1229	WI	15	25	3	55.86	187	3	7	2
DC Boon	1204	Aus	11	20	3	70.82	135	6	2	0
IT Botham	1201	Eng	14	17	0	70.65	208	5	5	1
MW Gatting	1155	Eng	16	27	6	55.00	207	3	3	3
RB Simpson	1125	Aus	11	21	0	53.57	176	4	6	0
Imran Khan	1091	Pak	23	29	8	51.95	135*	3	3	0
G Boycott	1084	Eng	13	22	3	57.05	246*	4	2	0
A Flower	1043	Zim	7	14	6	130.37	232*	3	6	0

The remarkable thing about Andy's feat is that he needed only seven Tests to complete his 1000 runs.Flower now shares the record of completing 1000 runs in a career against India in least Test matches with West Indian Everton Weekes. Weekes, however, is the fastest in terms of innings as he accomplished this feat in four innings lesser than Andy.

Andy is now jointly placed second among the batsmen reaching 1000 runs in a career against a particular country in least matches alongwith West Indian Everton Weekes, Australia's Don Bradman and Doug Walters with West Indian Viv Richards heading the table. Richards took only six Tests to achieve a runaggregate of 1000 against England. Another West Indian Weekes holds the world record of being the fastest in least innings as he took only nine inning to complete his 1000 runs against India. The details:

Fastest to complete 1000 test runs against a specific country :

Batsman	For	M	Inns	NO	Ave	Hs	100s	0s	Vs	Venue	Tst	Series
IVA Richards	WI	6	10	1	111.11	291	3	0	Eng	Lord's	2nd	1980
EdeC Weekes	WI	7	9	1	125.00	207	5	0	Ind	Bridgetown	2nd	1952-53
KD Walters	Aus	7	11	2	111.11	242	6	0	WI	Port-of-Spain	3rd	1972-73
DG Bradman	Aus	7	13	2	90.91	254	5	0	Eng	Leeds	3rd	1930
A Flower	Zim	7	13	5	128.37	232*	3	0	Ind	Harare	2nd	2000-01
RN Harvey	Aus	8	13	4	111.11	178	6	0	SA	Sydney	3rd	1952-53
DCS Compton	Eng	8	13	1	83.33	208	5	0	SA	Cape Town	3rd	1948-49
Javed Miandad	Pak	8	14	5	111.11	206	4	0	NZ	Hyderabad	2nd	1984-85
WR Hammond	Eng	8	14	2	83.33	251	4	0	Aus	Leeds	3rd	1930
GA Headley	WI	8	15	2	76.92	223	5	0	Eng	Bridgetown	1st	1934-35
SM Gavaskar	Ind	8	15	4	90.91	220	4	1	WI	Port-of-Spain	2nd	1975-76
WR Hammond	Eng	9	11	3	125.00	336*	4	1	NZ	Christchurch	1st	1946-47
BC Lara	WI	9	14	2	83.33	375	2	0	Eng	Manchester	4th	1995
M Azharuddin	Ind	9	16	3	76.92	179	5	0	Eng	The Oval	3rd	1990
AR Morris	Aus	9	16	3	76.92	179*	5	0	Eng	Leeds	4th	1948
MA Taylor	Aus	9	17	3	71.43	219	2	0	Eng	Sydney	3rd	1990-91
L Hutton	Eng	9	17	3	71.43	202*	3	0	WI	Kingston	1st	1953-54

Heath Streak,on 11 in first innings,completed his 1000 runs in 40th Test. He became seventh Zimbabwean and 363rd batsman in Test annals to reach this landmark. The batsman with a career aggregate of 1000 runs for Zimbabwe are :Andy Flower (3908 runs in 52 Tests), Grant Flower (2812 runs in 50 Tests), Alistair Campbell (2307 runs in 52 Tests),Guy Whittall (2056 runs in 41 Tests), Dave Houghton (1464 runs in 22 Tests),Murray Goodwin (1414 runs in 19 Tests) and Heath Streak (1037 runs in 40 Tests).

With this, Streak also completed the coveted double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets, becoming the first Zimbabwean and 36th allrounder to do so.

Grant Flower,on 10 in first innings, became only the second batsman after brother Andy to reach 1000 runs at Harare Sports Club Ground. At the end of this Test,Grant has an aggregate of 1079 runs from 17 Tests after Andy's 1098 runs from 18 Tests.

Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra by returning the figures of four for 71 and four for 72 achieved the two best figures by an Indian bowler in Zimbabwe. Anil Kumble had figures of four for 87 at this same venue in 1998-99.

Sachin Tendulkar,on 19 in second innings,became the second highest run-getter for India in Tests. He surpassed Dilip Vengsarkar's tally of 6868 runs from 116 matches and 185 innings. Tendulkar overhauled Vengsarkar's aggregate in 32 Tests and 50 innings lesser. Now only Sunil Gavaskar with 10122 runs in 125 Tests and 214 innings is ahead of Tendulkar. Tendulkar,with 6919 runs at the end of this Test,is placed 23rd in the list of leading Test batsmen.It is interesting to note that Tendulkar's average of 57.18 is second only to Don Bradman's 99.94.

Tendulkar now has 53 scores of fifty plus on this name including 25 hundreds which takes him past Vengsarkar who has 52 such scores (17 hundreds and 35 fifties) to his credit. Only Gavaskar has more fifty plus scores 79 (34+45) among Indian batsmen.

Tendulkar now has aggregated 2004 runs in 25 Tests (ave 40.08) in the matches lost by India . He became second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (2314 runs in 34 Tests) and 11th batsman in all to aggregate 2000 runs in the `lost' matches. For the record Australia's Allan Border has the maximum run aggregate of 2771 runs (ave.33.39) in 46 Tests lost by Australia. The accompanying tables have details.

Most runs in `lost' matches

Batsman	Runs	For	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
AR Border	2771	Aus	46	92	9	33.39	152*	5	13	7
DI Gower	2581	Eng	42	84	4	32.26	114	4	15	3
AJ Stewart	2473	Eng	44	87	5	30.16	89	0	19	6
GA Gooch	2423	Eng	42	84	0	28.85	133	3	16	5
SM Gavaskar	2314	Ind	34	67	1	35.06	137	6	12	7
A Ranatunga	2163	SL	35	70	2	31.81	127	1	15	5
MA Atherton	2128	Eng	40	80	0	26.60	144	1	13	10
BC Lara	2125	WI	33	66	0	32.20	182	3	14	7
SR Waugh	2065	Aus	32	63	7	36.88	199	4	9	10
A Flower	2050	Zim	26	52	4	42.71	183*	5	13	3
SR Tendulkar	2004	Ind	25	50	0	40.08	177	7	7	5

Most runs in `lost' matches for India

Batsman	Runs	For	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
SM Gavaskar	2314	Ind	34	67	1	35.06	137	6	12	7
SR Tendulkar	2004	Ind	25	50	0	40.08	177	7	7	5
DB Vengsarkar	1654	Ind	34	68	2	25.06	157	2	9	4
M Azharuddin	1605	Ind	25	50	1	32.76	121	7	3	2
N Kapil Dev	1576	Ind	31	62	2	26.27	129	1	9	5
M Amarnath	1534	Ind	23	46	1	34.09	100	1	13	10
GR Viswanath	1483	Ind	28	55	0	26.96	95	0	12	4
Pataudi (Nawab of) jr	1298	Ind	19	37	1	36.06	148	2	9	3
PR Umrigar	1154	Ind	21	42	2	28.85	172*	2	5	3
FM Engineer	1115	Ind	22	43	1	26.55	89	0	8	7
CG Borde	1027	Ind	25	49	1	21.40	121	1	6	11

The duck in second innings was eighth for Ajit Agarkar in his tenth Test and 16th innings. Agarkar's duck frequency of 50 % is the highest in Test cricket by a batsman aggregating atleast five ducks in a career. The details :

Highest duck percentage in a career(Min 5 ducks)

Batsman	Duck Freq.	0s	For	M	Inn	Runs	NO	Ave	HS
AB Agarkar	50.00	8	Ind	10	16	124	1	8.27	41*
AG Huckle	50.00	7	Zim	8	14	74	3	6.73	28*
AG Hurst	50.00	10	Aus	12	20	102	3	6.00	26
G Kishenchand	50.00	5	Ind	5	10	89	0	8.90	44
JM Patel	50.00	5	Ind	7	10	25	1	2.78	12
RG Holland	46.67	7	Aus	11	15	35	4	3.18	10
A Kuruvilla	45.45	5	Ind	10	11	66	1	6.60	35*
AD Mullally	42.31	11	Eng	18	26	127	4	5.77	24
WM Clark	42.11	8	Aus	10	19	98	2	5.76	33
BP Bracewell	41.67	5	NZ	6	12	24	2	2.40	8
MB Owens	41.67	5	NZ	8	12	16	6	2.67	8*

Highest duck percentage by Indian batsmen(Min 5 ducks)

Batsman	Duck Freq.	0s	For	M	Inn	Runs	NO	Ave	HS
AB Agarkar	50.00	8	Ind	10	16	124	1	8.27	41*
G Kishenchand	50.00	5	Ind	5	10	89	0	8.90	44
JM Patel	50.00	5	Ind	7	10	25	1	2.78	12
A Kuruvilla	45.45	5	Ind	10	11	66	1	6.60	35*
DR Doshi	36.84	14	Ind	33	38	129	10	4.61	20
NS Tamhane	29.63	8	Ind	21	27	225	5	10.23	54*
Ghulam Ahmed	29.03	9	Ind	22	31	192	9	8.73	50
Maninder Singh	28.95	11	Ind	35	38	99	12	3.81	15
BS Chandrasekhar	28.75	23	Ind	58	80	167	39	4.07	22
ND Hirwani	22.73	5	Ind	17	22	54	12	5.40	17
BKV Prasad	21.43	9	Ind	30	42	168	17	6.72	30*

Ashish Nehra became 27th Indian to bag a Test match pair (i.e. duck in both innings) on 36th occasion. He also achieved the dubious distinction of becoming the first Indian to suffer this ignominy against Zimbabwe. The other batsmen to do so against Zimbabwe are Pakistan's Manzoor Elahi (1994-95) and Mushtaq Ahmed (1997-98),West Indian Adrian Griffith (1999-00) and Bangladesh's Manjural Islam and Mohammad Sharif (2000-01).

Blignaut (5-74) became the third Zimbabwean to take a five wicket haul against India. Interestingly all three have performed this feat this same ground. John Traicos (5-86) in 1992-93 and Henry Olonga (5-70) are the others to do so.

Javagal Srinath now has taken 192 wickets in 52 Tests which puts him ahead of Erapally Prasanna who had 189 wickets from 49 Tests to his credit. Now only Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 Tests), Anil Kumble (276 in 61), Bishan Singh Bedi (266 in 67) and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (242 in 58) are ahead of Srinath for India.

With the series tied at 1-1,India now has still not won a Test series outside the sub-continent since 1986 when it defeated England by 2-0 margin.

The win was Zimbabwe's sixth in 52 matches. Interestingly Zimbabwe has now beaten three neighbouring countries India, Pakistan and Bangladesh on two occasions each.

The defeat was India's 71st in 159th Test on foreign soil and second in four Tests in Zimbabwe.

At the end of this series :

India's overall Test record :played 341,won 66,lost 114,drawn 160 and tied one.

Zimbabwe's overall Test record:played 52,won 6,lost 26 and drawn 20.

Saurav Ganguly's captaincy record :played 8,won 5,lost 2 and drawn one.

Heath Streak's captaincy record :played 9,won 3,lost 4 and drawn 2.

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