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A six-year gap, an exclusive club

A statistical look at the fourth day's play at Kolkata

Cricinfo staff

  • Shahid Afridi's late burst on the fourth day added one more twist to an already fascinating Test. It was manic, it was raw, it was his first score over fifty away from home in nearly six years. His last substantial score was 141 against India in Chennai in 1998-99, a Test that Pakistan won.

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  • Hamilton first, and now Kolkata. Rahul Dravid became only the second Indian to hit two hundreds in the same Test on two or more occasions. He joins seven batsmen with two hundreds on two instances but falls short of Sunil Gavaskar, who did it three times.

    • V.. Tst Series 1st 2nd Venue
    AR Border Pak 3rd 1979-80 150* 153 Lahore
    AR Border NZ 2nd 1985-86 140 114* Christchurch
    GS Chappell NZ 1st 1973-74 247* 133 Wellington
    GS Chappell WI 1st 1975-76 123 109* Brisbane
    PA de Silva Pak 2nd 1996-97 138* 103* SSC, Colombo
    PA de Silva Ind 2nd 1997-98 146 120 SSC, Colombo
    R Dravid NZ 3rd 1998-99 190 103* Hamilton
    R Dravid Pak 2nd 2004-05 110 135 Kolkata
    SM Gavaskar WI 5th 1970-71 124 220 Port-of-Sapin
    SM Gavaskar Pak 3rd 1978-79 111 137 Karachi
    SM Gavaskar WI 3rd 1978-79 107 182* Calcutta
    ML Hayden Eng 1st 2002-03 197 103 Brisbane
    ML Hayden SL 2nd 2004 117 132 Cairns
    GA Headley Eng 3rd 1929-30 114 112 Georgetown
    GA Headley Eng 1st 1939 106 107 Lrod's
    H Sutcliffe Aus 2nd 1924-25 176 127 MCG
    H Sutcliffe SA 5th 1929 104 109* The Oval
    CL Walcott Aus 2nd 1954-55 126 110 Port-of-Spain
    CL Walcott Aus 5th 1954-55 155 110 Kingston

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  • Among batsmen with more than 7000 runs, Dravid his the second-highest average, behind only Wally Hammond. But if Don Bradman had scored those six extra runs...

    • Player Team Avg Runs
    DG Bradman Aus 99.94 6994
    KF Barrington Eng 58.67 6806
    WR Hammond Eng 58.46 7249
    R Dravid Ind 58.45 7658
    GSTA Sobers WI 57.78 8032

  • The 5th wicket partnership of 163 runs is now India's best against Pakistan at Kolkata. It bettered the 88-run stand between Sandeep Patil and Yashpal Sharma in 1979-80.

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