Australia's youngest, and double one-cap wonders
Most fifties in an ODI innings, the same team scores in both innings of a Test, and the highest innings score in the West Indies
Steven Lynch
29-Jun-2010
Josh Hazlewood: 19 and playing for Australia • Getty Images
Is Josh Hazlewood the youngest Australian to play in a one-day international? And who is the youngest Australian to have played in a Test? asked Mauro Freitas from Australia
The New South Wales fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is indeed the youngest man to appear in a one-day international for Australia. Hazlewood, a star of Australia's Under-19 World Cup-winning side earlier this year, was only 165 days past his 19th birthday when he made his full ODI debut against England at the Rose Bowl last week. Australia's previous-youngest ODI representative was the slow left-armer Ray Bright, who was 19 years 260 days old when he made his debut against New Zealand in Dunedin in 1973-74. The only other teenager to represent Australia in an ODI was Craig McDermott, who was a week older than Bright when he played against West Indies in Melbourne in 1984-85. As far as Tests go, Hazlewood is already too old to break the Australian record, which looks safe for ever in the hands of the NSW batsman Ian Craig, who was only 17 years 293 days old when he made his debut against South Africa in Melbourne in 1952-53.
The New South Wales fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is indeed the youngest man to appear in a one-day international for Australia. Hazlewood, a star of Australia's Under-19 World Cup-winning side earlier this year, was only 165 days past his 19th birthday when he made his full ODI debut against England at the Rose Bowl last week. Australia's previous-youngest ODI representative was the slow left-armer Ray Bright, who was 19 years 260 days old when he made his debut against New Zealand in Dunedin in 1973-74. The only other teenager to represent Australia in an ODI was Craig McDermott, who was a week older than Bright when he played against West Indies in Melbourne in 1984-85. As far as Tests go, Hazlewood is already too old to break the Australian record, which looks safe for ever in the hands of the NSW batsman Ian Craig, who was only 17 years 293 days old when he made his debut against South Africa in Melbourne in 1952-53.
Is Jeff Moss the only one-Test and one-ODI wonder? asked Denis Wu via Facebook
The Victoria left-hander Jeff Moss played one Test for Australia, against Pakistan in 1978-79 (he scored 22 and 38 not out for an average of 60), and also played one one-day international, during the World Cup in England in 1979. He dropped out of national contention when Australia's World Series Cricket players returned to the fold later that year. Moss is one of 14 players who have played one Test and one one-day international (some of them are current players and might yet add to their tallies): the others are Anwar Hossain Piju and Rafiqul Islam of Bangladesh; the England trio of Mark Benson, Alan Butcher and Alan Wells; Phil Emery and Ashley Woodcock of Australia; Gursharan Singh, Rashid Patel and Margashayam Venkataramana of India; Pakistan's Irfan Fazil; and Nelon Pascal and Ryan Ramdass of West Indies. England's Danish-born fast bowler Amjad Khan has so far played one Test and one Twenty20 international, while Austin Richards of West Indies has played one ODI and one Twenty20 international.
The Victoria left-hander Jeff Moss played one Test for Australia, against Pakistan in 1978-79 (he scored 22 and 38 not out for an average of 60), and also played one one-day international, during the World Cup in England in 1979. He dropped out of national contention when Australia's World Series Cricket players returned to the fold later that year. Moss is one of 14 players who have played one Test and one one-day international (some of them are current players and might yet add to their tallies): the others are Anwar Hossain Piju and Rafiqul Islam of Bangladesh; the England trio of Mark Benson, Alan Butcher and Alan Wells; Phil Emery and Ashley Woodcock of Australia; Gursharan Singh, Rashid Patel and Margashayam Venkataramana of India; Pakistan's Irfan Fazil; and Nelon Pascal and Ryan Ramdass of West Indies. England's Danish-born fast bowler Amjad Khan has so far played one Test and one Twenty20 international, while Austin Richards of West Indies has played one ODI and one Twenty20 international.
Four players passed 50 as Pakistan walloped Bangladesh in the Asia Cup recently. Is that a record for one-day internationals? asked Neil Williamson via Facebook
Pakistan do hold the record, but it wasn't set in that recent run-fest against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. No fewer than five batsmen reached 50 in the course of Pakistan's 347 for 5 against Zimbabwe in Karachi in 2007-08. The Test record is seven half-centuries in the same innings, which has happened three times now - for England v Australia at Old Trafford in 1934, India v Pakistan in Karachi in 2005-06, and Sri Lanka v England at Lord's in 2006.
Pakistan do hold the record, but it wasn't set in that recent run-fest against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. No fewer than five batsmen reached 50 in the course of Pakistan's 347 for 5 against Zimbabwe in Karachi in 2007-08. The Test record is seven half-centuries in the same innings, which has happened three times now - for England v Australia at Old Trafford in 1934, India v Pakistan in Karachi in 2005-06, and Sri Lanka v England at Lord's in 2006.
A total of 1324 runs were scored in the second West Indies-South Africa Test in St Kitts - is this a record for a Test in the Caribbean? asked Allan Alexander from the United States
The aggregate of 1324 runs for that recent match at Basseterre comes in at a modest 169th on the overall Test list. Highest of all is the 1981 runs made by South Africa and England in the famous Timeless Test in Durban in 1938-39. In second place is another supposedly timeless Test that was left drawn when England needed to catch the boat home - and this one remains the West Indian record: in Kingston in 1929-30, England and West Indies amassed 1815 runs between them.
The aggregate of 1324 runs for that recent match at Basseterre comes in at a modest 169th on the overall Test list. Highest of all is the 1981 runs made by South Africa and England in the famous Timeless Test in Durban in 1938-39. In second place is another supposedly timeless Test that was left drawn when England needed to catch the boat home - and this one remains the West Indian record: in Kingston in 1929-30, England and West Indies amassed 1815 runs between them.
I was looking at an old scorecard and spotted that India made 201 in both innings in Sydney in 1980-81. How often has a side made the same total in both innings? asked Jeremy Starkie from Cheadle Hulme
India did indeed make 201 in both innings against Australia in Sydney in 1980-81, which turns out to be one of nine occasions that this has happened in Tests. India have done it three times in total: they scored 136 and 136 v Australia in Calcutta in 1956-57, and 407 and 407 for 9 (the highest repeat total) against Pakistan in 2004-05, also at Eden Gardens - but the real specialists are New Zealand, who have achieved the feat four times, while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have both done it once.
India did indeed make 201 in both innings against Australia in Sydney in 1980-81, which turns out to be one of nine occasions that this has happened in Tests. India have done it three times in total: they scored 136 and 136 v Australia in Calcutta in 1956-57, and 407 and 407 for 9 (the highest repeat total) against Pakistan in 2004-05, also at Eden Gardens - but the real specialists are New Zealand, who have achieved the feat four times, while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have both done it once.
Who has been Pakistan's most successful captain? asked Ehsan Ullah
Going by matches won, in Tests it's Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, who were both in charge for 14 victories, ahead of Wasim Akram (12), Inzamam-ul-Haq (11) and Waqar Younis (10). Miandad skippered in 34 Tests to Imran's 48, so his win percentage is better, although the leader of those five is Waqar Younis, with 10 wins out of 17 or a 58.82% success rate. In one-day internationals it's the same quintet, but in a different order: Imran leads the way, with 75 victories (from 139 matches as captain), ahead of Akram (66 from 109), Inzamam (51 from 87), Waqar (37 from 62) and Miandad (26 from 62).
Going by matches won, in Tests it's Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, who were both in charge for 14 victories, ahead of Wasim Akram (12), Inzamam-ul-Haq (11) and Waqar Younis (10). Miandad skippered in 34 Tests to Imran's 48, so his win percentage is better, although the leader of those five is Waqar Younis, with 10 wins out of 17 or a 58.82% success rate. In one-day internationals it's the same quintet, but in a different order: Imran leads the way, with 75 victories (from 139 matches as captain), ahead of Akram (66 from 109), Inzamam (51 from 87), Waqar (37 from 62) and Miandad (26 from 62).
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