Kevin O'Brien joins a rare club
Kevin O'Brien became the fourth batsman to hit a hundred in his team's first Test match
Batsman | Team | Opposition | Date | Match runs |
Charles Bannerman | Australia | England | 15-Mar-1877 | 169 |
Dave Houghton | Zimbabwe | India | 18-Oct-1992 | 162 |
Kevin O'Brien | Ireland | Pakistan | 11-May-2018 | 158* |
Animul Islam | Bangladesh | India | 10-Nov-2000 | 151 |
Habibul Bashar | Bangladesh | India | 10-Nov-2000 | 101 |
Team | Opposition | Inns | Date | Total | Deliveries |
Zimbabwe | India | 1st | 18-Oct-1992 | 456/10 | 1286 |
Bangladesh | India | 1st | 10-Nov-2000 | 400/10 | 921 |
Ireland | Pakistan | 3rd | 11-May-2018 | 319/7 | 732* |
Australia | England | 1st | 15-Mar-1877 | 245/9 | 679 |
Pakistan | India | 2nd | 16-Oct-1952 | 150/10 | 627 |
Partners | Match | Inns | Wicket | Runs |
Andy Flower, Dave Houghton | ZIM v IND | 1 | 6 | 165 |
Kevin O'Brien, Stuart Thompson | IRE v PAK | 3 | 7 | 114 |
Kevin Arnott, Grant Flower | ZIM v IND | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Ranjan Madugalle, Arjuna Ranatunga | SL v ENG | 1 | 5 | 99 |
Aminul Islam, Khaled Mashud | B'DESH v IND | 1 | 7 | 93 |
Shiva Jayaraman is a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo @shiva_cricinfo