Most hundreds and five-fors in a row

Travis Basevi

11-Jan-2011

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - Tests

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - Tests

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - Tests

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - Tests

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - ODIs

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - ODIs

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - T20Is

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - Tests
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	9	v England	May 31, 2001	Jul 13, 2006	114, 85, 53, 72, 109, 100, 97, 69, 56
CH Lloyd (WI)	8	v England	Jun 19, 1980	Jun 14, 1984	56, 101, 64, 100, 66, 58, 95, 71
JH Kallis (SA)	8	v Pakistan	Jan 26, 2007	Nov 20, 2010	51, 155, 100, 59, 107, 73, 135*, 105
GS Sobers (WI)	7	v India	Apr 13, 1962	Jan 13, 1967	104, 50, 50, 53, 70, 95, 74
KD Walters (Aus)	7	v West Indies	Dec 26, 1968	Feb 16, 1973	76, 118, 110, 50, 242, 103, 72
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	7	v West Indies	Feb 7, 2002	Nov 27, 2006	60, 52*, 192, 56, 191, 102, 124
EH Hendren (Eng)	6	v West Indies	Feb 1, 1930	Apr 3, 1930	77, 205*, 56, 123, 61, 55
GA Headley (WI)	6	v England	Jan 24, 1935	Jul 22, 1939	93, 53, 270*, 106, 107, 51
A Melville (SA)	6	v England	Feb 18, 1939	Jun 21, 1947	67, 78, 103, 189, 104*, 117
ED Weekes (WI)	6	v India	Nov 10, 1948	Feb 4, 1949	128, 194, 162, 101, 90, 56
RN Harvey (Aus)	6	v South Africa	Jan 20, 1950	Dec 5, 1952	151, 56, 100, 116, 109, 52
GS Sobers (WI)	6	v Pakistan	Jan 17, 1958	Mar 13, 1958	52, 52, 80, 365, 125, 109
A Flower (Zim)	6	v India	Nov 18, 2000	Jun 7, 2001	183, 70, 55, 232, 51, 83
S Chanderpaul (WI)	6	v India	Apr 19, 2002	Oct 9, 2002	67, 101, 136*, 58, 59, 54
Taufeeq Umar (Pak)	6	v South Africa	Jan 2, 2003	Oct 24, 2003	135, 67, 111, 63, 68, 71
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	6	v New Zealand	Nov 30, 2001	Mar 26, 2005	83, 126, 50, 121, 162, 60
MEK Hussey (Aus)	6	v England	Aug 20, 2009	Dec 16, 2010	121, 195, 93, 52, 61, 116

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - Tests
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
A Melville (SA)	4	v England	Mar 3, 1939	Jun 21, 1947	103, 189, 104*, 117
ED Weekes (WI)	4	v India	Nov 10, 1948	Dec 31, 1948	128, 194, 162, 101
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak)	4	v New Zealand	Feb 10, 1989	Oct 18, 1990	163, 112, 203*, 105
HM Amla (SA)	4	v India	Feb 6, 2010	Dec 16, 2010	253, 114, 123, 140
H Sutcliffe (Eng)	3	v Australia	Dec 19, 1924	Jan 1, 1925	115, 176, 127
CG Macartney (Aus)	3	v England	Jun 26, 1926	Jul 24, 1926	133*, 151, 109
JHW Fingleton (Aus)	3	v South Africa	Jan 1, 1936	Feb 28, 1936	112, 108, 118
WR Hammond (Eng)	3	v New Zealand	Mar 24, 1933	Jun 26, 1937	227, 336*, 140
GA Headley (WI)	3	v England	Mar 14, 1935	Jun 24, 1939	270*, 106, 107
AR Morris (Aus)	3	v England	Jan 1, 1947	Jan 31, 1947	155, 122, 124*
DCS Compton (Eng)	3	v South Africa	Jun 7, 1947	Jul 5, 1947	163, 208, 115
DG Bradman (Aus)	3	v India	Jan 1, 1948	Jan 23, 1948	132, 127*, 201
RN Harvey (Aus)	3	v South Africa	Feb 10, 1950	Dec 5, 1952	100, 116, 109
ED Weekes (WI)	3	v New Zealand	Feb 3, 1956	Mar 3, 1956	123, 103, 156
GS Sobers (WI)	3	v Pakistan	Feb 26, 1958	Mar 13, 1958	365, 125, 109
SM Gavaskar (India)	3	v West Indies	Apr 1, 1971	Apr 13, 1971	117*, 124, 220
CG Greenidge (WI)	3	v England	Jul 8, 1976	Jul 22, 1976	134, 101, 115
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	3	v India	Dec 10, 1982	Jan 3, 1983	215, 186, 168
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	3	v India	Jan 14, 1983	Jan 30, 1983	231, 152*, 152
GA Gooch (Eng)	3	v India	Jul 26, 1990	Aug 9, 1990	333, 123, 116
AH Jones (NZ)	3	v Sri Lanka	Jan 31, 1991	Feb 22, 1991	186, 122, 100*
SR Waugh (Aus)	3	v Sri Lanka	Dec 16, 1989	Jan 25, 1996	134, 131, 170
PA de Silva (SL)	3	v Pakistan	Apr 19, 1997	Apr 26, 1997	168, 138, 103
M Azharuddin (India)	3	v Sri Lanka	Jan 26, 1994	Aug 2, 1997	108, 152, 126
PA de Silva (SL)	3	v India	Aug 2, 1997	Aug 9, 1997	126, 146, 120
R Dravid (India)	3	v England	Aug 8, 2002	Sep 5, 2002	115, 148, 217
BC Lara (WI)	3	v Sri Lanka	Nov 29, 2001	Jun 20, 2003	221, 130, 209
MS Atapattu (SL)	3	v Zimbabwe	Jan 12, 2002	May 14, 2004	100*, 170, 249
MP Vaughan (Eng)	3	v West Indies	Apr 10, 2004	Jul 22, 2004	140, 103, 101*
RT Ponting (Aus)	3	v West Indies	May 1, 2003	Nov 3, 2005	113, 149, 104*
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	3	v West Indies	Nov 19, 2006	Nov 27, 2006	191, 102, 124
V Sehwag (India)	3	v Sri Lanka	Nov 24, 2009	Jul 18, 2010	131, 293, 109
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	v India	Dec 2, 2009	Jul 26, 2010	137, 103, 219

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - Tests
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
SF Barnes (Eng)	10	v South Africa	Jun 10, 1912	Dec 26, 1913	5/25, 6/85, 6/52, 4/63, 5/28, 8/29, 5/57, 5/48, 8/56, 9/103
CTB Turner (Aus)	8	v England	Feb 25, 1887	Aug 30, 1888	5/41, 4/52, 5/44, 7/43, 5/27, 5/36, 6/112, 5/86
M Muralitharan (SL)	8	v Pakistan	Apr 19, 1997	Jun 14, 2000	6/98, 4/45, 4/127, 4/77, 6/71, 4/89, 4/107, 5/115
H Trumble (Aus)	7	v England	Jul 3, 1902	Jan 1, 1904	4/49, 4/75, 6/53, 8/65, 4/108, 4/107, 5/34
M Muralitharan (SL)	7	v Zimbabwe	Dec 27, 2001	May 6, 2004	4/53, 4/35, 9/51, 4/64, 5/67, 4/24, 6/45
J Briggs (Eng)	6	v Australia	Jan 29, 1892	Aug 24, 1893	4/69, 6/49, 6/87, 5/34, 5/114, 4/81
Waqar Younis (Pak)	6	v New Zealand	Oct 18, 1990	Feb 10, 1994	7/86, 7/76, 5/54, 4/59, 5/22, 4/46
JJ Ferris (Aus)	5	v England	Jan 28, 1887	Feb 10, 1888	4/27, 5/76, 5/71, 4/69, 4/60
T Richardson (Eng)	5	v Australia	Mar 1, 1895	Jul 16, 1896	6/104, 6/39, 5/134, 7/168, 6/76
AV Bedser (Eng)	5	v Australia	Feb 23, 1951	Jun 25, 1953	5/46, 5/59, 7/55, 7/44, 5/105
JC Laker (Eng)	5	v Australia	Jul 12, 1956	Aug 23, 1956	5/58, 6/55, 9/37, 10/53, 4/80
R Benaud (Aus)	5	v South Africa	Dec 31, 1957	Feb 7, 1958	4/95, 5/49, 5/114, 4/70, 5/84
R Benaud (Aus)	5	v England	Jan 9, 1959	Feb 13, 1959	5/83, 4/94, 5/91, 4/82, 4/43
FS Trueman (Eng)	5	v West Indies	Jun 20, 1963	Jul 25, 1963	6/100, 5/52, 5/75, 7/44, 4/117
DL Underwood (Eng)	5	v New Zealand	Aug 21, 1969	Mar 5, 1971	6/41, 6/60, 6/12, 6/85, 5/108
GF Lawson (Aus)	5	v England	Nov 12, 1982	Dec 10, 1982	5/108, 6/47, 5/87, 4/56, 5/66
Imran Khan (Pak)	5	v West Indies	Nov 20, 1986	Apr 14, 1988	6/46, 7/80, 4/41, 4/38, 5/115
Waqar Younis (Pak)	5	v Zimbabwe	Dec 1, 1993	Dec 16, 1993	7/91, 6/44, 5/88, 4/50, 5/100
CEL Ambrose (WI)	5	v England	Mar 17, 1994	Apr 8, 1994	4/58, 4/37, 5/60, 6/24, 4/86
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)	5	v Australia	Nov 1, 1994	Nov 30, 1995	4/121, 5/115, 4/83, 5/95, 4/91
M Muralitharan (SL)	5	v West Indies	Jun 20, 1997	Nov 21, 2001	5/113, 6/126, 5/44, 4/54, 6/81
SK Warne (Aus)	5	v Pakistan	Oct 3, 2002	Oct 19, 2002	7/94, 4/94, 4/11, 4/13, 5/74
M Muralitharan (SL)	5	v Australia	Mar 8, 2004	Mar 24, 2004	6/59, 5/153, 4/48, 5/173, 5/123

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - Tests
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
CTB Turner (Aus)	6	v England	Feb 10, 1888	Aug 30, 1888	5/44, 7/43, 5/27, 5/36, 6/112, 5/86
SF Barnes (Eng)	6	v South Africa	Aug 12, 1912	Dec 26, 1913	5/28, 8/29, 5/57, 5/48, 8/56, 9/103
T Richardson (Eng)	5	v Australia	Mar 1, 1895	Jul 16, 1896	6/104, 6/39, 5/134, 7/168, 6/76
AV Bedser (Eng)	5	v Australia	Feb 23, 1951	Jun 25, 1953	5/46, 5/59, 7/55, 7/44, 5/105
DL Underwood (Eng)	5	v New Zealand	Aug 21, 1969	Mar 5, 1971	6/41, 6/60, 6/12, 6/85, 5/108
J Briggs (Eng)	4	v Australia	Mar 24, 1892	Aug 14, 1893	6/49, 6/87, 5/34, 5/114
JC Laker (Eng)	4	v Australia	Jul 12, 1956	Jul 26, 1956	5/58, 6/55, 9/37, 10/53
FS Trueman (Eng)	4	v West Indies	Jun 20, 1963	Jul 4, 1963	6/100, 5/52, 5/75, 7/44
RM Hogg (Aus)	4	v England	Dec 15, 1978	Dec 29, 1978	5/65, 5/57, 5/30, 5/36
Imran Khan (Pak)	4	v India	Dec 23, 1982	Jan 14, 1983	8/60, 6/98, 5/82, 6/35
MD Marshall (WI)	4	v Australia	Nov 23, 1984	Dec 22, 1984	5/82, 5/69, 5/38, 5/86
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	4	v Australia	Dec 11, 1987	Mar 15, 1990	5/68, 5/109, 5/67, 5/39
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	4	v India	Jan 28, 1999	Feb 4, 1999	5/94, 5/93, 5/94, 5/122
Harbhajan Singh (India)	4	v Australia	Mar 11, 2001	Mar 18, 2001	7/123, 6/73, 7/133, 8/84
M Muralitharan (SL)	4	v Bangladesh	Sep 6, 2001	Jul 21, 2002	5/13, 5/98, 5/39, 5/59
SK Warne (Aus)	4	v Sri Lanka	Mar 8, 2004	Mar 16, 2004	5/116, 5/43, 5/65, 5/90
SCG MacGill (Aus)	4	v Bangladesh	Jul 18, 2003	Apr 9, 2006	5/65, 5/77, 5/56, 8/108

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - ODIs
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
Javed Miandad (Pak)	7	v England	Mar 26, 1985	May 25, 1987	71, 59, 77, 60, 113, 71, 68
G Boycott (Eng)	6	v Australia	Dec 8, 1979	Jun 4, 1981	68, 105, 86, 99, 78, 75
BC Lara (WI)	6	v Australia	Jan 16, 1993	Mar 4, 1996	67, 60, 55, 62, 139, 60
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	6	v West Indies	Sep 19, 1999	Apr 19, 2000	55, 71, 61, 51, 69, 66
MS Atapattu (SL)	6	v Pakistan	Feb 13, 2000	Jul 5, 2000	119*, 57, 77, 62, 100, 62
GC Smith (SA)	6	v Zimbabwe	Jul 5, 2003	Aug 25, 2007	58, 69, 50, 117, 50, 96
Salman Butt (Pak)	6	v Bangladesh	Apr 11, 2008	Jul 4, 2008	76, 132, 74, 136, 70, 56*
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	v England	Dec 23, 1979	May 28, 1980	85, 50, 80, 98, 78
AH Jones (NZ)	5	v Pakistan	Feb 6, 1989	Mar 14, 1989	55, 62, 67, 82, 63*
DM Jones (Aus)	5	v New Zealand	Jan 22, 1988	Mar 11, 1990	58, 53, 107, 59, 102*
DM Jones (Aus)	5	v Sri Lanka	Oct 25, 1989	May 2, 1990	85, 85, 69, 80, 117*
NS Sidhu (India)	5	v Sri Lanka	Oct 29, 1988	Dec 1, 1990	50, 76, 80, 64, 52
M Azharuddin (India)	5	v Sri Lanka	Jan 4, 1991	Nov 7, 1993	54, 53, 62, 85, 75
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	5	v Sri Lanka	Feb 2, 1993	Aug 3, 1994	55, 110, 107, 111, 70*
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	5	v Pakistan	Oct 30, 1993	Aug 7, 1994	58, 65, 77, 54, 50
SR Tendulkar (India)	5	v West Indies	Nov 5, 1994	Feb 21, 1996	66, 54, 88, 105, 70
PA de Silva (SL)	5	v Zimbabwe	Nov 5, 1994	Apr 3, 1997	97, 107, 91, 127*, 60
Yasir Hameed (Pak)	5	v New Zealand	Nov 29, 2003	Dec 7, 2003	52, 53, 63, 61, 127*
RT Ponting (Aus)	5	v New Zealand	Jan 28, 2007	Dec 20, 2007	111, 104, 66, 107, 134
Yuvraj Singh (India)	5	v Pakistan	Nov 11, 2007	Jun 14, 2008	77, 53*, 50, 55, 56

Most consecutive hundreds against the same opposition - ODIs
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	3	v India	Dec 17, 1982	Jan 21, 1983	118, 105, 113
DL Haynes (WI)	3	v Australia	Apr 19, 1984	Jan 6, 1985	102, 104, 123*
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	3	v Sri Lanka	Feb 4, 1993	Nov 2, 1993	110, 107, 111
SR Tendulkar (India)	3	v Australia	Apr 22, 1998	Oct 28, 1998	143, 134, 141
SC Ganguly (India)	3	v Kenya	Oct 24, 2001	Mar 20, 2003	111, 107, 111

Most consecutive four-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
IR Bishop (WI)	3	v Pakistan	Jan 9, 1993	Feb 19, 1993	5/25, 4/25, 4/32
VC Drakes (WI)	3	v Bangladesh	Nov 29, 2002	Dec 3, 2002	4/26, 4/18, 4/33
AME Roberts (WI)	2	v England	Aug 26, 1976	Aug 28, 1976	4/32, 4/27
DK Lillee (Aus)	2	v England	Jan 14, 1980	Aug 20, 1980	4/12, 4/35
LS Pascoe (Aus)	2	v New Zealand	Nov 25, 1980	Dec 7, 1980	5/30, 4/37
RM Hogg (Aus)	2	v Pakistan	Jan 21, 1984	Jan 25, 1984	4/33, 4/37
GR Dilley (Eng)	2	v West Indies	Jan 3, 1987	Jan 17, 1987	4/46, 4/23
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2	v Pakistan	Mar 12, 1988	Mar 15, 1988	4/39, 4/35
ND Hirwani (India)	2	v New Zealand	Mar 27, 1988	Apr 1, 1988	4/43, 4/46
IR Bishop (WI)	2	v India	Mar 11, 1989	Mar 18, 1989	4/33, 4/46
Waqar Younis (Pak)	2	v New Zealand	Nov 4, 1990	Nov 6, 1990	5/11, 5/16
Waqar Younis (Pak)	2	v West Indies	Oct 17, 1991	Oct 21, 1991	4/48, 4/39
Wasim Akram (Pak)	2	v Sri Lanka	Feb 2, 1993	Feb 4, 1993	4/24, 4/24
SK Warne (Aus)	2	v New Zealand	Dec 12, 1993	Dec 16, 1993	4/25, 4/19
Waqar Younis (Pak)	2	v New Zealand	Dec 13, 1994	Dec 19, 1994	4/32, 4/33
OD Gibson (WI)	2	v Sri Lanka	Oct 20, 1995	Jan 3, 1996	4/35, 5/42
AJ Hollioake (Eng)	2	v Pakistan	Aug 31, 1996	Sep 1, 1996	4/23, 4/45
SK Warne (Aus)	2	v Pakistan	Dec 15, 1996	Jan 1, 1997	4/52, 4/37
SE Bond (NZ)	2	v Australia	Jan 26, 2002	Jan 29, 2002	5/25, 4/38
Z Khan (India)	2	v Zimbabwe	Jun 27, 2001	Mar 7, 2002	4/42, 4/47
B Lee (Aus)	2	v South Africa	Mar 27, 2002	Mar 30, 2002	4/45, 4/63
BA Williams (Aus)	2	v New Zealand	Oct 29, 2003	Nov 3, 2003	4/22, 5/53
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2	v Zimbabwe	Apr 22, 2004	Apr 25, 2004	4/38, 4/11
M Muralitharan (SL)	2	v Zimbabwe	Apr 22, 2004	Apr 29, 2004	4/32, 5/23
Manjural Islam Rana (Ban)	2	v Zimbabwe	Jan 26, 2005	Jan 29, 2005	4/34, 4/36
IK Pathan (India)	2	v Zimbabwe	Feb 3, 2004	Aug 29, 2005	4/24, 5/27
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2	v New Zealand	Jan 6, 2006	Jan 8, 2006	5/39, 4/48
B Lee (Aus)	2	v South Africa	Jan 20, 2006	Feb 3, 2006	5/22, 4/30
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	v Bangladesh	Jul 23, 2007	Jul 25, 2007	4/31, 4/14
AC Botha (Ire)	2	v Kenya	Feb 2, 2007	Aug 24, 2008	4/42, 4/19
E Schiferli (Neth)	2	v Kenya	Apr 1, 2009	Apr 19, 2009	4/49, 4/23
RJ Harris (Aus)	2	v Pakistan	Jan 26, 2010	Jan 29, 2010	5/43, 5/19

Most consecutive five-wickets against the same opposition - ODIs
Player	Inns		Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard		List
Waqar Younis (Pak)	2		v New Zealand	Nov 4, 1990	Nov 6, 1990		5/11, 5/16
RJ Harris (Aus)	2		v Pakistan	Jan 26, 2010	Jan 29, 2010		5/43, 5/19

Most consecutive fifties against the same opposition - T20Is
Player	Inns	Opposition	Scorecard	Scorecard	List
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	v New Zealand	Dec 22, 2006	Sep 15, 2007	51*, 61
BB McCullum (NZ)	2	v India	Feb 25, 2009	Feb 27, 2009	56, 69
TM Dilshan (SL)	2	v West Indies	Jun 10, 2009	Jun 19, 2009	74, 96*
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	2	v Sri Lanka	Jun 21, 2009	Aug 12, 2009	54*, 50
Imran Nazir (Pak)	2	v New Zealand	Sep 22, 2007	Nov 12, 2009	59, 58
LE Bosman (SA)	2	v England	Nov 13, 2009	Nov 15, 2009	58, 94
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	v India	Dec 9, 2009	Dec 12, 2009	78, 59
Kamran Akmal (Pak)	2	v Australia	May 7, 2009	Feb 5, 2010	59*, 64
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2	v Pakistan	Feb 20, 2010	May 6, 2010	62, 73*

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1985: South Africa v India at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2010
• ODI # 3078: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 5th ODI, Dec 12, 2010
• T20I # 193: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 1st T20I, Dec 26, 2010

Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites