Who is the first wicketkeeper to take 100 catches in the IPL?
And which is the highest Test batting partnership in a losing cause?
Which of these keepers got to 100 catches in the IPL first? • BCCI
MS Dhoni's 100th wicketkeeping catch in the IPL came against the Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah recently. He's actually the second wicketkeeper to get there, as Dinesh Karthik reached 100 catches as a keeper (to go with ten in the outfield) in April 2019.
That stand between Shakib and Rahim came against New Zealand in Wellington in 2016-17, in the match mentioned in last week's column: Bangladesh's 595 for 8 was the highest total in a Test by a side that went on to lose the match.
That win by Australia over West Indies in Adelaide in 1930-31 was a record at the time - Don Bradman kept his feet up as Bill Ponsford made 92 and Archie Jackson 70 in an unbeaten stand of 172 - but it was surpassed in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane in 2017-18, when Cameron Bancroft (82) and David Warner (87) put on 173 without being parted to beat England. On both these occasions the actual target required was 170.
Australia's 46th Test captain Tim Paine still does not have a century to his name, after 35 matches: his highest score remains 92, against India in Mohali in 2010-11. His highest as captain is 79, against New Zealand in Melbourne in December 2019. It's hard to hold this against him, though, as his main job is to keep wicket.
The team that lost from this seemingly impregnable position was Glamorgan, in a top-of-the-table clash against Middlesex in Cardiff in July 1993. Glamorgan declared at 562 for 3 after an unbroken partnership of 425 between Adrian Dale, who made 214 not out, and 41-year-old Viv Richards, whose 224 not out was his 114th and last first-class century. But Middlesex replied with 584 - John Emburey made 123 after going in as a nightwatchman, and Mike Gatting added 173 - and when Glamorgan went in again on the final day, they were skittled for 109 by Phil Tufnell, who took 8 for 29 in 23 overs. Middlesex knocked off the 88 runs they needed with about an hour to spare, as "Glamorgan's spinners failed to exploit the wearing pitch which had caused such panic within their own ranks", according to Wisden.
Steven Lynch is the editor of the updated edition of Wisden on the Ashes