Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Players who hit the first ball they faced in Test cricket for four

Here is a list of batsmen known to have hit the first ball they faced in Test cricket for 4:
There will be others that we are not aware of

J Lillywhite off WE Midwinter for England v Australia at Melbourne, 1877
A Lyttelton off G Alexander for England v Australia at The Oval, 1880
E Jones off AE Stoddart for Australia v England at Sydney, 1894
CJE Smith off E Jones for South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1902
GA Faulkner off WS Lees for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1906
RB Minnett off SF Barnes for Australia v England at Sydney, 1911
RK Tyldesley off SJ Pegler for England v South Africa at Leeds, 1924
FR Martin off MW Tate for West Indies v England at Lord's, 1928
M Henderson off MJC Allom for New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 1930
WE Merritt off MS Nichols for New Zealand v England at Christchurch, 1930
SJ McCabe off RWV Robins for Australia v England at Nottingham, 1930
SH Curnow off W Voce for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1930
KG Viljoen off IAR Peebles for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1930
JAK Cochran off W Voce for South Africa v England at Durban, 1931
S Wazir Ali off WE Bowes for India v England at Lord's, 1932
EA Martindale off RWV Robins for West Indies v England at Lord's, 1933
RJ Crisp off MS Nichols for South Africa v England at Nottingham, 1935
VH Stollmeyer off L Hutton for West Indies v England at The Oval, 1939
PBH May off AMB Rowan for England v South Africa at Leeds, 1951
DB Carr off SG Shinde for England v India at Delhi, 1951
JT Murray off KD Mackay for England v Australia at Birmingham, 1961
EJ Barlow off GA Bartlett for South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, 1961
JB Bolus off WW Hall for England v West Indies at Leeds, 1963
Talat Ali off RAL Massie for Pakistan v Australia at Adelaide, 1972
JR Thomson off Sarfraz Nawaz for Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1972
AB Williams off WM Clark for West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, 1978
DI Gower off Liaqat Ali for England v Pakistan at Birmingham, 1978
TE Srinivasan off RJ Hadlee for India v New Zealand at Auckland, 1981
GRA de Silva off DL Underwood for Sri Lanka v England at Colombo-PSS, 1982
AJ Lamb off Kapil Dev for England v India at Lord's, 1982
Nadeem Abbasi off Kapil Dev for Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, 1989
AJ Stewart off BP Patterson for England v West Indies at Kingston, 1990
DG Cork off CL Hooper for England v West Indies at Lord's, 1995
RT Ponting off M Muralitharan for Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, 1995
RR Singh off HK Olonga for India v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998
Shahid Afridi off GD McGrath for Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 1998
S Ragoonath off GD McGrath for West Indies v Australia at Port-of-Spain, 1999
GR Stead off JH Kallis for New Zealand v South Africa at Christchurch, 1999
D Pretorius off SK Warne for South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2002
NB Mahwire off Saqlain Mushtaq for Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, 2002
Mohammad Salim off PR Adams for Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong, 2003
RL Johnson off AM Blignaut for England v Zimbabwe at Chester-le-Street, 2003
DJ Bravo off AF Giles for West Indies v England at Lord's, 2004
KD Karthik off JN Gillespie for India v Australia at Mumbai, 2004
D Ramdin off SL Malinga for West Indies v Sri Lanka at Colombo-SSC, 2005
NR Ferreira off SE Bond for Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, 2005
W Mwayenga off IK Pathan for Zimbabwe v India at Harare, 2005
Sajidul Islam off KD Mills for Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dunedin-UO, 2008
KTGD Prasad off A Kumble for Sri Lanka v India at Colombo-PSS, 2008
TM Dowlin off Rubel Hossain for West Indies v Bangladesh at Arnos Vale, 2009
Umar Akmal off SE Bond for Pakistan v New Zealand at Dunedin-UO, 2009
RJ Harris off TG Southee for Australia v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2010
P Kumar off R Rampaul for India v West Indies at Kingston, 2011
TA Copeland off RAS Lakmal for Australia v Sri Lanka at Galle, 2011
MS Wade off N Deonarine for Australia v West Indies at Bridgetown, 2012
V Permaul off Shakib Al Hasan for West Indies v Bangladesh at Mirpur, 2012
Sohag Gazi off SP Narine for Bangladesh v West Indies at Mirpur, 2012
CR Woakes off MA Starc for England v Australia at The Oval, 2013
Shan Masood off DW Steyn for Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, 2013
MDK Perera off Mohammad Talha for Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Sharjah, 2014
T Bavuma off JO Holder for South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, 2014
PHT Kaushal off N Wagner for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Christchurch-HO, 2014
SD Hope off SCJ Broad for West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 2015
L Ronchi off MA Wood for New Zealand v England at Leeds, 2015
MJ Santner off PM Siddle for New Zealand v Australia at Adelaide, 2015
GC Viljoen off JM Anderson for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 2016
SC Cook off JM Anderson for South Africa v England at Centurion, 2016
C de Grandhomme off Sohail Khan for New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch-HO, 2016
HWR Cartwright off Mohammad Amir for Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, 2017

Note: One batsman hit the first ball he faced for 6:
MD Craig off SJ Benn for New Zealand v West Indies at Kingston, 2014

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Best innings bowling figures for a losing team in first-class cricket

10- E Hinkly for Kent v England at Lord's, 1848
10-32 H Pickett for Essex v Leicestershire at Leyton, 1895
10-36 DCS Hinds for AB St Hill's XII v Trinidad at Port-of-Spain, 1901
10-36 TW Wall for South Australia v New South Wales at Sydney, 1933
10-43 ED Barratt for Players v Australians at The Oval, 1878
10-49 WE Hollies for Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire at Birmingham, 1946
10-49 NI Thomson for Sussex v Warwickshire at Worthing, 1964
10-51 H Howell for Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Birmingham, 1923
10-58 J Wisden for All England Eleven v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1851
10-59 G Burton for Middlesex v Surrey at The Oval, 1888
10-61 PJ Allan for Queensland v Victoria at Melbourne, 1966
10-65 MW Olivier for Warriors v Eagles at Bloemfontein, 2007
10-66 K Smales for Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Stroud, 1956
10-73 A Shaw for Marylebone Cricket Club v North at Lord's, 1874
10-90 A Fielder for Players v Gentlemen at Lord's, 1906
10-90 TE Bailey for Essex v Lancashire at Clacton-on-Sea, 1949
10-92 Imran Adil for Bahawalpur v Faisalabad at Faisalabad, 1989
10-104 VE Walker for Middlesex v Lancashire at Manchester, 1865
10-127 VWC Jupp for Northamptonshire v Kent at Tunbridge Wells, 1932
10-129 J Lillywhite for South v North at Canterbury, 1872
10-131 AP Freeman for Kent v Lancashire at Maidstone, 1929
9- GB Lee for Oxford University v Cambridge University at Lord's, 1839
9- A Mynn for Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England at Lord's, 1842
9- FW Lillywhite for Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1846
9-19 AMB Rowan for Transvaal v Australians at Johannesburg, 1949
9-19 MC Ilott for Essex v Northamptonshire at Luton, 1995
9-25 W Mycroft for Derbyshire v Hampshire at Southampton, 1876
9-26 AEG Baring for Hampshire v Essex at Colchester, 1931
9-27 J Jackson for Kent v England at Lord's, 1858
9-28 A Woodcock for Leicestershire v Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, 1899
9-29 JT Botten for North-Eastern Transvaal v Rhodesia at Pretoria, 1963
9-30 T Hayward for England v Kent at Lord's, 1860
9-30 JPF Travers for South Australia v Victoria at Melbourne, 1900
9-30 AE Thomas for Northamptonshire v Yorkshire at Bradford, 1920
9-31 J Briggs for Lord Londesborough's XI v Australians at Scarborough, 1890
9-32 MS Nichols for Essex v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1936
9-33 AS Kennedy for Hampshire v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1920
9-34 J Dean for Marylebone Cricket Club v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1843
9-34 W Clarke for All England Eleven v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1850
9-34 J Jackson for England v Kent at Canterbury, 1860
9-34 T Emmett for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Dewsbury, 1868
9-35 J Jackson for Kent v England at Canterbury, 1858
9-35 JD Bannister for Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1955
9-35 Naved Anjum for Lahore City v Islamabad at Lahore, 1994
9-36 CWL Parker for Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, 1922
9-36 CR Woakes for Warwickshire v Durham at Birmingham, 2016
9-37 ST Finn for Middlesex v Worcestershire at Worcester, 2010
9-37 Sadaf Hussain for Rawalpindi v Habib Bank Limited at Rawalpindi, 2011
9-39 DJ Halfyard for Kent v Glamorgan at Neath, 1957
9-41 FA Pearson for HK Foster's XI v Oxford University at Oxford, 1913
9-42 WN Powys for Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club at Cambridge, 1871
9-42 GA Davidson for Derbyshire v Gloucestershire at Derby, 1886

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Highest totals in 4th innings to win a first-class match

541-7 West Zone v South Zone at Hyderabad, 2010
513-9 Central Province v Southern Province at Kandy, 2004
507-7 Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, 1896
506-6 South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, 1992
503-4 South Zone v England A at Gurgaon, 2004
502-8 Players v Gentlemen at Lord's, 1900
502-6 Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1925
500-7 South African Universities v Western Province at Stellenbosch, 1978
494-4 Afghanistan v Canada at Sharjah, 2010
482-6 Rest of India v Mumbai at Mumbai, 2016
479-6 Somerset v Yorkshire at Taunton, 2009
475-4 Wellington v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1995
473-6 Canterbury v Auckland at Christchurch, 1930
472-3 Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lord's, 2014
471-5 Queensland v South Australia at Brisbane, 2014
461-3 Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire at Worcester, 2001
455-8 Sussex v Gloucestershire at Hove, 1999
455-7 Victoria v New South Wales at Newcastle, 2004
453-8 Northern Districts v Wellington at Wellington, 1996
453-9 Durham v Somerset at Taunton, 2004

Highest totals by a losing team in first-class cricket

642 Essex v Glamorgan at Chelmsford, 2004
632 Northamptonshire v Essex at Northampton, 2002
614 New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, 1925
608-9* Wellington v Northern Districts at Hamilton, 1999
604 Maharashtra v Bombay at Poona, 1949
603 Mumbai v Rest of India at Mumbai, 2016
597 Essex v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1904
591 Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1993
589 Otago v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1931
589 Lancashire v Derbyshire at Blackpool, 1994
588 New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, 1926
587-9* Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, 1996
586 Australia v England at Sydney, 1894
584-3* Glamorgan v Middlesex at Southgate, 2005
574-8* Pakistan v Australia at Melbourne, 1972
572 New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, 1907
570-9* Eagles v Titans at Centurion, 2010
566 Canada v Afghanistan at Sharjah, 2010
562-3* Glamorgan v Middlesex at Cardiff, 1993
562-8* Lions v Titans at Benoni, 2010
562-5* Gloucestershire v Kent at Cheltenham, 2013

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Players who took their maiden first-class five-for in a Test match

7-55 TK Kendall for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1877
5-43 A Rose-Innes for South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1889
7-95 WH Ashley for South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1889
5-64 J Middleton for South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1896
5-115 GA Rowe for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1896
5-38 C Heseltine for England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1896
8-70 SJ Snooke for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1906
6-152 GM Parker for South Africa v England at Birmingham, 1924
5-21 MW Sievers for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1937
7-60 KR Miller for Australia v England at Brisbane, 1946
5-113 MG Melle for South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1950
5-49 ESM Kentish for West Indies v England at Kingston, 1954
5-56 DS Atkinson for West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, 1955
5-21 DT Dewdney for West Indies v New Zealand at Auckland, 1956
5-42 ES Atkinson for West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1958
5-80 LR Gibbs for West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown, 1958
5-109 JO Taylor for West Indies v Pakistan at Port-of-Spain, 1958
5-46 LA King for West Indies v India at Kingston, 1962
6-89 Arif Butt for Pakistan v Australia at Melbourne, 1964
5-85 EJ Barlow for South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 1966
5-34 BF Butcher for West Indies v England at Port-of-Spain, 1968
6-32 Mudassar Nazar for Pakistan v England at Lord's, 1982
5-68 ALF de Mel for Sri Lanka v India at Madras, 1982
5-60 VB John for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Wellington, 1983
5-52 FS Ahangama for Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 1985
5-44 AK Kuruppuarachchi for Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo-CCC, 1986
5-69 SR Waugh for Australia v England at Perth, 1986
7-46 AR Border for Australia v West Indies at Sydney, 1989
5-79 V Razdan for India v Pakistan at Sialkot, 1989
7-52 C Pringle for New Zealand v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 1990
5-75 CL Cairns for New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, 1991
5-56 HH Streak for Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 1993
5-17 JC Adams for West Indies v New Zealand at Bridgetown, 1996
6-82 MG Bevan for Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 1997
5-111 M Dillon for West Indies v Pakistan at Karachi, 1997
6-132 Naimur Rahman for Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, 2000
5-73 AM Blignaut for Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, 2001
5-31 TJ Friend for Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2001
5-43 ST Jayasuriya for Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Galle, 2002
5-36 FH Edwards for West Indies v Sri Lanka at Kingston, 2003
5-34 CH Gayle for West Indies v England at Birmingham, 2004
6-9 MJ Clarke for Australia v India at Mumbai, 2004
5-54 E Chigumbura for Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2005
5-104 V Sehwag for India v Australia at Delhi, 2008
8-215 JJ Krejza for Australia v India at Nagpur, 2008
5-51 Mahmudullah for Bangladesh v West Indies at Arnos Vale, 2009
5-101 NM Hauritz for Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 2009
5-34 NM Lyon for Australia v Sri Lanka at Galle, 2011
6-79 PJ Cummins for Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg, 2011
5-27 JL Pattinson for Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, 2011
5-96 Jubair Hossain for Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong, 2014
6-29 KC Brathwaite for West Indies v Sri Lanka at Colombo-PSS, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

Two players both scoring a century for a team in each innings in a first-class match

Worcestershire v Hampshire at Worcester, 1899
WL Foster (140 & 172*) and RE Foster (134 & 101*)

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1933
WR Hammond (122 & 111*) and CCR Dacre (119 & 125*)

South Australia v Victoria at Melbourne, 1940
RA Hamence (130 & 103*) and CL Badcock (120 & 102)

Bombay v Maharashtra at Poona, 1949
DG Phadkar (131 & 160) and UM Merchant (143 & 156)

Australia v New Zealand at Wellington, 1974
IM Chappell (145 & 121) and GS Chappell (247* & 133)

Pakistan v Australia at Abu Dhabi, 2014
Misbah-ul-Haq (101 & 101*) and Azhar Ali (109 & 100*)

Zimbabwe A v Ireland at Harare, 2015
RW Chakabva (104 & 101) and MN Waller (138 & 118)

Friday, September 25, 2015

Two brothers taking all 10 wickets in an innings in first-class cricket

F Pilch (3-) and W Pilch (7-)
Norfolk v Yorkshire at Norwich, 1836

C Arnold (8-) and M Arnold (2-)
Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1852

EM Grace (6-25) and WG Grace (4-72)
Gentlemen v Players at Lord's, 1866

EM Grace (6-36) and WG Grace (4-18)
Gloucestershire v Surrey at The Oval, 1871

GF Grace (4-38) and WG Grace (6-67)
WG Grace's XI v Kent at Maidstone, 1871

EM Grace (2-26) and WG Grace (8-33)
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1872

GF Grace (3-23) and WG Grace (7-58)
Gentlemen v Players at Chelsea, 1874

GF Grace (3-8) and WG Grace (7-18)
Gloucestershire v Surrey at Cheltenham, 1874

GF Grace (8-43) and WG Grace (2-37)
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1876

CE Goodman (7-25) and PA Goodman (3-18)
Barbados v Demerara at Bay Pasture, 1891

CE Goodman (3-19) and PA Goodman (7-18)
Barbados v Trinidad at Port-of-Spain, 1893

F Davidson (6-36) and GA Davidson (4-18)
Derbyshire v Leicestershire at Derby, 1898

AE Relf (2-73) and RR Relf (8-79)
Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1910

AE Relf (6-38) and RR Relf (4-46)
Sussex v Essex at Leyton, 1911

AE Relf (4-75) and RR Relf (6-86)
Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1913

A Staples (5-95) and SJ Staples (5-68)
Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 1932

CE Ayling (5-48) and END Ayling (5-40)
South America v Sir J Cahn's XI at West Bridgford, 1932

CK Nayudu (3-87) and CS Nayudu (7-109)
Hindus v Muslims at Bombay, 1938

AV Pope (4-37) and GH Pope (6-44)
Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1939

A Waddington (2-90) and JE Waddington (8-50)
Griqualand West v Western Province at Cape Town, 1939

C Oakes (5-35) and JY Oakes (5-68)
Sussex v Somerset at Taunton, 1950

GD Alabaster (5-52) and JC Alabaster (5-79)
Otago v Northern Districts at Dunedin, 1968

GP Howarth (3-16) and HJ Howarth (7-52)
Auckland v Otago at Dunedin, 1973

BC Strang (5-50) and PA Strang (5-45)
Mashonaland v Matabeleland at Bulawayo, 1996

BM Scholtz (5-112) and NRP Scholtz (5-103)
Namibia v KwaZulu-Natal Inland at Pietermaritzburg, 2011

TK Curran (7-35) and SM Curran (3-46)
Surrey v Northamptonshire at The Oval, 2015