Highest scores by number 6 batsman in 4th innings of Test

135 Asif Iqbal for Pakistan v West Indies at Kingston, 1977
123 FE Woolley for England v Australia at Sydney, 1924
122 Shahid Afridi for Pakistan v West Indies at Bridgetown, 2005
122 Yuvraj Singh for India v Pakistan at Karachi, 2006
120* SA Thomson for New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 1994
120 BA Stokes for England v Australia at Perth, 2013
119* SR Tendulkar for India v England at Manchester, 1990
116 V Pollard for New Zealand v England at Nottingham, 1973
111* JV Coney for New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, 1985
110* F du Plessis for South Africa v Australia at Adelaide, 2012

Fastest List A 150s

65 balls: Imran Nazir (189) Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd v Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd at Islamabad, 2013
83 balls: SR Watson (185*) Australia v Bangladesh at Mirpur, 2011
84 balls: LE Bosman (150) Dolphins v Warriors at Pietermaritzburg, 2010
88 balls: MM Ali (158) Worcestershire v Sussex at Horsham, 2011
89 balls: RN ten Doeschate (180) Essex v Scotland at Chelmsford, 2013

Five wickets in a Test innings against country of birth

7-55 TK Kendall for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1877
5-78 WE Midwinter for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1877
6-120 WH Cooper for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1881
5-64 J Middleton for South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 1896
5-51 J Middleton for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1899
7-63 AE Hall for South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1923
6-82 AE Hall for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1923
6-100 AE Hall for South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1928
5-36 GOB Allen for England v Australia at Brisbane, 1936
6-49 GS Ramchand for India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1955
6-77 DE Malcolm for England v West Indies at Port-of-Spain, 1990
6-111 CC Lewis for England v West Indies at Birmingham, 1991
5-32 AR Caddick for England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1999
6-122 AR Caddick for England v New Zealand at Christchurch, 2002
6-63 AR Caddick for England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2002
5-32 Imran Tahir for South Africa v Pakistan at Dubai, 2013
Players born before partition in what is now Pakistan are regarded as being born in Pakistan

Test debut on birthday

BB Cooper (33) for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1877
FGJ Ford (28) for England v Australia at Sydney, 1894
FW Tate (35) for England v Australia at Manchester, 1902
AER Gilligan (28) for England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1922
BJ Sealey (34) for West Indies v England at The Oval, 1933
J Iddon (33) for England v West Indies at Bridgetown, 1935
DG Phadkar (22) for India v Australia at Sydney, 1947
SB Joshi (27) for India v England at Birmingham, 1996
RD Jacobs (31) for West Indies v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1998
RL Powell (21) for West Indies v New Zealand at Hamilton, 1999
S Chattergoon (27) for West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port-of-Spain, 2008
Shan Masood (24) for Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, 2013
Cooper's birthday was on Test cricket's birthday

Century and hat-trick in same first-class match

G Giffen 13 & 113, 6-55: Australians v Lancashire at Manchester, 1884
WE Roller 204, 4-28 & 2-16: Surrey v Sussex at The Oval, 1885
WB Burns 102*, 3-56 & 2-21: Worcestershire v Gloucestershire at Worcester, 1913
VWC Jupp 102 & 33*, 6-61 & 6-78: Sussex v Essex at Colchester, 1921
RES Wyatt 124, dnb & 5-39: Marylebone Cricket Club v Ceylonese at Colombo, 1927
LN Constantine 107, 7-45 & 6-67: West Indians v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 1928
DE Davies 139, 4-27 & 3-31: Glamorgan v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1937
VM Merchant 1 & 142, 3-31 & 0-17: Dr CR Pereira's XI v Sir Homi Mehta's XI at Bombay, 1946
MJ Procter 51 & 102, 3-43 & 5-30: Gloucestershire v Essex at Westcliff-on-Sea, 1972
MJ Procter 122, 0-32 & 7-26: Gloucestershire v Leicestershire at Bristol, 1979
KD James 103, 5-74: Hampshire v Indians at Southampton, 1996
JEC Franklin 14 & 109, 3-59 & 1-28: Gloucestershire v Derbyshire at Cheltenham, 2009
Sohag Gazi 119 & 21, 2-126 & 7-79: Barisal Division v Khulna Division at Khulna, 2012
Sohag Gazi 101*, 2-79 & 6-77: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 2013

Roller is only one with 200
James is the only one with 4 wickets in 4 balls
Gazi joins Procter as the only ones to have done it twice

200 in match-winning 4th innings in the County Championship

243* AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, 1983
232 G Cox for Sussex v Northamptonshire at Kettering, 1939
206* EH Hendren for Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1925
205* G Cox for Sussex v Glamorgan at Hove, 1947
205* DI Stevens for Kent v Lancashire at Canterbury, 2013
205 GA Gooch for Essex v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1994

Highest first-class scores by a player aged under 19

314* W Jaffer (18 yrs, 265 days) Mumbai v Saurashtra at Rajkot, 1996
311 Javed Miandad (17 yrs, 312 days) Karachi Whites v Nat Bank of Pakistan at Karachi, 1975
300* A Mukund (18 yrs, 303 days) Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra at Nasik, 2008
254 Ahmed Shehzad (18 yrs, 336 days) Habib Bank Limited v Faisalabad at Faisalabad, 2010
248 Umar Akmal (17 yrs, 195 days) Sui Nth Gas Pipelines Limited v Karachi Blues at K'chi, 2007
242 DP Sibley (18 yrs, 22 days) Surrey v Yorkshire at The Oval, 2013

Youngest to score first-class 200

15 yrs, 215 days: Hasan Raza (204*) Karachi Whites v Bahawalpur at Karachi, 1997
16 yrs, 96 days: Ijaz Ahmed (201*) Pakistan Automobiles Corporation v Karachi at Karachi, 1984
17 yrs, 17 days: RS Sodhi (200*) Punjab v Delhi at Patiala, 1997
17 yrs, 55 days: AT Rayudu (210) Hyderabad v Andhra at Secunderabad, 2002
17 yrs, 122 days: JG Myburgh (203) Northerns B v Easterns at Pretoria, 1998
17 yrs, 195 days: Umar Akmal (248) Sui Nrth Gas Pipelines Ltd v Karachi Blues at Karachi, 2007
17 yrs, 205 days: ID Craig (213*) New South Wales v South Africans at Sydney, 1953
17 yrs, 312 days: Javed Miandad (311) Karachi Whites v Nat Bank of Pakistan at Karachi, 1975
17 yrs, 317 days: Taslim Arif (205) Karachi Blues v Hyderabad (P) at Karachi, 1972
17 yrs, 324 days: Hanif Mohammad (203*) Pakistanis v Bombay at Bombay, 1952
18 yrs, 2 days: Mushtaq Mohammad (229*) Karachi Whites v East Pakistan at Karachi, 1961
18 yrs, 12 days: WG Grace (224*) England v Surrey at The Oval, 1866
18 yrs, 21 days: DP Sibley (220*) Surrey v Yorkshire at The Oval, 2013
18 yrs, 47 days: Usman Tariq (210) Bahawalpur v Sargodha at Sargodha, 2002
18 yrs, 62 days: PR Shah (217*) Baroda v Services at Delhi, 2006
18 yrs, 187 days: Imran Farhat (216) Biman Bangladesh Airlines v Chittagong Div at Savar, 2000
18 yrs, 237 days: DJG Sales (210*) Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Kidderminster, 1996
18 yrs, 265 days: W Jaffer (314*) Mumbai v Saurashtra at Rajkot, 1996
18 yrs, 266 days: GA Headley (211) Jamaica v LH Tennyson's XI at Kingston, 1928
18 yrs, 273 days: GR Viswanath (230) Mysore v Andhra at Vijayawada, 1967

Sibley is the 2nd youngest Englishman after WG Grace and the youngest in the Championship, passing Sales

15 wickets in a Championship match since 1961

15-108 JB Statham for Lancashire v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1964
15-75 NI Thomson for Sussex v Warwickshire at Worthing, 1964
15-89 TW Cartwright for Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Swansea, 1967
15-115 RE East for Essex v Warwickshire at Leyton, 1968
15-147 JN Shepherd for Kent v Sussex at Maidstone, 1975
15-106 FD Stephenson for Nottinghamshire v Essex at Nottingham, 1989
15-147 MJ McCague for Kent v Derbyshire at Derby, 1994
15-83 CL Cairns for Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Arundel, 1995
16-119 MP Bicknell for Surrey v Leicestershire at Guildford, 2000
15-114 Mohammad Sami for Kent v Nottinghamshire at Maidstone, 2003
15-118 OP Rayner for Middlesex v Surrey at The Oval, 2013

The best Championship match figures are:
17-48 C Blythe for Kent v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 1907

The best Championship match figures for Middlesex are:
16-114 JT Hearne v Lancashire at Manchester, 1898
16-176 FA Tarrant v Lancashire at Manchester, 1914
15-47 FA Tarrant v Hampshire at Lord's, 1913
15-93 JT Hearne v Somerset at Lord's, 1904
15-95 FJ Titmus v Somerset at Bath, 1955
15-118 OP Rayner v Surrey at The Oval, 2013
15-154 JT Hearne v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1893

Three bowlers reaching 50 wickets for a team in a season in the same match in the County Championship

1937 Nottinghamshire (HJ Butler, H Larwood and W Voce)
v Worcestershire at Dudley, 10/7/1937
1946 Middlesex (LH Gray, JM Sims and JA Young)
v Warwickshire at Lord's, 26/6/1946
1948 Surrey (AV Bedser, JC Laker and JWJ McMahon)
v Middlesex at The Oval, 7/8/1948
1959 Gloucestershire (AS Brown, C Cook and DR Smith)
v Lancashire at Gloucester, 4/7/1959
1969 Glamorgan (MA Nash, DJ Shepherd and DL Williams)
v Gloucestershire at Cheltenham, 13/8/1969
2013 Lancashire (G Chapple, KW Hogg and SC Kerrigan)
v Hampshire at Southport, 28/8/2013

Highest partnership percentage of all out total

91.58%: 196 out of 214 for 1st wkt by MR Hallam and W Watson
for Leicestershire v Middlesex at Lord's, 1960
90.56%: 96 out of 106 for 1st wkt by CP Davis and PE Murray-Willis
for Northamptonshire v Essex at Brentwood, 1946
87.21%: 116 out of 133 for 1st wkt by AE Dipper and CS Barnett
for Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Cheltenham, 1926
86.48%: 160 out of 185 for 6th wkt by AM Rahane and WP Saha
for India A v South Africa A at Pretoria, 2013
86.22%: 194 out of 225 for 6th wkt by DI Stevens and GO Jones
for Kent v Essex at Chelmsford, 2012
86.07%: 204 out of 237 for 1st wkt by J Vine and RR Relf
for Sussex v Somerset at Hove, 1919
85.91%: 61 out of 71 for 2nd wkt by LA Shuter and J Shuter
for Surrey v Lancashire at Manchester, 1880
85.71%: 18 out of 21 for 4th wkt by Feroze Khan and M Yusuf Baig
for Muslims v Europeans at Pune, 1915/16
85.25%: 133 out of 156 for 5th wkt by FJ Gough and CDP Hansen
for Queensland v South Africans at Brisbane, 1931/32
85.13%: 338 out of 397 for 5th wkt by RG Pollock and AL Wilmot
for Eastern Province v Natal at Port Elizabeth, 1975/76

List A double centuries

222* (165 B, 26x4, 6x6) by RG Pollock for Eastern Province v Border at East London, 1974/75
202* (220 M, ? B, 26x4) by A Barrow for Natal v South Africa African XI at Durban, 1975/76
206 by AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Oxfordshire at Birmingham, 1984
201 by VJ Wells for Leicestershire v Berkshire at Leicester, 1996
203 (119 B, 19x4, 11x6) by AD Brown for Surrey v Hampshire at Guildford, 1997
268 (160 B, 30x4, 12x6) by AD Brown for Surrey v Glamorgan at The Oval, 2002
207 (146 B, 24x4, 6x6) by Mohammad Ali for Pak Cust v Def Housing Auth at Sialkot, 2004/05
201* (138 B, 18x4, 10x6) by RS Bopara for Essex v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2008
204* (163 B, 19x4, 7x6) by Khalid Latif for Karachi Dolphins v Quetta Bears at Karachi, 2008/09
200* (147 B, 25x4, 3x6) by SR Tendulkar for India v South Africa at Gwalior, 2009/10
219 (149 B, 25x4, 7x6) by V Sehwag for India v West Indies at Indore, 2011/12
222 (138 B, 27x4, 8x6) by JM How for Central Districts v Northern Districts at Hamilton, 2012/13
248 (150 B, 30x4, 7x6) by S Dhawan for India A v South Africa A at Pretoria, 2013

80 and 5 wickets in a List A match

Mohammad Nabi's economy rate of 1.46 is the best on this list. 2nd best is 2.44 by Imran Khan.
His strike-rate of 180.00 is also the best on the list (where known). 2nd best is 144.31 by Fawad Alam.

MJ Procter for Gloucestershire v Somerset at Taunton, 1972
154* () SR: ?? and 9.2-1-26-5 RPO: 2.78
PH Carlson for Queensland v New Zealanders at Brisbane, 1973/74
89 (79) SR: 112.65 and 8-0-35-5 RPO: 3.28
Imran Khan for Pakistan International Airlines v Muslim Commercial Bank at Hyderabad, 1980/81
105* () SR: ?? and 9-1-22-5 RPO: 2.44
AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Oxfordshire at Birmingham, 1984
206 () SR: ?? and 12-4-32-6 RPO: 2.66
IVA Richards for West Indies v New Zealand at Dunedin, 1986/87
119 (113) SR: 105.30 and 10-0-41-5 RPO: 4.10
GA Hick for Worcestershire v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo-AC, 1990/91
106* (105) SR: 100.95 and 10-0-57-5 RPO: 5.70
AN Hayhurst for Somerset v Warwickshire at Birmingham, 1991
91* (118) SR: 77.11 and 12-1-60-5 RPO: 5.00
CL Hooper for Kent v Essex at Maidstone, 1993
103 (111) SR: 92.79 and 10-0-41-5 RPO: 4.10
MR Ramprakash for Middlesex v Leicestershire at Lord's, 1993
89* () SR: ?? and 8-1-38-5 RPO: 4.75
PV Simmons for Leicestershire v Middlesex at Leicester, 1996
92* (92) SR: 100.00 and 8-0-37-5 RPO: 4.62
K Newell for Sussex v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1998
97 (101) SR: 96.03 and 8-0-33-5 RPO: 4.12
GA Hick for England v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1999/00
80 (95) SR: 84.21 and 10-2-33-5 RPO: 3.30
AR Roberts for Bedfordshire v Derbyshire Cricket Board at Totternhoe, 2001
113 () SR: ?? and 8-0-40-5 RPO: 5.00
Nisar Abbas for Pakistan Customs v Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2001/02
86 (101) SR: 85.14 and 9-0-42-6 RPO: 4.66
IR Bell for Warwickshire v Essex at Chelmsford, 2003
125 (109) SR: 114.67 and 4.5-0-41-5 RPO: 8.48
PD Collingwood for England v Bangladesh at Nottingham, 2005
112* (86) SR: 130.23 and 10-1-31-6 RPO: 3.10
D Mongia for Punjab v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi-AF, 2005/06
120* (114) SR: 105.26 and 10-0-44-5 RPO: 4.40
Fawad Alam for Karachi Dolphins v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, 2006/07
127 (88) SR: 144.31 and 10-0-53-5 RPO: 5.30
DT Christian for South Australia v Victoria at Geelong, 2010/11
86 (78) SR: 110.25 and 12-0-48-6 RPO: 4.00
Mohammad Nabi for Afghanistan v Namibia at Windhoek, 2013
81* (45) SR: 180.00 and 8.1-2-12-5 RPO: 1.46

Biggest difference in batting average in two batting positions in Test cricket

41.90 MJ Clarke (Aus) 5771 @ 63.41 at no. 5 and 667 @ 21.51 at no. 4
37.40 GP Thorpe (Eng) 3373 @ 56.21 at no. 5 and 395 @ 18.80 at no. 6
35.27 KF Barrington (Eng) 2626 @ 77.23 at no. 3 and 1175 @ 41.96 at no. 5
34.71 Imran Khan (Pak) 928 @ 61.86 at no. 6 and 706 @ 27.15 at no. 8
31.68 S Chanderpaul (WI) 2440 @ 65.94 at no. 6 and 925 @ 34.25 at no. 3
31.54 BM McMillan (SA) 1051 @ 58.38 at no. 7 and 510 @ 26.84 at no. 6
31.43 S Chanderpaul (WI) 2440 @ 65.94 at no. 6 and 1208 @ 34.51 at no. 4
Minimum 20 innings in each position
As at 31 July 2013

Most innings before first duck in first-class career

114 Abdul Azeem from 1980 to 1994 *
105 JG Langridge from 1928 to 1933
104 MS Wade from 2007 to 2013
100 AR Morris from 1940 to 1949
94 LC Sebastien from 1972 to 1981
89 ML Hayden from 1991 to 1994
84 SJ McCabe from 1928 to 1932
81 Ali Azmat from 2004 to 2012 **
79 JP Causby from 1961 to 1971
79 RT Ponting from 1992 to 1996
* His full career
** His full career to date

Youngest to score a County Championship double-century

18 yrs, 237 days: DJG Sales (210*) Northamptonshire v Worcestershire at Kidderminster, 1996
19 yrs, 207 days: JWA Taylor (207*) Leicestershire v Surrey at The Oval, 2009
19 yrs, 250 days: D Nicholls (211) Kent v Derbyshire at Folkestone, 1963
19 yrs, 308 days: RA Young (220) Sussex v Essex at Leyton, 1905
20 yrs, 46 days: GA Hick (227*) Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire at Worcester, 1986
20 yrs, 55 days: GA Hick (219*) Worcestershire v Glamorgan at Neath, 1986
20 yrs, 77 days: A Symonds (254*) Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Abergavenny, 1995
20 yrs, 95 days: AZ Lees (275*) Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 2013
20 yrs, 144 days: JWA Taylor (206*) Leicestershire v Middlesex at Leicester, 2010
20 yrs, 152 days: JW Hearne (234*) Middlesex v Somerset at Lord's, 1911
The previous youngest for Yorkshire was:
20 yrs, 224 days: RJ Blakey (204*) Yorkshire v Gloucestershire at Leeds, 1987
The youngest in all first-class cricket is:
15 yrs, 215 days: Hasan Raza (204*) Karachi Whites v Bahawalpur at Karachi, 1997/98

Ricky Ponting's first-class career

Test: 13378 runs at 51.85 in 168 matches, 41 x 100, 62 x 50
Sheffield Shield: 6377 runs at 63.13 in 65 matches, 26 x 100, 21 x 50
County Championship: 790 runs at 112.85 in 7 matches, 4 x 100, 2 x 50
Other First-class: 3605 runs at 54.62 in 49 matches, 11 x 100, 21 x 50
Total First-class: 24150 runs at 55.90 in 289 matches, 82 x 100, 106 x 50

Highest Sheffield Shield batting averages (Min 5000 runs)
DG Bradman 8926 at 110.19
WH Ponsford 5413 at 83.27
AF Kippax 6096 at 70.88
AL Hassett 5535 at 63.62
RT Ponting 6377 at 63.13
MG Bevan 10621 at 60.69
RB Simpson 6471 at 57.77
GS Chappell 8762 at 57.26
PJP Burge 7084 at 56.22
SM Katich 8807 at 55.38

Highest County Championship batting averages (Min 500 runs)
RT Ponting 790 at 112.85
HM Amla 787 at 87.44
SR Watson 676 at 84.5
SR Waugh 1850 at 77.08
MEK Hussey 6647 at 73.85
SJ Cook 6975 at 69.75
DS Lehmann 8871 at 68.76
GB Hogg 662 at 66.2
DJ Hussey 5628 at 64.68
CL White 2364 at 63.89
(8 Australians and 2 South Africans)

Highest averages for batsmen with 20 000 first-class runs

DG Bradman 28067 at 95.14
SR Tendulkar 25228 at 57.86
DS Lehmann 25795 at 57.83
G Boycott 48426 at 56.83
KS Ranjitsinhji 24692 at 56.37
RB Simpson 21029 at 56.22
WR Hammond 50551 at 56.10
S Chanderpaul 22518 at 56.01
RT Ponting 24150 at 55.90
L Hutton 40140 at 55.51

Highest scores in last first-class innings

241* AH Bakewell for Northamptonshire v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1936
220 NF Mitchell for Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, 1926/27
217 RC Fredericks for Guyana v Jamaica at Georgetown, 1982/83
207 NF Callaway for New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, 1914/15
207 IJ Siedle for Natal v Western Province at Durban, 1936/37
206 PA de Silva for Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo, 2002
200* AC MacLaren for Marylebone Cricket Club v New Zealand at Wellington, 1922/23
200* Moin Khan for Karachi Harbour v Hyderabad at Hyderabad, 2005/06
193 A Burrows for Railways v Vidarbha at Yavatmal, 1985/86
189 DA King for Oxford University v Cambridge University at Oxford, 2010
185* AS Sharma for Oxford University v Cambridge University at Oxford, 2010
184 DR Fox for Oxford University v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 2005
172 Azmat Rana for Muslim Commercial Bank v State Bank of Pakistan at Lahore, 1983/84
171 HP Tillakaratne for Nondescripts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo, 2005/06
170* RA Jones for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland, 2009/10
169* RT Ponting for Surrey v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, 2013
169 JS Solomon for Guyana v Barbados at Georgetown, 1968/69
169 JSD Moffat for Cambridge University v Oxford University at Oxford, 2002

The only Australians higher than Ponting are Mitchell and Callaway

Callaway, Sharma and Moffat only played one innings

Most Tests missed between 1st and 2nd matches

96 HL Jackson (Eng) from 1949 to 1961 *
79 KV Andrew (Eng) from 1954 to 1963 *
78 GB Hogg (Aus) from 1996 to 2003
78 RJ Sidebottom (Eng) from 2001 to 2007
69 HMCM Bandara (SL) from 1998 to 2005
65 RW Taylor (Eng) from 1971 to 1977
62 DE Bernard (WI) from 2003 to 2009
62 CJL Rogers (Aus) from 2008 to 2013
58 MW Priest (NZ) from 1990 to 1998
55 RL Powell (WI) from 1999 to 2004 *
51 CB Lambert (WI) from 1991 to 1998
* indicates it was the player's only 2 Tests

Highest percentage runs in boundaries in a Test innings

77.74% (54x4, 3x6) out of 301 by West Indies v South Africa at Centurion, 2003/04
72.51% (40x4, 5x6) out of 262 by Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 2004/05
72.03% (38x4, 0x6) out of 211-3 by England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1999
71.83% (41x4, 2x6) out of 245 by Pakistan v India at Rawalpindi, 2003/04
71.64% (33x4, 2x6) out of 201 by England v Australia at Manchester, 1961
71.49% (28x4, 6x6) out of 207 by Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, 2005/06
70.92% (41x4, 6x6) out of 282 by Bangladesh v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2009/10
70.69% (38x4, 0x6) out of 215 by England v Australia at Nottingham, 2013
70.58% (48x4, 8x6) out of 340-3* by South Africa v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, 2004/05
70.48% (57x4, 3x6) out of 349 by South Africa v New Zealand at Auckland, 2003/04
Minimum total 200

Youngest to take 5 in an innings on debut.

Here is a list of players that I can find who took a five-for on first-class debut before the age of 16:

13 yrs, 44 days: Mushtaq Mohammad 5-28 for Karachi Whites v Sind at Hyderabad, 1956/57
13 yrs, 287 days: Zulfiqar Butt 5-110 for Lahore City Whites v Karachi Blues at Sahiwal, 1984/85
15 yrs, 46 days: Majid Khan 6-67 for Lahore B v Khairpur at Lahore, 1961/62
15 yrs, 98 days: Iqbal Butt 5-68 for Railways B v Lahore B at Lahore, 1971/72
15 yrs, 119 days: Nadeem Ghauri 5-91 for Servis Industries v Rawalpindi at Rawalpindi, 1977/78
15 yrs, 261 days: DT Doram 5-82 for Netherlands v Ireland at Deventer, 2013
15 yrs, 315 days: Adil Raza 5-42 for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Pakistan International Airlines at Rawalpindi, 2007/08
15 yrs, 323 days: Masood-ul-Hasan 6-60 for Karachi Greens v Karachi Whites at Karachi, 1961/62

Big collapses

Here are instances that I can find of teams losing 8 wickets for fewer than 40 runs
with the collapse beginning at a total over 300 in first-class cricket

16: 304-2 to 320-10 Somerset v Australians at Taunton, 2013
22: 419-2 to 441-10 Middlesex v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 1995
26: 311-2 to 337-10 Gloucestershire v Hampshire at Southampton, 1979
31: 304-2 to 335-10 Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, 1886
31: 310-2 to 341-10 Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Cardiff, 1999
36: 311-2 to 347-10 Lancashire v Yorkshire at Manchester, 1912

Highest percentage of all out ODI total contributed by 2 batsmen

85.88% (146 out of 170) Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 2013
Misbah-ul-Haq (96*) and Nasir Jamshed (50)
85.36% (175 out of 205) India v Australia at The Oval, 1999
AD Jadeja (100) and RR Singh (75)
82.91% (199 out of 240) England v Pakistan at Lord's, 2001
ME Trescothick (137) and OA Shah (62)
82.00% (196 out of 239) Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Hyderabad, 1987/88
DL Houghton (142) and IP Butchart (54)
77.16% (125 out of 162) Pakistan v Australia at Melbourne, 1989/90
Wasim Akram (86) and Salim Malik (39)

The Test record is:
85.13% (126 out of 148) South Africa v West Indies at Bridgetown, 1991/92
KC Wessels (74) and PN Kirsten (52)

Number 11 scoring more than the opposition's total

T Emmett 47* for Yorkshire v Cambridgeshire (40 & 46) at Hunslet, 1869
Emmett also took 16-38 in the match

W Rhodes 38* for England v Australia (36) at Birmingham, 1902

JD Scott 50 for New South Wales v Tasmania (49) at Sydney, 1910/11

WH Copson 30* for Derbyshire v Warwickshire (28) at Derby, 1937
Copson also took 5 wickets in 6 balls in the match

DJ Brown 25* for Warwickshire v Sussex (23) at Worthing, 1964

SC Kerrigan 31 for Lancashire v Essex (20) at Chelmsford, 2013

Lowest County Championship totals

12 Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Gloucester, 1907
13 Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, 1901
14 Surrey v Essex at Chelmsford, 1983
15 Hampshire v Warwickshire at Birmingham, 1922
15 Northamptonshire v Yorkshire at Northampton, 1908
16 Warwickshire v Kent at Tonbridge, 1913
20 Sussex v Yorkshire at Hull, 1922
20 Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1939
20 Essex v Lancashire at Chelmsford, 2013
22 Gloucestershire v Somerset at Bristol, 1920
22 Glamorgan v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1924

Cheapest 12 wicket hauls in first-class cricket

12-17 W Clarke for Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, 1843
12-18 AP Bennett for Nelson v Wellington at Nelson, 1885/86
12-19 GH Hirst for Yorkshire v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 1908
12-20 T Richardson for Surrey v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1897
12-23 G Freeman for Yorkshire v Lancashire at Holbeck, 1868
12-28 E Willsher for Kent v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1865
12-29 GA Lohmann for Surrey v Hampshire at The Oval, 1885
12-29 GH Hirst for Yorkshire v Essex at Leyton, 1901
12-30 TB Mitchell for Derbyshire v Sussex at Chesterfield, 1931
12-31 SJ Magoffin for Sussex v Somerset at Horsham, 2013
12-32 A Gqamane for Border v Griqualand West at East London, 2010/11

Three consecutive scores over 175

WG Grace
344 Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent at Canterbury, 1876
177 Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Clifton, 1876
318* Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Cheltenham, 1876

C Hill
176 South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide, 1909
205 South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, 1909
185 South Australia v Victoria at Melbourne, 1910

CA Pujara
302* Saurashtra v Orissa at Rajkot, 2008
189 Saurashtra v Punjab at Rajkot, 2008
176 Saurashtra v Mumbai at Rajkot, 2008

JE Root
182 Yorkshire v Durham at Chester-le-Street, 2013
236 Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, 2013
179 England Lions v New Zealanders at Leicester, 2013

Fifty wickets in a first-class season at an average under 10

The following players have taken 50 wickets in a first-class season in one country at an average below 10 since 1900. Note that it was quite common in the lower scoring days of the 19thh century.

Name	Ctry	M	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	BB	5I	Season
ST Callaway	NZ	5	1349	474	54	8.77	8-33	8	1903/04
RK Oxenham	Ind	11	1821	555	75	7.40	7-13	8	1935/36
VAP van der Bijl	SA	8	1746	513	54	9.50	6-30	3	1980/81
NO Miller	WI	7	1465	419	52	8.05	7-13	6	2012/13

Highest totals made by a team losing a f-c match by an innings

527: Nottinghamshire (527 & 157) v Northamptonshire (781-7*) at Northampton, 1995
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 97 runs
488: Worcestershire (488 & 95) v Somerset (591-9*) at Worcester, 2011
Somerset won by an innings and 8 runs
475: Derbyshire (475 & 163) v Yorkshire (677-7*) at Leeds, 2013
Yorkshire won by an innings and 39 runs
466: Jamaica (466 & 95) v Barbados (664) at Georgetown, 1961/62
Barbados won by an innings and 103 runs
463: West Indies (153 & 463) v India (631-7*) at Kolkata, 2011/12
India won by an innings and 15 runs
461: Trinidad and Tobago (131 & 461) v Barbados (623-5*) at Bridgetown, 1919/20
Barbados won by an innings and 31 runs
459: India (136 & 459) v South Africa (620-4*) at Centurion, 2010/11
South Africa won by an innings and 25 runs
449: Warwickshire (449 & 187) v Lancashire (781) at Birmingham, 2003
Lancashire won by an innings and 145 runs
439: Sussex (439 & 131) v Gloucestershire (586) at Eastbourne, 1936
Gloucestershire won by an innings and 16 runs
437: Middlesex (163 & 437) v Warwickshire (608-7*) at Lord's, 2004
Warwickshire won by an innings and 8 runs

Lowest f-c total for a team batting first and winning by an innings

Kent (187) beat Worcestershire (25 & 61) at Tunbridge Wells, 1960
Kent won by an innings and 101 runs
Europeans (192) beat Parsees (37 & 84) at Pune, 1909/10
Europeans won by an innings and 71 runs
Lancashire (197) beat Hampshire (39 & 148) at Blackpool, 1967
Lancashire won by an innings and 10 runs
Yorkshire (202) beat Gloucestershire (41 & 108) at Middlesbrough, 1969
Yorkshire won by an innings and 53 runs
Yorkshire (204) beat Nottinghamshire (13 & 173) at Nottingham, 1901
Yorkshire won by an innings and 18 runs
Eastern Province (209) beat Orange Free State (57 & 121) at Port Elizabeth, 1912/13
Eastern Province won by an innings and 31 runs
Colombo Cricket Club (210) beat Sebastianites C & AC (50 & 60) at Colombo-CCC, 1999/00
Colombo Cricket Club won by an innings and 100 runs
Surrey (211) beat Northamptonshire (55 & 32) at The Oval, 1905
Surrey won by an innings and 124 runs
Barbados (212) beat Windward Islands (44 & 67) at Roseau, 2012/13
Barbados won by an innings and 101 runs

Since 1900 (when the 150 run follow-on law came in).

Highest f-c scores for a team that lost by an innings

309 VS Hazare for The Rest v Hindus at Bombay, 1943/44.
Hindus won by an innings and 61 runs.
270* CF Hughes for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Leeds, 2013.
Yorkshire won by an innings and 39 runs.
231 JA Jameson for Warwickshire v Indians at Birmingham, 1971.
Indians won by an innings and 3 runs.
224 PJ Prichard for Essex v Kent at Canterbury, 1997.
Kent won by an innings and 8 runs.
219 CJ Poole for Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire at Ilkeston, 1952.
Derbyshire won by an innings and 93 runs.
209 RT Robinson for Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 1995.
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 97 runs.
203 TW Hayward for Players v Gentlemen at The Oval, 1904.
Gentlemen won by an innings and 39 runs.
202* L Hutton for England v West Indies at The Oval, 1950.
West Indies won by an innings and 56 runs.
200* CP Mead for Hampshire v Essex at Southampton, 1927.
Essex won by an innings and 26 runs.

Highest scores for a losing team in a first-class match

343* PA Perrin for Essex v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1904
338* RC Blunt for Otago v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1931/32
319 RR Rossouw for Eagles v Titans at Centurion, 2009/10
312 JER Gallian for Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, 1996
309 VS Hazare for The Rest v Hindus at Bombay, 1943/44
301* PG Fulton for Canterbury v Auckland at Christchurch-HO, 2002/03
280* CP Mead for Hampshire v Nottinghamshire at Southampton, 1921
273* CG Greenidge for DH Robins XI v Pakistanis at Eastbourne, 1974
271 CE Pellew for South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide, 1919/20
270* CF Hughes for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Leeds, 2013
270 FE Woolley for Kent v Middlesex at Canterbury, 1923
Hughes is the joint 4th highest in the County Championship behind Perrin, Gallian and Mead.

Highest scores by batsmen carrying their bat in first-class cricket

R Abel 357* out of 811 for Surrey v Somerset at The Oval, 1899
WG Grace 318* out of 528 for Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Cheltenham, 1876
WH Ashdown 305* out of 560 for Kent v Derbyshire at Dover, 1935
RR Relf 272* out of 433 for Sussex v Worcestershire at Eastbourne, 1909
CF Hughes 270* out of 475 for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Leeds, 2013
WU Tharanga 265* out of 450 for Ruhuna v Basnahira South at Colombo-Col, 2008/09
DS Jadhav 260* out of 492 for India A v Kenya at Nairobi-SU, 2004
NV Knight 255* out of 472 for Warwickshire v Hampshire at Birmingham, 2002
Khalid Latif 254* out of 458 for Karachi Blues v Peshawar at Rawalpindi, 2009/10
SS Tanna 253* out of 499 for Saurashtra v Baroda at Rajkot, 1991/92

10th wicket partnership of 50 or more in 4th innings of drawn County Championship match

109* MP Bicknell (85*) and IDK Salisbury (30*) for Surrey v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2001
Batted for about 2 and a half hours
74* DG Cork (82*) and P Aldred (7*) for Derbyshire v Surrey at The Oval, 1996
Batted for 87 minutes
57* J Stone (41*) and J Badcock (24*) for Hampshire v Worcestershire at Stourbridge, 1906
Batted for 35 minutes
51* R Clarke (61*) and OJ Hannon-Dalby (10*) for Warwickshire v Somerset at Taunton, 2013
Batted for 78 minutes and 21.1 overs
50* PD Watts (51*) and JG Williamson (13*) for Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1959
Only 20 minutes. They finished 4 runs short of victory

Century in first three matches against one opposition in the County Championship

vs Durham: AD Brown & MA Wagh
vs Essex: DL Haynes, DJ Hussey & TM Moody
vs Glamorgan: HD Ackerman
vs Hampshire: DI Gower
vs Lancashire: G Boycott
vs Leicestershire: CB Fry
vs Middlesex: FR Brown & MJ Chilton
vs Somerset: ER Dexter
vs Surrey: DS Sheppard & LWP Wells
vs Sussex: HW Lee

No player has scored a century in each of their first 4 matches against one team.

Len Hutton scored centuries in 7 consecutive Championship matches against Sussex between 1938 and 1949 but not from his debut against them.

Highest scores in successful 4th innings run-chases in the County Championhip

243* AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, 1983
232 G Cox for Sussex v Northamptonshire at Kettering, 1939
206* EH Hendren for Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1925
205* G Cox for Sussex v Glamorgan at Hove, 1947
205 GA Gooch for Essex v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1994
192* MA Carberry for Hampshire v Warwickshire at Southampton, 2007
190 MD Crowe for Somerset v Leicestershire at Taunton, 1984
186* DS Sheppard for Sussex v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1953
185* JG Wright for Derbyshire v Northamptonshire at Derby, 1982
183* W Larkins for Northamptonshire v Sussex at Northampton, 1984
183* SD Peters for Northamptonshire v Middlesex at Northampton, 2010
182* MJK Smith for Warwickshire v Gloucestershire at Stroud, 1959
182 D Kenyon for Worcestershire v Somerset at Kidderminster, 1949
182 JE Root for Yorkshire v Durham at Chester-le-Street, 2013
181 CWJ Athey for Gloucestershire v Sussex at Cheltenham, 1992
180* CG Greenidge for Hampshire v Derbyshire at Derby, 1986

For Yorkshire:
182 JE Root v Durham at Chester-le-Street, 2013
165* A McGrath v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2005
160 PA Jaques v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2012
156* G Boycott v Glamorgan at Middlesbrough, 1976
154 G Boycott v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1977
144 K Taylor v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1959
143 DB Close v Somerset at Taunton, 1955
137* D Denton v Leicestershire at Bradford, 1911
137 GH Hirst v Middlesex at Lord's, 1910
130* WB Stott v Hampshire at Hull, 1959

150 and 100 in a Test by a captain

A Melville 189 & 104* for South Africa v England at Nottingham, 1947
RB Simpson 153 & 115 for Australia v Pakistan at Karachi, 1964
SM Gavaskar 107 & 182* for India v West Indies at Calcutta, 1978/79
GA Gooch 333 & 123 for England v India at Lord's, 1990
BRM Taylor 171 & 102* for Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2013

Teams losing 5 wickets on the same total in a Test innings

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, 1946. 37-2 to 37-7.
New Zealand v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 1965. 59-4 to 59-9.
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 2012. 133-2 to 133-7.
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2013. 134-5 to 134 all out.

Highest first-class scores v University teams in England

338 WW Read for Surrey v Oxford University at The Oval, 1888
306* A Ducat for Surrey v Oxford University at The Oval, 1919
304* ED Weekes for West Indians v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1950
268 JC Hildreth for Somerset v Cardiff Marylebone Cricket Club University at Taunton, 2012
266* W Place for Lancashire v Oxford University at Oxford, 1947
261 JB Hobbs for Surrey v Oxford University at The Oval, 1926
256 SR Patel for Nottinghamshire v Durham MCCU at Nottingham, 2013
252* PR Umrigar for Indians v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1959
248 TE Jesty for Hampshire v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1984
247 AE Dipper for Gloucestershire v Oxford University at Bristol, 1924

Highest score on Championship debut for each team

Derbyshire: 186* CWG Bassano v Gloucestershire at Derby, 2001
Durham: 253 MEK Hussey v Leicestershire at Leicester, 2005
Essex: 181 HM Amla v Glamorgan at Chelmsford, 2009
Glamorgan: 160 BB McCullum v Leicestershire at Cardiff, 2006
Gloucestershire: 161* A Symonds v Surrey at The Oval, 1995
Hampshire: 272 JP Crawley v Kent at Canterbury, 2002
Kent: 146* DG Aslett v Hampshire at Bournemouth, 1981
Lancashire: 171 JER Gallian v Surrey at Manchester, 1994
Leicestershire: 261 PV Simmons v Northamptonshire at Leicester, 1994
Middlesex: 150 AC Voges v Warwickshire at Uxbridge, 2013
Northamptonshire: 210* DJG Sales v Worcestershire at Kidderminster, 1996
Nottinghamshire: 267 A Shrewsbury v Sussex at Nottingham, 1890
Somerset: 172 CL White v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2006
Surrey: 192 RT Ponting v Warwickshire at Guildford, 2013
Sussex: 156 AW Greig v Lancashire at Hove, 1967
Warwickshire: 168 TM Moody v Derbyshire at Derby, 1990
Worcestershire: 129 BF Smith v Gloucestershire at Worcester, 2002
Yorkshire: 164 H Rudston v Leicestershire at Leicester-AR, 1904

Only two of this list were making their overall first-class debut: Aslett and Sales.
And, 10 (was 9 before 2013) of the list made their first-class debuts overseas.
The two whose records have been broken this season are:
Middlesex: 132* DJ Malan v Northamptonshire at Uxbridge, 2008
Surrey: 155 JB Hobbs v Essex at The Oval, 1905

Highest scores on Championship debut for Somerset

172 CL White v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2006
167 AN Petersen v Surrey at The Oval, 2013
123 H Gimblett v Essex at Frome, 1935
116* BL Bisgood v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1907
115 MD Lyon v Worcestershire at Taunton, 1920
112 RT Ponting v Yorkshire at Scarborough, 2004
110* AN Hayhurst v Glamorgan at Cardiff, 1990
104* DB Close v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1971

Most consecutive wins in first-class cricket

18 Surrey from 11/8/1954 to 15/6/1955
16 Transvaal from 6/4/1903 to 4/1/1907
16 Australia from 26/12/2005 to 2/1/2008
15 Mashonaland from 24/3/2000 to 18/10/2002
14 Jamaica from 8/4/2011 to 25/4/2013
14 Lancashire from 27/7/1882 to 25/6/1883
14 Yorkshire from 6/6/1923 to 25/7/1923

Best bowling on Championship debut for Sussex

9-35 JEBBPQC Dwyer v Derbyshire at Hove, 1906
7-34 SJ Magoffin v Lancashire at Liverpool, 2012
7-44 GG Arnold v Lancashire at Manchester, 1978
6-43 KHC Woodroffe v Surrey at The Oval, 1914 *
6-45 RW Kentfield v Middlesex at Lord's, 1894
6-48 CJ Jordan v Yorkshire at Leeds, 2013
6-78 MA Robinson v Northamptonshire at Hove, 1997
6-152 PP Chawla v Worcestershire at Worcester, 2009

* His only Championship wickets for Sussex. He died in the War.
Dwyer's full names are here

Three South Africans as Wisden Cricketers of the Year:
1966: C Bland, G Pollock, P Pollock
1981: A Lamb, C Rice, V van der Bijl
2009: D Benkenstein, M Boucher, N McKenzie
2013: H Amla, J Kallis, D Steyn

1966 was the only previous time that 3 players from the SA touring team were honoured.

Seven wickets in an inns for University team versus county since 1965

7-79 ME Allbrook (Cambridge v Nottinghamshire, Cambridge, 1978)
8-68 KI Hodgson (Cambridge v Glamorgan, Cambridge, 1982)
8-94 LM Daggett (Durham UCCE v Durham, Chester-le-Street, 2004)
7-45 JE Lee (Leeds/Bradford v Yorkshire, Leeds, 2013)

Most wickets in season of first-class debut in South Africa

Most wickets in season of first-class debut in South Africa

MN Piedt 59 @ 16.93 in 13 matches, 2012/13
P Anker 50 @ 14.62 in 7 matches, 1981/82
T Shamsi 50 @ 21.64 in 11 matches, 2009/10
S von Berg 49 @ 23.34 in 12 matches, 2009/10
PR Adams 43 @ 24.76 in 8 matches, 1995/96
BL Whatmore 42 @ 20.47 in 11 matches, 2010/11
RH Kaschula 41 @ 14.82 in 7 matches, 1970/71
DP Conyngham 40 @ 14.52 in 6 matches, 1921/22
M de Lange 40 @ 23.8 in 10 matches, 2010/11