Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Highest individual scores in the 4th innings of a first-class match

260* CL White for Somerset v Derbyshire at Derby, 2006 (Lost)
251 WJ Cronje for Orange Free State v Australians at Bloemfontein, 1994 (Lost)
249* DCS Compton for Holkar v Bombay at Bombay, 1945 (Lost)
246 RB Simpson for Western Australia Combined XI v South Africans at Perth, 1963 (Drawn)
245* PJ Ingram for Central Districts v Wellington at Wellington, 2009 (Won)
243* AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, 1983 (Won)
241* CJL Rogers for Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lord's, 2014 (Won)
239* DS Sheppard for Cambridge University v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1952 (Won)
237 DS Lehmann for South Australia v New South Wales at Sydney, 2004 (Lost)
232 G Cox for Sussex v Northamptonshire at Kettering, 1939 (Won)

Highest successful 4th innings run chases in first-class cricket

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
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
The previous highest to win by 7 or more wickets was:
461-3 Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire at Worcester, 2001

Fourth innings 200s in the County Championship

201* CB Fry for Sussex v Nottinghamshire at Hove, 1905 (Drawn)
206* EH Hendren for Middlesex v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1925 (Won)
232 G Cox for Sussex v Northamptonshire at Kettering, 1939 (Won)
205* G Cox for Sussex v Glamorgan at Hove, 1947 (Won)
221* WE Alley for Somerset v Warwickshire at Nuneaton, 1961 (Lost)
200* Javed Miandad for Glamorgan v Essex at Colchester, 1981 (Lost)
243* AI Kallicharran for Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, 1983 (Won)
205 GA Gooch for Essex v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1994 (Won)
260* CL White for Somerset v Derbyshire at Derby, 2006 (Lost)
205* DI Stevens for Kent v Lancashire at Canterbury, 2013 (Won)

A carried bat in both innings for one team in first-class cricket

Surrey v Yorkshire at The Oval, 1874
H Jupp (43*/95) and H Jupp (109*/193)

Warwickshire v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1907
S Kinneir (70*/239) and S Kinneir (69*/166)

Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Bradford, 1911
CJB Wood (107*/309) and CJB Wood (117*/296)

Worcestershire v Lancashire at Kidderminster, 1935
CH Bull (57*/150) and HHIH Gibbons (83*/148)

Indians v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1936
VM Merchant (135*/271) and VM Merchant (77*/161)

Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1989
SJ Cook (120*/186) and SJ Cook (131*/218)

Andhra v Kerala at Kozhikode, 1991
D Sudhakar Reddy (91*/251) and D Sudhakar Reddy (30*/94)

The Worcestershire case in 1935 is the only one involving two different batsmen.
Wood and Cook are the only ones to carry their bat and score a century in both innings.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Five-for on Test and County Championship debut

JJ Ferris
Test: 5-76 for Australia v England at Sydney, 1887
County: 5-106 for Gloucestershire v Surrey at The Oval, 1892
T Richardson
Test: 5-49 & 5-107 for England v Australia at Manchester, 1893
County: 5-43 for Surrey v Gloucestershire at The Oval, 1892
CS Marriott
Test: 5-37 & 6-59 for England v West Indies at The Oval, 1933
County: 5-52 for Lancashire v Essex, Leyton, 1919
DK Lillee
Test: 5-84 for Australia v England at Adelaide, 1971
County: 6-68 for Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire at Northampton, 1988
MF Malone
Test: 5-63 for Australia v England at The Oval, 1977
County: 7-88 for Lancashire v Nottinghamshire at Blackpool, 1979
KJ Abbott
Test: 7-29 for South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion, 2013
County: 5-67 for Hampshire v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2014

Abbott also took 5-18 on his franchise first-class debut in South Africa
for Dolphins v Warriors at Port Elizabeth in 2009.

Most lbws in a first-class innings

8 Oxford University v Warwickshire at Oxford, 1980
8 Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1992
8 Bengal v Hyderabad at Secunderabad, 1998
8 Rajasthan v Uttar Pradesh at Cuttack, 2000
8 Kerala v Goa at Palakkad, 2008
8 Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Cardiff, 2010
8 South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, 2011
8 Yorkshire v Northamptonshire at Leeds, 2014

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Highest County Championship totals without a century

603 (HS 89) by Surrey v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2005
581 (HS 90) by Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire at Derby, 1899
560-9* (HS 93) by Essex v Sussex at Leyton, 1933
556 (HS 90) by Kent v Lancashire at Canterbury, 1994
553 (HS 91) by Somerset v Yorkshire at Taunton, 2013
The highest in all first-class cricket is:
609 (HS 87) by Namibia v Uganda at Windhoek, 2010

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

No. 7, 8 & 9 all make 150+ in first-class match

Number 7 Farhad Reza (259), Number 8 Sanjamul Islam (172) and Number 9 Mukhtar Ali (168)
all passed 150 for Rajshahi Division in this match:
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The only previous occasion that three players batting 7 or lower scored centuries
in the same innings was by Canterbury in this match:
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The three scores are the highest by a number 7, 8 and 9 respectively
in first-class cricket in Bangladesh.

Farhad Reza is the 6th highest by a number 7 in all first-class cricket:
302* A Kripal Singh for Tamil Nadu v Goa at Panjim, 1989
292* VT Trumper for New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, 1898
291 IA Greig for Surrey v Lancashire at The Oval, 1990
270 DG Bradman for Australia v England at Melbourne, 1937
261* CC Passailaigue for Jamaica v LH Tennyson's XI at Kingston, 1932
259 Farhad Reza for Rajshahi Division v Chittagong Division at Savar, 2014

Mukhtar Ali is the 6th highest by a number 9 in all first-class cricket:
293 VT Trumper for Australians v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1914
211 J Yadav for Haryana v Karnataka at Hubli, 2012
189 EB Alletson for Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Hove, 1911
173 IDS Smith for New Zealand v India at Auckland, 1990
169 SCJ Broad for England v Pakistan at Lord's, 2010
168 Mukhtar Ali for Rajshahi Division v Chittagong Division at Savar, 2014

Sanjamul Islam is the 19th highest by a number 8 in all first-class cricket:

You would have thought that some captain may have noticed that this Trumper fellow
should be batting a bit higher up the order than 7 to 9

Most runs after the fall of the 6th wicket in an innings
598 (77-6 to 675-9*) Rajshahi Division v Chittagong Division at Savar, 2014
535 (118-6 to 653) Australians v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1914
521 (58-6 to 579) Northamptonshire v Essex at Northampton, 1999

Mukhtar Ali equaled the record of 16 sixes in a first-class innings. The others are:
A Symonds (254*) for Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at Abergavenny, 1995
GR Napier (196) for Essex v Surrey at Croydon, 2011
JD Ryder (175) for New Zealanders v Australia A at Brisbane-AB, 2011

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Over 50% of team total (all out) in both innings of first-class match

J Aylward (82/147 & 48/94) for London v Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's 1, 1797
J Broadbridge (63/121 & 92/168) for Sussex v Hampshire at Petworth, 1825
J Broadbridge (20/35 & 14/22) for Sussex v Kent at Sevenoaks, 1828
WG Grace (79/147 & 116/217) for Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1871
Lord Harris (80*/148 & 79/150) for Kent v Yorkshire at Gravesend, 1883
JT Tyldesley (56/102 & 42/81) for Lancashire v Australians at Manchester, 1899
CB Fry (88/159 & 106/212) for Sussex v Hampshire at Portsmouth, 1901
LG Wright (176/336 & 122/197) for Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Birmingham, 1905
CN Woolley (35/63 & 111/205) for Northamptonshire v Derbyshire at Northampton, 1922
FS Lee (109*/196 & 107/205) for Somerset v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1938
LB Fishlock (129/244 & 112/212) for Surrey v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1946
PBH May (97/188 & 175/337) for Combined Services v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1949
MC Cowdrey (154/270 & 34/63) for Oxford University v Surrey at The Oval, 1953
Imtiaz Ahmed (59/101 & 105/183) for Combined Services v India at Rawalpindi, 1955
TW Graveney (100/153 & 67/107) for Gloucestershire v Essex at Romford, 1956
DB Carr (156*/257 & 109/191) for Derbyshire v Kent at Canterbury, 1959
A Wharton (129/247 & 108/201) for Leicestershire v Middlesex at Leicester, 1961
SJ Cook (120*/186 & 131*/218) for Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1989
Nischal Gaur (69/126 & 69/130) for Himachal Pradesh v Haryana at Gurgaon, 1997
KD Gunawardene (75/112 & 73/141) for Nondescripts CC v Tamil Union at Colombo-PSS, 2006
PJ Hughes (93/172 & 108/173) for New South Wales v Tasmania at Hobart, 2008
SC Williams (98/147 & 66/126) for Matabeleland Tuskers v Mountaineers at Mutare, 2014

J Broadbridge (11 wkts in 1825) and Williams with 8-105 (5-36 & 3-69) are the only two on
this list to have also taken 8 wickets in the match.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Most 10th wicket partnerships over 100 in first-class cricket

4 W Voce in 426 matches
4 D Hunter in 552 matches
3 CA Dry in 26 matches
3 J Ormond in 137 matches
3 AA Mailey in 158 matches
3 RD Stemp in 166 matches
3 Imran Tahir in 168 matches
3 NJ Astle in 171 matches
3 GD McGrath in 189 matches
3 Saqlain Mushtaq in 194 matches
3 G Keedy in 223 matches
3 A Fielder in 287 matches
3 CMW Read in 291 matches
3 G Chapple in 295 matches
3 JF Parker in 340 matches
3 Lord Hawke in 633 matches
3 GR Cox in 635 matches
3 H Strudwick in 674 matches

200 consecutive Championship appearances for one team

423 KG Suttle for Sussex, 1954-1969
412 JG Binks for Yorkshire, 1955-1969
344 EH Killick for Sussex, 1898-1912
326 CN Woolley for Northamptonshire, 1913-1931
304 AH Dyson for Glamorgan, 1930-1947
301 B Taylor for Essex, 1961-1972
296 J Vine for Sussex, 1899-1911
287 HHIH Gibbons for Worcestershire, 1927-1937
287 GO Dawkes for Derbyshire, 1950-1961
282 HG Davies for Glamorgan, 1947-1957
276 RB Nicholls for Gloucestershire, 1962-1972
272 JT Hearne for Middlesex, 1890-1906
266 LTA Bates for Warwickshire, 1924-1934
262 AE Dipper for Gloucestershire, 1921-1930
259 BJ Meyer for Gloucestershire, 1958-1967
230 WG Quaife for Warwickshire, 1895-1907
227 GL Berry for Leicestershire, 1933-1948
222 H Elliott for Derbyshire, 1929-1937
218 BA Langford for Somerset, 1957-1964
216 CT Radley for Middlesex, 1967-1976
215 JA Newman for Hampshire, 1921-1928
215 JE Timms for Northamptonshire, 1927-1935
215 DE Davies for Glamorgan, 1931-1939
215 H Horton for Hampshire, 1955-1962
210 NF Armstrong for Leicestershire, 1931-1939
208 C Charlesworth for Warwickshire, 1905-1919
206 R Smith for Essex, 1938-1952
202 HR Murrell for Middlesex, 1908-1922
200 MA Wallace for Glamorgan, 2001-2014

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Conceding more extras than own team total

Tot: 80, Ext: 84 Pakistan Customs v Allied Bank Limited at Karachi, 1997
Tot: 67, Ext: 71 Durham MCCU v Derbyshire at Derby, 2014
Tot: 52, Ext: 63 Cambridge University v Oxford University at Lord's, 1836
Tot: 50, Ext: 57 Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, 2011
Tot: 47, Ext: 60 West Indies v England at Kingston, 2004
Tot: 39, Ext: 44 Dacca University v Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur, 1958
Tot: 38, Ext: 54 Western Australia v Victoria at Melbourne, 1893
Tot: 37, Ext: 38 Hampshire v Kent at Tonbridge, 1885
Tot: 34, Ext: 35 Western Province v South Western Districts at Oudtshoorn, 2012
Tot: 33, Ext: 40 West Indies v RA Bennett's XI at Georgetown, 1902
Tot: 32, Ext: 39 Dera Ismail Khan v Pakistan Railways at Lahore, 1964
Tot: 31, Ext: 40 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club at Cambridge, 1832
Tot: 31, Ext: 32 Griqualand West v Natal at Johannesburg, 1906
Tot: 31, Ext: 37 Yorkshire v Essex at Huddersfield, 1935
Tot: 29, Ext: 31 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England at Lord's, 1849
Tot: 28, Ext: 29 Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, 1845
Tot: 27, Ext: 40 Kent v Sussex at Town Malling, 1836
Tot: 27, Ext: 39 Dera Ismail Khan v Pakistan Railways at Lahore, 1964
Tot: 27, Ext: 41 Habib Bank Limited v Pakistan International Airlines at Lahore, 2001
Tot: 25, Ext: 35 Somerset v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 1947
Tot: 23, Ext: 25 Jammu and Kashmir v Delhi at Srinagar, 1960
Tot: 22, Ext: 24 Glamorgan v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1924
Tot: 20, Ext: 31 National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan Customs at Karachi, 1998
Tot: 18, Ext: 41 Tasmania v Victoria at Melbourne, 1869
Tot: 17, Ext: 19 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England at Lord's, 1850
Tot: 17, Ext: 19 Gloucestershire v Australians at Cheltenham, 1896
Tot: 15, Ext: 33 Marylebone Cricket Club v Surrey at Lord's, 1839
Tot: 15, Ext: 32 Victoria v Marylebone Cricket Club at Melbourne, 1904
Tot: 15, Ext: 26 Northamptonshire v Yorkshire at Northampton, 1908
Tot: 14, Ext: 20 Surrey v Essex at Chelmsford, 1983