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

1 comment:

  1. Andrew, the data already given by you in this post is really interesting; please favour us with the top individual scores at # 8 in all FC cricket. Thanks

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