Stats: Dravid becomes fourth leading scorer
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 at 18:26 | Updated Nov 26, 2009 at 10:14
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Kanpur: Following are the statistical highlights of the second day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka in Kanpur:
Rahul Dravid (144) made his 28th Test hundred - his third against Sri Lanka and his second in successive Tests.
Dravid’s 144 is also his highest at this venue. His previous highest here was 56 against South Africa in 1996-97.
During his innings Dravid became the fourth leading run-scorer in Test cricket, surpassing Australia’s Allan Border’s tally of 11,174 runs. Now only Sachin Tendulkar (12,917), Brian Lara (11,953) and Ricky Ponting (11,345) are ahead of Dravid.
First three batsmen - Gautam Gambhir (167), Virender Sehwag (133) and Rahul Dravid (144) - all scored centuries for India. This provided the tenth instance in Tests of first three batsmen scoring hundred in the same innings. This was the third such instance for India. In the Mirpur Test against Bangladesh in 2007 first four Indian batsmen reached 100, which is a world record.
India (642) posted their 19th 600-plus total in Test cricket. Only Australia have posted more (29). The country-wise break-up of 600-plus totals: Australia (29), India and West Indies (19 each), England (16), Pakistan (14), Sri Lanka (10), South Africa (9) and New Zealand (3).
Zimbabwe and Bangladesh have not yet posted a total of 600.
Interestingly 49 such totals have been posted since 2000. Of them India have made as many as 14-most by any side.
The above total was India’s seventh highest in all Tests and second highest against Sri Lanka. Their highest against Sri Lanka still remains 676 for seven at this same venue in 1986-87.
It was also India’s second highest ‘all-out’ total after 664 against England at the Oval in 2007.
India were 613-4 at one stage, but lost wickets in a heap and were eventually dismissed for 642 - a mere addition of 29 runs while losing 6 wickets! This is the worst 6-wicket collapse for a side in Test cricket, which had crossed 600 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. The only other such precedent was seen nearly 75 years ago, when Australia collapsed from 626-4 to 701 all out - adding 75 runs in between.
Rangana Herath (5-121) was wicket-less till the end of his 26th over having conceded 109 runs. He, however, took five wickets in a space of 42 deliveries conceding just 12 runs.
This was Herath’s fourth five-wicket haul in his 20th Test. Interestingly these four hauls have come in just last five Tests for Herath.
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