A six-year gap, an exclusive club

A statistical look at the fourth day's play at Kolkata

19-Mar-2005

Shahid Afridi's late burst on the fourth day added one more twist to an already fascinating Test. It was manic, it was raw, it was his first score over fifty away from home in nearly six years. His last substantial score was 141 against India in Chennai in 1998-99, a Test that Pakistan won.

Hamilton first, and now Kolkata. Rahul Dravid became only the second Indian to hit two hundreds in the same Test on two or more occasions. He joins seven batsmen with two hundreds on two instances but falls short of Sunil Gavaskar, who did it three times.

	V..	Tst	Series	1st	2nd	Venue
AR Border	Pak	3rd	1979-80	150*	153	Lahore
AR Border	NZ	2nd	1985-86	140	114*	Christchurch
GS Chappell	NZ	1st	1973-74	247*	133	Wellington
GS Chappell	WI	1st	1975-76	123	109*	Brisbane
PA de Silva	Pak	2nd	1996-97	138*	103*	SSC, Colombo
PA de Silva	Ind	2nd	1997-98	146	120	SSC, Colombo
R Dravid	NZ	3rd	1998-99	190	103*	Hamilton
R Dravid	Pak	2nd	2004-05	110	135	Kolkata
SM Gavaskar	WI	5th	1970-71	124	220	Port-of-Sapin
SM Gavaskar	Pak	3rd	1978-79	111	137	Karachi
SM Gavaskar	WI	3rd	1978-79	107	182*	Calcutta
ML Hayden	Eng	1st	2002-03	197	103	Brisbane
ML Hayden	SL	2nd	2004	117	132	Cairns
GA Headley	Eng	3rd	1929-30	114	112	Georgetown
GA Headley	Eng	1st	1939	106	107	Lrod's
H Sutcliffe	Aus	2nd	1924-25	176	127	MCG
H Sutcliffe	SA	5th	1929	104	109*	The Oval
CL Walcott	Aus	2nd	1954-55	126	110	Port-of-Spain
CL Walcott	Aus	5th	1954-55	155	110	Kingston

Tests - Century in Both Innings

Among batsmen with more than 7000 runs, Dravid his the second-highest average, behind only Wally Hammond. But if Don Bradman had scored those six extra runs...

Player	Team	Avg	Runs
DG Bradman	Aus	99.94	6994
KF Barrington	Eng	58.67	6806
WR Hammond	Eng	58.46	7249
R Dravid	Ind	58.45	7658
GSTA Sobers	WI	57.78	8032

The 5th wicket partnership of 163 runs is now India's best against Pakistan at Kolkata. It bettered the 88-run stand between Sandeep Patil and Yashpal Sharma in 1979-80.

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