Boundary avalanches and scoring rates
A new record at Lahore
Kanishkaa Balachandran
13-Jan-2006
Day 5
Run-rate | Total runs | Match, Venue | Year |
---|---|---|---|
4.93 | 1089 | Pakistan v India, Lahore | 2005-06 |
4.78 | 1223 | South Africa v Australia, Wanderers | 1902-03 |
4.36 | 1034 | England v Australia, Edgbaston | 2001 |
4.32 | 1176 | England v Australia, Edgbaston | 2005 |
4.14 | 934 | India v Sri Lanka, Madras | 1982-83 |
India's scoring rate of 5.30 is the third-highest for a Test innings of more than 400. The two faster efforts both came against Bangladesh: England scored at 5.73 against them at Chester-le-Street,
while Sri Lanka managed a rate of 5.36 at Colombo (SSC).
1. Highest opening partnership in Pakistan. The previous best was 298 between Aamir Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed versus West Indies at Karachi, in 1997-98.
2. Highest opening partnership for India against Pakistan, beating the earlier record of 200 between Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth at Chennai in 1986-87.
3. Highest opening stand against Pakistan, beating the previous best of 368 between Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs in 2002-03.
Day 4
Runs | Against | Venue | Year |
---|---|---|---|
246* | Pakistan | Lahore | 2005-06 |
201 | Pakistan | Bangalore | 2004-05 |
173 | Pakistan | Mohali | 2004-05 |
164 | South Africa | Kanpur | 2004-05 |
155 | Australia | Chennai | 2004-05 |
309 | Pakistan | Multan | 2003-04 | 195 | Australia | Melbourne | 2003-04 |
Day 2
Partners | Runs | Opposition | Venue / Year |
---|---|---|---|
Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar | 451 | India | Hyderabad(Sindh) / 1983 |
Javed Miandad and Qasim Umar | 397 | Sri Lanka | Faisalabad / 1985 |
Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq | 352 | Sri Lanka | Dhaka / 1999 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq and Younis Khan | 324 | India | Bangalore / 2005 |
Aamer Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq | 323 | West Indies | Rawalpindi / 1997 |
Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan | 319 | India | Lahore / 2006 |
Batsman | Dismissal | Opposition | Venue / Year |
---|---|---|---|
Mudassar Nazar | caught | India | Faisalabad / 1984 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | lbw | Sri Lanka | Kanpur / 1986 |
Matthew Elliott | bowled | England | Leeds / 1997 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | bowled | India | Colombo (SSC) / 1997 |
Steve Waugh | lbw | West Indies | Bridgetown / 1999 |
Batsman | Tests | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|
Younis Khan | 4* | 707 | 117.83 |
Zaheer Abbas | 19 | 1740 | 87.00 |
Javed Miandad | 28 | 2228 | 67.51 |
Muddassar Nazar | 18 | 1431 | 62.21 |
Imran Khan | 23 | 1091 | 51.95 |
Day 1
Total | By | Against | Year |
---|---|---|---|
355 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2001/02 |
349 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1976/77 |
326 | Pakistan | India | 2005/06 |
* - indicates an ongoing Test
Kanishkaa Balachandran is editorial assistant of Cricinfo. For some of the stats he was helped by Arun Gopalakrishnan.