The Records and Milestones thread

[Coronis]

1 Washington Sundar and R Ashwin recorded the first instance of all ten wickets in a men's Test innings being taken by right-arm offspinners for India. Ashwin took the first three wickets to fall, while Sundar took the next seven.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...sundar-and-r-ashwin-s-day-out-in-pune-1456809

@Burgey

Meh. Needed two bowlers to achieve it. Pathetic.

 

[ankitj]

Oh it's a record for India and not overall. Jim Laker of course did it alone.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Oh it's a record for India and not overall. Jim Laker of course did it alone.

Well, what about all 10 wickets taken by a leg spinner??

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

2 of those dismissals were of the bowling of Phillips

 

[ankitj]

 

[Coronis]

Wrong thread mate.

Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

I alluded to this in one of the Australia-India threads last night. In cricket there are certain figures that people love to use to prove how good or bad a player is that, if you think about it, don't really prove or tell you anything. My least favourite is the old 'player x only averages y if...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[Qlder]

Just to show how Smith has tapered off, he was the fastest to 7,000 and 8,000 runs and 2nd fastest to 9,000 runs behind Sangakarra.

He now has 9,685 runs from 195 innings so the best he can do is be 5th fastest to 10,000 if he can get 315 runs within his next 10 innings.

(amazingly the fastest to 10,000 is 195 innings shared by Lara, Tendulker and Sangakara. Ponting is 4th with 196 innings and Dravid 5th with 206)

 

[Coronis]

Just to show how Smith has tapered off, he was the fastest to 7,000 and 8,000 runs and 2nd fastest to 9,000 runs behind Sangakarra.

He now has 9,685 runs from 195 innings so the best he can do is be 5th fastest to 10,000 if he can get 315 runs within his next 10 innings.

(amazingly the fastest to 10,000 is 195 innings shared by Lara, Tendulker and Sangakara. Ponting is 4th with 196 innings and Dravid 5th with 206)

Obviously Bradman has the biggest gaps in these.

5000 - 56 innings vs 91 (Hobbs)
6000 - 68 innings vs 111 (Sobers, Smith)

Third highest is Sanga

12000 - 224 innings vs 247 (Tendulkar)

Aside from Bradman at 3000 and 4000 there are no other double digit gaps.

Only 12 batsmen aside from Bradman have crossed 4000 runs in their first 80 innings, none reaching 4500. 5 of them are openers. (Gavaskar doesn’t make it)

 

[Coronis]

Just to show how Smith has tapered off, he was the fastest to 7,000 and 8,000 runs and 2nd fastest to 9,000 runs behind Sangakarra.

He now has 9,685 runs from 195 innings so the best he can do is be 5th fastest to 10,000 if he can get 315 runs within his next 10 innings.

(amazingly the fastest to 10,000 is 195 innings shared by Lara, Tendulker and Sangakara. Ponting is 4th with 196 innings and Dravid 5th with 206)

Also what if he gets 315 in his first innings in B/G