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Highest total to win a List A match batting 2nd 438-9 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 2006 418-8 Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights Oak Hill 2026 413-5 Karnataka v Jharkhand Ahmedabad 2025 402-3 Queensland v Tasmania Sydney 2014
Lowest total at the fall of the 8th wicket in the 1st innings by a team that went on to win an ODI: 70 Zim v Ban Harare 2026 88 Zim v WI Sydney 2001 98 SA v Eng East London 1996 Excluding reduced overs matches.
Teams dismissed in batting order in Test cricket: 476 Aus v Eng Adelaide 1912 608 Eng v SA Johannesburg-EP 1948 620 SA v Aus Johannesburg 1966 289 Eng v NZ Lord's 1978 323 Pak v Eng Manchester 2001 140 Ban v Zim Harare 2026
Best match bowling figures as a full substitute in a Test: 6-87 ZG Foulkes NZ v Eng Nottingham 2026 4-60 CAK Rajitha SL v Ban Chattogram 2022
No team has batted first, added 300+ for the opening partnership and gone on to lose a first-class match. The highest opening partnership by a team that batted 1st and went on to lose is 279 C Broad/D Hodgson Glos v Hants Bristol 1993 In Tests 276 A Griffith/S Campbell WI v NZ Hamilton 1999
Lowest all out total in first-class cricket after reaching 300 without losing a wicket: 393 Notts v Glos Nottingham 1904 (303 for 1st wkt) 438 NZ v Eng Nottingham 2026 (317 for 1st wkt)
Will O'Rourke scored 19 yesterday. He had 19 in 23 Test innings before that. The only man to double their career aggregate later in a Test career is Ebadot Hossian whose 21* for Ban v WI at Gros Islet in 2022 was his 27th innings having totalled just 12 runs before that.
The last time England made 5+ changes to the XI having won the previous match in a series was v India at Leeds in 1959 (6 changes)
The first 11 players to reach 9 000 Test runs all went on to 10 000. 4 of the 8 to reach 9 000 since then have retired before reaching 10 000: G Smith, H Amla, V Kohli and K Williamson
200 and 100 at more than a run a ball in each innings in a first-class match: GA Hick 252 (237) & 100* (71) Worcs v Glam Abergavenny 1990 DW Lawrence 218 (190) & 101 (64) Sur v Hants The Oval 2026
Fastest first-class 200 at The Oval: 172 balls DW Lawrence Sur v Hants 2026 187 balls NH Fairbrother Lancs v Sur 1990 191 balls IA Greig Sur v Lancs 1990
Emilio Gay is the 71st man to make the highest score of the match on Test debut with 57 in England's 2nd innings. Of those only Dattu Phadkar 51 for Ind v Aus at Sydney in 1947 has made a lower score.
Lowest average in scores over 100 in Test cricket Min 10 scores >=100 KL Rahul 1 514 @ 126.16 (12 x 100) Asad Shafiq 1 389 @ 126.27 (12 x 100)
Earliest triple-wicket maiden in a Test innings: 1st over: IK Pathan Ind v Pak Karachi 2006 1st over: MA Starc Aus v WI Kingston 2025 2nd over: DNT Zoysa SL v NZ Harare 1999 2nd over: OE Robinson Eng v NZ Lord’s 2026
England openers who hit the first ball they faced in Test cricket for four: Brian Bolus v WI Leeds 1963 Dom Sibley v NZ Mount Maunganui 2019 Emilio Gay v NZ Lord's 2026
Five Test matches have been scheduled for 4 days since 2017. None of them have reached the 4th day.
Ireland have now had 7 century partnerships in Test cricket. 5 of these are for the 7th wicket and 3 of these are between McBrine & Adair.
Earliest 5-for in a Test innings (overs) 4.3 MA Starc Aus v WI Kingston 2025 6.1 SCJ Broad Eng v Aus Nottingham 2015 8.5 FH Edwards WI v Ban Mirpur 2011 8.5 KAJ Roach WI v Ban Mirpur 2018 8.5 NG Smith NZ v Ire Belfast 2026
Most South African born players in a Test match not involving South Africa: 6 NZ (2) v Eng (4) Dunedin 2013 6 NZ (2) v Eng (4) Wellington 2013 6 Ire (4) v NZ (2) Belfast 2026
The inaugural Ireland v New Zealand Test today is the 58th 'match-up' in Test cricket. Only Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have played all 11 opponents.
Random thought on seeing that Marques Ackerman scored 173 off 136 balls for South Africa A v England Lions at lovely Arundel today: That is exactly what Ian Smith did when making the highest Test score by a number 9 for NZ v India at Auckland in 1990.
Bangladesh have now won 4 consecutive Tests against Pakistan having lost 12 and drawn 1 of the previous 13 Tests between the teams. The previous longest sequence of matches without a win against an opponent before 4 consecutive wins is 8: Australia v India in 2011-12.
Ben Aitchison 112 & 5-47 for Derbyshire v Middlesex at Lord's this weekend is the first to score a century as night-watcher and take 5 wickets in an innings in a County Championship match. Great research of Night-watchers who have scored centuries in the Championship here: tinyurl.com/2sj5m255
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Litton Das made 126 runs out of the 172 (73.25%) Bangladesh made while he was batting today, the highest % of runs while in for Bangladesh in Tests (min 150 runs while in). World record is 81.93% (127/155) by Graham Gooch v India at Madras in 1982. Gooch was 1st out in that innings with Tavare 26*
