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When Sachin scored, India soared Rajneesh Gupta | May 03, 2006 Name: Jay Answer: Don Bradman scored the most runs in a single day's play in Test cricket. Bradman ended the opening day of the Leeds Test against England in 1930 on an unbeaten 309. He made 105 before lunch, 115 between lunch and tea and 89 in the final session. England's Johnny Briggs holds the record of taking most wickets in a single day. On the second day of the Cape Town Test in 1888-89,South Africa continued their first innings from their overnight total of 2 for one, chasing England's total of 292. Briggs took 7 wickets to bundle South Africa for a paltry 47. South Africa, following on, fared no better in the second innings, and capitulated for 43, with Briggs returning dream figures of 8 for 11. In all, Briggs took 15 wickets, conceding only 28 runs in a single day. Although England's Hedley Verity (v Australia at Lord's in 1934) got very near to him, taking 14 wickets in a single day, it is Briggs who is at the top of this list even after 117 years. Name: Sahil Bakshi Answer: You cannot blame Sachin Tendulkar on this account, Sahil. In India's successful chases, Tendulkar has batted on 98 occasions. 23 times (a high percentage of 23.46) he was unbeaten there at the crease when the winning runs were scored. Tendulkar aggregated 1,634 runs with 7 hundreds and 9 fifties in these matches. Name: Santosh Bhadule Answer: Yes, it will be counted in the batsman's tally of balls faced, since the batsman had every chance to score runs off it, as he would have scored off any legitimate delivery. Name: Muhammad Bilgrami Answer: Not less than on 53 occasions has a side lost four wickets in an innings as run-outs before the start of West Indies - Zimbabwe ODI series. The most number of batsmen dismissed in this fashion in an innings are five and this too happened eight times. The details:
Name: Shyamal Mukhopadhyay Answer: Only one player -- Australia's Bruce Reid -- matches your criteria. In his 27 Tests, Reid took 113 wickets at an average of 24.64, but managed to score only 93 runs in 34 innings at an average of 4.65. On the same topic, India's Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (167 runs & 242 wickets in 58 Tests) is the only player to score less than 200 runs and take more than 200 wickets. Name: Milind Answer: In the given scenario the scores are at level and team2 will have to bat again to score one run to win the match. Name: Aniket Answer: No player has performed this feat. In fact, the only player to achieve this all-round match double on more than two occasions is England's Ian Botham. Botham scored a century and captured a five-for in the same Test match on five occasions against FOUR countries. The details: 103 & 5-73 v New Zealand at Christchurch in 1977-78 108 & 8-34 v Pakistan at Lord's in 1978 114 & 6-58,7-48 v India at Mumbai in 1979-80 (captured 10 wickets in the match) 149* & 6-95 v Australia at Leeds in 1981 138 & 5-59 v New Zealand at Wellington in 1983-84 Name: Latha Answer: In case of a boundary off a no-ball, the batsman gets only the boundary runs added to his account; however, the team is credited with boundary runs plus any penalty runs. Name: MRS Mani Answer: A total of five batsmen have scored double centuries in their debut Test. They are:
Name: Pallabbiswas Answer: The feat of scoring a century and a duck in the same match has been achieved on 124 occasions in Test cricket by 109 batsmen. As many as 15 batsmen have done so on two occasions. They are: Australia : Don Bradman Ever had a question relating to cricket and didn't know who to ask? Earlier answered queries:
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