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Home > Cricket > India in the United Kingdom 2007 > Statistics


India set records at the Oval

August 10, 2007

India's first innings total of 664 in the Oval Test is the fourth highest total in Test cricket against all opponents. Interestingly nine out of ten highest totals for India have come on the foreign soil. The details:
TotalOppositionVenueSeasonResult
705-7dAustraliaSydney2003-04Drawn
676-7Sri Lanka [Images]Kanpur1986-87Drawn
675-5dPakistanMultan2003-04Won
664England [Images]The Oval2007Match in Progress
628-8dEnglandLeeds2002Won
610-3dBangladeshDhaka2007Won
606-9dEnglandThe Oval1990Drawn
603PakistanFaisalabad2005-06Drawn
600-4dAustraliaSydney1985-86Drawn
600PakistanRawalpindi2003-04Won

The total is also the highest for India in England. The previous highest was achieved in 2002 at Leeds as listed below. All the three wins were by innings margin.
TotalVenueSeasonResult
664The Oval2007Match in progress
628-8dLeeds2002Won
606-9dThe Oval1990Drawn
591Mumbai1992-93Won
560-6dChennai1992-93Won

Anil Kumble today established a dubious world record when he scored his maiden Test hundred in his 118th Test match. He surpassed Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas [Images], who was playing his 97th Test when he scored his maiden 100.

The following table lists top-5 batsmen taking most Tests to score their maiden Test hundred:
100 in Test#BatsmanForCareer span
118thA KumbleInd1990-2007
97thWPUJC VaasSL1994-2007
71stJN GillespieAus1996-2006
56thHH StreakZim1993-2003
51stSM PollockSA1995-2000

Also read:
- Anil Kumble has a ball with bat
- Congratulate Kumble
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