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Current and Recent Matches  [Updated: 09:00 Feb 09, 2010 (UTC+0930)]
  • India v. South Africa - 1st Test - Day 3 - After being forced to follow on, India trail by 259 runs with 8 second innings wickets in hand.
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  • New Zealand v. Bangladesh - 2nd ODI - New Zealand won by 5 wickets to extend series lead to 2-0.
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  • Australia v. West Indies - 1st ODI - Australia won by 113 runs to take a 1-0 series lead.
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  • Australia v. Pakistan - One Off T20 - Australia won by 2 runs in see-sawing encounter.
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  • New Zealand v. Bangladesh - 1st ODI - New Zealand won by 146 runs to take a 1-0 series lead.
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  • Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series - Afghanistan v. Canada - Afghanistan won by 5 wickets with 1 ball to spare.
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    Has India Ever Been Top Ranked Test Nation Before 2009?
    A regular visitor, Dave Wilson, has written a very interesting article where he has taken the current ICC criteria for ranking Test sides, and applied it retrospectively going back to the very first test match. NOTE that the article is in Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF) and requires that Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher is installed on your computer.
     
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    Muttiah Muralitharan recently became the leading ODI wicket taker. I have compiled some of his statistical higlights in this review. (12/02/2009)
    Approaching Milestones   [Updated: 09:45 Feb 09, 2009 (UTC+0930)]
    Tests: Ricky Ponting nears 12,000 runs, while Vangipurappu Laxman nears 7,000 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan nears 800 wickets, while Makhaya Ntini nears 400 wickets. Umar Gul, and Lasith Malinga near 100 wickets. Daniel Vettori near 100 Tests. Mark Boucher nears 500 dismissals, while Rahul Dravid nears 200 catches.
    ODI's: Ramnaresh Sarwan nears 5,000 runs. Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar Nafees, and Owais Shah, near 2,000 runs. Stephen Tikolo, Stuart Broad, Lasith Malinga, and Jerome Taylor near 100 wickets. Shahid Afridi, and Paul Collingwood near 100 catches.
    Recent Records and Achievements   [Updated: 09:45 Feb 09, 2009 (UTC+0930)]
    Tests: Dale Steyn records his best performance taking seven wickets in an innings and averages 16.0 in India. Virender Sehwag scores his eighteenth century and has the highest scoring rate by an Indian player. Hashim Amla scores his first double century and records the highest score by an South African player again India. Jacques Kallis scores his thirty fourth century and averages 62.8 batting at number four. Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla set a new third wicket partnership record at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Zaheer Khan records his best performance taking seven wickets in an innings and ten wickets in the match.
    ODI's: Ross Taylor becomes the twenty fourth New Zealand player to exceed 2,000 runs. Denesh Ramdin becomes the third West Indian wicket keeper to take 100 dismissals. Shafiul Islam records his best performance taking four wickets in a match. Neil Broom and Jacob Oram set a new 7th wicket partnership record for New Zealand and McLean Park. Clint McKay records his best performance taking four wickets in a match. Ryan Harris records his best performance, taking five wickets in a match in successive matches. Bradley Haddin becomes the fourth Australian wicket keeper to take five dismissals in a match.

    Articles by H R GOPALA KRISHNA
    The following articles have been submitted by cricket statistician H R Gopala Krishna in India. NOTE that these articles are in Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF) and require that Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher is installed on your computer.
    Rajin Saleh joins group of lone batsmen scoring double figures in Tests
    D R Smith joins group who have taken four wickets for less than 10 runs in ODI
    Batsmen stumped in 90's in ODI's
    Tendulkars feat of 10000 runs and Fifty Wickets in ODI's
    Chanderpauls record number of Century & Fifties in same match
    Sammy's feat of Five Wickets in Innings on Test Debut
    Dravids record of Most 100 Test Partnerships
    Four Hundreds in Test Innings at Lords
    Alastair Cook joins group scoring Hundred and Fifty at Lords
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