Most scores of 50-plus in Test cricket

119 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 51x100/68x50
103 RT Ponting (Aus) 41/62
103 JH Kallis (SA) 45/58
99 R Dravid (Ind) 36/63
96 S Chanderpaul (WI) 30/66
90 AR Border (Aus) 27/63
90 KC Sangakkara (SL) 38/52
90 AN Cook (Eng) 33/57
90 JE ROOT (Eng) 30/60

Can Joe Root become the fourth man to reach 50 in 100 Test innings?

Next current batter is Steve Smith, on 70: 32 hundreds but only 38 fifities.

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When he caught Alex Carey, Ben Stokes became the seventh member of an exclusive club - and the sixth was his team-mate James Anderson!

1,000 runs, 100 wkts, 100 ct in Tests

JM Anderson (E) 1,332 runs/690 wkts/105 ct in 183 Tests
IT Botham (E) 5,200/383/120 in 102
CL Hooper (WI) 5,762/114/115 in 102
JH Kallis (SA/Wld) 13,289/292/200 in 166
GS Sobers (WI) 8,032/235/109 in 93
BA STOKES (E) 6,075/197/100 in 97
SK Warne (A) 3,154/708/125 in 145

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England's highest second-innings totals in women's ODIs:

298-8 to lose to Australia, Hamilton 2021/22
285 to lose to Australia, Christchurch 2021/22
279-7 to lose to Australia, Southampton 2023 TODAY
272 to lose to New Zealand, Chennai 2006/07
267-8 to beat Australia, Bristol 2023 WEDNESDAY
256 to lose to Australia, Taunton 2005

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The Parkinsons have done it again!

Twin dismissing twin in first-class innings:

DW Varey c RS Cowan b JG Varey 22 Cam U v Oxford U 1982

RS Tillakaratne st IMG Lyanage b DS Tillakaratne 4 Nondescripts v Badureliya 2016/17

CF Parkinson lbw b MW Parkinson 29 Leics v Lancs 2019

MW Parkinson lbw CF Parkinson 4 Lancs v Leics 2019

CF Parkinson lbw b MW Parkinson 2 Leics v Durham 2023 TODAY

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Triple-hundreds for Kent (and one near-miss)

332 WH Ashdown v Essex, Brentwood 1934
318 SR Dickson v Northants, Beckenham 2017
305* WH Ashdown v Derbys, Dover 1935
300* DJ BELL-DRUMMOND v NORTHANTS, NORTHAMPTON 2023 TODAY
295 LEG Ames v Glos, Folkestone 1933

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Ireland's eventual 362 was their second-highest Test total, passing 339 against Pakistan on their debut at Malahide in 2018 - but a long way behind their best, 492 against Sri Lanka at Galle in April.
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Ireland's eventual 362 was their second-highest Test total, passing 339 against Pakistan on their debut at Malahide in 2018 - but a long way behind their best, 492 against Sri Lanka at Galle in April.
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Mark Adair has gone past Andy Balbirnie's 55 four years ago as Ireland's highest Test score v England. And of course Ollie Pope (205) and Ben Duckett (182) have relegated Jack Leach's 92 in 2019 to England's third-best score v Ireland.
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Mark Adair has gone past Andy Balbirnie's 55 four years ago as Ireland's highest Test score v England. And of course Ollie Pope (205) and Ben Duckett (182) have relegated Jack Leach's 92 in 2019 to England's third-best score v Ireland.
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737 was the second-highest total scored by Glamorgan, or at Hove.

GLAMORGAN'S HIGHEST TOTALS

795-5 dec v Leics, Leicester 2022
737 v SUSSEX, Hove 2023 TODAY
718-3 dec v Sussex, Colwyn Bay 2000
702-8 dec v Surrey, The Oval 2009
672-6 dec v Surrey, The Oval 2021

HIGHEST TOTALS AT HOVE

756-4 dec Leics v Sussex 2022
737 GLAMORGAN v SUSSEX 2023 TODAY
703-9 dec Camb U v Sussex 1890
676-5 dec Middx v Sussex 2021
674 Notts v Sussex 1893

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Glamorgan also set a world record by scoring 123 and 737 in the match:

LARGEST VARIATIONS IN A TEAM'S COMPLETED TOTALS IN A FIRST-CLASS MATCH

614 GLAMORGAN (123 and 737) v SUSSEX, Hove 2023 TODAY
591 Karachi Blues (111 and 702-7) v Utd Bank, Karachi 2016-17
551 Barbados (175 and 726-7 dec) v Trinidad, Bridgetown 1926-27
551 Pakistan (106 and 657-8 dec) v WI, Bridgetown 1957-58
551 Middlesex (83 and 634-7 dec) v Essex, Chelmsford 1983

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HIGHEST SECOND-INNINGS TOTALS IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET IN THE UK

737 GLAMORGAN v SUSSEX, Hove 2023 TODAY
712 Northants v Glamorgan, Northampton 1998
703-9 dec Cambridge U v Sussex, Hove 1890
654-6 dec Somerset v Hampshire, Taunton 2008
636-6 dec Northants v Essex, Chelmsford 1990
636-4 dec Leicestershire (following on) v Surrey, Leicester 2003
634-7 dec Middlesex v Essex, Chelmsford 1983
630 Somerset v Yorkshire, Leeds 1901

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Glamorgan batted their way into the record books when they scored 737 in their second innings at Hove today.

HIGHEST SECOND-INNINGS TOTALS IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET

770 New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide 1920-21
764 Bombay v Holkar, Bombay 1944-45
761-8 dec New South Wales v Queensland, Sydney 1929-30
754 KwaZulu-Natal v Northerns, Durban 2002-02
737 GLAMORGAN v SUSSEX, Hove 2023 TODAY
726-7 dec Barbados v Trinidad, Bridgetown 1926-27

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Three teenagers have scored a hundred in each innings of a first-class match in Australia, all younger than Rew:

RT Ponting (18 yrs 85 days)
Tas v W Aus at Hobart 1992-93
A Jackson (18 yrs 124 days)
NSW v S Aus at Sydney 1927-28
AR Morris (18 yrs 344 days)
NSW v Qld at Sydney 1940-41

There have been 27 cases in the subcontinent; the overall first-class record is apparently held by
Farhan Zakhil (15 yrs, 353 days)
Kabul v Boost at Kabul 2019.

(Thanks to Andrew Samson)

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On Sunday, in the latest round of the County Championship, James Rew became the youngest player to score a hundred in each innings of a first-class match in the UK. Only three teenagers have done this:

JEK Rew (19 years 123 days)
Somerset v Lancs at Manchester 2023
H Hameed (19 years 212 days)
Lancs v Yorks at Manchester 2016
RCM Kimpton (19 years 225 days)
Oxford Univ v Glos at Oxford 1936

(Thanks to Andrew Samson for confirming this)

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Double-century partnerships for both the first two wickets in a Test innings:

213 & 268 V Sehwag/Wasim Jaffer/R Dravid, India v South Africa at Chennai 2007/08

221 & 237 V Sehwag/M Vijay/R Dravid, India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai 2009/10

228 & 268 KNM Fernando/FDM Karunaratne/BKG Mendis, Sri Lanka v Ireland at Galle 2022/23

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Ben White of Ireland is the 35th man to make his first-class debut in a Test.

The most recent before him was Mujeeb [ur Rahman] Zadran of Afghanistan, in 2018.

The 34 previous players are listed on the @acscricket website at https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/Test/Overall/Players/Fewest_FC_Matches_Before_Test_Debut.html (to be updated with White's details); 21 were 19th-century South Africans, before first-class domestic cricket was properly established in their country.

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Of the Ireland side currently playing a Test in Bangladesh, two had not played any first-class cricket for well over three years: Commins 1343 days since his last first-class match, McBrine 1330 days. Six last played 766 days ago, another 710 days, another 71 and Ben White is on first-class debut.

The average no. of days since their last first-class match for all 11 Irish players is 731.8 days. Only three have played more than 18 first-class matches in their careers.
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On his T20 international debut at Mirpur today Rehan Ahmed became England's youngest male cricketer in each of the three international formats:

Youngest England Test players
18 yrs 126 days R Ahmed
18 yrs 149 days DB Close
19 yrs 32 days JN Crawford

Youngest England ODI players
18 yrs 205 days R Ahmed
19 yrs 195 days BC Hollioake
20 yrs 21 days SM Curran

Youngest England T20I players
18 yrs 211 days R Ahmed
20 yrs 65 days SCJ Broad
20 yrs 111 days BA Stokes

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Most Test runs at No. 11

648 JM Anderson (E) 126 Tests/173 inns
644 TA Boult (NZ) 70/81
623 M Muralitharan (SL) 87/98
603 GD McGrath (A) 118/128
553 CA Walsh (WI) 89/122
452 RGD Willis (E) 60/78
348 JB Statham (E) 44/66
336 M Ntini (SA) 66/76

(Excludes Tests/innings batting above No. 11)

Anderson's 6* also extended his record of most not-out innings in Test cricket to 107 (the next-best is 61 by Courtney Walsh).

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