Day 5: India v New Zealand, Statistical highlights Rajneesh Gupta - 15 October 1999
Stephen Fleming made his 20th fifty in 44th Test and second
against India in 7th Test.His only other fifty against India
had come in his debut Test,when he scored 92 at Hamilton in
1993-94.
Wicketkeeper MSK prasad conceded 24 byes-the worst performance
by an Indian wicketkeeper.The previous record was held by Syed
Kirmani who conceded 22 byes in WestIndies' only innings at
Mumbai in 1978-79.The world record is on the name of England's
Frank Woolley,who conceded 37 byes against Austrlia at The Oval
in 1934.However Woolley was not a specialist 'keeper,he was
deputising for injured Lesley Ames.The 'best' performance by
a specialist 'keeper is 33 byes which is on the name of two
Englishmen - John Murray (v India,Mumbai,1961-62) and James
Parks (v WestIndies,Kingston,1967-68).
The 110 extras (42 by NewZealand and 68 by India) in the match
are the second highest in a match involving NewZealand.The best
still remains 114 in the Auckland Test between NewZealand and
SriLanka in 1990-91.
Fleming's wicket off the last ball of the match was 243rd for
Anil Kumble in 54th match.He thus surpassed Bhagwat Chandra-
sekhar's tally of 242 wickets (from 58 matches).Among the
Indians,now only Kapil Dev (434) and Bishan Singh Bedi (266)
have taken more wickets than Kumble.
Saurav Ganguly became ninth Indian (on 10th occasion) to held
three catches in the field in an innings against NewZealand.
Ajit Wadekar has done so twice.
NewZealand,who was given a victory target of 374 runs in 135
overs remained 123 runs behind.However its total (251-7) is its
highest in the fourth innings of a Test against India.The
previous highest was 215-6 at Wellington in 1998-99.Just for
the record,the highest total achieved by a team in the fourth
innings to win a Test on Indian soil is by WestIndies (276-5)
chasing the target of 275 at Delhi in 1987-88.
It was the eighth consecutive Test for India under Tendulkar's
captaincy that ended in draw.Tendulkar is now only one short
of equalling NewZealand's John Reid's all time record of most
consecutive draws.
The details:
Draws Captain Country Period
9 John Reid NewZealand 1963-64 to 1964-65
8 Garry Sobers WestIndies 1970-71 to 1971-72
8 Nari Contractor India 1960-61 & 1961-62
8 Sachin Tendulkar India 1997-98 & 1999-00
6 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 1959-60 & 1960-61
6 Intikhab Alam Pakistan 1972-73 to 1974-75
6 Mike Gatting England 1987-88
6 Imran Khan Pakistan 1988-89 & 1989-90
6 Mike Atherton England 1995 to 1995-96
6 Arjuna Ranatunga SriLanka 1997-98
Tendulkar has now captained India in 14 consecutive matches
without winning a single (losing 3 and drawing 10).He is now
inching towards a dubious distinction i.e.not winning a match
despite captaining his side in most consecutive matches.The
record is held by another Indian Kapil Dev (who is presently the
coach of this Indian side).Kapil had a sequence of 20 consecutive
matches without a Test win.
