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The Numbers Game with Francis Payne

McMillan simplifies a record and lots more from the third Test
Francis Payne - 3 April 2001

Prior to the final Test between New Zealand and Pakistan, the question of most runs off one over in Test cricket was not one which had an entirely straightforward answer. There were, for instance, the questions of eight and six-ball overs, overs including extras, no-balls which at the time were not debited against the bowler and other such items which required extensive footnotes.

Craig McMillan has laid all these variables to rest. The 26 runs he hit off Younis Khan's solitary over at Hamilton means that the following have just one categoric answer:

  1. Most runs by a team off one over
  2. Most runs from the bat off one over
  3. Most runs by one batsman off one over
  4. Most runs conceded by a bowler off one over

Here is the list which McMillan now heads:

Eight-ball over
25 (66061600)   Bert Sutcliffe & Bob Blair off Hugh Tayfield   NZ v SA   Johannesburg    1953/54

Six-ball over 26 (444464) Craig McMillan off Younis Khan NZ v P Hamilton 2000/01 24 (46266L) Andy Roberts off Ian Botham WI v E Port-of-Spain 1980/81 24 (444N444) Sandeep Patil off Bob Willis I v E Manchester 1982 24 (464604) Ian Botham off Derek Stirling E v NZ The Oval 1986 24 (006666) Kapil Dev off Eddie Hemmings I v E Lord's 1990 24 (244266) Ian Smith off Atul Wassan NZ v I Auckland 1989/90

The no-ball bowled by Willis was not debited against the bowler's analysis


Probably the most extraordinary aspect of the record over was that it was the first time in Test history (1540 Tests) that a player had hit every ball of an over to the boundary. Sandeep Patil (above) had hit six fours in an over but the over included a no-ball.

McMillan therefore goes to the top of another list which, although very short, intrestingly includes another instance for New Zealand against Pakistan. The most fours off consecutive balls in an over is now:

Six
Craig McMillan off Younis Khan           NZ v P   Hamilton         2000/01

Five Denis Lindsay off Johnny Gleeson SA v A Port Elizabeth 1969/70 Rodney Redmond off Majid Khan NZ v P Auckland 1972/73 David Hookes off Tony Greig A v E Melbourne 1976/77 Mohammad Azharuddin off Lance Klusener I v SA Calcutta 1996/97

McMillan extended his sequence when he hit a seventh successive boundary (a six) from the next ball he faced in the next over bowled by Saqlain Mushtaq.

McMillan actually hit 41 off ten successive balls as follows:

Over 109 (Mohammad Akram)    4
Over 110 (Saqlain Mushtaq)   41
Over 111 (Younis Khan)       444464
Over 112 (Saqlain Mushtaq)   6


McMillan's partner, Stephen Fleming, reached his fifty in the 109th over while McMillan was on 46. From that point on, until the innings was declared when he was dismissed, McMillan scored 52 off 19 balls while Fleming added just a single from the six balls he faced.

McMillan's sequence after Fleming reached his fifty was 0402441444464600140.


New Zealand's victory against Pakistan was their largest ever by an innings margin. The biggest of their ten wins by an innings are:

Inns &
185      v Pakistan      Hamilton       2000/01
132      v England       Christchurch   1983/84
105      v West Indies   Wellington     1999/00
99       v Pakistan      Auckland       1984/85
61       v Sri Lanka     Colombo        1983/84

The margin of an innings and 185 was also the worst in Pakistan's history. Their previous worst was by an innings and 174 at Kingston in 1957/58.

On that occasion Pakistan were reduced to just two fit specialist bowlers as West Indies ran up 790-3 declared and Gary Sobers set a Test record of 365 not out sharing a second wicket stand of 446 with Conrad Hunte (260 run out).

Opening bowler Mahmood Hussain had broken down after bowling just five deliveries, left-arm spinner Nasim-ul-Ghani also suffered injury and captain AH Kardar got through 37 overs with an injured hand. This left the lion-hearted Fazal Mahmood to bowl 85.2 overs (2-247) while Khan Mohammad sent down 54 overs (0-259).


During New Zealand's innings at Hamilton, Matthew Bell and then Mark Richardson reached 1000 runs for the New Zealand first-class season. While this has been achieved on just nine occasions (no one has done it twice) it is interesting to note that three times two players have reached 1000 runs in the same season.

The most runs in a New Zealand first-class season is:

                   Season   Runs    Ave    100s
Martin Crowe      1986/87   1676   93.11     8
Glenn Turner      1975/76   1244   77.75     5
Graeme Hick       1988/89   1228   94.46     6
Matthew Bell      2000/01   1092   52.00     6
Jeff Crowe        1991/92   1063   62.52     4
Robert Vance      1988/89   1037   64.81     4
Mark Richardson   2000/01   1035   60.88     2
John Wright       1986/87   1019   53.63     3
Mathew Sinclair   1999/00   1004   41.83     3

Bell became just the fourth player to scores as many as six centuries in a New Zealand first-class season after Martin Crowe (1986/87), Everton Weekes (1955/56) and Graeme Hick (1988/89).


During his innings in the third Test, Richardson also reached 2000 runs for the entire 2000/01 season His record was made up as follows:

                  Matches   Runs    Ave     HS
In Zimbabwe           4      495   82.50   306
In South Africa       6      500   62.50   173*
In New Zealand       11     1035   60.88   166
Total                21     2030   65.48   306


Richardson thus joins a most exclusive club of players who have amassed 2000 runs in an overseas season (i.e. outside of England where traditionally the greater number of matches has meant higher run tallies). No player has ever scored as many as 2000 runs in one season in one single country outside England.

The most runs in an overseas season is:

                    Countries    Season   Runs    Ave
Mohinder Amarnath      P/I/WI   1982/83   2234   79.78
John Reid             SA/A/NZ   1961/62   2188   57.57
Sunil Gavaskar            I/P   1978/79   2121   88.37
Bobby Simpson        I/P/A/WI   1964/65   2063   68.76
Mark Richardson       Z/SA/NZ   2000/01   2030   65.48


In the Test at Hamilton, Mark Richardson celebrated one year as an opening batsman by recording his maiden Test century. Since moving to opener in the final Shell Trophy match of 1999/00, his record is:

                  Matches   Runs     Ave     HS
Tests                 9      710    54.61   106
NZ (other)            5      645   109.00   306
Otago                 8      735    52.50   166
New Zealand 'A'       6      642    71.33   212*
Total                28      732    65.04   306   


The first wicket partnership of 181 between Richardson and Matthew Bell was the fifth best in New Zealand's Test history. The highest are:

387   Glenn Turner & Terry Jarvis      v West Indies   Georgetown   1971/72
276   Stewie Dempster & Jack Mills     v England       Wellington   1929/30
214   Craig Spearman & Roger Twose     v Zimbabwe      Auckland     1985/86
185   Trevor Franklin & John Wright    v England       Lord's       1990
181   Mark Richardson & Matthew Bell   v Pakistan      Hamilton     2000/01
161   Trevor Franklin & John Wright    v Sri Lanka     Hamilton     1990/91
159   Glenn Turner & Rodney Redmond    v Pakistan      Auckland     1972/73
149   Trevor Franklin & John Wright    v India         Napier       1989/90


Richardson and Bell provided just the third instance for New Zealand of both openers scoring a century in the same innings:

Stewie Dempster (136) & Jack Mills (117)     v England       Wellington   1929/30
Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis (182)      v West Indies   Georgetown   1971/72
Mark Richardson (106) & Matthew Bell (105)   v Pakistan      Hamilton     2000/01


Furthermore, both Richardson and Bell were registering their maiden Test centuries. The six occasions where this has happened in the same innings for New Zealand are:

Stewie Dempster (136) & Jack Mills (117)     v England    Wellington     1929/30
Jeremy Coney (174*) & Martin Crowe (100)     v England    Wellington     1983/84
Jeff Crowe (128) & Ian Smith (113*)          v England    Auckland       1983/84
Bryan Young (120) & Shane Thomson (120*)     v Pakistan   Christchurch   1993/94
Craig Spearman (112) & Chris Cairns (120)    v Zimbabwe   Auckland       1995/96
Mark Richardson (106) & Matthew Bell (105)   v Pakistan   Hamilton       2000/01


The two New Zealand openers also recorded the rare feat of passing the opposition's first innings total without loss. It was only the twelfth time that this had happened in Test cricket.

England (147-1)       v Australia (133)        Adelaide     1911/12
England (323-1)       v Australia (191)        Melbourne    1911/12
Australia (117-1)     v England (52)           The Oval     1948*
Australia (244-1)     v England (241)          Adelaide     1965/66
Australia (191-1)     v India (173)            Melbourne    1967/68
New Zealand (387-1)   v West Indies (365-7d)   Georgetown   1971/72
West Indies (298-1)   v England (260)          Antigua      1989/90
Pakistan (94-1)       v Sri Lanka (71)         Kandy        1994/95*
Pakistan (298-1)      v West Indies (216)      Karachi      1997/98
West Indies (167-1)   v England (127)          Antigua      1997/98
Australia (101-1)     v West Indies (82)       Brisbane     2000/01*
New Zealand (181-1)   v Pakistan (104)         Hamilton     2000/01*

* gained lead on first day


An even more rare feat in Test cricket is that of both openers scoring more than the opposition's entire first innings total. Richardson (106) and Bell (105) both scored more by themselves than Pakistan had manged in its first innings of 104. There had been only one previous instance in all Test cricket and that was a prelude to one of cricket's most famous moments.

At The Oval in 1948, England were bowled out for just 52 (Len Hutton 30 - last man out - Ray Lindwall 6-20) and Australia's openers Sid Barnes (61) and Arthur Morris (196 run out) both bettered the England score putting on 117 for the first wicket. When Barnes was out, Don Bradman came in and was bowled second ball by Eric Hollies in what turned out to be his final Test innings (although at the time there was every chance he could have had a second innings).


During New Zealand's innings at Hamilton, two new record partnerships for were created for New Zealand against Pakistan. Richardson and Bell went past the 159 by Glenn Turner and Rodney Redmond in the third Test at Auckland in 1972/73 while McMillan and Fleming ousted the 128 between Brian Hastings and Mark Burgess in the previous Test of that series played at Wellington.

The record partnerships for New Zealand against Pakistan are now:

1    181   Mark Richardson & Matthew Bell      Hamilton     2000/01
2    195   John Wright & Geoff Howarth         Napier       1978/79
3    178   Barry Sinclair & John Reid          Lahore       1964/65
4    147   Craig McMillan & Stephen Fleming    Hamilton     2000/01
5    183   Mark Burgess & Robert Anderson      Lahore       1976/77
6    145   John Reid & Richard Hadlee          Wellington   1984/85
7    186   Warren Lees & Richard Hadlee        Karachi      1976/77
8    100   Bryan Yuile & Dayle Hadlee          Karachi      1969/70
9     96   Mark Burgess & Bob Cunis            Dacca        1969/70
10   151   Brian Hastings & Richard Collinge   Auckland     1972/73


Adam Parore set a record for the most wicket-keeping dismissals for New Zealand when he caught Fazl-e-Akbar off Daryl Tuffey in Pakistan's first innings at Hamilton. His previous catch, Humayun Farhat off Tuffey, had given him the record for wicket-keeping catches.

The leading New Zealand wicket-keepers are now:

                Matches    Ct   St   Total
Adam Parore        70     173    7    180*
Ian Smith          63     168    8    176
Ken Wadsworth      33      92    4     96
Warren Lees        21      52    7     59
Artie Dick         17      47    4     51

* plus three catches as a fielder

Two catches taken by Parore as a substitute (i.e. he was not in the playing eleven) when he deputised for Smith in Pakistan in 1990/91 are not included in his record.


Parore took seven catches in the third Test, emulating his feat in the first Test at Auckland. The most dismissals for New Zealand in a Test is:

8   Warren Lees   v Sri Lanka      Wellington   1982/83   (all ct)
8   Ian Smith     v Sri Lanka      Hamilton     1990/91   (all ct)
7   Artie Dick    v South Africa   Durban       1961/62   (6ct 1st)
7   Roy Harford   v India          Wellington   1967/68   (all ct)
7   Ian Smith     v India          Wellington   1980/81   (all ct)
7   Ian Smith     v England        Leeds        1983      (all ct)
7   Adam Parore   v Pakistan       Auckland     2000/10   (all ct)
7   Adam Parore   v Pakistan       Hamilton     2000/01   (all ct)

As noted in an earlier edition, Harford, missed several chances in the game above, was dropped for the following Test and replaced by John Ward. Indeed, Harford never appeared in first-class cricket again.


New Zealand gained a lead of 300 or more for just the fourth time in their Test history at Hamilton. Their largest first innings leads have been:

374   v Australia     Brisbane       1985/86*
364   v Sri Lanka     Dunedin        1996/97*
339   v West Indies   Wellington     1999/00*
303   v Pakistan      Hamilton       2000/01*
298   v England       Lord's         1973
297   v England       Manchester     1999
295   v India         Christchurch   1989/90*
290   v Zimbabwe      Auckland       1997/98*
289   v West Indies   Bridgetown     1971/72
282   v Pakistan      Auckland       1984/85*

* New Zealand won the game


Pakistan's two totals at Hamilton were their lowest ever in Tests in New Zealand. Their lowest overall against New Zealand are:

                               Won By
102   Faisalabad     1990/91   Pakistan
104   Hamilton       2000/01   New Zealand
114   Lahore         1969/70   New Zealand
118   Hamilton       2000/01   New Zealand
169   Auckland       1984/85   New Zealand
174   Hamilton       1992/93   Pakistan
179   Christchurch   1993/94   New Zealand
183   Auckland       1984/85   New Zealand
187   Wellington     1964/65   Draw
191   Lahore         1996/97   New Zealand


Finally, some figures which underline the overwhelming dominance of New Zealand in the third Test:

              Runs   Wkts   Runs per Wkt
New Zealand    407     4       101.75
Pakistan       222    20        11.10

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