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Parore's world record and a look at the year 2000
Francis Payne - 1 January 2001

In an earlier edition of The Numbers Game we recorded the fact that Stephen Fleming had scored more runs than any other player in Test history with the aid of just two hundreds (taking over the record from his current convenor of selectors, Sir Richard Hadlee, during the tour to Zimbabwe.

In the Boxing Day Test at the Basin Reserve, he was joined by Adam Parore who became Test cricket's highest run-getter with the aid of only one century.

The highest run scorers in tests with one century are:

                  Runs    Ave    100   50
AC Parore (NZ)    2532   25.32    1    14
TL Goddard (SA)   2516   34.46    1    18
TE Bailey (E)     2290   29.74    1    10
AW Nourse (SA)    2234   29.78    1    15
ADR Campbell (Z)  2157   25.67    1    13
AL Wadekar (I)    2113   31.07    1    14

In the meantime, Fleming has extended his world record tally to 3422 and his second innings of 55 at Wellington gives him two centuries and 27 fifties.


Nathan Astle took 458 minutes to reach his century at Wellington, the fourth slowest by a New Zealand batsman in a Test. The slowest hundreds by New Zealand batsmen in all first-class cricket are:

Mins
516    Jeff Crowe        New Zealand v Sri Lanka         Colombo        1986/87
464    Michael Austen    Otago v Canterbury              Christchurch   1996/97
462    Mark Greatbatch   New Zealand v Australia         Perth          1989/90
461    Martin Crowe      New Zealand v Pakistan          Lahore         1990/91
458    Nathan Astle      New Zealand v Zimbabwe          Wellington     2000/01
455    Geoff Howarth     New Zealand v England           Auckland       1977/78
435    John Guy          New Zealand v India             Hyderabad      1955/56
434    John Reid         Auckland v Northern Districts   Hamilton       1987/88
434    Trevor Franklin   New Zealand v England           Lord's         1990
427    Kevin Burns       Otago v Northern Districts      Hamilton       1987/88
422    David Boyle       Canterbury v Otago              Rangiora       1993/94
420    Martin Crowe      New Zealand v West Indies       Georgetown     1984/85
414    John Wright       New Zealand v India             Auckland       1980/81
412    John Wright       New Zealand v West Indies       Wellington     1986/87
404    John Reid         New Zealand v Pakistan          Wellington     1984/85


Brooke Walker made his home Test debut in the Boxing Day Test, the first time that the New Zealand selectors had picked a leg-spinner for a Test at Wellington since 1967/68 when Jack Alabaster played against India. It was also the first time that a specialist leg-spinner had bowled for New Zealand in a home Test since that series (Jack Alabaster at Auckland).

In fact, it was only the sixth time that New Zealand had ever played a leg-spinner at the Basin Reserve. Those that played achieved the following:

Bill Merritt     v England        1929/30   2/94  & 1/41
Cec Burke        v Australia      1945/46   2/30
Alec Moir        v England        1950/51   2/65  & 0/19
Alec Moir        v South Africa   1952/53   0/159
Jack Alabaster   v India          1967/68   2/64  & 0/8
Brooke Walker    v Zimbabwe       2000/01   0/68  & 0/30


As noted in a previous edition, only nine leg-spinners have ever played Test cricket for New Zealand. Their records are:

                Wkts     Ave
Bill Merritt      12    51.42
Doug Freeman       1   169.00
Cec Burke          2    15.00
Alex Moir         28    50.64
Bill Bell          2   117.50
Jack Alabaster    49    38.02
Graham Vivian      1   107.00
Greg Loveridge   DNB
Brooke Walker      3   100.67


Andrew Penn made history in the fifth round Shell Cup match at Mt Manganui by becoming the first player to twice take six or more wickets in a Shell Cup match. Penn's figures of 8-1-28-7 were the second best of all-time and the more remarkable in that no bowler could bowl more than eight overs in the innings and even then one of his eight was miscounted and consisted of just five deliveries!

The best bowling figures in the Shell Cup are:

Willie Watson     7-23   Auckland v Otago                         Auckland       1984/85
Andrew Penn       7-28   Wellington v Northern Districts          Mt Maunganui   2000/01
Evan Marshall     7-49   Otago v Auckland                         Dunedin        1993/94
Brian Barrett     6-12   Northern Districts v Otago               Gisborne       1986/87
Justin Vaughan    6-26   Auckland v Otago                         Auckland       1995/96
Murphy Su'a       6-26   Auckland v Central Districts             New Plymouth   1995/96
Chris Cairns      6-37   Canterbury v Wellington                  Christchurch   1997/98
Warren Wisneski   6-43   Canterbury v Auckland                    Christchurch   1996/97
Andrew Penn       6-49   Central Districts v Northern Districts   Napier         1996/97

Two days earlier, Penn had taken 4-28 against Auckland giving him 11-55 in two games. In each game he was on a hat-trick without achieving the feat.


Finally we take a look at what New Zealand players did in first-class cricket in the 2000 calendar year. Most runs were scored by:

                  Runs    Ave
Mark Richardson   1933   62.35
Mathew Sinclair   1192   41.10
Craig McMillan     882   44.10
Glen Sulzberger    843   38.31
Nathan Astle       782   39.10
Stephen Fleming    755   31.45
Matt Horne         732   33.22
Gary Stead         695   53.46
Mark Bailey        671   41.93
James Marshall     667   25.65

Richardson played in 21 matches, the most by any player.


The most wickets were taken by:

                  Wkts    Ave
Shayne O'Connor    63    19.28
Bruce Martin       57    23.43
Daryl Tuffey       56    26.30
Chris Martin       49    26.59
Tama Canning       41    23.56
Brooke Walker      41    31.12
Lance Hamilton     38    21.97
Joseph Yovich      35    26.34
Glen Sulzberger    31    19.61
Paul Wiseman       30    31.43

The most overs were bowled by O'Connor (513), Bruce Martin (503.3) and Walker (496.3).


The highest scores were made by:

Mark Richardson   306    New Zealand v Zimbabwe 'A'       Kwekwe
Mark Richardson   212*   New Zealand 'A' v Sussex         Hove
Tim McIntosh      182    Auckland v Canterbury            Christchurch
Mark Richardson   173*   New Zealand v Boland             Paarl
Blair Pocock      167    Auckland v Wellington            Auckland
Glen Sulzberger   159    Central Districts v Wellington   New Plymouth
Mathew Sinclair   150    New Zealand v South Africa       Port Elizabeth


The best bowling performances came from:

Bruce Martin      7-33    Northern Districts v Auckland     Taupo
Daniel Vettori    7-87    New Zealand v Australia           Auckland
Warren Wisneski   7-151   Canterbury v Auckland             Christchurch
Scott Styris      6-32    Northern Districts v Otago        Gisborne
Glenn Jonas       6-35    Otago v Northern Districts        Gisborne
Glenn Jonas       6-39    Otago v Central Districts         Palmerston North
Daniel Vettori    6-43    New Zealand v Zimbabwe 'A'        Kwekwe
Bruce Martin      6-44    Northern Districts v Canterbury   Christchurch
David Sewell      6-70    Otago v Central Districts         Wanganui

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