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The Numbers Game with Francis Payne

Fleming equals a record, Parore closes in on another and amazing numbers from the first Test
Francis Payne - 13 March 2001

Stephen Fleming equalled a long-standing New Zealand record in the first Test against Pakistan at Eden Park. The match was his 34th Test as captain, drawing him level with the tally set by John Reid. Fleming has taken just four years to reach the mark while Reid (despite never missing a Test in his 58 match career which began in 1949) needed nine years. Interestingly enough, both players had appeared in 58 Tests.

The players who have captained New Zealand most often in Tests are:

                      Seasons       Tests
John Reid         1955/56-1965        34
Stephen Fleming   1996/97-2000/01     34
Geoff Howarth     1979/80-1984/85     30
Graham Dowling    1967/68-1971/72     19
Ken Rutherford    1992/93-1994/95     18
Bevan Congdon     1971/72-1974/75     17
Martin Crowe      1990/91-1993/94     16
Jeremy Coney      1984/85-1986/87     15


Adam Parore is closing in on another New Zealand Test record. His seven catches in the first Test left him just five behind Ian Smith's New Zealand wicket-keeping record, although if Parore's three catches as a fielder are taken into account, he is just one short of the overall record for catches and two short of the dismissals record.

Whichever way one wishes to view this record, here are the leaders in the wicket-keeping stakes alone:

                Matches    Ct   St   Total
Ian Smith          63     168    8    176
Adam Parore        68     164    7    171
Ken Wadsworth      33      92    4     96
Warren Lees        21      52    7     59
Artie Dick         17      47    4     51


The seven catches which Parore took at Auckland was not a New Zealand record but it does put him on the following list for most dismissals in a Test

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     2000/01   (all ct)

Harford, who also 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.


During his first innings of 86 at Auckland, Stephen Fleming moved two places up the New Zealand all-time Test run-scoring table, passing first John Reid, and then Bevan Congdon to move into third place. New Zealand's leading run scorers in Test cricket are now:

                  Runs   Matches    Ave
Martin Crowe      5444      77     45.36
John Wright       5334      82     37.82
Stephen Fleming   3513      58     36.59
Bevan Congdon     3448      61     32.22
John Reid         3428      58     33.28
Richard Hadlee    3124      86     27.16
Glenn Turner      2991      41     44.64
Andrew Jones      2922      39     44.27
Bert Sutcliffe    2727      42     40.10
Mark Burgess      2684      50     31.20


New Zealand was set a target of 431 in the first Test and although they never became an issue, we should just look at the following two tables to see what has happened in the past.

First of all, the highest winning totals achieved in Test cricket (New Zealand would have had to create an all-time record at Auckland):

406-4   India v West Indies         Port of Spain   1975/76
404-3   Australia v England         Leeds           1948
369-6   Australia v Pakistan        Hobart          1999/00
362-7   Australia v West Indies     Georgetown      1977/78
348-5   West Indies v New Zealand   Auckland        1968/69
344-1   West Indies v England       Lord's          1984
342-8   Australia v India           Perth           1977/78
336-5   Australia v South Africa    Durban          1948/49
332-7   England v Australia         Melbourne       1928/29
326-5   Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe        Colombo         1997/98
324-5   New Zealand v Pakistan      Christchurch    1993/94


New Zealand's highest scores in the fourth innings of a Test (win, lose or draw) are:

440     England     Nottingham     1973      (Lost)
345     England     Nottingham     1983      (Lost)
324-5   Pakistan    Christchurch   1993/94   (Won)
304-8   Zimbabwe    Harare         1997/98   (Draw)
293-8   Australia   Christchurch   1976/77   (Draw)
278-8   Pakistan    Dunedin        1984/85   (Won)
275-8   Zimbabwe    Bulawayo       1997/98   (Draw)
270     England     The Oval       1983      (Lost)
262-7   Pakistan    Karachi        1976/77   (Draw)
261-5   Sri Lanka   Auckland       1990/91   (Draw)


Younis Khan joined a Pakistan short list with his performance in the first Test. He became just the fifth from his country to record a ninety and a century in the same Test. The five are:

Hanif Mohammad   v Australia     Melbourne    1964/65   104 & 93
Zaheer Abbas     v India         Faisalabad   1978/79   176 & 96
Mohsin Khan      v India         Lahore       1982/83    94 & 101*
Saeed Anwar      v Sri Lanka     Colombo      1994/95    94 & 136
Younis Khan      v New Zealand   Auckland     2000/01    91 & 149*


James Franklin (playing just his 13th first-class game and his first at Eden Park's main ground) had the misfortune to bag a pair in his Test debut. It may be small consolation for him but he does have some company. The New Zealanders who made a duck in each innings of their Test debut are:

Ken James           v England       Christchurch    1929/30
Ted Badcock         v England       Christchurch    1929/30
Gordon Rowe         v Australia     Wellington      1945/46*
Len Butterfield     v Australia     Wellington      1945/46*
Brendon Bracewell   v England       The Oval        1978
Ken Rutherford      v West Indies   Port of Spain   1984/85
Chris Kuggeleijn    v India         Bangalore       1988/89
James Franklin      v Pakistan      Auckland        2000/01*

* only Test


The last morning of the first Test produced some truly remarkable numbers. Here are some of them.

  • New Zealand ended up losing all ten wickets for the addition of 40 runs in 30 overs
  • On the last morning nine wickets fell for 26 runs in 24.4 overs
  • The last eight fell for 10 runs in 12.4 overs
  • Four wickets fell without addition in 21 balls
  • The last five wickets fell for one run (a leg bye) in 25 balls

  • Mohammad Sami's figures on the last morning were 8-4-6-5
  • Saqlain Mushtaq's were 12.4-10-3-4

  • Their combined figures for the session were 20.4-14-9-9

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