da brdice： It was the 1733rd ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta05-Jul-2001It was the 1733rd ODI in cricket history.It was India’s 468th and West Indies’ 428th match.It was the 65th match between these two sides. The record nowreads : India 23, West Indies 40, tied one and abandoned one.Umpires KC Barbour and GR Evans were officiating in their eighthand 13th match respectively.Carl Hooper, on one, completed his 1000 runs in matches againstIndia. He was playing his 35th match and 33rd innings. Hooper alsobecame the third West Indian after Desmond Haynes (1357 runs in 36matches ) and Gordon Greenidge (1181 runs in 24 matches) and 16thbatsman overall to do so. Incidentally Pakistani Saeed Anwar with 1901runs from 49 matches holds the record of aggregating most runs in acareer against India.India conceded only five extras in West Indies’ innings – twowides and three no-balls. It was only the seventh occasion when Indianbowlers and fielders conceded five or less extras in opponents’ totalof 200 or more. The details :
Extras
3
India
v Pakistan (252-3)
Lahore
31-12-1982
4
India
v Australia (263-3)
Rajkot
07-10-1986
4
India
v Australia (235-7)
Melbourne
31-01-1986
4
India
v NewZealand (207-3
Sydney
05-03-1985
5
India
v England (250)
Sharjah
11-12-1997
5
India
v Australia (236-4)
Indore
06-10-1984
5
India
v West Indies (229-5)
Harare
04-07-2001
Tendulkar (122*) when reached 76,completed his 1000 runs against WestIndies. He became first Indian and ninth batsman overall to do so. Hewas playing his 28th match and innings. Tendulkar now holds the recordof completing 1000 runs in a career against West Indies in leastmatches and innings. The earlier record was held by Pakistani Inzamamul-Haq who took 33 matches and 32 innings for his 1000 runs.The hundred was Tendulkar’s 29th in ODIs and second against WestIndies. His only other hundred against West Indies was made at Jaipuron November 11,1994 when he scored 105 off 148 balls.Tendulkar’s innings was the highest score by an Indian against WestIndies-home or away. -bettering Navjot Sidhu’s 114* at Visakhapatnamon November 7,1994.Tendulkar’s innings was the highest for India on this ground. Theprevious highest was a paltry 70* also by Tendulkar against Zimbabwein the second league match of this series on June 27,2001.The hundred was Tendulkar’s second in Zimbabwe. The other being 127*against the hosts at Bulawayo QC on September 26,1998. Tendulkar hasnow become only the third batsman to score more than one hundred onZimbabwean soil. The others being Alistair Campbell in 42 matches andRoshan Mahanama in three matches.The hundred was Tendulkar’s 17th on foreign soil-yet another record !He was earlier at level with Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar with 16 hundreds.Tendulkar has now aggregated 6712 runs (ave.41.43) in 182 `away’matchesmaximum by any batsman in ODIs. He surpassed the aggregatesof two Pakistanis – Saeed Anwar (6685 in 186 matches) and Inzamam-ul-Haq (6647 in 209 matches) . The following table lists the leading runscorers in away matches in ODIs :Runs
Batsman
For
Mts
Inns
NO
Ave
Hs
100
50
0
6712
SR Tendulkar
Ind
182
178
16
41.43
143
17
32
9
6685
Saeed Anwar
Pak
186
185
11
38.42
194
16
32
11
6647
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pak
209
201
25
37.77
137*
5
49
12
6215
M Azharuddin
Ind
221
206
34
36.13
111*
4
42
6
6208
PA de Silva
SL
213
207
16
32.50
134
6
43
13
6075
DL Haynes
WI
189
188
17
35.53
138*
7
45
11
5916
IVA Richards
WI
154
141
20
48.89
189*
11
38
7
5548
A Ranatunga
SL
201
196
29
33.22
102*
2
35
16
5455
Salim Malik
Pak
218
202
26
30.99
102
3
35
15
5405
Javed Miandad
Pak
165
158
23
40.04
116*
4
39
8
5290
BC Lara
WI
146
144
12
40.08
169
9
34
10
The 133 run-partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar was the secondhighest for India for the opening wicket against West Indies. The besthowever still remains the 176 run partnership between Ajay Jadeja andTendulkar at Cuttack on November 9,1994. Incidentally the previoushighest opening stand for India against West Indies in `away’ matcheswas unbroken 116 runs also between Ganguly and Tendulkar at Port-of-Spain on April 27,1997.Ganguly and Tendulkar also became the third pair to participate in twocentury partnerships for the opening wicket against West Indies afterAustralians Adam Gilchrist and Mark Waugh and Indians Ajay Jadeja andSachin Tendulkar.Tendulkar was getting involved in a century partnership for the 47thtime in his careera new world record. The break-up of Tendulkar’scentury partnerships- 20 for the first,11 for the second,10 for thethird,3 for the fourth and 3 for the fifth. The previous record ofmost century partnerships was on the name of West Indian DesmondHaynes who featured in 46 such partnerships. The following table liststhe batsmen who have been involved in most century standsBatsman
Country
Total
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
SR Tendulkar
India
47
20
11
10
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
DL Haynes
WestIndies
46
26
11
6
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
ME Waugh
Australia
40
14
11
9
4
1
1
–
–
–
–
SC Ganguly
India
37
16
12
5
2
1
1
–
–
–
PA DeSilva
SriLanka
35
–
3
22
5
2
2
1
–
–
–
M Azharuddin
India
34
–
5
18
9
1
1
–
–
–
–
IVA Richards
WestIndies
32
–
9
17
3
2
–
–
–
–
1
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistan
30
1
7
5
13
4
–
–
–
–
–
Tendulkar was winning his 41st Man of the Match award. This was alsohis sixth award against West Indiesmaximum by any player. He waspreviously at level with Pakistan’s Imran Khan with five awards.