Statistical Nuggets from Kolkata

Mon, Nov 4, '02

Did you know Shiv Chanderpaul's appetite for runs has now put him in the rare company of Gary Sobers, Viv Richards and Brian Lara? What does Marlon Samuels have in common with Clifford Roach and Bernard Julien?

For all his failings, did you know Ridley Jacobs is the most successful international 'keeper in calendar year 2002? What happens when the West Indies fail to go into a Test without a spinner?

These and other questions are answered in the latest installment of statistical highlights by CaribbeanCricket.com guru Zito...

The last time a visiting team went into a Test match in India without a specialist spinner was the West Indies, at Mohali in 1994. The Caribbean side lost that match by 243 runs.

In India's first innings, Ridley Jacobs recorded his 28th dismissal (25 catches and 3 stumpings) in this calendar year which spanned 10 matches. He now joins Adam Gilchrist (Aus) with 26 catches and 2 stumpings in 7 matches as the 'keepers with most dismissals in 2002.

Parthiv Patel's score of 47 in his fifth Test bettered his previous best of 23 (scored in the 2nd Test at Chennai). At 17 years, 236 days, he missed becoming the youngest wicket keeper in Test history to score a half-century. Hanif Mohammad holds this particular record, hitting 51 on his debut match against India at Delhi in 1952. Mohammad was 17 years, 302 days.

Parhiv Patel and Javagal Srinath shared in a 73 runs partnership for the 8th wicket, bettering the previous best against West Inides of 67 by Kapil Dev and SHM Kirmani in 1983.

Wavell Hinds (100) recorded his third Test century and his first outside of the Caribbean and his second against India. His previous best outside of the Caribbean was 70 against Australia at Sydney in 2001.

Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds shared in a 172-run partnership for the first wicket, bettering the previous best of 114 at Kolkata by CG Greenidge and DL Haynes in 1987. This was the second century partnership for the first wicket by Gayle and Hinds. The first was against India at Kingston, Jamaica earlier this year, when they put on 111 runs.

Harbhajan Singh has become the highest wicket-taker for this calendar year (2002). His three wickets took his tally of wickets to 56 from 11 matches, three more than Shane Warne (53 wickets in 7 matches).

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (140) scored his sixth Test hundred of his career in his 61st Test match. This was his first hundred outside of the Caribbean. His previous highest was 95 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in 1997. This was his fifth century against India in 14 Tests. Chanderpaul became the fourth batsman after Rahul Dravid (1209 runs), SR Tendulkar (1116 runs) and MP Vaughan (1031), to aggregate over 1000 runs in 2002. Chanderpaul now has 1026 runs in 12 matches this calendar year. He also became the fifth West Indian to aggregate over 1000 runs in a calendar year. The others West Indians to do so are: Garry Sobers (1193 runs in 1958), IVA Richards (1710 in 1976), CG Greenidge (1149 in 1984) and BC Lara (1222 in 1995 & 1151 in 2001).

Chanderpaul's 140 equalled his highest score in Tests achieved earlier in this year against India in his hometown Georgetown, Guyana.

Marlon Samuels (104) scored the highest Test score of his career in 13th match. His previous highest was the 60* against Australia at Melbourne in 2000, in only his 2nd Test match. He becomes only the fifth West Indian to score a maiden first-class hundred in a Test match, joining CA Roach (122 v England at Bridgetown, 1929-30), CC Depeiza (122 v Australia at Bridgetown, 1954-55), FCM Alexander (108 v Australia at Sydney, 1960-61) and BD Julien (121 v England at Lord's, 1973). Samuels' previous highest first-class score was 84 for a West Indian XI v Zimbabwe 'A' at Kwekwe in Zimbabwe, in July 2001.

Chanderpaul and Samuels shared a partnership of 195, which was the best by any team for the sixth wicket at Kolkata. They bettered the previous best of 160 unbroken by Garry Sobers and Joe Solomon in 1959.

The three centuries by Hinds (100), Chanderpaul (140) and Samuel (104) in the West Indies first inning was the 14th instance of three or more hundreds by West Indies batsmen in the same innings of a Test match. Of the 14 instances, 9 were achieved against India.

Samuels' 104 was the 12th century by West Indians in this calendar year (12 matches). The last occasion that the West Indies team recorded at least 10 centuries in a calendar year was in 1984 when Clive Lloyd's side registered 21 centuries in 15 matches. This was only the 8th instance of the West Indies team registering at least 10 centuries in a calendar year, the other being 1984 (21 in 15 matches), 1983 (12 in 11 matches), 1980 (11 in 13 matches), 1976 (14 in 12 matches), 1974 (10 in 8 matches), 1958 (13 in 8 matches) and 1948 (15 in 7 matches).

Harbhajan Singh registered his third five-wicket haul at Kolkata with figures of 5-115. He has now bagged 58 wickets at 23.60 wickets from 11 matches this calendar year, five more than Shane Warne (53 wickets at 18.16) who is the only other bowler with at least 50 wickets this calendar year. Merv Dillon's takings in 2002 stands at 46 wickets at 28.06 from 11 matches.

Sachin Tendulkar (176) scored the 31st career century (15th at home). Tendulkar became the highest run scorer this calendar year with 1292 runs, bypassing the tally of 1226 runs by Rahul Dravid.

VVS Laxman (154) scored the 4th hundred of his career in 42 matches. This was also his second three-figure score at Kolkata, his first being the 281 v Australia in 2000.

Tendulkar and Laxman shared a 214-run partnership for the fifth wicket, bettering the previous best for India against the West Indies at Kolkata of 98 runs between Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar in 1987.