Cook's night in Edgbaston

Alastair Cook’s score in Edgbaston against the West Indies is the second highest individual score made in a day-night Test.

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The number of day-night Tests played so far. The Edgbaston Test between England and West Indies was the first to be played in England. The other venues to host day-night Tests are: Adelaide (two), Dubai and Brisbane. Interestingly, all the day-night Tests played so far have ended in a result!

243

Alastair Cook’s score in the Edgbaston Test: the second highest individual score made in a day-night Test after Pakistan’s Azhar Ali’s unbeaten 302, also against West Indies, in Dubai last October.

11

The number of ODI centuries made by Shikhar Dhawan in his career. He attained the mark in his 86th innings in the Dambulla ODI. Among Indians only Virat Kohli has reached this mark in fewer innings — 82!

Given below is the list of batsmen who took fewer matches to reach 11 ODI centuries:

 

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The number of ODI runs made by Virat Kohli in successful run chases. He, thus, became only the third batsman in ODI history to aggregate over 4000 runs in successful chases during his unbeaten knock of 82 in the recent Dambulla ODI.   The others who have scored more runs than Kohli are Sachin Tendulkar 5490 runs @ 55.45 and Australian Ricky Ponting 4186 runs @ 57.34.

The table below lists batsmen with the highest ODI batting averages in successful run chases (minimum 1000 runs), led by India’s M.S. Dhoni.

 

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The number of wickets lost by India in 39 balls during its successful run chase in the second ODI at Pallekele after the openers had put on 109 runs off 92 balls!

The three phases in India’s run chase:

 

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The number of occasions the Sri Lankan bowlers have claimed six-plus-wicket hauls in ODIs. Akila Dananjaya became the 10th Sri Lankan bowler to take six or more wickets in an ODI (versus India at Pallekele). Unfortunately, he also became the first Sri Lankan bowler to do so in a lost cause.

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The number of times a bowler with a six-wicket haul has ended up on the losing side in ODIs against India. Akila Dananjaya (6-54 at Pallekele) became only the second bowler after Pakistan’s Imran Khan to claim a six-wicket haul against India in a losing game. Imran had claimed 6-14 in Sharjah in March 1985, when India beat Pakistan by 38 runs. Batting first, the Indians were all out for 125, but dismissed their opponents for a paltry 87!