Miller's mark

South Africa's David Miller.

100

The number of ODI matches played by David Miller of South Africa without ever playing a Test match. At present, he is only the second batsman in ODI history to appear in 100 or more matches without playing a Test, after Kieron Pollard (West Indies), who has so far appeared in 101 ODIs.

See the list below for details:

Players with most ODIs without playing in Tests

ODIs	Player	For	Span
101	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	2007-2016
100	David Miller	South Africa	2010-2017
85	Aaron Finch	Australia	2013-2017
84	James Hopes	Australia	2005-2010
84	Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	2009-2015

Note: The above list is for players from Test nations only. Otherwise, Kenya’s Thomas Odoyo has appeared in most ODIs (136) without playing in Tests.

154

The number of innings taken by Hashim Amla of South Africa to reach his 26th ODI century. He is the fifth batsman in ODI history to register 26 or more centuries, after Sachin Tendulkar (49), Ricky Ponting and Virat Kohli (30 each) and Sanath Jayasuriya (28). However, Amla is by far the quickest to reach this career landmark in fewest innings.

The table below has all the details:

Fewest innings to reach 26 ODI 100

Inns	Mts	Batsman	For	Achieved on	Age then	50s
154	157	Hashim Amla	South Africa	15 Oct 2017	34y-198d	33
166	174	Virat Kohli	India	23 Oct 2016	27y-353d	37
247	254	Sachin Tendulkar	India	20 Oct 2000	27y-179d	48
286	295	Ricky Ponting	Australia	24 Feb 2008	33y-67d	63
402	414	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	30 Jun 2008	39y-0d	65

Note: Tendulkar (above) is the youngest to achieve this landmark among the five batsmen listed above.

282

South Africa’s total without loss while chasing Bangladesh’s 278 for 7 at Kimberley. This is now the highest total in ODI history by a side successfully chasing a target without losing any wicket.

The table below lists all the top instances:

Highest totals batting second in a 10-wicket victory in ODIs

Total	By	Team batting 1st	Total batting 1	Venue	Date
282/0	South Africa	Bangladesh	278/7	Kimberley	15 Oct 2017
256/0	England	Sri Lanka	254/7	Birmingham	24 Jun 2016
236/0	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	235/9	Harare	4 Aug 2015
231/0	Sri Lanka	England	229/6	Colombo RPS	26 Mar 2011
228/0	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	225/6	Harare	11 Sep 2011

 

33

The number of innings taken by Babar Azam of Pakistan to reach his seventh ODI century. He became the 73rd batsman (and the 12th from Pakistan) in ODI cricket to register seven or more centuries. However, Babar Azam is by far the quickest to reach this career landmark in fewest innings.

The table below has all the details:

Fewest innings to reach 7th ODI 100

Inns	Mts	Batsman	For	Achieved on	Age then	50s
33	33	Babar Azam	Pakistan	16 Oct 2017	23y-1d	6
41	42	Hashim Amla	South Africa	23 Jan 2011	27y-298d	12
42	42	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	20 Jun 1983	35y-331d	8
50	50	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	18 Oct 2015	22y-305d	5
52	52	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	19 Oct 1996	28y-331d	10
52	52	Salman Butt	Pakistan	14 Jun 2008	23y-251d	8

Note: de Kock (above) is the youngest to achieve this landmark among the 73 batsmen.

This week in 1976 October 31 At 19 years and 141 days, Pakistan’s Javed Miandad became the youngest to score a double century in Test history. He scored 206 against New Zealand in Karachi. Miandad still remains the only teenager to do so!

 

Queries Corner Which batsman has scored the maximum ODI centuries without having a score in the 90s? — Shiv Raman, Chennai That distinction goes to Sri Lankan Upul Tharanga, who has 15 ODI centuries to his credit without a single score in the 90s. His highest without making a three-figure score in ODIs is the unbeaten 86 he made against Australia in Sydney on November 5, 2010, when he was unlucky to miss out on a hundred because rain interrupted Sri Lanka’s innings. Recently, Himachal Pradesh’s Prashant Chopra scored a triple century on his birthday. Is this a first in the Ranji Trophy? — Rahul Badhani, Jaipur Prashant Chopra, who became the first Himachal Pradesh batsman to score a triple century (338 against Punjab in Dharamsala) on October 7, did so on his 25th birthday. He, thus, became only the second batsman in Ranji Trophy history after Raman Lamba to achieve this rare landmark. Lamba scored his triple century (312) on his 35th birthday for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh at the Feroz Shah Kotla, on January 2, 1995. Have there been any instances of a side losing a Test match after not enforcing the follow-on when they had the chance to do so? — Nitin Sapru, Mumbai It has happened only once, at Kingsmead, Durban, in January 1950. South Africa, after making 311, dismissed Australia for a paltry 75 in just 28.4 overs (8-ball). Despite a lead of 236 runs, South Africa batted again, only to be dismissed for 99 in 46.2 overs. Set a target of 336, the visitors romped to a five-wicket victory. Is Rangana Herath the first Test bowler to claim 100 wickets in the fourth innings of a Test match? — Sunder Rao, Bangalore He is in fact the fourth bowler to do so after Shane Warne (138), Muttiah Muralitharan (106) and Glenn McGrath (103). Herath now has 102 fourth innings wickets to his credit. How often in ODIs have Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli been involved in running out each other? And what has been the result of the match? — Aashish Mitra, Mumbai They have been involved together in six run-outs in ODIs, with Kohli being unlucky on four occasions, while Rohit Sharma on two. India won three and lost three. The details are given below: Table-5 Note: All figures above are updated as on 21 Oct. 2017 Readers may send in their queries to sportstar@thehindu.co.in