Statistical highlights
Mohandas Menon
2nd day of first Test at Georgetown, India vs West Indies
** Shivnarine Chanderpaul (140, when on 66) became the 20th West Indian and
the 120th batsman overall in Tests to reach the landmark of 3000 runs. He
was appearing in his 52nd Test and 86th innings. He now has 3074 runs (avg.
39.92).
** Carl Hooper (233, when on 133) became the sixth West Indian batsman to
aggregate 1000 runs while leading the side. He now has 1100 runs (avg.
52.38) in 13 matches.
** Both Hooper (233) and Chanderpaul (140) posted their highest Test scores
of their career. Hooper's previous best was the unbeaten 178 against
Pakistan at St John's in May 1993, while Chanderpaul's best was the unbeaten
137, also against India at Bridgetown in March 1997.
** Incidentally, it was the first time the score of 233 was achieved by any
batsman in Test cricket history and Hooper now holds this distinction.
** Hooper's double hundred was the first by a Test captain since October
1999, when Tendulkar made 217 against New Zealand at Ahmedabad.
** Hooper became the only second Test captain to score a double hundred
while batting at number five. Australian Allan Border had scored an unbeaten
200 at this position against England at Leeds in July 1993.
** Hooper also just went ahead of the previous highest score by a number
five batsman against India, which was earlier held by Zimbabwean Andy Flower
- 232 (not out) at Nagpur in November 2000.
** Hooper's 233 was also the highest by a West Indian batsman at number five
obliterating the unbeaten 208 by Jimmy Adams against New Zealand at St
John's in April 1996 and the 208 by Viv Richards against Australia at
Melbourne in December 1984.
** Hooper's 233 was the highest by a West Indian captain at home bettering
the 219 by Denis Atkinson against Australia at Bridgetown in May 1955.
However Clive Lloyd's unbeaten 242 also against India at the Wankhede
Stadium remains the highest by a West Indian captain in Tests. For the
record, the previous highest score by a Test captain at this venue was the
169 by Englishman Len Hutton in February 1954.
** Chanderpaul, incidentally became the first Guyanese batsman to score two
Test hundreds at this venue. He had made 118 against England in February
1998. Out of the 31 Test hundreds scored by West Indian batsmen, only five
Guyanese batsmen have made centuries here - two by Chanderpaul and one each
by Rohan Kanhai (150 v England in March 1968), Alvin Kallicharran (100 not
out v New Zealand in April 1972), Clive Lloyd (178 v Australia in April
1973) and Hooper (233).
** The fifth wicket partnership of 293 runs between Hooper and Chanderpaul
surpassed the following landmarks:
at 72, the pair bettered West Indies' previous best at this venue against
India for the 5th wicket (the previous best was 71 runs between Clyde
Walcott and Leslie Wight in March 1953).
at 127, the pair bettered the previous best for the West Indies at this
ground for the 5th wicket (the previous best was 126 runs between Shivnarine
Chanderpaul and Jimmy Adams against England in April 1994)
at 143, the pair bettered the previous best by any team at this ground
for the 5th wicket (the previous best was 142 runs between New Zealanders
Martin Crowe and Jeremy Coney in April 1985).
at 220, the pair bettered West Indies' previous best against India for
the 5th wicket (the previous best was 219 runs between Bruce Pairaudeau and
Everton Weekes at Port of Spain in January 1953).
at 240, the pair bettered the previous best against India for the 5th
wicket in an away Test match (the previous best was 239 between Australians
Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting at Adelaide in December 1999).
at 255, the pair bettered the previous best by any country against India
for the 5th wicket (the previous best was 254 runs between Englishmen Keith
Fletcher and Tony Greig at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay in February 1973).
- Day 1 stats