Statistical highlights
Mohandas Menon
2nd Test, Day 4 at Port of Spain, Trinidad
** Only two teams have scored more than 313 runs in the fourth innings at
this ground - India made 406-4 while chasing 402 in 1976 (still the highest
score made in the fourth innings to win a Test match) and Pakistan made
341-9, while chasing 371 in a drawn encounter in 1988. The home team's
highest in the fourth innings have been 289, while unsuccessfully chasing a
target of 333 against Australia in 1973.
** Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra recorded the first "pair" (ducks in each
innings) of their career. With both Srinath and Zaheer Khan also recording a
pair earlier during their Test careers, it means Indian tail-enders from
eight to eleven have performed this dubious distinction.
** Sourav Ganguly recorded his maiden fifty (75 not out) against the West
Indies in his 6th match. He previous highest score was the 42 he made in his
first match against this team at Kingston in March 1997.
** India lost its last six wickets for just 13 runs. This was one of India's
worst batting displays in Tests. India had lost its last seven wickets for
just 18 runs against New Zealand at Christchurch in February 1990,
collapsing from 146-3 to 164. On that occasion it was the Kiwi fast bowler
Danny Morrison, who took 5-12 in 27 balls, who did the damage. India had
also lost wickets in a heap (six wickets for six runs) once again against
the Kiwis at Wellington in February 1976. Then it was Richard Hadlee's 7-23
in 8.3 overs, which had India collapsing from 75-3 to 81-9 (Gavaskar could
not bat due an injury).
** Brian Lara (40, when on 12) became the first West Indian and the 10th
batsman in Test cricket history to aggregate 4000 runs while batting at
number four.
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