Statistical highlights
Mohandas Menon
5th Test, Day 1 at Kingston
** The first wicket partnership of 111 runs between
Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds was the first 100-plus
opening stand at this venue since February 1994 when
Englishmen Mike Atherton & Alec Stewart put on 121
runs. Incidentally the last time the home side had put
a 100-plus opening partnership at this venue was when
Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes put on 118 against
Australia in March 1991.
** The last occasion a West Indian opening pair put on
100-plus against India was in December 1987 at
Calcutta when Greenidge and Haynes put on 114 runs.
Before this, the same pair had put on 296 at St John’s
in April 1983.
** The above partnership was the best for the West
Indies against India at this venue obliterating the
previous best of 105 between Roy Fredericks and
Lawrence Rowe in April 1976.
** Playing in his 21st Test match and 35th innings
Chris Gayle (68, when on 61) became the 43rd West
Indian batsman and the 378th batsmen in Test cricket
to reach this milestone. At 22 years 239 days Gayle
becomes the fifth youngest West Indian and by far the
youngest West Indian opener to do so. Former opener
Desmond Haynes was 24 years 284 days when he achieved
his 1000th run landmark in 1980.
** Wavell Hinds’ 113 was the first century by a West
Indian left-handed opening batsman against India since
the 104 by Roy Fredericks at the Wankhede Stadium,
Bombay in January 1975.
** Playing in his 25th Test match Harbhajan Singh
claimed his 100th wicket of his career, when he
dismissed Wavell Hinds. He becomes the 14th Indian and
the 125th bowler in Tests to reach this milestone.
** By achieving the above milestone at the age of 21
years 319 days, Harbhajan becomes the fourth youngest
to do so in Test cricket history after former Indian
pace bowler Kapil Dev (21 years 23 days in 1980), New
Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori (21 years 44
days in 2000) and Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis
(21 years 47 days in 1993). Harbhajan however becomes
the youngest off-spinner to reach this landmark by
bettering the previous record of 22 years 356 days
held by Pakistani Saqlain Mushtaq since 1999.
** Ashish Nehra becomes the first left-arm pace bowler
to claim the prized wicket of Brian Lara on three
separate occasions. The other left-arm pace bowlers to
do it twice are: Australians Mike Whitney & Brendon
Julian, and Pakistani Wasim Akram.
** Though Ramnaresh Sarwan (65) has yet again missed a
three-figure mark, this was his 17th double figure
score in as many innings since April 2001. Since then
Sarwan in 17 innings has aggregated 849 runs (avg.
53.06) with 9 scores in the fifties. During this
period his highest score has been 88 against Sri Lanka
at Galle, while his lowest being 17 against Sri Lanka
at Kandy - both in November last.
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