And has anyone dismissed a centurion with their first ball as Ben Stokes did in Dharamsala?

Steven Lynch12-Mar-2024Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a lot of sixes in the Tests against England. Has anyone ever hit more in a single series? asked Birjit Singh from India

The Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal collected 26 sixes in the just-concluded series against England, which is easily a record. The previous-best was 19, by his opening partner Rohit Sharma, in only three matches against South Africa in India in 2019-20.The West Indian left-hander Shimron Hetmyer clattered 15 sixes in just two Tests in Bangladesh in 2018-19 (90 of his 222 runs came from sixes), while England’s Ben Stokes hit 15 in the 2023 Ashes series.It should be noted that ESPNcricinfo does not have full details for many early Tests. However, six-hitting was much rarer in the past, so it’s rather unlikely there are any additions. For the list as far as we know, click here.Has there ever been a Test match in which one player had more caps than all his team-mates combined? asked Tanmay from India

It turns out this is rather more common then I realised: there have now been 45 occasions when one player had more caps going into a Test than the rest of his team-mates put together. Quite a few of these date from early in the various countries’ Test histories. The most recent instance is a good example: in Ireland’s inaugural Test, against Pakistan in Malahide in May 2018, ten of their side were making their debuts, but fast bowler Boyd Rankin had one cap, for England in Sydney in 2013-14.Perhaps the most notable instance of this was in the final two matches of Sachin Tendulkar’s illustrious career. Going in to his 200th and final Test, against West Indies in Mumbai in November 2013, Tendulkar had 199 caps, while his Indian team-mates had 177 between them. In the previous Test, in Kolkata, it was 198 vs 167.I’m not going to mention every case, but the first time it involved someone with more than 50 caps was England’s side against New Zealand in Christchurch in 1929-30, when Frank Woolley had played 55 Tests and his team-mates had a grand total of four caps between them (there were six debutants, and the other four had all played once). And when England took on Australia at Trent Bridge in 1993, Graham Gooch had 103 caps to his name before the match, while his team-mates had a combined total of 102. Many thanks to the database skills of Ian Hill, a regular on the Ask Steven Facebook page, for these interesting details.What’s the earliest anyone has been stumped in a Test innings? asked Rajiv Radhakrishnan from England

I have to repeat the line about the ESPNcricinfo database lacking full ball-by-ball details from some Test matches, but it will be hard to beat the record of England’s Alastair Cook, who was stumped (by MS Dhoni off R Ashwin) from the fifth ball of England’s second innings as they chased a small total to win in Kolkata in 2012-13.That was in the fourth innings of the match: the earliest in any Test that a batter was out stumped appears to be after just 15 deliveries of the first innings at Old Trafford in 1884, when the England captain Albert “Monkey” Hornby was stumped by Australia’s Jack Blackham off Harry Boyle.That was one of only four occasions in Test matches when an opener has been stumped for a duck: the South African Louis Tancred did it twice, against England at Headingley in 1907 and at The Oval in 1912, while more than a century later it happened to the West Indian Kieran Powell, against Bangladesh in Chattogram in 2018-19. Powell was actually stumped from the first ball he faced, but it was the 16th of the innings.Tim Southee and Kane Williamson both made their 100th Test appearance together in Christchurch a day after R Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow did the same in Dharamsala•Getty ImagesJonny Bairstow and Ravichandran Ashwin both won their 100th Test caps at Dharamsala. Has there been a similar double in the same Test before? asked Daniel Madden from England

You’re right that both Jonny Bairstow of England and India’s R Ashwin clocked up heir 100th Test appearances in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Remarkably, there was another instance the following day in Christchurch, when the New Zealand pair of Tim Southee and Kane Williamson also reached 100, becoming the 79th and 80th players to do so.There had been three previous instances of more than one player reaching 100 caps in the same Test. In Perth in 2013-14, both Michael Clarke of Australia and England’s Alastair Cook got there, whileagainst West Indies at Old Trafford in 2000, the England pair of Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart both reached three figures (Stewart celebrated with a century with the bat).However the record was set, appropriately enough, in Centurion, where three men won their 100th caps in the same Test in April 2006: Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock for South Africa, and Stephen Fleming for New Zealand.Ben Stokes’ first ball in the series against India got rid of Rohit Sharma, who had 103. Has anyone else dismissed a century-maker with their first ball of a series? asked Neil Appleton from England

The England captain Ben Stokes hadn’t bowled in the series against India before he put himself on for the 62nd over of the first innings in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. His first delivery shivered the timbers of his opposite number, Rohit Sharma, who was bowled for 103, leading ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentator to wonder who wrote Stokes’ scripts.It turns out that this is a very rare feat indeed. Charles Davis, the Melbourne statistician who has re-scored many early Tests, could find only one other instance: Javed Miandad of Pakistan dismissed Australia’s Ian Davis for 105 (his only Test century) with his opening delivery in Adelaide on Boxing Day 1976 – the first ball he’d bowled in that series.Use our feedback form, or the Ask Steven Facebook page to ask your stats and trivia questions

Klaasen and Markram against the KKR spinners will be key, while Unadkat and Cummins could be the answer to suppressing Narine the big-hitter

Sidharth Monga25-May-20241:37

Key match-ups: Klaasen vs spin, Natarajan at the death

Mitchell Starc killed Qualifier 1 between these two sides, with three wickets in his first spell which prevented that match from becoming a tactical battle. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have now lost both their matches this year against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and need to pull something out of the hat to get the better of the favourites KKR. Even though their part-time left-arm spinners outbowled Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin in Qualifier 2, SRH know KKR are superior in that department. Here is a look at how the tactics might play out.The tossDew remains a big mystery, and too significant a factor to not worry about. In Ahmedabad, where dew had stayed away in the league stages, it proved to be decisive in the playoffs. In Chennai, where it had handicapped the defending sides in the league matches, the dew didn’t turn up in Qualifier 2, letting the SRH part-time spinners thrive on a deteriorating pitch. Now the teams will be left guessing which way to go.Unless they see something definitive in the ground conditions on the eve of the match, it might appear SRH will prefer to bat first and KKR won’t mind chasing. Both teams hold a 6-3 record batting first, but KKR are unbeaten when chasing while SRH have succeeded only three times out of six chases.Related

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The Starc spellStarc has now rattled Travis Head’s off stump with a full, swinging ball across formats. Qualifier 1 was the first time he bowled to his Australia compatriot in T20s, and it took only two balls for him to hit the off stump. He will look to do the same here; don’t be surprised if Head gets off to a cautious start as he did against Trent Boult and Ashwin in both his encounters against Rajasthan Royals.At the other end, Vaibhav Arora will be asked to start off bowling top of off, an area that Abhishek Sharma has attacked the least. For Head, he could start slightly wider, taking the ball further away with his natural swing, with both his sweepers on the off side.Markram, Klaasen to handle spinnersAiden Markram might not be in the runs but he is a decent choice in the SRH middle order as he holds a good record against Varun Chakravarthy in the IPL: 68 runs in 35 balls, while being dismissed twice. While Markram hasn’t quite punished Sunil Narine, he has got out to him only once in 41 balls. Heinrich Klaasen has a great record against Narine: 18 balls, 30 runs, no dismissal. All the more reason for SRH to try to come out of the powerplay unscathed.Heinrich Klaasen punished the KKR spinners in the first game of the season•BCCIKeeper up for BhuvneshwarOne of the ways KKR negated Bhuvneshwar Kumar in Qualifier 1 was to leave the crease and cut the movement. KKR will look to do the same again, which is why it will make sense for keeper Klaasen to stand up to the stumps even before a batter tries to dance down the track.Unadkat, Cummins in powerplayBhuvneshwar has a good record against Narine but he could be held back for one over against the Iyers, Shreyas and Venkatesh. Jaydev Unadkat has got Narine out three times in 22 balls, Cummins once in five. They could be used to bowl four overs in the powerplay.Overall, SRH might need to be a little defensive in the early exchanges both when batting and bowling to give themselves a chance against the more fancied side in KKR.

Narine did everything in his power to propel KKR but Buttler stood in their way with another ‘I’m him’ performance

Ashish Pant17-Apr-20241:39

Rapid fire review: Buttler’s knock among the greatest in a chase?

Sunil Narine did almost everything in his power to keep Kolkata Knight Riders in the hunt for their fifth win of the season. He became just the third KKR batter to score a century, taking them to 223. He bowled with an economy rate of 7.5, the best among all 11 bowlers on display. He picked up two key wickets, and caught the opposition captain back-peddling from mid-on.Yet he finished on the wrong side of the result. And that’s because Jos Buttler happened.Buttler was going nowhere with his innings. Having missed the previous game with an injury, he came in as an Impact Player in the second innings, his left hamstring still heavily strapped. It’s not been the brightest IPL 2024 for Buttler. Before Tuesday, outside of the unbeaten 100 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, his highest score was 13. Against KKR, too, he looked scratchy initially.Related

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At the end of 14 overs, Buttler was only striking at 127.27. The asking rate for Royals had surged to 16 with just four wickets in hand. ESPNcricinfo’s forecaster at this stage had given Royals a 0.44% chance of a win.But Buttler thrives in these situations. With only the lower order for company, he nonchalantly flicked a switch and ransacked every bowler that came in his way. Fast bowler, mystery spinner – he didn’t care. Buttler’s first 42 runs took 34 balls, his next 65 needed only 26 balls. He faced each of the last 18 balls of the chase, declined singles, clearly looked exhausted and in pain but still took his side to the joint-highest successful chase in the IPL.Narine and Buttler’s centuries had one commonality: not to throw away a start. At various stages, they found themselves in a tangle. Narine was at one point on 13 off 14 inside the powerplay. Buttler managed only 22 off 21 balls between overs six to 14. But the thing about great players is they can notch up a gear and hurt the opposition when it matters.Narine did that by ripping to shreds two of Royals’ biggest threats – R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. Ashwin eats up left-handers for breakfast. In the history of IPL, he has 61 wickets against left-handers (joint-highest with Lasith Malinga) at an economy rate under 6.50. The next name on that list is Chahal, who has 60. Chahal has also picked up the most wickets in the middle phase in IPL 2024, and is the current purple cap holder.Someone forgot to give Narine that memo.Coming into the match, Narine had smashed Ashwin for 60 runs in 22 balls in the IPL. By the end of the game, that tally went up to 94 off 39 balls. Ashwin was forced into bowling a defensive outside-the-off-stump line. Only one of the 17 balls he bowled to Narine was hitting the stumps. And yet that didn’t stop the opener from carting him away for four fours and two sixes. Narine’s takedown of Chahal was even more dismissive: 33 off 11 balls, with two fours and three sixes.Sixty-seven runs off 28 balls at a strike rate of 239.3 against two premier spinners in the opposition.ESPNcricinfo LtdNarine’s consistency in IPL 2024 is unfathomable considering he averaged 7.75 in 2021, 8.87 in 2022 and 3.00 in 2023, though he primarily batted lower down the order in those seasons. This year, he has already scored 276 runs in six innings and is currently third in the race for the orange cap. It is no coincidence that Gautam Gambhir’s return to KKR has given Narine’s batting career a second wind. After all, it was Gambhir, who had back in 2017 given Narine the license to go slam-bang at the top.”I think with GG [Gambir] coming back, he gave me the confidence and assurance that I will open the batting, and out of the 14 games, just try to do good in about three or four to give the team a good start,” Narine told the host broadcasters. “The job is just to go out there and try to give a good start. Whatever situation is there, still keep going because if you try to face dot balls in the powerplay, it can hurt you down at the back end, so just go out there and get your team as much of a good start as possible.”At the halfway stage, Narine would have thought he had done enough. Until Buttler intervened.When centurions met: Jos Buttler and Sunil Narine catch up after the match•BCCIAfter struggling for most of his innings, Buttler broke free in the 15th over. The first six balls that Varun Chakravarthy bowled to Buttler in the match were only picked away for four runs; the next six were taken for 22. Buttler struck Chakravarthy for four fours in the 15th and got good support from Rovman Powell over the next two overs. But once Powell fell, Buttler knew it was just going to be him vs KKR.Royals at this stage needed 46 off 18. Mitchell Starc bowled the 18th over and was clobbered for a four and six in an over that went for 18. With 28 needed off 12, Shreyas Iyer asked youngster Harshit Rana to step up. He had already done that twice this season. In KKR’s opening match of the IPL, he defended seven off five against a rampaging Heinrich Klaasen. Against Lucknow Super Giants, he had befuddled Nicholas Pooran with his change of pace.Rana went with his tried-and-tested slower ball again. But Buttler was having none of it. The first ball of the over, a length ball on middle was swatted away miles over deep midwicket. Rana then went pace on and was taken for a four and six. From the depths of 128 for 6 after 14.1 overs, Buttler had lifted Royals to within touching distance of a memorable win. They needed just nine off the final over, and Buttler kept his composure to complete a stunning heist.”Keep believing, that was the real key today. Felt like at times, I was just struggling a little bit for rhythm,” Buttler said after the match. “At times you sort of feel frustrated or you are questioning yourself. I was just telling myself, it’s okay, just keep going. At some point, you will get your rhythm back. There have been plenty of times throughout the IPL, you have seen crazy things happen. Guys like [MS] Dhoni and [Virat] Kohli, the way they stay till the end and keep believing. You have seen it so many times in the IPL, and I was trying to do the same.”As Narine reached his first century in T20 cricket off 49 balls, he punched the air, leapt in delight, and embraced Andre Russell in a bear hug, smiling ear to ear. For someone who shows such little emotion, this was akin to Sreesanth swinging his bat wildly after hitting Andre Nel for six in Johannesburg in 2006. The sort of all-round brilliance Narine displayed would be enough for a win on most days. And it would have been against Royals as well, if not for Buttler coming up with another “I’m him” performance.

Ultra-aggressive approach helps lay ODI World Cup final ghosts, with Adelaide exorcism next on the list

Matt Roller24-Jun-20241:14

Manjrekar: ‘Rohit’s selflessness the most appealing thing about him’

Rohit Sharma has transformed his approach to T20 batting in the last two years but this humid Monday morning in St Lucia was a high-stakes test of his commitment to a new, ultra-attacking mindset.India’s progress to the T20 World Cup semi-finals relied on avoiding a heavy defeat to Australia, a scenario which would lead many players to adopt a safety-first approach even before they slipped to 6 for 1 after two overs. And it was only seven months ago that Rohit’s own dismissal after a fast start changed the course of a World Cup final – albeit in a different format.But Rohit’s response demonstrated his clarity of thought. Rather than obsessing over the cross-wind which howled across the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, he launched the first two balls of Mitchell Starc’s second over for sixes over cover. It led to an overcorrection and a loss of control, with Starc then hammered for four down the ground, six over wide mid-on and six more off an edge which flew over Matthew Wade.Related

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It was the personification of attacking intent, and the third six merits closer examination. Starc attempted to angle the ball across Rohit, daring him to take on the infield in the covers again, and overpitched slightly. It was a slot ball, but delivered at 90mph/144kph – and Rohit went down on one knee, slog-sweeping him all of 96 metres. It was an outrageous shot.And this was not just any bowler: this was three-format world champion, serial winner Mitchell Starc, bowling with the benefit of a cross-breeze which – in theory – should have helped him to shape the ball back late to the right-handers. “He was trying to get it up and get it swinging,” Josh Hazlewood explained. “We’ve seen that for 10 years: it’s pretty devastating when it’s on.”Instead, Starc’s over cost 29 runs – his most expensive set of six in an Australia career that has spanned more than 4000 overs. He had never previously conceded more than two sixes in a single over, in any format of international cricket: Rohit cracked him for four.Rohit’s plan, he revealed, was to open up both sides of the ground rather than relying on the cross-wind and hitting across the line. “You need to be smart,” he said. “You’ve got to understand, bowlers are smart as well… I was thinking to hit the ball everywhere possible. When you keep an open mind and not think about just playing one shot, you can open [up] and access all sides of the field.”It worked perfectly. As soon as Australia’s strategy of defending the windy side was thrown off, they started to veer between different plans and regularly missed their lengths: Pat Cummins’ slower ball soared 100 metres onto the roof of the Johnson Charles stand at midwicket, with the wind, and his attempted wide yorker was squeezed through backward point.Rohit Sharma raised fifty off just 19 balls•AFP/Getty ImagesRohit was particularly punishing when Mitchell Marsh turned to Marcus Stoinis in the hope of some cheap overs, hitting half of the balls he faced from him to the rope, or over it. He repeatedly used his feet, shimmying down as if to highlight Stoinis’ lack of pace and the time he had to choose a shot, commit to it and nail it: Rohit’s strike rate against Stoinis was 270.He repeatedly felt comfortable hitting him into the breeze, knowing that even a mishit had a good chance of clearing a 66-metre square boundary. “He targeted the boundary with the wind for a while,” Hazlewood said. “Then we reacted, and then he hit a few [towards] the other side as well. He’s a class act, and you expect him to do that a couple of times through a tournament.”Rohit fell in the 12th over for 92 off 41, bowled by Starc’s yorker from around the wicket. It was a credit to him that he continued to swing, knowing that India would need 200-plus on a good batting pitch. “Fifties and hundreds don’t matter,” he said. “I wanted to bat with the same tempo, and carry on playing shots wherever it is necessary; try and put the bowlers under pressure.”Last year’s 50-over World Cup felt like a brush with destiny for Rohit. After missing India’s 2011 triumph, the chance to captain his country to their first major title in a decade on home soil was tantalising. He played selflessly throughout the tournament, striking at 125.94, but his dismissal in Ahmedabad – caught by Travis Head off Glenn Maxwell – prompted his team-mates to freeze.This was not quite retribution: Australia are still mathematically alive, and India are two games away from a trophy. But when Head’s miscue landed in Rohit’s hands at mid-off to effectively seal India’s win, it felt like a small step towards it. “It is quite satisfying [to beat Australia] especially when you play like that,” Rohit said. “We can take a lot of confidence from a game like this.”It has been a remarkable transformation at a late stage of Rohit’s career. In both ODIs and T20Is, his average and strike rate are higher as captain than in the ranks. That demonstrates both the security of a player who knows his legacy is already confirmed and the desire of a captain who wants to set an example to his team-mates, and prove that playing high-risk cricket will not bring repercussions.Rohit’s biggest challenge lies ahead. Two years ago, he made 27 off 28 balls in a T20 World Cup semi-final against England in Adelaide then blamed his bowlers for the 10-wicket thrashing that ensued. In Guyana on Thursday, he will have the chance to make amends by showing that he has changed for good.

The Bengal batter has batted at six different positions in IPL 2024 and his latest innings at the top of the order highlighted his versatility

Hemant Brar08-May-20242:34

What’s clicked for Abishek Porel?

David Warner and Jake Fraser-McGurk at the top. Rishabh Pant in the middle. Tristan Stubbs after that. Delhi Capitals’ batting line-up is filled with current and potential future superstars. Among them, Abishek Porel, a 21-year-old uncapped Indian, has been making a quiet impact.When DC faced Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, it was the same script once again. Fraser-McGurk gave the team a dazzling start and raced to his fifty off just 19 balls. In the death overs, Stubbs’ finishing skills took them well beyond 200. But in between, it was Porel who kept DC going with a 36-ball 65.The innings took Porel’s tally for the season to 267, at an average of 33.37 and a strike rate of 157.98. The significance of those numbers, and Porel’s versatility, becomes evident once you realise he has batted at six different positions – ranging from opening to No. 9 – across his ten innings.Related

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Opening the innings against RR, Porel faced just five balls in the first four overs. But after R Ashwin dismissed Fraser-McGurk, he took over. And when Ashwin bowled one short, he rocked back and pulled him over deep midwicket for a six. In the next over, he hacked Sandeep Sharma in the same direction for a four to ensure DC did not lose momentum.Before this match, Yuzvendra Chahal had dismissed Porel twice in eight balls for just five runs. On Tuesday, Porel did not let him settle. When Chahal came on to bowl, Porel jumped out of his crease straightaway and hit him over midwicket for a flat six. In all, Porel scored 13 off five balls against him.He reached his fifty – his first in the IPL – in 28 balls. It came with a six off Avesh Khan, once again over midwicket. Overall, he scored 33 of his 65 runs in that region. By the time he got out, DC were well placed at 144 for 4 in the 13th over, with the platform set for Stubbs.After the match, DC’s assistant coach Pravin Amre lauded Porel’s “special innings”. “It is always gold when an Indian batter is scoring runs,” he said. “As a coaching group, we were very happy with the way he was striking even in the nets. So it is good to see him doing well.”Abishek Porel brought up his maiden IPL fifty off 28 balls•BCCIPorel joined DC in 2023, as a replacement for Pant. Till then, he had played only three T20s and had scored 20 runs off as many balls. He had similar returns in IPL 2023 as well: 33 runs off 31 balls from four innings.Despite that, DC retained Porel for the 2024 season. With Pant back, it didn’t seem likely he would start in the playing XI. When DC collapsed against Punjab Kings in their opening match, though, they brought him in as an Impact Player. Coming in at No. 9, Porel struck an unbeaten 32 off just ten balls to take the side to a competitive 174 for 9.”That was awesome,” Amre said of Porel’s knock. “He was not sure till about the 18th over if he was going to play. But he came and he delivered.” Though DC went on to lose, Porel’s innings meant he played every match from there on.In the latest Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Porel had found success as an opener. He was the second-highest run-getter for Bengal, scoring 239 in seven innings at an average of 39.83 and a strike rate of 152.22. But with DC having Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Prithvi Shaw and Fraser-McGurk to choose from, Porel had to start in the lower middle order.Against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede, he got a promotion to No. 3 and scored 41 off 31 balls. Three games later, batting at No. 4 against Sunrisers Hyderabad but walking in at the end of the second over, he smashed 42 off 22.The team management took notice and decided to make him open the innings. Against RR, he even kept Shaw out of the XII. “Porel plays the new ball very well, and we wanted a left-right combination also, so we got him up the order,” Amre said.The win against RR lifted DC to fifth on the points table. Still, their playoffs chances remain thin. Even if they win their remaining two games and finish with 16 points, they may have to rely on other results. But their task could get slightly easier if Porel keeps performing like this.

Stats highlights from Pune, where India’s right-arm offspinners took all 10 wickets in an innings for the first ever time

Sampath Bandarupalli24-Oct-20241:23

Manjrekar: Washington an inspired pick; New Zealand might miss Henry

1 Washington Sundar and R Ashwin recorded the first instance of all ten wickets in a men’s Test innings being taken by right-arm offspinners for India. Ashwin took the first three wickets to fall, while Sundar took the next seven.4 Instances of right-arm offspinners sharing all ten wickets in a men’s Test innings since Jim Laker’s ten-wicket haul in 1956. Muthiah Muralidaran and Ajantha Mendis shared all ten wickets in India’s second innings in the 2008 Colombo Test, the previous such instance before the Pune Test.Muralidaran also shared ten wickets with Kumar Dharmasena and Jayananda Warnaweera against Pakistan in the 1994 Colombo Test, while Tony Greig employed offspin for his eight-wicket haul in the 1974 Port of Spain Test against West Indies, with Pat Pocock taking the other two.Related

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61 Balls bowled by Washington between his seven wickets, after being wicketless in the first 13 overs. Only one Indian took seven wickets in the space of fewer balls in a men’s Test innings since 2000 – 60 by Anil Kumble against Australia in Chennai in 2004, after seven wicketless overs.