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CURRENT TOURS (2008)

India in Sri Lanka
South Africa in England
Misc. ODIs, 2008

Bangladesh in Pakistan
Kitply Cup in Bdesh (Bdesh Ind Pak)
New Zealand in England
Australia in West Indies
Asia Cup in Pakistan

NEWS

Virender Sehwag, in the process of carrying his bat for India, also passes the 5000 Test runs milestone.

All-rounder Andrew Flintoff finally reaches his 200th Test wicket after a long injury lay-off.

Note: HowzStat's database has undergone some changes in preparation for ingesting Twenty20 data. Recompiled routines should all work - please report any glitches, discrepancies as you find them!

MATCH SCHEDULE

7.8 4th TEST: Eng d SAf by 6 wkts
7.8 1st ODI: NL v Bmd abandoned
8.8 3rd TEST: SL d Ind by 8 wkts
8.8 2nd ODI: NL d Bmd by 6 wkts (DL)
12.8 Only ODI: Ire v Canada abandoned
12.8 1st ODI: Scot v Kenya no result
13.8 2nd ODI: Scot v Kenya abandoned
18.8 1st ODI: SL d Ind by 8 wkts
18.8 ODI: Scot v Eng no result
18.8 Scotiabank Cup: Can d Bmda by 25 runs

20.8 2nd ODI: SL v Ind at Dambulla
20.8 Scotiabank Cup: Bmda v WI at King City
21.8 ODI: Neth v Kenya at Amstelveen
22.8 Scotiabank Cup: Canada v WI at King City
22.8 1st ODI: Eng v SAf at Leeds
24.8 3rd ODI: SL v Ind at Colombo RPS
24.8 1st ODI: Ire v Kenya at Belfast
24.8 Scotiabank Cup: FINAL at King City
25.8 2nd ODI: Ire v Kenya at Belfast
26.8 4th ODI: SL v Ind at Colombo RPS
26.8 2nd ODI: Eng v SAf at Nottingham
27.8 3rd ODI: Ire v Kenya at Belfast

 

MISC.

Best partnerships for 2008: (Test |  ODI)

Test Match superlatives:
2007  2006  2005  2004  2003 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

BORN ON Aug 12

1899 BJ Sealey (WI) d.1963 1 Test
1924 D Shackleton (Eng) d.2007 7 Tests
1940 EJ Barlow (SAf) d.2005 30 Tests
1987 G Goudie (Sco) 2 ODIs
1972 GK Pandey (Ind) 2 ODIs
1960 JG Thomas (Eng) 5 Tests 3 ODIs
1923 JK Holt (WI) d.1997 17 Tests
1897 MP Fernandes (WI) d.1981 2 Tests
1961 MW Priest (NZ) 3 Tests 18 ODIs
1976 PT Collins (WI) 32 Tests 30 ODIs
1956 S Wettimuny (SL) 23 Tests 35 ODIs
1969 SC Williams (WI) 31 Tests 57 ODIs

DIED ON Aug 12

1983 HG Vivian (NZ) b.1912 7 Tests
1973 JC Clay (Eng) b.1898 1 Test
1941 R Peel (Eng) b.1857 20 Tests

 

BEST ODI PERFORMANCES - 2008

(Batting min. 100 runs, Bowling min 150 deliv.)

Highest Innings
BB McCullum (NZ) 165 135b v Ire 1/7
JAH Marshall (NZ) 160 141b v Ire 1/7
JM How (NZ) 138 116b v Eng 20/2
Salman Butt (Pak) 135 124b v Bng 19/4
Salman Butt (Pak) 131 127b v Bng 13/4
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 129 88b v Bng 30/6
AM Samad (Can) 129 125b v Bmda 1/7
Salman Butt (Pak) 129 136b v Ind 14/6
Tamim Iqbal (Bng) 128 136b v Ire 22/3
KC Sangakkara (SL) 127 155b v Ind 19/2
Most Runs
G Gambhir (Ind) 908 20 inn
Salman Butt (Pak) 830 16
MS Dhoni (Ind) 768 17
KC Sangakkara (SL) 742 17
Younis Khan (Pak) 674 14
Tamim Iqbal (Bng) 611 18
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 592 14
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 592 15
Best bowling
BAW Mendis (SL) 8-1-13-6 v Ind 6/7
JAR Blain (Scot) 9-2-22-5 v Hol 29/7
BAW Mendis (SL) 6.3-1-22-5 v UAE 26/6
B Lee (Aus) 9-2-27-5 v Ind 3/2
MG Johnson (Aus) 7.5-1-29-5 v WI 6/7
M Muralitharan (SL) 10-1-31-5 v Bng 30/6
S Dhaniram (Can) 10-2-32-5 v Bmda 29/6
Farhad Reza (Bng) 10-3-42-5 v Ire 20/3
NW Bracken (Aus) 8.3-0-47-5 v SL 8/2
Sohail Tanvir (Pak) 10-1-48-5 v SL 29/6
Most Wickets
NW Bracken (Aus) 29 15 inn
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 27 16
Sohail Tanvir (Pak) 25 16
M Muralitharan (SL) 23 14
BAW Mendis (SL) 23 9
B Lee (Aus) 23 13
I Sharma (Ind) 22 16
Abdur Razzak (Bng) 21 18
Pct of runs as boundaries
S Chattergoon (WI) 72.22 4 inn
V Sehwag (Ind) 69.08 13
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 67.46 7
Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 66.47 9
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 65.98 13
HH Gibbs (SAf) 65.80 7
RR Watson (Scot) 65.57 6
JD Ryder (NZ) 65.30 5
Batting Strike Rate
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 142.01 12 inn
DJ Hussey (Aus) 141.66 2
V Sehwag (Ind) 125.59 13
BB McCullum (NZ) 114.23 12
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 114.18 13
JDP Oram (NZ) 110.84 5
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 108.77 14
Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 103.62 9
Bowling economy
PL Harris (SAf) 2.77 3 inn
SM Pollock (SAf) 2.79 5
RDM Leverock (Bmda) 2.83 4
S Dhaniram (Can) 3.26 4
MR Gillespie (NZ) 3.43 4
BAW Mendis (SL) 3.48 9
DL Vettori (NZ) 3.68 12
JDP Oram (NZ) 3.78 9

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