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CURRENT TOURS (2008)

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

Aussie captain Ricky Ponting becomes the 7th batsman to compile 10,000 career Test runs (List). He currently has the highest batting average of all batsmen to achieve this milestone.

MATCH SCHEDULE

1.7 Tri-Series: NZ d Ire by 290 runs
1.7 3rd ODI: Can d Bmda by 77 runs
2.7 Tri-Series: Scot d Ire by 5 wkts
2.7 Asia Cup: Pak d Ind by 8 wkts
3.7 Tri-Series: NZ d Scot by 8 wkts
3.7 Asia Cup: Ind d SL by 6 wkts
4.7 Asia Cup: Pak d Bdesh by 10 wkts
4.7 4th ODI: Aust d WI by 1 run
6.7 Asia Cup FINAL: SL d Ind by 100 runs
6.7 5th ODI: Aust d WI by 169 runs
10.7 1st TEST: Eng v SAf drawn

18.7 2nd TEST: Eng v SAf at Leeds
23.7 1st TEST: SL v Ind at Colombo SSC

 

MISC.

Best partnerships for 2008: (Test |  ODI)

Test Match superlatives:
2007  2006  2005  2004  2003 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

BORN ON Jul 16

1920 Anwar Hussain (Pak) d.2002 4 Tests
1980 KT Sandher (Can) 15 ODIs
1910 SJ McCabe (Aus) d.1968 39 Tests
1973 SM Pollock (SAf) 108 Tests 303 ODIs
1936 V Subramanya (Ind) 9 Tests

DIED ON Jul 16

1931 CT Studd (Eng) b.1860 5 Tests
1992 JW Martin (Aus) b.1931 8 Tests

 

BEST ODI PERFORMANCES - 2008

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

Highest Innings
BB McCullum (NZ) 166 135b v Irl 1/7
JAH Marshall (NZ) 161 141b v Irl 1/7
JM How (NZ) 139 116b v Eng 20/2
Salman Butt (Pak) 136 124b v Bng 19/4
Salman Butt (Pak) 132 127b v Bng 13/4
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 130 88b v Bng 30/6
AM Samad (Can) 130 125b v Bmd 1/7
Salman Butt (Pak) 129* 136b v Ind 14/6
Tamim Iqbal (Bng) 129 136b v Irl 22/3
KC Sangakkara (SL) 128 155b v Ind 19/2
Most Runs
G Gambhir (Ind) 908 19 inn
Salman Butt (Pak) 830 16
MS Dhoni (Ind) 762 16
KC Sangakkara (SL) 723 16
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
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 Bmd 29/6
Farhad Reza (Bng) 10-3-42-5 v Irl 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
B Lee (Aus) 9.1-1-58-5 v Ind 24/2
Most Wickets
NW Bracken (Aus) 30 16 inn
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 27 16
B Lee (Aus) 26 14
Sohail Tanvir (Pak) 25 16
I Sharma (Ind) 22 16
Abdur Razzak (Bng) 22 18
M Muralitharan (SL) 20 13
BAW Mendis (SL) 20 8
Pct of runs as boundaries
S Chattergoon (WI) 72.22 4 inn
V Sehwag (Ind) 69.08 13
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 67.46 7
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 66.52 12
Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 66.47 9
HH Gibbs (SAf) 65.80 7
JD Ryder (NZ) 65.30 5
BB McCullum (NZ) 61.43 12
Batting Strike Rate
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 142.01 12 inn
V Sehwag (Ind) 125.59 13
DJ Hussey (Aus) 123.57 3
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 115.62 12
BB McCullum (NZ) 114.23 12
JDP Oram (NZ) 110.84 5
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 108.77 14
SK Raina (Ind) 107.37 9
Bowling economy
PL Harris (SAf) 2.77 3 inn
SM Pollock (SAf) 2.79 5
S Dhaniram (Can) 3.07 3
MR Gillespie (NZ) 3.43 4
BAW Mendis (SL) 3.66 8
DL Vettori (NZ) 3.68 12
JDP Oram (NZ) 3.78 9
SR Clark (Aus) 3.95 5

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