Was diverted on the other blog for the past few days....
So finally India did win a Test against New Zealand in a 3 Test series. Harbhajan Singh was impressive in the series....as a batsman.
Tendulkar fell , yet again, to a rookie bowler (in the third Test).
Vettori will go home proud having staved India off much better than the Australians could manage just a few weeks earlier.
Why a #7 ranked New Zealand gets to play 3 Tests in a series against India, and Australia just 2, is another one of ICC's sinister mysteries.
The last time India lost a series was 2.5 years ago, to Ajantha Mendis's unplayables. Since then the Indians have won 7 and drawn 2 series. Both drawn series were against South Africa.
All said and done, India is still the top ranked Test country (with perhaps the 4th best bowling attack). Lets drink to that, until we tour South Africa next.....
By the way, I notice that my man, Virender Sehwag, is the second fastest to 7000 Test runs...and certainly the fastest post World War-II because the person above him is Wally Hammond who did it in 3 less innings, in 1946 !
Current fastest to 8000 is Kumar Sangakkara in 152 innings, and to 9000 is Rahul Dravid in 176 innings....a bit surprising to me, to be honest. I fancied seeing someone from the usual 'monsters' of the game like Tendulkar/Lara/Ponting/Sobers/Hayden/Richards etc on the top of these two columns.
While I'm on silly stats, how about this one. For all the enormity of its batting might, India is the only country among all the major Test playing nations to not feature in any of the highest partnerships for any wicket.
Sri Lankans rule this one with 4 of the highest recorded partnerships for each wicket (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th wicket partnerships.
Check here: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/254836.html
By the way, I notice that my man, Virender Sehwag, is the second fastest to 7000 Test runs...and certainly the fastest post World War-II because the person above him is Wally Hammond who did it in 3 less innings, in 1946 !
Current fastest to 8000 is Kumar Sangakkara in 152 innings, and to 9000 is Rahul Dravid in 176 innings....a bit surprising to me, to be honest. I fancied seeing someone from the usual 'monsters' of the game like Tendulkar/Lara/Ponting/Sobers/Hayden/Richards etc on the top of these two columns.
While I'm on silly stats, how about this one. For all the enormity of its batting might, India is the only country among all the major Test playing nations to not feature in any of the highest partnerships for any wicket.
Sri Lankans rule this one with 4 of the highest recorded partnerships for each wicket (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th wicket partnerships.
Check here: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/254836.html
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