Stats Highlights: Ind vs Eng, First Test, Day 4
First Published : 18 Nov 2012, 21:04
Last Modified : 18 Nov 2012, 21:04
Mumbai, 18 Nov: England began Day 4 of their first Test against India on the back foot. However, a determined innings of 168* by skipper Alastair Cook saw the visitors put up a solid second innings showing. Cook, who is captaining the national side for the third time, scored another hundred, and now has a ton in every outing as Test captain. Thanks to his efforts the game is now poised for an interesting fifth-day finish.
Here are some more interesting stats from a day that clearly belong to the England skipper:
Alastair Cook (168*) scored his 21st hundred in Test cricket in 84th match – his third against India in 12 Tests.
Cook has now scored a hundred in each of his three Tests – 173 at Chittagong and 109* at Mirpur against Bangladesh in 2009-10 and 168* against India today. He is the first captain to score hundreds in his first 3 Tests at the helm.
Cook’s 168* is the highest score by an England captain against India in India.
Highest scores by England captains on Indian soil:
|
Captain |
Score |
Venue |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alastair Cook |
168* |
Ahmedabad |
2012/13 |
|
Kevin Pietersen |
144 |
Mohali |
2008/09 |
|
Ted Dexter |
126* |
Kanpur |
1961/62 |
|
Tony Lewis |
125 |
Kanpur |
1972/73 |
|
Tony Greig |
103 |
Kolkata |
1976/77 |
Cook’s innings is the fourth highest by a visiting captain on Indian soil.
Highest scores by visiting captains on Indian soil:
|
Captain |
Score |
Venue |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Clive Lloyd (WI) |
242* |
Mumbai WS |
1974/75 |
|
AIvin Kallicharran (WI) |
187 |
Mumbai WS |
1978/79 |
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) |
184 |
Bangalore |
2004/05 |
|
Alastair Cook (Eng) |
168* |
Ahmedabad |
2012/13 |
|
Clive Lloyd (WI) |
163 |
Bangalore |
1974/75 |
|
Clive Lloyd (WI) |
161* |
Kolkata |
1983/84 |
|
Kevin Pietersen (Eng) |
144 |
Mohali |
2008/09 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) |
137 |
Mumbai BS |
2009/10 |
|
Imran Khan (Pak) |
135* |
Chennai |
1986/87 |
Cook, while on 84, completed his 1,000 runs against India in 12 Test matches. He became ninth England batsman to aggregate 1,000 or more runs against India. Graham Gooch heads the list with 1,725 runs from 19 appearances.
Cook’s innings is the third highest by a batsman following-on against India, after Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower’s 232* at Nagpur in 2000-01 and England’s Ken Barrington’s 172 at Kanpur in 1961-62.
Cook has now taken his run tally in Test matches in 2012 to 896, which is second only to Australia’s Michael Clarke’s tally of 1,041.
The sixth wicket unbroken partnership of 141 runs between Cook and Matt Prior is England’s second best for this wicket against India in India. Ian Botham and Bob Taylor had added 171 runs at Mumbai (Wankhede) in 1979-80.
Kevin Pietersen has now been dismissed to left-arm spinners on 25 occasions out of 145 – a percentage of 17.24
Matt Prior’s average of 43.83 is the third highest for a wicketkeeper with a minimum 1,000 runs in Test cricket. Only Andy Flower (53.70) and Adam Gilchrist (47.60) are ahead of him.
