despite the huge 356 first-innings deficit, india are refusing to give up against new zealand. india currently 344/3, just 12 runs behind. day 4 session 1 in play.
forthcoming stat alert! india are, as i write,on 432/4. this is already over nine times as many as their first innings. with 6 wickets remaining, they have the time and wickets to add another hundred or two. i've been looking at the list of lowest test totals to see what the biggest increase of innings has been (and, while i'm about it, the biggest decrease).cricinfo lists low scores to a maximum of 80 and i've a few dozen more to check out, which i'll do later today. for the time being, i'll tell you that the biggest increase so far has been a 1200% increase, or 13 times as many, when south africa once followed a first innings of 30 with second innings of 390. in order for india to beat that increase, they will need to score more than 598. it is not looking impossible, though not helped by the fourth wicket fall of their only centurion - so far - of this innings. on checking the current score, i see pant has just ended his innings on 99. that makes the 598 look rather less likely.
india followed their 46 with 462, just over ten times as many. anyway, here's the nonsense i promised earlier. this post is a look, as threatened in an early post in this thread, at feeble test innings totals in relation to the other innings by the transgressing teams. it was prompted by the discrepancy between india's two innings totals in the current test match against new zealand. the aim is to add some historical data from other tests in which low totals were made. the link below lists 116 instances of test teams scoring 80 or fewer runs in a completed innings. several of the low totals occurred in matches that included other low totals, either by the same team or the opposing team. the data in this post is from cricinfo, based on this page: https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/lowest-innings-totals-145832 in all cases retrieving other scores in the relevant matches from the link in the final column. note: in some instances a team's second innings had not reached an all-out stage, either due to match time finishing or the batting team winning. in most cases, teams making the low score lost, but by no means in all cases. ***** for more details on any of the matches, the link will allow quick access to the scorecards. ***** === scores range and instances === 20-29 1 30-39 7 40-49 16 50-59 20 60-69 25 70-79 41 80......6 total 116 instances. there have been seven matches in which a team contributed two of the 116 sub-81 totals to the list. the most feeble of these came when south africa made 36 & 45 in a match. on another occasion, south africa made 47 & 43. new zealand achieved the third and final instance of the two feeble totals adding up to below 100, with 42 & 54. === eleven lowest innings totals === 26 new zealand v england 1955 30 south africa v england 1896 30 south africa v england 1924 35 south africa v england 1899 36 south africa v australia 1932 36 australia v england 1902 36 india v australia 2020 38 ireland v england 2019 42 new zealand v australia 1946 42 australia v england 1888 42 india v england 1974 lowest by other teams: bangladesh 43, england 45, west indies 47, pakistan 49, sri lanka 71. === highest differences (275+) between innings totals === 426 south africa 506 80 416 india 46 462 *** this month *** 400 england 75 475 360 south africa 30 390 295 england 67 362/9 (england won) 294 australia 53 347 282 england 328 46 277 new zealand 353 76 # there will have been other differences above 275 in matches with no innings totals of 80 or fewer === biggest increases from first to second innings (240+) === 416 india 46 462 *** record set by india this month *** 400 england 75 475 360 south africa 30 390 295 england 67 362/9 (england won) 294 australia 53 347 262 england 58 320 261 australia 75 336/5 (australia won) 252 india 76 328 252 india 75 327 244 australia 80 324 # there will have been other differences above 244 in matches with no innings totals of 80 or fewer. === biggest decreases from first to second innings (240+) === 426 south africa 506 80 282 england 328 46 277 new zealand 353 76 272 new zealand 339 67 267 england 318 51 264 west indies 311 47 264 india 331 67 260 india 302 42 255 england 327 72 246 england 325 79 245 bangladesh 298 53 # there will have been other differences above 245 in matches with no innings totals of 80 or fewer. note: the next few lists concern the changes in innings totals as ratios. worth pointing out for those with superstitious leanings that the two most extreme examples are as follows; the biggest drop as a ratio happened when new zealand followed a 200 by scoring just 26, making the second innings total precisely 13% of the first innings total. the biggest ratio for a second innings increase occurred when south africa followed their first innings total of 30 with a second innings total of 390 - exactly 13 times as many. === smallest second innings totals as %age of first innings totals === 13.00 new zealand 200 26 13.91 india 302 42 14.02 england 328 46 14.75 india 244 36 15.11 west indies 311 47 15.81 south africa 506 80 16.04 england 318 51 16.55 australia 284 47 17.79 bangladesh 298 53 18.36 ireland 207 38 19.76 new zealand 339 67 19.77 south africa 177 35 # there will have been other similar figures in matches with no innings totals of 80 or fewer. === biggest second innings totals as %age of first innings totals === 1300.00 south africa 30 390 1004.35 india 46 462 *** this month *** 654.72 australia 53 347 633.33 england 75 475 611.11 new zealand 45 275 551.72 england 58 320 546.94 pakistan 49 268 540.30 england 67 362/9 (england won) 490.74 zimbabwe 54 265 482.26 bangladesh 62 299 # there will have been other similar figures in matches with no innings totals of 80 or fewer. === numbers of sub-81 totals by team === (clearly some teams have played far more games than others and have been test teams for longer) 23 england 20 australia 17 new zealand 15 south africa 10 india 9 west indies 9 pakistan 6 zimbabwe 4 bangladesh 2 sri lanka 1 ireland *** it is possible that there might be the odd error in the data *** the original list of data, should anyone need to see it: nz 200 26 sa 93 30 sa 30 390 sa 177 35 sa 36 45 aus 36 45/2 ind 244 36 ire 207 38 nz 42 54 aus 42 82 ind 302 42 sa 47 43 bng 43 144 aus 145 44 eng 45 184 won nz 45 275 ind 46 462 eng 328 46 nz 47 74 wi 311 47 aus 284 47 pak 49 268 eng 318 51 zim 51 143 win 167 51 eng 52 188 eng 53 62 win 248 53 pak 59 53 bng 298 53 aus 53 347 zim 54 265 win 267 54 sa 55 176 ind 58 98 sa 58 217 ind 58 82 eng 58 320 aus 234 58 zim 59 99 aus 116 60 won aus 60 253 eng 61 101 win 172 61 eng 61 175 nz 62 167 bng 62 299 pak 62 256 aus 63 122 won zim 236 63 eng 215 64 nz 65 254 eng 65 72 aus 111 65 ind 100 66 aus 122 66 nz 67 129 nz 339 67 ind 331 67 eng 67 362/9 won aus 68 149 zim 68 121 eng 185 68 nz 207 68 nz 70 69/6 aus 81 70 eng 71 126 sri 71 234 sa 205 72 sa 215 72 pak 72 296 eng 327 72 pak 179 72 nz 73 246 sa 126 73 sri 279 73 nz 74 208 aus 74 151 pak 74 147 sa 110 75 eng 75 475 won aus 75 336/5 won ind 75 327 eng 76 162 won win 76 172 nz 353 76 aus 76 228 ind 76 328 win 145 77 pak 131 77 eng 77 266/4 win 214 77 eng 101 77 eng 77 246 eng 269 77 ind 78 278 win 78 213 aus 78 127/4 nz 79 188 nz 175 79 zim 236 79 sa 79 185 eng 325 79 aus 80 100 aus 80 187 sa 506 80 aus 80 324 pak 182 80 bng 217 80 the ones noted as having won do not comprise an exhaustive list.
If they bat like they have recently it will be. We scored 800 by batting correctly. Albeit in a flat one. Bazball doesn’t work on spinning pitches, infact England don’t work on spinning pitches.
well, what an absolute anti-climax party squelcher that was. match 1 win while scoring 823 runs in one innings matches 2 and 3 lose both while scoring 814 runs in four innings.
Shambolic display really, you'd almost think they weren't taking it seriously, but I don't want to believe that. Need to sort out batting against spin though, can't blame the pitch this time. Oh, and well done Pakistan!
Pakistan prepared two tracks which played to their strengths and gave them a massive advantage, which they're perfectly entitled to do. The issue is that we didn't adapt our play to the circumstances. We play Bazball and we won't change for any reason. It's a foolish, blinkered approach. Good job our football team doesn't have the same attitude, innit.
have to admit though that it's impressive that their two main spinners took 39 wickets in two games. in view of that it's perhaps surprising that pakistan have spent so many decades relying on pace bowlers instead of following india's example.
There comes a time when tough questions must be asked.....and under Bazball whilst there has been a lot of entertainment, our actual test record has been pretty ****.....anything but a flat pitch and trying to smash the cover off the ball is just nuts, no temperament to play spin at all either. We've been handing out caps like fkn confetti in 'preparation for the Ashes' and the captain and vice captain haven't contributed for a loooong time. Coach, capt and vice should all be looked at for me.
in india in the domestic ranji trophy tournament. in the game against kerala, haryana fast bowler anshul kamboj took ten wickets in kerala's first innings. kerala still managed 291. he ended with figures of 10 for 49 off 30.1 overs including 9 maidens. he is the third player to take ten in an innings in the ranji trophy and the 6th indian to take 10 in an innings. the game rather petered out into a draw after that, with only 239 overs bowled, it looks like time was lost to bad weather. there's another interesting snippet due from somewhere, but i can't find it. a rather large batting partnership. watch this space.
right, found it, but it may not be first class. looks like a seriously mismatched cup game. Arunachal vs Goa, Plate Group at Porvorim, Ranji Trophy Plate, Nov 13 2024 arunachal pradesh 1st inns: 84 all out, 30.3 overs (arjun tendulkar son of ex-yorkshire player, 5 for 25) goa 1st inns: 727/2 dec off 92 overs (run rate 7.90) goa's third wicket pair put on an undefeated 606 (18 short of the first class record) with kashyap bakle 300no of 269 deliveries and snehal kauthankar 314no off 215. they put on 606 from 74.4 overs (424 deliveries). so two players getting triple hundreds in one innings. might be unique. even when sri lanka set the record partnership at 624 only one of them reached 300. arunachal pradesh 2nd inns: 92, 22.3 overs goa won by an innings and 551 runs if i find that this was 1st class, i'll edit the post. the 606 is not (yet?) registered on cricinfo's list of the biggest partnerships. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...al-pradesh-plate-group-1445969/full-scorecard
meanwhile, i've discovered a player in a hurry. agni chopra was born in detroit in november 1998. he joined mizoram in india late in 2023 and made his first-class debut in january this year at the slightly late age of 25.. he scored centuries in his first four first class matches. nobody has done that before. in fact, in those four games he scored five hundreds and a 92 at 111.80 runs per 100 deliveries for an average of 95.87 he's now played 11 first class games he has played 20 innings, including one not out he has 9 hundreds and 5 fifties. his top score is 238no it was the second time he'd scored two hundreds in a game his next score was 218 he's scored 1804 runs his average has dropped to a mere 94.94 at a rate of 95.14 https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/agni-chopra-1403162
oddly, despite an article about this game on cricinfo in which the game is specifically mentioned as being first-class, the 606 partnership has not yet been included in the list of the biggest first class partnerships. the article did clear one thing up in an interesting way. i mentioned that two goa players had scored triple centuries in the goa innnings and wondered if this has happened before. it turns out this is the second time an innings has included two players reaching 300. the previous occasion was against goa. it's in here: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...ndreds-in-the-same-innings-ask-steven-1460148 in the game where goa had two 300s scored against them, it was in 1989 andtamil nadu rather pointlessly spent more than two days of a three-day match amassing 912/6dec in 191.2overs. all eleven goa players bowled. goa scored 230/6 in reply.
