Test #1830 Records : Kallis and Prince Architect Another Series Win For South Africa.

Test #1830 Pak in SA 2006-07 (3rd Test) at Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town.

For the second time this year Sahara Park witnessed both Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince Combination guiding South Africa to a victory after their team was placed in a very precarious position. They added 77 runs against India and took South Africa’s score to 209 for 5 while chasing 211 runs for a win on 6th January in the third and final test against India and ensured a series win for their side. They partnered again on 28th January in the third and deciding test against Pakistan when South Africa were reeling at 39 for 4 while chasing a modest target of 161 and added 117 runs to win the test and with that a successive series victory for South Africa. With a tremendous patience and willingness to stay at the wicket at any cost they nullified the effect of reputed spinners like Anil Kumble and Danish Kaneria on a turning track on both occasions.

South Africa thus keeps its record of not losing a test series to Pakistan at Home since they first played against each other in 1994-95.

Following are some of the statistical of this test match:

It is very rare that neither team in a test match could reach a total of at least 200 runs in either of the innings. The highest total in this recently concluded test match was Pakistan’s second innings score of 186. This represents only 33rd such occasion in a test match that produced a result. Nineteen of those instances resulted in a victory for the team batting first. Three of those test matches ended in innings defeats, once for the team batting first and twice for the team batting second.

Scores & Result	Margin	Venue	Series	Test Seq
Aus (63 & 122) beat Eng(101 & 77)	7 runs	The Oval	1882	t0009
Eng (45 & 184) beat Aus (119 & 97)	13 runs	Sydney	1886-87	t0025
Eng (151 & 154) beat Aus (84 & 150)	71 runs	Sydney	1886-87	t0026
Eng (113 & 137) beat Aus (42 & 82)	126 runs	Sydney	1887-88	t0027
Aus (116 & 60) beaeat Eng (53 & 62)	61 runs	Lord's	1888	t0028
Eng (172) beat Aus ( 81 & 70)	Inn. & 21 runs	Old Trafford	1888	t0030
SA (84 & 129) lost to Eng(148 & 67/2)	8 wickets	Port Elizabeth	1888-89	t0031
Aus (132 & 176) lost to Eng (173 & 137/3)	7 wickets	Lord's	1890	t0033
Aus (92 & 102) lost to Eng ( 100 & 95/8)	2 wickets	The Oval	1890	t0034
Eng (145 & 84) beat Aus (119 & 44)	66 runs	The Oval	1896	t0052
Eng (76 & 162) beat SA (110 & 75)	53 runs	Headingley	1907	t0094
Aus (74 & 151) lost to Eng (121 & 105/0)	10 wickets	Edgbaston	1909	t0101
SA (95 & 93) lost to Eng (176 & 14/0)	10 wickets	The Oval	1912	t0128
NZ (112 & 131) lost to Eng (181 & 66/2)	8 wickets	Christchurch	1929-30	t0186
SA (36 & 45) lost to Aus (153/9 decl)	Inn. & 72 runs	Melbourne (5th)	1931-32	t0216
WI (102 & 51/6 decl) lost to Eng (81 & 75/6)	4 wickets	Bridgetown	1934-35	t0238
Ind (147 & 93) lost to Eng (134 & 108/1)	9 wickets	Lord's	1936	t0252
NZ (42 & 54) lost to Aus (199)	Inn. & 103 runs	Wellington	1945-46	t0275
Aus (194 & 181) lost to Eng (197 & 150)	28 runs	Melbourne	1949-50	t0328
Pak (133 & 164) beat Eng (130 & 143)	24 runs	The Oval	1954	t0390
Aus (80 & 187) lost to Pak ( 199 & 69/1)	9 wickets	Karachi (NS)	1956-57	t0430
Aus (177 & 189/9decl) beat Ind (136 & 136)	94 runs	Calcutta	1956-57	t0433
SA (164 & 134) beat Eng (110 & 130)	58 runs	Port Elizabeth	1956-57	t0438
Eng (134 & 198) lost to Aus (186 & 147/2)	8 wickets	Brisbane	1958-59	t0460
Pak (145 & 144) bt WI (76 & 172)	41 runs	Dhaka (Dacca)	1958-59	t0471
Eng (185 & 125) lost to Aus (179 & 132/6)	4 wickets	Trent Bridge	1981	t0903
Eng (194 & 114) lost to Aus (152 & 157/0)	10 wickets	Brisbane	1990-91	t1155
Pak (170 & 154) lost to WI (195 & 130/3)	7 wickets	Faisalabad	1990-91	t1157
Aus (128 & 105) lost to WI (136 & 98/1)	9 wickets	Port-of-Spain	1994-95	t1296
Eng (185 & 162) lost to Aus (190 & 158/3)	7 wickets	Trent Bridge	2001	t1554
Ind (99 & 154) lost to NZ (94 & 160/6)	4 wickets	Hamilton	2002-03	t1633
Pak (157 & 186) lost to SA ( 183 & 161/5)	5 wickets	Cape Town	2006-07	t1830

Mohammad Yousuf’s first innings knock of 83 out of a Pakistani total of 157 represents 52.87% of the his side’s total. He provides 140th instance of a player scoring 50% or more of his side’s total in a completed innings. Following is the list of all instances of a player scoring 50 or more percentage of their side’s total in a completed innings of a test match.

Player	For	Match	Vs	Ground	Runs	Total	%Inns
Bannerman, C	Aus	15/03/1877	Eng	Melbourne Cricket Gr	*165	245	67.35
Slater, M J	Aus	2/1/1999	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	123	184	66.85
Laxman, V V S*	Ind	2/1/2000	Aus	Sydney Cricket Grnd	167	261	63.98
Greenidge, C G	WI	8/7/1976	Eng	Old Trafford	134	211	63.51
Gurusinha, A P	SL	23/11/1990	Ind	Sector 16 Stadium	*52	82	63.41
Reid, J R	NZ	15/03/1963	Eng	Jade Stadium	100	159	62.89
Nurse, S M	WI	13/03/1969	NZ	Jade Stadium	258	417	61.87
Amarnath, M	Ind	21/04/1976	WI	Sabina Park	60	97	61.86
Gooch, G A	Eng	6/6/1991	WI	Headingley	*154	252	61.11
Yallop, G N	Aus	10/2/1979	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	121	198	61.11
Trumper, V T	Aus	1/1/1904	Eng	Melbourne Cricket Gr	74	122	60.66
Gomes, H A	WI	12/1/1979	Ind	Chidambaram Stadium	91	151	60.26
Tyldesley, J T	Eng	1/1/1904	Aus	Melbourne Cricket Gr	62	103	60.19
Kapil Dev	Ind	26/12/1992	SA	St George's Park	129	215	60.00
Taylor, H W	SA	13/12/1913	Eng	Lord's (SAF)	109	182	59.89
Sinclair, J H	SA	01/04/1899	Eng	Newlands	106	177	59.89
Saeed Ahmed	Pak	10/8/1967	Eng	Trent Bridge	68	114	59.65
Burgess, M G	NZ	8/11/1969	Pak	Bangabandhu Stadium	*119	200	59.50
Saeed Anwar	Pak	16/02/1999	Ind	Eden Gardens	*188	316	59.49
Lara, B C*	WI	21/04/2005	SA	Kensington Oval	176	296	59.46
Pollock, R G	SA	31/12/1966	Aus	Newlands	209	353	59.21
Sutcliffe, B	NZ	11/3/1955	Eng	Carisbrook	74	125	59.20
Bradman, D G	Aus	11/7/1930	Eng	Headingley	334	566	59.01
Sangakkara, K C*	SL	7/12/2006	NZ	Jade Stadium	*100	170	58.82
Hutton, L	Eng	12/8/1950	WI	The Oval	*202	344	58.72
Bradman, D G	Aus	29/01/1932	SA	Adelaide Oval	*299	513	58.28
Sangakkara, K C*	SL	15/12/2006	NZ	Basin Reserve	*156	268	58.21
Hill, C	Aus	29/01/1898	Eng	Melbourne Cricket Gr	188	323	58.20
Butcher, B F	WI	20/06/1963	Eng	Lord's	133	229	58.08
Turner, G M	NZ	16/02/1972	WI	Sabina Park	*223	386	57.77
Jayasuriya, S T*	SL	20/10/2004	Pak	Iqbal Stadium	253	438	57.76
Hutton, L	Eng	14/08/1948	Aus	The Oval	30	52	57.69
Inzamam-ul-Haq*	Pak	19/01/1995	SA	New Wanderers Stad	95	165	57.58
Walcott, C L	WI	6/2/1954	Eng	Kensington Oval	220	383	57.44
Hutton, L	Eng	2/2/1951	Aus	Adelaide Oval	*156	272	57.35
Asif Iqbal	Pak	24/08/1967	Eng	The Oval	146	255	57.25
Turner, G M	NZ	5/7/1973	Eng	Headingley	81	142	57.04
Reid, J R	NZ	2/2/1962	SA	New Wanderers Stad	142	249	57.03
Lara, B C*	WI	29/11/2001	SL	Sinhalese Sports Gr	221	390	56.67
Goddard, T L	SA	31/12/1957	Aus	Newlands	*56	99	56.57
McDonnell, P S	Aus	03/03/1882	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	147	260	56.54
Cowper, R M	Aus	26/01/1968	Ind	Sydney Cricket Grnd	165	292	56.51
Lara, B C*	WI	8/4/2005	SA	Queen's Park	196	347	56.48
McCabe, S J	Aus	10/6/1938	Eng	Trent Bridge	232	411	56.45
Boon, D C	Aus	13/03/1986	NZ	Eden Park	*58	103	56.31
De Silva, P A	SL	9/8/1994	Pak	P Saravanamuttu Stad	127	226	56.19
Haynes, D L	WI	26/01/1989	Aus	Sydney Cricket Grnd	143	256	55.86
Lara, B C*	WI	25/11/2005	Aus	Adelaide Oval	226	405	55.80
Tendulkar, S R*	Ind	6/6/1996	Eng	Edgbaston	122	219	55.71
Warner, P F	Eng	14/02/1899	SA	Old Wanderers	*132	237	55.70
Compton, D C S	Eng	7/7/1955	SA	Old Trafford	158	284	55.63
Morris, A R	Aus	2/2/1951	Eng	Adelaide Oval	206	371	55.53
Tancred, A B	SA	25/03/1889	Eng	Newlands	*26	47	55.32
Moin Khan*	Pak	22/09/1995	SL	Jinnah Stadium	*117	212	55.19
Sarwan, R R*	WI	8/4/2005	SA	Queen's Park	*107	194	55.15
Hooper, C L	WI	20/06/1997	SL	Arnos Vale Ground	81	147	55.10
Smith, R A	Eng	27/07/1989	Aus	Old Trafford	143	260	55.00
Sardesai, D N	Ind	18/02/1971	WI	Sabina Park	212	387	54.78
Taylor, M A	Aus	27/04/1991	WI	Antigua Rec Ground	144	265	54.34
Hobbs, J B	Eng	7/2/1908	Aus	Melbourne Cricket Gr	57	105	54.29
Mohammad Wasim*	Pak	21/03/1998	Zim	Harare Sports Club	192	354	54.24
Harvey, R N	Aus	31/12/1958	Eng	Melbourne Cricket Gr	167	308	54.22
Gibbs, H H*	SA	16/11/2001	Ind	St George's Park	196	362	54.14
Kanhai, R B	WI	14/05/1965	Aus	Queen's Park	121	224	54.02
Richards, I V A	WI	24/03/1976	Ind	Queen's Park	130	241	53.94
Bradman, D G	Aus	30/12/1932	Eng	Melbourne Cricket Gr	*103	191	53.93
Saeed Anwar	Pak	1/10/1998	Aus	Rawalpindi Stadium	145	269	53.90
Gaekwad, A D	Ind	24/09/1983	Pak	Gandhi Stadium	201	374	53.74
De Silva, P A	SL	31/01/1991	NZ	Basin Reserve	267	497	53.72
Cullinan, D J	SA	18/08/1994	Eng	The Oval	94	175	53.71
Gooch, G A	Eng	10/4/1981	WI	Sabina Park	153	285	53.68
Jones, D M	Aus	10/1/1987	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	*184	343	53.64
Taufeeq Umar*	Pak	2/1/2003	SA	Newlands	135	252	53.57
Gilchrist, A C*	Aus	9/4/2006	BD	Narayanganj Os Stad	144	269	53.53
Taibu, T	Zim	14/01/2005	BD	Bangabandhu Stadium	153	286	53.50
Cowdrey, M C	Eng	31/12/1954	Aus	Melbourne Cricket Gr	102	191	53.40
Sehwag, V*	Ind	26/12/2003	Aus	Melbourne Cricket Gr	195	366	53.28
Border, A R	Aus	26/12/1985	Ind	Melbourne Cricket Gr	163	308	52.92
White, G C	SA	24/03/1906	Eng	Newlands	73	138	52.90
Mohammad Yousuf*	Pak	26/01/2007	SA	Newlands	83	157	52.87
Headley, G A	WI	16/01/1931	Aus	Exhibition Ground	*102	193	52.85
Hanif Mohammad	Pak	27/07/1967	Eng	Lord's	*187	354	52.82
Aamir Sohail	Pak	22/10/1998	Aus	National Stadium	133	252	52.78
Tendulkar, S R*	Ind	28/01/1999	Pak	Chidambaram Stadium	136	258	52.71
Thorpe, G P	Eng	1/4/2004	WI	Kensington Oval	*119	226	52.65
Ranatunga, A	SL	9/3/1984	NZ	Asgiriya Stadium	51	97	52.58
Dempster, C S	NZ	31/03/1933	Eng	Eden Park	*83	158	52.53
Hooper, C L	WI	29/11/1997	Pak	Rawalpindi Stadium	*73	139	52.52
Scott, V J	NZ	15/02/1952	WI	Eden Park	84	160	52.50
Sinclair, B W	NZ	13/03/1964	SA	Eden Park	138	263	52.47
Hazare, V S	Ind	23/01/1948	Aus	Adelaide Oval	145	277	52.35
Tharanga, W U *	SL	8/3/2006	BD	Shaheed Chandu Stad.	165	316	52.22
Saeed Anwar	Pak	26/02/1998	SA	Kingsmead	118	226	52.21
Ranatunga, A	SL	30/07/2000	SA	Asgiriya Stadium	88	169	52.07
Bradman, D G	Aus	20/07/1934	Eng	Headingley	304	584	52.05
Lara, B C*	WI	19/08/2004	Eng	The Oval	79	152	51.97
McCabe, S J	Aus	2/12/1932	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	*187	360	51.94
Hayden, M L*	Aus	18/03/2001	Ind	Chidambaram Stadium	203	391	51.92
Mohammad Yousuf*	Pak	28/03/2004	Ind	Multan Cricket Stad.	112	216	51.85
Wright, J G	NZ	19/03/1982	Aus	Jade Stadium	141	272	51.84
Gooch, G A	Eng	13/03/1981	WI	Kensington Oval	116	224	51.79
Vaughan, M P*	Eng	21/11/2002	Aus	Adelaide Oval	177	342	51.75
Lawry, W M	Aus	9/1/1971	Eng	Sydney Cricket Grnd	*60	116	51.72
Jayawardene, D P M*	SL	3/6/1998	NZ	Galle Stadium	167	323	51.70
Tillakaratne, H P	SL	15/09/1995	Pak	Iqbal Stadium	115	223	51.57
Gavaskar, S M	Ind	13/04/1971	WI	Queen's Park	220	427	51.52
Cullinan, D J	SA	27/03/1998	SL	Supersport Park	103	200	51.50
Armstrong, W W	Aus	18/10/1902	SA	Old Wanderers	*159	309	51.46
Chappell, G S	Aus	7/7/1977	Eng	Old Trafford	112	218	51.38
Worrell, F M M	WI	4/7/1957	Eng	Trent Bridge	*191	372	51.34
Steel, A G	Eng	17/02/1883	Aus	Sydney Cricket Grnd	*135	263	51.33
Hick, G A	Eng	19/02/1993	Ind	Wankhede Stadium	178	347	51.30
Inzamam-ul-Haq*	Pak	1/5/2002	NZ	Gadaffi Stadium	329	643	51.17
Weekes, E D C	WI	19/02/1953	Ind	Queen's Park	161	315	51.11
Cosier, G J	Aus	3/3/1978	WI	Queen's Park	46	90	51.11
Ponting, R T*	Aus	9/9/1999	SL	Asgiriya Stadium	96	188	51.06
Viswanath, G R	Ind	11/1/1975	WI	Chidambaram Stadium	*97	190	51.05
McDonnell, P S	Aus	12/12/1884	Eng	Adelaide Oval	124	243	51.03
Azhar Mahmood*	Pak	26/02/1998	SA	Kingsmead	132	259	50.97
Flower, A	Zim	7/9/2001	SA	Harare Sports Club	*199	391	50.90
Hutton, L	Eng	1/12/1950	Aus	Brisbane Cricket Gr	*62	122	50.82
Whittall, G J	Zim	19/09/2000	NZ	Harare Sports Club	*188	370	50.81
Woolley, F E	Eng	11/6/1921	Aus	Lord's	95	187	50.80
Kallis, J H*	SA	14/12/2001	Aus	Adelaide Oval	*65	128	50.78
Botham, I T	Eng	16/08/1979	Ind	Headingley	137	270	50.74
Weir, G L	NZ	27/02/1932	SA	Jade Stadium	*74	146	50.68
Butcher, M A*	Eng	7/11/2002	Aus	Brisbane Cricket Gr	40	79	50.63
Javed Omar*	BD	19/04/2001	Zim	Queens Sports Club	*85	168	50.60
Hughes, K J	Aus	26/12/1981	WI	Melbourne Cricket Gr	*100	198	50.51
Ranjitsinhji, K S	Eng	16/07/1896	Aus	Old Trafford	*154	305	50.49
Atapattu, M S*	SL	18/11/1999	Zim	Queens Sports Club	*216	428	50.47
Butcher, M A*	Eng	6/8/1998	SA	Headingley	116	230	50.43
Bardsley, W	Aus	26/06/1926	Eng	Lord's	*193	383	50.39
Morris, A R	Aus	14/08/1948	Eng	The Oval	196	389	50.39
Greatbatch, M J	NZ	2/1/1993	Pak	Westpac Park	133	264	50.38
Sinclair, M S*	NZ	30/11/2000	SA	St George's Park	150	298	50.34
Chappell, G S	Aus	2/1/1981	Ind	Sydney Cricket Grnd	204	406	50.25
Simmons, P V	WI	26/12/1992	Aus	Melbourne Cricket Gr	110	219	50.23
Bradman, D G	Aus	27/11/1931	SA	Brisbane Cricket Gr	226	450	50.22
Langer, J L	Aus	16/12/2004	Pak	W.A.C.A. Ground	191	381	50.13

Just for the record : Except on three occasions all 10 wickets have fallen in those completed innings. Charles Bannerman was retired hurt when he hit 165 out of his team’s first innings total of 245 in the first ever test match. His 67.35% of runs still stands as the record for highest percentage of runs scored by an individual in any test match innings. VVS Laxman’s 63.98% occupies third position in the list. When Laxman made 167 out of India’s total of 261 Vijay Bharadwaj did not bat as he was absent hurt. As many as five players were absent hurt when Mohinder Amarnath made 60 out of India’s 97 at Sabina Park, Kingston in 1975/76 when Michael Holding was at his furious best.

Paul Harris of South Africa came in as night watchman in both innings of this test match providing seventh such occasion. Following is the list of all such instances in which same player was used as night watchman in both innings of a test match.

Night Watchman	For	Vs	Venue	Series	Test Seq
FJ Titmus	Eng	SA	Nottingham	1965	t0595
DL Underwood	Eng	Ind	Manchester	1974	t0739
EAS Prasanna	Ind	WI	Bombay	1974-75	t0753
TJ Zoehrer	Aus	NZ	Auckland	1985-86	t1040
DW Headley	Eng	SA	Lord's	1998	t1419
PT Collins	WI	Aus	Bridgetown	1998-99	t1453
PL Harris	SA	Pak	Cape Town	2006-07	t1830

Another interesting statistic that Paul Harris became a part of in this test match is that he was dismissed twice on the same day, which is not as that much of a rare occurrence in test cricket. It happened as many as 468 times, but Harris’ distinction lies in the fact that he was dismissed twice on the same day of a test match in two consecutive tests having managed it in the previous test too at Port Elizabeth.

Player	For	Vs	Venue	Series	Test Seq
FS Jackson	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1896	t0051
	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1896	t0052
R Abel	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1896	t0051
	Eng	Aus	The Oval	1896	t0052
JJ Kelley	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1901-02	t0065
	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1901-02	t0066
Joe Darling	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1901-02	t0065
	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1901-02	t0066
E Jones	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1901-02	t0065
	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1901-02	t0066
LN Constantine	WI	Aus	Sydney	1930-31	t0201
	WI	Aus	Brisbane	1930-31	t0203
LS Birkett	WI	Aus	Sydney	1930-31	t0201
	WI	Aus	Brisbane	1930-31	t0203
G Kishenchand	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	1947-48	t0294
	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1947-48	t0295
AJW McIntyre	Eng	WI	The Oval	1950	t0326
	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	1950-51	t0327
PL Harris	SA	Pak	Port Elizabeth	2006-07	t1829
	SA	Pak	Cape Town	2006-07	t1830

Just for the record : Except AJW McIntyre , all the other players were dismissed twice in a single day’s play of a test match in two consecutive tests of the same test series.