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Statistical highlights at the end of the third cricket Test between India and England at Edgbaston here Saturday.
Birmingham, Aug 13 (PTI) Statistical highlights at the
end of the third cricket Test between India and England at
Edgbaston here Saturday.
England, with their magnificent an innings and 242-run
win, became the number one Test Team in the World.
England have recorded their fifth biggest Test win by
an innings margin - their biggest being by an innings and 579
runs against Australia at The Oval in 1938.
England have won 26, lost five and drawn 20 out of 51
played against India in England.
India's defeat is their second biggest against England
in Tests, next only to the loss by an innings and 285 runs at
Lord's in 1974.
India's loss is their third largest in Tests - the
biggest being by an innings and 336 runs against West Indies
at Kolkata in 1958-59.
For the first time, India have lost three consecutive
Tests under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership. He has lost his
first Test series as an Indian skipper.
After eleven successive series without a defeat, India
lost their first Test series.
Despite three huge losses, Dhoni still has 50% success
rate - 15 victories, six defeats and nine drawn games out of
30 played as captain.
The last occasion when an Indian team had lost all
three Tests in England, happened in 1974.
Andrew Strauss, thanks to three wins in succession in
the present rubber, enjoys success % of 52.63 - 20 victories,
five defeats and 13 drawn games out of 38 played as skipper.
Strauss is the third English skipper to register 20
wins or more, joining Michael Vaughan (26) and Peter May (20).
Praveen Kumar (40 off 18 balls) registered his best
ever innings in Tests, outstripping the 26 in the first
innings of the recently concluded Test.
Praveen has become the first Indian number nine batsman
to hit three sixes in a Test innings in England.
Praveen (26 & 40), for the first time, has posted
50-plus runs in a Test match.
Praveen's outstanding strike rate of 222.22 is an
Indian record in Tests (minimum 25 runs). His strike rate
overall is the ninth best in Test annals.
Dhoni-Praveen pair (84 & 75) became the first in Test
annals to register a stand of 75 or more for the eighth wicket
in each innings of a Test match.
Stuart Broad has claimed 20 wickets or more in a Test
series for the first time, capturing 21 at an average of
11.95. He has topped the bowling charts in the series.
Alastair Cook has been adjudged the Man of the Match
for the fourth time in Tests.
Amit Mishra (22) has recorded his highest Test innings
in England.
Dhoni (77 & 74 not out) has become the first Indian
captain to amass 100 runs or more in an Edgbaston Test.
Dhoni is now the fourth Indian skipper to post 50 or
more in each innings of a Test match in England, joining
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (64 + 148 at Leeds in 1967), Sourav
Ganguly (68 + 99 at Nottingham in 2002) and Vijay Hazare (89 +
56 at Leeds in 1952).
Dhoni has recorded two fifty-plus four times in a Test
match as captain-cum-wicketkeeper.
end of the third cricket Test between India and England at
Edgbaston here Saturday.
England, with their magnificent an innings and 242-run
win, became the number one Test Team in the World.
England have recorded their fifth biggest Test win by
an innings margin - their biggest being by an innings and 579
runs against Australia at The Oval in 1938.
England have won 26, lost five and drawn 20 out of 51
played against India in England.
India's defeat is their second biggest against England
in Tests, next only to the loss by an innings and 285 runs at
Lord's in 1974.
India's loss is their third largest in Tests - the
biggest being by an innings and 336 runs against West Indies
at Kolkata in 1958-59.
For the first time, India have lost three consecutive
Tests under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership. He has lost his
first Test series as an Indian skipper.
After eleven successive series without a defeat, India
lost their first Test series.
Despite three huge losses, Dhoni still has 50% success
rate - 15 victories, six defeats and nine drawn games out of
30 played as captain.
The last occasion when an Indian team had lost all
three Tests in England, happened in 1974.
Andrew Strauss, thanks to three wins in succession in
the present rubber, enjoys success % of 52.63 - 20 victories,
five defeats and 13 drawn games out of 38 played as skipper.
Strauss is the third English skipper to register 20
wins or more, joining Michael Vaughan (26) and Peter May (20).
Praveen Kumar (40 off 18 balls) registered his best
ever innings in Tests, outstripping the 26 in the first
innings of the recently concluded Test.
Praveen has become the first Indian number nine batsman
to hit three sixes in a Test innings in England.
Praveen (26 & 40), for the first time, has posted
50-plus runs in a Test match.
Praveen's outstanding strike rate of 222.22 is an
Indian record in Tests (minimum 25 runs). His strike rate
overall is the ninth best in Test annals.
Dhoni-Praveen pair (84 & 75) became the first in Test
annals to register a stand of 75 or more for the eighth wicket
in each innings of a Test match.
Stuart Broad has claimed 20 wickets or more in a Test
series for the first time, capturing 21 at an average of
11.95. He has topped the bowling charts in the series.
Alastair Cook has been adjudged the Man of the Match
for the fourth time in Tests.
Amit Mishra (22) has recorded his highest Test innings
in England.
Dhoni (77 & 74 not out) has become the first Indian
captain to amass 100 runs or more in an Edgbaston Test.
Dhoni is now the fourth Indian skipper to post 50 or
more in each innings of a Test match in England, joining
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (64 + 148 at Leeds in 1967), Sourav
Ganguly (68 + 99 at Nottingham in 2002) and Vijay Hazare (89 +
56 at Leeds in 1952).
Dhoni has recorded two fifty-plus four times in a Test
match as captain-cum-wicketkeeper.
