Stuart Broad - a good day at the office today
Was today [Thursday July 22, 2010] the greatest day for stattos in the modern era? Here are the facts…
ONE…
Muttiah Muralitharan became the first man to take 800 Test wickets.
TWO…
Ricky Ponting was the second batsman to pass 12,000 Test match runs.
THREE…
Robert Croft took his 1,000th first-class wicket – the fourth Glamorgan player to do so – completing the 1,000 wicket/10,000 run double.
FOUR…
Shane Watson found himself on a hat-trick and took his Test-best figures of 6-33.
FIVE…
Playing for Nottinghamshire, Stuart Broad was on a hat-trick and took took his best first-class figures of 8-52 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
PLUS…
Two statistical oddities occurred:
When Ricky Ponting passed his run-scoring milestone, he did so in his 247th at-bat. It was exactly the same number of innings as the only other man to pass 12,000 runs, Sachin Tendulkar
AND FINALLY…
Muttiah Muralitharan joined a select band of bowlers to take a wicket with their final ball in Test cricket. The list includes other modeern-day great, Glenn McGrath.
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We’re using the expression ‘at bat’ now, are we?
Sometimes the word ‘knocks’ just won’t do…
….and Dravid has now faced more balls than anyone else in Test cricket. Ever.
…. and him and Sachin have had more century partnerships – 18 – than any other pairing
….and Dravid has taken part in 84 century partnerships, also more than anyone else…
…and that’s it.
Nice.
Great Dravid stat, Ben. Can you confirm that he has also left more balls than any batsman in test cricket ever?