In last week's edition of The Numbers Game, we pointed out that Chris Harris now topped the all-time list for not outs in the Shell Cup. An unbeaten 39 in the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Napier brought him a further landmark, equalling another not out expert's tally in One-Day Internationals. Harris has now been not out on 46 occasions, the same number as Australia's Michael Bevan. Not surprisingly, the list is headed by three players with a lot of games to their credit and reads as follows:
Not Outs Matches
Steve Waugh 54 304
Mohammad Azharuddin 54 334
Arjuna Ranatunga 47 269
Michael Bevan 46 152
Chris Harris 46 170
Wasim Akram 43 311
Javed Miandad 41 233
Imran Khan 40 175
Kapil Dev 39 225
Allan Border 39 273
Heath Streak 38 121
Hashan Tillekeratne 38 181
Sri Lanka went two-up in the current one-day series without any major contributions from their two leading run scorers. Sanath Jayasuriya (4 and 38) and Aravinda de Silva (17 and 37) continued what has been a modest run in one-dayers in New Zealand since they both first appeared here in the 1990/91 season.
Their records are:
de Silva Matches Runs Ave
Overall 272 8415 35.35
In New Zealand 13 305 23.46
Jayasuriya Matches Runs Ave
Overall 225 6182 29.57
In New Zealand 13 267 20.53
Overall against New Zealand, Jayasuriya has an innings of 140 at Bloemfontein in 1994/95 to his credit but de Silva's 66 at Christchurch in 1996/97 is his highest anywhere.
In the match at Napier, Mutiah Muralitharan finished with figures of 5-30 from 7.5 overs. This was the fifth time he had taken five wickets in a One-Day International innings - only three players have done so more often. The leaders on the list are:
5WI Matches
Waqar Younis 10 199
Lance Klusener 6 109
Saqlain Mushtaq 6 129
Richard Hadlee 5 115
Mutiah Muralitharan 5 156
Wasim Akram 5 311
Glenn McGrath 4 127
Aaqib Javed 4 163
Curtley Ambrose 4 176
Waqar Younis has performed the feat five times against New Zealand alone.
Lou Vincent's selection for the third One-Day International produces an interesting scenario. He is the 28th player selected for New Zealand this season (i.e. since Singapore in August) and it brings to 50 the number of current players who have played for New Zealand.
The 28 used so far this season are:
Geoff Allott
Nathan Astle
Chris Cairns
Stephen Fleming
James Franklin
Chris Harris
Matt Horne
Craig McMillan
Hamish Marshall
Chris Martin
Dion Nash
Chris Nevin
Shayne O'Connor
Jacob Oram
Adam Parore
Andrew Penn
Mark Richardson
Mathew Sinclair
Craig Spearman
Scott Styris
Glen Sulzberger
Daryl Tuffey
Roger Twose
Daniel Vettori
Lou Vincent
Brooke Walker
Kerry Walmsley
Paul Wiseman
The other 22 current players who have played for New Zealand are:
Mark Bailey
Matthew Bell
Grant Bradburn
Carl Bulfin
Martyn Croy
Heath Davis
Mark Douglas
Simon Doull
Chris Drum
Lee Germon
Matthew Hart
Mark Haslam
Llorne Howell
Robert Kennedy
Greg Loveridge
Bruce Martin
Richard Petrie
Blair Pocock
David Sewell
Gary Stead
Alex Tait
Warren Wisneski
This includes Bruce Martin who was in the twelve for the third Test against Australia at Hamilton last season but does not include Tama Canning, who, according to popular opinion, had actually been selected for the one-dayers against Zimbabwe before his non-eligibility prevented him from playing.
In our first edition of the Numbers Game (16 October) we listed the longest first-class innings played by New Zealand batsmen. Mark Richardson, with his triple century at Kwekwe, headed the list but we noted that if the official time of 785 minutes was correct, New Zealand would have had to bowl their 19 overs at the end of the second day in 33 minutes!
Since that time, an inspection of the scorebook has revealed that the correct time should be a more feasible 741 minutes. Presumably the time for a lunch interval had not been taken into account. However, Richardson's innings is still comfortably the longest by a New Zealander and for the sake of completeness we list the amended table here.
Mins Runs
741 306 MH Richardson New Zealand v Zimbabwe A Kwekwe 2000/01
704 259 GM Turner New Zealand v West Indies Georgetown 1971/72
685 180 JF Reid New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo 1983/84
671 212* MH Richardson New Zealand A v Sussex Hove 2000
655 146* MJ Greatbatch New Zealand v Australia Perth 1989/90
647 251* CZ Harris Canterbury v Central Districts Rangiora 1996/97
636 170* AH Jones New Zealand v India Auckland 1989/90
625 222 IA Rutherford Otago v Central Districts New Plymouth 1978/79
610 299 MD Crowe New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wellington 1990/91
609 120* JJ Crowe New Zealand v Sri Lanka Colombo 1986/87
605 267* BA Young New Zealand v Sri Lanka Dunedin 1996/97
603 259 GM Turner New Zealand v Guyana Georgetown 1971/72
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