Test milestones

According to howstat:

 Milestones
Test Matches
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
Shakib Al Hasan has taken 96 wickets and needs four more to become the second Bangladesh player to reach the 100 wickets milestone, and also the 1,000 runs/100 wickets milestone.
C R D Fernando (SRL)
Dilhara Fernando has taken 97 wickets and needs another 3 wickets to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
B W Hilfenhaus (AUS)
Ben Hilfenhaus has taken 91 wickets and needs another 9 wickets to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
R T Ponting (AUS)
Ricky Ponting has taken 192 field catches and needs eight more to become the second player to reach the 200 catches milestone.
M J Clarke (AUS)
Michael Clarke has taken 91 field catches and needs nine more to become the eleventh Australian player to reach the 100 catches milestone.
G C Smith (SAF)
Graeme Smith has played 99 Tests and needs to play one more to become the sixth South African player to reach the 100 Tests milestone.
Harbhajan Singh (IND)
Harbhajan Singh has played 98 Tests and needs another two to become the ninth Indian player to reach the 100 Tests milestone.
G P Swann (ENG)
Graeme Swann has scored 947 runs, and needs 53 more to achieve the 1,000 runs/100 wickets milestone.
ODI Matches
M J Clarke (AUS)
Michael Clarke has scored 6,950 runs, and needs 50 more to become the fifth Australia player to reach the 7,000 runs milestone.
Younis Khan (PAK)
Younis Khan has scored 6,814 runs, and needs 186 more to become the seventh Pakistan player to reach the 7,000 runs milestone.
A B de Villiers (SAF)
Abraham de Villiers has scored 4,998 runs, and needs 2 more to become the seventh South African player to reach the 5,000 runs milestone.
G Gambhir (IND)
Gautam Gambhir has scored 4,819 runs and needs another 181 runs to become the ninth Indian player to reach the 5,000 runs milestone.
A Bagai (CAN)
Ashish Bagai has scored 1,961 runs, and needs 39 more to become the first Canadian player to reach the 2,000 runs milestone.
C O Obuya (KEN)
Collins Obuya has scored 1,860 runs, and needs 140 more to become the fourth Kenyan player to reach the 2,000 runs milestone.
I J L Trott (ENG)
Jonathon Trott has scored 1,836 runs and needs another 164 runs to become the twentieth England player to reach the 2,000 runs milestone.
R G Sharma (IND)
Rohit Sharma has scored 1,961 runs and needs another 39 runs to reach the 2,000 runs milestone.
V Sehwag (IND)
Virender Sehwag has taken 95 wickets and needs five more to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
M Morkel (SAF)
Morne Morkel has taken 93 wickets and needs seven more to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
B A W Mendis (SRL)
Ajantha Mendis has taken 96 wickets and needs four more to become the thirteenth Sri Lankan player to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
G P Swann (ENG)
Graeme Swann has taken 92 wickets and needs eight more to become the eighth England player to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
E Chigumbura (ZIM)
Elton Chigumbura has taken 91 wickets and needs nine more to become the fourth Zimbabwe player to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
D W Steyn (SAF)
Dale Steyn has taken 90 wickets and needs ten more to become the ninth South African player to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)
Saeed Ajmal has taken 96 wickets and needs four more to become the seventeenth Pakistan player to reach the 100 wickets milestone.
C H Gayle (WIN)
Christopher Gayle has taken 98 catches and needs two more to become the fourth West Indian player to reach the 100 catches milestone.
G C smith (SAF)
Graeme Smith has taken 97 catches and needs three more to become the fifth South African player to reach the 100 catches milestone.
B B McCullum (NZL)
Brendan McCullum has played 198 matches and needs two more to reach the 200 matches milestone.

lardbucket wrote:For the Australians, the only 'looming' bowling milestones are Hilfenhaus' 100 and Harris' 50 wickets; and the only batting milestones on the horizon are Hussey's 6000, Clarke's 7000, and Ponting's 14000 ... all a fair way away. Midge is only 10 wickets shy of 200 in Tests, but that seems unlikely ever to occur now.

I was wrong about that!

Hilfenhaus seems destined to remain stranded on 99 wickets; can't see how he could possibly have been worse with ball or bat than that muppet O'Keefe.

Hope Ryan Harris can come back.

lardbucket wrote:

lardbucket wrote:For the Australians, the only 'looming' bowling milestones are Hilfenhaus' 100 and Harris' 50 wickets; and the only batting milestones on the horizon are Hussey's 6000, Clarke's 7000, and Ponting's 14000 ... all a fair way away. Midge is only 10 wickets shy of 200 in Tests, but that seems unlikely ever to occur now.

I was wrong about that!

Hilfenhaus seems destined to remain stranded on 99 wickets; can't see how he could possibly have been worse with ball or bat than that muppet O'Keefe.

Hope Ryan Harris can come back.

If we ran a thread involving egg and faces you'd hardly be robinson Crusoe.

Copied and pasted from the test thread-

Before Misbah, who was the last test batsman to score a hundred after his 40th birthday? Sachin didn't manage it, did he? Was it Gooch sometime around 1993-94?

Just looked it up- Sachin's last test century was at the age of 37 (which surprises me....he really went a long time without a ton before he retired)

Oh geez....SHIV! How could I forget about him. Scored one against the Bangers a couple of months back.

Chanderpaul in Sep 2014

Yep, and before that it was Gooch in June 1994. A double century against New Zealand.

Only four players - Stewart, Tendulkar, Misbah and Chanderpaul - have played Test cricket after their 40th birthday this century. I don't think there's too many candidates to join that list in the near future either - Rogers and Haddin appear to be the only currently active players aged 37-39.

The only looming milestone I can see amongst the Aussies is Siddle's Test 1000 runs, which used to be an unofficial mark of the bowling all-rounder.

Johnson (175 away), Smith (90) and Warner (12) are all closing in on significant milestones ... 2000, 2000, and 3000 Test runs. It really is incredible that Warner has accumulated nearly 3000 Test runs already.

Touch wood, Midge is really moving into classy allrounder status.

Warner: third fastest to 3000. I thought that was quick.

Looming milestones for Australians:

Johnson needs 1 run and 1 wicket for the 2000 run, 300 wicket double: both should occur at Edgbaston.

Smith needs just 74 runs for the 3000 run milestone: fairly likely to occur at Edgbaston.

Rogers needs 138 runs for the 2000 run milestone: this might take the rest of the series, or not occur at all, but given recent form, I wouldn't bet against this occurring at Edgbaston as well. The NLWDVGL.



Looming milestones for English players:

Stokes needs 136 runs for 1000.

Broad needs 4 wickets for 300.

Be interesting to look at the result if Stokes gets his but Smith and Rogers don't get there's.

That'd be a thrashing of the good guys if that were to occur.

It's hard to believe that Broad has taken nearly 300 wickets.

Yeah the amount of tests played nowadays is really putting some of these "milestones" (correct term regardless, I know) in perspective.

lardbucket wrote:Johnson needs 1 run and 1 wicket for the 2000 run, 300 wicket double: both should occur at Edgbaston

if that turns out to be a woof you better not bother coming back

Ethics? The Gall! wrote:

lardbucket wrote:Johnson needs 1 run and 1 wicket for the 2000 run, 300 wicket double: both should occur at Edgbaston

if that turns out to be a woof you better not bother coming back

Seriously sage.

Steyn - 400

Midge crossed 2000 runs yesterday and should get to 300 wickets today. It is possible, theoretically at least, that Broad will also cross the 300 wicket mark later today. I bet that (two bowlers cracking the 300 Test wicket barrier on the same day) hasn't occurred previously.

Well done Steyn. Who was the memorable 400th victim?

lardbucket wrote:Midge crossed 2000 runs yesterday and should get to 300 wickets today. It is possible, theoretically at least, that Broad will also cross the 300 wicket mark later today. I bet that (two bowlers cracking the 300 Test wicket barrier on the same day) hasn't occurred previously.

Well done Steyn. Who was the memorable 400th victim?

Iqbal.

taipan wrote:Steyn - 400

Well done him.

Now that's a 400 that no-one can poo-poo. Fair play. Genuinely great fast bowler.

Bit mediocre, isn't he? Pie-chucker, Red told me. What's all the fuss about?